RUTHE 2
2
Ruthe o sebetsa masimong a Boase
1Naomi o ne a ena le e mong wa habo monna wa hae. E ne e le monna ya ruileng, wa lelapa labo Elimeleke. Lebitso la hae e ne e le Boase.
2Ruthe wa ba Moabe a re ho Naomi: “Ntumelle ke ye masimong, ke yo kgwahlapisa koro tshimong ya ya ka nkgauhelang.”
Naomi a re ho yena: “Eya, ngwanaka.”
3Ruthe a ya, a fihla a kgwahlapisa tshimong, a setse bakotudi morao. Ka lehlohonolo a kena tshimong eo e leng ya Boase, eo e neng e le wa morabe wabo Elimeleke. 4Boase a fihla moo, a etswa Betlelehema, a re ho bakotudi: “Morena a be le lona!”
Bona ba re ho yena: “Morena a o hlohonolofatse.”
5Jwale Boase a botsa mohlanka wa hae, ya okametseng bakotudi, a re: “Ke moradi wa mang eo?”
6Mohlanka a mo araba, a re: “Ke ngwanana wa ba Moabe, ya tlileng le Naomi ha a ne a kgutla naheng ya Moabe. 7Ngwanana enwa o ile a nkopa, a re: ‘Ako ntumelle ke sale bakotudi morao, ke kgwahlapise, mme ke bokelle koro e pakeng tsa mangata.’ O ile a tla he, mme haesale a kgwahlapisa ho tloha hoseng, ho fihlela jwale; ke hona a sa itseng kgefu hanyenyane ka lephepheng!”
8Boase a re ho Ruthe: “Mamela mona, ngwanaka: O se ke wa ya kgwahlapisa tshimong e nngwe, mme o se ke wa tloha mona. O sebetse mona le makgabunayne ana a ka. 9O shebe feela tshimo eo a e kotulang, o a sale morao. Ke laetse bahlanka ba ka hore ba se ke ba o tshwenya. Ha o nyorilwe, o ye dinkgong, mme o nwe metsi a kgilweng ke bahlanka ba ka.”
10Ruthe a itihela fatshe ka sefahleho, a isa hlompho, a re ho Boase: “Ke ka baka lang ha o nkgauhetse, mme o nketse hloko, athe ke moditjhaba?”
11Boase a mo araba, a re: “Ke boleletswe tsohle tseo o di etseditseng matsalao, haesale monna wa hao a eshwa. Ke boleletswe le kamoo o tlohetseng ntatao le mmao kateng, le naha eo o tswaletsweng ho yona, wa tla setjhabeng seo pele ho mona, o neng o sa se tsebe. 12Morena a ke a o putse ka baka la tseo o di entseng. Morena Modimo wa Iseraele, eo o tshabetseng katlasa mapheo a hae, a ke a o nee moputso o phethahetseng.”
13Ruthe a re: “Ako nkgauhele, morena ka; o ntshedisitse, mme o buile ka mosa ho lekgabunyane la hao, le hoja ke sa tshwane le le leng la makgabunyane ana a hao.”
14Ka nako ya dijo Boase a re ho yena: “Tloo kwano, o tlo ja bohobe, o bo qopetse ka veineng e bohla.” Ruthe a dula le bakotudi, mme Boase a mo fa koro e hadikilweng. A ja, a kgora, a ba a di siya.
15Eitse ha e ema ho boela a kgwahlapisa, Boase a laela bahlanka ba hae, a re: “Le mo tlohele a kgwahlapise le hara mangata, mme le se ke la mo thibela. 16Le qhalanye maqhawana a mang ka boomo, le a tlohele, a tle a a kgwahlapise, mme le se ke la mo omanya.”
17A kgwahlapisa jwalo masimong, ho fihlela ka phirimana. Yaba o pola hoo a ho kgwahlapisitseng, mme koro eo ya etsa dikilo tse leshome. 18A nka koro eo a e kgwahlapisitseng, a ya motseng wa habo, a bontsha matsalae seo a se kgwahlapisitseng. A mo fa le dijo tse ileng tsa sala ha a eja dijo tsa motsheare.
19Matsalae a re ho yena: “Kajeno o tswa kgwahlapisa kae? O ne o sebetsa kae? Ho ke ho hlohonolofatswe monna ya ileng a o hlokomela.”
Ruthe a bolella matsalae hore na eo a neng a sebetsa ho yena ke mang, a re: “Lebitso la monna eo ke neng ke sebetsa ho yena kajeno ke Boase.”
20Yaba Naomi o re ho ngwetsi ya hae: “Morena ya hauhelang ba phelang le ba shweleng a ke a mo hlohonolofatse.” Naomi a eketsa, a re ho yena: “Monna eo ke seng le rona, re tswalana le yena.”
21Jwale Ruthe wa Moabe a re: “O bile a re ho nna: ‘O sebetse le bahlanka ba ka ho fihlela ba qeta ho hela koro ya ka.’ ”
22Naomi a re ho ngwetsi ya hae, Ruthe: “Ho molemo ngwanaka, hore o yo sebetsa le makgabunyane ao a hae, esere ba o tshwenya ha o ka ya tshimong ya e mong.”
23Ka mokgwa o jwalo Ruthe a nna a kgwahlapisa le makgabunyane a Boase ho fihlela ho qetwa ho helwa harese le koro. Ruthe a nna a dula le matsalae.
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