ʻI he nofo pē ʻa e ongo fefiné ʻi he moʻui ʻi Pētelihemá, naʻe kamata ke fakakaukau ʻa Lute fekauʻaki mo e founga lelei taha ke tokangaʻi ai ia tonu pea mo Nāomí. Naʻá ne ʻiloʻi ko e Lao naʻe ʻoange ʻe Sihova ki hono kakaí ʻi ʻIsilelí naʻe kau ai ha tokonaki ʻofa ki he kau masivá. Naʻe fakaʻatā ke nau ō ki he ngaahi ngoueʻangá ʻi he taimi utu-taʻú ʻo muimui he kau tuʻusí, ʻo tufi ʻa e meʻa naʻe toé pea pehē ki he meʻa naʻe tupu ʻi he ngaahi kauʻā mo e tuliki ʻo e ngaahi ngoueʻangá.c—Livitiko 19:9, 10; Teutalōnome 24:19-21.

Ko e taimi ia ʻo e utu-taʻu paʻalé, ngalingali ʻi ʻEpeleli ʻi heʻetau tohimāhina ʻi onopōní, pea naʻe ʻalu ʻa Lute ki he ngaahi ngoueʻangá ke sio pe ko hai te ne fakaʻatā ia ke ne ngāue ʻi he malumalu ʻo e tokonaki ki he kau tufí. Naʻá ne ʻalu fāinoa ki he ngaahi ngoueʻanga ʻa ha tangata ko Pōasi, ko ha tokotaha koloaʻia naʻe ʻi ai hono kelekele pea ko ha kāinga ʻo e husepāniti kuo mate ʻo Nāomí, ʻa ʻElimeleki. Neongo naʻe ʻoange ʻe he Laó kiate ia ʻa e totonu ke ne tufi, naʻe ʻikai te ne fakamaʻamaʻaʻi ia; naʻá ne kole ki he talavou naʻá ne tokangaʻi ʻa e kau ngāue utu-taʻú ki ha ngofua ke ne tufi. Naʻá ne fakangofua ia, pea naʻe ngāue leva ʻa Lute.—Lute 1:22–2:3, 7.