⁸ So the guardian-redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it yourself.” And he removed his sandal.^(A)

⁹ Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, “Today you are witnesses^(B) that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon. ¹⁰ I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite,^(C) Mahlon’s widow, as my wife,^(D) 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.^(E) Today you are witnesses!^(F)”