¹ Chikachitaka mumazuba agho Beluzgi baka usanga apo kukaba njala muchalo, ndipo mwatu munyake waku Betelehemu wanku yada wa kaya kakhala nge ni mulendu muchalo cha moabu na muboli wake na bana bake banalume babili.

² Zina la mwanalume wakaba Elimeleki,na zina la muboliwake likaba nabomi. mazina gha bababake babalume babili bakaba bina Efulata bana Betelehemu waku yuda.Bakafika pa chalo cha moabu na kukhala mwenemala. ³ Ntheula Elimeleki, musweni wa Naomi, wakafwa, nakuti waka lekeka yakha na bana bake banalume babili.

⁴ Banaabo bakatola baboli kufuma ku babakazi ba ku Moabu,zina la yumoza likaba olipa, ndipo zina la munyeke likaba Rute. Bakakhala mula vilimika khumi.

⁵ Ntheula bose babili maloni na kiligoni bakafwa, makuti mwanakazi wakakhala wa mbula banabake banalume baili na kwambula musweni wake. ⁶ Penepapo wakanka na bakamwana bake na ku welela kufuma kuchalo cha meabuu chifukwa wakapulika kuti muchalo cha moabu kuti Yawe wakapeleka vyaku khumbikila ku bantu bake pa kubapa chakulya.

⁷ Ntheula wakafumapo pamalo apowakaba na bakamwana bahe babili, bakenda kukhila namusebu ku welela ku chalo cha yada. ⁸ Naomi wakati ku bakamwana bake babili,''Lutani welelani ,Mosemwabili ku nyumba zaba uyinamwe.Mphanyi Yawe wabonese lusungu pa imwe, nga ndiumo imwe mwaboneskela lusunga ku bakufwa naakwa ine.

⁹ Mphanyi Yawe wapeleka kawa imwe kuti musanga mupumule, yumoza yumoza wa imwe mumanyumb gha basweni binu banyake,''Ntheula wakaba penepapo wokabafyofanta ibo,ndipo bakakwezga mazgo ghabo nakalila.

¹⁰ Bakayoboya kwa iye,''chala tiwelenge namwe kubanthu binu,'' ¹¹ Kwene Naom i wakati,''welelani kumasinda, mwabana bane babakazi! nchifukwauli imwe mulutenge nane? Ka ine nichalinabana banalume munthumbo yawe ba imwe, mwakuti bangaba baswenibinu?

¹² Welelani kumasinda, banabane banakazi lutani munthowa yinu, pakutine nimuchekulu chomene kuti nobeso na musweni nangea ine kutolana na mwanalume usikuuno;nakuti nibabe bana banalume,

¹³ Kasi imwe ntheula mungalindizga kuti mupaka bakula ?kasi imwe mungaleka chala kusanka kutengwe kuba musweni ? chala, mwabanabane banakazi nchakubaba chomene kwa ine chifukwa cha imwe kutiboko la Yawe la yimikana nane,'' ¹⁴ Ntheula bakamwana bake bakakwezga mazgo nakulilaso.Oripa wakamu fye fyotha nyinavyala nakulayila, kwene Rute wakaskepelela kwa iye.

¹⁵ Naomi wakati ''Pulika, mukamwana munyako wawelela kubanthu bakukwake nakuba chiuta bake. welela naye mukamwana munyako,'' ¹⁶ kwe ne Rute wakati,''Lekani kunichichizga ine kutinimuleken i imwe, kuti niwelele kukutondezga imwe,pakuti uko mukuya imwe,ine nane ndiko nilutenge, ukomwamukukhala inenane ndiko namukukhala;banthu binu bamukuba banthubane, na Chiuta winu wamukuba chiuta wane.

¹⁷ Uko mwamukufula,inenane ndiko namukufwila,ndipo kwene kula namubikika.lekani Yawe wanipe chilango ine, nakubikilako, kuti chithuchinyake chala ipo nyifwa ndiyo yitipatule

¹⁸ Pala Naomi wakati wabona kuti Ruta wakhumbisiska kuluta naye,wakaleka kulimbananeye. ¹⁹ Ntheula babili bakenda mupaka bakafika mumusumba wa Betelehemu. chikachitika apo Bakatibafika mu Betelehemu, muzinda bose Bakaba bakukondwa chomene na ibo.Banakazi bakati,''kasi uyu ni Naomi?''

²⁰ Kwene iye wakati kwa ibo, ''Mungani chamanga Naomi chala. Municheme ine kubaba, pakuti wankhongonozose wanipweteka comene ine.

²¹ Ine ukaluta wakuzula,kwene Yawe wizananeso wamwazi sono nchifukwa uli mukumichema ine Naomi, pakutona kuti Yawe wapanikizgila kwimikana na ine na wankhongonon zose wani pweteka ine?'' ²² Sono Naomi na mwanakazi waku moabu, mukamwana wake, wakawelela kufuma kuchola cha moabo. Bakiza ku Betelehemu kuuyambilo kwa kuwezga nyauti.