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.