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 among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. 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 the portion of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the family 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, Jehovah be with you. And they answered him, Jehovah 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, Let me glean, I pray you, and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, save 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 pass 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 favor in thy sight, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner?

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 thy husband; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people that thou knewest not heretofore.

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

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

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 kindly unto thy handmaid, though I be not as one of thy 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 at meal-time Boaz said unto her, Come hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers, and they reached her parched grain, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left thereof.

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 also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, 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 she beat out that which 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 which she had left 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 hast thou wrought? 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 Jehovah, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is nigh of kin unto us, one of our near kinsmen.

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

²¹And Ruth the Moabitess said, Yea, he said unto me, 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, and 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 she dwelt with her mother-in-law.