1 ascendit ergo Booz ad portam et sedit ibi
cumque vidisset propinquum praeterire
de quo prius sermo habitus est
dixit ad eum declina paulisper et sede hic
vocans eum nomine suo
qui devertit et sedit
2 tollens autem Booz decem viros de senioribus civitatis
dixit ad eos sedete hic
3 quibus residentibus locutus est ad
propinquum
partem agri fratris nostri Helimelech vendit Noemi
quae reversa est de regione moabitide
4 quod audire te volui et tibi dicere
coram cunctis sedentibus et maioribus natu de populo meo
si vis possidere iure propinquitatis eme et posside
sin autem tibi displicet hoc ipsum indica mihi
ut sciam quid facere debeam
nullus est enim propinquus
excepto te qui prior es et me qui secundus sum
at ille respondit ego agrum emam
5 cui dixit Booz
quando emeris agrum de manu mulieris
Ruth quoque Moabitidem quae uxor defuncti fuit debes accipere
ut suscites nomen propinqui tui in hereditate sua
6 qui respondit cedo iure propinquitatis
neque enim posteritatem familiae meae delere debeo
tu meo utere privilegio quo me libenter carere profiteor
7 hic autem erat mos antiquitus in Israhel inter propinquos
et si quando alter alteri suo iure
cedebat
ut esset firma concessio
solvebat homo calciamentum suum et dabat proximo suo
hoc erat testimonium cessionis in Israhel
8 dixit ergo propinquus Booz
tolle calciamentum quod statim solvit de pede suo
9 at ille maioribus natu et universo populo
testes inquit vos estis hodie
quod possederim omnia quae fuerunt Helimelech et Chellion et Maalon
tradente Noemi
10 et Ruth Moabitidem uxorem Maalon in coniugium sumpserim
ut suscitem nomen defuncti in hereditate sua
ne vocabulum eius de familia sua ac fratribus et populo deleatur
vos inquam huius rei testes estis
11 respondit omnis populus qui erat in porta et maiores natu
nos testes sumus
faciat Dominus hanc mulierem quae ingreditur domum tuam
sicut Rachel et Liam quae aedificaverunt domum Israhel
ut sit exemplum virtutis in Ephrata
et habeat celebre nomen in Bethleem
12 fiatque domus tua sicut domus Phares quem Thamar peperit Iudae
de semine quod dederit Dominus tibi ex
hac puella
13 tulit itaque Booz Ruth et accepit uxorem
ingressusque est ad eam
et dedit illi Dominus ut conciperet et pareret filium
14 dixeruntque mulieres ad Noemi benedictus Dominus
qui non est passus ut deficeret successor familiae tuae
et vocaretur nomen eius in Israhel
15 et habeas qui consoletur animam tuam et enutriat senectutem
de nuru enim tua natus est quae te diligit
et multo tibi est melior quam si septem
haberes filios
16 susceptumque Noemi puerum posuit in sinu suo
et nutricis ac gerulae officio fungebatur
17 vicinae autem mulieres congratulantes ei
et dicentes natus est filius Noemi
vocaverunt nomen eius Obed
hic est pater Isai patris David
18 hae sunt generationes Phares
Phares genuit Esrom
19 Esrom genuit Aram Aram genuit Aminadab
20 Aminadab genuit Naasson
Naasson genuit Salma
21 Salma genuit Booz
Booz genuit Obed
22 Obed genuit Isai
Isai genuit David
EXPLICIT LIBER RUTH1 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. 2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down. 3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s: 4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it , redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it . 5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
6 ¶ And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it . 7 Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel. 8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
9 ¶ And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi. 10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day. 11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem: 12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.
13 ¶ So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son. 14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. 15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him. 16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. 17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
18 ¶ Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, 19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, 20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, 21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.