| 路得記-Ruth 第 4 章 |
| 4:1 | 波阿斯上城門去，坐在那裡，恰巧波阿斯所說的那親人經過。波阿斯說，某人哪，你轉過來坐在這裡。他就轉過來坐下。 Then Boaz went up to the gate and sat there. And just then the kinsman of whom Boaz had spoken came by. And Boaz said, Turn aside and sit here, friend. And he turned aside and sat down. |
| 4:2 | 波阿斯又從本城的長老中選取了十個人，對他們說，請你們坐在這裡。他們就都坐下。 And he took ten men from among the elders of the city and said, Sit here. And they sat down. |
| 4:3 | 波阿斯對那親人說，從摩押鄉間回來的拿俄米，現在要賣我們弟兄以利米勒的那塊田地； And he said to the kinsman, Naomi, who has returned from the country of Moab, has put up for sale the portion of the field that belonged to our brother Elimelech. |
| 4:4 | 我想我應當向你表明，說，你可以在這裡坐著的人面前和我族人的長老面前買這塊田地。你若肯贖就贖，若不肯贖就告訴我，讓我知道；因為只有你可以贖，其次就是我。那人回答說，我肯贖。 So I thought that I should disclose this to you and say, Buy it in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you can redeem it, redeem it; but if you cannot redeem it, tell me so that I will know; for there is no one to redeem it ahead of you, and I am after you. And he said, I will redeem it. |
| 4:5 | 波阿斯說，你從拿俄米手中買這田地的時候，也當娶死人的妻摩押女子路得，叫死人的名得以在他的產業上存立。 Then Boaz said, On the day you buy the field from Naomi's hand, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead man, in order to raise up the dead man's name upon his inheritance. |
| 4:6 | 那親人說，這樣我自己就不能贖了，恐怕於我的產業有損。你自己可以贖我所當贖的，因我不能贖了。 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, or else I will mar my own inheritance. You redeem for yourself what I should redeem, for I cannot redeem it. |
| 4:7 | 從前，在以色列中要確立什麼事，或贖回，或交易，這人就脫鞋給那人。以色列中乃是以此為證據。 Now such was the custom formerly in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging that to establish any matter a man would draw off his sandal and give it to his neighbor; this was the way of attesting it in Israel. |
| 4:8 | 那親人對波阿斯說，你自己買罷；於是將鞋脫下來了。 So when the kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for yourself, he drew off his sandal. |
| 4:9 | 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； And Boaz said to the elders and all the people, You are witnesses today, that I buy from Naomi's hand all that was Elimelech's and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's. |
| 4:10 | 我又娶了瑪倫的妻摩押女子路得為妻，好叫死人的名得以在他的產業上存立，免得死人的名從他的弟兄中，並從他本鄉滅沒。你們今日可以作見證。 Furthermore Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I acquire as my own wife so that I may raise up the dead man's name upon his inheritance and the dead man's name may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses today. |
| 4:11 | 在城門坐著的眾民和長老都說，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。又願你在以法他得財富，在伯利恆得名聲。 And all the people who were in the gate and the elders said, We are witnesses. May Jehovah make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, the two who built the house of Israel. And prosper in Ephrathah, and gain a name in Bethlehem. |
| 4:12 | 願耶和華從這少年女子賜你後裔，使你的家像他瑪從猶大所生法勒斯的家一般。 And may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the seed that Jehovah gives you by this young woman. |
| 4:13 | 於是，波阿斯娶了路得為妻，與她同房。耶和華使她懷孕，她就生了一個兒子。 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in unto her, and Jehovah made her conceive; and she bore a son. |
| 4:14 | 婦人們對拿俄米說，耶和華是當受頌讚的，祂今日沒有撇下你使你無親人；願這孩子在以色列中得名聲。 And the women said to Naomi, Blessed be Jehovah, who has not left you today without a kinsman; and may his name be famous in Israel. |
| 4:15 | 他必使你的精神復甦，並且奉養你的老，因為他是那愛你的兒媳所生的；有這兒媳比有七個兒子還好。 And he will be to you as a restorer of life and a sustainer in your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has borne him. |
| 4:16 | 拿俄米就把孩子抱在懷中，作他的養母。 And Naomi took the child and laid him on her bosom, and she became his nurse. |
| 4:17 | 鄰舍的婦人給孩子起名，說，拿俄米得兒子了；就給他起名叫俄備得。這俄備得是耶西的父，耶西是大衛的父。 And the women neighbors gave him a name, saying, A son has been born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David. |
| 4:18 | 法勒斯的後代記在下面：法勒斯生希斯侖， Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez begot Hezron, |
| 4:19 | 希斯侖生蘭，蘭生亞米拿達， And Hezron begot Ram, and Ram begot Amminadab, |
| 4:20 | 亞米拿達生拿順，拿順生撒門， And Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon, |
| 4:21 | 撒門生波阿斯，波阿斯生俄備得， And Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed, |
| 4:22 | 俄備得生耶西，耶西生大衛。 And Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David. |
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