6 Muranda uwo waiya mukuru wevacheki wakapingura, akati, “Mudzimai weMoabhi uwo wakauya naNaomi kubva kunyika yaMoabhi.
Asi Abrama wakati, “A Mambo Mwari, unozondipenyi, kwechioneka kuti andina mwana, nouwo unogara nhaka yemhatso yangu ndiErieza weDhamasekusi?”
NaAbrahama wakati kuno muranda wake, mukuru wemhatso yake, uwo waitonga padera pazvo zveshe zvaaiya nazvo, “Isa, ndinokupota, nyara yako pashi pechizva changu,
Josefa wakaona nyasha mukuona kwake, akamushandira; wakamuita mukuru padera pemhatso yake, nepadera peizvo zveshe zvaaiya nazvo, wakazviisa munyara dzake.
Kwaita madeekoni mambo womunda wemivhini wakati kunenhunge yake, ‘Daidza vashandi, uvape misharo yavo, utange ngouwo wokugumisira metsa kuguma kunouwo wokutanga.’
“Ndizvo ndiani uri muranda unogondeka newakangwara, uwo mambo wake wakamuemesa kuita mutongi padera pemhatso yake, kuti avape kudya kwavo ngenguva kwayo?
Asi Ruthe wakati, “Usandiangiridza kuti ndikusiye, nokuti kuhwirira kubva mukukuteera! Apo pounoenda, neni ndinozoendawo; naapo pounogara ndipo pendinozogarawo; vanhu vako vanozoita vanhu vangu, naMwari wako unozoita Mwari wangu.
Ndizvo vairi ava vakaenda metsa vaguma Bhetherehema. Naapo vaiya vaguma Bhetherehema, dhorobha reshe rakaita nyongano ndivo nevakadzi, vakati, “Uyu ndiye Naomi here?”
Ndizvo Naomi wakapetuka pamwepo naRuthe muMoabhi, muzakazi wake, uwo wakapetuka naye kubva kunyika yeMoabhi. Navo vakaguma muBhetherehema ngenguva yokutanga kwokukukurwa kwebhare.
Zvino Bhoazi wakati kumuranda wake waiya mukuru wevacheki, “Ngowani uyu mudzimai uchiri mudoko?”
Wakati, ‘Ndinokupota, nditendere kuti ndinongeredze ngesure kwevacheki pakati pemwanda.’ Ndizvo wauya, naye waangirira kubvira mangwanani ano metsa kuguma zvino, kwega wagara kanguva kadodoko mudumba.”