Rute 4 - Bíblia Online

Subiu Boaz à porta, e sentou-se ali. Eis que estava passando o parente chegado, de quem Boaz falara, ao qual disse: Vem cá, homem, e senta-te aqui. Veio ele, e sentou-se. 
Então Boaz tomou dez homens dos anciãos da cidade, e disse: Sentai-vos aqui. Eles se assentaram. 
Disse ao parente chegado: Noemi, que voltou do país de Moabe, vendeu a parte da terra que pertencia ao nosso irmão Elimeleque. 
Eu resolvi informar-te disto e dizer-te: Compra-a diante dos que estão sentados aqui e diante dos anciãos do meu povo. Se a quiseres redimir, redime-a; porém, se não o quiseres, dize-mo, para que eu saiba; pois para a redimir não há outro senão tu, e eu depois de ti. Respondeu ele: Eu a redimirei. 
Então disse Boaz: No dia em que comprares o campo da mão de Noemi, também a comprarás de Rute, a moabita, que foi mulher do defunto, para suscitar o nome dele na sua herança. 
Respondeu o parente chegado: Quanto a mim não o posso redimir, para que não prejudique a minha própria herança: toma tu sobre ti o meu direito de redimir, porque eu não o posso fazer. 
Este era outrora o costume em Israel para confirmar todo o negócio relativamente à redenção e à permutação; tirava o homem o sapato e o dava ao seu vizinho. Esta era a maneira de dar documentos em Israel. 
O parente chegado, pois, disse a Boaz: Compra-a para ti. E tirou o sapato. 
Boaz disse aos anciãos e a todo o povo: Vós sois hoje testemunhas de que comprei da mão de Noemi tudo o que era de Elimeleque, e tudo o que era de Quiliom e de Malom. 
Também a Rute, a moabita, que foi mulher de Malom, tomei-a por minha mulher, para fazer reviver o nome do defunto na sua herança, a fim de que o nome dele não seja extinguido dentre seus irmãos, e da porta da sua cidade. Vós hoje sois testemunhas disso. 
Respondeu todo o povo que estava na porta, e os anciãos: Somos testemunhas. Jeová faça a esta mulher que entra em tua casa como a Raquel e como a Lia, que juntas fundaram a casa de Israel. Há-te dignamente em Efrata, a adquire um nome célebre em Betlém. 
Seja a tua casa como a casa de Perez, que Tamar deu a Judá, pela posteridade que Jeová te der desta moça. 
Recebeu Boaz a Rute, e ela veio a ser sua mulher. Ele a conheceu, e Jeová concedeu-lhe a ela graça de conceber, e dar à luz um filho. 
Disseram as mulheres a Noemi: Bendito seja Jeová, que não te deixou hoje sem um parente chegado; e torne-se o seu nome célebre em Israel. 
Ele será restaurador da tua vida, e consolador da tua velhice, porque nasceu de tua nora, que te ama, e ela te é melhor do que sete filhos. 
Noemi tomou o menino, pô-lo no seu regaço e fazia-lhe as vezes de ama. 
As mulheres suas vizinhas deram-lhe nome, dizendo: Nasceu um filho a Noemi. Chamaram ao menino Obede. Ele é o pai de Jessé, pai de Davi. 
Estas são as gerações de Perez: Perez gerou a Hezrom; 
Hezrom gerou a Rão, e Rão gerou a Aminadabe; 
Aminadabe gerou a Naassom, e Naassom gerou a Salmom; 
Salmom gerou a Boaz, e Boaz gerou a Obed; 
Obed gerou a Jessé, e Jessé gerou a David. 

And Boaz went up to the public place of the town, and took his seat there: and the near relation of whom he had been talking came by; and Boaz, crying out to him by name, said, Come and be seated here. And he came and was seated. 
Then he got ten of the responsible men of the town, and said, Be seated here. And they took their seats. 
Then he said to the near relation, Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is offering for a price that bit of land which was our brother Elimelech's: 
And it was in my mind to give you the chance of taking it, with the approval of those seated here and of the responsible men of my people. If you are ready to do what it is right for a relation to do, then do it: but if you will not do it, say so to me now; for there is no one who has the right to do it but you, and after you myself. And he said, I will do it. 
Then Boaz said, On the day when you take this field, you will have to take with it Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, so that you may keep the name of the dead living in his heritage. 
And the near relation said, I am not able to do the relation's part, for fear of damaging the heritage I have: you may do it in my place, for I am not able to do it myself. 
Now, in earlier times this was the way in Israel when property was taken over by a near relation, or when there was a change of owner. To make the exchange certain one man took off his shoe and gave it to the other; and this was a witness in Israel. 
So the near relation said to Boaz, Take it for yourself. And he took off his shoe. 
Then Boaz said to the responsible men and to all the people, You are witnesses today that I have taken at a price from Naomi all the property which was Elimelech's, and everything which was Chilion's and Mahlon's. 
And, further, I have taken Ruth, the Moabitess, who was the wife of Mahlon, to be my wife, to keep the name of the dead man living in his heritage, so that his name may not be cut off from among his countrymen, and from the memory of his town: you are witnesses this day. 
And all the people who were in the public place, and the responsible men, said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who is about to come into your house, like Rachel and Leah, which two were the builders of the house of Israel: and may you have wealth in Ephrathah, and be great in Beth-lehem; 
May your family be like the family of Perez, the son whom Tamar gave to Judah, from the offspring which the Lord may give you by this young woman. 
So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and the Lord made her with child and she gave birth to a son. 
And the women said to Naomi, A blessing on the Lord, who has not let you be this day without a near relation, and may his name be great in Israel. 
He will be a giver of new life to you, and your comforter when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who, in her love for you, is better than seven sons, has given birth to him. 
And Naomi took the child and put her arms round it, and she took care of it. 
And the women who were her neighbours gave it a name, saying, Naomi has a child; and they gave him the name of Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. 
Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron; 
And Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab; 
And Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon; 
And Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed; 
And Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David. 

1 Samuel 1