1 Nawomi abenesihlobo sakhe lesasiselusendvo lwaka-Elimeleki. Lesihlobo sasicebe kakhulu futsi sihloniphekile; libito laso kwakunguBowazi.
Menahemu lemali abeyikhiphisa labantfu baka-Israyeli ngenkhani. Wonkhe umuntfu labenjingile abefanele akhokhe tinhlavu tesiliva letingema-50 amunye, kutsi kutewunikwa inkhosi yase-Asiriya; nembala, yase iyamyekela Menahemu, yalishiya live lakhe.
abefuye timvu letatiti-7 000, nemakamela lati-3 000, netinkhabi letiboshelwako letiyinkhulungwane, netimbongolo letinsikati letatingema-500 kanye netisebenti letinyenti kakhulu. Lendvodza yayidvume ngebunjinga lobukhulu, yendlula onkhe emadvodza asemphumalanga.
nangabe ngangijatjuliswa bunjinga bami, umcebo lowawakhiwe tandla tami,
Salmoni watala Bowazi kuRahabi; Bowazi watala Obedi kuRuthe; Obedi watala Jese;
umsa waJese, umsa wa-Obedi, umsa waBhowazi, umsa waSala, umsa waNasoni,
Libito lalendvodza kwakungu-Elimeleki, umkayo kunguNawomi, emadvodzana ayo kunguMahaloni naKhiliyoni. Babebesive sema-Efratha eBhetlehema yakaJuda. Bafike bacaba bahlala kulo lelive lakaMowabi.
Ruthe, umMowabi, wakhuluma kuNawomi, watsi: “Kuncono ngihambe ngiye ensimini ngiyewukhwimita emvakwalowo lengingahle ngitfole kuye umusa.” Nawomi waphendvula watsi: “Hamba, ndvodzakati yami.”
Yebo, kuliciniso kutsi ngisihlobo sakho sengati, noko sikhona lesisedvute kakhulu kuwe kunami.
LoBowazi, lebewusebenta nemantfombatana akakhe, usihlobo sengati. Lalela la: Lamuhla Bowazi utawubhula kolo lapha ebaleni.
Salmoni watala Bowazi; Bowazi watala Obedi;