4 — Ruth

1Then Booz went up to the gate, and sat there. And when he had seen the kinsman going by, of whom he had spoken before, he said to him, calling him by his name: Turn aside for a little while, and sit down here. He turned aside, and sat down.Andò adunque Booz alla porta, e ivi si pose a sedere. E avendo veduto passare quel parente, di cui si è già parlato, gli disse, chiamandolo per suo nome: Vieni un po' qua, e siedi qui. Ed egli si appressò, e si pose a sedere.BOOZ therfore went vp to the gate, and sate there. And when he had seene the nigh kinsman passe by, of whom the talke was had before, he said to him: Turne in a litle while, and sitte here: calling him by his name. Who turned in, and sate.Ascendit ergo Booz ad portam, et sedit ibi. Cumque vidisset propinquum præterire, de quo prius sermo habitus est, dixit ad eum: Declina paulisper, et sede hic: vocans eum nomine suo. Qui divertit, et sedit. 2And Booz, taking ten men of the ancients of the city, said to them: Sit ye down here.E Booz prese dieci uomini de' più vecchi della città, e disse loro: Sedete qui.And Booz taking ten men of the citie, said to them: Sitte ye here.Tollens autem Booz decem viros de senioribus civitatis, dixit ad eos: Sedete hic. 3They sat down, and he spoke to the kinsman: Noemi, who is returned from the country of Moab will sell a parcel of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.E mentre quelli sedevano, egli disse al parente: Noemi, che è tornata dal paese di Moab, venderà una parte del podere di Elimelech nostro fratello.Who sitting downe, he spake to the nigh kinseman: Noemi, who is returned from the countrie of Moab, wil sel the part of the field belonging to our brother Elimelech.Quibus sedentibus, locutus est ad propinquum: Partem agri fratris nostri Elimelech vendet Noëmi, quæ reversa est de regione Moabitide: 4I would have thee to understand this, and would tell thee before all that sit here, and before the ancients of my people. If thou wilt take possession of it by the right of kindred: buy it, and possess it: but if it please thee not, tell me so, that I may know what I have to do. For there is no near kinsman besides thee, who art first, and me, who am second. But he answered: I will buy the field.La qual cosa io ho voluto che tu sapessi per dirti dinanzi a tutti questi che seggono e a' seniori del popolo. Se tu vuoi farne acquisto in virtù del diritto di parentela, compralo, e prenditelo: ma se a te ciò non piace, fammelo sapere, affinchè io vegga quel che debbo fare: perocché non havvi altro parente, eccettuato tu, che sei avanti a me, e io, che sono il secondo. E quegli rispose: Comprerò io il campo.Which I would thee to vnderstand, and would tel thee before al that sitte, and the ancientes of my people. If thou wilt possesse it by the right of nigh kindred: bye, and possesse it. but if it please thee not, tel me the same, that I may know what I ought to doe. For there is no nigh kinseman sauing thee, which art first, and me, who am second. But he answered: I wil bye the field.quod audire te volui, et tibi dicere coram cunctis sedentibus, et majoribus natu de populo meo. Si vis possidere jure propinquitatis, eme, et posside: sin autem displicet tibi, hoc ipsum indica mihi, ut sciam quid facere debeam: nullus enim est propinquus, excepto te, qui prior es, et me, qui secundus sum. At ille respondit: Ego agrum emam.

