룻기 4

1보아스가 성문에 올라가서 거기 앉았더니 마침 보아스의 말하던 기업 무를 자가 지나는지라 보아스가 그에게 이르되 아무여 이리로 와서 앉으라 그가 와서 앉으매 2보아스가 성읍 장로 십 인을 청하여 가로되 당신들은 여기 앉으라 그들이 앉으매 3보아스가 그 기업 무를 자에게 이르되 모압 지방에서 돌아온 나오미가 우리 형제 엘리멜렉의 소유지를 관할하므로 4내가 여기 앉은 자들과 내 백성의 장로들 앞에서 그것을 사라고 네게 고하여 알게 하려 하였노라 네가 무르려면 무르려니와 네가 무르지 아니하려거든 내게 고하여 알게 하라 네 다음은 나요 그 외에는 무를 자가 없느니라 그가 가로되 내가 무르리라 5보아스가 가로되 네가 나오미의 손에서 그 밭을 사는 날에 곧 죽은 자의 아내 모압 여인 룻에게서 사서 그 죽은 자의 기업을 그 이름으로 잇게 하여야 할지니라 6그 기업 무를 자가 가로되 나는 내 기업에 손해가 있을까하여 나를 위하여 무르지 못하노니 나의 무를 권리를 네가 취하라 나는 무르지 못하겠노라 7옛적 이스라엘 중에 모든 것을 무르거나 교환하는 일을 확정하기 위하여 사람이 그 신을 벗어 그 이웃에게 주더니 이것이 이스라엘의 증명하는 전례가 된지라 8이에 그 기업 무를 자가 보아스에게 이르되 네가 너를 위하여 사라 하고 그 신을 벗는지라 9보아스가 장로들과 모든 백성에게 이르되 내가 엘리멜렉과 기룐과 말론에게 있던 모든 것을 나오미의 손에서 산 일에 너희가 오늘날 증인이 되었고 10또 말론의 아내 모압 여인 룻을 사서 나의 아내로 취하고 그 죽은 자의 기업을 그 이름으로 잇게 하여 그 이름이 그 형제 중과 그곳 성문에서 끊어지지 않게 함에 너희가 오늘날 증인이 되었느니라 11성문에 있는 모든 백성과 장로들이 가로되 우리가 증인이 되노니 여호와께서 네 집에 들어가는 여인으로 이스라엘 집을 세운 라헬, 레아 두 사람과 같게 하시고 너로 에브랏에서 유력하고 베들레헴에서 유명케 하시기를 원하며 12여호와께서 이 소년 여자로 네게 후사를 주사 네 집으로 다말이 유다에게 낳아준 베레스의 집과 같게 하시기를 원하노라 13이에 보아스가 룻을 취하여 아내를 삼고 그와 동침하였더니 여호와께서 그로 잉태케 하시므로 그가 아들을 낳은지라 14여인들이 나오미에게 이르되 찬송할지로다 여호와께서 오늘날 네게 기업 무를 자가 없게 아니하셨도다 이 아이의 이름이 이스라엘 중에 유명하게 되기를 원하노라 15이는 네 생명의 회복자며 네 노년의 봉양자라 곧 너를 사랑하며 일곱 아들보다 귀한 자부가 낳은 자로다 16나오미가 아기를 취하여 품에 품고 그의 양육자가 되니 17그 이웃 여인들이 그에게 이름을 주되 나오미가 아들을 낳았다 하여 그 이름을 오벳이라 하였는데 그는 다윗의 아비인 이새의 아비였더라 18베레스의 세계는 이러하니라 베레스는 헤스론을 낳았고 19헤스론은 람을 낳았고 람은 암미나답을 낳았고 20암미나답은 나손을 낳았고 나손은 살몬을 낳았고 21살몬은 보아스를 낳았고 보아스는 오벳을 낳았고 22오벳은 이새를 낳았고 이새는 다윗을 낳았더라

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. 2He took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here.” They sat down. 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. 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.” 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.” 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.” 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. 8So the near kinsman said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.” He took off his shoe. 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. 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.” 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. 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.” 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. 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. 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.” 16Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it. 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. 18Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron, 19and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab, 20and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon, 21and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed, 22and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.

