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| 1. | UBhowazi wasesenyukela esangweni, wahlala phansi lapho. Khangela-ke, kwedlula isihlobo esingumhlengi leso uBhowazi ayekhulume ngaso. Wasesithi: Phambuka uhlale phansi lapha, we zibanibani. Wasephambuka, wahlala phansi. |
| 2. | Wasethatha amadoda alitshumi ebadaleni bomuzi, wathi: Hlalani phansi lapha. Asehlala phansi. |
| 3. | Wasesithi kulesosihlobo esingumhlengi: Isiqinti sensimu esasingesomfowethu uElimeleki, uNawomi, osebuyile evela elizweni lakoMowabi, wasithengisa. |
| 4. | Ngakho mina ngithe: Ngikwembule e ndlebe ni yakho ngisithi: Sithenge phambi kwabahlali laphambi kwabadala babantu bakithi. Uba uzasihlenga, sihlenge. Kodwa uba engekho ongasihlenga, ungitshele, ukuze ngazi; ngoba engekho ngaphandle kwakho ongasihlenga, mina-ke ngilandela wena. Wasesithi: Mina ngizasihlenga. |
| 5. | UBhowazi wasesithi: Mhla uthenga insimu esandleni sikaNawomi, uzayithenga lakuRuthe umMowabikazi, umfazi womuyi, ukuze umise ibizo lomuyi elifeni lakhe. |
| 6. | Lesosihlobo esingumhlengi sasesisithi: Ngingeke ngazihlengela sona, hlezi ngone ilifa lami. Zihlengele wena ilungelo lami lokuhlenga, ngoba kangilamandla okuhlenga. |
| 7. | Lokhu-ke kwakukhona mandulo koIsrayeli mayelana lokuhlenga lokuntshintsha, ukuqinisa lonke udaba: umuntu akhiphe inyathela lakhe, alinike umakhelwane wakhe; lokhu-ke kwakuyibufakazi koIsrayeli. |
| 8. | Ngakho isihlobo esingumhlengi sathi kuBhowazi: Zithengele yona; sasesikhipha inyathela laso. |
| 9. | UBhowazi wasesithi kubadala lakubo bonke abantu: Lingabafakazi lamuhla bokuthi ngithengile konke okwakungokukaElimeleki lakho konke okwakungokukaKiliyoni lokukaMaheloni esandleni sikaNawomi. |
| 10. | LoRuthe laye umMowabikazi, umkaMaheloni, ngizithengele ukuze abe ngumka mi, ukuze ngimise ibizo likamuyi elifeni lakhe, ukuze ibizo lomuyi lingaqunywa lisuke phakathi kwabafowabo lesangweni lendawo yakhe. Lingabafakazi lamuhla. |
| 11. | Bonke abantu ababesesangweni labadala basebesithi: Singabafakazi; kungathi i Nkosi ingamenza lo owesifazana ongena endlini yakho abe njengoRasheli lanjengoLeya abakha bobabili indlu kaIsrayeli. Njalo wenze ngamandla eEfratha, uzenzele ibizo eBhethelehema, |
| 12. | lendlu yakho ibe njengendlu kaPerezi uTamari amzalela uJuda, ngenzalo i Nkosi ezakunika yona ngalo owesifazana omutsha. |
| 13. | Ngakho uBhowazi wamthatha uRuthe, waba ngumkakhe; wasengena kuye, i Nkosi yamnika ukuthi athathe isisu, wazala indodana. |
| 14. | Abesifazana basebesithi kuNawomi: Kayibusiswe i Nkosi engakutshiyanga ungelaso isihlobo esingumhlengi lamuhla, ukuthi ibizo laso limenyezelwe koIsrayeli! |
| 15. | Uzakuba kuwe ngumbuyisi wempilo lomondli wobudala bakho, ngoba umzele umalokazana wakho okuthandayo, ongcono kuwe kulamadodana ayisikhombisa. |
| 16. | UNawomi wasemthatha umntwana, wamfaka esifubeni sakhe, waba ngumlizane wakhe. |
| 17. | Omakhelwanekazi basebemutha ibizo besithi: Kulendodana ezalelwe uNawomi. Babiza ibizo layo uObedi; nguyise kaJese, uyise kaDavida. |
| 18. | Lalezi yizizukulwana zikaPerezi. UPerezi wazala uHezironi, |
| 19. | uHezironi wasezala uRamu, uRamu wasezala uAminadaba, |
| 20. | uAminadaba wasezala uNashoni, uNashoni wasezala uSalimoni, |
| 21. | uSalimoni wasezala uBhowazi, uBhowazi wasezala uObedi, |
| 22. | uObedi wasezala uJese, uJese wasezala uDavida. |
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