UGWA­LO

LU­KA­RU­THE

URu­the lo­Na­wo­mi

1Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ensu­kwi­ni aba­hlu­le­lia aba­hlu­le­la nga­zo kwa­ba kho­na indla­lab eli­zwe­ni. Umu­ntu we­Bhe­the­le­he­ma-Ju­dac wa­se­ha­mba uku­ya­hla­la nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Mo­wa­bi, ye­na lo­mka­khe la­ma­do­da­na akhe ama­bi­li.

2 Nja­lo ibi­zo la­lo­wo­mu­ntu la­li­nguE­li­me­le­ki, le­bi­zo lo­mka­khe la­li­ngu­Na­wo­mi, le­bi­zo la­ma­do­da­na akhe ama­bi­li la­li­ngu­Ma­he­lo­ni lo­Ki­li­yo­ni, amaE­fra­thad eBhe­the­le­he­ma-Ju­da. Ba­se­be­si­za eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Mo­wa­bie, ba­ba kho­na.

3 UE­li­me­le­ki umka­Na­wo­mi wa­se­si­fa, wa­se­tshi­ywa ye­na la­ma­do­da­na akhe wo­ma­bi­li.

4 Ase­zi­tha­the­la aba­fa­zi ama­Mo­wa­bi­ka­zi, ibi­zo lo­mu­nye la­li­nguO­pha, le­bi­zo lo­mu­nye la­li­ngu­Ru­the. Ba­se­be­hla­la kho­na pho­se imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi.

5 Ba­se­be­si­fa la­bo bo­ba­bi­li oMa­he­lo­ni lo­Ki­li­yo­ni; owe­si­fa­za­na wa­se­tshi­ywa nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­khe bo­ba­bi­li la­yi­ndo­da ya­khe.

6 Wa­se­su­ku­ma ye­na la­bo­ma­lo­ka­za­na ba­khe wa­bu­ye­la esu­ka ese­li­zwe­ni la­ko­Mo­wa­bi, ngo­ba wa­ye­se­zwi­le eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Mo­wa­bi uku­thi iNko­si iha­mbe­le aba­ntu ba­yof ngo­ku­ba­ni­ka uku­dlag.

7 Nga­kho wa­phu­ma enda­we­ni la­pho aye­kho­na la­bo­ma­lo­ka­za­na ba­khe bo­ba­bi­li ka­nye la­ye, ba­ha­mba endle­le­ni uku­bu­ye­la eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Ju­da.

8 UNa­wo­mi wa­se­si­thi ku­bo­ma­lo­ka­za­na ba­khe bo­ba­bi­li: Ha­mba­ni li­bu­ye­le ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo endli­ni ka­ni­na; iNko­si ka­yi­le­nze­le umu­sah nje­ngo­ba le­nza kwa­ba­fi­le­yoi la­ki­mi.

9 INko­si ka­yi­li­ni­ke uku­thi li­tho­le uku­phu­mu­laj, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo endli­ni yo­mka­khe. Wa­se­ba­nga, ba­se­be­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi la­bo ba­kha­la inye­mbe­zi.

10 Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Isi­bi­li, si­za­bu­ye­la la­we eba­ntwi­ni ba­ki­ni.

11 Ko­dwa uNa­wo­mi wa­thi: Bu­ye­la­ni, ma­do­da­ka­zi ami, li­za­ha­mbe­la­ni la­mi? Ka­mbe ngi­se­la­ma­do­da­na esi­swi­ni sa­mi uku­thi abe ngo­mke­nuk?

12 Bu­ye­la­ni, ma­do­da­ka­zi ami, zi­ha­mbe­le­ni, ngo­ba se­ngi­mda­la ka­khu­lu uku­thi ngi­be le­ndo­da. Lo­ba ngi­nga­thi ngi­le­the­mba lo­ku­thi la­mi nga­lo­bu­bu­su­ku ngi­be le­ndo­da, nja­lo ngi­za­le ama­do­da­na,

13 be­li­nga­wa­li­nde­la yi­ni aze akhu­le? Be­li­nga­zi­vi­mbe­la li­nga­bi le­ndo­da yi­ni? Ha­tshi, ma­do­da­ka­zi ami, ngo­ba ku­ya­ba­ba ka­khu­lu ki­mi ku­la­ki­ni uku­thi isa­ndla se­Nko­si si­phu­me uku­me­la­na la­mil.

