Rusi
1: 1 Noneho mu minsi abacamanza bategekaga, ko hari a
inzara mu gihugu. Umugabo umwe w'i Betelehemu Yuda yagiye gutura
mu gihugu cya Mowabu, we n'umugore we n'abahungu be bombi.
1: 2 Uwo mugabo yitwaga Elimeleki, n'umugore we Nawomi,
n'izina ry'abahungu be bombi Mahlon na Chilion, Efura
Betelehemu. Bageze mu gihugu cya Mowabu, barakomeza
ngaho.
1: 3 Umugabo wa Elimeleki Nawomi arapfa; asigarana, n'abahungu be bombi.
4: 4 Babashyingira abagore b'Abamowabu; izina ry'umwe
Orpa, n'izina ry'undi Rusi: bahatura hafi icumi
imyaka.
1: 5 Mahlon na Chilion bapfa bombi; umugore asigara
abahungu be bombi n'umugabo we.
1: 6 Hanyuma arahaguruka ari mu bakobwa be, kugira ngo agaruke avuye mu Uhoraho
igihugu cya Mowabu: kuko yari yarumvise mu gihugu cya Mowabu uko ibyo
Uhoraho yari yasuye ubwoko bwe abaha imigati.
1 Ni cyo cyatumye asohoka aho yari ari, na babiri
abakobwa be; baragenda mu nzira yo gusubira i Uwiteka
igihugu cya Yuda.
1: 8 Nawomi abwira abakobwa be bombi ati: Genda, subira umwe wese
inzu ya nyina: Uwiteka agukorera neza, nk'uko wagiriye Uwiteka
yapfuye, hamwe nanjye.
Uwiteka aguhe kugira ngo ubone ikiruhuko, buri wese muri mwe mu nzu ya
umugabo we. Hanyuma arabasoma; nuko bazamura ijwi ryabo, kandi
yarize.
1:10 Baramubwira bati: "Ni ukuri tuzagaruka hamwe nawe mu bwoko bwawe."
1:11 Nawomi ati: “Ongera uhindukire, bakobwa banjye, ni iki gitumye tujyana? ni
haracyariho abahungu bandi munda yanjye, kugirango babe abagabo bawe?
1:12 Ongera uhindukire, bakobwa banje, genda; kuberako ndashaje cyane kuburyo ntashobora kugira
umugabo. Niba nkwiye kuvuga, mfite ibyiringiro, niba ngomba kugira umugabo
nijoro, kandi agomba no kubyara abahungu;
1:13 Wabagumaho kugeza bakuze? wabagumaho
bivuye ku kugira abagabo? oya, bakobwa banje; kuko birambabaza cyane
ku bw'uko ukuboko kwa Nyagasani kwangiriye kundwanya.
1:14 Barangurura ijwi, barongera bararira, Orpa aramusoma
nyirabukwe; ariko Rusi aramufata.
1:15 Na we ati: “Dore muramu wawe yasubiye mu bwoko bwe,
nimugarukire imana ziwe: garuka inyuma ya muramu wawe.
1:16 Rusi ati: Nsaba ngo ntagutererane, cyangwa ngo ngaruke ukurikira
nyuma yawe, kuko aho uzajya hose, nzajya; n'aho uba, I.
Uzacumbika: ubwoko bwawe buzaba ubwoko bwanjye, kandi Imana yawe Mana yanjye:
1:17 Aho uzapfira, nzapfira, ni ho nzashyingurwa: Uwiteka abikore
kuri njye, nibindi byinshi, niba bikwiye ariko urupfu rugutandukanije nanjye.
1:18 Abonye ko atekereza ashikamye ngo ajyane, noneho
asigara amuvugisha.
1:19 Bombi baragenda kugeza bageze i Betelehemu. Kandi byaje kubaho, ryari
bageze i Betelehemu, ko umujyi wose wimuwe hafi yabo, kandi
Barabaza bati: Uyu ni Naomi?
1:20 Arababwira ati: "Ntimunyite Naomi, nyita Mara: kuko ari Uhoraho
Ishoborabyose yangiriye nabi cyane.
1:21 Ndasohoka nuzuye, Uwiteka anzana mu rugo ubusa: kubera iki none?
Unyite Nawomi, kubona Uwiteka yanshinjaga, kandi Uhoraho
Ishoborabyose yarambabaje?
1:22 Nawomi aragaruka, Rusi Mowabu, umukazana we
we asubira mu gihugu cya Mowabu: baraza
Betelehemu mu ntangiriro yo gusarura sayiri.