Ruth 4
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1Then Booz went up to the gate, and sat there. And when he had seen the kinsman going by, of whom he had spoken before, he said to him, calling him by his name: Turn aside for a little while, and sit down here. He turned aside, and sat down.
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。
2And Booz taking ten men of the ancients of the city, said to them: Sit ye down here.
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。
3They sat down, and he spoke to the kinsman: Noemi, who is returned from the country of Moab, will sell a parcel of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.
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；
4I would have thee to understand this, and would tell thee before all that sit here, and before the ancients of my people. If thou wilt take possession of it by the right of kindred: buy it and possess it: but if it please thee not, tell me so, that I may know what I have to do. For there is no near kinsman besides thee, who art first, and me, who am second. But he answered: I will buy the field.
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。」
5And Booz said to him: When thou shalt buy the field at the woman’s hand, thou must take also Ruth the Moabitess, who was the wife of the deceased: to raise up the name of thy kinsman in his inheritance.
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。」
6He answered: I yield up my right of next akin: for I must not cut off the posterity of my own family. Do thou make use of my privilege, which I profess I do willingly forego.
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。」
7Now this in former times was the manner in Israel between kinsmen, that if at any time one yielded his right to another: that the grant might be sure, the man put off his shoe, and gave it to his neighhour; this was a testimony of cession of right in Israel.
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。
8So Booz said to his kinsman: Put off thy shoe. And immediately he took it off from his foot.
8那人對 波阿斯 說：「你自己買吧！」於是將鞋脫下來了。
9And he said to the ancients and to all the people: You are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and Chelion’s, and Mahalon’s, of the hand of Noemi:
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；
10And have taken to wife Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahalon, to raise up the name of the deceased in his inheritance lest his name be cut off, from among his family and his brethren and his people. You, I say, are witnesses of this thing.
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。」
11Then all the people that were in the gate, and the ancients answered: We are witnesses: The Lord make this woman who cometh into thy house, like Rachel, and Lia, who built up the house of Israel: that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrata, and may have a famous name in Bethlehem:
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。
12And that the house may be, as the house of Phares, whom Thamar bore unto Juda, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.
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。」
13Booz therefore took Ruth, and married her: and went in unto her, and the Lord gave her to conceive and to bear a son.
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。
14And the women said to Noemi: Blessed be the Lord, who hath not suffered thy family to want a successor, that his name should be preserved in Israel.
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。
15And thou shouldst have one to comfort thy soul, and cherish thy old age. For he is born of thy daughter in law: who loveth thee: and is much better to thee, than if thou hadst seven sons.
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！」
16And Noemi taking the child laid it in her bosom, and she carried it, and was a nurse unto it.
16拿俄米 就把孩子抱在懷中，作他的養母。
17And the women her neighbours, congratulating with her and saying: There is a son born to Noemi: called his name Obed: he is the father of Isai, the father of David.
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。
18These are the generations of Phares: Phares begot Esron,
18法勒斯 的後代記在下面： 法勒斯 生 希斯崙 ；
19Esron begot Aram, Aram begot Aminadab,
19希斯崙 生 蘭 ； 蘭 生 亞米拿達 ；
20Aminadab begot Nahasson, Nahasson begot Salmon,
20亞米拿達 生 拿順 ； 拿順 生 撒門 ；
21Salmon begot Booz, Booz begot Obed,
21撒門 生 波阿斯 ； 波阿斯 生 俄備得 ；
22Obed begot Isai, Isai begot David.
22俄備得 生 耶西 ； 耶西 生 大衛 。
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