ʻO Ruta
2:1 He hoahanau ko Naomi no kana kane, he kanaka waiwai nui, no ka
ohana o Elimeleka; a ʻo Boaza kona inoa.
2:2 I mai la o Ruta ka Moaba ia Naomi, E ae mai oe ia'u e hele i ke kula, a
E hoiliili i na huhui palaoa mahope o ka mea e loaa ia'u ke alohaia. A ʻo ia
ʻī akula iā ia, E hele, e kuʻu kaikamahine.
2:3 A hele aku la ia, a hoiliili ma ka mahinaai mahope o ka poe ohi
Ua poina kona ike ana ma kahi o ke kula o Boaza
no ka ohana a Elimeleka.
2:4 Aia hoʻi, hele mai ʻo Boaza mai Betelehema mai, ʻī maila i ka poʻe ʻokiʻoki, ʻO ka
ʻO Iēhova pū kekahi me ʻoe. ʻĪ maila lākou iā ia, E hoʻomaikaʻi mai ʻo Iēhova iā ʻoe.
2:5 A laila, ʻī akula ʻo Boaza i kāna kauā i hoʻonoho ʻia ma luna o ka poʻe ʻokiʻoki, No ka mea
kaikamahine keia?
2:6 A olelo mai ke kauwa i hoonohoia maluna o ka poe okioki, i mai la, Eia no
ke kaikamahine Moaba i hoi pu mai me Naomi mai ka aina mai
Moaba:
2:7 I mai la kela, Ke noi aku nei au ia oe, e ae mai oe ia'u e hoiliili, a e hoiliili mahope o ka poe okioki
ma waena o nā pūʻā: pēlā nō ia i hele mai ai, a hoʻomau a hiki i ke kakahiaka
a hiki i keia manawa, ua noho iki oia ma ka hale.
2:8 Alaila, i mai la o Boaza ia Ruta, Aole anei oe i lohe, e kuu kaikamahine? Mai hele e ʻohi
ma kahi kula ʻē, mai hele ʻoe mai kēia wahi aku, akā, e noho wikiwiki ʻoe ma o kaʻu
kaikamahine:
2:9 E kau kou mau maka ma ka mahinaai a lakou e ohi ai, a e hahai aku oe
ia lakou: aole anei au i kauoha aku i na kanaka ui, aole lakou e hoopa mai ia oe?
a i makewai oe, e hele oe i na ipu e inu ai
ua kaha na kanaka opio.
2:10 A laila, hāʻule ʻo ia i lalo i kona alo, a kūlou ihola ma ka honua, ʻī akula
ia ia, No ke aha la i loaa'i ia'u ka lokomaikaiia mai i kou mau maka, i lawe oe
ka ike ia'u, no ka mea, he malihini au?
2:11 A ʻōlelo ʻo Boaza iā ia, ʻī akula, Ua hōʻike ʻia mai iaʻu
au i hana aku ai i kou makuahonoaiwahine mai kou make ana
kane: a me kou haalele ana i kou makuakane, a me kou makuwahine, a me ka aina
o kou hanau ana, a ua hele mai oe i ka poe kanaka au i ike ole ai
mamua aku nei.
2:12 Na Iehova e uku mai i kau hana, a e haawiia mai ia oe ka uku nui
ʻO Iēhova ke Akua o ka ʻIseraʻela, ma lalo o kona mau ʻēheu i hele mai ai ʻoe e hilinaʻi.
2:13 A laila, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, E loaʻa iaʻu ka lokomaikaʻi ʻia i mua o kou maka, e kuʻu haku; no ia mea
ua hōʻoluʻolu mai ʻoe iaʻu, a no ia mea, ua ʻōlelo aloha ʻoe i kāu
he kauwawahine, aole nae au i like me kekahi o kau mau kauwawahine.
2:14 ʻĪ akula ʻo Boaza iā ia, E hele mai ʻoe i ʻaneʻi i ka wā ʻai
berena, a e hou iho i kau hakina iloko o ka vinega. Noho iho la ia ma ka aoao
ka poe ʻokiʻoki: a hāʻawi akula ʻo ia i kāna ʻai, a ʻai ihola ia, a noho ihola
ua lawa, a waiho.
2:15 A i kona ku ana mai e hoiliili, kauoha o Boaza i kona poe kanaka ui.
i ka ʻī ʻana, E hōʻiliʻili ʻo ia i waena o nā pua, mai hōʻino aku iā ia.
2:16 A e hāʻule pū kekahi o nā ʻāpana o ka manaʻo nona, a haʻalele
ia lakou, i hoiliili oia ia mau mea, mai papa aku ia ia.
2:17 No laila, hōʻiliʻili ʻo ia ma ka mahina ʻai a hiki i ke ahiahi, a hahau i kāna mea
i hoiliiliia: hookahi paha epa bale.
2:18 A lawe ae la ia, a hele aku la i ke kulanakauhale, a ike aku la kona makuahonowaiwahine
i ka mea ana i hōʻiliʻili ai: a lawe mai ia i waho, a hāʻawi aku iā ia
i mālama ʻia ma hope o kona lawa ʻana.
2:19 A ninau mai la kona makuahonowaiwahine ia ia, Mahea oe i hoiliili ai i keia la? a
Ma hea ʻoe i hana ai? Pomaikai ka mea i ike ia oe.
Hai aku la ia i kona makuahonoaiwahine, i ka mea ana i hana pu ai, i aku la.
ʻO Boaza ka inoa o ke kanaka aʻu i hana pū ai i kēia lā.
2:20 I aku la o Naomi i kana hunonawahine, E hoomaikaiia oia e Iehova nana
aole i haalele i kona lokomaikai i ka poe ola a me ka poe make. A me Naomi
I aku la ia ia, He pili pili ia kanaka ia maua, kekahi o ko maua hoahanau.
2:21 I aku la o Ruta ka Moaba, Ua olelo mai no hoi oia ia'u, E malama oe
e ko'u poe kanaka ui, a pau ka'u ohi ai.
2:22 I mai la o Naomi ia Ruta kana hunonawahine, He maikai, e kuu kaikamahine.
e hele pu oe me kana mau kauwawahine, i halawai ole lakou me oe ma kekahi mea e ae
kahua.
2:23 No laila, hoʻomau ʻo ia me nā kaikamāhine a Boaza e hōʻiliʻili a hiki i ka pau ʻana o ka bale bale.
ka ohi palaoa a me ka ohi palaoa; a noho pū me kona makuahōnōwai wahine.