Rute
2:1 Zvino Naomi wakange ane hama yomurume wake, murume wakange ane simba nefuma, womurume wake
kwaErimereki; uye zita rake raiva Bhowasi.
2:2 Rute muMoabhu akati kuna Naomi, Nditenderei ndiende kumunda ndindogara
ucherechedze hura dzezviyo shure kwaiye wandichawana nyasha. Uye iye
akati kwaari: Enda, mwana wangu.
2:3 Iye akaenda, akandounganidza pamunda achitevera vacheki;
akanga achizosvika pachikamu chemunda waBhoazi, uyo akanga ari
wehama yaErimereki.
2:4 Zvino Bhowasi wakabva Bhetirehemu, akati kuvacheki:
Jehovha ave newe. Vakapindura vakati kwaari, Jehovha akuropafadze.
2:5 Ipapo Bhowasi akati kumuranda wake wakange ari mutariri wavacheki, Waani
musikana ndouyu?
6 Muranda wakange ari mutariri wavacheki akapindura akati: Hongu
musikana muMoabhu, akadzoka naNaomi vachibva kunyika
Moabhu
7 Iye akati, Nditendereiwo ndiunganidze, ndiunganidze shure kwavacheki;
Akauya pakati pezvisote, akazorora kubva mangwanani
kusvikira zvino iye akagara mumba zvishoma.
Ipapo Bhowasi akati kuna Rute, Chinzwa hako, mwana wangu? Enda kunonhonga
kana kune mumwe munda, usabva pano, asi gara pano uchitsanya parutivi rwangu
mhandara:
Meso ako ngaarambe achitarira munda wavanocheka, iwe ugovatevera
Ko, majaya handina kuraira here kuti varege kukubata?
kana une nyota, enda kumidziyo, unwe izvo
majaya akakweva.
2:10 Ipapo akawira pasi nechiso chake, akakotamira pasi, akati
kwaari: Ndakanzwirwa nyasha nemwi neiko, kuti ugamuchire?
munondiziva, zvandiri mutorwa here?
2:11 Bhowasi akapindura, akati kwaari, Ndakaziviswa zvose
zvawakaitira vamwene vako kubva pakufa kwomwana wako
uye kuti wakasiya baba vako namai vako nenyika
pakuzvarwa kwako, uye wasvika kuvanhu vawakanga usingazivi
kusvikira zvino.
2:12 Jehovha ngaakuripire sezvawakabata, uye uve mubairo wakakwana kubva kwauri
Jehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, wawakauya kuzovanda pasi pamapapiro ake.
2:13 Iye akati, Ngandiwane nyasha kwamuri, ishe wangu; nokuda kwaizvozvo iwe
wandinyaradza, uye wataura zvakanaka kwauri
murandakadzi, kunyange ndisina kufanana nomumwe wavarandakadzi venyu.
2:14 Bhowasi akati kwaari, "Uya pano panguva yokudya, udye."
chingwa, useve chimedu chako muvhiniga. Iye akagara parutivi rweimba
iye akamugamuchidza zviyo zvakakangwa, akadya, akadya
akakwana, akaenda.
2:15 Zvino wakati asimuka kuzounganidza, Bhowasi akaraira majaya ake.
Vachiti, Ngaaunganidze napakati pezvisote, musamushora;
2:16 Uye mumubayirewo dzimwe tsama dzechinangwa kwaari, muende
kuti aunganidze, uye usamutuka.
2:17 Naizvozvo akaunganidza mumunda kusvikira manheru, akapura zvaakanga anazvo
akaunganidza, yakaita efa imwe yebhari.
2:18 Akazvisimudza, akapinda muguta; vamwene vake vakazviona
zvaakaunganidza; akabudisa, akamupa zvaaiva nazvo
akanga achengeta mushure mekunge aguta.
2:19 Ipapo vamwene vake vakati kwaari, Wandounganidzepiko nhasi? uye
wakabata kupi? ngaaropafadzwe iye wakakuzivai.
Akandoudza vamwene vake waakambobata naye, akati;
Zita romurume wandabata naye nhasi ndiBhoazi.
2:20 Naomi akati kumukadzi womwana wake, Ngaaropafadzwe naJehovha
haana kurega tsitsi dzake kuvapenyu navakafa. NaNaomi
akati kwaari, Murume uyu ihama yedu yomumba, ihama yedu yomumba.
2:21 Rute muMoabhu akati, Iye wakati kwandiriwo, Ramba urambidze.
namajaya angu, kusvikira vapedza kukohwa kwangu kwose.
2:22 Naomi akati kuna Rute, mukadzi womwana wake, Zvakanaka, mwana wangu;
kuti uende navarandakadzi vake, kuti urege kusangana nomumwe munhu
munda.
2:23 Naizvozvo akarambira kuvasikana vaBhowasi, akaunganidza kusvikira pakupera kwebhari.
kukohwa nekukohwa gorosi; akagara navamwene vake.