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OET (OET-LV) And_Boˊaz he_went_up the_gate and_he/it_sat_down//remained//lived there and_see/lo/see the_redeemer [was]_passing_by whom he_had_spoken Boˊaz and_he/it_said come_over sit_down here a_certain_one a_certain_one and_went_over and_sat_down.
OET (OET-RV) Meanwhile, Boaz went to the place inside the town gate (where people conducted their official business) and sat down there. Just as he had hoped, the man responsible for Naomi’s family came along—the man whom Boaz had mentioned earlier—and Boaz called out to him by name and said, “Come over here and sit down.” So the man came over and sat down.
Note 1 topic: writing-newevent
וּבֹ֨עַז עָלָ֣ה הַשַּׁעַר֮
and,Boaz gone_up the,gate
The writer is using this clause to introduce the next part of the story, in which Boaz takes the leading role as kinsman-redeemer and marries Ruth. Use a word, phrase, or other method in your language that is natural for introducing a new event. Alternate translation: “As for Boaz, he went up to the town gate”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
הַשַּׁעַר֮
the,gate
The original readers knew that the gate was the place inside the entrance to the town where community business was publicly conducted. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “to the gathering place inside the gateway of the town”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וְהִנֵּ֨ה
and=see/lo/see!
The writer is using the term behold to focus our attention on the important event of Boaz seeing the exact person whom he wanted to see walking by. Your language may have a comparable expression that you could use in your translation. Alternate translation: “And amazingly” or “To his delight”
Note 4 topic: translate-kinship
הַגֹּאֵ֤ל
the,redeemer
The term kinsman-redeemer specifically refers to the closest living male relative to Elimelek. If your language has a specific word for such a person, it would be appropriate to use it here. See how you translated kinsman-redeemer in 2:20.
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations
וַיֹּ֛אמֶר ס֥וּרָה שְׁבָה־פֹּ֖ה פְּלֹנִ֣י אַלְמֹנִ֑י
and=he/it_said come_over, sit_down, here friend אַלְמֹנִי
In many languages, a certain person is an awkward and unnatural way for someone to address another person. A way to make this more natural could be to turn this into an indirect quotation. A combination of indirect and direct quotation is also possible, as in the UST. Alternate translation: “Boaz called to this certain person and asked him to turn aside and sit down there”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
פְּלֹנִ֣י אַלְמֹנִ֑י
friend אַלְמֹנִי
Boaz did not actually say a certain person; instead, he called the kinsman-redeemer by his name. This is an idiom that means a specific person, but the name is not given. The narrator has substituted this general term for the person’s name either because he did not want to give the specific name or because the man’s name had been forgotten. If your language has an idiom to refer to a specific person without using his name, use that here. Alternate translation: “so-and-so” or “such a one”
4:1 Most legal transactions, including property transfers, were carried out at the town gate.
• friend: Boaz might or might not have used the man’s name, but the author of Ruth avoided doing so.
OET (OET-LV) And_Boˊaz he_went_up the_gate and_he/it_sat_down//remained//lived there and_see/lo/see the_redeemer [was]_passing_by whom he_had_spoken Boˊaz and_he/it_said come_over sit_down here a_certain_one a_certain_one and_went_over and_sat_down.
OET (OET-RV) Meanwhile, Boaz went to the place inside the town gate (where people conducted their official business) and sat down there. Just as he had hoped, the man responsible for Naomi’s family came along—the man whom Boaz had mentioned earlier—and Boaz called out to him by name and said, “Come over here and sit down.” So the man came over and sat down.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.