URuthe 2 - IsiZulu 2020

URuthi Ukhothoza Ensimini KaBhowazi

¹ UNawomi wayenesihlobo somyeni wakhe, u-Elimelekhi, esasicebe kakhulu, igama laso kunguBhowazi.

² URuthi wakwaMowabi wathi kuNawomi: “Ngivumele ngihambe ngiye ensimini ukuze ngikhothoze emva kwalowo oyokuba nomusa kimi.” UNawomi wathi kuye: “Hamba ndodakazi yami.”

³ URuthi wayesehamba wafike wakhothoza ensimini lapho kwase kuvunwe khona. Kwenzeka nje wazithola esekhothoza esiqeshini sensimu kaBhowazi, owayengowomndeni ka-Elimelekhi.

⁴ Esekhona lapho, bheka kwafika uBhowazi evela eBhethlehema wathi kubavuni: “USimakade makabe nani.” Bamphendula bathi: “USimakade makakubusise.”

⁵ UBhowazi wayesebuza encekwini yakhe eyayiphethe abavuni wathi: “Ingekabani le ntombazane, na?”

⁶ Inceku yamphendula yathi: “Yintombazane yakwaMowabi ebuye noNawomi ezweni lakhona.

⁷ Ithe: ‘Ake ungivumele ngikhothoze ezithungweni emva kwabavuni.’ Selokhu ifike ekuseni kuze kube manje isaqhubeka, iyaqala ukuthi gozololo edlangaleni.”

⁸ UBhowazi wayesethi kuRuthi: “Lalela lapha ndodakazi yami. Ungayi ukuyokhothoza kwenye insimu, futhi ungasuki lapha; sondelana nezincekukazi zami.

⁹ Amehlo akho awanamathele ensimini eziyivunayo; ngibadonse ngendlebe abafana ukuthi bangakuthinti. Uma womile ubokuya ezitsheni uphuze lokho okukhiwe ngabafana.”

¹⁰ URuthi wakhothama wathi mbo ngobuso emhlabathini, wathi kuBhowazi: “Yini ukuba ube nomusa ongaka, uze unginakekele kangaka ngibe ngingowezizwe, na?”

¹¹ UBhowazi wamphendula wathi: “Ngizwile ngakho konke okwenzele unyokozala emva kokufa komyeni wakho. Uze washiya uyihlo nonyoko nezwe owazalelwa kulo, weza kubantu ongakaze uhlale nabo phambilini.

¹² Sengathi uSimakade uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli oze ukuzokhosela phansi kwamaphiko akhe angakubusisa ngakho konke okwenzileyo, akuphe umvuzo opheleleyo.”

¹³ URuthi wayesethi: “Ungiphathe kahle mnumzane, wangiduduza ngokukhuluma kahle nami, nakuba ngingeyena omunye wezincekukazi zakho.”

¹⁴ Ngesikhathi sekudliwa uBhowazi wathi kuye: “Woza lapha uzokudla isinkwa, ugcobhoze ucezu lwakho ewayinini elitshodile.” Wahlala eduze kwabavuni, wamnika utshwele, wadla wasutha kwaze kwasala.

¹⁵ Wayesesukuma eyokhothoza. UBhowazi wayala izinceku zakhe wathi: “Mvumeleni akhothoze nasezithungweni, ningamthethisi.

¹⁶ Nimkhiphele nokunye ezithungweni, nimshiyele khona ukuze akhothoze, ningamthethisi.”

¹⁷ URuthi wakhothoza ensimini kwaze kwahlwa, wayesebhula lokho ayekukhothozile. Kwaba yibhali elinesisindo se-efa elilodwa.

¹⁸ Wakuthwala ayekukhothozile waya nakho ekhaya. Uninazala wakubona ayekukhothozile; uRuthi wakhipha lokho kudla okwakusale edla wakunika uninazala.

¹⁹ Uninazala wambuza wathi: “Ubukhothoza kuphi namuhla, na? Usebenze kuphi, na? Makabusiswe lowo okunakekele.” Wamtshela uninazala ukuthi ubesebenza kubani, wathi: “Namuhla bengisebenza kumuntu okuthiwa nguBhowazi.”

²⁰ 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.”

²¹ URuthi wakwaMowabi wathi: “Impela ithe kimi: ‘Ubonamathela eduze kwezinceku zami kuze kuphele ukuvuna.’ ”

²² UNawomi wathi kumalokazana wakwakhe: “Kuhle ndodakazi yami, ubohamba nezincekukazi zakhe ukuze ungahlaselwa ngamadoda kwamanye amasimu.”

²³ URuthi wanamathela ezincekukazini ezazivunela uBhowazi, wakhothoza kwaze kwaba sekugcineni kokuvunwa kwebhali nokolo; wayesehlala noninazala.