aJosh 20:4
b3:12
c1 Kho 21:8
dLevi 25:25
eGen 23:18
f4:10, 3:13; Dute 25:5
g3:12,13
hDute 25:7,9
iLevi 27:10,13
j1:2,4
k1:2,4
l4:5; Dute 25:6
mDute 25:9
nGen 35:19
oGen 38:29; 1 Lan 2:4; Mat 1:3
p1 Sam 2:20
q3:11
rGen 33:5
sLuka 1:58
t1 Sam 1:8
uLuka 1:59
vGen 50:23
w1 Lan 2:4-15; Mat 1:3-6
xNani 1:7; Eks 6:23

Ruth 4

UBhowazi uthatha uRuthe abe ngumkakhe

1UBhowazi wasesenyukela esangweni a, wahlala phansi lapho. Khangela-ke, kwedlula isihlobo esingumhlengi leso uBhowazi ayekhulume ngaso b. Wasesithi: Phambuka uhlale phansi lapha, we zibanibani. Wasephambuka, wahlala phansi. 2Wasethatha amadoda alitshumi ebadaleni bomuzi c, wathi: Hlalani phansi lapha. Asehlala phansi. 3Wasesithi kulesosihlobo esingumhlengi: Isiqinti sensimu esasingesomfowethu uElimeleki, uyasithengisa uNawomi, osebuyile evela elizweni lakoMowabi. 4Ngakho mina ngithe: Ngikwembule endlebeni yakho ngisithi: Sithenge d phambi kwabahlali e 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. 5UBhowazi wasesithi: Mhla uthenga insimu esandleni sikaNawomi, uzayithenga lakuRuthe umMowabikazi, umfazi womuyi, ukuze umise ibizo lomuyi elifeni lakhe f.

6Lesosihlobo esingumhlengi sasesisithi g: Ngingeke ngazihlengela sona, hlezi ngone ilifa lami. Zihlengele wena ilungelo lami lokuhlenga, ngoba kangilamandla okuhlenga. 7Lokhu-ke kwakukhona mandulo koIsrayeli mayelana lokuhlenga h lokuntshintsha i, ukuqinisa lonke udaba: umuntu akhiphe inyathela lakhe, alinike umakhelwane wakhe; lokhu-ke kwakuyibufakazi koIsrayeli. 8Ngakho isihlobo esingumhlengi sathi kuBhowazi: Zithengele yona; sasesikhipha inyathela laso.

9UBhowazi wasesithi kubadala lakubo bonke abantu: Lingabafakazi lamuhla bokuthi ngithengile konke okwakungokukaElimeleki lakho konke okwakungokukaKiliyoni lokukaMaheloni j esandleni sikaNawomi. 10LoRuthe laye umMowabikazi, umkaMaheloni k, ngizithengele ukuze abe ngumkami, ukuze ngimise ibizo likamuyi elifeni lakhe l, ukuze ibizo lomuyi lingaqunywa lisuke phakathi kwabafowabo lesangweni lendawo yakhe. Lingabafakazi lamuhla. 11Bonke abantu ababesesangweni labadala basebesithi: Singabafakazi; kungathi iNkosi ingamenza lo owesifazana ongena endlini yakho abe njengoRasheli lanjengoLeya abakha bobabili indlu kaIsrayeli m. Njalo wenze ngamandla eEfratha n, uzenzele ibizo eBhethelehema, 12lendlu yakho ibe njengendlu kaPerezi uTamari amzalela uJuda o, ngenzalo iNkosi ezakunika yona ngalo owesifazana omutsha p.

13Ngakho uBhowazi wamthatha uRuthe q, waba ngumkakhe; wasengena kuye, iNkosi yamnika ukuthi athathe isisu r, wazala indodana. 14Abesifazana basebesithi kuNawomi: Kayibusiswe iNkosi s engakutshiyanga ungelaso isihlobo esingumhlengi lamuhla, ukuthi ibizo laso limenyezelwe koIsrayeli! 15Uzakuba kuwe ngumbuyisi wempilo lomondli wobudala bakho, ngoba umzele umalokazana wakho okuthandayo, ongcono kuwe kulamadodana ayisikhombisa t. 16UNawomi wasemthatha umntwana, wamfaka esifubeni sakhe, waba ngumlizane wakhe. 17Omakhelwanekazi basebemutha ibizo u besithi: Kulendodana ezalelwe uNawomi v. Babiza ibizo layo uObedi; nguyise kaJese, uyise kaDavida.

18Lalezi yizizukulwana zikaPerezi. UPerezi wazala uHezironi w, 19uHezironi wasezala uRamu, uRamu wasezala uAminadaba, 20uAminadaba wasezala uNashoni x, uNashoni wasezala uSalimoni, 21uSalimoni wasezala uBhowazi, uBhowazi wasezala uObedi, 22uObedi wasezala uJese, uJese wasezala uDavida.

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