²⁰ Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May the Lord^(A) bless him because he has not abandoned his kindness to the living or the dead.”^(B) Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our family redeemers.”^(C)

¹² Yes, it is true that I am a family redeemer, but there is a redeemer closer than I am.

³ He said to the redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the territory of Moab, is selling the portion of the field that belonged to our brother Elimelech.^{(A) 4} I thought I should inform you: Buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do it. But if you do^[a] not want to redeem it, tell me so that I will know, because there isn’t anyone other than you to redeem it, and I am next after you.”

“I want to redeem it,” he answered.

⁵ Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from Naomi, you will acquire^[b] Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the deceased man, to perpetuate the man’s name on his property.”^[c](B)

⁶ The redeemer replied, “I can’t redeem it myself, or I will ruin my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I can’t redeem it.”