Boaz: I must speak with him; I will wait here by the city gate; perchance he will come soon.
[One or two citizens pass by and speak to Boaz, saying, "Good-day, sir." Enter Kinsman.]
Boaz: Ho, Kinsman, turn aside! I would have a word with thee. Sit thee down.
[Kinsman sits down.]
Kinsman: What wilt thou, Cousin?
Boaz: I would speak about a matter of importance; wait thou here until I can bring witnesses. [He turns to citizens.] A piece of land is about to be sold; will ten citizens witness this deed?
Citizens: Aye, indeed. [They come forward.]
Boaz: Sit ye down here. [They sit down.] [To Kinsman]: Dost thou remember Naomi, our kinswoman, who went with her husband and two sons to the land of Moab?
Kinsman: Yea, I do know Naomi.
Boaz: She selleth a parcel of land which was her husband's. Now, thou art nearest of kin to Naomi, so I thought to advise thee that thou mayest have the first chance to redeem the land in the presence of the elders of the city. If thou dost not care to redeem it, then the right to redeem it cometh to me, for I am next of kin. What wilt thou do?