Og videre har jeg tatt Rut, moabittkvinnen, som var Mahlons kone, til min kone, for å holde navnet til den avdøde mannen levende i hans arv, så hans navn ikke blir utryddet fra blant hans slektninger og fra minnet om hans by. Dere er vitner i dag.
And, further, I have taken Ruth, the Moabitess, who was the wife of Mahlon, to be my wife, to keep the name of the dead man living in his heritage, so that his name may not be cut off from among his countrymen, and from the memory of his town: you are witnesses this day.