Chifukwa cha kulakwa kwakukhumbira kwake ine ndingukaripa, ndingumukoso, ndingubisa chisku changu ndi ndingukaripa; kweni wangukiyakiya kuwerevuli mu nthowa ya mtima wa mweneko.
Ruta, ukarati maso ku nkhonde, ukamemeze mazu yagha kuti, ‘Weko Yisraele wambura magomekezgeka, atiti Ambuya. Kuti ndikakulereskanga mu ukari cha, pakuti nde wa lisungu, atiti Ambuya; kuti ndikakalipanga muyaya cha.
Uŵanene kuti. Mo ndiliri wamoyo, atiti Ambuya Chiuta, ndilivi likondwa mu nyifwa ya muheni, kweni kuti muheni waweko ku nthowa yake, waŵe ndi umoyo; weniko, weniko ku nthowa zinu ziheni; kumbi mufwiyengenji, mwa ŵa nyumba yaku Yisraele?
Efraimu, kumbi ŵangoza nde nawo ndi nchitu uli? Ndine yo wamuka ndi kukuphwere. Nde nge ndi muti wa mung'ona wakubiliŵira nyengo yose, vipasi vyako vituliya kwaku ine.
Pavuli ŵana ŵaku Yisraele ŵawenge ndi ŵapenjenge Ambuya ŵawo, ndi Davidi karonga wawo; ndipo ŵazenge ndi mantha ku Ambuya ndi ku urunji wake mu mazuŵa ghakumariya.