1En Boaz ging op in de poort, en zette zich aldaar en ziet, de losser, van welken Boaz gesproken had, ging voorbij; zo zeide hij: Wijk herwaarts, zet u hier, gij, zulk een! En hij week derwaarts, en zette zich. 2En hij nam tien mannen van de oudsten der stad, en zeide: Zet u hier; en zij zetten zich. 3Toen zeide hij tot dien losser: Het stuk lands, dat van onzen broeder Elimelech was, heeft Naomi, die uit der Moabieten land wedergekomen is, verkocht; 4En ik heb gezegd: Ik zal het voor uw oor openbaren, zeggende: Aanvaard het in tegenwoordigheid der inwoners, en in tegenwoordigheid der oudsten mijns volks; zo gij het zult lossen, los het; en zo men het ook niet zou lossen, verklaar het mij, dat ik het wete; want er is niemand, behalve gij, die het losse, en ik na u. Toen zeide hij: Ik zal het lossen. 5Maar Boaz zeide: Ten dage, als gij het land aanvaardt van de hand van Naomi, zo zult gij het ook aanvaarden van Ruth, de Moabietische, de huisvrouw des verstorvenen, om den naam des verstorvenen te verwekken over zijn erfdeel. 6Toen zeide die losser: Ik zal het voor mij niet kunnen lossen, opdat ik mijn erfdeel niet misschien verderve; los gij mijn lossing voor u; want ik zal niet kunnen lossen. 7Nu was dit van ouds een gewoonheid in Israel, bij de lossing en bij de verwisseling, om de ganse zaak te bevestigen, zo trok de man zijn schoen uit en gaf die aan zijn naaste; en dit was tot een getuigenis in Israel. 8Zo zeide de losser tot Boaz: Aanvaard gij het voor u; en hij trok zijn schoen uit. 9Toen zeide Boaz tot de oudsten en al het volk: Gijlieden zijt heden getuigen, dat ik aanvaard heb alles, wat van Elimelech geweest is, en alles, wat van Chiljon en Machlon geweest is, van de hand van Naomi. 10Daartoe aanvaard ik mij ook Ruth, de Moabietische, de huisvrouw van Machlon, tot een vrouw, om den naam des verstorvenen over zijn erfdeel te verwekken, opdat de naam des verstorvenen niet worde uitgeroeid van zijn broederen, en van de poort zijner plaats; gijlieden zijt heden getuigen. 11En al het volk, dat in de poort was, mitsgaders de oudsten zeiden: Wij zijn getuigen; de HEERE make deze vrouw, die in uw huis komt, als Rachel en als Lea, die beiden het huis van Israel gebouwd hebben; en handel kloekelijk in Efratha, en maak uw naam vermaard in Bethlehem! 12En uw huis zij, als het huis van Perez (die Thamar aan Juda baarde), van het zaad, dat de HEERE u geven zal uit deze jonge vrouw. 13Alzo nam Boaz Ruth, en zij werd hem ter vrouwe, en hij ging tot haar in; en de HEERE gaf haar, dat zij zwanger werd en een zoon baarde. 14Toen zeiden de vrouwen tot Naomi: Geloofd zij de HEERE, Die niet heeft nagelaten u heden een losser te geven; en zijn naam worde vermaard in Israel! 15Die zal u zijn tot een verkwikker der ziel, en om uw ouderdom te onderhouden; want uw schoondochter, die u liefheeft, heeft hem gebaard, dewelke u beter is dan zeven zonen. 16En Naomi nam dat kind, en zette het op haar schoot, en werd zijn voedster. 17En de naburinnen gaven hem een naam, zeggende: Aan Naomi is een zoon geboren; en zij noemden zijn naam Obed; deze is de vader van Isai, Davids vader. 18Dit nu zijn de geboorten van Perez: Perez gewon Hezron; 19En Hezron gewon Ram; en Ram gewon Amminadab; 20En Amminadab gewon Nahesson; en Nahesson gewon Salma; 21En Salmon gewon Boaz, en Boaz gewon Obed; 22En Obed gewon Isai; en Isai gewon David.