路得记 4
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
波阿斯娶路得
4 波阿斯来到城门口,坐在那里,恰巧看见他所说的那位至亲经过,便招呼他说:“某人啊,请过来坐一坐。”那人便走过来坐下。 2 波阿斯又邀请了城里的十位长老,对他们说:“请过来坐一坐。”他们都坐下以后, 3 波阿斯便对那位至亲说:“拿俄米从摩押回来了,现在要卖我们族兄以利米勒的那块地, 4 我想应该让你知道这件事。你最有权赎那块地,其次才是我,此外再没有别人了。如果你愿意赎回那块地,希望你当着在座各位长老的面表明。如果不愿意,请你让我知道。”那人说:“我愿意赎。” 5 波阿斯说:“那么,你从拿俄米手中买地的那天,也要娶已死之人的妻子摩押女子路得,好让死者继续在产业上留名。” 6 那位至亲说:“那我就不能赎了,免得损害到我的产业。你来赎吧,我不能赎。”
7 从前在以色列,买赎或交易有这样的规矩:一旦成交,一方要把鞋脱下来交给另一方,以色列人以此为成交的凭据。 8 那位至亲对波阿斯说:“你自己买吧!”他就把鞋子脱了下来。 9 波阿斯向长老和所有在场的人说:“请各位今天为我作证,所有属于以利米勒、基连和玛伦的产业,我都从拿俄米手上买了。 10 同时,我要娶玛伦的遗孀摩押女子路得为妻,好使死者继续在产业上留名,免得他的名在本族本乡中消失。今天,请各位作证。” 11 聚集在城门口的众人和长老都说:“我们愿意作证。愿耶和华使要进你家门的这女子,像建立以色列家的拉结和利亚一样。愿你在以法他家业兴隆,在伯利恒声名远播。 12 愿耶和华借着这年轻女子赐你后裔,使你家像先祖犹大和她玛的儿子法勒斯家一样。”
13 这样,波阿斯便娶了路得为妻,与她同房。耶和华使她怀孕生了一个儿子。 14 妇女们对拿俄米说:“耶和华当受称颂!因为今日祂赐给你一位至亲,使你后继有人,愿这孩子在以色列得享盛名! 15 他必让你的生命重新得力,奉养你,使你安度晚年,因为他是爱你的儿媳妇所生的。有这儿媳妇比有七个儿子还要好!” 16 拿俄米接过婴孩抱在怀中,照顾他。 17 邻居的妇女们喊着说:“拿俄米有孩子了!”她们给孩子取名叫俄备得,这俄备得就是耶西的父亲,耶西是大卫的父亲。
18 以下是法勒斯的家谱:法勒斯生希斯仑, 19 希斯仑生兰,兰生亚米拿达, 20 亚米拿达生拿顺,拿顺生撒门, 21 撒门生波阿斯,波阿斯生俄备得, 22 俄备得生耶西,耶西生大卫。
Ruth 4
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Nagpakasal si Boaz kay Ruth
4 Pumunta si Boaz sa pintuang bayan[a] at naupo roon. Nang dumaan ang sinasabi niyang mas malapit na kamag-anak ni Elimelec, sinabi ni Boaz sa kanya, “Kaibigan, halikaʼt maupo ka.” Lumapit naman ang lalaki at naupo. 2 At tinipon ni Boaz ang sampung mga tagapamahala ng bayan at pinaupo rin doon. At nang nakaupo na sila, 3 sinabi ni Boaz sa kamag-anak niya, “Bumalik na si Naomi mula sa Moab, at gusto niyang ipagbili ang lupa ng kamag-anak nating si Elimelec. 4 Naisip kong ipaalam ito sa iyo. Kaya kung gusto mo, bilhin mo ito sa harapan ng mga tagapamahala ng mga kababayan ko at ng iba pang mga nakaupo rito. Pero kung ayaw mo, sabihin mo at nang malaman ko. Kung tutuusin, ikaw ang may tungkuling tumubos nito, at pangalawa lang ako.” Sumagot ang lalaki, “Sige, tutubusin ko.” 5 Pero sinabi ni Boaz, “Sa araw na tubusin mo ang lupa kay Naomi, kailangang pakasalan mo si Ruth, ang Moabitang biyuda,[b] para kapag nagkaanak kayo, mananatili ang lupa sa pamilya ng kamag-anak nating namatay.”[c]
6 Nang marinig ito ng lalaki, sinabi niya, “Kung ganoon, hindi ko na tutubusin ang lupa dahil baka magkaproblema pa ako sa sarili kong lupa dahil pati ang magiging anak namin ni Ruth ay may bahagi na sa lupa ko. Ikaw na lang ang tumubos, hindi ko kasi magagawa iyan.”