14 Ba­se­be­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi la­bo ba­kha­la inye­mbe­zi fu­thi. UO­pha wa­se­ma­nga uni­na­za­la, ko­dwa uRu­the wa­na­ma­the­la ku­ye.

15 Wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, umka­mfo­we­nu use­bu­ye­le eba­ntwi­ni ba­ki­bo la­ku­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu ba­khe; bu­ye­la umla­nde­le umka­mfo­we­num.

16 Ko­dwa uRu­the wa­thi: Unga­ngi­nce­ngi uku­thi ngi­ku­tshi­ye, ngi­bu­ye­le ngi­ye­ke­le uku­ku­la­nde­la; ngo­ba la­pho oya kho­na, ngi­za­ku­ya kho­na, la­la­pho ola­la kho­na, ngi­za­la­la kho­na. Aba­ntu ba­kho ba­nga­ba­ntu ba­min, lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ungu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi;

17 la­pho oza­fe­la kho­na, ngi­za­fe­la kho­na, ngi­ngcwa­tshe­lwe la­pho. INko­si ka­ye­nze nja­lo ki­mio ngo­ku­nja­lo ye­nge­ze­le­le, ngo­ba yi­ku­fa ku­phe­la oku­za­kwe­hlu­ka­ni­sa pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­we.

18 Kwa­thi ese­bo­ni­le uku­thi uzi­mi­se­lep uku­ha­mba la­ye wa­se­ye­ke­la uku­khu­lu­ma ku­ye.

19 Ba­se­be­ha­mba bo­ba­bi­li ba­ze ba­fi­ka eBhe­the­le­he­ma. Kwa­se­ku­si­thi se­be­fi­ki­le eBhe­the­le­he­ma umu­zi wo­nke wa­ya­lu­ze­la nge­nxa ya­boq, ba­thi: Lo ngu­Na­wo­mi yi­ni?

20 Wa­se­si­thi ki­bo: Li­nga­ngi­bi­zi ngo­ku­thi Na­wo­mi, li­ngi­bi­ze ngo­ku­thi Ma­ra; ngo­ba uSo­ma­ndla ungi­phe­the ngo­ku­ba­ba oku­khu­lur.

21 Mi­na nga­su­ka ngi­gcwe­le, nja­lo iNko­si ingi­bu­yi­se ngi­nge­la­lu­thos. Li­ngi­bi­ze­la­ni ngo­ku­thi Na­wo­mi lo­khu iNko­si ifa­ka­ze ime­la­ne la­mi, lo­So­ma­ndla ungi­hlu­phi­le?

22 Wa­bu­ye­la ngo­ku­nja­lo uNa­wo­mi lo­Ru­the umMo­wa­bi­ka­zi uma­lo­ka­za­na wa­khe ka­nye la­ye, owa­bu­ye­la eve­la eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Mo­wa­bi. Bo­na-ke ba­fi­ka eBhe­the­le­he­ma eku­qa­li­se­ni kwe­si­vu­no se­bha­li*t.

URu­the ukho­tho­za ema­si­mi­ni ka­Bho­wa­zi

2Nja­lo uNa­wo­mi wa­ye­le­si­hlo­bo so­mka­khea, umu­ntu oli­qha­we ono­thi­le­yo owo­se­ndo lu­kaE­li­me­le­ki, le­bi­zo la­khe la­li­ngu­Bho­wa­zib.

2 URu­the umMo­wa­bi­ka­zi wa­se­si­thi ku­Na­wo­mi: Ake ngi­ye ema­si­mi­ni, ngi­ye­kho­tho­za okwe­zi­khwe­bu nge­mva kwa­lo­wo engi­za­tho­la umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni akhec. Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ha­mba, ndo­da­ka­zi ya­mi.