5And Booz said to him: When thou shalt buy the field at the woman’s hand, thou must take also Ruth, the Moabitess, who was the wife of the deceased: to raise up the name of thy kinsman in his inheritance.Dissegli Booz: Quando avrai comprato il campo da quella donna, tu dei ancora sposare Ruth di Moab, la quale è stata moglie del defunto, per risuscitare il nome del tuo parente nella sua eredità.To whom Booz said: When thou shalt bye the field at the womans hand, thou must take also Ruth the Moabite, which was the wife of the deceased: that thou mayest rayse vp the name of thy kinsman in his inheritance.Cui dixit Booz: Quando emeris agrum de manu mulieris, Ruth quoque Moabitidem, quæ uxor defuncti fuit, debes accipere: ut suscites nomen propinqui tui in hæreditate sua. 6He answered: I yield up my right of next akin: for I must not cut off the posterity of my own family. Do thou make use of my privilege, which I profess I do willingly forego.Rispose quegli: Cedo le ragioni di propinquità: perocché non debbo io estinguere la posterità della mia famiglia: serviti tu del mio privilegio, del quale io dichiaro che volentieri mi privo.Who answered: I yeld my right of nigh kindred: for I may not abolish the posteritie of myne owne familie. Doe thou vse my priuiledge, which I professe that I doe willingly forgoe.Qui respondit: Cedo juri propinquitatis: neque enim posteritatem familiæ meæ delere debeo: tu meo utere privilegio, quo me libenter carere profiteor. 7Now this in former times was the manner in Israel between kinsmen, that if at any time one yielded his right to another: that the grant might be sure, the man put off his shoe and gave it to his neighbour; this was a testimony of cession of right in Israel.Or era antica in Israele questa usanza tra' parenti, che se alcuna volta l'uno cedeva all'altro il proprio diritto, affinchè fosse valida la rinunzia, quegli si cavava la sua scarpa, e la dava al suo parente; questo era il segno della cessione in Israele.And this in old time was the maner in Israel betwen kinsemen, that if at any time one yelded to an other his right: that the graunt might be sure, the man put of his shoe, and gaue it to his neighbour. this was a testimonie of yelding in Israel.Hic autem erat mos antiquitus in Israël inter propinquos, ut siquando alter alteri suo juri cedebat, ut esset firma concessio, solvebat homo calceamentum suum, et dabat proximo suo: hoc erat testmonium cessionis in Israël. 8So Booz said to his kinsman: Put off thy shoe. And immediately he took it off from his foot.Disse perciò Booz al suo parente: Cavati la scarpa. E quegli tosto se la cavò dal piede.Booz therfore said to his kinseman: Take of thy shoe. Which immediatly he loosed from his foote.Dixit ergo propinquo suo Booz: Tolle calceamentum tuum. Quod statim solvit de pede suo.

9And he said to the ancients, and to all the people: You are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and Chelion’s, and Mahalon’s, of the hand of Noemi:Ed egli disse a' seniori, e a tutto il popolo: Voi siete oggi testimoni, come io fo acquisto di tutto quello che spettava ad Elimelech, e a Chelion, e a Mahalon dalle mani di Noemi:But to the ancientes, and the whole people he said: You are witnesses this day, that I haue purchased al thinges which were Elimelechs; and Chelions and Mahalons; Noemi deliuering them:At ille majoribus natu, et universo populo: Testes vos, inquit, estis hodie, quod possederim omnis quæ fuerunt Elimelech, et Chelion, et Mahalon, tradente Noëmi; 10And have taken to wife Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of Mahalon, to raise up the name of the deceased in his inheritance lest his name be cut off, from among his family and his brethren and his people. You, I say, are witnesses of this thing.E prendo per moglie Ruth di Moab moglie di Mahalon, affin di risuscitare il nome del defunto nella sua eredità, affinchè il suo nome non venga meno nella sua famiglia, e tra' fratelli, e nel popolo. Voi, dico, siete di ciò testimoni.and haue taken in mariage Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahalon, that I may rayse vp the name of the deceased in his inheritance, lest his name be abolished out of his familie and brethren and people. You, I say, are witnesses of this thing.et Ruth Moabitidem, uxorem Mahalon, in conjugium sumpserim, ut suscitem nomen defuncti in hæreditate sua, ne vocabulum ejus de familia sua ac fratribus et populo deleatur. Vos, inquam, hujus rei testes estis. 11Then all the people that were in the gate, and the ancients, answered: We are witnesses: The Lord make this woman who cometh into thy house, like Rachel, and Lia, who built up the house of Israel: that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrata, and may have a famous name in Bethlehem:Risposero tutto il popolo che era alla porta, e i seniori: Siam testimoni; il Signore faccia che questa donna, la quale entra in casa tua, sia come Rachele, e Lia, le quali fondarono la casa d'Israele: ch'ella sia esempio di virtù in Ephrata, ed abbia un nome celebre in Bethlehem;Al the people that was in the gate answered, and the ancientes: We are witnesses: Our Lord make this woman, which entereth into thy house, as Rachel, and Lia, which builded the house of Israel: that she may be an example of vertue in Ephrata, and may haue a famous name in Bethlehem:Respondit omnis populus, qui erat in porta, et majores natu: Nos testes sumus: faciat Dominus hanc mulierem, quæ ingreditur domum tuam, sicut Rachel et Liam, quæ ædificaverunt domum Israël: ut sit exemplum virtutis in Ephratha, et habeat celebre nomen in Bethlehem: 12And that the house may be, as the house of Phares, whom Thamar bore unto Juda, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.E sia la tua casa, come la casa di Phares (il quale fu partorito a Giuda da Thamar) in virtù della discendenza che il Signor ti darà da questa giovane.and that thy house may be, as the house of Phares, whom Thamar bare to Iudas, of the seede which our Lord shal geue thee of this yong woman.fiatque domus tua sicut domus Phares, quem Thamar peperit Judæ, de semine quod tibi dederit Dominus ex hac puella.

