Rusi
1 Igihe igihugu cyayoborwaga* n’abacamanza,+ habayeho inzara maze umugabo wari utuye i Betelehemu+ mu Buyuda yimukira mu gihugu cya Mowabu,+ we n’umugore we n’abahungu be babiri. 2 Uwo mugabo yitwaga Elimeleki,* umugore we akitwa Nawomi,* naho abahungu be babiri, umwe yitwaga Mahaloni* undi akitwa Kiliyoni.* Bari abo muri Efurata, ni ukuvuga i Betelehemu mu Buyuda. Nuko bagera mu gihugu cya Mowabu baturayo.
3 Hashize igihe Elimeleki arapfa, Nawomi asigarana n’abahungu be bombi. 4 Abo bahungu baje gushaka abagore b’Abamowabukazi. Umwe yitwaga Orupa, undi akitwa Rusi.+ Bakomeza guturayo bahamara imyaka nka 10. 5 Abo bahungu babiri, ari bo Mahaloni na Kiliyoni na bo baje gupfa, hanyuma Nawomi asigara nta bana, nta n’umugabo afite. 6 Nuko ahagurukana n’abakazana be* ava mu gihugu cya Mowabu, kuko yari yarumvise ko Yehova yagiriye neza abantu be akabaha ibyokurya.*
7 Nawomi ava aho yari atuye asubira mu gihugu cy’u Buyuda ari kumwe n’abakazana be. Igihe bari mu nzira, 8 Nawomi abwira abakazana be ati: “Ngaho nimugende, buri wese asubire iwabo asange mama we. Yehova azabakunde urukundo rudahemuka+ nk’urwo mwakundaga abagabo banyu bapfuye, n’urwo mwankunze. 9 Yehova azatume buri wese abona umugabo, agire amahoro mu rugo rwe.”+ Nuko arabasoma maze bararira cyane. 10 Baramubwira bati: “Oya rwose! Ahubwo turajyana, tujye kubana n’abo mu bwoko bwawe.” 11 Ariko Nawomi arababwira ati: “Nimusubireyo bakobwa banjye. Kuki mushaka kunkurikira? Ese murabona nkiri uwo kubyara, ku buryo nabyara abahungu bakazababera abagabo?+ 12 Bakobwa banjye, nimwisubirire iwanyu. Dore ndashaje cyane sinkiri uwo gushaka umugabo. Ese niyo narara mbonye umugabo dushyingiranwa nkazabyara abahungu, 13 ubwo mwazabategereza kugeza bakuze? Mwareka kongera gushaka ngo ni bo mutegereje? Oya bakobwa banjye, munteye agahinda kuko Yehova yiyemeje kundwanya.”+
14 Barongera bararira cyane, hanyuma Orupa asoma nyirabukwe,* aragenda. Ariko Rusi we yanga kumusiga. 15 Nawomi aramubwira ati: “Dore mugenzi wawe asanze bene wabo kandi agiye gusenga imana ze. Mukurikire musubiraneyo.”
16 Ariko Rusi aramubwira ati: “Ntunyingingire kugusiga ngo ndeke kujyana nawe, kuko aho uzajya ari ho nzajya kandi aho uzarara ni ho nzarara. Ubwoko bwawe buzaba ubwoko bwanjye kandi Imana yawe izaba Imana yanjye.+ 17 Aho uzapfira ni ho nzapfira kandi ni ho bazanshyingura. Yehova azampane ndetse bikomeye nihagira ikindi kidutandukanya kitari urupfu.”
18 Nawomi abonye ko Rusi yiyemeje kujyana na we, aramureka. 19 Nuko bombi bakomeza urugendo bagera i Betelehemu.+ Bakigerayo, abo mu mujyi bose baza kubareba, abagore bakabaza bati: “Uyu ni Nawomi se?” 20 Nawomi akabasubiza ati: “Ntimunyite Nawomi, ahubwo munyite Mara,* kuko Ishoborabyose yaretse ibintu bibi bikambaho.+ 21 Nagiye mfite byose, ariko Yehova yatumye ngaruka nta kintu mfite. Kuki munyita Nawomi kandi Yehova yarandwanyije, Ishoborabyose ikanteza ibyago?”+
22 Uko ni ko Nawomi yagarutse avuye mu gihugu cya Mowabu,+ ari kumwe n’umukazana we Rusi w’Umumowabukazi. Bageze i Betelehemu mu gihe bari batangiye gusarura ingano.*+