“老师，摩西曾写给我们说：‘如果一个人娶了妻子，还没有儿女就死了，他的弟弟就应当娶他的妻子，为哥哥立后。’

“夫子！摩西为我们写着说：‘人若有妻无子就死了，他兄弟当娶他的妻，为哥哥生子立后。’

“老师，摩西为我们写下这话：‘某人的哥哥若死了，有妻无子，他该娶哥哥的妻子，为哥哥生子立后。’

“老师，摩西为我们写下这话：‘某人的哥哥若死了，有妻无子，他该娶哥哥的妻子，为哥哥生子立后。’

“老师，按摩西为我们写的律例，如果有人娶妻后没有孩子就死了，他的兄弟应当娶嫂嫂，替哥哥传宗接代。

说：“老师，摩西为我们写道：如果一个人的兄弟死了，留下妻子而没有孩子，他就应该娶这妇人，为他兄弟留后裔。

「夫子！摩西為我們寫着說：『人若有妻無子就死了，他兄弟當娶他的妻，為哥哥生子立後。』

「老師，摩西為我們寫下這話：『某人的哥哥若死了，有妻無子，他該娶哥哥的妻子，為哥哥生子立後。』

「老師，摩西為我們寫下這話：『某人的哥哥若死了，有妻無子，他該娶哥哥的妻子，為哥哥生子立後。』

「老師，按摩西為我們寫的律例，如果有人娶妻後沒有孩子就死了，他的兄弟應當娶嫂嫂，替哥哥傳宗接代。

“老師，摩西曾寫給我們說：‘如果一個人娶了妻子，還沒有兒女就死了，他的弟弟就應當娶他的妻子，為哥哥立後。’

說：『先生，摩西曾對我們寫着說：『一個人的哥哥若死了，留有妻子，這哥哥又是沒有孩子的，他弟弟該娶他的妻子，為他哥哥樹立後裔。」好，

說：「老師，摩西為我們寫道：如果一個人的兄弟死了，留下妻子而沒有孩子，他就應該娶這婦人，為他兄弟留後裔。

夫子、摩西書於我云、若人兄死、遺妻而無子、其弟當納其妻、生子以嗣之、

先生、摩西筆以示我云、若人兄弟有妻、無子而死、兄弟則娶其妻、生子以嗣之、

師、摩西曾書之以示我云、若兄有妻、無子而死、弟當娶其妻、生子以嗣兄、

『夫子、摩西錄示吾人云、兄既娶、無子而死、弟當娶其遺室、生子為兄立嗣。

“ Teacher,” they said,“ Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.

“ Teacher,” they said,“ Moses wrote for us about a man’s brother who dies. Suppose the brother leaves a wife but has no children. Then the man must marry the widow. He must provide children to carry on his dead brother’s name.

and they asked him a question, saying,“ Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.

They posed this question:“ Teacher, Moses gave us a law that if a man dies, leaving a wife but no children, his brother should marry the widow and have a child who will carry on the brother’s name.

“ Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother has a wife, and dies childless, his brother should take the wife and produce offspring for his brother.

and they questioned Him, saying,“ Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife, and he is childless, that his brother is to marry the wife and raise up children for his brother.

saying:“ Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife, and he dies without children, his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

and they asked him, saying, Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, that if a man’s brother die, having a wife, and he be childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

“ Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother has a wife, and dies childless, his brother should take the wife and produce offspring for his brother.

Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

They asked him,“ Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies leaving a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.

They asked him,“ Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife and raise up children for his brother.

“兄弟住在一起，他们中间如果有一个死了，没有留下儿子，死者的妻子就不可出嫁外人；她丈夫的兄弟要向她尽兄弟的本分，娶她为妻，和她同房。她所生的长子要归亡兄的名下，免得他的名字从以色列中被涂抹了。那人如果不喜欢娶他兄弟的妻子，他兄弟的妻子就要到城门去见长老，说：‘我丈夫的兄弟不肯在以色列中为自己的哥哥立名，不肯对我尽兄弟的本分。’本城的长老就要把那人叫来，对他说明；如果他坚持说：‘我不乐意娶她’，他哥哥的妻子就要当着长老的面前，走到那人跟前，脱去他脚上的鞋子，吐唾沫在他的脸上，说：‘那不为自己哥哥建立家室的，人人都要这样对待他。’从此，在以色列中他的名字（“他的名字”或译：“他的家的名字”）必称为‘脱鞋者之家’。

于是犹大对俄南说：“你去与你哥哥的妻子亲近，向她尽你作弟弟的本分，替你的哥哥立后。”

于是，犹大对他的媳妇他玛说：“你回到你父亲家里去守寡，等我的儿子示拉长大。”因为他心里想：“恐怕示拉也像他两个哥哥一样死去。”他玛就回去，住在她父亲的家里。

犹大认出那些东西，就说：“她比我更有理，因为我没有把她给我的儿子示拉为妻。”从此犹大就不再与她亲近了。

拿俄米说：“我女儿啊，你们回去吧，为什么要跟我去呢？我肚子里还有儿子作你们的丈夫吗？走吧，我女儿啊，你们回去吧，因为我太老，不能嫁人了，就算我说我还有希望今天晚上有个丈夫，又生儿子，