URuthe
ISAHLUKO1
1Kwathiezinsukwinizokubusakwabahlulelikwabakhona indlalaezweni.UmuntuothilewaseBetlehemaJudawaya ukugogobalaezwenilakwaMowabi,yenanomkakhe, namadodanaakheamabili.
2Igamalalowomuntulalingu-Elimeleki,igamalomkakhe lalinguNawomi,namagamaamadodanaakheamabili ayengoMahaloninoKiliyoni,ama-EfrataaseBetlehema JudaBafikaezwenilakwaMowabi,bahlalakhona 3Wafau-ElimelekiindodakaNawomi;wasalayena namadodanaakheamabili.
4BazithathelaabafazikwabesifazanebakwaMowabi; igamalomunyelalingu-Orpa,igamalomunyelalinguRuthe; bahlalakhonacisheiminyakaeyishumi.
5OMahaloninoKiliyonibafabobabili;owesifazanewasala emadodaneniakheamabilinendodayakhe
6Wayesesukakanyenawomalokazanabakheukubaabuye ezwenilakwaMowabi,ngokubawayezwileesezweni lakwaMowabiukuthiuJehovaubahambeleabantubakhe ngokubaphaukudla.
7Ngakhowaphumaendawenilaphoayekhonakanye labomalokazanabakheababilikanyelaye;bahamba ngendlelayokubuyelaezwenilakwaJuda.
8UNawomiwathikomalokazanabakheababili:"Hambani nibuyele,kubeyilowonalowoendlinikanina;uJehova makanenzeleumusa,njengalokhonenzekwabafileyo nakimi"
9UJehovamakaninikeukubanitholeukuphumula,kube yilowonalowoendliniyendodayakhe.Wabeesebanga; baphakamisaizwilabo,bakhala
10Bathikuye:"Impelasiyakubuyelanawekubantu bakini."
11UNawomiwathi:“Buyani,madodakaziami;asekhona amadodanaesiswinisamiukubaabengabayenibenuna?
12Buyani,madodakaziami,hambani;ngobamina sengimdalakakhuluukuthingingabalendodaUma bengingathi:Nginethemba,umangibanendodakulobu busuku,futhingizaleamadodana;
13Niyakuwalindaazeakhulena?ningabahlalela ningabayenina?Cha,madodakaziami;ngokuba kubuhlungukimikakhulungenxayenuukuthiisandla sikaJehovasiphumelekimi
14Baphakamisaizwilabo,bakhalafuthi;u-Orpawamanga uninazala;kodwauRuthewanamathelakuye
15Wathi:"Bheka,umnakwenuusebuyelekubantubakubo nakonkulunkulubakubo;
16URuthewathi:"Ungangincengiukubangikushiye, ngibuye,ngingakulandeli;ngokubalaphouyakhona, ngiyakuyakhonanami;lalaphoulalakhona,ngizalala khona;abantubakhobazakubangabantubami, loNkulunkuluwakhoabenguNkulunkuluwami;
17Laphoufelakhona,ngiyakufelakhonanami,ngimbelwe khona;
18Laphoebonaukuthiuzimiselengempelaukuhamba naye,wayeseyekaukukhulumanaye.
19BasebehambabobabilibazebafikaeBetlehemaKwathi sebefikeeBetlehema,umuziwonkewanyakazangabo, bathi:"LounguNawomina?"
20Wathikubo:"NingangibizingokuthinginguNawomi; 21Ngaphumangigcwele,uJehovawangibuyiselangize; pho,ningibizelaningokuthiuNawomi,lokhuuJehova ufakazilengami,futhiuSomandlaungihluphile?
22UNawomiwabuyakanyenoRutheumMowabikazi umalokazanawakhe,bebuyaezwenilakwaMowabi,bafika eBetlehemaekuqalenikokuvunwakwebhali
ISAHLUKO2
1UNawomiwayenesihlobosomyeniwakhe,indoda enamandlaonothileyoemndeninika-Elimeleki;igama lakhelalinguBhowazi
2URuthewakwaMowabiwathikuNawomi:"Akengiye ensimini,ngikhothozeizikhwebuemvakwalowo engiyakufumanaumusaemehlweniakhe"Wathikuye: "Hamba,ndodakaziyami"
3Wahamba,wafika,wakhothozaensiminiemva kwabavuni;kwasekwenzekaukuthiwehleleesiqeshini sensimukaBhowaziongowomndenika-Elimeleki
4Bheka,uBhowaziwafikaevelaeBetlehema,wathi kubavuni:“UJehovamakabenaniBasebephendulabathi kuye:INkosiikubusise.
5UBhowaziwayesethiencekwiniyakheeyayiphezu kwabavuni:“Ngekabanilentombazanana?
