7 Besuka lapho, base balibangisa eveni lakaJuda.
Kwatsi ekupheleni kwaleminyaka lesikhombisa wabuya esuka eveni lemaFilisti, wacondza enkhosini wayawucela indlu yakhe kanye nemhlaba wakhe.
Mosi wavalelisa uyisetala; Jethro wahamba wabuyela eveni lakubo.
Bakhuluma kuye batsi: “Cha, sitawuhamba nawe siye esiveni sakini.”
Baphindze basicala phansi futsi sililo. Opha wanga uninatala wakhe wahamba, kodvwa Ruthe wanamatsela kuye.
Emvakwaloko Nawomi weva kutsi Simakadze ubabusisile bantfu bakubo ngekubapha inala. Ngako-ke wavele watilungiselela kuhamba nalaba bomalukatane bakhe.
Nawomi wase ukhuluma kubomalukatane bakhe, watsi: “Ncandzekani, nibuyele emakhaya akini. Shangatsi Simakadze anganiphatsa ngemusa, njengobe benibaphetse ngemusa nani bafi, lababengemadvodzana ami, kantsi nami futsi beningiphetse kahle.
