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Boaz Marry Ruth
1 Den Boaz go ova dea by da big gate fo da town, da place wea da town leadas come togedda fo talk. He sit down dea wit da odda leada guys. Right den an dea, da odda guy from his ohana, da one Boaz talk bout, dat get da right fo marry Ruth mo den Boaz get, he walk by dem. Boaz yell to him an call his name. Boaz tell, “Hui! Come ova hea! Sit down! I like talk to you.” So dat guy come an sit down ova dea. 2 Den Boaz go tell ten a da older leada guys fo da town fo come lissen. He tell um, “Sit down ova hea.” Dey sit down too.
3 Boaz tell da guy dat get da right fo buy da ohana land an marry Ruth, “Eh, you know dat piece land dat oua ohana guy Elimelek wen own? He wen mahke ova dea Moab side. Now, his widow Naomi come back from dea, an her like sell dat piece land. 4 Me, I figga lidis: I gotta tell you bout dat piece land, cuz you get da right fo buy um, if you like. Dass cuz you an Elimelek da same blood. So, if you like buy um fo da land stay wit da ohana, den buy um in front all dese peopo dat stay hea, dese leada guys fo my peopo. But if you no like, den tell me in front all dis guys so I know, cuz I like buy um. You get da main right fo buy um fo da ohana, but I get da right afta you, if you no like buy um.”
Da odda guy tell, “Kay den, I buy um fo da ohana.”
5 Den Boaz tell da odda guy, “You know, wen you buy dis piece land from Naomi, dat mean you gotta take da Moab wahine Ruth same time, cuz she wen marry Elimelek boy, da one dat wen mahke. You da one dat gotta marry her, fo get kids wit her mahke husban name. Az how da Elimelek blood line no goin go way, an his land goin stay wit da ohana.
6 “Da guy dat get da right fo buy da land tell, ‘Eh, if dass how stay, den I no can. Cuz if I buy um, my land go fo da Elimelek line, an no go fo help my kids. Mo betta I give you my right fo buy dat piece land fo da ohana, cuz no way I can buy da land an take da wahine too!’ ”
7 ✡(Dat time, dass how da Israel peopo show proof dat one deal stay fo real, dey wen do um lidis: Wen anybody use da right fo buy someting, dey take off dea slippa an give um to da guy dey make one deal wit. Dass how erybody know wat kine deal dey make.) 8 So wen da guy dat get da right fo buy da land tell Boaz, “You buy um,” Boaz take off his slippa an give um to da guy in front erybody.
9 Den Boaz tell da older leada guys an da odda peopo dat was dea, “All you guys, you wen see wat wen happen hea today. I goin buy from Naomi all da land dat Elimelek an his boys Mahlon an Kilion wen get befo time. 10 ✡An not jus da land—da wahine Ruth from Moab, dat wen marry Mahlon befo he mahke, I stay buying da right fo make her my wife. Dass fo her get one boy dat goin keep da name fo his muddah mahke husban wit da land he get cuz his muddah was Mahlon wife. Den all da ohana an all da leada guys fo Mahlon town no goin foget who him. An all you guys, you gotta tell erybody wat wen happen dis day.”
11 ✡Da older leada guys fo da town, an all da peopo dat stay by da main gate wea da peopo stay come togedda, dey tell, “Dass right! All us guys see wat happen, an we gotta tell erybody.
“Dis wahine dat goin come inside yoa house,
Us like Da One In Charge make her come
Jalike da wahines Rachel an Leah,
Da two wahines all us Israel peopo come from!
An you, Ruth, come rich wit da Efratah ohana,
So erybody know who you, Betlehem town!
12 ✡An you, Boaz, us like Da One In Charge give you kids
Wit dis young wahine,
Fo yoa line bumbye come
Jalike da line dat come
From oua ancesta guy Perez,
Da one dat Tamar wen born
Fo oua ancesta Judah!”
Boaz Marry Ruth An Dey Get One Bebe
13 Dass how Boaz marry Ruth an she come his wife. Dey sleep togedda, an Da One In Charge let her come hapai. She born one boy. 14 Da Betlehem wahines tell Naomi, “Good, us guys tell good tings bout Da One In Charge! He no let you stay now wit no mo nobody dat get da right fo carry da name fo yoa ohana! We like all da Israel peopo know bout dis bebe!
15 “Eh Naomi! Dis bebe,
He goin make you feel
Jalike you young one mo time!
He goin take kea you wen you ol!
Cuz he come from yoa daughtah-in-law,
Dat get plenny love an aloha fo you.
She make um mo betta fo you den seven boys!”
16 Naomi, she wen carry da bebe close an take kea him jalike she da muddah. 17 Da neighba wahines tell, “Now Naomi get one grankid!” An dey give him da name Obed. Obed, layta he come Jesse faddah an King David granfaddah.
Da Boaz Ohana
18 Dis da ohana line from Perez:
Perez, he Hezron faddah.
19 Hezron, he Ram faddah.
Ram, he Amminadab faddah.
20 Amminadab, he Nakshon faddah.
Nakshon, he Salmah faddah.
21 Salmah, he Boaz faddah.
Boaz, he Obed faddah.
22 Obed, he Jesse faddah.
Jesse, he King David faddah.
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