Ruth 4
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Pinakasalan ni Boaz si Ruth
4 Nagtungo si Boaz sa may pintuan ng lunsod at naupo roon. Di nagtagal, dumaan ang tinutukoy niyang pinakamalapit na kamag-anak ni Elimelec. “Pinsan, sandali lang. Maupo ka rito at may sasabihin ako sa iyo,” sabi niya. Lumapit naman ang tinawag at naupo sa tabi ni Boaz. 2 Tumawag si Boaz ng sampung pinuno ng bayan at inanyayahan ding maupo roon. 3 Pagkatapos, sinabi niya sa kanyang kamag-anak, “Ngayong nagbalik na si Naomi buhat sa Moab, nais niyang ipagbili ang bukid ng kamag-anak nating si Elimelec. 4 Sa palagay ko'y dapat mo itong malaman sapagkat ikaw ang unang may karapatang bumili niyon. Kung gusto mo, bilhin mo iyon sa harap ng mga saksing pinuno ng bayan. Kung ayaw mo naman, ako ang bibili.”
“Bibilhin ko,” sagot ng lalaki.
5 Agad na sinabi ni Boaz, “Kung bibilhin mo kay Naomi ang bukid, kasama sa bilihan si Ruth,[a] ang Moabitang biyuda ng ating pinsan, upang ang bukid ay manatili sa angkan ng namatay.”
6 Pagkarinig niyon, sumagot ang lalaki, “Kung ganoon, hindi ko na gagamitin ang aking karapatan, sapagkat manganganib namang mawala ang sarili kong mana. Ikaw na ang bumili.”
7 Ganito(A) ang kaugalian sa Israel noong unang panahon: kapag tinubos o binili ang isang ari-arian, hinuhubad ng nagpatubos o nagbenta ang kanyang sandalyas at ibinibigay sa bumili, bilang katibayan ng kanilang kasunduan. 8 Kaya't nang sabihin ng lalaki kay Boaz na siya na ang bumili, hinubad nito ang kanyang sandalyas at ibinigay kay Boaz.[b] 9 Matapos tanggapin iyon, sinabi ni Boaz sa matatandang pinuno at sa ibang naroroon, “Kayo ang saksi ko na binili ko kay Naomi ang lahat ng nasa pangalan ni Elimelec, at nina Quelion at Mahlon. 10 Kasama(B) sa bilihang ito ay magiging asawa ko si Ruth, ang Moabitang biyuda ni Mahlon, upang manatili sa angkan ng namatay ang mga ari-arian. Sa pamamagitan nito'y mananatiling buháy ang kanyang pangalan sa hanay ng kanyang kamag-anakan at sa kanyang bayan. Inuulit ko, saksi kayo sa bagay na ito.”
11 At(C) sila'y sumagot, “Oo, saksi kami.” Sinabi naman ng matatanda, “Pagpalain nawa ni Yahweh ang babaing iyon, at bigyan ng maraming anak gaya nina Raquel at Lea, na pinagmulan ng lahing Israel. Ikaw naman, Boaz, sumagana ka nawa sa Efrata at kilalanin sa buong Bethlehem. 12 Matulad(D) nawa sa sambahayan ni Fares, na anak nina Juda at Tamar, ang mga anak na ibibigay sa inyo ni Yahweh sa pamamagitan ng kabataang babaing ito.”
13 Napangasawa nga ni Boaz si Ruth at iniuwi sa kanyang tahanan. Pinagpala ni Yahweh si Ruth kaya't ito'y nagdalang-tao at nanganak ng isang lalaki. 14 Sinabi ng kababaihan kay Naomi, “Purihin si Yahweh! Binigyan ka niya sa araw na ito ng isang apo na kakalinga sa iyo. Maging tanyag nawa sa Israel ang bata! 15 Maghatid nawa siya ng kaaliwan sa puso mo at mag-alaga sa iyong pagtanda. Ang mapagmahal mong manugang, na nagsilang sa bata, ay higit kaysa pitong anak na lalaki.” 16 Kinuha ni Naomi ang bata, magiliw na kinalong, at inalagaang mabuti. 17 Siya'y tinawag nilang Obed. Ipinamalita nilang nagkaapo ng lalaki si Naomi. Si Obed ang siyang ama ni Jesse na ama naman ni David.
Ang Angkan ni David
18-22 Ito ang pagkakasunud-sunod ng angkan mula kay Fares hanggang kay David: Fares, Hezron, Ram, Aminadab, Naason, Salmon, Boaz, Obed, Jesse, at David.
Ruth 4
New International Version
Boaz Marries Ruth
4 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.
2 Boaz took ten of the elders(D) of the town and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.(E) 3 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) 4 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.
5 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)
6 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)
7 (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)
8 So the guardian-redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it yourself.” And he removed his sandal.(P)
9 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):
Footnotes
- 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.
- Ruth 4:4 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts he
- Ruth 4:5 Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew (see also Septuagint) Naomi and from Ruth the Moabite, you acquire the
- 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
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