UBhohazi Esangweni
Esangweni lomzi uBhohazi wenza umkhululi osondeleyo ukuba akhethe, ize loo ndoda irhoxe. UBhohazi uthenga umhlaba, azeke uRute, uze uBawo wethu amnike unyana. Abafazi baxelela uNahomi ukuba akashiywanga engenamkhululi; umnombo womntwana ude ufike kuDavide.
4 1Wenyuka uBhohazi waya esangweni lomzi, wahlala phantsi. Kwathi, akudlula umkhululi wosapho awathethe ngaye, wathi uBhohazi: “Yiza uhlale apha, mhlobo.” Weza ke wahlala phantsi. 2Waza wathabatha amadoda amakhulu alishumi omzi, wathi: “Hlalani apha.” Bahlala ke phantsi. 3Wathi kumkhululi: “UNahomi, obuyileyo evela elizweni lakwaMowabhi, uthengise isiqwenga somhlaba esasesika-Elimeleki umzalwana wethu. 4Ndithe ke mandikuxelele, ndisithi: Sithenge phambi kwabo bahleli apha naphambi kwamadoda amakhulu abantu bakuthi. Ukuba uya kusikhulula, sikhulule. Ukuba akunjalo, ndixelele ukuze ndazi; kuba akukho mntu wokusikhulula ngaphandle kwakho, mna ndisemva kwakho.” Wathi: “Ndiya kusikhulula.”
5Wathi uBhohazi: “Mhla uyithenga intsimi kuNahomi, uthenga kwanoRute umMowabhikazi, umhlolokazi wendoda efileyo, ukuze umise igama layo elifeni layo.”
6Waza umkhululi wathi: “Andinako ukusikhulula mna, hleze ndonakalise ilifa lam. Thabatha wena ilungelo lam lokukhulula; mna andinako ukusikhulula.”
7Ke kwamandulo kwaSirayeli, ukuze kuqiniseke yonke into yokukhulula nokwananisa ngempahla, umntu wayeyikhulula imbadada yakhe, ayinike omnye. Oku kwakuqinisekisa izivumelwano kwaSirayeli. a a v7 Ukukhulula imbadada nokuyinikezela ekuhleni kwakuyitywina intengiselwano esemthethweni kwaSirayeli yamandulo — kufana nokusayina isivumelwano phambi kwamangqina. 8Ngoko ke, akuba umkhululi wosapho ethe kuBhohazi: “Zithengele wena,” wayikhulula imbadada yakhe.
9Waza uBhohazi wathi kumadoda amakhulu nakubo bonke abantu: “Ningamangqina namhlanje okuba ndikuthengile kuNahomi konke okwakungoka-Elimeleki, noKiliyon, noMalon. 10Ndithabathe kananjalo noRute umMowabhikazi, umhlolokazi kaMalon, ukuba abe ngumfazi wam, ukuze ndigcine igama lendoda efileyo elifeni layo, ukuze igama layo lingapheli ebazalwaneni bayo nakwiingxelo zomzi wakowabo. Ningamangqina namhlanje.”
11Baza bonke abantu ababesesangweni namadoda amakhulu bathi: “Singamangqina. Wanga uBawo wethu angamenza umfazi ongena endlwini yakho abe njengoRakeli noLeya, abathi bobabini bayakha indlu yakwaSirayeli. Yiba nempumelelo e-Efrata, ube nodumo eBhetelehem. 12Wanga indlu yakho ibe njengendlu kaPeretse, lowo uTamare awamzalela uYuda, ngabantwana aya kukunika bona uBawo wethu ngale nkazana.”
UBhohazi Uzeka uRute
13Ngoko ke uBhohazi wamthabatha uRute, waba ngumfazi wakhe. Wangena kuye, waza uBawo wethu wamenza wamitha, wazala unyana. 14Baza abafazi bathi kuNahomi: “Makadunyiswe uBawo wethu, ongakushiyanga namhlanje ungenamkhululi — wanga igama lakhe lingaduma kwaSirayeli! 15Uya kubuyisela ubomi bakho, akuxhase ekwaluphaleni kwakho; kuba umolokazana wakho okuthandayo, obaluleke kuwe ngaphezu koonyana abasixhenxe, nguye omzeleyo.” 16UNahomi wamthabatha umntwana, wambeka esifubeni sakhe, waza wamondla. 17Abafazi abangabamelwane bamthiya igama bathi: “UNahomi uzalelwe ngunyana!” Bamthiya igama bathi nguObhede, uyise kaYese, uyise kaDavide.
Umnombo Osa kuDavide
18Nantsi ke inzala kaPeretse: uPeretse wazala uHetseron; 19uHetseron wazala uRam; uRam wazala uAminadabhi; 20uAminadabhi wazala uNashon; uNashon wazala uSalemon; 21uSalemon wazala uBhohazi; uBhohazi wazala uObhede; 22uObhede wazala uYese; uYese wazala uDavide. b b v22 Incwadi kaRute ibisoloko isinga kweli gama ukususela ekuqaleni. Endlwini kaDavide kuya kuvela uYesu — uNyana kaDavide, uMkhululi wokwenene oyisihlobo, lowo afanekiselwa nguBhohazi ngokuzola.
