URute 1:1 Ke kaloku kwathi ngemihla yokulawula kwabagwebi, kwabakho umrhumo indlala elizweni. Yahamba indoda yaseBhetelehem yakwaYuda, yaya kuphambukela elizweni lakwaMowabhi, yena nomkakhe, noonyana bakhe bobabini. 1:2 Ke igama laloo ndoda lalinguElimeleki, igama lomkayo linguNahomi; yaye amagama oonyana bakhe bobabini babengooMalon noKiliyon, bengamaEfrata eBhetelehem yakwaYuda. Bafika ezweni lakwaMowabhi, bahlala khona Pha. 1:3 Wafa uElimeleki indoda kaNahomi; wasala yena noonyana bakhe bobabini. 1:4 Bazeka abafazi kubafazi bakwaMowabhi; igama lenye laliyiyo nguOrpa, negama lomnye uRute; bahlala khona malunga neshumi iminyaka. 1:5 Bafa kananjalo bobabini ooMalon noKiliyon; washiywa ke umfazi lowo oonyana bakhe ababini nomyeni wakhe. 1:6 Wesuka ke yena noomolokazana bakhe, ukuba abuye enkosini ngokuba weva ezweni lakwaMowabhi ukuba uYehova UYehova ubavelele abantu bakhe ngokubanika isonka. 1:7 Waphuma ke kuloo ndawo abekuyo, nababini bakhe oomolokazana kunye naye; bahamba ngendlela ebuyela endlwini ilizwe lakwaYuda. 1:8 Wathi uNahomi koomolokazana bakhe bobabini, Hambani, nibuyele kuye elowo hlala endlwini kanina; uYehova makanenzele inceba, njengoko nenze ngako kuni ndifile, ndibe nam. 1:9 UYehova makaninike nifumane indawo yokuphumla, elowo endlwini yakhe umyeni wakhe. Waza wabanga; baliphakamisa ilizwi labo, kwaye walila. 1:10 Bathi kuye, Hayi, siya kubuyela nawe kubantu bakowenu. 1:11 Wathi uNahomi, Buyani, zintombi zam; yini na ukuba nihambe nam? zi kusekho oonyana esizalweni sam, ukuze babe ngamadoda enu? 1:12 Buyani, zintombi zam; ngokuba sendimdala kakhulu ukuba ndibe nentombi umyeni. Ukuba ndithe, ndisenethemba, nokuba ndingade ndibe nendoda ngokuhlwanje, kananjalo izale oonyana; 1:13 Niya kuwalinda na, ade akhule? beniya kuhlalela bona na ekubeni ngabayeni? Hayi, zintombi zam; ngokuba kubuhlungu kum kakhulu ngenxa yokuphumela kwenu phezu kwam isandla sikaYehova. 1:14 Baliphakamisa ilizwi labo, babuya balila, uOrpa wamanga Umazala; ke uRute wanamathela kuye. 1:15 Wathi yena, Uyabona, umkhuluwakazi wakho ubuyele ebantwini bakowabo; Koothixo bayo; buyela emva kodade bomfazi wakho. 1:16 Wathi uRute, Musa akundibongoza ngokuthi mandikushiye, ndibuye ekulandeleni emva kwakho; ngokuba apho uya khona, ndiya kuya nam; nalapho uhlala khona, ndiya kuba nam abantu bakowenu baya kuba ngabantu bam, uThixo wakho abe nguThixo wam; 1:17 apho ufela khona, ndiya kufela khona, ndingcwatyelwe khona; makenjenjalo uYehova Ke ngoko, ndithi, ukuba ndithe wasahlula ukufa kodwa. 1:18 Wabona ukuba uzimisele ukuhamba naye, wenjenjalo wayeka ukuthetha naye. 1:19 Bahamba ke bobabini, bada bafika eBhetelehem. Kwathi, xa Bafika eBhetelehem, wanyakazela umzi ngenxa yabo bathi, NguNahomi na lo? 1:20 Wathi kubo, Musani ukuthi ndinguNahomi; yithini ndinguMara; USomandla undenze ndakrakra kunene. 1:21 Ndemka mna ndizele; ke uYehova undibuyisa ndilambatha; yithini ndinguNahomi, ekubeni uYehova engqinile ngam, yena ke USomandla undibandezele? 1:22 Wabuya ke uNahomi enoRute umMowabhikazi, umolokazana wakhe owabuya elizweni lakwaMowabhi, beza kuye EBhetelehem ekuqaleni kokuvunwa kwerhasi.