Lùdéjì 4:1-8

1 Bōesī dào le chéng mén , zuò zaì nàli , qià qiǎo Bōesī suǒ shuō de nà zhì jìn de qīnshǔ jīngguò . Bōesī shuō , mǒu rén nǎ , nǐ lái zuò zaì zhèlǐ . tā jiù lái zuò xià .
2 Bōesī yòu cóng bĕn chéng de zhǎnglǎo zhōng jiǎnxuǎn le shí rén , duì tāmen shuō , qǐng nǐmen zuò zaì zhèlǐ . tāmen jiù dōu zuò xià .
3 Bōesī duì nà zhì jìn de qīnshǔ shuō , cóng Móyē dì huí lái de ná é mǐ , xiànzaì yào maì wǒmen zú xiōng Yǐlì mǐ lè de nà kuaì dì .
4 Wǒ xiǎng dāng shú nà kuaì dì de shì nǐ , qí cì shì wǒ , yǐwaì zaì méiyǒu biérén le . nǐ kĕyǐ zaì zhèlǐ de rén miànqián , hé wǒ bĕn guó de zhǎnglǎo miànqián shuō míng , nǐ ruò kĕn shú jiù shú , ruò bù kĕn shú jiù gàosu wǒ . nà rén huídá shuō , wǒ kĕn shú .
5 Bōesī shuō , nǐ cóng ná é mǐ shǒu zhōng mǎi zhè dì de shíhou , yĕ dāng qǔ ( yuánwén zuò mǎi shí jié tóng ) sǐ rén de qī Móyē nǚzi Lùdé , shǐ sǐ rén zaì chǎnyè shàng cún liú tāde míng .
6 Nà rén shuō , zhèyàng wǒ jiù bùnéng shú le , kǒngpà yú wǒde chǎnyè yǒu aì . nǐ kĕyǐ shú wǒ suǒ dāng shú de , wǒ bùnéng shú le .
7 Cóng qián , zaì Yǐsèliè zhōng yào déng duó shénme shì , huò shú huí , huò jiāo yì , zhè rén jiù tuō xié gĕi nà rén . Yǐsèliè rén dōu yǐ cǐ wèi zhèngjù .
8 Nà rén duì Bōesī shuō , nǐ zìjǐ mǎi ba . yúshì jiāng xié tuō xià lái le .

Lùdéjì 4:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO RUTH 4

This chapter relates how an offer was made to the nearest kinsman of Ruth to redeem her, and the field her husband left, which he refused to do, Ru 4:1-8, upon which Boaz redeemed both, and married Ruth before the elders of the city as witnesses, and who congratulated him and her on that occasion, Ru 4:9-12, to whom a son was born, called Obed by the neighbours, Ru 4:13-17 and the chapter is concluded with the genealogy of David, who sprung from him, Ru 4:18-22.

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