root 4:1-22
4 boaz shehar ke faatak par gaya+ aur vahin baitha raha. tabhi woh chhudanevala vahaan se guzra, jiska zikra usne root se kiya tha.+ boaz ne us aadmi* ko bulaya, “zara idhar aakaar baith.” woh aadmi uske paas aakaar baith gaya.
2 tab boaz ne shehar ke das mukhiyaon+ ko ikattha kiya aur unse kaha, “yahaan aao aur baitho.” woh sab baith gaye.
3 ab boaz ne us chhudanevale+ se kaha, “naaomi moab ke ilake se vaapas aa gayi hai+ aur use hamare bhaai eleemelek+ ki zameen bechani pad rahi hai.
4 mainne socha ki tujhe yah baat shehar ke nivasiyon aur mere logon ke mukhiyaon ke saamne bata doon kyonki us zameen ko khareedne ka pehala hak tera banta hai.+ isliye agar tu chahe to woh zameen chhuda sakta hai. lekin agar tu nahin chhudayega, to mujhe bata kyonki tere baad chhudane ka hak mera hai.” us aadmi ne kaha, “main use chhudane ke liye taiyar hoon.”+
5 tab boaz ne kaha, “magar tujhe yah zameen sirf naaomi se nahin balki uske bete ki vidhva moabee root se bhi khareedni hogi. is tarah zameen par us mare huye aadmi ka naam bana rahega.”+
6 is par us chhudanevale ne kaha, “main yah zameen nahin chhuda sakta, kahin aisa na ho ki mujhe nuksan uthana pade.* nahin, main use nahin chhudaunga. mera hak tu le le aur use chhuda le.”
7 un dinon israel mein yah dastoor tha ki jab ek aadmi chhudane ka apna hak kisi doosre ko de deta tha, to use sabke saamne apni ek jooti utaarkar+ us doosre aadmi ko deni hoti thi. israel mein aise maamle ko kaanooni taur par pakka karne ka yahi tareeka tha.
8 isliye jab us chhudanevale ne boaz se kaha ki tu hi yah zameen khareed le, to usne apni jooti utar di.
9 tab boaz ne mukhiyaon aur sab logon ke saamne kaha, “aaj tum log is baat ke gavah ho+ ki jo kuch eleemelek, kilyon aur mahlon ka hai use main naaomi se khareed raha hoon.
10 saath hi, main mahlon ki vidhva moabee root ko bhi apni patni banata hoon taaki us mare huye aadmi ki zameen par uska naam bana rahe.+ aur uska naam apne bhaaiyon aur shehar ke logon ke beech se* mit na jaaye. aaj tum sab is baat ke gavah ho.”+
11 tab shehar ke faatak par maujood sab logon aur mukhiyaon ne kaha, “haan, hum is baat ke gavah hain. tere ghar aanevali is aurat ko yahova aasheesh de. woh raahel aur lia ki tarah fale-foole, jinse israel ka poora gharana nikala.+ eprata+ mein teri khoob tarakki ho aur betlehem+ mein tera ek achha naam ho.
12 is aurat se yahova tujhe jo bachcha de,+ usse tera gharana peres ke gharane jaisa ban jaaye,+ jo yahooda aur taamar ka beta tha.”
13 tab boaz ne root ko apni patni banaya aur uske saath sambandh rakhe. yahova ki aasheesh se root garbhvati hui aur usne ek bete ko janm diya.
14 tab aurton ne naaomi se kaha, “yahova ki badai ho jisne tujhe besahara nahin chhoda balki ek chhudanevale ko bheja. israel mein is bachche ka bada naam ho.
15 usne* tujhe ek nayi zindagi di hai, woh tere budhape ka sahara hoga. aakhir woh teri us bahoo ka beta hai jo tujhse behad pyar karti hai+ aur saat beton se bhi badhkar hai.”
16 naaomi ne apne pote ko seene se lagaya aur use paala-posa.*
17 aas-pados ki aurtein kehne lagin, “naaomi ko ek beta hua hai.” unhonne bachche ka naam obed rakha.+ obed, yishai+ ka pita aur daavid ka daada tha.
18 peres ki yah vanshavli hai:+ peres se hesron paida hua,+
19 hesron se raam, raam se ammeenadab,+
20 ammeenadab+ se nahshon, nahshon se salmon,
21 salmon se boaz, boaz se obed,
22 obed se yishai+ aur yishai se daavid paida hua.+
kai footnote
^ us aadmi ka naam nahin diya gaya hai.
^ shaa., “meri apni virasat ko nuksan pahunche.”
^ ya “uske shehar ke faatak se.”
^ yaani naaomi ka pota.
^ ya “uski dhaai ban gayi.”
