Rt 4:1Ascendit ergō Booz ad portam, et sēdit ibi.So Boaz went up to the gate, and sat there. Rt 4:1Cumque vīdisset propinquum praeterīre, dē quō prius sermō habitus est, dīxit ad eum: Dēclīnā paulisper, et sedē hīc: vocāns eum nōmine suō.And when he had seen the kinsman passing by, of whom mention had been made before, he said to him: "Turn aside a little, and sit here": calling him by his name. Rt 4:1Quī dīvertit, et sēdit.He turned aside, and sat down. Rt 4:2Tollēns autem Booz decem virōs dē seniōribus cīvitātis, dīxit ad eōs: Sedēte hīc.And Boaz, taking ten men from the elders of the city, said to them: "Sit here." Rt 4:3Quibus sedentibus, locūtus est ad propinquum: Partem agrī frātris nostrī Elimelech vēndet Noëmi, quae reversa est dē regiōne Moabītide: quod audīre tē voluī, et tibi dīcere cōram cūnctīs sedentibus, et mājōribus nātū dē populō meō.As they sat, he spoke to the kinsman: "Naomi, who has returned from the region of Moab, will sell the portion of the field of our brother Elimelech: which I wished you to hear, and to tell you before all those sitting here, and the elders of my people.
Rt 4:4Sī vīs possidēre jūre propinquitātis, eme, et possidē: sīn autem displicet tibi, hoc ipsum indicā mihi, ut sciam quid facere dēbeam: nūllus enim est propinquus, exceptō tē, quī prior es, et mē, quī secundus sum.If you wish to possess it by right of kinship, buy, and possess: but if it displeases you, indicate this very thing to me, so that I may know what I ought to do: for there is no kinsman except you, who are first, and me, who am second." Rt 4:4At ille respondit: Ego agrum emam.But he answered: "I will buy the field." Rt 4:5Cui dīxit Booz: Quandō ēmeris agrum dē manū mulieris, Ruth quoque Moabītidem, quae uxor dēfūnctī fuit, dēbēs accipere: ut suscitēs nōmen propinquī tuī in haerēditāte suā.Boaz said to him: "When you buy the field from the hand of the woman, you must also take Ruth the Moabitess, who was the wife of the dead man: so that you may raise up the name of your kinsman in his inheritance." Rt 4:6Quī respondit: Cēdō jūrī propinquitātis: neque enim posteritātem familiae meae dēlēre dēbeō: tū meō ūtere prīvilēgiō, quō mē libenter carēre profiteor.He answered: "I yield the right of kinship: for I ought not to destroy the posterity of my own family: you use my privilege, which I declare I gladly give up."
Rt 4:7Hic autem erat mōs antīquitus in Isrāël inter propinquōs, ut sīquandō alter alterī suō jūrī cēdēbat, ut esset firma concessiō, solvēbat homō calceāmentum suum, et dabat proximō suō: hoc erat testimōnium cessiōnis in Isrāël.Now this was the custom of old in Israel among kinsmen, that if ever one yielded his right to the other, in order that the concession might be firm, the man loosed his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: this was the testimony of cession in Israel. Rt 4:8Dīxit ergō propinquō suō Booz: Tolle calceāmentum tuum.So Boaz said to his kinsman: "Take off your shoe." Rt 4:8Quod statim solvit dē pede suō.Which he at once loosed from his foot. Rt 4:9At ille mājōribus nātū, et ūniversō populō: Testēs vōs, inquit, estis hodiē, quod possēderim omnia quae fuērunt Elimelech, et Chelion, et Mahalon, trādente Noëmi;But he to the elders, and to all the people: "You are witnesses," he said, "today, that I have taken possession of all the things that were Elimelech's, and Chilion's, and Mahlon's, Naomi handing them over; Rt 4:10Et Ruth Moabītidem, uxōrem Mahalon, in conjugium sūmpserim, ut suscitem nōmen dēfūnctī in haerēditāte suā, nē vocābulum ejus dē familiā suā ac frātribus et populō dēleātur.and that I have taken Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, in marriage, to raise up the name of the dead man in his inheritance, lest his name be blotted out from his family and brothers and people.
Rt 4:10Vōs, inquam, hujus reī testēs estis.You, I say, are witnesses of this matter." Rt 4:11Respondit omnis populus, quī erat in portā, et mājōrēs nātū: Nōs testēs sumus: faciat Dominus hanc mulierem, quae ingreditur domum tuam, sīcut Rachel et Liam, quae aedificāvērunt domum Isrāël: ut sit exemplum virtūtis in Ephrathā, et habeat celebre nōmen in Bethlehem: fīatque domus tua sīcut domus Phares, quem Thamar peperit Jūdae, dē sēmine quod tibi dederit Dominus ex hāc puellā.All the people who were at the gate, and the elders, answered: "We are witnesses: may the Lord make this woman, who is entering your house, like Rachel and Leah, who built the house of Israel: that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrathah, and have a famous name in Bethlehem: and may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, from the seed which the Lord will give you from this girl." Rt 4:13Tulit itaque Booz Ruth, et accēpit uxōrem: ingressusque est ad eam, et dedit illī Dominus ut conciperet, et pareret fīlium.So Boaz took Ruth, and received her as wife: and he went in to her, and the Lord granted her that she should conceive, and bear a son.
Rt 4:14Dīxēruntque mulierēs ad Noëmi: Benedictus Dominus, quī nōn est passus ut dēficeret successor familiae tuae, et vocārētur nōmen ejus in Isrāël: et habeās quī cōnsōlētur animam tuam, et ēnūtriat senectūtem: dē nurū enim tuā nātus est, quae tē dīligit, et multō tibi melior est, quam sī septem habērēs fīliōs.And the women said to Naomi: "Blessed be the Lord, who has not allowed a successor to your family to be lacking, and that his name should be called in Israel: and may you have one to comfort your soul, and nourish your old age: for he has been born of your daughter-in-law, who loves you, and is much better to you than if you had seven sons." Rt 4:16Susceptumque Noëmi puerum posuit in sinū suō, et nūtrīcis ac gerulae fungēbātur officiō.And Naomi, having taken up the boy, placed him in her bosom, and was performing the office of nurse and carrier. Rt 4:17Vīcīnae autem mulieres congrātulantēs eī, et dīcentēs: Nātus est fīlius Noëmi: vocāvērunt nōmen ejus Ōbēd: hic est pater Isai, patris David.And the neighbour women, congratulating her, and saying: "A son has been born to Naomi": called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
Rt 4:18Hae sunt generātiōnēs Phares: Phares genuit Esrōn, Esrōn genuit Aram, Aram genuit Aminadab, Aminadab genuit Nahasson, Nahasson genuit Salmōn, Salmōn genuit Booz, Booz genuit Ōbēd, Ōbēd genuit Isai, Isai genuit David.These are the generations of Perez: Perez begot Hezron, Hezron begot Ram, Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, Nahshon begot Salmon, Salmon begot Boaz, Boaz begot Obed, Obed begot Jesse, Jesse begot David.