¹Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, “Come over here, friend, and sit down!” He turned aside, and sat down.

¹Huchiin Boazi kulh kongpi ah a hoh tou a, huailaiah a tu a: huan, ngaiin, a tanau bul uh a tungtang thu Boaziin a gen a hongpaia: huai mi kiangah, E! nang na hi maw! hongpial inla tu dih ve, a chi a. Huan amah a hongpiala a tuta hi.

²He took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here.” They sat down.

²Huan, huai khuaa upate laka mi sawm a pi a, a kianguah, Hiai ah tu dih ua, a chi a, huchiin a tuta uh.

³He said to the near kinsman, “Naomi, who has come back out of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s.

³Huan, a tanau bul uh kiangah, Moab gam akipan hongkik Naomiin I unaupa Elimelek gam a juaka;

⁴I thought to disclose it to you, saying, ‘Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people.’ If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know. For there is no one to redeem it besides you; and I am after you.” He said, “I will redeem it.”

⁴Huchiin na kianga, Hiaia tute mitmuhin leh ka mite upate mitmuhin leiin. Na tat nopleh tan inla, a hihhangin na tat nop keileh ka theihtheihna dingin honhilhin; nang loulah kuamah a tan mi dia kilawm a om ngal kei ua; huan, nang zomin kei ka hi chih nang hon theihsak kiphamohin ka thei, a chi a. Huan, aman, ka tan ding, a chi a.

⁵Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.”

⁵Huan, Boaziin, Naomi kianga kipana huai gam na lei niin, misi ji, Moab numei Ruthi akipan misi min beilou a a gouluahmi ding a omjel theihna dingin na lei tel ding ahi, a chi a.

⁶The near kinsman said, “I can’t redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can’t redeem it.”

⁶A tanau bulpa un, Kei dingin jaw ka tan theikei, huchilou in jaw keimah gouluah lamthu ka hihgawp kha dinga, ka tat theihna nang tang maiin; ken jaw tan theilou ka hi mai hi, a chi a.

⁷Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man took off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the way of attestation in Israel.

⁷Nidanglaia Israelte laka thil bangkim a hihkipna ding ua a kitatdan uleh a kikhen dan uh hichi ahi: Khedap a phel ua, avengte uh a pia ua, huaituh Israelte laka a hihdan uh ahi.

⁸So the near kinsman said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.” He took off his shoe.

⁸Huchiin a tanau bul un Boazi kiangah, Nang nang a dingin lei zawin, a chi a, Huan, a khedap a phela.

⁹Boaz said to the elders, and to all the people, “You are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, from the hand of Naomi.

⁹Huan, Boaziin upate leh mipi tengteng kiangah, Tuniin noute Elimelek thil neih tengteng leh Kilon leh Malon thil neih tengteng Naomi kianga kipan ka lei chih theihpihte na hi uhi.

¹⁰Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead not be cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses this day.”

¹⁰Huan, huai kia hilou in misi pen a min man louhna dingin Moab numei Ruthi, Malon ji ka ji dingin ka leia, huai, tuniin noute a theihpihte na hi uhi, a chi a.

¹¹All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.

¹¹Huan, kulh kongpi a mipi tengteng leh upaten, theihpihte ka hi uh, Na ina numei honglut Rakil leh Lea, Israel inkuan dingsak nihte bangin TOUPAN bawl hen: huan, Ephrathah suanhuai takin hih inla, Bethlehem ah minthang takin hingomin:

¹²Let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which Yahweh shall give you of this young woman.”

¹²Huan, TOUPAN hiai nungak akipan suan nang a hon bawlsak ding jiakin na inkuan tuh Tamarin Juda a suan sak Perez inkuan bang honghi hen, a chi uhi.

¹³So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and Yahweh gave her conception, and she bore a son.

¹³Huchiin Boaziin Ruthi a pia, a ji a honghitaa; huan a kithuahpiha, TOUPAN nau a paisaka, huan, tapa a neia.

¹⁴The women said to Naomi, “Blessed be Yahweh, who has not left you this day without a near kinsman; and let his name be famous in Israel.

¹⁴Huan, numeiin Naomi kiangah, tuni mahmaha tanau nai sam loua a honomsak TOUPA phatin om henla; Israelte lakah a min hongthang hen.

¹⁵He shall be to you a restorer of life, and sustain you in your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him.”

¹⁵Huan, amah pen na hinna tungdingpa leh na tek lama honvak a honghi dinga; na mounu nang hon itnu, tapa sagihte sanga nanga dia hoihin amah lah a suangta ngala, a chi ua.

¹⁶Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.

¹⁶Huan, Naomiin nau a laa, a poma, a donta.

¹⁷The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, “There is a son born to Naomi”; and they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

¹⁷Huan, a invengten numei a min a saksak ua, Naomi a dingin tapa a hongpianga, chiin a min dingin Obed a sa uh; amah bel, David pa Jesai pa ahi.

¹⁸Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,

¹⁸Hiaite Perez suante ahi ua; Perez in Hezron a suanga;

¹⁹and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab,

¹⁹Huan, Hezronin Ram a suanga; huan, Ramin Aminadab a suanga;

²⁰and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon,

²⁰Huan, Aminadabin Nason a suanga, Nasonin Salmon a suanga;

²¹and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed,

²¹Huan, Salmonin Boazi a suanga, huan, Boaziin Obed a suanga;Huan, Obedin Jesai a suanga, huan, Jesaiin David a suang hi.

²²and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.

²²Huan, Obedin Jesai a suanga, huan, Jesaiin David a suang hi.