ngokuba bangishiy ile, bakhuleka ku -Ashitaroti unkulunkulukazi wamaSidoni, nakuKemoshi unkulunkulu wakwaMowabi , nakuMilkomu unkulunkulu wabakwa -Amoni, abahambanga ngezindlela zami ukwenza okulungile emehlweni ami , nezimiso za mi, nezahlulelo zami njengoDavide uyise.

no-Eliyeli umMahavi , noJeribayi noJoshaviya amadodana ka -Elinahama, no-Itima wakwaMowabi,

Wayesehamba ehlane, wazungeza izwe lakwa-Edomi nezwe lakwaMowabi, weza ngasempumalanga kwezwe lakwaMowabi , wamisa ngaphesheya kwe - Arinoni; kepha abangenanga emkhawulweni wakwaMowabi , ngokuba i - Arinoni lalingumkhawulo wakwaMowabi.

Wena uyakuwela i-Ari, umkhawulo wakwaMowabi;

nomthambeka wezigod i othambeka ngasezweni le -Ari, oncike emkhawulweni wakwaMowabi.

Basuka e-Oboti, bamisa e-Iye Abarimi emkhawulweni wakwaMowabi.

Wabuya-ke uNawomi kanye noRuthe wakwaMowabi umalokazana wakhe owabuya ezweni lakwaMo wabi, bafika eBetlehema ekuqaleni kokuvunwa kwebhali.

URuthe wakwaMowabi wathi kuNawomi : Mangihambe, ngiye ensimini , ngikhothoze ezikhwetshini emva kwalowo engiyakufumana umusa emehlweni akhe. Wathi kuye: Hamba, ndodakazi yami.

URuthe wakwaMowabi wathi : Yebo, wathi kimi : Wonamathela kubafana bami, baze baqede konke ukuvuna kwami.

NoRuthe wakwaMowabi umkaM ahaloni ngimthengile abe ngumkami ukuvusa igama lofileyo efeni lakhe ukuba igama lofileyo linganqunywa phakathi kwabafowabo nasesangweni lendawo yakhe ; nina ningofakazi namuhla.

Wathi uBowazi: Msukwana ulithenga izwe esandleni sikaNawomi , ulithenga nakuRuthe wakwaMowabi umkamufi ukuba ulivuse igama lofileyo efeni lakhe.