Rute 2:1-23
2 Pakhana munthu munango wakudala kwene-kwene omwe akhacemeredwa Bowazi, wa m’dzinza la Elimeleki, omwe akhali bayace wa Naomi.
2 Ntsiku inango, Rute wa ku Mowabe ule adauza Naomi kuti: “Ndaphata minyendo, ndibvumizeni kuyenda m’minda kuti ndikaphalasire* bzinthu bzakusala m’mambuyo mwa anyakubvuna ali-wentse omwe an’ndidekera mtima.” Tenepo Naomi adamuuza kuti: “Ndoko mwanangu.”
3 Tenepo Rute adayenda, ndipo adapita m’munda aciyamba kuphalasira m’mbuyo mwa anyakubvuna. Mwakusaya kudziwa, iye adakapita m’munda mwa Bowazi omwe akhali wa m’dzinza la Elimeleki.
4 Pa nthawe imweyo, Bowazi adafika kumundako kucokera mu mzinda wa Betelehemu ndipo iye adauza anyakubvunawo kuti: “Yahova akhale namwe.” Ndipo iwo adamutawira kuti: “Yahova akusimbeni.”
5 Tenepo Bowazi adabvunza nyakunyang’anira anyakubvuna wace kuti: “Kodi mtsikanayu ngwa m’banja liponi?”
6 Nyakunyang’anira anyakubvunayo adatawira kuti: “Mtsikanayu ngwa ku Mowabe, iye wabwera pabodzi na Naomi kucokera ku Mowabeko.
7 Iye wandikumbira penu angadaphalasira sevada yakusala m’mambuyo mwa anyakubvuna. Iye waphalasira macibese yentseneya mpaka pano, ndipo tsapanopapa ni pomwe iye wakhala mu ntsaka kuti apume pang’ono.”
8 Tenepo, Bowazi adauza Rute kuti: “Tetekera mwanangu. Leka kukaphalasira m’munda munango ndipo lekambo kuyenda kuli-kwentse. Khala pafupi na anyabasa wangu wacikaziwa.
9 Ndoko nawo pabodzi ku munda omwe iwo aniyenda kukabvuna. Ndipo ndapereka lamulo kwa anyabasa wangu wacimunawa kuti aleke kukunesa-nesa. Ukabva nyota, ndoko pa mitsuko ya madzi ucikamwa madzi yomwe anyabasawa an’tunga.”
10 Pomwe adabva bzimwebzi, Rute adagodama ndipo adatsulimisa nkhope yace mpaka pantsi acibvunza kuti: “Kodi bzakwanisika tani imwepo kundidekera mtima na kundibvera ntsisi napo kuti ndine mulendo?”
11 Bowazi adamutawira kuti: “Ndabva bzinthu bzentse bzomwe wacitira amibzala wako pambuyo pakusaikidwa bayako na momwe wasiira pai wako, mai wako, dziko lako na adzinza wako ucibwera kwa wanthu omwe ukhanati kale kuwadziwa.
12 Yahova akusimbe thangwe ra bzomwe wacita ndipo upagalidwi na Yahova Mulungu wa Jirayeri, ule omwe wamulinga kuti akukhotcerere.”*
13 Tenepo Rute adati: “Mwandidekera mtima mbuya wangu, pakuti mwanditsangalaza ndipo mwalewalewa mafala yakulimbikisa kwa mtumiki wanune napo kuti ndine lini m’bodzi mwa atumiki wanu.”
14 Pa nthawe yakudya Bowazi adamuuza kuti: “Bwera kuno udzadye pau ucimbantcontca mu vinyu yakuwawasa.”* Tenepo, iye adakhala pantsi pabodzi na anyakubvunawo, ndipo Bowazi adamupasa sevada yakukazinga. Iye adadya acikhuta ndipo bzinango bzidasala.
15 Pomwe iye adamuka kuti akapitirize kuphalasirako, Bowazi adauza anyabasa wace kuti: “Musiyeni aphalasire m’mphepete mwa misumbu* yakugwatidwayi ndipo lekani kumunesa-nesa.
16 Ndipo mbasololani sevada inango pa misumbuyi mucimbasiya pantsi kuti iye aphalasire ndipo lekani kumuletsa.”
17 Tenepo, iye adapitiriza kuphalasirako mpaka kudoka, ndipo pomwe adapuntha bzomwe akhadaphalasirabzo, adawona kuti akhadaphalasira pafupi-fupi efa ibodzi* ya sevada.
18 Tenepo, iye adatenga sevada yomwe akhadaphalasirayo aciyenda nayo mu mzinda, ndipo amibzala wace adawona bzomwe iye akhadaphalasirabzo. Rute adatengambo cakudya comwe cikhadasala comwe akhadapasidwa na Boazi ku kumunda cire, acipasambo amibzala wace.
19 Amibzala wace adamubvunza kuti: “Kodi waphalasira kuponi lero? Kodi waphatira basa kuponi? Mulungu asimbe munthu omwe wakudekera mtimayo.” Tenepo, iye adauza amibzala wacewo bza mwenekaciro wa munda omwe akhadaphalasirayo aciti: “Lero ndaphalasira m’munda mwa munthu munango wakucemeredwa Bowazi.”
20 Naomi adauza mulowola waceyo kuti: “Yahova omwe ambaleka lini kulatiza lufoyi lacadidi kwa wanthu wamoyo na wakufa, asimbe munthu umweyo.” Naomi adapitiriza kulewa kuti: “Iye ni wadzinza wathu, angacite ciri-centse kuti atithandize.*
21 Patsogolo pace, Rute wa ku Mowabe ule adati: ‘Iye wandiuzambo kuti, khala pafupi na anyabasa wanguwa mpaka akadzamaliza kubvuna bzentse.’”
22 Naomi adauza mulowola wace Rute kuti: “Mwanangu, bziri bwino iwepo kupitiriza kuphata basa na azinyabasa wacewo, m’mbuto mwakuyenda m’munda munango ucikanesewa-nesewa.”
23 Tenepo, iye adapitiriza kukhala pafupi na azinyabasa wacikazi wa Bowazi ndipo adaphalasira mpaka kuphampha kwa nthawe yakubvuna sevada na tirigu. Ndipo iye adapitiriza kukhala na amibzala wace.
Mafala ya m'nyantsi
^ Winango ambati kuphalira; kuphalisira.
^ Mafala yace caiyo: “ule omwe wamulinga pantsi pa matenga yace.”
^ Kale-kale, anyakubvuna wa mu dziko la Ajirayeri akhambantcontca pau mu vinyu yakuwawasa.
^ Ayai, “miphuthu.”
^ Pafupi-fupi malitru 22. Onani Mafala Yakuphampha B14.
^ Ayai, “atilombole.”