13Booz therefore took Ruth, and married her: and went in unto her, and the Lord gave her to conceive, and to bear a son.Booz pertanto prese Ruth, e sposolla: e stette con lei, e il Signore le concedette di concepire, e partorire un figliuolo.Booz therfore tooke Ruth, and had her to wife: and went in vnto her, and our Lord gaue her to conceiue, and to beare a sonne.Tulit itaque Booz Ruth, et accepit uxorem: ingressusque est ad eam, et dedit illi Dominus ut conciperet, et pareret filium. 14And the women said to Noemi: Blessed be the Lord, who hath not suffered thy family to want a successor: that his name should be preserved in Israel.E le donne diceano a Noemi: Benedetto il Signore, che non ha permesso che mancasse successore alla tua famiglia, affinchè seguiti a nomarsi il nome di lei in Israele;And the wemen said to Noemi: Blessed be our Lord, which hath not suffered that there should fayle a successor of thy familie: that his name should be called in Israel.Dixeruntque mulieres ad Noëmi: Benedictus Dominus, qui non est passus ut deficeret successor familiæ tuæ, et vocaretur nomen ejus in Israël: 15And thou shouldst have one to comfort thy soul, and cherish thy old age. For he is born of thy daughter in law: who loveth thee: and is much better to thee, than if thou hadst seven sons.E affinchè tu abbi chi consoli l'anima tua, e sostenti la tua vecchiaia: perocché egli è nato dalla tua nuora, la quale ti ama, ed ella vale più per te che se avessi sette figliuoli.And thou shouldest haue one that may comfort thy soule, and cherish thy old age. For of thy daughter in law is he borne, which wil loue thee: and much better is she to thee, then if thou hadst seuen sonnes.et habeas qui consoletur animam tuam, et enutriat senectutem: de nuru enim tua natus est, quæ te diligit, et multo tibi melior est, quam si septem haberes filios. 16And Noemi taking the child, laid it in her bosom, and she carried it, and was a nurse unto it.E Noemi prese il bambino, e lo pose nel suo seno, e faceagli da nutrice, e da fantesca.And Noemi taking the child put it in her bosome, and did the office of a nource and of one that should carie him.Susceptumque Noëmi puerum posuit in sinu suo, et nutricis ac gerulæ fungebatur officio. 17And the women, her neighbours, congratulating with her, and saying, There is a son born to Noemi, called his name Obed: he is the father of Isai, the father of David.E le vicine si congratulavan con lei, e diceano: È nato un figliuolo a Noemi: e gli poser nome Obed: egli fu padre d'Isai, padre di Davidde.And the women her neighbours congratulating her, and saying: There is a sonne borne to Noemi: called his name Obed: this is the father of Isai, the father of Dauid.Vicinæ autem mulieris congratulantes ei, et dicentes: Natus est filius Noëmi: vocaverunt nomen ejus Obed: hic est pater Isai, patris David.

18These are the generations of Phares: Phares begot Esron,Ecco la genealogia di Phares: Phares generò Esron:These are the generations of Phares: Phares begat Esron,Hæ sunt generationes Phares: Phares genuit Esron, 19Esron begot Aram, Aram begot Aminadab,Esron generò Aram: Aram generò Aminadab:Esron begat Aram, Aram begat Aminadab,Esron genuit Aram, Aram genuit Aminadab, 20Aminadab begot Nahasson, Nahasson begot Salmon,Aminadab generò Nahasson: Nahasson generò Salmon:Aminadab begat Nahasson, Nahasson begat Salmon,Aminadab genuit Nahasson, Nahasson genuit Salmon, 21Salmon begot Booz, Booz begot Obed,Salmon generò Booz: Booz generò Obed:Salmon begat Booz, Booz begat Obed,Salmon genuit Booz, Booz genuit Obed, 22Obed begot Isai, Isai begot David.Obed generò Isai: Isai generò David.Obed begat Isai, Isai begat Dauid.Obed genuit Isai, Isai genuit David.