¹Zvino Naomi wakange ane hama yomurume wake, murume wakange ane simba nefuma, weimba yaErimereki, wainzi Bhowasi.

¹And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

²Rute muMoabhu akati kuna Naomi, Nditenderei ndiende kumunda, ndindounganidza hura dzezviyo shure kwaiye unondinzwira nyasha. Akati kwaari, Enda hako, mwana wangu.

²And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

³Iye akaenda, akandounganidza pamunda achitevera vacheki; akava neropa rakanaka kuti wakasvika pamunda waBhowasi weimba yaErimereki.

³And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

⁴Zvino vonei, Bhowasi wakabva Bheterehemu, akati kuvacheki, Jehovha ave nemi. Ivo vakapindura, vakati kwaari, Jehovha akuropafadzeiwo.

⁴And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.

⁵Bhowasi akati kumuranda wake wakange ari mutariri wavacheki, Musikana uyu ndowaaniko?

⁵Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?

⁶Muranda, wakange ari mutariri wavacheki, akapindura akati, Ndiye musikana muMoabhu, wakadzoka naNaomi vachibva kunyika yaMoabhu,

⁶And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:

⁷iye akati, Nditendereiwo ndiunganidze, ndinonge shure kwavacheki pakati pezvisote, naizvozvo akauya, akaswerapo kubva mangwanani kusvikira zvino, asi wakagara mumba nguva duku.

⁷And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.

⁸Ipapo Bhowasi akati kuna Rute, Chinzwa hako, mwanasikana wangu. Usandounganidza kunomumwe munda, uye usabva pano, asi urambire pano kuvasikana vangu.

⁸Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:

⁹Meso ako ngaarambe achitarira munda wavanocheka, newe uvatevere; ndakaraira majaya angu kuti varege kukutambudza. Kana ukanzwa nyota, enda hako kumidziyo, umwe mvura yakatekwa namajaya.

⁹Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

¹⁰Ipapo akawira pasi nechiso chake, akakotamira pasi, akati kwaari, Ndanzwirwa nyasha nemwi neiko, kuti muve nehanya neni, zvandiri mutorwa hangu?

¹⁰Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

¹¹Bhowasi akapindura akati kwaari, Ndakaziviswa zvose zvawakaitira vamwene vako kubva pakufa komurume wako, kuti wakasiya baba vako namai vako nenyika kwawakaberekerwa, ukauya kuvanhu vawakanga usingazivi kare.

¹¹And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been showed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.

¹²Jehovha ngaakuripire sezvawakabata, upiwe mubayiro wakakwana naJehovha Mwari waIsiraeri, wawakauya kuzovanda pasi pamapapiro ake.

¹²The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

¹³Iye akati, Ndinzwirwe hangu nyasha nemi, ishe wangu, nekuti makandinyaradza, mukataura zvakanaka nomurandakadzi wenyu, kunyange ndisina kufanana nomumwe wavarandakadzi venyu.

¹³Then she said, Let me find favor in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

¹⁴Nenguva yokudya Bhowasi akati kwaari, Uya pano, udye chingwa, usevere musuva wako muvhiniga. Iye akagara navacheki, ivo vakamugamuchidza zviyo zvakakangwa, akadya, akaguta, akasiya zvimwe.

¹⁴And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.

¹⁵Zvino wakati asimuka kuzounganidza zviyo, Bhowasi akaraira majaya ake, akati, Ngaaunganidze hake kunyange napakati pezvisote, musamudzivisa.

¹⁵And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:

¹⁶Mumuvhomorerewo dzimwe hura maune patsama, mudzisiye, aunganidze hake, musamutuka.

¹⁶And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

¹⁷Naizvozvo akaunganidza pamunda kusvikira madekwana; akandopura zvaakaunganidza, zvikavavarira kusvika efa imwe yebhari.

¹⁷So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

¹⁸Akazvisimudza, ndokupinda muguta; vamwene vake vakaona zvaakanga aunganidza; akabudisawo zvakanga zvasara aguta hake, akavapawo.

¹⁸And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.

¹⁹Ipapo vamwene vake vakati kwaari, Wandounganidzepiko nhasi? Wandobata basa kupiko? Iye wakava nehanya newe ngaaropafadzwe.

¹⁹And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she showed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.

²⁰Naomi akati kumukadzi womwana wake, Ngaaropafadzwe naJehovha, iye usina kubvisa tsitsi dzake kuvapenyu navakafa. Naomi akati kwaari, Murume uyu ihama yedu yomumba, mumwe wavadzikunuri vedu.

²⁰And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.

²¹Rute muMoabhu akati, hongu, wakati kwandiri, Unofanira kurambira kumajaya angu, kusvikira vapedza kukohwa zvose zvangu.

²¹And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.

²²Naomi akati kuna Rute, mukadzi womwana wake, Zvakanaka mwana wangu, kuti uende navasikana vake, urege kuonekwa kune mumwe munda.

²²And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.

²³Naizvozvo akarambira kuvasikana vaBhowasi, akaunganidza kusvikira pakupera kokuchekwa kwebhari nokuchekwa kwezviyo; akagara navamwene vake.

²³So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.