ʻO Ruta
3:1 A laila, ʻōlelo mai ʻo Naomi kona makuahōnōwai wahine iā ia, E kuʻu kaikamahine, ʻaʻole anei au
e imi i ka maha nou, i pomaikai ai oe?
3:2 ʻAʻole anei ʻo Boaza no ko kākou ʻohana, nona nā kaikamāhine āu i noho pū ai?
Aia hoʻi, ke kānana nei ia i ka bale i kēia pō ma kahi hehi palaoa.
3:3 No laila e holoi ʻoe iā ʻoe iho, a e poni iā ʻoe, a e hoʻokomo i kou ʻaʻahu ma luna ou.
a e iho i lalo i kahi hehi;
a pau kana ai ana a me kona inu ana.
3:4 A i kona wa e moe ai, e hoailona oe ia wahi
kahi e moe ai, a e komo aku oe, e wehe i ke kapa o kona mau wawae, a e moe iho
oe ilalo; a nana no e hai mai ia oe i kau mea e hana'i.
3:5 I mai la kela ia ia, "O na mea a pau au i olelo mai ai iaʻu, e hana au.
3:6 A iho aku la ia i ke kahua, a hana e like me na mea a pau ana
wahi a ka makuahōnōwai wahine iā ia.
3:7 A i ka wā i ʻai ai a inu ai ʻo Boaza, a hauʻoli kona naʻau, hele akula ia
moe iho ma ka welau o ka puu palaoa: hele malie mai la ia, a
wehe aʻela i kona mau wāwae, a hoʻomoe iā ia i lalo.
3:8 A hiki i ke aumoe, makaʻu ke kanaka, a huli
ia ia iho: aia hoi, he wahine e moe ana ma kona mau wawae.
3:9 Nīnau maila ʻo ia, ʻO wai ʻoe? ʻĪ maila kēlā, ʻO wau nō ʻo Ruta, kāu kauā wahine.
no laila e hohola i kou kapa ma luna o kāu kauā wahine; no ka mea, ua kokoke mai oe
hoahanau.
3:10. A olelo mai la ia, Pomaikai oe ia Iehova, e kuu kaikamahine
ua oi aku ka lokomaikai ma ka hope mamua o ka mua, no ka mea
me kou hahai ole ana i na kanaka ui, ina he ilihune, a me ka mea waiwai.
3:11 Ano, e kuu kaikamahine, mai makau oe. na'u no e hana aku ia oe i na mea a pau au
koi: no ka mea, ua ʻike ko ke kūlanakauhale a pau o koʻu poʻe kānaka he a
wahine pono.
3:12 A he ʻoiaʻiʻo nō, ʻo wau nō kou hoahānau
pili kokoke iaʻu.
3:13 LK E noho i kēia pō, a i ke kakahiaka, inā makemake ʻo ia
e hoʻokō ʻoe iā ʻoe i ka ʻāpana o ka hoahānau, pono; na ka hoahanau
akā, inā ʻaʻole ia e hana i ka ʻāpana o ka hoahānau iā ʻoe, a laila e hana wau
e hana ʻoe i ka ʻāpana pili iā ʻoe, ma ke ola o Iēhova;
kakahiaka.
3:14 A moe iho la ia ma kona mau wawae a kakahiaka
hiki ke ike i kekahi. ʻĪ akula ia, Mai ʻike ʻia ua hele mai ka wahine
i ka papahele.
3:15 A ʻōlelo ʻo ia, E lawe mai i kou pākū ma luna ou, a e paʻa. A
i kona paʻa ʻana, ana ʻo ia i ʻeono ana hua bale, a kau ihola ma luna
ia ia: a hele aku la ia i ke kulanakauhale.
3:16 A hiki i kona makuahōnōwai wahine, ʻī akula ʻo ia, ʻO wai ʻoe, e kuʻu makuahōnōwai wahine
kaikamahine? Haʻi akula ʻo ia iā ia i nā mea a pau a ke kanaka i hana mai ai iā ia.
3:17 ʻĪ maila kēlā, ʻO kēia mau ana hua bale ʻeono kāna i hāʻawi mai ai iaʻu; no ka mea, ua olelo mai ia
ia'u, mai hele nele oe i kou makuahonoaiwahine.
3:18 LK ʻĪ maila kēlā, E noho mālie, e kuʻu kaikamahine, a ʻike ʻoe i kēia mea
e hina: no ka mea, aole e hoomaha ke kanaka a pau ia
mea i keia la.