Zano raNaomi
Naomi anotuma Rute kuburiro usiku kuti akumbire Bhoazi kuti amufukidze nejasi rake. Anovhunduka, ozofara: anomuti mukadzi akakodzera, anomuropafadza naBaba vedu, uye anopika kuti achamudzikinura kana hama iri pedyo ikaramba.
3 1Zvino Naomi vamwene vake vakati, “Mwanasikana wangu, handifaniri kukutsvakira musha here, kuti zvikunakire? 2Ko Bhoazi, uya wawaiva navasikana vake, havasi hama yedu here? Usiku huno vanopepeta bhari paburiro. 3Geza, uzore mafuta anonhuhwirira, upfeke nguo yako, ugodzika kuburiro. Usazviratidza kumurume uyu kusvikira vapedza kudya nokunwa. 4Pavanovata pasi, ucherechedze nzvimbo yavanovata; ugoenda ufukure tsoka dzavo ugovatawo—ivo vachakuudza zvaunofanira kuita.”
5Rute akati kwavari, “Zvose zvamunotaura ndichazviita.” 6Saka akadzika kuburiro akaita zvose zvavamwene vake vakanga vamuudza. 7Bhoazi vakadya, vakanwa, mwoyo wavo ukafara, ivo vakavata pasi pamugumo womurwi wezviyo. Rute akasvika chinyararire, akafukura tsoka dzavo, akavatawo. 8Pakati pousiku murume uyu vakavhunduka, vakatendeuka, onei pane mukadzi akavata patsoka dzavo! 9“Ndiwe ani?” vakabvunza. “Ndini Rute, murandakadzi wenyu,” akadaro. “Warirai mupendero wenguo yenyu pamusoro pomurandakadzi wenyu, nokuti muri mudzikinuri.” a a v9 Kuwaridza mupendero wenguo pamusoro pomumwe munhu kwaiva kukumbira kuroorwa nedziviriro.
10Vakati, “Wakaropafadzwa naBaba vedu, mwanasikana wangu. Mutsa uyu wokupedzisira wakanaka kupfuura wokutanga, sezvo usina kutevera majaya, angava varombo kana vapfumi. 11Zvino, mwanasikana wangu, usatya. Ndichaita zvose zvaunokumbira, nokuti guta rangu rose rinoziva kuti uri mukadzi akanaka. 12Zvino ichokwadi kuti ndiri mudzikinuri, asi kune mumwe mudzikinuri ari pedyo kupfuura ini. 13Gara usiku huno. Mangwanani, kana vachida kukudzikinura—zvakanaka, ngavakudzikinure. Asi kana vasingadi, naBaba vedu vapenyu, ndichakudzikinura ini. Vata kusvikira mangwanani.”
14Akavata patsoka dzavo kusvikira mangwanani, akamuka vamwe vasati vakwanisa kuonana, nokuti vakati, “Ngaparege kuva nomunhu anoziva kuti kwakauya mukadzi kuburiro.” 15Vakati, “Uya nejira raunofuka; uritambanudze.” Akaritambanudza. Vakayera zvipimo zvitanhatu zvebhari, vakamutakudza, ndokubva vapinda muguta.
16Rute paakasvika kuvamwene vake, Naomi vakabvunza, “Zvafamba sei, mwanasikana wangu?” Akavaudza zvose zvavakanga vamuitira murume uya. 17Akati, “Vakandipa zvipimo izvi zvitanhatu zvebhari, vachiti, ‘Usadzokera kuvamwene vako usina chinhu.’”
18Naomi vakati, “Mirira, mwanasikana wangu, kusvikira waziva kuti zvichaguma sei, nokuti murume uya havazozorori kusvikira vapedza nyaya iyi nhasi.”