6Incekueyayiphezukwabavuniyaphendulayathi: “YintombiyakwaMowabiebuyenoNawomibephuma ezwenilakwaMowabi;
7Wathi:“Akengikhothoze,ngibuthephakathi kwezithunguemvakwabavuni;
8UBhowaziwasesithikuRuthe:Uyezwayini,ndodakazi yami?Ungayiukukhothozakwenyeinsimu,ungasuki lapha,kephahlalalaphaeduzekwamantombazanaami; 9Amehloakhomawabesensiminiabazoyivuna,wena ubalandele;laphowomile,ngenaezitsheni,uphuze okudotiweyizinsizwa.
10Wawangobusobakhe,wakhothamelaemhlabathini, wathikuye:“Ngitholeniumusaemehlweniakhoukuba ungazise,lokhungingowezizwena?
11UBhowaziwaphendulawathikuye:"Sekutshengisiwe kimikonkeokwenzilekunyokozalaselokhukwafaumyeni wakhonokuthiushiyekanjaniuyihlononyokonezwe lokuzalwakwakho,futhiusufikilekubantuobungasazi ngaphambili.
12UJehovamakakuvuzengomsebenziwakho,uphiwe umvuzoopheleleyonguJehovauNkulunkuluka-Israyeli ozeukuthembaphansikwamaphikoakhe.
13Wathi:"Mangitholeumusaemehlweniakho,nkosiyami; ngokubaungiduduzile,nangokukhulumakwakhookuhle nencekukaziyakho,nomangingenjengenyeyezincekukazi zakho
14UBhowaziwathikuye:“Ngesikhathisokudlawoza lapha,udleisinkwa,ugcobhozeucezulwakhokuviniga. Wahlalangasecelenikwabavuni;wamnikaamabele akhanyisiweyo;wadla,wasutha,washiya
15Esevukileukukhothoza,uBhowaziwayalaizinsizwa zakhe,wathi:“Myekeniakhothozenaphakathi kwezithungu,ningamkhuzi;
16Futhimnikeniezinyezezandlaezigcweleizandla, nizishiye,ukuzeazikhothoze,ningamkhuzi
17Wakhothozaensiminikwazekwahlwa,wabhulalokho akukhothozayo,kwabakungathii-efalebhali.
18Wakuthatha,wayaemzini;uninazalawakubona akukhothozayo;
19Uninazalawathikuye:“Ukhothozephinamuhlana? ubusebenzangaphi?ubusisiwelowookwaziyongawe.
Wamtshelauninazalalowoabesebenzakuye,wathi: “IgamalendodaengisebenzekuyonamuhlanguBhowazi;
20UNawomiwathikumalokazanawakhe:“Makabusiswe yenakuJehovaongayekangaumusawakhekwabaphilayo nakwabafileyoUNawomiwathikuye:“Lowomuntu uyisihlobosethuesiseduze;
21URutheumMowabiwathi:"Namiyathikimi:'Hlala unamatheleezinsizwenizami,zizeziqedezonkeisivuno sami.'
22UNawomiwathikuRutheumalokazanawakhe:“Kuhle, ndodakaziyami,ukubauphumenezintombizakhe,ukuze ungahlangabezikwenyeinsimu.
23NgakhowanamathelaezintwenimbizikaBhowazi ukukhothozakwazekwabasekuphelenikokuvunwa kwebhalinokuvunwakukakolweni;wahlalanoninazala.
ISAHLUKO3
1WayesethiuNawomiuninazalakuye:“Ndodakaziyami, angiyikukufunelaukuphumulaukubakubekuhlekuwena?
2ManjeuBhowaziakasiyeyiniisihlobosakithi,ontombi yakhewawunayo?Bheka,welaibhalinamuhlaebusuku esibuyeni
3Ngakhozigeze,uzigcobe,ugqokeizembathozakho, wehleleesibuyeni,kodwaungazazisiendodeni,izeiqede ukudlalokuphuza
4Kuyakuthilaphoelala,uqapheleindawolaphoelala khona,ungene,wambuleizinyawozakhe,ulale; uzakukutshelalokhoozakwenza
5Wathikuye:"Konkeokushoyokimingiyakukwenza."
6Wehlelaesibuyeni,wenzanjengakhokonkeamyale ngakhouninazala
7UBhowaziesedlilewaphuza,inhliziyoyakheithokoza, wayawalalaekugcinenikwenqwaba;
8Kwathiphakathikobusukuindodayethuka,yaphenduka, bheka,kwakuleleowesifazanengasezinyawenizayo.
9Wasesithi:Ungubani?Wathi:“NginguRutheincekukazi yakho;ngobawenauyisihloboesiseduze
10Wathi:“MawubusiswenguJehova,ndodakaziyami, ngokubawenzeumusaekugcinenikunakuqala,njengokuba ungalandelangaizinsizwa,nomazimpofunomazicebile
11Manje,ndodakaziyami,ungesabi;Ngiyakwenzakuwe konkeokudingayo,ngokubawonkeumuziwabantubami uyaziukuthiungowesifazaneolungileyo.