3 Wa­se­ha­mba wa­fi­ka wa­kho­tho­za ensi­mi­ni nge­mva kwa­ba­vu­ni. Wa­qa­bu­ka efi­ka ku­ngxe­nye ye­nsi­mu ka­Bho­wa­zi owa­ye­ngo­wo­se­ndo lu­kaE­li­me­le­ki.

4 Kha­nge­la-ke, uBho­wa­zi wa­fi­ka eve­la eBhe­the­le­he­ma, wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­vu­ni: INko­si ibe la­nid. Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: INko­si iku­bu­si­se.

5 UBho­wa­zi wa­se­si­thi ence­kwi­ni ya­khe eya­yi­be­kwe phe­zu kwa­ba­vu­ni: Le yi­nto­mbi ka­ba­ni?

6 Ince­ku eya­yi­be­kwe phe­zu kwa­ba­vu­ni ya­si­phe­ndu­la ya­thi: Yi­nto­mbi umMo­wa­bi­ka­zi eya­bu­ya lo­Na­wo­mi eve­la eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Mo­wa­bie.

7 Ya­si­si­thi: Ake ngi­kho­tho­ze ngi­bu­the pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­thu­ngo nge­mva kwa­ba­vu­ni. Nga­kho ifi­ki­le, iqhu­be­ki­le ku­su­ke­la eku­se­ni ku­ze ku­be kha­the­si; lo­ku­hla­la kwa­yo endli­ni ku­nci­nya­ne.

8 UBho­wa­zi wa­se­si­thi ku­Ru­the: Ka­wu­zwa yi­ni, ndo­da­ka­zi ya­mi? Unga­yi­kho­tho­za kwe­nye insi­mu, fu­thi unge­dlu­li usu­ke la­pha, ko­dwa una­ma­the­le la­pha ema­nto­mba­za­ne­ni ami.

9 Ame­hlo akho ka­wa­be se­nsi­mi­ni ayi­vu­na­yo, uwa­la­nde­le. Angi­thi ngi­wa­la­yi­le ama­ja­ha uku­thi anga­ku­thi­nti. Nxa usu­wo­mi­le uye ezi­mbi­ze­ni, una­the ku­lo­khu ama­ja­ha aku­khi­le­yo.

10 Kho­na wa­thi mbo ngo­bu­sof ba­khe wa­kho­tha­me­la emhla­ba­thi­ni, wa­thi ku­ye: Ngi­tho­le­la­ni umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni akho uku­thi ungi­na­nze lo­khu ngi­ngo­we­zi­zwe­ni?

11 UBho­wa­zi wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: Ku­tshe­ngi­si­we lo­ku­tshe­ngi­swa ki­mi ko­nke owa­kwe­nze­la unyo­ko­za­la emva ko­ku­fa kwe­ndo­da ya­khog, uku­thi utshi­ye uyi­hlo lo­nyo­ko le­li­zwe lo­ku­za­lwa kwa­kho, we­za eba­ntwi­ni owa­wu­nga­ba­zi nga­pha­mbi­li.

12 INko­si ka­yi­wu­vu­ze umse­be­nzi wa­khoh, se­nga­thi umvu­zo wa­kho ophe­le­le­yo ka­wu­ve­le eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, oze nga­pha­nsi kwe­mpi­ko za­yo uku­phe­phe­lai.

13 Wa­se­si­thi: Ake ngi­tho­le umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni akhoj, nko­si ya­mi, ngo­ba ungi­du­du­zi­le, nja­lo ngo­ba ukhu­lu­me enhli­zi­ywe­ni ye­nce­ku­ka­zi ya­kho, la­nxa mi­na ngi­nge­nje­nge­nye ye­nce­ku­ka­zi za­khok.

