Ruth 4:6 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

And the near kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: take thou my right of redemption on thee; for I cannot redeem it.

ASV Byzantine Text

And the near kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: take thou my right of redemption on thee; for I cannot redeem it.

Asang Khongca Bible

To naah angmah ih canawk mah, Kaimah hanah long ka krang thai mak ai; ka krang nahaeloe kaimah ih qawk to kam rosak moeng tih; to pongah nangmah taham ah nang mah akrang halat ah, tiah a naa.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Tedae aka tlan loh, “Kamah loh ka tlan ham akhaw a tlan ham ka noeng moenih. Ka rho he ka porhak sak ve. Namah ham na tlan mako. Ka tlannah neh tlan ham ka noeng moenih,” a ti nah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Tedae aka tlan loh , “Kamah loh ka tlan ham akhaw a tlan ham ka noeng moenih. Ka rho he ka porhak sak ve. Namah ham na tlan mako. Ka tlannah neh tlan ham ka noeng moenih,” a ti nah.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Olelo mai la ka hoahanau, Aole hiki ia'u ke kuai no'u iho, o hoolilo auanei au i ko'u hooilina. Nau no e kuai i ko'u kuleana nou, no ka mea, aole hiki ia'u ke kuai.

English Berean Standard Bible

The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Lè sa a, nonm lan reponn: -Si se konsa, mwen p'ap ka achte tè a. Paske, si m' achte l', pitit mwen riske pèdi nan sa m'ap kite pou yo a. Ou mèt achte l' ou menm. Mwen p'ap fè zafè a ankò.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Qui respondit: Cedo juri propinquitatis: neque enim posteritatem familiæ meæ delere debeo: tu meo utere privilegio, quo me libenter carere profiteor.

Bible in Basic English

And the near relation said, I am not able to do the relation's part, for fear of damaging the heritage I have: you may do it in my place, for I am not able to do it myself.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et celui qui avait le droit de rachat dit : Je ne puis pas le racheter pour moi, de peur que je ne ruine mon héritage ; use, toi, de mon droit de rachat, car je ne puis racheter.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Odpověděl příbuzný ten: Nemohuť koupiti, abych snad nezahladil dědictví svého. Uživ ty práva příbuznosti mé, nebo já ho nemohu užiti.

Kosraean Bible

Na mwet sac fahk, “Fin ouingan, nga ac tari kitala suwohs se luk in molela acn sacn, mweyen kalmac uh pa tulik nutik sifacna uh ac tia ku in usrui acn sacn. Molela kom. Tari nga ac tila eis.”

World Portuguese Bible

O resgatador respondeu: “Não posso resgatá-lo para mim, para não prejudicar a minha própria herança. Assuma você o meu direito de resgate; pois eu não posso resgatá-lo.”

Romanian BTF Bible

Iar răscumpărătorul a spus: Nu îl pot răscumpăra pentru mine, ca nu cumva să stric moştenirea mea, răscumpără dreptul meu pentru tine, fiindcă eu nu îl pot răscumpăra.

Brenton English Septuagint

And the kinsman said, I shall not be able to redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance; do thou redeem my right for thyself, for I shall not be able to redeem it.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ထိုသူက``ထိုသို့ဖြစ်ပါမူငါ့သားသမီး များက ထိုလယ်မြေကိုအမွေခံရကြလိမ့် မည်မဟုတ်သဖြင့် ဝယ်ယူပိုင်ခွင့်ကိုငါစွန့် လွှတ်လိုက်ပါပြီ။ ငါမဝယ်ယူလိုတော့ပါ။ သင်ပင်ဝယ်ယူပါလော့'' ဟုပြန်ပြော၏။

Darby Translation

And he that had the right of redemption said, I cannot redeem [it] for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance. Redeem thou for thyself what I should redeem, for I cannot redeem [it].

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Da sprach der Blutsverwandte: Ich kann nicht für mich lösen, daß ich mein Erbteil nicht verderbe. Löse du für dich, was ich lösen sollte, denn ich kann nicht lösen.

Dutch Bible 1917

Toen zeide die losser: Ik zal het voor mij niet kunnen lossen, opdat ik mijn erfdeel niet misschien verderve; los gij mijn lossing voor u; want ik zal niet kunnen lossen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Toen zei de losser: Dan kan ik voor mij geen losser zijn; anders zou ik mijn eigen erfdeel maar schaden. Maak gij van mijn losrecht gebruik; ik kan hier geen losser zijn.

Italian Diodati Bible

Ma, colui che avea la ragione della consanguinità, disse: Io non posso usare la ragione della consanguinità per me; che talora io non dissipi la mia eredità; usa tu la mia ragione della consanguinità, per riscuoterla; perciocchè io non posso farlo.

Douay-Rheims 1899

He answered: I yield up my right of next akin: for I must not cut off the posterity of my own family. Do thou make use of my privilege, which I profess I do willingly forego.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the kinsman answered, I can not redeeme it, lest I destroy mine owne inheritance: redeeme my right to thee, for I can not redeeme it.

