¹ Munsico zacuti watongui wakatonga, cudauya nzara padzico; napenepo mwamuna wenango wacuti akaidadziwa Belem wacu Djuda adatamua cudzico la Moabe pabodzi na mucadzi wache na wana wache. ² Dzina la mwamuna uyu akali Elemeleque futi dzina lamucadzi akabvi Noemi. Wana wakabvi Malom na Quilion, wadasiya cudzico la Belem la mu Djuda. Wadaswica dzico la Moabe wadakala mwenemo. ³ Napenepo Elemeleque, mwamuna wa Noemi, adafa; napenepo adasala nawana wache wairi. ⁴ Iwo wadakala ninga wamuna na wacadzi wamu moabita. Dzina lamubodzi akali Orfa dzina lamunangoyo akabvi Rute. Iwo wadakala mwenemo cunza kwama cole kumi. ⁵ Napenepo wana wache waya Malom e Quiliom wadafa, adasala Noemi ne mwuamuna ne wana wache wairi waya. ⁶ Napenepo Noemi adaona cuti zwikali muche cusiya Moabe na walola wache cuti ahirire cu Judha, iye akadabva mumbuto ya Moabi cuti Yahweh akada uya cudza musa mbumba yache, achiipassa zvacurja. ⁷ Napenepo adasiya mbuto yache yacuti akagala nawalola wache wai´ri, futi pabodzi adapinda munzira cuhirira cudzico la mu Judha. ⁸ Noemi adati cuna walola wache wairi:" Ndoconi hirirani mubodzi nabodzi wanu muende mumamii mwa mai wanu. Wacuti Yahweh anacubatani na moyo wacuti ukabatiwa naiyo wanha kwenda wamuna wanu futi nainembo. ⁹ Wacuti Tchangamire achacuitani cuti cumubodzi namubodzi wanu aone mutsetso pa mui wa wenango mwamuna" Napenepo adawatswoda na penepo wadalila watchikuma. ¹⁰ Napenepo wadamuti: "Neye! ife tinahirira tense cuna mbumba yanuco. ¹¹ Napenepo Noemi adati:" hirirane, wana wango! Thangwe mutchadzahirira naine? Deca ndikana wana ndicupassene ningsa wamuna wanu? ¹² Hirirani, wana wangu, endani; ndoconi nanjirayano tchaiyo nathangwe lacuti inepano ndadisiya maningui cuti ndione wenango mwamuna, ne ningacutini usicu huno ndetchimuona mwamuna nditchigala nacuthemba, napenepo, ndogala na mwana, ¹³ ndiye wanu mungamuyemere cucula kwatche? ne culorhwa? Neye, wana unango! Izvi zvinatsukwalisa maningui zvitchitsukwalisa, thangwe lacuti manja ya Yahweh anauya padzauku pangu". ¹⁴ Pamberi pazvinezvi, walola watche wadalilazve nacukuwa cucuru. Orfa adagonecana na madzuala watche nacumutswoda, ese ute abata iye. ¹⁵ Noemi adati:" Teteca nhamungasa waco ali cuhirira cuna mbumba yatche na cuna wamulungu watche. Hirirambi na iye". ¹⁶ Napenepo Rute adati:" Musandilhano cuti ndiyendi cuti naimwepo. Nathangwe kwense kwano muna enda ine ndinaendambo kwanu mutchakala, nditchakalambo; mbumba yanu itchakala mbumba yangumbo na Mulungu wanu atchakalambo Mulungu wangumbo. ¹⁷ Panu imwe mutchafa inembo nditchafambo penepo nditchaekirhwambo penepo. Pode Yahweh andibonerece, hacuna tchinango cunza kwa lufu ndiro lingati lecanise". ¹⁸ Patche Noemi adaona cuti Rute achilanga cuti aende naiye, adasia mutsembira zvenango cuna iye. ¹⁹ Napenepo pawiri wawo wadapinda paulendo cuswikira waswika mu luwani la Belem. Napenepo zvidaitica mtswacuti pawo iwo wadafica mu Belem luwani yense wadamubvira nsisi, futi wacadzi wenango wadabvunza:" Ndiye tchauye Noemi? ²⁰ Apo iye adawati:" Musandidaidze Noemi, ese ndidadzeni cuwawa, thangwe iye nya nyansomba ense aita cuti culalama kwangu cumamue maningui. Ine ndidaenda ndida kuta, ese Yahweh andihilinza cumba ne tchindu. ²¹ Napenepo thangwe lanyi mulicundidaidza Noemi, mutchiona cuti Yahweh andi tonga nacutonga cucuro andi tchunyisa? ²² Napenepo Noemi na mulola watchema wamoabita, wadahirira cudzico la Moabe. Iwo wadauya cu Belem mucuthoma kwa cuconga.