14 UBho­wa­zi wa­thi ku­ye: Nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­dla so­nde­la la­pha, udle okwe­si­nkwa, utshe­be uce­zu lwa­kho ku­vi­ni­gal. Nga­kho wa­hla­la ece­le­ni kwa­ba­vu­ni, wa­se­mkha­nge­za ama­be­le akha­nzi­ngi­we­yo; wa­dla wa­su­tham wa­tshi­ya.

15 Kwa­thi esu­ku­ma uku­kho­tho­za, uBho­wa­zi wa­la­ya ama­ja­ha akhe esi­thi: Mye­ke­le­ni uku­thi akho­tho­ze la­pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­thu­ngo, li­nga­mya­ngi­si,

16 la­ye li­mhwa­tshe­le-ke nga­bo­mu oku­nye ezi­nya­nde­ni, li­ku­tshi­ye uku­ze aku­kho­tho­ze, li­nga­mkhu­zi.

17 Wa­kho­tho­za-ke ensi­mi­ni kwa­ze kwa­hlwa. Wa­bhu­la lo­kho aye­ku­kho­tho­zi­le, kwa­ba pho­se yi-e­fan ye­bha­li*.

18 Wa­ku­thwa­la wa­nge­na emzi­ni, lo­ni­na­za­la wa­bo­na aku­kho­tho­zi­le­yo; wa­khu­pha wa­mni­ka aku­tshi­ya ese­su­thio.

19 Uni­na­za­la wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ubu­kho­tho­za nga­phi la­mu­hla? Use­be­nze nga­phi? Ka­bu­si­swe lo­wo oku­na­nze­le­le­yop. Wa­se­mtshe­la uni­na­za­la uku­thi use­be­nze ko­ba­ni, wa­thi: Ibi­zo la­lo­wo­mu­ntu engi­se­be­nze ku­ye la­mu­hla ngu­Bho­wa­zi.

20 UNa­wo­mi wa­se­si­thi ku­ma­lo­ka­za­na wa­khe: Ka­bu­si­swe yi­Nko­siq enga­ye­ke­la­nga umu­sa wa­yo kwa­ba­phi­la­yo la­kwa­ba­fi­le­yor. UNa­wo­mi wa­thi ku­ye: Lo­wo­mu­ntu uyi­si­hlo­bo se­thu esi­se­du­ze ki­thi, ongo­mu­nye wa­ba­hle­ngi be­thu.

21 URu­the umMo­wa­bi­ka­zi wa­se­si­thi: Ngo­ba la­ye uthe ki­mi: Uza­na­ma­the­la ema­ja­he­nis engi­la­wo aze aqe­de so­nke isi­vu­no engi­la­so.

22 UNa­wo­mi wa­se­si­thi ku­Ru­the uma­lo­ka­za­na wa­khe: Ku­hle, ndo­da­ka­zi ya­mi, uku­thi uphu­me la­ma­nto­mba­za­nat akhe, hle­zi ba­ku­hla­nga­be­ze kwe­nye insi­mu.

23 Wa­se­na­ma­the­la ema­nto­mba­za­ne­ni ka­Bho­wa­zi, ekho­tho­za kwa­ze kwa­phe­la isi­vu­no se­bha­li* le­si­vu­no se­ngqo­lo­yi. Wa­se­hla­la lo­ni­na­za­la.

UBho­wa­zi uvu­ma uku­ba ngu­mhle­ngi

3UNa­wo­mi uni­na­za­la wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ndo­da­ka­zi ya­mi, ngi­nga­ku­di­nge­li uku­phu­mu­laa yi­ni uku­ze ku­be ku­hle ku­we?

2 Nga­kho-ke uBho­wa­zi ayi­su­ye we­zi­hlo­bob ze­thu yi­ni, obu­la­ma­nto­mba­za­na akhec? Kha­nge­la, we­la ibha­li* eba­le­ni lo­ku­bhu­le­la nga­lo­bu­bu­su­ku.

