URuthe 1:1 Kwathi ezinsukwini lapho abahluleli bebusa, kwaba khona a indlala ezweni. Indoda ethile yaseBetlehema Juda yahamba yayogogobala ezweni lakwaMowabi, yena nomkakhe, namadodana akhe amabili. 1:2 Igama lalowo muntu lalingu-Elimeleki, igama lomkakhe lalinguNawomi. amagama amadodana akhe amabili ayengoMahaloni noKiliyoni, ama-Efrata eBetlehema Juda. Bafika ezweni lakwaMowabi, baqhubeka Lapho. 1:3 Wafa u-Elimeleki indoda kaNawomi; wasala yena namadodana akhe amabili. 1:4 Futhi bazithathela abafazi kwabesifazane bakwaMowabi; igama lenye lalingu u-Orpa negama lomunye uRuthe; bahlala khona kungathi abayishumi iminyaka. 1:5 OMahaloni noKiliyoni bafa bobabili; owesifazane wasala amadodana akhe amabili nomyeni wakhe. 1:6 Khona-ke wasukuma kanye nomalokazana bakhe, ukuze abuye evela ezweni lakwaMowabi, ngokuba wayezwile ezweni lakwaMowabi ukuthi uJehova UJehova wayebahambele abantu bakhe ngokubapha isinkwa. 1:7 Ngakho waphuma endaweni lapho ayekhona, nababili bakhe omalokazana kanye naye; bahamba ngendlela bebuyela emzini ezweni lakwaJuda. 1:8 UNawomi wathi komalokazana bakhe bobabili: "Hambani, nibuyele kuye, kube yilowo nalowo kuye." endlini kanina; uJehova makanenzele umusa, njengalokho nenze kini ofileyo, kanye nami. 1:9 INkosi ininike ukuze uthole ukuphumula, ngamunye kini endlini ka umyeni wakhe. Wabe esebanga; baphakamisa izwi labo, futhi wakhala. 1:10 Bathi kuye: "Impela, sizobuyela nawe kubantu bakini." 1:11 Wathi uNawomi, Buyani, madodakazi ami; kukhona asekhona amadodana esizalweni sami, ukuze abe ngabayeni benu? 1:12 Buyani, madodakazi ami, hambani; ngoba mina sengimdala kakhulu ukuthi ngingabi lendoda umyeni. Uma ngithi, nginethemba, uma nami ngiba nendoda ebusuku, futhi kufanele futhi izale amadodana; 1:13 Ubungathanda yini ukubalinda baze bakhule? beniyakuhlalela bona ekubeni namadoda? Cha, madodakazi ami; ngoba kungidabukisa kakhulu ngenxa yenu ukuthi isandla sikaJehova siphumele phezu kwami. 1:14 Futhi baphakamisa izwi labo, futhi bakhala futhi, futhi Orpah wamanga wakhe umamezala; kodwa uRuthe wanamathela kuye. 1:15 Wathi: "Bheka, umnakwenu usebuyele kubantu bakubo. nakubonkulunkulu bakhe; buyela emva kukadadewenu. 1:16 Wathi uRuthe, "Ungangincengi ukuba ngikushiye, noma ngibuye ekukulandeleni." emva kwakho: ngokuba lapho uya khona, ngiyakuya khona nami; lalapho ulala khona, mina abantu bakho bayakuba ngabantu bami, noNkulunkulu wakho abe nguNkulunkulu wami; 1:17 Lapho ufela khona, ngiyofela khona, futhi ngiyongcwatshwa khona kimi, futhi kakhulu futhi, uma kukhona ukufa kuphela okuhlukanisa mina nawe. 1:18 Lapho ebona ukuthi wayezimisele ukuhamba naye, khona-ke wahamba wasala ekhuluma laye. 1:19 Ngakho bahamba bobabili baze bafika eBhetlehema. Futhi kwenzeka, lapho sebefikile eBetlehema, umuzi wonke wanyakaziswa ngabo; bathi: NguNawomi lo? 1:20 Wathi kubo, Ningangibizi ngokuthi uNawomi; USomandla ungiphathe kabi kakhulu. 1:21 Ngaphuma ngigcwele, futhi uJehova wangibuyisela emuva ngingenalutho ngibizeni ngokuthi nginguNawomi, lokhu uJehova ufakazile ngami noJehova USomandla ungihluphile? 1:22 Ngakho uNawomi wabuya, kanye noRuthe umMowabikazi, umalokazana wakhe, kanye wakhe, owabuya ezweni lakwaMowabi, bafika EBhetlehema ekuqaleni kokuvunwa kwebhali.