Rute 1 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

1 ¹Panguva yaitonga vatongi, nzara yakawira nyika, uye mumwe murume wokuBhetirehemu kuJudha akaenda nomukadzi wake navanakomana vake vaviri kundogara kwechinguva muminda yaMoabhi. ²Murume uyu ainzi Erimereki, mukadzi wake ainzi Naomi, uye vanakomana vake vaviri vainzi Maroni naKirioni—vaEfurata vokuBhetirehemu kuJudha. Vakaenda kunyika yaMoabhi vakagarako. ³Zvino Erimereki, murume waNaomi, akafa, uye akasara navanakomana vake vaviri. ⁴Vakawana vakadzi vechiMoabhi—Oripa naRute—vakagarako kwamakore anenge gumi. ⁵Maroni naKirioni vose vakafawo, uye Naomi akasara asina vana vake vaviri nomurume wake.

Chisungo Chisingadambuki chaRute

⁶Ari muminda yaMoabhi, Naomi akanzwa kuti Baba vedu vakanga vashanyira vanhu vavo, vachivapa zvokudya, saka akasimuka navaroora vake vaviri kuti adzoke achibva ikoko. ⁷Akabva panzvimbo paakanga ari, ana varoora vake vaviri, vakafamba nenzira yokudzokera kunyika yeJudha. ⁸Naomi akati kuvaroora vake vaviri, “Dzokai, mumwe nomumwe kumba kwamai vake. Baba vedu ngavakuitirei zvakanaka, sezvamakaitira vakafa neniwo. ⁹Baba vedu ngavakupei mumwe nomumwe zororo mumba momumwe murume.” Ipapo akavatsvoda, vakachema nenzwi guru.

¹⁰Vakati kwaari, “Kwete—tichadzokera nemi kuvanhu venyu.”

¹¹Naomi akati, “Dzokai, vanasikana vangu. Munoendereiko neni? Ndichine vanakomana here mudumbu mangu vangava varume venyu? ¹²Dzokai, vanasikana vangu, endai, nokuti ndakwegura kwazvo kuti ndiwanikwe. Kunyange dai ndikati kuchine tariro, kunyange dai ndaiva nomurume usiku huno ndikabereka vanakomana, ¹³maizovamirira kusvikira vakura here? Maizogara musingawanikwi nokuda kwavo here? Kwete, vanasikana vangu—zvinondivavira kupfuura imi zvikuru, nokuti ruoko rwaBaba vedu rwakandishandukira.”

¹⁴Ipapo vakachemazve nenzwi guru. Zvino Oripa akatsvoda vamwene vake achivaonekera, asi Rute akanamatira kwaari. ¹⁵Naomi akati, “Tarira, mukoma wako wadzokera kuvanhu vake nokuna vamwari vake. Dzokera naye.”

¹⁶Rute akati, “Musandimanikidza kuti ndikusiyei kana kudzoka ndichibva pakukuteverai. Kwamunoenda, ndichaendako; kwamunogara, ndichagarako. Vanhu venyu vachava vanhu vangu, naMwari wenyu achava Mwari wangu. ^a a v16 Mhiko yaRute ndeimwe yenzvimbo dzepakutanga dzomubhuku iro apo muhedheni anozvisunga kuna Mwari waIsraeri—uye kubudikidza naye, Baba vedu vanoruka mukadzi wechiMoabhi muchizvarwa chinotungamirira kuna Dhavhidhi nokuna Jesu. ¹⁷Kwamunofira ndichafirako, uye ndichavigwa ipapo. Baba vedu ngavandirange zvikuru kwazvo kana paine chimwe chinhu, kunze korufu, chinotiparadzanisa imi neni.”

¹⁸Naomi akati achiona kuti Rute akatsunga kuenda naye, akarega kutaurazve naye.

¹⁹Saka vose vari vaviri vakafamba kusvikira vasvika kuBhetirehemu. Vakati vachipinda muBhetirehemu, guta rose rakanyongana pamusoro pavo, uye vakadzi vakati, “Uyu ndiNaomi here?”

²⁰“Musanditi Naomi,” akadaro. “Nditii Mara—Wamasimba Ose akandiitira zvinovava kwazvo. ^b b v20 Naomi zvinoreva kuti "anofadza"; Mara zvinoreva kuti "anovava." Anozvitumidza patsva kuti zvienderane neshungu dzaakatakura achidzokera kumba. ²¹Ndakaenda ndizere, asi Baba vedu vakandidzosa ndisina chinhu. Munondiidzirei Naomi, Baba vedu zvavakanditambudza uye Wamasimba Ose akandiwisira dambudziko?” ²²Saka Naomi akadzoka achibva muminda yaMoabhi ana Rute muMoabhi, muroora wake, akadzoka naye. Vakasvika kuBhetirehemu pakutanga kokukohwa bhari.