URuthe
2:1 UNawomi wayenesihlobo somyeni wakhe, indoda enamandla onothileyo
umndeni ka-Elimeleki; igama lakhe lalinguBhowazi.
2 URuthe umMowabi wathi kuNawomi: "Ngivumele ngiye ensimini."
khothoza izikhwebu emva kwalowo ngiyakufumana umusa emehlweni akhe. Futhi yena
wathi kuye: Hamba, ndodakazi yami.
2:3 Wahamba, wafika wadobha ensimini ngemva kwabavuni
ikusasa lakhe lalizophuma esiqintini sensimu kaBhowazi owayekhona
emndenini ka-Elimeleki.
2:4 Bheka, uBhowazi wafika evela eBetlehema, wathi kubavuni:
INKOSI ibe nani. Basebephendula bathi kuye: INkosi ikubusise.
2:5 Wayesethi uBhowazi encekwini yakhe eyayibekwe phezu kwabavuni, Kabani
ntombi yini lena?
2:6 Inceku eyayibekwe phezu kwabavuni yaphendula yathi: "Kunjalo."
intombi yakwaMowabi eyabuya noNawomi bephuma ezweni
Mowabi:
7 Wathi: "Ake ngikhothoze, ngibuthe emva kwabavuni."
phakathi kwezithungu, yeza, yahlala kusukela ekuseni
kuze kube manje, wahlala isikhashana endlini.
2:8 Wayesethi uBhowazi kuRuthe: "Awuzwa yini, ndodakazi yami? Hamba uyokhothoza
kwenye insimu, ungasuki lapha, kodwa hlala lapha eduze kwami
izintombi:
2:9 Amehlo akho mawabe sensimini abayivunayo, wena uyilandele
Angiziyalanga yini izinsizwa ukuthi zingakuthinteli na?
lapho womile, ngena ezitsheni, uphuze lokho okunathayo
zidonse izinsizwa.
2:10 Khona-ke wawa ngobuso bakhe, futhi wakhothama phansi, futhi wathi
kuye: Kungani ngithole umusa emehlweni akho ukuba uthathe
ukwazi kwami, njengoba ngiyisihambi?
2:11 UBhowazi waphendula, wathi kuye: "Kwakutshengiswa kimi, konke
okwenzile kunyokozala selokhu kwafa unyoko
myeni: nokuthi ushiye kanjani uyihlo nonyoko kanye nezwe
ekuzalweni kwakho, usufikile ebantwini obungasazi
kuze kube manje.
2:12 UJehova makavuze umsebenzi wakho, futhi uphiwe umvuzo ogcwele
Jehova, Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, oze ukuthemba phansi kwamaphiko akhe.
2:13 Wathi, Mangithole umusa emehlweni akho, nkosi yami; ngalokho wena
ungiduduzile, futhi ngalokho ukhulume kahle kowakho
incekukazi, nakuba ngingafani nenye yezincekukazi zakho.
" 2:14 UBhowazi wathi kuye: "Ngesikhathi sokudla, uze lapha, udle
isinkwa, ugcobhoze ucezu lwakho kuviniga. Wahlala phansi eduze
abavuni: wamnika amabele akhanyiweyo; wadla, wadla
anele ahambe.
2:15 Esevukile ukukhothoza, uBhowazi wayala izinsizwa zakhe.
esithi: Makakhothoze naphakathi kwezithungo, ningamkhuzi;
2:16 Futhi ake awele futhi ezinye zezandla inhloso ngaye, futhi uhambe
ukuze awakhothoze, angamkhuzi.
2:17 Wakhothoza ensimini kwaze kwahlwa, wabhula lokho anakho
kwakungaba yi-efa lebhali.
2:18 Wayithatha, waya emzini, futhi uninazala wabona
ayekukhothozile: wakhipha, wamnika lokho akubona
wayezigodlile ngemva kokuba esenele.
2:19 Uninazala wathi kuye: "Ukhothoze kuphi namuhla? futhi
ubusebenza ngaphi? ubusisiwe lowo okwaziyo ngawe.
Wamkhombisa uninazala ukuthi ubesebenza nobani, wathi;
Igama lendoda engisebenze nayo namuhla nguBhowazi.
" 2:20 UNawomi wathi kumalokazana wakhe, "Makabusiswe uJehova, ngubani
akawuyekanga umusa wakhe kwabaphilayo nakwabafileyo. Futhi uNawomi
wathi kuye: “Lowo muntu uyisihlobo sethu esiseduze;
2:21 Wathi uRuthe umMowabikazi, Naye uthe kimi:
nezinsizwa zami, zaze zaqeda konke ukuvuna kwami.
2:22 UNawomi wathi kuRuthe umalokazana wakhe: “Kuhle, ndodakazi yami;
ukuba uphume nezintombi zakhe, ukuze zingahlangabezi kwenye enye
inkambu.
2:23 Ngakho wanamathela ezintwenimbi zikaBhowazi ekhothoza kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kwebhali.
isivuno nokuvunwa kukakolweni; wahlala noninazala.