URUTE 3
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URute noBhowazi eselelweni
1UNawomi unosokanakhe wathi kuye: “Ndodakazami, kungaba njani nange ngingakufunela ikhaya lapha uzakuhlala khona ngokuzigedla na? 2Nje-ke uBhowazi obugade usebenza neencekukazi zakhe lo, kazi usihlobo sethu. Ntambama uzabe ayela ibhali eselelweni. 3Qopha, uzithela ngamakha weqele ngezambatho zakho zakanokutjho bese wehlela ngeselelweni. Kodwana kungabi nokubonako abe aqede ukudla nokusela. 4Kuthi lokha nakayokulala uqalisise bona ulelephi. Ufike wembule iinyawo zakhe ungene ulale. Uzakutjela-ke yena bonyana wenzeni.” 5URute wamphendula wathi: “Ngizakwenza koke okutjhoko.”
6Mbala wehlela ngeselelweni wafese wenza njengombana unosokanakhe amtjelile. 7Kuthe uBhowazi sele aqedile ukudla nokusela, sele athokozile wayokulala eqadi komidi. URute wananabela kuye, wafika wembula iinyawo zakhe wangena walala.
8Phakathi kobusuku indoda le yarurhuluka yahlala. Madekhethu, nangumfazi alele eenyaweni zayo! 9Yabuza yathi: “Ungubani?” URute wathi: “Ngimi incekukazakho, uRute. Yewungembulele amabhayi ngombana wena umhlengi.” 10UBhowazi wathi: “Ubusisiwe kuSomnini wena ndodakazami, ukwethembeka okubonakalisileko nje kudlula kwaphambili. Azange ugijime ngemuva kwamasokana anjingileko nanyana adududu. 11Yeke ungesabi, ndodakazami; ngizokwenzela koke okubawako. Zoke iinhlobo zami emzinapha ziyazi bonyana umfazi ovuthiweko. 12Iye, kuliqiniso bona ngimhlengi, kodwana kukhona nokho umhlengi oseduze kunami. 13Hlala nami kilobubusuku, nange afuna ukukungena kusasa kulungile angakungena. Kodwana nange angaphumeleli ngiyafunga phambi kwakaSomnini mina ngizakuhlenga. Lala la bekuse.”
14Walala-ke eenyaweni zakhe bekwaba setathakusa. Wavuka ngesamarimarima ngombana uBhowazi wathi: “Kungakhe kungazeka bonyana bekunomfazi eselelwena.” 15UBhowazi wathi kuye: “Letha itjali oyimbetheko leyo bese uyayikhongozela.” Wakhongozela-ke uRute, uBhowazi wathela iinlinganiso zebhali ezingaphezu kopumpana; wamthwesa. Wabuyela emzini.
16URute nakafikako, unosokanakhe uNawomi wambuza wathi: “Ukhambe njani, ndodakazami?”
Wamdembela koke uBhowazi amenzele khona. 17Wangezelela ngokuthi: “Ungiphe neenlinganiso zebhali ezingaphezu kopumpana wathi, ‘Ungabuyeli kunosokanakho umkhono ze.’ ” 18UNawomi wathi: “Akhe ujame ndodakazami, uqalelele bonyana kuzokwenzekani ngombana indoda le angeze yazigedla kungakadluli indaba le namhlanjesi.”
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