Ruth 4

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	JERUSALEM
1 Then Boaz went up to the gate, and he sat there. And when he had seen the kinsman passing by, whom he had previously discussed, he spoke to him, calling him by his name, “Pause for a little while, and sit down here.” He turned aside and sat down.	1 Or Booz était monté à la porte et s'y était assis, et voici que le parent dont Booz avait parlé vint àpasser. "Toi, dit Booz, approche et assieds-toi ici." L'homme s'approcha et vint s'asseoir.
2 But Boaz, calling aside ten men among the elders of the city, said to them, “Sit down here.”	2 Booz prit dix hommes parmi les anciens de la ville: "Asseyez-vous ici", dit-il, et ils s'assirent.
3 They settled down, and he spoke to the kinsman, “Naomi, who has returned from the region of the Moabites, is selling part of a field of our brother Elimelech.	3 Alors il dit à celui qui avait droit de rachat: "La pièce de terre qui appartenait à notre frère Elimélek,Noémi qui est revenue des Champs de Moab la met en vente.
4 I wanted you to hear this, and to tell you in front of everyone sitting here, including the eldest of my people. If you will take possession of it by the right of kinship, buy it and possess it. But if it displeases you, you should reveal this to me, so that I will know what I have to do. For there is no near kinsman besides you, who is before me, and I am after you.” But he answered, “I will buy the field.”	4 Je me suis dit que j'allais t'en informer en disant: Acquiers-la en présence de ceux qui sont assis là etdes anciens de mon peuple. Si tu veux exercer ton droit de rachat, rachète, mais si tu ne le veux pas, déclare-lemoi pour que je le sache. Tu es le premier à avoir le droit de rachat, moi je ne viens qu'après toi." L'autrerépondit: "Oui! je veux racheter."
5 And Boaz said to him, “When buying the field, you are likewise obliged to accept the hand of the woman Ruth, the Moabite, who was the wife of the deceased, so that you may raise up the name of your near kinsman through his posterity.”	5 Mais Booz dit: "Le jour où, de la main de Noémi, tu acquerras ce champ, tu acquiers aussi Ruth laMoabite, la femme de celui qui est mort, pour perpétuer le nom du mort sur son patrimoine."
6 He answered, “I yield my right of kinship, for I am obliged not to cut off the posterity of my own family. You may make use of my privilege, which I freely declare I will forego.”	6 Celui qui avait droit de rachat répondit alors: "Je ne puis exercer mon droit, car je craindrais de nuire àmon patrimoine. Exerce pour toi-même mon droit de rachat, car moi je ne puis l'exercer."
7 Yet it was the custom between kinsmen in this former time in Israel, that if at anytime one yielded his right to another, so as to confirm his permission, the man took off his shoe and gave it to his neighbor. This was a testimony of concession in Israel.	7 Or c'était autrefois la coutume en Israël, en cas de rachat ou d'héritage, pour valider toute affaire: l'unôtait sa sandale et la donnait à l'autre. Telle était en Israël la manière de témoigner.
8 And so Boaz said to his kinsman, “Take off your shoe.” And immediately he released it from his foot.	8 Celui qui avait droit de rachat dit donc à Booz: "Fais l'acquisition pour toi-même", et il retira sasandale.
9 And he said to the eldest and to all the people, “You are witnesses this day, that I have taken possession of all that belonged to Elimelech and Chilion and Mahlon, and was bequeathed to Naomi.	9 Booz dit aux anciens et à tout le peuple: "Vous êtes témoins aujourd'hui que j'acquiers de la main deNoémi tout ce qui appartenait à Elimélek et tout ce qui appartenait à Mahlôn et à Kilyôn,
10 And Ruth, the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, I have taken in marriage so as to raise up the name of the deceased in his posterity, so that his name will not be cut off from among his family and his brethren and his people. You, I say, are witnesses of this thing.”	10 et que j'acquiers en même temps pour femme Ruth la Moabite, veuve de Mahlôn, pour perpétuer lenom du mort sur son héritage et pour que le nom du mort ne soit pas retranché d'entre ses frères ni de la porte desa ville. Vous en êtes aujourd'hui les témoins."
11 All the people who were at the gate, along with the eldest, answered, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who enters into your house, like Rachel, and Leah, who built up the house of Israel, so that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrathah, and so that her name may be honored in Bethlehem.	11 Tout le peuple qui se trouvait à la porte répondit: "Nous en sommes témoins", et les anciensrépondirent: "Que Yahvé rende la femme qui va entrer dans ta maison semblable à Rachel et à Léa qui, à ellesdeux, ont édifié la maison d'Israël. Deviens puissant en Ephrata et fais-toi un nom dans Bethléem.
12 And may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the offspring which the Lord will give to you from this young woman.”	12 Que grâce à la postérité que Yahvé t'accordera de cette jeune femme, ta maison soit semblable à cellede Pérèç, que Tamar enfanta à Juda."
13 And so Boaz took Ruth, and received her as his wife, and he went in to her, and the Lord granted to her to conceive and bear a son.	13 Booz prit Ruth et elle devint sa femme. Il alla vers elle, Yahvé donna à Ruth de concevoir et elleenfanta un fils.
14 And the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not permitted your family to be without a successor, and may his name be called upon in Israel.	14 Les femmes dirent alors à Noémi: "Béni soit Yahvé qui ne t'a pas laissé manquer aujourd'hui dequelqu'un pour te racheter. Que son nom soit proclamé en Israël!
15 And now you may have someone to comfort your soul and to care for you in old age, for he is born of your daughter-in-law, who loves you, and this is much better for you, than if you had seven sons.”	15 Il sera pour toi un consolateur et le soutien de ta vieillesse, car il a pour mère ta bru qui t'aime, ellequi vaut mieux pour toi que sept fils."
16 And taking up the boy, Naomi placed him on her bosom, and she took on the duties of carrying him and nursing him.	16 Et Noémi, prenant l'enfant, le mit sur son sein, et ce fut elle qui prit soin de lui.
17 And the women of the near future were congratulating her and saying, “There was a son born to Naomi. They called his name Obed. Here is the father of Jesse, the father of David.”	17 Les voisines lui donnèrent un nom, elles dirent: "Il est né un fils à Noémi" et elles le nommèrentObed. C'est le père de Jessé, père de David.
18 These are the generations of Perez: Perez conceived Hezron,	18 Voici la postérité de Pérèç: Pérèç engendra Heçrôn.
19 Hezron conceived Aram, Aram conceived Amminadab,	19 Heçrôn engendra Ram et Ram engendra Amminadab.
20 Amminadab conceived Nahshon, Nahshon conceived Salmon,	20 Amminadab engendra Nahshôn et Nahshôn engendra Salmôn.
21 Salmon conceived Boaz, Boaz conceived Obed,	21 Salmôn engendra Booz et Booz engendra Obed.
22 Obed conceived Jesse, Jesse conceived David.	22 Et Obed engendra Jessé et Jessé engendra David.