Ruth 4:5-11 Then said Boaz, What day thou takest over the land from the hand of Naomi, also, of Ruth the Moabitess, wife of the dead, dost thou take it, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ Then said Boaz, What day thou takest over the land from the hand of Naomi, also, of Ruth the Moabitess, wife of the dead, dost thou take [it], to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. ⁶ Then said the kinsman––I cannot act as kinsman for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance,––do, thou, for thyself act as kinsman in my right, for I cannot so redeem. ⁷ Now, this aforetime, [was the way] in Israel, at a redeeming, and at an exchanging, to confirm every word: A man drew off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour,––yea, this, was the way of taking to witness, in Israel. ⁸ So the kinsman said unto Boaz, Take it over for thyself,––and he drew off his shoe.
⁹ Then said Boaz to the elders, and all the people––Witnesses, are ye today, that I have taken over all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s, and Mahlon’s,––from the hand of Naomi: ¹⁰ Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, wife of Mahlon, have I taken over, to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off––from among his brethren, and from the gate of his dwelling– place,––Witnesses, are ye today! ¹¹ Then said all the people who were in the gate, and the elders––Witnesses!, ––Yahweh grant the woman who is coming into thy house, to be as Rachel, and as Leah, which two of them did build the house of Israel. Do thou bravely, then, in Ephrathah, and proclaim thou a name in Bethlehem,