Menaheme a ntshisa Iseraele lekgetho la tjhelete tseo, a re, bohle ba ruileng ba ntshetse morena wa Assiria, motho ka mong a ntshe dishekele tse mashome a mahlano tsa silefera. Ebile moo morena wa Assiria a kgutlang, a se ke a dula lefatsheng la Iseraele.
Leruo la hae e ne e le dinku tse dikete tse supileng, le dikamele tse dikete tse tharo, le dikgomo tse lekanang dijoko tse makgolo a mahlano, le diesele tse tshehadi tse makgolo a mahlano, le bahlanka ba bangata; monna eo o ne a fetisa banna kaofela ba Botjhabela ka boholo.
Lebitso la monna eo e ne e le Elimeleke, bitso la mosadi wa hae e le Naomi; mabitso a bara ba hae ba babedi e ne e le Mahalone le Kilione; e ne e le ba Efrata ba Bethlehema-Juda. Ba fihla naheng ya Moabe, ba ahella teng.
Ruthe wa Moabe a re ho Naomi: Ntumelle hle, ke ye masimong, ke thonake diqwapi ke setse ba ka nkgauhelang morao. Naomi a re ho yena: O ka ya, moradi wa ka.