Ruth 4

Ge'ez original · 17 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

📖 This chapter exists in 3 other originals — side by side (Hebrew Old Testament, Septuagint, Vulgate)

4:1

ወዐርገ ፡ ቦዖስ ፡ ኀበ ፡ አንቀጽ ፡ ወነበረ ፡ ህየ ፡ ወመጽአ ፡ ዝክቱ ፡ መስተሐምው ፡ ዘይቤ ፡ ቦዖስ ፡ የኀልፍ ፡ ወይቤሎ ፡ ቦዖስ ፡ ገሐሥ ፡ ወንበር ፡ ዝየ ፡ ንትናገር ፡ ወግሕሠ ፡ ወነበረ ።

Now 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.

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。

4:2

ወነሥአ ፡ ቦዖስ ፡ ዐሠርተ ፡ ዕደወ ፡ እምነ ፡ ሊቃናተ ፡ ሀገር ፡ ወይቤሎሙ ፡ ንበሩ ፡ ዝየ ፡ ወነበሩ ።

Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here,” and they sat down.

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。

4:3

ወይቤሎ ፡ ቦዖስ ፡ ለመስተሐምው ፡ መክፈልተ ፡ ገራህት ፡ ዘእኁነ ፡ አሊሜሌክ ፡ አገብእ ፡ ላቲ ፡ ለኖሔሚን ፡ እንተ ፡ አተወት ፡ እምነ ፡ ሐቅለ ፡ ሞአብ ።

He 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.

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；

4:4

ወአንሰ ፡ ነገርኩከ ፡ ትስማዕ ፡ እንዘ ፡ እብል ፡ ኅረይ ፡ ለከ ፡ በቅድመ ፡ እለ ፡ ይነብሩ ፡ ወበቅድመ ፡ ሊቃናት ፡ ወበቅድመ ፡ ሕዝብየ ፡ እመ ፡ ትትሐሞ ፡ ተሐሞ ፡ ወእመሰ ፡ ኢትትሐሞ ፡ አይድዐኒ ፡ ወኣእምር ፡ እስመ ፡ ይቀድመከ ፡ ተሐምዎ ፡ አንተ ፡ ወአነ ፡ እምድኅሬከ ፡ ወይቤሎ ፡ አነኑ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ መስተሐምው ።

I 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.”

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。」

4:5

ወይቤሎ ፡ ቦዖስ ፡ ከመ ፡ ነሣእከ ፡ ገራህተ ፡ እምእደ ፡ ኖሔሚን ፡ ወእምኀበ ፡ ሩት ፡ ሞአባዊት ፡ ብእሲቱ ፡ ለዘ ፡ ሞተ ፡ ወኪያሃኒ ፡ ርቱዕ ፡ ትንሥኣ ፡ ከመ ፡ ታቅም ፡ ስሞ ፡ ለዘ ፡ ሞተ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ ርስቱ ።

Then 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.”

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。」

4:6

ወይቤ ፡ መስተሐምው ፡ ኢይክል ፡ ተሐምዎ ፡ ከመ ፡ ኢይሕጐል ፡ ርስትየ ፡ ተሐሞ ፡ ለርእስከ ፡ ተሐምዎ ፡ ዘዚአየ ፡ እስመ ፡ ኢይክል ፡ ተሐምዎ ።

The 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.”

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。」

4:7

ወከመዝ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ለተሐምዎ ፡ ኵነኔሁ ፡ በቅድመ ፡ እስራኤል ፡ ወበእንተ ፡ ተዋልጦ ፡ ከመ ፡ ያቅም ፡ ቃሎ ፡ ወፈትሐ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ ሣእኖ ፡ ወወሀቦ ፡ ለካልኡ ፡ ዘይትሐሞ ፡ ተሐምዎ ፡ ዚአሁ ፡ ወከመዝ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ስምዑ ፡ በውስተ ፡ እስራኤል ።

Now 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.

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。

4:8

ወይቤሎ ፡ መስተሐምው ፡ ለቦዖስ ፡ ንሣእ ፡ ለከ ፡ ተሐምዎ ፡ ዘዚአየ ፡ ወፈትሐ ፡ ሣእኖ ፡ ወወሀቦ ።

So the near kinsman said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” then he took off his sandal.

那人對波阿斯說：「你自己買吧！」於是將鞋脫下來了。

4:9

ወይቤሎሙ ፡ ቦዖስ ፡ ለሊቃናት ፡ ወለሕዝብ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ ስምዑ ፡ አንትሙ ፡ ዮም ፡ ከመ ፡ ነሣእኩ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ዘአሊሜሌክ ፡ ወኵሎ ፡ ንዋዮ ፡ ለኬሌዎን ፡ [*ወለመሐሎን* ፡] እምነ ፡ እዴ[ሃ] ፡ ለኖሔሚን ።

Boaz 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.

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；