URuthe 2:1-12

UNawomi wayenesihlobo somyeni wakhe, indoda enamandla aphilileyo, esomndeni ka-Elimeleki; igama lakhe lalinguBhowazi. URuthe umMowabi wasesithi kuNawomi: Ake ngiye elizweni, ngikhothoze emva kwalowo engizathola umusa emehlweni akhe. Wathi kuye: “Hamba, ndodakazi yami; Wahamba wafika wadobha ensimini ngemva kwabavuni; Bheka, uBhowazi wafika evela eBetlehema, wathi kubavuni: “UJehova makabe nani. Zathi kuye: “UJehova makakubusise; UBhowazi wayesethi encekwini yakhe ephethe abavuni: “Ngekabani le ntokazi na? Inceku eyayimiswe phezu kwabavuni yaphendula yathi: “Le yintombi yakwaMowabi eyabuya noNawomi ezweni lakwaMowabi.” Yathi: Ake ngicoshe, ngibuthe emva kwabavuni phansi kwezithungu; wafika wahlala kusukela ekuseni kwaze kwaba manje, wahlala kancane endlini. UBhowazi wasesithi kuRuthe: Uyezwa yini, ndodakazi yami? Ungayi ukuyokwakha kwelinye izwe, futhi ungasuki lapha, kodwa hlala lapha nezincekukazi zami. Amehlo akho mawabe sezweni abalivunayo, ubalandele; Angiziyalanga yini izinsizwa ukuba zingakuthinteli na? uma womile, hamba uye ezitsheni, uphuze okudotshwe yizinsizwa. Wawa ngobuso bakhe, wakhothamela emhlabathini, wathi kuye: “Ngitholeni umusa emehlweni akho ukuba ungangazi, lokhu ngingowezizwe na?” UBhowazi waphendula, wathi kuye: “Sekubonakalisiwe kimi ngokugcwele konke okwenzile kunyokozala selokhu kwafa umyeni wakho, nokuthi washiya kanjani uyihlo nonyoko nezwe lokuzalwa kwakho, futhi wafika kubantu owawungabazi ngaphambili. UJehova makakuvuze ngomsebenzi wakho, umvuzo opheleleyo uphiwe nguJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, othembele phansi kwamaphiko akhe.