路得記 4
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
World English Bible
1波阿斯 到了城門，坐在那裏，恰巧 波阿斯 所說的那至近的親屬經過。 波阿斯 說：「某人哪，你來坐在這裏。」他就來坐下。
1Now 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波阿斯 又從本城的長老中揀選了十人，對他們說：「請你們坐在這裏。」他們就都坐下。
2Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here,” and they sat down.
3波阿斯 對那至近的親屬說：「從 摩押 地回來的 拿俄米 ，現在要賣我們族兄 以利米勒 的那塊地；
3He 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我想當贖那塊地的是你，其次是我，以外再沒有別人了。你可以在這裏的人面前和我本國的長老面前說明，你若肯贖就贖，若不肯贖就告訴我。」那人回答說：「我肯贖。」
4I 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波阿斯 說：「你從 拿俄米 手中買這地的時候，也當娶死人的妻 摩押 女子 路得 ，使死人在產業上存留他的名。」
5Then 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那人說：「這樣我就不能贖了，恐怕於我的產業有礙。你可以贖我所當贖的，我不能贖了。」
6The 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從前，在 以色列 中要定奪甚麼事，或贖回，或交易，這人就脫鞋給那人。 以色列 人都以此為證據。
7Now 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那人對 波阿斯 說：「你自己買吧！」於是將鞋脫下來了。
8So the near kinsman said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” then he took off his sandal.
9波阿斯 對長老和眾民說：「你們今日作見證，凡屬 以利米勒 和 基連 、 瑪倫 的，我都從 拿俄米 手中置買了；
9Boaz 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又娶了 瑪倫 的妻 摩押 女子 路得 為妻，好在死人的產業上存留他的名，免得他的名在本族本鄉滅沒。你們今日可以作見證。」
10Moreover, 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在城門坐着的眾民和長老都說：「我們作見證。願耶和華使進你家的這女子，像建立 以色列 家的 拉結 、 利亞 二人一樣。又願你在 以法他 得亨通，在 伯利恆 得名聲。
11All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the LORD 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願耶和華從這少年女子賜你後裔，使你的家像 她瑪 從 猶大 所生 法勒斯 的家一般。」
12Let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the offspring which the LORD will give you by this young woman.”
13於是， 波阿斯 娶了 路得 為妻，與她同房。耶和華使她懷孕生了一個兒子。
13So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she bore a son.
14婦人們對 拿俄米 說：「耶和華是應當稱頌的！因為今日沒有撇下你，使你無至近的親屬。願這孩子在 以色列 中得名聲。
14The women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you today without a near kinsman. Let his name be famous in Israel.
15他必提起你的精神，奉養你的老，因為是愛慕你的那兒婦所生的。有這兒婦比有七個兒子還好！」
15He 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拿俄米 就把孩子抱在懷中，作他的養母。
16Naomi took the child, laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to him.
17鄰舍的婦人說：「 拿俄米 得孩子了！」就給孩子起名叫 俄備得 。這 俄備得 是 耶西 的父， 耶西 是 大衛 的父。
17The 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法勒斯 的後代記在下面： 法勒斯 生 希斯崙 ；
18Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,
19希斯崙 生 蘭 ； 蘭 生 亞米拿達 ；
19and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab,
20亞米拿達 生 拿順 ； 拿順 生 撒門 ；
20and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon,
21撒門 生 波阿斯 ； 波阿斯 生 俄備得 ；
21and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed,
22俄備得 生 耶西 ； 耶西 生 大衛 。
22and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.
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