¹Zvino Naomi, vamwene vake, akati kwaari, Mwanasikana wangu, handifaniri kukutsvakira zororo, kuti ufare here?

¹Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?

²Zvino Bhowasi, kwawakanga uri kuvasikana vake, haizi hama yedu here? Tarira iye ucharudza bhari madekwana ano paburiro.

²Now isn’t Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens you were? Behold, he winnows barley tonight in the threshing floor.

³Zvino chizvishambidza, uzore mafuta, ufuke nguvo dzako, ndokuburukira kuburiro, asi usazviratidza kumurume uyo, kusvikira apedza kudya nokumwa.

³Therefore wash yourself, anoint yourself, get dressed, and go down to the threshing floor, but don’t make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.

⁴Zvino kana iye achindovata, iwe unofanira kucherechedza paanondovata, ugoenda wondofukura tsoka dzake, wovatapo pasi; iye achakuudza zvauchafanira kuita.

⁴It shall be, when he lies down, that you shall mark the place where he shall lie, and you shall go in, and uncover his feet, and lay down; then he will tell you what you shall do.”

⁵Akati kwaari, Zvose zvamunondiudza ndichazviita.

⁵She said to her, “All that you say I will do.”

⁶Ipapo akaburukira kuburiro, akandoita zvose zvaakanga arairwa navamwene vake.

⁶She went down to the threshing floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law told her.

⁷Zvino Bhowasi wakati apedza kudya nokumwa, moyo wake ukafara, akandovata pamucheto womurwi wezviyo; ipapo iye akanyatsosvika, akafukura tsoka dzake, ndokuvata pasi.

⁷When Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. She came softly, uncovered his feet, and laid her down.

⁸Pakati pousiku murume akavhunduka, akapinduka, onei mukadzi avete patsoka dzake.

⁸It happened at midnight, that the man was startled and turned himself; and behold, a woman lay at his feet.

⁹Akati, Ndiwe aniko? Akapindura akati, Ndini Rute, murandakadzi wenyu; fukidzai murandakadzi wenyu nenguvo yenyu, nekuti muri hama yomumba.

⁹He said, “Who are you?” She answered, “I am Ruth your handmaid. Therefore spread your skirt over your handmaid; for you are a near kinsman.”

¹⁰Ipapo iye akati, Uropafadzwe naJehovha, mwanasikana wangu, nekuti pakupedzisira wakaita nokunaka kupfuura pakutanga; nekuti hauna kutevera majaya, kunyange aiva varombo kana vafumi.

¹⁰He said, “Blessed are you by Yahweh, my daughter. You have shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as you didn’t follow young men, whether poor or rich.

¹¹Zvino mwanasikana wangu, usatya hako; ndichakuitira zvose sezvaunotaura; nekuti vose veguta rangu vanoziva kuti uri mukadzi wakanaka kwazvo.

¹¹Now, my daughter, don’t be afraid; I will do to you all that you say; for all the city of my people does know that you are a worthy woman.

¹²Zvino zvirokwazvo kuti ini ndiri hama yomumba, asi kune imwe hama iri pedo kupfuura ini.

¹²Now it is true that I am a near kinsman; however there is a kinsman nearer than I.

¹³Vata hako usiku hwuno; zvino mangwana, kana iye achida kukuitira zvinofanira kuitwa nehama, ndizvo hazvo; ngaaite zvinofanira kuitwa nehama; asi kana asingadi kukuitira zvinofanira kuitwa nehama, ini ndichakuitira zvinofanira kuitwa nehama, ndinopika naJehovha mupenyu; chivata hako kusvikira mangwana.

¹³Stay this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform for you the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part. But if he will not do the part of a kinsman for you, then will I do the part of a kinsman for you, as Yahweh lives. Lie down until the morning.”

¹⁴Iye akavata patsoka dzake kusvikira mangwanani, akamuka vanhu vachigere kunatsoona. nekuti wakati, Ngazvirege kuzikamwa, kuti mukadzi wakauya paburiro.

¹⁴She lay at his feet until the morning. She rose up before one could discern another. For he said, “Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”

¹⁵Akati, Uya nenguvo yawakafuka, uibate, akaibata, iye akayera zviyero zvitanhatu zvebhari, akamutakudza akapinda muguta.

¹⁵He said, “Bring the mantle that is on you, and hold it.” She held it; and he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her; and he went into the city.

¹⁶Zvino wakati achisvika kuna vamwene vake, ivo vakati, Zvazodiniko mwana wangu? Akavaudza zvose zvaakanga aitirwa nomurume uya.

¹⁶When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, “How did it go, my daughter?” She told her all that the man had done to her.

¹⁷Akati, Iye wandipa zviyero izvi zvitanhatu zvebhari, nekuti wakati, Usaenda kuna vamwene vako usina chinhu.

¹⁷She said, “He gave me these six measures of barley; for he said, ‘Don’t go empty to your mother-in-law.’”

¹⁸Zvino vakati, Chigara hako, mwana wangu, kusvikira waona mugumo weshoko iri, nekuti murume uyu haangazorori kusvikira apedza shoko iri nhasi.

¹⁸Then she said, “Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he has finished the thing this day.”