12Kuliqiniso-keukuthingiyisihlobosakho,kodwa kukhonaisihloboesiseduzekakhulukulami
13Hlalangalobubusuku,futhikuyakuthiekuseni,uma ekwenzelaisabelosomuntuoyisihlobo,kulungile;makenze isabelosomfowabo,kephaumaengakwenziokwesihlobo kuwe,ngiyakwenzakuweisabelosomfowabo,kuphila kukaJehova;lalakuzekuse
14Walalangasezinyawenizakhekwazekwasa;Wathi: “Makungaziwaukuthikwangenaowesifazaneesibuyeni.
15Wathi:"Lethaisihenqoosigqokile,usibambe"Lapho elubamba,walinganisaizilinganisoeziyisithuphazebhali, wamthwesazona,wangenaemzini.
16Esefikilekuninazala,wathi:"Ungubani,ndodakaziyami? Wamtshelakonkeindodaeyayimenzelekhona
17Wathi:"Inginikilelezizilinganisoeziyisithuphazebhali; ngobawathikimi:Ungayikunyokozalaulambatha.
18Wayesethi:"Hlalauthule,ndodakaziyami,uzewazi ukuthiindabaiyakubakanjani,ngokubalowomuntu akayikuphumula,azeayiqedeleyontonamuhla."
ISAHLUKO4
1UBhowaziwayesenyukelaesangweni,wahlalaphansi khona;wathikuye:Ho,onje!phambuka,uhlalelapha Waphambukawahlalaphansi
2Wathathaamadodaayishumikumalungaomuzi,wathi: "Hlalanilapha."Bahlalaphansi.
3Wathikusoisihlobo:“UNawomiobuyeevelaezweni lakwaMowabi,uthengisangesiqephusezwe, esasingesomfowethuu-Elimeleki;
4Ngathingiyakukwazisa,ngithi:'Sithengephambi kwabakhileyonaphambikwamalungaabantubakithi'Uma uthandaukusihlenga,sihlenge,kephaumaungasihlengi, ngitshele,ukuzengazi,ngokubaakakhoongalihlenga ngaphandlekwakho;minangiyakulandelaWathi: "Ngiyakuhlenga."
5WayesethiuBhowazi:"Mhlauthengainsimuesandleni sikaNawomi,uyakuyithenganakuRutheumMowabikazi, umkafi,ukubauvuseigamalomufiefenilakhe."
6Wathiumhlengi:"Angikwaziukuzihlenga,funa ngonakaliseifalami;zihlengeleilungelolami;ngoba anginakukuhlenga.
7Manjelenakwakuyinkambisoendulokwa-Israyeli mayelananokuhlenganokushintshana,ukuzekuqiniswe zonkeizinto;umuntuwakhumulaisicathulosakhe, wasinikezaumakhelwanewakhe;lokhukwaba ngubufakazikwa-Israyeli
8WayesethiumhlengikuBhowazi:"Zithengele."Ngakho wakhumulaisicathulosakhe
9UBhowaziwathiemadodeniamadalanakubantubonke: “Ningofakazinamuhlabokuthingithengilekonke okwakungokuka-Elimeleki,nakhokonke okwakungokukaKiliyoninokukaMahaloniesandleni sikaNawomi.
10URutheumMowabikazi,umkaMahaloni,ngimthengile ukubaabengumkami,ukuzengivuseigamalofileyoefeni lakhe,ukuzeigamalomufilinganqunywaphakathi kwabafowabo,nasesangweniningofakazinamuhla
11Bonkeabantuababesesangweninamadodaamakhulu bathi:"Singofakazi."UJehovamakenzeowesifazane ongeneendliniyakhoabenjengoRahelinanjengoLeya abakhaindluyakwa-Israyeliababili,wenzekahlee-Efratha, ubenegamaeBetlehema
12IndluyakhomayibenjengendlukaPerezi,uTamari amzalelauJuda,ngenzalouJehovaazokunikayonangalo wesifazaneosemusha.
13UBhowaziwamthathauRuthe,wabangumkakhe, wangenakuye,uJehovawamnikaukubaakhulelwe,wazala indodana
14AbesifazanebathikuNawomi:“MakabusisweuJehova ongakushiyangaungenasihlobonamuhlaukubaigama lakhelidumekwa-Israyeli
15uyakubangumbuyisiwokuphilakwakho,umondli ebudalenibakho,ngokubaumalokazanawakho okuthandayo,ongconokuwekunamadodanaayisikhombisa umzele
16UNawomiwamthathaumntwana,wambekaesifubeni sakhe,wabangumzanyanawakhe.
17Abesifazaneabakhelenenayebamethaigama,bathi: “UzalelwauNawomiindodana;baqambaigamalakhe ngokuthiu-Obede;yenaunguyisekaJeseuyisekaDavide.
18LeziziyizizukulwanezikaPerezi:UPereziwazala uHezironi, 19UHezironiwazalauRamu,uRamuwazalau-Aminadaba; 20u-AminadabawazalauNaheshoni,uNaheshoniwazala uSalimoni, 21uSalimoniwazalauBhowazi,uBhowaziwazalauObede; 22U-ObedewazalauJese,uJesewazalauDavide.