ʻO Ruta
1:1 Eia kekahi, i nā lā i noho aliʻi ai nā luna kānāwai, aia a
ka wi ma ka aina. A hele aku la kekahi kanaka no Betelehemaiuda e noho
ma ka aina o Moaba, oia me kana wahine, a me kana mau keikikane elua.
1:2 A o Elimeleka ka inoa o ua kanaka la, a o Naomi ka inoa o kana wahine.
a ʻo ka inoa o kāna mau keiki kāne ʻelua, ʻo Mahelona lāua ʻo Kiliona, no ʻEperata lākou
Betelehemaiuda. A hele aku la lakou i ka aina o Moaba, a noho iho la
ma laila.
1:3 A make iho la o Elimeleka ke kane a Naomi; a koe iho la ia, a me kana mau keikikane elua.
1:4 A lawe lakou i mau wahine na na wahine o Moaba; ka inoa o kekahi
ʻO ʻOrepa, a ʻo Ruta ka inoa o kekahi: a he ʻumi paha lākou i noho ai i laila
makahiki.
1:5 A make iho la o Mahelona laua o Kiliona. a koe ka wahine
kāna mau keiki kāne ʻelua a me kāna kāne.
1:6 A laila, kū aʻe ia me kāna mau hūnōna wahine, e hoʻi mai i ka
ʻO ka ʻāina ʻo Moaba: no ka mea, ua lohe ʻo ia ma ka ʻāina ʻo Moaba
Ua ike mai o Iehova i kona poe kanaka i ka haawi ana mai ia lakou i ka berena.
1:7 No ia mea, hele aku la ia iwaho o kona wahi i noho ai, a me kana mau mea elua
nā hūnōna wahine me ia; a hele aku la lakou ma ke ala e hoi ai i ke ala
aina o Iuda.
1:8 I aku la o Naomi i kana mau hunonawahine elua, O hele, e hoi aku kela kanaka keia kanaka io na la
ka hale o ko oukou makuahine: e lokomaikai mai o Iehova ia oukou, e like me ka oukou i hana mai ai ia oe
make, a me au.
1:9 Na Iehova e haawi mai ia oukou i loaa ia oukou ka maha, kela mea keia mea o oukou ma ka hale o
kana kane. A laila honi ʻo ia iā lāua; hookiekie ae la lakou i ko lakou leo, a
uwe iho la.
1:10 A olelo mai la lakou ia ia, He oiaio, e hoi pu makou me oe i kou poe kanaka.
1:11 I mai la o Naomi, E hoi mai oe, e na kaikamahine. he
He mau keiki hou anei i loko o ko'u opu, i mau kane na oukou?
1:12 E hoʻi hou, e kaʻu mau kaikamahine, e hele i ko ʻoukou ala; no ka mea, ua elemakule au i loaa ole
kane. Ina e olelo au, he manaolana ko'u, ina he kane ka'u
i keia po, a e hanau no hoi i na keikikane;
1:13 Makemake ʻoe e kali iā lākou a nui lākou? e noho no lakou
mai ka loaa ana o na kane? aole, e ka'u mau kaikamahine; no ka mea, ua kaumaha loa ia ia'u
no oukou i kau mai ai ka lima o Iehova ia'u.
1:14 A hoʻokiʻekiʻe lākou i ko lākou leo i luna, a uwē hou: a honi ʻo ʻOrepa iā ia
makuahūnōai wahine; aka, pili aku la o Ruta ia ia.
1:15 A ʻōlelo ʻo ia, aia hoʻi, ua hoʻi kou kaikunāne i kona poʻe kānaka.
a i kona mau akua: e hoi oe mamuli o kou kaikuwahine.
1:16 I mai la o Ruta, Mai noi mai ia'u e haalele ia oe, a e hoi hou mai ka hahai ana
no ka mea, ma kou wahi e hele ai, e hele no au; a ma kou wahi e moe ai, owau
e moe: ʻo kou poʻe kānaka koʻu poʻe kānaka, a ʻo kou Akua koʻu Akua.
1:17 Ma kou wahi e make ai, malaila au e make ai, a malaila au e kanuia'i.
iaʻu, a ʻoi aku hoʻi, inā ʻo ka make wale nō e hoʻokaʻawale iā ʻoe a me aʻu.
1:18 A ʻike ʻo ia i kona manaʻo paʻa e hele pū me ia, a laila ʻo ia
waiho ʻōlelo iā ia.
1:19 Hele aku la laua a hiki i Betelehema. A eia kekahi, i ka wa
a hiki lakou i Betelehema, pihoihoi iho la ke kulanakauhale a pau ia laua, a
I mai la lakou, O Naomi anei keia?
1:20 I mai la oia ia lakou, Mai kapa mai oukou ia'u o Naomi, e kapa mai ia'u o Mara
Ua hana ʻino loa mai ka Mea mana iaʻu.
1:21 Hele nele aku au iwaho, a ua hoihoi nele mai o Iehova ia'u
E kapa mai oukou ia'u o Naomi, no ka mea, ua hoike mai o Iehova ia'u, a me ka
Ua hoeha mai ka Mea mana ia'u?
1:22 No laila, hoʻi maila ʻo Naomi, a me kāna hūnōna wahine ʻo Ruta, ka Moaba
ia ia, ka mea i hoi mai, mai ka aina o Moaba mai;
Betelehema i ka hoomaka ana o ka ohi bale.