URute 1 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

1 ¹Ngemihla yokulawula kwabagwebi, kwabakho indlala kwelo zwe; kwaphuma indoda yaseBhetelehem yakwaYuda, yahamba nomkayo noonyana bayo bobabini, iye kuphambukela elizweni lakwaMowabhi. ²Igama laloo ndoda belinguElimeleki, igama lomkayo belinguNahomi, amagama oonyana bayo bobabini engooMalon noKiliyon—bengama-Efrata aseBhetelehem yakwaYuda. Baya elizweni lakwaMowabhi, bahlala khona. ³Wafa ke uElimeleki, indoda kaNahomi; wasala yena noonyana bakhe bobabini. ⁴Bazeka abafazi abangamaMowabhikazi—omnye nguOrpa, omnye nguRute—bahlala khona malunga neminyaka elishumi. ⁵Bafa nabo bobabini ooMalon noKiliyon; wasala uNahomi engasenabo bobabini abantwana bakhe nendoda yakhe.

Isibopho esingaqhawukiyo sikaRute

⁶EsekwelakwaMowabhi, uNahomi weva ukuba uBawo wethu ubavelele abantu bakhe, ebanika ukudla; wesuka ke nabo babini oomolokazana bakhe, ukuba abuye khona. ⁷Waphuma kuloo ndawo abekuyo, enabo bobabini oomolokazana bakhe; bahamba ngendlela, ukuze babuyele ezweni lakwaYuda. ⁸Wathi uNahomi koomolokazana bakhe bobabini: “Buyani, elowo aye endlwini kanina. Wanga uBawo wethu angenzela inceba kuni, njengoko nenzileyo kwabafileyo nakum. ⁹Wanga uBawo wethu anganipha ukuphumla, elowo endlwini yendoda yakhe.” Waza wabanga; baliphakamisa izwi labo, balila.

¹⁰Bathi kuye: “Hayi, siya kubuya nawe, siye ebantwini bakho.”

¹¹Wathi uNahomi: “Buyani, zintombi zam. Niya kuhambelani na nam? Ndisenabo na oonyana esizalweni sam, ukuba babe ngamadoda enu? ¹²Buyani, zintombi zam, hambani; ndaluphele kakhulu, andinakwenda. Nokuba bendithe kusekho ithemba, nokuba bendithe nam ndinendoda ngobu busuku, ndazala oonyana, ¹³ninge nilinde na bade bakhule? Ninge nizibambe na, ningendi ngenxa yabo? Hayi, zintombi zam, kukrakra kakhulu kum kunakuni, ngokuba isandla sikaBawo wethu sindivelele.”

¹⁴Baphinda baliphakamisa izwi labo, balila. Wamanga uOrpa uninazala, wahamba; kodwa uRute wanamathela kuye. ¹⁵Wathi uNahomi: “Khangela, umkamninawa wakho ubuyele ebantwini bakhe nakoothixo bakhe. Buya umlandele.”

¹⁶Wathi uRute: “Musa ukundibongoza ukuba ndikushiye, ndijike ekulandeleni kwam. Apho uya khona, ndoya khona; apho uhlala khona, ndohlala khona. Abantu bakho boba ngabantu bam, noThixo wakho woba nguThixo wam. ^a a v16 Isifungo sikaRute sesinye sezingeniso zecanon apho umHedeni azibopha ngaso kuThixo kaSirayeli—athi ke, ngaye, uBawo wethu aluke umfazi ongumMowabhikazi emzileni wosapho osa kuDavide nakuYesu. ¹⁷Apho ufela khona, ndofela khona, ndingcwatyelwe khona. Wanga uBawo wethu angandohlwaya kabuhlungu, ukuba kukho into endahlulayo kuwe ngaphandle kokufa.”

¹⁸Akubona uNahomi ukuba ugqibe kwelokuhamba naye uRute, wayeka ukuthetha naye.

¹⁹Bahamba ke bobabini, bada bafika eBhetelehem. Kwathi bakungena eBhetelehem, waxhakamfuzeka wonke umzi ngabo; bathi abafazi: “NguNahomi na lo?”

²⁰Wathi yena: “Musani ukundibiza ngokuba nguNahomi. Ndibizeni ngokuba nguMara—kuba uSomandla undenzele okukrakra kunene. ^b b v20 UNahomi uthetha “omnandi”; uMara uthetha “okrakra.” Uzibiza ngegama elivumelana nosizi aluthwele egoduka. ²¹Ndahamba ndizele, kodwa uBawo wethu undibuyise ndilambatha. Yini na ukuba nindibize ngokuba nguNahomi, uBawo wethu endicinezele nje, noSomandla endehlisele ishwangusha?” ²²Wabuya ke uNahomi evela elizweni lakwaMowabhi, enoRute umMowabhikazi, umolokazana wakhe, obuye naye. Bafika eBhetelehem ekuqaleni kokuvunwa kwerhasi.