¹ habwire b'wabazulizi, habereho enzarha m'wihanga. Omuseza omwe wa betelehemu ya Yuda y'agenda n'omukaziwe n'aboozobe babili kuza kutura mwihanga lya Moabu. ² Izina lyowe museza ni Elebimeleki, elya mukaziwe Naomi, n'abo banabe babirhi b'obwozo bayetwaga Macholo na Kili; babaga bali nEphrati wa Betelehemu yuda. Bahika mwihanga lya Moabu, bayombekaho enzu yabo. ³ Elimeleki balo wa Naomi yaafa, ya sigara na banabe babiri b'obwoozo. ⁴ Abo bana b'obwozo batasha abatasha abakazi b'okwe, omweza y'ayetwaga Orupa, n'ondizo Ruta, bayikara Okwe, obwire bw'emyaka n'kikumi. Macholo na Kiliyo nabo boona babili baafa, ⁵ Naomi yasigara w'enka nabo bana be babili b'obwozo n'iiba (omuseza we) ⁶ Owe y'ayimuka, iwe nabakazana be kugira ngu baruge mwihanga lya Moabu, Habwokuba yahulire ngu Mukama y'atahilire abantu be kandi ko y'amuhere omugati. ⁷ Yaruga aho yabaga atwire, asendekezwe nabakazana be babiri bakwata omuhanda kuruga mwihanga lya Yuda. ⁸ Naomi yagambira obwe abo bakazana be babili: Mugende, mugaruke buli muntu owa nyina amuzara. Ruhanga abakolere kurungi, nkoko mwabikolere ba nyakwigendera na nyowe. ⁹ Mukama Ruhanga ahe bulimuntu ekiruhuko mumaka g'omuseza! Y'abanyegera. Batera omulenge, balira. ¹⁰ Kandi Bamugambira: Ingaha, Turagenda nawe ew'abantu bawe. ¹¹ Naomi, Yagamba: Mugaruke, bahara bange! Habwenchi mulikwenda kuba nanye? Nchayine kandi mumabere , abana b'obwozo bokusuba kuba abaseza enyu? ¹² Mugaruke, Baharabange, Mugende! Namara kukeruka, obutasuba kulehibwa, kandi, obwire bwonogambire; nyine " amasiko; obwire bwe echichiro ndabona omuseza, n'okuzara abana b'obwozo, ¹³ Murabalindabiriza kuhika obwire bwo baba bakuru? Muranga kulehibwa habw'echo? Ingaha, bahara bange, Habw'okuba, habwenyu ndimubusasi bwingi kuleba omukono gwa Mukama Ruhanga gwa mpindukire. ¹⁴ Batera omulenge, balira kandi. Orupa yanyegerera nyinazara we, aliko Ruta we yaguma amukundire. ¹⁵ Naomi yagambira Ruta; leeba mulamukazi wawe yasubure ew'abantu be n'ewemandwa zabo; garuka nawe nka mulamukazi wawe. ¹⁶ Ruta yamugarukamu! otantuma kukusiga, kugaruka hale nawe! Eyoraza niyo ndaza nanye, aho oratura niho ndatura nanye; abantu bawe baraba abantu bange, Ruhanga wawe araba Ruhanga wange; ¹⁷ Aho orafira niho ndafira n'okuzikwa'ho. Mukama Ruhanga ankolere mumanige goona, echintu choona, sana orufu nirwe lwakiza kukunsigisa nawe. ¹⁸ Naomi, yamuleba ahamize kugenda nawe, yaruga aho y'amuhunama. ¹⁹ Bakwata omuhanda hamwe mpaka kuhika betelehemu, obwir bwo bataha Betelehemu, omuruka gwona gwabatangalira abakazi bagamba: Oyu ni Naomi? ²⁰ Yabagambira: Mutanyeta Naomi; munyete Mara, habwokuba, Ruhanga Owamani y'anyizwize obusasi. ²¹ Nabaga ndimubintu byinki aliko ndikugenda, na Mukama Ruhanga y'angaruza emikono elimo busa. Habwenchi kunyeta Naomi? obwire bwo Ruhanga yamalire kugamba kubi habwange, kandi Ruhanga owamani yampere obusasi? ²² Kobabere bagaruka mwihanga lya Moabu na mukazana we, Ruta omumoabu kazi Bahika Betelehemu muntandiko yo kusarura esayiri