3 David je lejɛ ɔ kɛ ho Mizpa ya ngɛ Moab, nɛ e ya de Moab matsɛ ɔ ke, “I kpa mo pɛɛ, ha nɛ tsaatsɛ kɛ maa nɛ a ba hi nyɛ ngɔ kɛ yaa si ma le nɔ́ nɛ Mawu maa pee ha mi.”
Jehanɛ, Yosef ha e tsɛ kɛ e nyɛmimɛ ɔmɛ sihi he ngɛ Egipt zugba a nɔ. Kaa bɔ nɛ Farao ɔ fa lɛ Yosef ɔ, e ha mɛ weto ní ngɛ Rameses kasa nya, nɛ ji zugba nɛ hi pe zugba a tsuo.
E ya tua Moab bi ɔmɛ hulɔ nɛ e ye a nɔ. E ha nɛ ni ɔmɛ hwɔ si ngɛ zugba, nɛ e gba a mi etɛɛtɛ. Ni etɛ tsuaa ni etɛ mi ɔ, e gbe ni enyɔ, nɛ e kɛ nɔ kake he ke lɛ. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Moab bi ɔmɛ ba pee David sɔmɔli, nɛ a tsuɔ tó kɛ haa lɛ.
Se ke yalɔyo ko ngɛ bimɛ, loo bibimɛ ɔ, bimɛ ɔmɛ, kɛ bibimɛ ɔmɛ nɛ a le kaa ngɛ Mawu jami blɔ nya tomi nya a, kekleekle nɔ́ nɛ sa nɛ a peeɔ ha a fɔli ji a hyɛ a nɔ. A pee enɛ ɔ kɛ to fɔli ɔmɛ nane mi, ejakaa enɛ ɔ saa Mawu hɛ mi.
Jehanɛ se ɔ, Rut, Moab yo ɔ, nɛ ji Malon yalɔyo ɔ, ba peeɔ ye yo. Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, gbosi ní ɔ hu maa hi Malon weku ɔ dɛ, bɔ nɛ pee nɛ Elimelek biɛ ko laa ngɛ e nyɛmimɛ ɔmɛ a kpɛti ngɛ e ma a mi. Nɔ́ nɛ nyɛ na mwɔnɛ ɔ, nyɛ ma nyɛ maa ye he odase hwɔɔ se.”
Nɛ huza a nɔ yi ɔmɛ de ke, “Jehanɛ lɛɛ Naomi na binyumu.” A wo jokuɛyo ɔ biɛ ke Obed. Pee se ɔ, Obed fɔ binyumu, nɛ a wo lɛ biɛ ke Ishai. Ishai nɛ ɔ ji David tsɛ.
Benɛ Saul ye Israel nɔ matsɛ ɔ, e kɛ he nyɛli tsuo nɛ bɔle lɛ kɛ kpe ɔ hwu ta: mɛ ji Moab bi, Amon bi, Edom bi, Zoba matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ, kɛ Filisti bi. Nɛ he tsuaa he nɛ e ma gba ta kɛ gu ɔ, e yeɔ kunimi.
Ni kpa komɛ hu ba piɛ David he. Mɛ ji nihi nɛ a ngɛ mɛ yi mi wae, nihi nɛ hɛɛ hiɔ, kɛ ni nɛmɛ nɛ a pee mɛ nidɔ níhi, nɛ David pee a nyatsɛ. Nihi nɛ nyɛɛ e se ɔ a yibɔ maa pee lafa eywiɛ.