1 Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by. Boaz said to him, "Come over here, friend, and sit down!" He came over, and sat down. 2 Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, "Sit down here," and they sat down. 3 He said to the near kinsman, "Naomi, who has come back out of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s. 4 I thought I should tell you, saying, ‘Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people.’ If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know. For there is no one to redeem it besides you; and I am after you."

He said, "I will redeem it."

5 Then Boaz said, "On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance."

6 The near kinsman said, "I can’t redeem it for myself, lest I endanger my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can’t redeem it."

7 Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man took off his sandal, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the way of formalizing transactions in Israel. 8 So the near kinsman said to Boaz, "Buy it for yourself," then he took off his sandal.

9 Boaz said to the elders and to all the people, "You are witnesses today, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, from the hand of Naomi. 10 Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses today."

11 All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, "We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem. 12 Let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the offspring which Yahweh will give you by this young woman."

13 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and Yahweh enabled her to conceive, and she bore a son. 14 The women said to Naomi, "Blessed be Yahweh, who has not left you today without a near kinsman. Let his name be famous in Israel. 15 He shall be to you a restorer of life and sustain you in your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him." 16 Naomi took the child, laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to him. 17 The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, "A son is born to Naomi". They named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

18 Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron, 19 and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab, 20 and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon, 21 and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed, 22 and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.

1 波阿斯去到城门， 坐在那里， 波阿斯所说那个有买赎权的近亲刚巧路过那里。波阿斯说： "喂， 老兄， 过来坐一下吧。"他就过去坐下来了。

2 波阿斯又邀请城里的十个长老， 对他们说： "请坐在这里。"他们就坐下来了。

3 他对那个有买赎权的近亲说： "从摩押地回来的拿俄米， 现在要卖我们族兄以利米勒的那块地。

4 我想把这一件事告诉你， 请你在众民的长老， 还有在座的各位面前， 把它买下来吧。如果你肯赎就赎， 假如不肯， 就说出来， 让我知道； 因为除了你当赎它以外， 我是第一候补。"那人说： "我肯赎。"

5 波阿斯说： "你从拿俄米手中买下那块地的时候， 你也得娶（"娶"原文作"买"）已死的人的妻子摩押女子路得， 使已死的人的名字留在他的产业上。"

6 那有买赎权的近亲说： "那我就不能赎它了， 只怕损害了我的产业。你可以赎我当赎的， 因为我没有办法赎了。"

7 从前在以色列， 无论买赎或是交易， 决定什么事， 当事人就要脱鞋给对方。这是以色列中作证的方式。

8 那有买赎权的近亲对波阿斯说： "你自己买下来吧。"就把鞋脱下来。

9 波阿斯对长老和众人说： "今天你们都是见证人， 所有属于以利米勒、基连和玛伦的， 我都从拿俄米手中买下来了。

10 我也娶了（"娶了"原文作"买了"）玛伦的妻子摩押女子路得作妻子， 使已死的人的名字留在他的产业上， 免得他的名字在本族本乡中除掉。今天你们都是见证人。"

11 聚集在城门的众人和长老都说： "我们都是见证人。愿耶和华使进你家的这女人， 像建立以色列家的拉结和利亚二人一样。愿你在以法他显大， 在伯利恒扬名。

12 愿耶和华从这少妇赐你后裔， 使你的家像他玛从犹大所生法勒斯的家一般。"

13 于是波阿斯娶了路得作妻子， 与她亲近。耶和华使她怀孕生了一个儿子。

14 妇女对拿俄米说： "耶和华是应当称颂的， 因为他今天没有断绝你有买赎权的近亲， 愿他在以色列中扬名。

15 他必苏醒你的生命， 养你的老， 因为他是爱你的媳妇所生的； 有她比有七个儿子更好。"

16 拿俄米把孩子接过来， 抱在怀中， 作他的保姆。

17 邻近的妇女要给他起名字， 说： "拿俄米生了孩子了。"就给他起名叫俄备得； 这俄备得是耶西的父亲， 耶西是大卫的父亲。

18 以下是法勒斯的后代： 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。