9 Ndipo Obadiya wanguti, “Ndalakwanji, po mukhumba kupaska muŵanda winu mu janja laku Ahabu, kuti wandibaye.
Ndipo ruŵi ndichipatukako kwaku imwe, Mzimu wa Ambuya ukakunyamuliyanga ko ndilivi kuziŵako ine, viyo asani ndita chinene Ahabu ndipo watondekenge kukusaniyani wakandibayanga, chingana ine ndamuŵanda winu nditopa Ambuya kutuwa ku uhurwa wangu.
Ndipo munthukazi wanguti kwaku Eliya, “Wenane ndi kafukwa uli, wa munthu waku Chiuta we? ukuza kunu kwaku ine kundikumbuska mphurupuru yangu, ndi kuchitiska nyifwa pa mwana wangu!”
ndipo ŵanguti kwaku wo, “Ambuya alereskepo paku imwe ndi ŵeruzgi, chifukwa mwatiguŵiska mu maso ghaku Farao ndi ŵateŵeti ŵake; ndipo mwaŵika lipanga mu janja lawo kutibaya.”
Ndipo wangumwamuka, “Ndine, Ruta, kamunene mbuyako, ‘Ehe, Eliya we kuno.’ ”
Po aliri amoyo Ambuya Chiuta winu, kulivi mtundu pamwenga ufumu kweniko mbuyangu walivi kutumako kwachipenja imwe, ndipo asani ŵangakamba, kuti, ‘We kuno cha,’ wachitiskenge rapu ufumu wo pamwenga mtundu wo kuti ŵalivi kumusaniyani.