URuthe 4:6 - IsiZulu 2020 Umhlengi wathi: “Qha, uma kunjalo, ngeke ngiyithenge leyo ndawo funa ngone ifa lami. Zihlengele wena, mina ngeke ngikwazi ukuyihlenga.” IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE Umhlengi wathi: “Anginakuzihlengela lona, funa ngone ifa lami; zihlengele wena, ngokuba anginakukuhlenga.” Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 Wayesethi umhlengi: “Angikwazi ukuzihlenga ngokwami, ukuze ngingalimazi ifa lami; uyangishiya ngedwa; ngoba angikwazi ukukuhlenga. |
“ ‘Uma umfowenu eba mpofu, bese ethengisa ngefa lakhe, kuyofika umhlengi oyisihlobo sakhe esisondele silihlenge ifa umfowabo athengise ngalo.
“Uma indoda ingathandi ukumthatha umkamfowabo, umkamfowabo uyakukhuphukela kumalunga esangweni, athi: ‘Umfowabo wendoda yami uyala ukuvusela umfowabo umuzi kwa-Israyeli; akathandi ukungingena.’
Amalunga omuzi wakubo ayombiza, akhulume naye; uma emi emazwini akhe, ethi: ‘Angithandi ukumthatha,’
umkamfowabo uyosondela kuye phambi kwamalunga, akhumule isicathulo onyaweni lwakhe, amkhafulele ebusweni bakhe, athi kuye: ‘Makwenziwe kanje endodeni engayakhi indlu kamfowabo.’
UNawomi wathi kumalokazana wakwakhe: “USimakade makambusise lowo muntu ongakaze ayeke ukubenzela umusa abaphilayo nabafileyo.” UNawomi wayeseqhubeka ethi kuRuthi: “Leyo ndoda iyisihlobo sethu esisondele; ingomunye wabahlengi bethu.”
Okwanamuhla kulobu busuku ungalala, kuzothi ekuseni ngikhulume naye. Uma engathandi ukukuhlenga kulungile, mina ngizokuhlenga. Ngiyakwethembisa phambi kukaSimakade; lala kuze kuse.”
Wambuza wathi: “Ungubani wena, na?” Waphendula wathi: “NginguRuthi, incekukazi yakho. Ake welule ichopho lengubo yakho ungifukamele, ngokuba ungumhlengi.”