Rute 1:1-22
1 Mu ntsiku zomwe ayeruzi akhatonga, m’dziko la Kanani mudagwa njala ndipo mwamuna munango adacoka ku Betelehemu wa ku Djuda, aciyenda kukakhala ninga mulendo m’dziko la Mowabe na mkazace pabodzi na wana wace awiri wacimuna.
2 Ndipo mwamunayo dzina lace akhali Elimeleki,* mkazi wace akhali Naomi* ndipo wana wace awiri wacimunawo akhali Maloni* na Kiliyoni.* Iwo akhali wa m’dzinza la Efraimu, wakucokera ku Betelehemu ku Djuda, ndipo iwo adayenda ku dziko la Mowabe acikakhala kumweko.
3 Na kupita kwa nthawe, Elimeleki, bayace wa Naomi adadzafa ndipo iye adasala na wana wace awiri wacimuna.
4 Na kupita kwa nthawe, wanawo adadzalowola akazi wa ku Mowabe. M’bodzi dzina lace akhali Orpa ndipo munango akhali Rute. Iwo adapitiriza kukhala kumweko kwa magole 10.
5 Patsogolo pace, wana wace awiri wale, Maloni na Kiliyoni adadzafambo, ndipo Naomiyo adadzasala yekha, ne wana wace ne bayace.
6 Tenepo iye pabodzi na alowola wace awiri wale, adayamba ulendo bwakucoka m’dziko la Mowabe, thangwe pomwe iye akhali ku Mowabeko, adabva kuti Yahova akumbukira wanthu wace mwa kuwapasa cakudya.
7 Iye adacoka komwe akhakhala pabodzi na alowola wace awiri wale. Pomwe akhali pa ulendo bwakubwerera ku Djuda,
8 Naomi adauza alowola wace awiriwo kuti: “Bwererani, ali-wentse ayende kumui kwa mai wace. Ndipo Yahova akulatizeni lufoyi lacadidi, ninga momwe imwepo mudalatizira kwa azibayanu omwe adafa na kwa inepano.
9 Ndipo Yahova apase ali-wentse wa imwepo mwamuna kuti mukhale na moyo wabwino.” Patsogolo pace Naomiyo adawapasa beju ndipo wentsenewo adayamba kulira mwakukuwa.
10 Iwo akhambamuuza kuti: “Ne, ifepano tiniyenda namwe ticikakhalambo pabodzi na wanthu wanu.”
11 Tsono Naomi adati: “Bwererani wana wangu. Thangwe ranyi mun’funa kuyenda nande pabodzi? Kodi inepano ningadzabale pomwe wana acidzakulowolani?
12 Bwererani wana wangu, bwererani, pakuti ndakalamba kwene-kwene kuti ndilowodwe pomwe. Napo ndicigumana mwamuna usiku buno ndipo ndicibala wana wacimuna,
13 kodi imwepo mungadawadikhirira mpaka iwo kukula? Kodi mungadalamba kulowodwa na winango kuti mudikhirire iwo? Ne wana wangu. Bzikundiwawa kwene-kwene thangwe ra kukuwonani tenepa, pakuti boko la Yahova landipasa nyathwa.”
14 Iwo adalira pomwe mwakukuwa ndipo patsogolo pace, Orpa adapasa beju amibzala wace acibwerera. Tsono Rute adangingimira basi kuti asale nawo.
15 Tenepo, Naomi adati: “Ona! Mwanzako akubwerera kwawo na kwa mirungu yace. Bwerera naye pabodzi.”
16 Tsono Rute adati: “Lekani kundingingimiza kuti ndikusiyeni ndicileka kuyenda namwe pabodzi, pakuti komwe imwepo muniyenda, inepano nin’dzayendambo kumweko, komwe imwepo mun’gona, inepano nin’dzagonambo kumweko, wanthu wanu, an’dzakhalambo wanthu wangu ndipo Mulungu wanu an’dzakhalambo Mulungu wangu.
17 Komwe imwepo mun’dzafera, inepano nin’dzaferambo kumweko ndiciikhidwa kumweko. Yahova andilange mwamphanvu penu cinthu cinango kupambula infa cin’ndilekanisa na imwepo.”
18 Pomwe Naomi adawona kuti Rute akungingimira kuti ayende naye, iye adasiyambo kumungingimira kuti abwerere.
19 Ndipo awiriwo adapitiriza na ulendobo mpaka kufika ku Betelehemu. Pomwe adafika ku Betelehemuko, wanthu wentse wa mu mzindamo adadabwa ndipo akazi akhambabvunzana kuti: “Kodi umweyu ni Naomi lini uyu?”
20 Naomiyo akhauza azikaziwo kuti: “Lekani kundicemera Naomi. Ndicemereni Mara, pakuti Wamphanvu-zentse wacitisa moyo wangu kukhala wakuwawa.
21 Inepano ndikhana bzentse pomwe ndidayenda, tsono Yahova wandicitisa kubwerera cimanja-manja. Thangwe ranyi mukundicemera Naomi, pakuti Yahova wandiphindukira ndipo Wamphanvu-zentse wandibweresera tsokali?”
22 Umu ni momwe Naomi adabwererera kwawo kucokera ku dziko la Mowabe pabodzi na mulowola wace Rute omwe akhali wa ku Mowabeko. Ndipo iwo adafika ku Betelehemu kumayambiriro kwa nthawe yakubvuna sevada.
Mafala ya m'nyantsi
^ Kuthandauza “Mulungu wangu ni Mambo.”
^ Kuthandauza “Cikondweso cangu.”
^ Pinango pentse ni fala lakucokera ku Cihebereu lomwe limbathandauza “kuwofoka; kuduwala.”
^ Kuthandauza “wakuperewera mphanvu; ule omwe an’funa kufa.”
