3 Wabhekisa inkhulumo yakhe kulesihlobo sengati, watsi: “Nawomi losabuyile eveni lakaMowabi, utsengisa ngendzawana lekwakungeya-Elimeleki, sihlobo setfu sengati,
Ubusisiwe umuntfu lowephanako, ebolekise ngesihle, lowenta tonkhe tintfo ngekwetsembeka.
Ligcabho lichamusela incabano; kodvwa kuhlakanipha kutfolakala kulabo labemukela teluleko.
Hanameli, umnakenu, umsa waShalumi, utawuta kuwe afike atsi: ‘Tsenga insimi yami e-Anathothi, njengobe usihlobo sami lesisedvutane kakhulu nje, kulilungelo lakho nemsebenti wakho kutsi uyitsenge.’
Nangabe um-Israyeli kwenteka aphuya kangangekutsi aphoceleke kutsi atsengise lendzwawo yakhe, sinini sakhe sengati siyawuphutfuma siyitsenge lendzawo beseyitsengisiwe.
Libito lalendvodza kwakungu-Elimeleki, umkayo kunguNawomi, emadvodzana ayo kunguMahaloni naKhiliyoni. Babebesive sema-Efratha eBhetlehema yakaJuda. Bafike bacaba bahlala kulo lelive lakaMowabi.