3 Nga­kho ge­za uzi­gco­bed, ugqo­ke ise­mba­tho sa­kho, we­hle­le eba­le­ni lo­ku­bhu­le­la; unga­zi­ve­zi endo­de­ni ize iqe­de uku­dla lo­ku­na­tha.

4 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke la­pho ese­la­la, uqa­phe­li­se inda­wo ala­la ki­yo, unge­ne, ubu­su­se­mbu­la inya­wo za­khe, ula­le pha­nsi; ye­na-ke uza­ku­tshe­la oza­kwe­nza.

5 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ko­nke oku­tsho­yo ki­mi ngi­za­kwe­nza.

6 Wa­se­se­hle­la eba­le­ni lo­ku­bhu­le­la, we­nza nje­nga­kho ko­nke aye­mla­ye kho­na uni­na­za­la.

7 Kwa­thi uBho­wa­zi ese­dli­le wa­na­tha, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe ya­tho­ko­zae, wa­ya­la­la pha­nsi eku­ci­ne­ni kwe­nqu­mbi ya­ma­be­le. URu­the wa­se­nye­nyaf, we­mbu­la inya­wo za­khe, wa­la­la pha­nsi.

8 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi pha­ka­thi ko­bu­su­ku indo­da ye­thu­ka, ya­phe­ndu­ka, kha­nge­la-ke owe­si­fa­za­na ele­le enya­we­ni za­yo.

9 Ya­thi: Ungu­ba­ni? Wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­ngu­Ru­the ince­ku­ka­zi ya­kho; nga­kho ye­ndla­la umphe­tho we­se­mba­tho sa­kho phe­zu kwe­nce­ku­ka­zi ya­khog, ngo­ba ungu­mhle­ngi.

10 Ya­si­si­thi: Ka­wu­bu­si­swe yi­Nko­sih, ndo­da­ka­zi ya­mi, usu­we­nze umu­sa wa­kho ube mkhu­lu eku­ci­ne­ni ku­lo­wo­ku­qa­lai, nje­ngo­ba unga­la­nde­la­nga ama­ja­ha lo­ba anga­ba­ya­nga lo­ba ano­thi­le­yo.

11 Nga­kho-ke, ndo­da­ka­zi ya­mi, unge­sa­bi, ngi­za­kwe­nze­la ko­nke oku­tsho­yo, ngo­ba umu­zi wo­nke wa­ba­ntu ba­ki­thi uya­zi uku­thi ungo­we­si­fa­za­na oqo­thoj.

12 Ye­bo-ke, si­bi­li, ku­li­qi­ni­so uku­thi ngi­yi­si­hlo­bo esi­ngu­mhle­ngik, ka­nti-ke ku­kho­na isi­hlo­bo esi­ngu­mhle­ngi esi­se­du­ze ku­la­mil.

13 Hla­la lo­bu­bu­su­ku; ku­za­ku­thi-ke eku­se­ni uba eza­kwe­nza imfa­ne­lo ye­si­hlo­bo esi­ngu­mhle­ngim, ku­lu­ngi­le, ka­ku­hle­nge; ko­dwa uba enga­tha­ndi uku­ku­hle­nga, mi­na-ke ngi­za­ku­hle­nga, ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­van. La­la ku­ze ku­se.

14 Wa­se­la­la enya­we­ni za­yo kwa­ze kwa­sao; wa­vu­ka omu­nye enga­ka­na­nze­le­li omu­nye. Ya­si­si­thi: Ka­ku­nga­zi­wa uku­thi owe­si­fa­za­na ufi­ki­le eba­le­ni lo­ku­bhu­le­la.

15 Ya­si­si­thi: Le­tha ise­mba­tho osi­gqo­ki­le­yo, usi­ba­mbe; wa­se­si­ba­mba, ya­si­li­nga­ni­sa izi­li­nga­ni­so ezi­yi­si­thu­pha ze­bha­li*, ya­me­the­sa; wa­se­nge­na emzi­ni.

16 Kwa­thi ese­fi­ke ku­ni­na­za­la, wa­thi: Ungu­ba­ni, ndo­da­ka­zi ya­mi? Wa­se­mtshe­la ko­nke indo­da eya­yi­me­nze­le kho­na.

