¹⁰ I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite,^(A) Mahlon’s widow, as my wife,^(B) in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown.^(C) Today you are witnesses!^(D)”

¹¹ Then the elders and all the people at the gate^(A) said, “We are witnesses.^(B) May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah,^(C) who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah^(D) and be famous in Bethlehem.^(E)

² So I called in Uriah^(A) the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah as reliable witnesses^(B) for me.

³ Then I made love to the prophetess,^(A) and she conceived and gave birth to a son.^(B) And the Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.^(C)