Rute
4 Bhoazi aenda mpaka pansuwo ukulu wa nzinda,+ mbakhala penepo. Muomboli adalonga+ Bhoazi apita na penepo. Natenepa Bhoazi ancemera: “Ngana,* bwera kuno, khala pantsi.” Iye aenda mbakhala pantsi. 2 Buluka penepo, Bhoazi acemeresa akulu+ khumi a mu nzinda mbaapanga: “Khalani pantsi.” Natenepa iwo akhala pantsi.
3 Bhoazi apanga muomboli:+ “Noemi adabwerera buluka ku Moabhe,+ asafunika kugulisa munda wakuti ukhali wa mʼbale wathu Elimeleki.+ 4 Natenepa ndaona kuti pikhali pyadidi ndikudziwise pyenepi mbandikupanga kuti: ‘Gula munda unoyu pamaso pa anthu anakhala muno na pamaso pa akulu a mbumba yanga.+ Iwe ungafuna kuuombola, uombole. Mbwenye khala nee unakwanisa, ndidziwise, thangwi ndiwe adathema toera kuuombola, waciwiri ndine.’” Iye atawira: “Nkhabe pinthu, ndinauombola.”+ 5 Buluka penepo, Bhoazi alonga: “Pa ntsiku inafuna iwe kugula munda, usafunika kudziwa kuti munda unoyu ndi wa Noemi na Rute nkazi wa ku Moabhe adaferwa na mamunace, toera unthaka wa mamunace adafa upitirize na dzina yace.”+ 6 Muomboli pidabva iye mafala anewa, alonga: “Nee ndinakwanisa kuuombola, gopa ndinafudza unthaka wanga. Uombole pyako, maseze ndine adathema kuuombola, thangwi ine nee ndinakwanisa kuuombola.”
7 Kale mu Izraeli anthu angafuna kuombola peno kucinja ufulu wakuombola toera ukhale wa munthu unango, akhacita tenepa: Munthu akhafunika kudula sandalya+ yace mbapasa munthu unango. Pyenepi pikhapangiza kuti anthu acita cibverano mu Izraeli. 8 Natenepa muomboli pidapanga iye Bhoazi kuti: “Ugule pyako,” adula sandalya yace. 9 Buluka penepo, Bhoazi apanga akulu na onsene akhali penepo: “Lero imwe ndimwe amboni+ kuti ndiri kugula na Noemi pyonsene pikhali pya Elimeleki, Kiliyoni na Maloni. 10 Pontho ndiri kukwata Rute wa ku Moabhe, nkazi wa Maloni kuti akhale nkazanga toera unthaka wa mamuna adafa upitirize na dzina yace,+ pontho toera dzina yace ikhonde kufudzika pakati pa abale ace na pakati pa anthu a mu nzinda.* Lero imwe ndimwe amboni.”+
11 Anthu onsene akhali pansuwo ukulu wa nzinda na akulu alonga: “Ife ndife amboni! Yahova apase nkhombo nkazi anafuna kusemba iwe toera akhale ninga Rakeli na Leya, akazi adabala dzindza ya Izraeli.+ Thambaruka mu Efrata+ mbukhala wakubvekera mu Bhetelehemu.+ 12 Kubulukira mwa ana anafuna kukupasa Yahova na nkazi unoyu,+ banja yako mbikhale ninga banja ya Peresi,+ mwana wa Tamara na Yuda.”
13 Natenepa Bhoazi akwata Rute mbakhala nkazace. Iye apita naye mʼmabonde, pontho Yahova ampasa nkhombo yakukhala na mimba mbabala mwana wamamuna. 14 Akazi akhapanga Noemi: “Mbasimbwe Yahova adakupasa muomboli lero. Dzina ya mwana unoyu mbidziwiswe mu Izraeli! 15 Iye* akupasa umaso upswa, pontho anakutsalakana mu unkhalamba wako, thangwi iye abalwa na nkwenya wako wakuti asakufuna,+ pontho Rute ndi wadidi kakamwe kuna iwe kupiringana ana anomwe amuna.” 16 Noemi akwata mwana mʼmanja mwace, mbatoma kuntsalakana.* 17 Akazi a pacisa ampasa dzina mbalonga: “Noemi abalirwa mwana wamamuna,” pontho iwo anʼthula Obhedhi.+ Iye ndi babace Yese,+ baba wa Dhavidhi.
18 Iyi ndi dzindza ya Peresi:+ Peresi abala Ezironi;+ 19 Ezironi abala Ramu; Ramu abala Aminadhabhu;+ 20 Aminadhabhu+ abala Nasoni; Nasoni abala Salimoni; 21 Salimoni abala Bhoazi; Bhoazi abala Obhedhi; 22 Obhedhi abala Yese;+ Yese abala Dhavidhi.+