Luti
2 Kwali omulume umwe omuhona velii na Noemii, velii no vombunga yomulume wae. Omulume oo utiwa o Mbowasi,+ ombunga ya Elimeleke.
2 Luti omu Moambe, apopila Noemii ati: “Nahanda okwenda momapia ndyikapupulule,+ hamwe ndyivasa ou undinga okankhenda.” Noemii emuti: “Enda mona wange.” 3 Luti aende mepia limwe, ahimbika okupupulula monyima yovateyi avasa-mo. Mepia akapupulula, naina o lya Mbowasi,+ Mbowasi velii na Elimeleke.+ 4 Kapakalele-ale ehimbwe, Mbowasi eya mepia, watundilila mepunda-umbo lyo Mbelei, apopila ovateyi ati: “Siovaa akale noonwe.” Ngwe avati: “Siovaa ekuyambe.”
5 Mbowasi apulu onkhalamutwe yovateyi ati: “Omona ou owa-lie?” 6 Onkhalamutwe yovateyi akumbulula ati: “Ou omuhikwena woko Moambe,+ veya na Noemii, vatunda kotyilongo tyo Moambe.+ 7 Waita wati: ‘Vakwe tyitavela-vo ndyipupulule mepia lienyi,+ ndyikoye-koye-mo evi ovateyi vasa-asapo?’* Nkhele ehikile tyamuhuka uli vala nokuundapa, o pahetyino vala apumphama apululukwe-po katutu.”
8 Mbowasi apopila Luti ati: “Mona wange, wahakapupulule vali momapia omakwavo, wahaye vali nakwike. Kala vala povaundapi vange ovafikwena.+ 9 Tala vala muvo, kepia vakateya noove ngako wenda. Napopila ovaundapi vange ovakwendye vehekulinge natyike.* Tyina wamaliwa nohunga, enda pononthenda mbovaundapi, okanwa.”
10 Ou Luti pahe, aikila konongolo elipetamena-po, ati: “Mukwe pahe wampholapi-vo undinga okankhenda ñgaa, wampholapi-vo ukesuka naame, ngwe ame hi-wakuno?”+ 11 Mbowasi emukumbulula ati: “Neiva ovipuka walingila nyoko-ivi, wasiwa-po nomulume wove, wasa-po ovoho, wasa-po otyilongo tyove nombunga yove, oya okukala novanthu wehei.+ 12 Siovaa ekuyambe, ekuyambe movipuka ukahi nokulinga,+ Siovaa Huku yova Isilayeli ekwaavele ondyambi onene mokonda watilila mwe.”*+ 13 Ou Luti ati: “Napandula etyi wandinga okankhenda tatekulu, wamphameka, waungumanesa omutima* wange, ngwe himuundapi wove.”
14 Tyina vati pokulia Mbowasi emwiihana ati: “Endyu tulie, pena ombolo apa, lunga movinyu.”* Luti apumphama novateyi opo valie. Ngwe Mbowasi emwaavela ononkhange, ali ekuta, nkhele ambuhupu-po. 15 Etyi Luti akatuka apupulule vali,+ Mbowasi apopila ovaundapi vae ovakwendye ati: “Muyekei apupulule evi mwasa-asa-po,* mwehemulingei natyike.+ 16 Na tyina mukongolola ovipandi, munanenei-mo otyo musa-po, mwahapopiei natyike amumutyilika.”
17 Ngwe ai no komutwe nokupupulula mepia atee lietaka kokawiwii.+ Etyi apupulula atyopo,* apolo-po osevata imwe onyingi.* 18 Luti atyindi osevata oyo, aende akondoka mepunda-umbo, hikee alekesa ina-ivi etyi apupulula. Tupu, apolo okulia ahupisile-po,+ ekwavela ina-ivi.
19 Ina-ivi emupulu ati: “Opi wakapupululile? Opi wakaundapele? Omunthu wekulinga okankhenda ayambwe.”+ Luti apopila ina-ivi ou aundapa nae, ati: “Naundapa nomulume umwe utiwa o Mbowasi.” 20 Noemii apopila Luti okuti: “Siovaa ayambe omulume oo, mokonda walinga olwembia olunene vokuna omwenyo no vokwankhia.”+ Apopi vali ati: “Omulume oo o wetu.+ O umwe povayovoli vetu.”*+ 21 Ou Luti, ati: “Wamphopila okuti: ‘Landula vala movaundapi vange atee vamana okuteya.’”+ 22 Noemii apopila omukwekai wae Luti ati: “Mona wange, hahe ulandule vala movaundapi vae ovafikwena, wahaye komapia omakwavo, mavekekulinga onya.”
23 Luti alandaula vala movaundapi va Mbowasi ovafikwena, apupulula atee vamana okuteya osevata+ notiliku. Tupu, kayekele-po ina-ivi, ngae vakala vala nae.+