3 Asi Erimerekhi mwamuna waNaomi wakafa; naye wakasara nevakororo vake vairi.
Zvino mukadzi woumwe wevakororo vevaprofeti wakadaidzira kunaErisha echiti, “Muranda wako, mwamuna wangu wakafa; newe unozia kuti muranda wako waimutya Mambo Mwari, asi uwo waaiya nechikwerete naye wauya kootora vakororo vangu vairi kuti vaite hloko.”
Madambudziko owakarurama mazhinji, asi Mambo Mwari unomununura kubva kwaari eshe.
ngokuti uwo waanoda Mambo unomuorora nokushwapura mukororo weshe waanoashira.”
Zina romunhu uwo raiya Erimerekhi, nezina romukadzi wake raiya Naomi, nemazina evakororo vake vairi aiya Mahironi naKhirioni; vaiya vaEfratha veBhetherehema muJudha. Navo vakauya munyika yeMoabhi vakagaramwo.
Ava vakadzitorera vakadzi kubva kuvasikana vekuMoabhi; zina roumwe raiya Orpha, nezina roumweni raiya Ruthe. Naapo vakagaramwo makore anoda kuita gumi,