Ruth and Boaz Get Married
1 In the meanwhile, Boaz had gone to the meeting place at the town gate and was sitting there when the other close relative came by. So Boaz invited him to come over and sit down, and he did. 2 Then Boaz got ten of the town leaders and also asked them to sit down. After they had sat down, 3 he said to the man:
Naomi has come back from Moab and is selling the land that belonged to her husband Elimelech. 4 I'm telling you about this, since you are his closest relative and have the right to buy the property. If you want it, you can buy it now. These ten men and the others standing here can be witnesses. But if you don't want the property, let me know, because I am next in line.
The man replied, “I'll buy it!”
5 “If you do buy it from Naomi,” Boaz told him, “you must also marry Ruth. Then if you have a son by her, the property will stay in the family of Ruth's first husband.”
6 The man answered, “If that's the case, I don't want to buy it! That would make problems with the property I already own. You may buy it yourself, because I cannot.”
7 To make a sale legal in those days, one person would take off a sandal and give it to the other. 8 So after the man had agreed to let Boaz buy the property, he took off one of his sandals and handed it to Boaz.
9 Boaz told the town leaders and everyone else:
All of you are witnesses that today I have bought from Naomi the property that belonged to Elimelech and his two sons, Chilion and Mahlon. 10 You are also witnesses that I have agreed to marry Mahlon's widow Ruth, the Moabite woman. This will keep the property in his family's name, and he will be remembered in this town.
11 The town leaders and the others standing there said:
We are witnesses to this. And we pray that the Lord will give your wife many children, just as he did Leah and Rachel, the wives of Jacob. May you be a rich man in the tribe of Ephrath and an important man in Bethlehem. 12 May the children you have by this young woman make your family as famous as the family of Perez, the son of Tamar and Judah.
13 Boaz married Ruth, and the Lord blessed her with a son. 14 After his birth, the women said to Naomi:
Praise the Lord! Today he has given you a grandson to take care of you. We pray that the boy will grow up to be famous everywhere in Israel. 15 He will make you happy and take care of you in your old age, because he is the son of your daughter-in-law. And she loves you more than seven sons of your own would love you.
16 Naomi loved the boy and took good care of him. 17 The neighborhood women named him Obed, but they called him “Naomi's Boy.”
When Obed grew up he had a son named Jesse, who later became the father of King David. 18-22 Here is a list of the ancestors of David: Jesse, Obed, Boaz, Salmon, Nahshon, Amminadab, Ram, Hezron, and Perez.
Rutes un Boaza laulības
1 Boazs ienāca vārtos un apsēdās tur. Un, redzi, gāja garām izpircējs, par ko Boazs bija runājis, un Boazs sacīja: “Nāc, apsēdies šeit!” Tas pienāca un apsēdās. 2 Tad Boazs pieaicināja desmit vīrus no pilsētas vecajiem un teica: “Apsēdieties šeit!” Tie apsēdās, 3 un viņš teica izpircējam: “Naomi, kas atgriezusies no Moāba laukiem, pārdod mūsu brāļa Elīmeleha tīruma gabalu. 4 Tad nu es domāju – darīšu to zināmu tev: saņem to, klātesot šeit sēdošiem un klātesot manas tautas vecajiem. Ja tu to izpērc, tad izpērc, bet, ja tu neizpērc, saki to man, lai es zinu, jo nav neviena, kas to izpirktu kā vien tu un es pēc tevis.” Tas sacīja: “Es pērku!” 5 Tad Boazs teica: “Tajā dienā, kad tu saņemsi šo tīrumu no Naomi rokas, no moābietes Rutes, mirušā atraitnes, tu būsi saņēmis to, ka tev jāsaglabā mirušā vārds viņa mantojumam.” 6 Bet izpircējs sacīja: “Es nevaru to izpirkt, lai neizpostītu savu mantojumu. Izpērc tu pats manu izpērkamo, jo es nevaru izpirkt!”
7 Agrāk Israēlā, lai apstiprinātu visu runāto par izpirkšanu un maiņu, cilvēks novilka savu sandali un atdeva otram. Tā bija liecība Israēlā. 8 Tad izpircējs teica Boazam: “Ņem to sev!” Un viņš novilka sandali. 9 Bet Boazs sacīja vecajiem un visai tautai: “Šodien jūs esat liecinieki, ka es no Naomi rokas esmu saņēmis visu, kas piederēja Elīmeleham, un visu, kas Kiljonam un Mahlonam. 10 Arī moābieti Ruti, Mahlona atraitni, es ņemu sev par sievu, lai saglabātu mirušā vārdu viņa mantojumam, lai netiek iznīdēts mirušā vārds starp viņa brāļiem un viņa cilts vārtos. Šodien jūs esat tam liecinieki!” 11 Tad visa tauta vārtos un vecajie atbildēja: “Liecinieki gan! Kungs šo sievu, kas ienāk tavā namā, darīs kā Rāhēli un kā Leu, kas Israēlam uzcēlušas namu! Topi varens Efrātā, daudzināts Betlēmē! 12 Tavs nams būs kā Pereca nams, ko Tamāra dzemdēja Jūdam, tā dzimuma dēļ, ko Kungs tev dos no šīs jaunās meitas.”
Dāvida cilts raksti
(Mt 1:2–6)13 Boazs ņēma Ruti, un tā kļuva viņam par sievu. Viņš nāca pie tās, un Kungs ļāva viņai tapt grūtai. Viņa dzemdēja dēlu. 14 Tad sievas sacīja Naomi: “Slavēts Kungs, kurš tev šodien nav liedzis izpircēju! Viņa vārds lai tiek daudzināts Israēlā! 15 Viņš veldzēs tavu dvēseli un balstīs tevi sirmumā, jo tava vedekla, kas tevi mīl, ir to dzemdējusi! Viņa tev labāka kā septiņi dēli!” 16 Tad Naomi ņēma bērnu, kļāva pie krūtīm un kļuva tam par aukli. 17 Kaimiņienes deva tam vārdu, runādamas: “Dēls dzemdēts Naomi…” Tās nosauca viņu vārdā Obēds. Viņš ir Dāvida tēva Jišaja tēvs.
18 Šie ir Pereca pēcnācēji: Perecs dzemdināja Hecronu, 19 Hecrons dzemdināja Rāmu, Rāms dzemdināja Ammīnādābu, 20 Ammīnādābs dzemdināja Nahšonu, Nahšons dzemdināja Salmonu, 21 Salmons dzemdināja Boazu, Boazs dzemdināja Obēdu, 22 Obēds dzemdināja Jišaju, Jišajs dzemdināja Dāvidu.
