Ruth 4
1 Booz donc monta à la porte de la ville et s’y assit. Et lorsqu’il vit passer le parent dont il a été parlé auparavant, il lui dit: Détourne-toi un peu, et assieds-toi ici, l’appelant par son nom. Celui-ci se détourna et s’assit.
Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. Soon, the near kinsman of whom Boaz had spoken came by. Boaz said to him, “My friend, come over and sit down here.” The man came over and sat down.
2 Or, Booz, prenant dix hommes d’entre les anciens de la ville, leur dit: Asseyez-vous ici.
Then Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down.
3 Et, eux s’étant assis, il dit à son parent: Noémi, qui est revenue du pays de Moab, vendra la partie du champ de notre frère Elimélech.
Boaz said to the near kinsman, “Naomi, who has returned from the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land that was our brother Elimelek's.
4 J’ai voulu que tu l’apprisses, et te le dire devant tous ceux qui sont assis ici et devant les anciens de mon peuple. Si tu veux le posséder par le droit de parenté, achète-le et possède-le; mais si cela te déplaît, déclare-le moi, afin que je sache ce que je dois faire; car il n’y a aucun parent, excepté toi, qui es le premier, et moi qui suis le second. Mais lui répondit: C’est moi qui achèterai le champ.
I thought to inform you and say to you, 'Buy it in the presence of those who are sitting here, and in the presence of the elders of my people.' If you wish to redeem it, redeem it. But if you do not wish to redeem it, then tell me, so that I may know, for there is no one to redeem it besides you, and I am after you.” Then the other man said, “I will redeem it.”
5 Booz lui dit: Quand tu auras acheté le champ de la main de la femme, tu devras aussi épouser Ruth, la Moabite, qui fut la femme du défunt, afin que tu fasses revivre le nom de ton parent dans son héritage.
Then Boaz said, “On the day that you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also take Ruth the Moabite woman, the widow of a dead man, in order to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.”
6 Il répondit: Je cède le droit de parenté; car je ne dois pas éteindre la postérité de ma famille; use toi-même du privilège dont je déclare me priver volontairement.
Then the near kinsman said, “I cannot redeem it for myself without damaging my own inheritance. You take my right of redemption for yourself, for I cannot redeem it.”
7 Or, c’était une ancienne coutume en Israël entre les parents, que quand l’un cédait son droit à l’autre, afin que la cession fût valide, un homme déliait sa chaussure et la donnait à son parent. C’était là le témoignage de la cession en Israël.
Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning the redemption and exchange of goods. To confirm all things, a man took off his shoe and gave it to his neighbor; this was the manner of making legal agreements in Israel.
8 Booz dit donc à son parent: Ôte ta chaussure. Et aussitôt il la délia de son pied.
So the near kinsman said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” and he took off his sandal.
9 Mais Booz aux anciens et à tout le peuple: Vous, dit-il, vous êtes témoins aujourd’hui, que je possède tout ce qui a appartenu à Elimélech, à Chélion et à Mahalon, Noémi me le livrant;
Then Boaz said to the elders and to all the people, “You are witnesses today that I have bought all that was Elimelek's and all that was Kilion's and Mahlon's from the hand of Naomi.
10 Et que je prends en mariage Ruth, la Moabite, femme de Mahalon, afin que je fasse revivre le nom du défunt dans son héritage, pour ne pas que son nom disparaisse de sa famille, de ses frères et de son peuple. Vous, dis-je, vous êtes témoins de cette chose.
Also Ruth the Moabite woman, the wife of Mahlon, I have acquired to be my wife, in order that I might raise up the name of the dead man on his inheritance, so that his name will not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his place. Today you are witnesses!”
11 Tout le peuple qui était à la porte répondit, ainsi que les anciens: Nous sommes témoins; que le Seigneur fasse cette femme qui entre dans ta maison, comme Rachel et Lia qui ont élevé la maison d’Israël, afin qu’elle soit un exemple de vertu dans Ephrata, et quelle ait un nom célèbre dans Bethléhem;
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 Leah, the two who built up the house of Israel; and may you prosper in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem.
12 Et que ta maison devienne comme la maison de Pharès, que Thamar enfanta à Juda, par la postérité que le Seigneur te donnera de cette jeune fille.
May your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the offspring that Yahweh will give you with this young woman.”
13 C’est pourquoi Booz prit Ruth et la reçut pour femme; il s’approcha d’elle, et le Seigneur lui donna de concevoir et d’enfanter un fils.
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. He slept with her, and Yahweh allowed her to become pregnant, and she bore a son.
14 Et les femmes dirent à Noémi: Béni le Seigneur qui n’a pas souffert que ta famille manquât d’un héritier dont le nom serait nommé dans Israël,
The women said to Naomi, “May Yahweh be blessed, who has not left you today without a near kinsman, this baby. May his name be famous in Israel.
15 Et que tu n’aies pas un enfant qui console ton âme, et prenne soin de ta vieillesse! car il est né de ta belle-fille qui te chérit, et qui te vaut beaucoup mieux que si tu avais sept fils.
May he be for you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him.”
16 Et Noémi ayant pris l’enfant le mit sur son sein, et elle faisait l’office de nourrice et de porteuse.
Naomi took the child, laid him in her bosom, and took care of him.
17 Or, les femmes voisines la félicitaient et disaient: Il est né un fils à Noémi; elles l’appelèrent du nom d’Obed: c’est le père d’Isaï, père de David.
The women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, who became the father of David.
18 Voici les générations de Pharès: Pharès engendra Esron.
Now these were the descendants of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,
19 Esron engendra Aram, Aram engendra Aminadab,
Hezron became the father of Ram, Ram became the father of Amminadab,
20 Aminadab engendra Nahasson, Nahasson engendra Salmon.
Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, Nahshon became the father of Salmon,
21 Salmon engendra Booz, Booz engendra Obed,
Salmon became the father of Boaz, Boaz became the father of Obed,
22 Obed engendra Isaï, Isaï engendra David.
Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.
