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OEB Then Boaz went up to the gate and sat down. Just then the near kinsman of whom Boaz had spoken came along. Boaz said, ‘Hello, So-and-so (calling him by name), come here and sit down.’ So he stopped and sat down.
WEBBE Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by. Boaz said to him, “Come over here, friend, and sit down!” He came over, and sat down.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Now Boaz went up to the village gate and sat there. Then along came the guardian whom Boaz had mentioned to Ruth! Boaz said, “Come here and sit down, ‘John Doe’!” So he came and sat down.
LSV And Boaz has gone up to the gate, and sits there, and behold, the redeemer is passing by of whom Boaz had spoken, and he says, “Turn aside, sit down here, such a one, such a one”; and he turns aside and sits down.
FBV Boaz went to the town gate,[fn] and sat down there. The family redeemer that Boaz had mentioned happened to pass by, so Boaz said to him, “Come over here, friend, and sit down.” The man came over and sat down.
T4T Meanwhile, Boaz went up to the town gate and sat there. That was the place where people met together to decide important matters. When the man that Boaz had mentioned came there, the close relative of Ruth and Naomi’s dead husbands who had a responsibility to take care of Naomi and Ruth, Boaz said to him, “My friend, come over here and sit down.” So the man went and sat down.
LEB And Boaz had gone up to the city gate and sat there. And look, the redeemer of whom Boaz had spoken was passing by. And he said, “Come over here to sit, friend.”[fn] And he came over and sat.
BBE And Boaz went up to the public place of the town, and took his seat there: and the near relation of whom he had been talking came by; and Boaz, crying out to him by name, said, Come and be seated here. And he came and was seated.
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JPS Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there; and, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; unto whom he said: 'Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here.' And he turned aside, and sat down.
ASV Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
DRA Then Booz went up to the gate, and sat there. And when he had seen the kinsman going by, of whom he had spoken before, he said to him, calling him by his name: Turn aside for a little while, and sit down here. He turned aside, and sat down.
YLT And Boaz hath gone up to the gate, and sitteth there, and lo, the redeemer is passing by of whom Boaz had spoken, and he saith, 'Turn aside, sit down here, such a one, such a one;' and he turneth aside and sitteth down.
Drby And Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there. And behold, he that had the right of redemption, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. And he said, Thou, such a one, turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside and sat down.
RV Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
Wbstr Then Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there: and behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
KJB-1769 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
KJB-1611 ¶ Then went Boaz vp to the gate, and sate him downe there: and beholde, the kinseman of whome Boaz spake, came by, vnto whom he said, Ho, such a one: turne aside, sit downe here. And hee turned aside, and sate downe.
(¶ Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and behold, the kinseman of whom Boaz spake, came by, unto whom he said, Ho, such a one: turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.)
Bshps Then went Booz vp to the gate, and sat him downe there: and beholde, the kinsman of which Booz spake, came by, vnto whom, he sayde: Ho, suche one, come, sit downe here. And he turned, & sat downe.
(Then went Booz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and behold, the kinsman of which Booz spake, came by, unto whom, he said: Ho, such one, come, sit down here. And he turned, and sat down.)
Gnva Then went Boaz vp to the gate, and sate there, and beholde, the kinsman, of whome Boaz had spoken, came by: and he sayd, Ho, snch one, come, sit downe here. And he turned, and sate downe.
(Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat there, and behold, the kinsman, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by: and he said, Ho, snch one, come, sit down here. And he turned, and sat down. )
Cvdl Boos wente vp to ye gate, and sat him downe there: & beholde, whan ye nye kynsman wente by, Boos spake vnto him, & sayde: Come & syt the downe here (and called him by his name.) And he came & sat him downe,
(Boos went up to ye/you_all gate, and sat him down there: and behold, when ye/you_all nigh/near kinsman went by, Boos spake unto him, and said: Come and sit the down here (and called him by his name.) And he came and sat him down,)
Wyc Therfor Booz stiede to the yate, and sat there; and whanne he hadde seyn the kynesman passe forth, of whom the word was had, Booz seide to hym, Bowe thou a litil, and sitte here; and he clepide hym bi his name. And he turnede, and sat.
(Therefore Booz stiede to the gate, and sat there; and when he had seen the kinsman pass forth, of whom the word was had, Booz said to him, Bowe thou/you a little, and sit here; and he called him by his name. And he turned, and sat.)
Luth Boas ging hinauf ins Tor und setzte sich daselbst. Und siehe, da der Erbe vorüberging, redete Boas mit ihm und sprach: Komm und setze dich etwa hie oder da her. Und er kam und setzte sich.
(Boas went up into_the goal/doorway and sat itself/yourself/themselves there. And look, there the/of_the heritage passed_by, talked Boas with him and spoke: Come and setze you/yourself approximately here or there her. And he came and sat itself/yourself/themselves.)
ClVg Ascendit ergo Booz ad portam, et sedit ibi. Cumque vidisset propinquum præterire, de quo prius sermo habitus est, dixit ad eum: Declina paulisper, et sede hic: vocans eum nomine suo. Qui divertit, et sedit.[fn]
(Ascendit therefore Booz to portam, and sedit ibi. Cumque had_seen propinquum præterire, about quo first/before sermo habitus it_is, he_said to eum: Declina paulisper, and sede hic: calling him nomine his_own. Who divertit, and sedit. )
UTN uW Translation Notes:
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”
