¹ A Bethlehem mito emoyi i kita mpe i lokumu eteyalaka eyeho, Lina li laye Boaz ye eyalaki monginena i Elimelec molome i Naomi. ² Luta mito i Moab akaheka a Naomi: mwesi ngo ndole leke bokamati bauma ine etikalaka a bihua. Tango esiya mito emoyi ekokokela ngo bowaowa, mpe ekotike ngo lekamate bouma i Orges a yehwa e laye. Aka mowulesela: kiaka mona wa owali. ³ Akakia mpe aka banda bohongi baito yeseli mbuse, po ebolokoti bouma i Orges ine etikali a bihua, eyalaki a Libya li wali, po ine eyalaki a yehua i Boaz, monginene i Elimelec. ⁴ Mpe lita, Boaz akatsha a Bethlehem mpe akalwa a yehwa e laye. Aka yeka a baito baye ba yesili: Mongalima a yale a unu, bo baka mowulesela Mongalima abenisa oye. ⁵ Mpe Boaz aka yekela kapita i baito ba yesili: lifoki ano ebayi mwali e nda? ⁶ Kapita aka mowulesela: ye ebayi lifoki i moki i Moab, baka lwa ndole umoyi a Naomi. ⁷ Akalongaka ngo ndole, po ine asile ba uma ine baito ba yesili bekwesi banda elwaki ye a kombe tii sikene ebayi sanga bolokoti aka pemaka Sango tango umoyi. ⁸ Boaz aka yekela Luta: okoke mona owa otshikia a yehwa i mito yesia; otshikia yesika, kasi oyale sanga kelekele i baito bayesili ba ha baowali. ⁹ Lita wali esikane ekia bo botusesi ba uma a yehwa mpe okonge bo a mbuse. Nga yetesia baito ba ha bayesili ba olome betshi mokungisia oye. La okokoka posa i baye, kiaka bonui ine etokaki bo a ekutu. ¹⁰ Luta obofa biwi bosio a mbu mpe akayekela Boaz: po embi okokokela ngo bowaowa, po ine okeyeli ngo aka lebayi mofaya? ¹¹ Boaz aka mowulesela: beyekelaki ngo bakita ngia okelaki a ima obili e laho, mbuse e loko li molome e laho. Le lembeli ndenge aka tika aha mpe ima e laho mpe lohia lo laho, oka lwa boyali kati e baito bane otshimbelaki felo. ¹² Mongalima a wulesela oye bolamu ndenge ekelaki oye. Yawe, Mongalima i Isalayele a mwese oye boendi efulaku, po ine okalwa bohitami sese li bofafu e laye. ¹³ Aka yeka: oh! kumi okyeli ngo wali. Tshikokani a mito emoyi i baito bela ho ba yesili i baowali, okokokela ngo bowaowa, mpe lioyi elaho i boboto ekanlendisi ngo. ¹⁴ A tango li boyeli, Boaz akayekela Luta: lwa ole, Sila i foe, ole a ngu. Luta eyalaki esikani imoyi a baito ba yesili, Boaz aka mwesa ye bauma i bokalengi, Luta okalia emoli, akaliala, akatika esiya. Mbuse emoli akawula a yehwa po e bosili bauma Boaz a mwesaka mibeko a baito baye ba yesili: botike je ake bosili bauma asikani boyemalesi likisa i Orges. Botsi mohangesi. ¹⁶ Bokoki ine bokulisi ndombo i motiti i Orges ine bonangesi; botika emoli a mbu po ine alwa bosili. Bo so bokela yembanda. ¹⁷ Aka sila matiti i Orges toi a likose, mpe aka tuta emoli po ebo tusesi uma, ekatila mayi peeli ekoke saki yefulaku. ¹⁸ Aka sila emoli mpe ndombo e bima ine ekatikalaka tango beliaki a yehwa, Aka tala kwitu a lohia mpe aka mwesa ima o bili. ¹⁹ Ima obili la ye aka moyekela: okasila uma bonombe kohe? Etaki yehwa enda? Mongalima abenisa mito ano aka salesi oye. ²⁰ Naomi aka yekela mawali e Mona e la ye: Mongalima abenisa mito emoli! Po ine akayenesa lokundo e laye ngiso baito tobayi a bomoi ndenge eteyenesaka ngu baito bakawa, mbuse Naomi aka bakisa ye ebayi Mongalima e iso. Ebayi emoyi kati e baito bane besengeli kobaa mokumba e iso. ²¹ Luta mito i Moab akaheka kwalingina : aka yekelaka ngo: lekele esikani moyi a baito baye ba yesili tii tango ine bekofwesq botuse una. ²² Mpe Naomi akaheka Luta, mwali e omona e laye: ebayi wali, Mona owaowali, kangama sanga a baito ba ye ba yesili baowali, otshikia a yehwa i mito yesiya, po ine bekomonyokola oye ehela. ²³ Aka tikala elongi imoyi a baito ba yesili ba owali i Boaz, tii tango baka fwesa batusesi Orges mpe lofate eyalaki elongi imoyi a ima obili.