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.