Lapho ngidlula kuwe, ngakubona, bheka, isikhathi sakho kwakuyisikhathi sothando; ngendlala ingubo yami phezu kwakho, ngembesa ubunqunu bakho; yebo, ngafunga kuwe, ngenza isivumelwano nawe, isho iNkosi uJehova, waba ngowami.
URuthe 3:9 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 Wathi: “Ungubani na?” Wathi: “Ngiyincekukazi yakho uRuthe; wendlala ingubo yakho phezu kwencekukazi yakho; ngoba uyisihlobo esiseduze. IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE Yathi: “Ungubani?” Wathi: “NginguRuthe incekukazi yakho; yembesa incekukazi yakho umphetho wengubo yakho, ngokuba ungumhlengi.” IsiZulu 2020 Wambuza wathi: “Ungubani wena, na?” Waphendula wathi: “NginguRuthi, incekukazi yakho. Ake welule ichopho lengubo yakho ungifukamele, ngokuba ungumhlengi.” |
Lapho ngidlula kuwe, ngakubona, bheka, isikhathi sakho kwakuyisikhathi sothando; ngendlala ingubo yami phezu kwakho, ngembesa ubunqunu bakho; yebo, ngafunga kuwe, ngenza isivumelwano nawe, isho iNkosi uJehova, waba ngowami.
Ngokuba yilowo nalowo oziphakamisayo uyakuthotshiswa; lalowo ozithobayo uzaphakanyiswa.
UNawomi wathi kumalokazana wakhe: “Makabusiswe lowo kuJehova ongayekanga umusa wakhe kwabaphilayo nakwabafileyo. UNawomi wathi kuye: “Lo muntu useduze nathi, omunye wegazi lethu.”
Wathi: “Mawubusiswe nguJehova, ndodakazi yami, ngokuba wenze umusa omkhulu ekugcineni kunasekuqaleni, ngokuba awulandelanga izinsizwa, ezimpofu nezicebile.
Manje kuyiqiniso ukuthi ngiyisihlobo sakho segazi esiseduze nawe; kodwa kukhona isihlobo esiseduze kunami.
Kwathi phakathi kwamabili indoda yethuka, yaphenduka, bheka, kwakulele owesifazane ngasezinyaweni zayo.
Futhi ngicabange ukukwazisa ngokuthi: Sithenge phambi kwabakhileyo naphambi kwamalunga abantu bakithi. Uma ufuna ukuyidedela, yiyeke ihambe; kepha uma ungakuyeki, ngitshele, ukuze ngikwazi; futhi ngilandela wena. Wathi: “Ngiyakushiya.”
Wayesethi umhlengi: “Angikwazi ukuzihlenga ngokwami, ukuze ngingalimazi ifa lami; uyangishiya ngedwa; ngoba angikwazi ukukuhlenga.
Wasukuma wakhothama ngobuso emhlabathini, wathi: “Bheka, incekukazi yakho mayibe yisigqila sokugeza izinyawo zezinceku zenkosi yami.”