Rute 3:1-18
3 Lino Naomi, banyinazyala Rute bakati kulinguwe: “Mwanaangu, sena tandeelede kukujanina ŋanda*+ kutegwa zintu zikweendele kabotu?
2 Sena Boazi tali simukowa wesu?+ Ngonguwe uuli ababelesi basimbi mbooli limwi. Sunu masiku ulaunka kuyoopupulula bbaale kucuumino camaila.
3 Aboobo kosamba akunana mafwuta aanunkilila; mpoonya usame zisani zyako* akuunka kucuumino camaila. Wasika utalizibyi kumwaalumi uulya kusikila amanizye kulya akunywa.
4 Aunka kukulala, ubone mpatiilale; mpoonya uunke umuvwumbule kumaulu eelyo ulale. Walo ulakwaambila ncoyelede kucita.”
5 Mpoonya wakati kuli banyinazyala: “Zyoonse nzyomwandaambila ndilazicita.”
6 Aboobo wakaunka kucuumino camaila akucita zyoonse nzyobakamulailila banyinazyala.
7 Aciindi eeco Boazi wakalya akunywa, alimwi moyo wakwe wakalikondedwe. Kumane wakaunka kuyoolala kumamanino aamulwi wamaila. Mpoonya Rute wakaunka cakaumuumu akumuvwumbula kumaulu, eelyo wakalala.
8 Lino akati kamasiku wakatalika kubimba, aboobo wakabuka akulanga kumaulu, mpoonya wakabona mukaintu uulede kumaulu aakwe.
9 Boazi wakati: “Ino nduwe ni?” Eelyo wakaingula kuti: “Ndime Rute mubelesi wako. Kondivwumba cisani* cako ndemubelesi wako, nkaambo nduwe sikunununa.”+
10 Mpoonya Boazi wakati: “Jehova akulongezye mwanaangu. Luno lweendo, luyando lwako lutamani walutondezya kapati kwiinda mulweendo lwakusaanguna mukuti tiiwaunka kubalombwana,+ babe bacete naa bavwubi.
11 Lino utayoowi mwanaangu. Ndilakucitila zyoonse nzyowaamba,+ nkaambo boonse mumunzi* balizyi kuti uli mukaintu uuli kabotu kapati.
12 Nokuba kuti masimpe ndili sikunununa,+ kuli sikunununa uumbi walo uuli ngusiluzubo waafwaafwi kapati kwiinda ndime.+
13 Koona okuno masiku aano, eelyo ikuti naa mafwumofwumo akakununune, mbubo cili buyo kabotu, aakacite oobo. Pele kuti naa atakazumini kukunununa,+ mbubonya Jehova mbwali muumi, mebo lwangu ndiyookunununa. Ona aano kusikila kubucedo.”
14 Aboobo wakoona kumaulu aakwe kusikila kubucedo, eelyo wakabuka kakucisiya-siya kutegwa atazyibwi. Mpoonya Boazi wakati: “Kutazyibwi kuti kwasikide mukaintu kucuumino camaila.”
15 Alimwi wakaamba kuti: “Koleta mulembo ngosamide uuyale.” Aboobo wakauyala, eelyo Boazi wakamutilila zisuwo zyotatwe* zyabbaale akumutukka, kumane Boazi wakaunka mumunzi.
16 Lino Rute wakaunka kuli banyinazyala, eelyo bakamubuzya kuti: “Ino weenda buti* mwanaangu?” Mpoonya wakabaambila zyoonse mwaalumi ooyo nzyaakamucitila.
17 Kumane wakayungizya kuti: “Wandipa zisuwo zyotatwe zyabbaale eezyi alimwi wandaambila kuti, ‘Utaunki cinkwamaanza kuli banyokozyala.’”
18 Amvwe boobo Naomi wakati: “Kkala buyo mwanaangu kusikila ukazyibe makani mbwaatiibe, nkaambo mwaalumi ooyu takoolyookezya pe kusikila aamanizye makani aaya sunu.”
Bupanduluzi buyungizyidwe
^ Mu Chihebrayo, “busena bwakulyookezyela.”
^ Naa “usame zisani zyako zyaatala.”
^ Naa “moombe wacisani cako.”
^ Mu Chihebrayo, “mulyango woonse wabantu bangu.”
^ Ambweni zisuwo zili cisambomwe, naa malita aabalilwa ku 44. Amubone Makani Aayungizyidwe B14.
^ Mu Chihebrayo, “Ino nduwe ni?”