7 Nang panahong iyon sa Israel, para matiyak ang pagtubos ng lupa o ang paglilipat ng karapatan sa pagtubos ng lupa, hinuhubad ng isa ang sandalyas niya at ibinibigay sa isa. Ganito ang ginagawa noon sa Israel bilang katibayan ng kanilang transaksyon.
8 Kaya nang sabihin ng lalaki kay Boaz, “Ikaw na lang ang tumubos ng lupa,” hinubad agad niya ang kanyang sandalyas at ibinigay kay Boaz.[d] 9 Sinabi ni Boaz sa mga tagapamahala ng bayan at sa lahat ng tao roon, “Mga saksi kayo ngayong araw na bibilhin ko na kay Naomi ang lahat ng lupain ni Elimelec, na minana nina Kilion at Mahlon. 10 At bukod pa rito, pakakasalan ko si Ruth na Moabita, na biyuda ni Mahlon, para kapag nagkaanak kami, mananatili ang lupain ni Mahlon sa kanyang pamilya,[e] at hindi mawawala ang lahi niya sa kanyang mga kababayan. Saksi nga kayo sa araw na ito!”
11 Sumagot ang mga tagapamahala ng bayan at ang lahat ng tao roon sa pintuan, “Oo, mga saksi nga kami. Nawaʼy ang magiging asawa mo ay gawin ng Panginoon na katulad nina Raquel at Lea na nagkaanak ng mga naging mamamayan ng Israel. Nawaʼy maging mayaman ka sa Efrata at maging tanyag sa Betlehem. 12 Nawaʼy magpatanyag sa pamilya mo ang mga anak na ibibigay sa iyo ng Panginoon sa iyo sa pamamagitan ng babaeng iyon ay magpatanyag sa pamilya mo katulad ng pamilya ni Perez, ang anak ni Juda kay Tamar.”
Ang mga Ninuno ni David
13 Kaya nagpakasal si Boaz kay Ruth, at niloob ng Panginoon na magdalantao si Ruth at manganak ng isang lalaki. 14 Sinabi ng mga kababaihan kay Naomi, “Purihin ang Panginoon! Binigyan ka niya ngayon ng apo na mag-aaruga sa iyo. Nawaʼy maging tanyag siya sa Israel! 15 Palalakasin at aalagaan ka niya kapag matanda ka na, dahil anak siya ng manugang mo na nagmamahal sa iyo ng higit pa sa pagmamahal ng pitong anak na lalaki.”
16 Palaging kinukuha ni Naomi ang bata at kinakalong. At siya ang nagbabantay nito. 17 Sinabi ng mga babaeng kapitbahay ni Naomi, “May apong lalaki na si Naomi!” Pinangalanan nila ang bata na Obed. At nang malaki na si Obed, nagkaanak siya na Jesse ang pangalan. At si Jesse ang naging ama ni David.
18 Ito ang mga angkan ni Perez hanggang kay David:
Si Perez ang ama ni Hezron, 19 si Hezron ang ama ni Ram, si Ram ang ama ni Aminadab, 20 si Aminadab ang ama ni Nashon, si Nashon ang ama ni Salmon, 21 si Salmon ang ama ni Boaz, si Boaz ang ama ni Obed, 22 si Obed ang ama ni Jesse, at si Jesse ang ama ni David.
Footnotes
- 4:1 pintuang bayan: Dito ginaganap ang pagtitipon ng mga tao kung may mga bagay sila na kailangang ayusin.
- 4:5 Sa araw … biyuda: Ganito ito sa ibang teksto, pero sa Hebreo, Sa araw na bibilhin mo ang lupa kay Naomi at kay Ruth na Moabita, kinakailangang kunin (sa literal, bilhin) mo bilang asawa ang biyuda.
- 4:5 Kapag nagkaanak ang lalaki kay Ruth, ang anak niya ay ituturing na anak ni Mahlon, ang unang asawa ni Ruth na namatay. Si Ruth at ang anak niya ang magmamay-ari ng lupa at hindi ang taong nagpakasal sa kanya. Sa ganitong paraan mananatili ang lupa sa pamilya ni Mahlon.