17 Wa­thi: Ingi­phe le­zizi­li­nga­ni­so ezi­yi­si­thu­pha ze­bha­li, ngo­ba ithe ki­mi: Unga­yi ku­nyo­ko­za­la unge­la­lu­tho.

18 Wa­se­si­thi: Hla­lap, ndo­da­ka­zi ya­mi, uze wa­zi uku­thi uda­ba lu­za­phe­tha nja­ni, ngo­ba indo­da ka­yi­yi­ku­phu­mu­la ize ilu­qe­de uda­ba la­mu­hla.

UBho­wa­zi utha­tha uRu­the abe ngu­mka­khe

4UBho­wa­zi wa­se­se­nyu­ke­la esa­ngwe­nia, wa­hla­la pha­nsi la­pho. Kha­nge­la-ke, kwe­dlu­la isi­hlo­bo esi­ngu­mhle­ngi le­so uBho­wa­zi aye­khu­lu­me nga­sob. Wa­se­si­thi: Pha­mbu­ka uhla­le pha­nsi la­pha, we zi­ba­ni­ba­ni. Wa­se­pha­mbu­ka, wa­hla­la pha­nsi.

2 Wa­se­tha­tha ama­do­da ali­tshu­mi eba­da­le­ni bo­mu­zic, wa­thi: Hla­la­ni pha­nsi la­pha. Ase­hla­la pha­nsi.

3 Wa­se­si­thi ku­le­so­si­hlo­bo esi­ngu­mhle­ngi: Isi­qi­nti se­nsi­mu esa­si­nge­so­mfo­we­thu uE­li­me­le­ki, uya­si­the­ngi­sa uNa­wo­mi, ose­bu­yi­le eve­la eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Mo­wa­bi.

4 Nga­kho mi­na ngi­the: Ngi­kwe­mbu­le e­ndle­beni ya­kho ngi­si­thi: Si­the­nged pha­mbi kwa­ba­hla­lie la­pha­mbi kwa­ba­da­la ba­ba­ntu ba­ki­thi. Uba uza­si­hle­nga, si­hle­nge. Ko­dwa uba enge­kho onga­si­hle­nga, ungi­tshe­le, uku­ze nga­zi; ngo­ba enge­kho nga­pha­ndle kwa­kho onga­si­hle­nga, mi­na-ke ngi­la­nde­la we­na. Wa­se­si­thi: Mi­na ngi­za­si­hle­nga.

5 UBho­wa­zi wa­se­si­thi: Mhla uthe­nga insi­mu esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Na­wo­mi, uza­yi­the­nga la­ku­Ru­the umMo­wa­bi­ka­zi, umfa­zi wo­mu­yi, uku­ze umi­se ibi­zo lo­mu­yi eli­fe­ni la­khef.

6 Le­so­si­hlo­bo esi­ngu­mhle­ngi sa­se­si­si­thig: Ngi­nge­ke nga­zi­hle­nge­la so­na, hle­zi ngo­ne ili­fa la­mi. Zi­hle­nge­le we­na ilu­nge­lo la­mi lo­ku­hle­nga, ngo­ba ka­ngi­la­ma­ndla oku­hle­nga.

7 Lo­khu-ke kwa­ku­kho­na ma­ndu­lo koI­sra­ye­li ma­ye­la­na lo­ku­hle­ngah lo­ku­ntshi­ntshai, uku­qi­ni­sa lo­nke uda­ba: umu­ntu akhi­phe inya­the­la la­khe, ali­ni­ke uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe; lo­khu-ke kwa­ku­yi­bu­fa­ka­zi koI­sra­ye­li.