Danish Bible 1931

Da svarede Løseren: “Så kan jeg ikke blive Løser, da jeg derved vilde skade min egen Arvelod. Løs du, hvad jeg skulde løse, thi jeg kan ikke!”

Leeser Tanakh

And the kinsman said, I am not able to redeem it for myself, lest I injure my own inheritance: redeem thou what I should redeem for thyself; for I am not able to redeem it.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And the near kinsman said: 'I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance; take thou my right of redemption on thee; for I cannot redeem it.' —

King James Version

¶ And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.

King James Version + Apocrypha

¶ And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Người có quyền chuộc lại đáp rằng: Nếu vậy, tôi không chuộc lại được, e phải hủy hoại sản nghiệp của mình; xin hãy lấy về cho anh quyền chuộc lại của tôi, vì tôi không thế chuộc được.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.

Revised West Version

¶ Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he kāinga, “ʻOku ʻikai te u faʻa huhuʻi ia moʻoku, telia naʻaku maumau ai ʻae tofiʻa ʻoʻoku: ke ke huhuʻi ʻaia ʻoku ʻoʻoku moʻou; he ʻoku ʻikai te u faʻa huhuʻi ia.”

French Ostervald Bible

Et celui qui avait le droit de rachat dit: Je ne saurais racheter, de peur que je ne perde mon héritage; toi, prends pour toi mon droit de rachat; car je ne puis pas racheter.

Esperanto Bible

Kaj la parenco diris: Mi ne povas elaĉeti al mi, por ke mi ne pereigu mian propran heredaĵon; elaĉetu al vi mian aĉetotaĵon, ĉar vere mi ne povas elaĉeti.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Et celui qui avait le droit de rachat répondit: Je ne puis pas racheter pour mon compte, crainte de détruire mon héritage; prends pour toi mon droit de rachat, car je ne puis pas racheter.

German Luther Bible 1912

Da sprach er: Ich vermag es nicht zu beerben, daß ich nicht vielleicht mein Erbteil verderbe. Beerbe du, was ich beerben soll; denn ich vermag es nicht zu beerben.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And the kinsman said, I shall not be able to redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance; do you redeem my right for yourself, for I shall not be able to redeem it.

British English Septuagint 2012

And the kinsman said, I shall not be able to redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance; do you redeem my right for yourself, for I shall not be able to redeem it.

Majority Standard BIble

The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”

Webster Bible

And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it .

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

‘I cannot buy it for myself without spoiling my own inheritance,’ the near relative said. ‘You take my right of buying it as a relative, because I cannot do so.’

Open English Bible (US)

“I cannot buy it for myself without spoiling my own inheritance,” the near relative said. “You take my right of buying it as a relative, because I cannot do so.”

Revised Version

And the near kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: take thou my right of redemption on thee; for I cannot redeem it.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Colui che aveva il diritto di riscatto rispose: “Io non posso far valere il mio diritto, perché rovinerei la mia propria eredità; subentra tu nel mio diritto di riscatto, giacché io non posso valermene”.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Le proche parent répondit : « Je ne peux pas le racheter pour mon propre compte, car je risquerais de compromettre mon héritage. Exerce toi-même mon droit de rachat, puisque je ne peux pas le faire. »

Reina Valera 1909

Y respondió el pariente: No puedo redimir por mi parte, porque echaría á perder mi heredad: redime tú usando de mi derecho, porque yo no podré redimir.

Spanish BLL

El pariente cercano dijo: “No puedo redimirlo por mí mismo, para no poner en riesgo mi propia herencia. Toma para ti mi derecho de redención, pues no puedo redimirlo”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

El pariente cercano dijo: «No puedo redimirla por mí mismo, para no poner en peligro mi propia herencia. Toma para ti mi derecho de redención, pues no puedo redimirla».

Croatian Bible

Ali skrbnik reče: “E, onda ne mogu biti otkupnik, da ne raspem svoje baštine. Otkupi ti po svome skrbničkom pravu jer ja ne mogu.”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Tada reče onaj osvetnik: Ne mogu otkupiti, da ne raspem svoje nasledstvo; otkupi ti šta bi trebalo da ja otkupim, jer ja ne mogu otkupiti.

German Textbibel

Da erwiderte der Löser: Ich kann es nicht für mich einlösen; ich würde sonst mein Erbland verderben. Löse du dir, was ich zu lösen hätte, denn ich kann es nicht lösen!

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And the kinsman said, I shall not be able to redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance; do thou redeem my right for thyself, for I shall not be able to redeem it.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַגֹּאֵ֗ל לֹ֤א אוּכַל֙ לגאול־לִ֔י פֶּן־אַשְׁחִ֖ית אֶת־נַחֲלָתִ֑י גְּאַל־לְךָ֤ אַתָּה֙ אֶת־גְּאֻלָּתִ֔י כִּ֥י לֹא־אוּכַ֖ל לִגְאֹֽל׃