‘Mai ʻohi loa i ko kāu māla waina, ʻaʻole hoʻi ʻoe e hōʻiliʻili i nā hua waina a pau loa o kāu māla waina; e waiho nō ʻoe ia mau mea na ka mea ʻilihune, a me ka malihini; ʻo wau nō Iēhova ko ʻoukou Akua.
‘No laila, ʻo ka mea e ʻai ia, e kau nō kona hewa ma luna ona, no kāna hōʻino ʻana i ka mea hoʻāno no Iēhova; a e ʻoki ʻia aku kēlā kanaka mai waena aku o kona poʻe kānaka.
“E ʻōlelo aku i nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela, a e ʻī aku iā lākou, ‘Aia komo ʻoukou i ka ʻāina aʻu e hāʻawi aku ai iā ʻoukou, a ʻokiʻoki hoʻi i ka ʻai ona a laila e lawe mai ʻoukou i ka pūʻā hua mua o kā ʻoukou ʻai i ke kahuna.
¶ ‘Aia e ʻokiʻoki ʻoukou i ka ʻai o ko ʻoukou ʻāina, mai ʻoki loa i nā kihi o kāu mahina ʻai, i kou ʻoki ʻana, ʻaʻole hoʻi ʻoe e ʻohi i nā haʻulena o kāu ʻai; e waiho nō ʻoe pēlā na ka poʻe ʻilihune, a na ka malihini; ʻo wau nō Iēhova ko ʻoukou Akua.’”
A kū maila ia e hōʻiliʻili, a laila kauoha mai ʻo Boaza i kona poʻe kānaka uʻi, ʻī maila, “E hōʻiliʻili ʻo ia ma waena o nā pūʻā, mai hoʻohilahila iā ia.
ʻĪ aʻela ʻo Ruta ka Moaba iā Naomi, “E hele au i ka mahina ʻai ʻeā, a hōʻiliʻili ma waena o nā ʻōpuʻu palaoa, ma muli o ka mea e aloha mai iaʻu.” ʻĪ maila ia, “Ō hele, e kuʻu kaikamahine.”
¶ A laila, ʻī aʻela ʻo Boaza iā Ruta, “E kuʻu kaikamahine, ʻaʻole anei ʻoe i lohe? Mai hele ʻoe e hōʻiliʻili i ka mahina ʻai ʻē aʻe, mai haʻalele ʻoe i kēia wahi. E hoʻopili ʻoe me koʻu poʻe kaikamāhine ma ʻaneʻi.