Ruthi 1:1-22
1 Mu matangwa abakele na kwakula* maako, mu lifuti mwakele njala yakama. Co munalume umo watundile mu Betelehema mu Juda, wakatungile mu lifuti* lya Mowabi, co wakapwile muka-kwija. Waile na munakazi wendi na bana bendi babali ba banalume.
2 Ou munalume wapwile Elimeleki,* munakazi wendi wapwile Naumi,* co bana bendi babali ba banalume bapwile Maloni* na Kilioni.* Batundile ku Efrata, kulumbununa Betelehema mu Juda. Bezile mu lifuti lya Mowabi, co bakutungilemo.
3 Mu kwita kwa simbu, Elimeleki munalume wa Naumi watsile, co Naumi wasalele na bana bendi ba banalume babali.
4 Mu kwita kwa simbu, baje bana bambatele banakazi ba baMowabi. Umo wapwile Olipa mukwabo Ruthi, co bakele kuje myaka ya kweta ku 10.
5 Co baje bana babali, Maloni na Kilioni nabo batsile, co uje munakazi wasalele kwa kujeneka bana na munalume.
6 Ngeci wakatukile kutunda mu lifuti lya Mowabi na bainamweno, mwafwa mwakele ku Mowabi wazibile ngwabo Yehova nanuka banu bendi ha kubana byakulya.
7 Naumi watundile ku mwela kwakele, waile hamolika na bainamweno babali. Mubakele mu ngila ya kwiluka ku lifuti lya Juda,
8 Naumi walekele bainamweno ngwendi: “Munu na munu eluke kwimbo kuli baina. Yehova amimwese cizemo cije kucesi kutenguluka ngwe mumunacimwesela kuli banalume baje banatsi na kuli yange.
9 Yehova amikwase mubaboshe mukawane banalume bakumyambata mangana mukawane kuhwima.” Wabatsembele, co balilile manene.
10 Batwaleleleleho kumuleka ngwabo: “Embwe, tuya nobe ku banu bobe.”
11 Oloni Naumi wabalekele ngwendi: “Ilukeni bana bange. Bikajo bimuila nange? Kuma njicasa kukita bana baje basa kumyambata ndi?
12 Ilukeni bana bange. Yeni, mwafwa njinakulubala, kunjasa kushomboka. Nameme kukale munalume uje anjambata butsiki bwa lelo na kukita bana,
13 kuma mubabandamena kweta noho habakakolela ndi? Kuma kumushomboka mwafwa yabo ndi? Embwe bana bange. Byuma binalingiwa kuli yeni bili na kunjizibisa manene kubabala ku mbunge, mwafwa Yehova nanjitengulukila.”
14 Balilile manene lalo, co Olipa watsembele inamweno, co welukile. Oloni Ruthi wakakateyeye inamweno.
15 Ngeci Naumi wendekele ngwendi: “Tala, mukweni uje neluka ku banu bendi na ku binjambi bendi. Iluka na mukweni.”
16 Oloni Ruthi wendekele ngwendi: “Keti unjisindiye ngwobe njikuseze na kujeneka kuya nobe, mwafwa kwoshe kuuya nange kukekwo kunjiya, kwoshe kuukalala nange kukekwo kunjikalala, banu bobe bakapwa banu bange, Njambi yobe akapwa Njambi yange.
17 Kuukatsila, kukekwo kunjikatsila, co kukekwo kubakanjitsinda. Kutsa lika kukekwo kukanjangununa kuli yobe. Yehova anjane kashitiko kakama nga njitabesa cuma ceka cinjangunune kuli yobe.”
18 Naumi mwamwene ngwendi Ruthi nakakateya kuya nendi, walikelele kumubindika,
19 co mu bubali bwabo batwaleleleleho na bungenzi bwabo, baile yee na ku Betelehema. Co mubetele lika mu Betelehema, banu boshe mu nganda baliuyile, co banakazi bakele na kwihula ngwabo: “Keti Naumi ou?”
20 Naumi wakele na kuleka baje banakazi ngwendi: “Keti munjisane ngweni Naumi,* njisaneni ngweni Mara,* mwafwa Muka-nzili Yoshe nakaluwisa buyoye bwange.
21 Njakele na byabingi munjaile, oloni Yehova nanjilwisa maboko-boko. Bika bimunjisanena ngweni Naumi okuni Yehova nanjitengulukila, co Muka-nzili Yoshe nanjinenela bukalu?”
22 Omu mukemwo mwelukilile Naumi kutunda mu lifuti lya Mowabi na inamweno wa kaMowabi Ruthi. Betele mu Betelehema ku mashangumukilo a kuteja mbali.
Majwi a kwinikila
^ Nambe “kuyula.”
^ Nambe “mu mahya.”
^ Kulumbununa “Njambi Yange Ikeye Mwene.”
^ Kulumbununa “Bubwa.”
^ Hamo lyatunda ha lijwi lya Cihebelu lije lilumbununa “kuzeya; kubinja.”
^ Kulumbununa “Uje Onwa; Uje Ali na Kuhwa.”
^ Kulumbununa “Bubwa.”
^ Kulumbununa “Kulula.”
