Boaz Marries Ruth

Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate(A) and sat down there just as the guardian-redeemer[a](B) he had mentioned(C) came along. Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.

Boaz took ten of the elders(D) of the town and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.(E) Then he said to the guardian-redeemer, “Naomi, who has come back from Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our relative Elimelek.(F) I thought I should bring the matter to your attention and suggest that you buy it in the presence of these seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, do so. But if you[b] will not, tell me, so I will know. For no one has the right to do it except you,(G) and I am next in line.”

“I will redeem it,” he said.

Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite,(H) the[c] dead man’s widow, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property.”(I)

At this, the guardian-redeemer said, “Then I cannot redeem(J) it because I might endanger my own estate. You redeem it yourself. I cannot do it.”(K)

(Now in earlier times in Israel, for the redemption(L) and transfer of property to become final, one party took off his sandal(M) and gave it to the other. This was the method of legalizing transactions(N) in Israel.)(O)

So the guardian-redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it yourself.” And he removed his sandal.(P)

Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, “Today you are witnesses(Q) that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon. 10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite,(R) Mahlon’s widow, as my wife,(S) 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.(T) Today you are witnesses!(U)

11 Then the elders and all the people at the gate(V) said, “We are witnesses.(W) May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah,(X) who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah(Y) and be famous in Bethlehem.(Z) 12 Through the offspring the Lord gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez,(AA) whom Tamar(AB) bore to Judah.”

Naomi Gains a Son

13 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive,(AC) and she gave birth to a son.(AD) 14 The women(AE) said to Naomi: “Praise be to the Lord,(AF) who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer.(AG) May he become famous throughout Israel! 15 He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law,(AH) who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons,(AI) has given him birth.”

16 Then Naomi took the child in her arms and cared for him. 17 The women living there said, “Naomi has a son!” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse,(AJ) the father of David.(AK)

The Genealogy of David(AL)

18 This, then, is the family line of Perez(AM):

Perez was the father of Hezron,(AN)

19 Hezron the father of Ram,

Ram the father of Amminadab,(AO)

20 Amminadab the father of Nahshon,(AP)

Nahshon the father of Salmon,[d]

21 Salmon the father of Boaz,(AQ)

Boaz the father of Obed,

22 Obed the father of Jesse,

and Jesse the father of David.

Footnotes

  1. Ruth 4:1 The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55); also in verses 3, 6, 8 and 14.
  2. Ruth 4:4 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts he
  3. Ruth 4:5 Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew (see also Septuagint) Naomi and from Ruth the Moabite, you acquire the
  4. Ruth 4:20 A few Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate (see also verse 21 and Septuagint of 1 Chron. 2:11); most Hebrew manuscripts Salma

Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's:

And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.

Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.

Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.

Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.

And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.

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

11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.

13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son.

14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.

15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.

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

17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,

19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,

20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

Si Booz nga'y sumampa sa pintuang-bayan, at naupo siya roon: at, narito, ang malapit na kamaganak na sinalita ni Booz ay nagdaan; sa lalaking yao'y sinabi niya, Oy, kuwan! lumiko ka, maupo ka rito. At siya'y lumiko, at naupo.

At siya'y kumuha ng sangpung lalake sa mga matanda sa bayan, at sinabi, Maupo kayo rito. At sila'y naupo.

At sinabi niya sa malapit na kamaganak, Ipinagbibili ni Noemi, na bumalik na galing sa lupain ng Moab, ang bahagi ng lupa, na naging sa ating kapatid na kay Elimelech:

At aking inisip na ipahayag sa iyo, na sabihin, Bilhin mo sa harap nilang nakaupo rito, at sa harap ng mga matanda ng aking bayan. Kung iyong tutubusin ay tubusin mo; nguni't kung hindi mo tutubusin ay saysayin mo nga, upang matalastas ko: sapagka't wala nang tutubos na iba pa liban sa iyo: at ako ang sumusunod sa iyo. At sinabi niya, Aking tutubusin.

Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ni Booz, Anomang araw na iyong bilhin ang parang sa kamay ni Noemi, ay marapat na iyong bilhin din ang kay Ruth na Moabita, na asawa ng namatay, upang ibangon ang pangalan ng namatay sa kaniyang mana.

At sinabi ng malapit na kamaganak, Hindi ko matutubos sa ganang akin, baka masira ang aking sariling mana: iyo na ang aking matuwid ng pagtubos; sapagka't hindi ko matutubos.

Ito nga ang kaugalian ng unang panahon sa Israel tungkol sa pagtubos at tungkol sa pagpapalit, upang patotohanan ang lahat ng mga bagay; hinuhubad ng isa ang kaniyang pangyapak, at ibinibigay sa kaniyang kapuwa: at ito ang paraan ng pagpapatotoo sa Israel.

Sa gayo'y sinabi ng malapit na kamaganak kay Booz, Bilhin mo sa ganang iyo. At hinubad niya ang kaniyang pangyapak.

At sinabi ni Booz sa mga matanda at sa buong bayan, Kayo'y mga saksi sa araw na ito, na aking binili ang lahat ng kay Elimelech, at lahat na kay Chelion, at kay Mahalon, sa kamay ni Noemi.

10 Bukod dito'y si Ruth na Moabita, na asawa ni Mahalon, ay aking binili na maging aking asawa, upang ibangon ang pangalan ng namatay sa kaniyang mana, upang ang pangalan ng namatay ay huwag mahiwalay sa gitna ng kaniyang mga kapatid, at sa pintuang-bayan ng kaniyang dako: kayo'y mga saksi sa araw na ito.

11 At ang buong bayan na nasa pintuang-bayan, at ang mga matanda ay nagsabi, Kami ay mga saksi. Gawin ng Panginoon ang babae na pumapasok sa iyong bahay, na gaya ni Rachel at gaya ni Lea, na silang dalawa ang nagtatag ng sangbahayan ni Israel, at maging makapangyarihan ka sa Ephrata, at maging bantog sa Bethlehem:

12 At ang iyong sangbahayan ay maging gaya ng sangbahayan ni Phares, na ipinanganak ni Thamar kay Juda, sa binhi na ibibigay ng Panginoon sa iyo sa batang babaing ito.

13 Sa gayo'y kinuha ni Booz si Ruth, at siya'y naging kaniyang asawa; at siya'y sumiping sa kaniya, at pinapaglihi ng Panginoon, at siya'y nanganak ng isang lalake.

14 At sinabi ng mga babae kay Noemi, Pagpalain ka nawa ng Panginoon na hindi ka binayaan sa araw na ito, na mawalan ng isang malapit na kamaganak; at maging bantog nawa ang kaniyang pangalan sa Israel.

15 At siya'y magiging sa iyo ay isang tagapagsauli ng buhay, at tagapagkandili sa iyong katandaan: sapagka't ang inyong manugang na nagmamahal sa iyo, ay nagkaanak sa kaniya, at siya'y mahigit pa sa iyo kay sa pitong anak.

16 At kinuha ni Noemi ang bata, at inihilig sa kaniyang kandungan, at siya'y naging yaya.

17 At nilagyan ng pangalan ng mga babaing kaniyang kapitbahay, na sinasabi, May isang lalake na ipinanganak kay Noemi; at tinawag nila ang pangalan niya na Obed; siya ang ama ni Isai, na ama ni David.

18 Ito nga ang mga lahi ni Phares: naging anak ni Phares si Hesron;

19 At naging anak ni Hesron si Ram, at naging anak ni Ram si Aminadab;

20 At naging anak ni Aminadab si Nahason, at naging anak ni Nahason si Salmon:

21 At naging anak ni Salmon si Booz, at naging anak ni Booz si Obed;

22 At naging anak ni Obed si Isai, at naging anak ni Isai si David.