Umugabo witwaga Bowazi
Ruti asohoka ajya guhumba, maze atari ku bw'impanuka ageze mu murima wa Bowazi, mwene wabo. Aramurinda, aramugaburira, akamuha umugisha kubera kwugama munsi y'amababa ya Data wa twese. Nawomi yumva izina, akamenya umucunguzi mu muryango.
2 1Nawomi yari afite mwene wabo ku bw'umugabo we, umugabo ukomeye kandi w'umutungo, wo mu muryango wa Elimeleki, witwaga Bowazi. 2Ruti Umumowabukazi abwira Nawomi ati: “Reka njye guhumbahumba ku ngano inyuma y'uzangirira neza.” Nawomi aramusubiza ati: “Genda, mwana wanjye.”
3Nuko arasohoka, ajya guhumba inyuma y'abasaruzi, biba iby'amahirwe asanga ageze mu murima wa Bowazi wo mu muryango wa Elimeleki.
4Icyo gihe Bowazi aba avuye i Betelehemu, abwira abasaruzi ati: “Data wa twese abane namwe.” Baramusubiza bati: “Data wa twese agushimire.”
5Nuko Bowazi abaza umukozi we wari ushinzwe abasaruzi ati: “Uyu mukobwa ni uwa nde?”
6Uwo mugaragu ushinzwe abasaruzi aramusubiza ati: “Ni wa mukobwa w'Umumowabukazi wagarutse na Nawomi avuye mu gihugu cya Mowabu. 7Yambwiye ati: ‘Nyemerera guhumbahumba no kurondora mu miba inyuma y'abasaruzi.’ Yaje maze aba hano kuva mu gitondo kugeza ubu, ntiyaruhutse keretse akanya gato mu igicucu.”
8Bowazi abwira Ruti ati: “Umva, mwana wanjye. Ntukajye guhumba mu wundi murima cyangwa ngo uve hano, ahubwo guma hafi y'abakobwa banjye. 9Witegereze umurima basarura maze ubakurikire inyuma. Nabwiye abasore ngo ntibakagukoreho. Nugira inyota ujye kunywa ku nzabya abasore bavomye.”
10Amwikubita imbere yubamye aramubaza ati: “Kuki mbonye ubuntu mu maso yawe, ukankwitaho, jyewe umunyamahanga?”
11Bowazi aramusubiza ati: “Numvise ibyo wagiriye nyokozana byose kuva umugabo wawe apfuye, uko wasize so na nyoko n'iwanyu, ukaza mu bantu utari uzi mbere. 12Data wa twese akugororere ibyo wakoze; Data wa twese, Imana ya Isiraheli, waje kwihisha munsi y'amababa yayo, aguhe ingororano ishyitse.”
13Aramubwira ati: “Databuja, nkomeze kubona ubuntu mu maso yawe, kuko wampoje ukanabwira neza umugaragukazi wawe, nubwo ntari umwe mu bagaragukazi bawe.”
14Igihe cyo kurya Bowazi aramubwira ati: “Ngwino hano, urye umugati, ukoze igice cyawe muri vinegeri ya divayi.” Yicara iruhande rw'abasaruzi; aramuha amahundo yokeje. Ararya arahaga ndetse birasigara.
15Ahagurukiye guhumba, Bowazi ategeka abasore be ati: “Mureke ahumbe ndetse no mu miba, ntimukamukoze isoni. 16Ahubwo mujye mumukuriramo ibinyampeke mu miba, mubimusigire ngo abirondōre, kandi ntimukamucyahe.”
17Ahumba muri uwo murima kugeza nimugoroba, maze yubura ibyo yari yahumbye, biba nk'ibipimo makumyabiri by'ingano za bushoki. 18Abijyana mu mujyi; nyirabukwe abona uko yahumbye byinshi. Arongera asohora amuha n'ibyari byasigaye amaze guhaga.
19Nyirabukwe aramubaza ati: “Uyu munsi wahumbiye he? Wakoreye he? Hahirwa uwakwitayeho!” Ruti amubwira uwo yakoreye umurima ati: “Umugabo nakoreye uyu munsi yitwa Bowazi.”
20Nawomi abwira umukazana we ati: “Data wa twese amuhe umugisha, we utaretse kugirira neza abazima n'abapfuye.” Arongera ati: “Ni mwene wacu wa hafi, umwe mu baducungura.” a a v20 Nawomi avuga ko Bowazi ari umwe mu bacunguzi bo mu muryango wabo — mwene wabo ufite uburenganzira bwo kugura ibyari byatakaye no kugarura umuryango. Uruhare rwa Bowazi hano ni igicucu cya Yezu, Umucunguzi wacu utanga igiciro kugira ngo adusubize iwacu kwa Data wa twese.
21Nuko Ruti Umumowabukazi aravuga ati: “Ndetse yarambwiye ati: ‘Guma n'abakozi banjye kugeza barangije gusarura byose.’ ”
22Nawomi abwira umukazana we Ruti ati: “Ni byiza, mwana wanjye — jyana n'abakobwa be, kugira ngo utazagirirwa nabi mu wundi murima.” 23Aguma hafi y'abakobwa ba Bowazi, ahumba kugeza igihe isarura ry'ingano za bushoki n'iry'ingano byarangiye, abana na nyirabukwe.