URuthe 1:15-22

Wathi: “Bheka, umnakwenu usebuyele kubantu bakubo nakonkulunkulu bakubo; buyela emuva ulandele umakoti wakho. URuthe wasesithi: Ungangincengi ukuthi ngikutshiye, ngibuye ngikulandele; ngokuba lapho uya khona, ngiyakuya khona nami; nalapho nilala khona, nami ngiyakulala khona; abantu bakini bayakuba ngabantu bami, noNkulunkulu wakho abe nguNkulunkulu wami. Lapho ufela khona, ngiyakufela khona nami, ngimbelwe khona; kanjalo uJehova uyakwenza kimi, futhi kube njalo, uma kuphela ukufa kusehlukanisa mina nawe. Lapho ebona ukuthi uzimisele ukuhamba naye, wayeka ukukhuluma naye. Base behamba bobabili baze bafika eBetlehema. Futhi lapho befika eBhetlehema, umuzi wonke waxokozela, wathi: Ingabe lo uNawomi? Wathi kubo: “Ningangibizi ngokuthi uNawomi; ngibizeni ngokuthi uMara, ngokuba uSomandla ungiphathe kumunyu kakhulu.” Ngaphuma ngigcwele, uJehova wangibuyisa ngize; ningibizelani ngokuthi nginguNawomi, lokhu uJehova efakaza ngami, nokuthi uSomandla ungicindezele na? Wayesebuya uNawomi, noRuthe wakwaMowabi, umalokazana wakhe, ababebuyile ezweni lakwaMowabi; bafika eBetlehema ekuqaleni kokuvunwa kwebhali.