Sono Yuda wanguti kwaku Tamara mukumwana wake, “Ujaliriye kuŵa choko mu nyumba ya ausu, mpaka penipo Shela mwana wangu wakuwa” pakuti wangopa kuti vinu wangafwa, ulaka mbana ŵanyake. Viyo Tamara wanguruta ndi wanguja mu nyumba ya awiske.
ŵangumfumba, ŵakuti, “Msambizgi, Mosese wangulembe ifwe kuti, asani mbali wa munthu wakuŵa ndi muwoli wangafwa, ndi uyu wangaŵa wambura mwana, mbali wake yo wachito choko cho, ndi wayuskiyepo mbeu ku mbali wake.
Kweni Naomi wanguti, “Wereni vuli mwa ŵana ŵangu, chifukwa nchine chakurutiya ndi ine? Kumbi ndeche ndi ŵana ŵanthurumi mu chibali changu wo ŵangaŵa ŵarumi ŵinu?
Uje panu usiku uno asani ndi mlenji wakakuharanga kuŵa muwoli wake, nchamampha mureke wakuhari kweni asani kuti wakakhumbanga cha kukuhara, po ndipo uli ndimo Ambuya ajaliya amoyo, ine ndikakuchitiyanga cho muhari watenere kuchita. Ugone pasi mpaka ndi mlenji.”
Sono Boazi wanguti, “Zuŵa lenilo ukaguliyanga munda wo kwaku Naomi ukaguliyanga kumoza ndi Ruti muMoabu, choko cha wakufwa alinga liyuskike zina la wakufwa ku chihara chake.”