Ruti 1:1-22
1 Pa nyengu yo akweruzga+ ayeruzganga, mucharu munguwa nja, ndipu munthu munyaki wangutuwa ku Betelehemu+ wa ku Yuda kuchija nge mulendu mucharu* cha Mowabu.+ Iyu wangulutiya limoza ndi muwolu waki ndipuso ŵana ŵaki ŵaŵi anthulumi.
2 Munthu mwenuyu zina laki lenga Elimeleki,* muwolu waki wenga Nawomi,* ndipu ŵana ŵaki ŵaŵi ŵenga Maloni* ndi Kiliyoni.* Yiwu ŵenga Aefurata akutuliya ku Betelehemu wa ku Yuda, ndipu anguza mucharu cha Mowabu ndi kuja mwenimo.
3 Pati pajumpha nyengu, Elimeleki mulumu waku Nawomi wangufwa ndipu Nawomi wanguja ndi ŵana ŵaki ŵaŵi.
4 Pavuli paki, ŵana anthulumi ŵenaŵa anguto anthukazi a ku Mowabu, munyaki wadanikanga kuti Oripa ndipu munyaki wadanikanga kuti Ruti.+ Anguja kweniko kwa vyaka pafufupi 10.
5 Sonu ŵana anthulumi ŵenaŵa, Maloni ndi Kiliyoni nawu angufwa, ndipu munthukazi yo, wanguja wambula ŵana ŵaki anthulumi ŵaŵi kweniso wambula mulumu waki.
6 Sonu iyu wanguŵanaŵana kuti waweku ku Mowabu limoza ndi akumwana ŵaki, pakuti wanguvwa we ku Mowabu kuti Yehova wakumbuka ŵanthu ŵaki mwakuŵapaska chakurya.*
7 Wangutuwaku kumalu ko wajanga, iyu limoza ndi akumwana ŵaki wosi ŵaŵi. Achiyenda munthowa kuwere kucharu cha Yuda,
8 Nawomi wangukambiya akumwana ŵaki wosi ŵaŵi kuti: “Lutani, weyosi wawere kunyumba kwa anyina. Yehova wakulongoni chanju chambula kumala,+ nge mo namwi mungulongore anthulumi wo akufwa kweniso ini.
9 Yehova wazomerezi* kuti weyosi waku yimwi wakavikiliriki* munyumba ya mulumu waki.”+ Pavuli paki, wanguŵafyofyontha ndipu anguliya mwakudaniriza.
10 Yiwu amukambiyanga kuti: “Awa, tilutengi namwi ku ŵanthu ŵinu.”
11 Kweni Nawomi wanguŵakambiya kuti: “Weleriyani mwaŵana ŵangu. Ntchifukwa wuli mukhumba kuluta nani? Kumbi ini ndingabala so ŵana anthulumi kuti aje alumu ŵinu?+
12 Weleriyani mwaŵana ŵangu. Lutaningi, ndingayirwa cha chifukwa nde mura ukongwa. Ndipu chinanga kuti vingachitika kuti ndiyirwi usiku wunu ndipuso ndingabala ŵana anthulumi,
13 kumbi mungalindizga mpaka akuwi? Kumbi mungakana kuyirwa chifukwa chaku yiwu? Awa mwaŵana ŵangu, vo vakuchitikiyani vitindiŵaŵa ukongwa, pakuti janja laku Yehova landiyukiya.”+
14 Anguliya so mwakudaniriza, ndipu pavuli paki Oripa wangufyofyontha apongozi ŵaki ndi kuluta. Kweni Ruti wangukaniriya Nawomi.
15 Sonu Nawomi wangukamba kuti: “Awona! Munyaku yo nayu ndi choko wawere ku ŵanthu ŵaki kweniso kwa achiuta ŵaki. Nawi welere limoza ndi munyaku.”
16 Kweni Ruti wangukamba kuti: “Lekani kundiŵeyere kuti ndikulekeni kweniso kuti ndileki kukulondoni; pakuti kweniko muluta, nani ndikengi kweniko, kweniko mwamugona, nani ndamugona kweniko. Ŵanthu ŵinu amukuŵa ŵanthu ŵangu, ndipu Chiuta winu wamukuŵa Chiuta wangu.+
17 Kweniko mwamufwiya, nani ndamufwiya kweniko ndipuso ndamuŵikika kweniko. Yehova wandilangi ndipuso wasazgiyeku* asani chinthu chinyaki kupatuwaku nyifwa, chindipatuwengi kwaku yimwi.”
18 Nawomi wati wawona kuti Ruti wangangamiya kuti walutengi nayu, wanguleka kumuchichizga kuti wawelere.
19 Ndipu wosi ŵaŵi angulutirizga ulendu wawu mpaka angufika ku Betelehemu.+ Ŵati afika ŵaka ku Betelehemu, ŵanthu mutawuni yosi akambanga ŵaka vaku yiwu pe, ndipu anthukazi afumbanga kuti: “Kumbi ndi Nawomi uyu?”
20 Iyu wakambiyanga anthukazi wo kuti: “Lekani kundidana kuti Nawomi.* Mundidanengi kuti Mara,* chifukwa Wanthazizosi wachitiska kuti umoyu wangu uje wakuŵaŵa ukongwa.+
21 Ndichiluta ndenga wakuzaza, kweni Yehova wachitiska kuti ndiweku manja ngaŵaka. Ntchifukwa wuli mutindidana kuti Nawomi, penipo Yehova ndiyu wandiyukiya ndipu Wanthazizosi ndiyu wachitiska kuti ndikumani ndi masuzgu?”+
22 Viyo ndimu Nawomi wanguziya kutuwa kucharu cha Mowabu,+ limoza ndi Ruti mkumwana waki wa ku Mowabu. Yiwu anguza ku Betelehemu kukwamba kwa nyengu yakuvuna balire.+
Mazu Ngam'mphata
^ Pamwenga kuti, “muchigaŵa.”
^ Kung’anamuwa kuti, “Chiuta Wangu ndi Fumu.”
^ Kung’anamuwa kuti, “Likondwa Langu.”
^ Zina ili panyaki likutuliya ku mazu nga Chiheberi ngo ngang’anamuwa kuti “kulopwa; kutama.”
^ Kung’anamuwa kuti, “Wakutondeka; Yo Wamala.”
^ Mazu ngaki chayingu, “chiŵandi.”
^ Pamwenga kuti, “wakupaskeni mphasu.”
^ Mazu ngaki chayingu, “wakasaniyi malu ngakupumuliya.”
^ Mazu ngaki chayingu, “Yehova wandichitiyi viyo ndipuso wasazgiyeku.”
^ Kung’anamuwa kuti, “Likondwa Langu.”
^ Kung’anamuwa kuti, “Kuŵaŵa.”
