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2 Lino Naomi wakalijisi simukowa wakulubazu lwamulumaakwe iwakavwubide kapati; izina lyakwe wakali Boazi+ kuzwa mumukwasyi wa Elimeleki.
2 Mpoonya Rute muna Moabu wakaambila Naomi kuti: “Kondileka nduunke kumyuunda ndikavwulule+ mumakunka aabbaale, ndikatobele kufwumbwa ooyo uuyoondifwida luzyalo.” Aboobo Naomi wakati kulinguwe: “Koya mwanaangu.”
3 Kumane wakaunka akunjila mumuunda akutalika kuvwulula katobela basikutebula. Mucoolwe wakanjila mumuunda wa Boazi,+ ooyo iwakali wamukwasyi wa Elimeleki.+
4 Lino Boazi wakasika kuzwa ku Betelehemu akubaanzya basikutebula kuti: “Jehova abe andinywe.” Eelyo bakavwiila kuti: “Jehova akulongezye.”
5 Mpoonya Boazi wakabuzya mulombwana wakali kulanganya basikutebula kuti: “Ino musimbi ooyu wazwa kuli?”
6 Mulombwana iwakali kulanganya basikutebula wakati: “Musimbi ooyu muna Moabu,+ walo iwakaboola a Naomi kuzwa kunyika ya Moabu.+
7 Naasika walomba kuti, ‘Ndilomba kuti ndivwulule+ mumakunka* aabbaale aasyaala musyule lyabasikutebula.’ Kuzwa ciindi naasika mafwumofwumo, wali kubeleka kusikila lino naakkala mukatungu kuti alyookezye asyoonto buyo.”
8 Kumane Boazi wakaambila Rute kuti: “Swiilila mwanaangu, utaunki kuyoovwulula mumuunda uumbi alimwi utaunki kumbi pe; kozumanana kutobela babelesi bangu basimbi.+
9 Kobikkila buyo maano mumyuunda njobatebula, eelyo weelede kuunka ambabo. Ndabalailila balombwana kuti batakugumi.* Ikuti naa wafwa nyota, kounka kunongo kuyoonywa maanzi ngobateka balombwana.”
10 Amvwe boobo wakakotama akuvwuntama ansi akumwaambila kuti: “Ino nkaambo nzi ncoondifwida luzyalo akundibikkila maano kakuli ndili mweenzu?”+
11 Mpoonya Boazi wakamwiingula kuti: “Ndakalwiidwa makani oonse aazintu nzyookacitila banyokozyala kuzwa ciindi naakafwa mulumaako, alimwi ambookasiya bauso abanyoko anyika yabasazinyoko akuboola kokuno kubantu mbootakazyi.+
12 Jehova akulongezye akaambo kamilimo yako,+ alimwi Jehova Leza wa Israyeli ooyo uuli amababa moojana mayubilo+ akupe bulumbu bukkwene.”
13 Mpoonya wakati: “Ncobeni wandifwida luzyalo simalelaangu, nkaambo wanduumbulizya akundiyumya-yumya* ndemubelesi wako, nokuba kuti tandili umwi wababelesi bako.”
14 Nicakasika ciindi cakulya, Boazi wakamwaambila kuti: “Boola okuno, ulye cinkwa akusunsa muwaini uupapide.” Aboobo wakakkala afwaafwi abasikutebula. Mpoonya wakamutambika maila aakangidwe, eelyo wakalya akukkuta mane cakulya cimwi cakasyaala.
15 Naakanyamuka kuti avwulule,+ Boazi wakalailila balombwana bakwe kuti: “Amumuleke avwulule nomuba mumakunka* aabbaale alimwi mutamupenzyi pe.+
16 Alimwi mweelede kumufwumwida zikama zimwi zyabbaale akuzisiya kutegwa azivwulule, mutamukasyi pe.”
17 Aboobo wakazumanana kuvwulula kusikila lyabbila zuba.+ Naakaauma makunka ngaakavwulula, wakakkwanya efa* lyabbaale.
18 Mpoonya wakaibweza akuunka kumunzi, eelyo banyinazyala bakaibona bbaale njaakavwulula. Alimwi Rute wakabweza cakulya cakasyaala+ naakakkuta akupa banyinazyala.
19 Lino banyinazyala bakamubuzya kuti: “Ino sunu wali kuvwulwida kuli? Ino wali kubelekela kuli? Aalongezyegwe+ muntu ooyo iwakulanganya.” Aboobo wakabaambila banyinazyala muntu ngwaakabeleka limwi naakati: “Izina lyamuntu ngondali kubeleka limwi sunu ngu Boazi.”
20 Kumane Naomi wakati kuli mukamwanaakwe: “Muntu ooyo alongezyegwe a Jehova, walo iwatakakilwa kutondezya luzyalo lwakwe lutamani kubaumi akubafwu.”+ Naomi wakazumanana kwaamba kuti: “Muntu ooyo ngwaluzubo lwesu.+ Ngumwi wabasikutunununa.”*+
21 Mpoonya Rute muna Moabu wakati: “Alimwi wandaambila kuti, ‘Weelede kubelekela afwaafwi abasikutebula bangu kusikila bakamanizye kunditebwida.’”+
22 Naomi wakati kuli Rute mukamwanaakwe: “Ncibotu mwanaangu kuti kounka ababelesi bakwe basimbi kwiinda kuti bakakupenzye mumuunda uumbi.”
23 Aboobo wakazumanana kubelekela afwaafwi ababelesi ba Boazi basimbi kusikila kumamanino aabutebuzi bwabbaale abutebuzi+ bwawiiti. Alimwi wakazumanana kukkala abanyinazyala.+
Bupanduluzi buyungizyidwe
^ Naa ambweni, “mumisunta.”
^ Naa “batakunyonganyi.”
^ Mu Chihebrayo, “akwaamba aandinjila kumoyo.”
^ Naa ambweni, “mumisunta.”
^ Efa yakaleelene amalita aali 22. Amubone Makani Aayungizyidwe B14.
^ Naa “Ngumwi wabasazima uujisi nguzu zyakunununa.”
