Shirin Na'omi
Na'omi ta aiki Rut zuwa masussuka da dare don ta roƙi Bo'aza ya shimfiɗa mayafinsa a kanta. Ya firgita, sa'an nan ya yi farin ciki: ya kira ta mace ta gari, ya albarkace ta da sunan Ubanmu, ya kuma rantse zai fanshe ta idan wani dangi mafi kusa bai yarda ba.
3 1Sai surukarta Na'omi ta ce mata, “'Yata, bai kamata in nemo miki wurin zama ba, don kome yă kyautu gare ki? 2Ashe, Bo'az, wanda kika kasance tare da 'yan matansa, ba danginmu ba ne? Yau da dare yana shiƙar sha'ir a masussuka. 3Ki yi wanka, ki shafa turare, ki sa mayafinki, ki gangara zuwa masussuka. Kada ki bayyana kanki ga mutumin sai ya gama ci da sha. 4Sa'ad da ya kwanta, ki lura da wurin da ya kwanta; ki je ki buɗe ƙafafunsa, ki kwanta—shi zai gaya miki abin da za ki yi.”
5Sai Rut ta ce mata, “Zan yi duk abin da kika faɗa.” 6Sai ta gangara zuwa masussuka, ta yi duk abin da surukarta ta umarce ta. 7Bo'az ya ci, ya sha, zuciyarsa ta yi farin ciki, sa'an nan ya kwanta a ƙarshen tarin hatsi. Sai ta zo a ɓoye, ta buɗe ƙafafunsa, ta kwanta. 8Da tsakar dare, sai mutumin ya firgita, ya juya, sai ga wata mace tana kwance a ƙafafunsa! 9Ya tambaya, “Wace ce ke?” Ta ce, “Ni ce Rut, baiwarka. Ka shimfiɗa gefen mayafinka a kan baiwarka, gama kai ne mai fansa.” a a v9 Shimfiɗa gefen tufa a kan wani na nufin neman aure da kāriya ne.
10Ya ce, “Albarka ta tabbata gare ki daga wurin Ubanmu, 'yata. Wannan alherin ƙarshe ya fi na farko, da yake ba ki bi samari ba, matalauta ko mawadata. 11Yanzu, 'yata, kada ki ji tsoro. Zan yi duk abin da kika roƙa, gama dukan garinmu sun san ke mace ce ta kirki. 12Yanzu gaskiya ne cewa ni mai fansa ne, amma akwai wani mai fansa da ya fi ni kusanci. 13Ki kwana a nan dare. Da safe, in ya yarda yă fanshe ki—to, da kyau, bari yă fanshe. In kuwa bai yarda ba, muddin Ubanmu yana a raye, ni zan fanshe ki. Ki kwanta sai safe.”
14Sai ta kwanta a ƙafafunsa har safe, ta tashi tun kafin a iya gane juna, gama ya ce, “Kada wani yă san cewa wata mace ta zo masussuka.” 15Ya ce, “Kawo mayafin da kike saye da shi; ki shimfiɗa shi.” Sai ta shimfiɗa shi. Ya auna mudu shida na sha'ir, ya ɗora mata, sa'an nan ya shiga gari.
16Da Rut ta zo wurin surukarta, Na'omi ta tambaya, “Yaya aka yi, 'yata?” Sai ta gaya mata duk abin da mutumin ya yi mata. 17Ta ce, “Ya ba ni waɗannan mudu shida na sha'ir, yana cewa, ‘Kada ki koma wurin surukarki hannu wofi.’”
18Na'omi ta ce, “Ki jira, 'yata, sai kin san yadda al'amarin zai ƙare, gama mutumin ba zai huta ba sai ya daidaita shi yau.”