² The man’s name was Elimelek,^(A) his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion.^(B) They were Ephrathites^(C) from Bethlehem,^(D) Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.

⁵ both Mahlon and Kilion^(A) also died,^(B) and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.

⁹ Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, “Today you are witnesses^(A) that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon.

¹⁰ I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite,^(A) Mahlon’s widow, as my wife,^(B) in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown.^(C) Today you are witnesses!^(D)”