- 4:8 at ibinigay kay Boaz: Ito ang nasa Septuagint, pero wala sa Hebreo.
- 4:10 Tingnan ang “footnote” sa 4:5.
Ruth 4
The Voice
4 At that same time, Boaz went to the city gate and he sat down. Just then, the kinsman-redeemer of the family he had told Ruth about walked by.
Normally the city gate is where the business of the city is conducted.
Boaz: My friend, come and sit down with me for awhile. We have some business.
So the man came and sat down beside Boaz. 2 Before he spoke further to the man, he gathered together 10 elders from the city and asked them to preside there, which they did.
Boaz (to the kinsman-redeemer): 3 You have heard of Naomi? She is the woman who recently returned from Moab. She is transferring her rights to the plot of land belonging to her deceased husband—our relative—Elimelech. 4 I wanted you to know about it because as a close family member, you have the first right to purchase it. If you want to do so, we have enough elders sitting here to witness the transaction. If you want to become the guardian and redeem this land, it is yours. But if you[a] are not interested in doing this, tell me now. The right belongs to you, but if you refuse it, I am next in line.
Kinsman-Redeemer: Of course, I exercise my option to redeem this land.
Boaz: 5 Now, just so you know, on the day you buy this plot of land [from Naomi, you will also acquire Ruth the Moabitess; she is][b] the dead man’s widow. It will be your responsibility to make sure she has children so that they can carry on her dead husband’s name with the inheritance.
Kinsman-Redeemer: 6 Then I will not be able to redeem it. I will not put my own property at risk. I relinquish my right to redeem the land. You do it.
7 Now in the old days of Israel when this story was playing out, land was redeemed and property was transferred legally when a man involved in the sale removed one of his sandals and gave it to the other. This was how contracts were sealed in Israel. 8 So the kinsman-redeemer took off his sandal and handed it to Boaz.
Kinsman-Redeemer: It’s now your responsibility.
Boaz (to the elders and all the people): 9 Every one of you have witnessed what happened here today. I secured the rights to everything that belonged to Elimelech and his sons, Mahlon and Chilion, from Naomi. 10 I have also taken responsibility for Ruth—the woman from Moab who was married to Mahlon. She will become my wife. I will see to it that his family and this city remember Mahlon. I will raise children who will bear his name and make sure his property stays in the family. You are all witnesses to this today.
Elders and People: 11 We are witnesses of what has happened here today. May the Eternal take this woman who is becoming a part of your family today and make her like Rachel and Leah, the two women responsible for building the nation of Israel with their children. And may your reputation become well known and well respected throughout Ephrathah and Bethlehem. 12 May the children the Eternal gives you and this woman make your family like the family of Perez, who was born from a Levirate union between Judah and Tamar.[c]
13 Then Boaz took responsibility of Ruth, and they married. After they came together, Ruth conceived by the Eternal’s provision, and later she gave birth to a son.
Women (to Naomi): 14 Praise the Eternal One. He has not abandoned you. He did not leave you without a redeeming guardian. May your offspring become famous all through Israel. 15 May this child give you a new life. May he strengthen you and provide for you in your old age. Look at your daughter-in-law, Ruth. She loves you. This one devoted daughter is better to you than seven sons would be. She is the one who gave you this child.
16 Then Naomi held the child tightly in her arms and cared for him. 17 All around her, friends cried out, “Naomi has a son!” They named the child Obed because he would provide for his grandmother. Obed grew up and became the father of Jesse. Jesse, too, became a father one day, the father of David.
18 Here is the genealogy of Perez’s family: Perez was Hezron’s father. 19 Hezron was Ram’s father. Ram was Amminadab’s father. 20 Amminadab was Nahshon’s father. Nahshon was Salmon’s[d] father. 21 Salmon was Boaz’s father. Boaz was Obed’s father. 22 Obed was Jesse’s father. And Jesse was the father of David.
Footnotes
- 4:4 Most Hebrew manuscripts read, “he.”
- 4:5 Hebrew manuscripts read, “from Naomi and Ruth the Moabitess, you will acquire.”
- 4:12 Genesis 38
- 4:20 Most Hebrew manuscripts read, “Salma.”
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