Indoda Egama linguBhohazi
URute uphuma aye kubhikica, afike kungengangozi entsimini kaBhohazi, isihlobo. Uyamkhusela, amondle, amsikelele ngokuba uzimele phantsi kwamaphiko kaBawo wethu. UNahomi weva igama, aqonde ukuba kukho umkhululi osapheni.
2 1UNahomi wayenesihlobo ngendoda yakhe, indoda eyayidumile izezezityebi, yomzalwane ka-Elimeleki, egama linguBhohazi. 2URute umMowabhikazi wathi kuNahomi: “Makhe ndiye kubhikica ingqolowa emva kwalowo ondibabalayo.” Wathi yena: “Hamba, ntombi yam.”
3Waphuma ke, wabhikica emva kwabavuni, kwaza kwenzeka wafika entsimini kaBhohazi, ongowomzalwane ka-Elimeleki.
4Kwangoko wafika uBhohazi evela eBhetelehem, wathi kubavuni: “Wanga uBawo wethu angaba nani.” Baphendula bathi: “Makakusikelele uBawo wethu.”
5Wandula ukuthi uBhohazi kumphathi wakhe: “Yekabani na le ntombazana?”
6Waphendula umphathi wathi: “Yintombazana engumMowabhikazi, ebuye noNahomi evela ezweni lakwaMowabhi. 7Yathi: ‘Khawundivumele ndibhikice, ndihlanganise phakathi kwezithungu emva kwabavuni.’ Yeza, yaza yahlala kususela kusasa kuza kuthi ga ngoku, iphumle umzuzwana nje emthunzini.”
8UBhohazi wathi kuRute: “Phulaphula, ntombi yam. Uze ungayi kubhikica kwenye intsimi, ungahambi apha; hlala kufuphi nabathinjana bam. 9Khangela intsimi abayivunayo, ubalandele ngasemva. Ndibayalile amadodana ukuba angakuchukumisi. Xa unxaniweyo, uze usele emanzini azalisiweyo ngamadodana ezinkanjeni.”
10Waqubuda ngobuso emhlabeni, wathi kuye: “Kungani na ukuba ndibabalwe emehlweni akho, undibheke, mna ndingowasemzini nje?”
11Waphendula uBhohazi wathi: “Ndikuvile konke owawenzelayo uninazala, oko yafa indoda yakho — indlela owashiya ngayo uyihlo, nonyoko, nelizwe lakowenu, weza ebantwini obungabazi ngaphambili. 12Wanga uBawo wethu angakubuyekeza ngoko ukwenzileyo; wanga angakunika umvuzo ogqibeleleyo uBawo wethu, uThixo kaSirayeli, oze kusabela phantsi kwamaphiko akhe.”
13Wathi yena: “Mandibabalwe emehlweni akho, nkosi yam, ngokuba undithuthuzele, wathetha kakuhle nomkhonzazana wakho, nakuba ndingengomnye wabakhonzazana bakho.”
14Ngexesha lesidlo wathi uBhohazi: “Yiza apha, udle isonka, uthi nkxu iqhekeza lakho kwiviniga yewayini.” Wahlala ecaleni kwabavuni; wamdlulisela amakhweba. Wadla wahlutha, kwaza kwasala.
15Akuvuka esiya kubhikica, uBhohazi wawayala amadodana akhe wathi: “Myekeni abhikice naphakathi kwezithungu; ningamdanisi. 16Phezu koko, nikhuphe izikhwebu ezithungwini zibe ngezakhe, nizishiye ukuze azicholachole, ningamohlwayi.”
17Wabhikica entsimini kwada kwahlwa, wandula ukubetha oko wayekubhikicile — kwangathi yingxowa yerhasi. 18Wathwala waya nako emzini; wabona uninazala indlela ebe ebhikice ngayo. Wakhupha wamnika noko wayekusindisile emva kokudla ehluthe.
19Wabuza uninazala wathi: “Ubhikice phi na namhlanje? Usebenze phi na? Makasikelelwe lowo ukubhekileyo!” URute wamxelela ukuba yekabani intsimi, wathi: “Igama lendoda endisebenze nayo namhlanje nguBhohazi.”
20Wathi uNahomi kumolokazana wakhe: “Makasikelelwe nguBawo wethu, lowo inceba yakhe ingabashiyanga abaphilileyo nabafileyo.” Wongezelela wathi: “Yisihlobo esikufuphi kuthi, ngomnye wabakhululi bethu.” a a v20 UNahomi ubiza uBhohazi njengomnye wabakhululi bohlanga lwabo — isihlobo esinelungelo lokubuyisela oko kwakulahlekile, sibuyise usapho. Indima kaBhohazi apha ingumfuziselo kaYesu, uMkhululi wethu ohlawula ixabiso ukuze asigoduse kuBawo wethu.
21Wandula ukuthi uRute umMowabhikazi: “Ude wathi kum, ‘Hlala nabasebenzi bam bade bagqibe konke ukuvuna kwam.’”
22Wathi uNahomi kuRute umolokazana wakhe: “Kuhle, ntombi yam — phuma nabathinjana bakhe, ukuze ungoni kwenye intsimi.” 23Wahlala kufuphi nabathinjana bakaBhohazi, ebhikica kwada kwaphela ukuvunwa kwerhasi nokwengqolowa, wahlala noninazala.
