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.