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OET (OET-LV) And_I I_said I_will_uncover attention_you to_say acquire_[it] before the_sitting and_in_the_presence_of the_elders people_my if you_will_redeem redeem and_if not he_will_redeem tell to/for_me and_know[fn] if/because there_[is]_not except_you to_redeem and_I after_you and_he/it_said I I_will_redeem.
4:4 Variant note: ו/אדע: (x-qere) ’וְ/אֵֽדְעָה֙’: lemma_c/3045 n_1.1.1 morph_HC/Vqh1cs id_08fbk וְ/אֵֽדְעָה֙
OET (OET-RV) I thought that I should tell you about it and in case you buy the land while the people sitting here are listening, including these leaders of our people. If you want to buy it back into the family, then do so. But if you do not want to buy it back, then let me know, because you are the closest relative to Elimelek, and I am next after you.”
¶ “I’ll buy it,” the man replied.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
אָמַ֜רְתִּי
thought
Here, said refers to something that Boaz said to himself in his own mind. Alternate translation: “I said to myself that” or “I felt that”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
אֶגְלֶ֧ה אָזְנְךָ֣
tell attention,you
I should uncover your ear is an idiom that means “I should tell you” or “I should let you know.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use an idiom from your language that does have this meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: "I should inform you"
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
נֶ֥גֶד הַֽיֹּשְׁבִים֮
in_the_presence_of the,sitting
Having these men as witnesses would make the transaction legal and binding. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “before these witnesses”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
אִם־תִּגְאַל֙
if redeem
Here, Boaz is asking about the man's willingness to redeem the property. Use a natural way to express this in your language. Alternate translation: "If you are willing to buy it back to keep it in the family"
Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-exceptions
אֵ֤ין זוּלָֽתְךָ֙ לִגְא֔וֹל וְאָנֹכִ֖י אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ
not except,you to,redeem and,I after,you
In some languages, it may be confusing to say these things together: (1) there is no one to redeem the land besides you, (2) I can redeem the land after you. It may appear that Boaz is making a statement and then contradicting it. If so, you could say this differently. Alternate translation: “you are the first in line to redeem it, and I am the next one in line”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns
אָנֹכִ֥י אֶגְאָֽל
I redeem
The man uses the word myself here to emphasize that he will do it and no one else. Use a way that is natural in your language to indicate this significance. Alternate translation: “I will be the one who redeems it”
4:4 redeem it: The law called for a near relative, the family redeemer, to buy land when a landowner had to sell it (see Lev 25:23-34). This practice kept land in the family; the redeemer was a conservator for the land until the destitute landowner could recover economically and buy it back.
• All right, I’ll redeem it: The kinsman could see a great opportunity—there was no male heir and no apparent likelihood that there would be one, so he could add the land to his own estate while doing his social duty for the family.
OET (OET-LV) And_I I_said I_will_uncover attention_you to_say acquire_[it] before the_sitting and_in_the_presence_of the_elders people_my if you_will_redeem redeem and_if not he_will_redeem tell to/for_me and_know[fn] if/because there_[is]_not except_you to_redeem and_I after_you and_he/it_said I I_will_redeem.
4:4 Variant note: ו/אדע: (x-qere) ’וְ/אֵֽדְעָה֙’: lemma_c/3045 n_1.1.1 morph_HC/Vqh1cs id_08fbk וְ/אֵֽדְעָה֙
OET (OET-RV) I thought that I should tell you about it and in case you buy the land while the people sitting here are listening, including these leaders of our people. If you want to buy it back into the family, then do so. But if you do not want to buy it back, then let me know, because you are the closest relative to Elimelek, and I am next after you.”
¶ “I’ll buy it,” the man replied.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.