¹ Yapitile wakati wa utawa wa majiti yabile njala pa nnema, ga mundu yomo Bethemu ya Yuda ayei mu nnema umo wa muabu pamope nyumbowe na banabake abele anahome. ² Lina lya mundu yomo akemelwa Elimeleki na lina lya nyumbomundu lyabile. Naomi. mainaga banabake analhome hgakemilwe mahiloni na kileoni, ambae babile baefraimu ba Bethehemu ya Yuda. baikite nnema wa muhabu no tamapoo. ³ Ngapo Elimeleki, nchengowe Naomi, ate waha, nga Naomi aigalii na bana bake ahele. ⁴ Bana haba bakobike alwawa ba muhabu, yumo akemilwe oripa, na whenghe Ruthu. batami kwoho kati miaka khomi. ⁵ Boka apo mahiloni na kileoni bote bate , Nakuneka Naomi bila nalhome wake na biila bana bake bote ablile. ⁶ Hapo Naomi nga muite boka mohabu pamope na kinawakabanabe no buya Yuda kwa mwanja ayuwene mu mkowa wa mohabu banga Yahweh asaidie bandu bake mumaitaji na kwapeya sakulya. ⁷ nyo ateboka pandu pabile pamope na kinahaka banabe ba bana bake abhele. patehelya buyanga mu Nnema wa yuda. ⁸ Naomi abakee kinayumbowe banabake, ''uyende mukabuye, kila mundu yomo, munyumba ya mabake. ⁹ Na Nnon'gu alaye wema jiwinu, kati mwa mulaite wema kwa habo babawili na kachangho. Nnongo abajali mwenga pata kipambolyo, kila yumo kwa nnalhome whenghe, ''Bakapo ate kwakumbatha, nga bathondholoheya malobe gabe no lhela. ¹⁰ kumakia, ''lili. tulwabuya pamope na wenga kwa bandu bako,'' ¹¹ Ila Naomi atebaya, ''mubuye banabango, kwa mwanja namani muyende na nenga? kweni balo ni bile na bana mundumbo yangho kwa ajili inu, ili bapange kinasagobinu? ¹² Mubuye, bana bangho, muyende mundela onu mwabene, kwa mwanja nenga na nngoi muno ba nanalhome, kati mbaye, ''Nipate nnalhome kilo seheseno, ''na bokapo papa bana analhome kwanyo mundawesa baliya mpaka bakholehe? ¹³ Muhwa balia kotoka khonda nambleya mbheno? lili, bana bangho kiyolo muno, kuliko kiyolo sinumwe, kwa mwanja luboko lwa Yahweh yei tofauti na nee'' ¹⁴ Ngapo kina akabanabe ngaba thondhobea molhobe gabe no lhela kabhe. Oripa anagite kwa kumkubathia, ila Ruth ate ingala nakwehe. ¹⁵ Naomi atebaya, ''uphekani, nyino abuyangine kwa bandu bake na miungu yake. ubuye pamope na kwehe. ¹⁶ Ila Ruth atibaya, ''kana unileke mboke kutalu na wenga , kwa mwanja kwo yend, mbayenda, potama,mbatama, bandu bako ba panga bandu bangho, na Nnungo wako apanga Nnungo wangho. ¹⁷ Pandu powawelya, na wehelya hapo, nahapo banjikye, Yahweh aningie, na ata namu yoti ata mwakibili sosote isipokuwa kiwho. hakika kitulekangamalii. ¹⁸ Naomi pambweni panga Ruth amuite yenda nakwe , alekite taukana nakwe. ¹⁹ Nyo boti abhele bateyambwa mpka kilambo cha Bethehamu. pabaikete Bethehemu, Nnema woti watekwapulaikya, alwawa batebaya, ''Hayuhu Naomi.?'' ²⁰ Ila atekwabakia, ''kanamunikeme Naomi munikeme uchungu, kwa nyo mwene Nnungo ambangi makowe ga golumia. ²¹ Ni yhei nitwehle, ila Yahweh amkalembwiye kaya nibile ntopho bote, nyo kwa mwanja namani unikema Naomi, wakati kamubona Yahweh ateniukumu panga mwene Nnungo atenisumbuya? ²² Kwanyo Naomi na Ruth muhabu, nyumbo we mwana, wake, batebuya, nyumbawe mwana wake batebuya boka mu Nnema wa muhabu. babu yangine Bethehemu pagatu mbwi mavuno ga shairi.