Ruti unoshinga mu nnda wa Bhoazi
1 Naomi wakabe ana gamu le ludzi gwe nlume uwe Elimeleki liyi Bhoazi, akafuma kakale ana ntutshi. 2 Ruti we N'moabu kadwa Naomi kati, “Imani ndinonunga mamburumburu shule kwe bavuni kuna unowobe andihwila ngoni.” Naomi kabe eti kunli, “Yenda mwanangu.” 3 Ngono kayenda kanotangisa kununga mamburumburu shule kwe bavuni mu nnda. Kukashingikala kuti azwiwane eshinga mu nnda wa Bhoazi wakabe ali we ludzi gwa Elimeleki. 4 Bhoazi kazha edwa ku Bhetelehema ngono kati ku bavuni, “Yahwe ngababe namwi!” Bavuni bakashandula beti, “Yahwe ngabamukombolele!” 5 Ipapo Bhoazi kabhuzwa nlanda uwe wakabe ali nlingi we bavuni kati, “Mwanadi iwoyu nge waani?”
6 Nlingi we bavuni kadabila eti, “Mwanadi we N'moabu wakabuya na Naomi edwa ku shango ye Moabu. 7 Wati kati, ‘Ndokumbila kununga mamburumburu asala shule kwe bavuni.’ Tjinga kwaazha mangwanana kashinga kuswikila ngwenu, aazotongo nyaluluka ne kutukununu kose.”
8 Ipapo Bhoazi kadwa Ruti kati, “Tjihwilila mwanangu, usitongo yenda ukanonunga ku nnda we mmwe usiya iwoyu, koga sala shule baanadi bangu. 9 Mesho awo ngaalambile mu nnda wabanovuna, ubasale shule. Ndabudza bazhuzha, kuti basitongo kuti tjimwe. Ha ungabhakhwa nge nyota uyende pa hali ung'we vula yatjegwa ne bazhuzha.”
10 Ipapo Ruti kathigama kazwiyisa pasi ngokotamila pasi eti kunli, “Ini tjayita kuti mundihwile ngoni, mundiyitile hanya ipapa imi ndili ntaya?”
11 Koga Bhoazi kanshandula eti, “Kose kwawakashingila mmezwale babo nlume uwo asinofa, ndakakubudziwa nge buzhalo, ne sekwa wakasiya tate babo na mmeyabo ne shango ya kanyi kwenyu uzha ku bathu bausakatongo ziba. 12 Yahwe ngabakupe mbhayilo we mishingo iyo, uwane mbhayilo uzhele muna Yahwe, Ndzimu we Iziraela, iwo wawawana dizhilo kusi kwe mapapilo awo.”
13 Ipapo Ruti kashandula eti, “Dwililani mundihwile ngoni, she wangu, ngoti mandinyaladza mukalebeleka nge buthu nami nlandakadzi wenyu, nenguba ndisingafanane ne mmwe we balandakadzi benyu.”
14 Nge tjibaka tje zojiwa zwe masikati Bhoazi kandwa kati, “Izha ngeno uje zojiwa usebe ne nkumbi unoshababa.” Ndizo kagala kubapa ne bavuni, ngono kabe empa mathunde akakangiwa. Kaja kaguta kasiya mamwe. 15 Kati womilika kunonunga, Bhoazi kadwa bazhuzha babe kati, “Munletje anunge ne pakati pe zwishwa zwe bhali izwezwi zwimile, musindzibile. 16 Mushomole misholo mimwe mu zwishwa munsiyile iyo kuti anunge, musindzibile.”
17 Ndizo kanunga mu nnda kuswikila madekwana. Ipapo kashokola zwaakanunga, ngono kukalizana makabha mabili e bhali. 18 Kasenga kazha nawo ku nzi. Mmezwale babe bakabona kuti wanunga kungapani. Ruti katola mathunde akakangiwa abe eja ngono kasiya kabapabo. 19 Mmezwale babe bakambhuzwa bakati, “Washwa ununga ngayi nasi? Washinga ngayi? Ngaakombolegwe nthu wakuyitila hanya!”
Ruti kabudza mmezwale babe nthu waashwa ashinga kunli kati, “Zina le nthu wandashwa ndashinga kunli loyi Bhoazi.”
20 Ipapo Naomi kati ku nlongo uwe, “Ngaakombolegwe ndi Yahwe, ibo bana lubu gusakatongo siya batjili kene bafi!” Naomi kapapha eti kunli, “Nthu iwoyo ludzi naswi, mmwe we bapejo naswi mu thaka.”
21 Ruti we N'moabu kabe eti, “Wabuya kandidwa kati, ‘Ube ne balanda bangu kuswikila bepedza kuvuna.’ ”
22 Naomi kabe eti ku nlongo uwe, “Koyita mwanangu, kuti uyende ne baanadi babe, pamwe mu minda ipoga balume bangakudziyidza.” 23 Ndizo kalambila pejo ne baanadi ba Bhoazi enunga kuswikila kuvuna mathunde e bhali ne korong kupela, egala na mmezwale babe.
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