8 Nga­kho isi­hlo­bo esi­ngu­mhle­ngi sa­thi ku­Bho­wa­zi: Zi­the­nge­le yo­na; sa­se­si­khi­pha inya­the­la la­so.

9 UBho­wa­zi wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­da­la la­ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntu: Li­nga­ba­fa­ka­zi la­mu­hla bo­ku­thi ngi­the­ngi­le ko­nke okwa­ku­ngo­ku­kaE­li­me­le­ki la­kho ko­nke okwa­ku­ngo­ku­ka­Ki­li­yo­ni lo­ku­ka­Ma­he­lo­nij esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Na­wo­mi.

10 Lo­Ru­the la­ye umMo­wa­bi­ka­zi, umka­Ma­he­lo­nik, ngi­zi­the­nge­le uku­ze abe ngu­mkami, uku­ze ngi­mi­se ibi­zo li­ka­mu­yi eli­fe­ni la­khel, uku­ze ibi­zo lo­mu­yi li­nga­qu­nywa li­su­ke pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­fo­wa­bo le­sa­ngwe­ni le­nda­wo ya­khe. Li­nga­ba­fa­ka­zi la­mu­hla.

11 Bo­nke aba­ntu aba­be­se­sa­ngwe­ni la­ba­da­la ba­se­be­si­thi: Si­nga­ba­fa­ka­zi; ku­nga­thi iNko­si inga­me­nza lo owe­si­fa­za­na onge­na endli­ni ya­kho abe nje­ngo­Ra­she­li la­nje­ngo­Le­ya aba­kha bo­ba­bi­li indlu kaI­sra­ye­lim. Nja­lo we­nze nga­ma­ndla eE­fra­than, uze­nze­le ibi­zo eBhe­the­le­he­ma,

12 le­ndlu ya­kho ibe nje­nge­ndlu ka­Pe­re­zi uTa­ma­ri amza­le­la uJu­dao, nge­nza­lo iNko­si eza­ku­ni­ka yo­na nga­lo owe­si­fa­za­na omu­tshap.

13 Nga­kho uBho­wa­zi wa­mtha­tha uRu­theq, wa­ba ngu­mka­khe; wa­se­nge­na ku­ye, iNko­si ya­mni­ka uku­thi atha­the isi­sur, wa­za­la indo­da­na.

14 Abe­si­fa­za­na ba­se­be­si­thi ku­Na­wo­mi: Ka­yi­bu­si­swe iNko­sis enga­ku­tshi­ya­nga unge­la­so isi­hlo­bo esi­ngu­mhle­ngi la­mu­hla, uku­thi ibi­zo la­so li­me­nye­ze­lwe koI­sra­ye­li!

15 Uza­ku­ba ku­we ngu­mbu­yi­si we­mpi­lo lo­mo­ndli wo­bu­da­la ba­kho, ngo­ba umze­le uma­lo­ka­za­na wa­kho oku­tha­nda­yo, ongco­no ku­we ku­la­ma­do­da­na ayi­si­kho­mbi­sat.

16 UNa­wo­mi wa­se­mtha­tha umntwa­na, wa­mfa­ka esi­fu­be­ni sa­khe, wa­ba ngu­mli­za­ne wa­khe.

17 Oma­khe­lwa­ne­ka­zi ba­se­be­mu­tha ibi­zou be­si­thi: Ku­le­ndo­da­na eza­le­lwe uNa­wo­miv. Ba­bi­za ibi­zo la­yo uO­be­di; ngu­yi­se ka­Je­se, uyi­se ka­Da­vi­da.

18 La­le­zi yi­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na zi­ka­Pe­re­zi. UPe­re­zi wa­za­la uHe­zi­ro­niw,

19 uHe­zi­ro­ni wa­se­za­la uRa­mu, uRa­mu wa­se­za­la uA­mi­na­da­ba,

20 uA­mi­na­da­ba wa­se­za­la uNa­sho­nix, uNa­sho­ni wa­se­za­la uSa­li­mo­ni,

21 uSa­li­mo­ni wa­se­za­la uBho­wa­zi, uBho­wa­zi wa­se­za­la uO­be­di,

22 uO­be­di wa­se­za­la uJe­se, uJe­se wa­se­za­la uDa­vi­da.