¹Zvino Bhowasi wakakwira kusuwo, akagara pasi; hama yomumba yakanga yarehwa naBhowasi, ndokupfuura napo; akati kwaari, Nhaiwe, tsaukira kuno, ugare pasi. Iye akatsauka, akagara pasi.

¹Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, “Come over here, friend, and sit down!” He turned aside, and sat down.

²Akatora varume gumi kuvakuru veguta, akati, Garai pasi pano. Ivo vakagara pasi.

²He took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here.” They sat down.

³Zvino akati kuhama yomumba, Naomi, uya wakadzoka achibva kunyika yaMoabhu, unoda kutengesa mugove wenyika waiva womunin'ina wedu Erimereki;

³He said to the near kinsman, “Naomi, who has come back out of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s.

⁴ndakati ndichakuudza izvozvo, ndichiti, Chiutenga pamberi pavanhu vagere pano, napamberi pavakuru vavanhu vangu. Kana uchida kuudzikunura, undiudze, chiudzikunura hako, asi kana usingadi kuudzikunura, ndiudze, ndizive, nekuti hakuna ungaudzikunura asi iwe; unokutevera ndini. Akati, Ndichaudzikunura ini.

⁴I thought to disclose it to you, saying, ‘Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people.’ If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know. For there is no one to redeem it besides you; and I am after you.” He said, “I will redeem it.”

⁵Zvino Bhowasi akati, Zuva iro raunotenga munda uyo kuna Naomi, unofanira kuutengawo kuna Rute muMoabhu, mukadzi wowakafa, kuti umutse zita rowakafa panhaka yake.

⁵Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.”

⁶Hama iyo yomumba ikati, Handigoni kuzvidzikunurira uyo, kuti ndirege kutadzira nhaka yangu, chitora hako iwe simba rangu rokudzikunura, nekuti ini handigoni kuudzikunura.

⁶The near kinsman said, “I can’t redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can’t redeem it.”

⁷Zvino iyi ndiyo tsika yakanga iripo kare pakati pavalsiraeri kana vachidzikunura nokutsinhanha, kuti zvose zvisimbiswe. Munhu waibvisa shangu yake, ndokuipa hama yake, ndiwo waiva mutowo wokupupura nawo pavalsiraeri.

⁷Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man took off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the way of attestation in Israel.

⁸Zvino hama iyo yomumba ikati kuna Bhowasi, Chizvitengera hako uyo. Akabvisa shangu yake.

⁸So the near kinsman said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.” He took off his shoe.

⁹Zvino Bhowasi akati kuvakuru nokuvanhu vose, imwi muri zvapupu nhasi, kuti ndatenga kuna Naomi zvose zvaiva zvaErimereki, nezvose zvaiva zvaKirioni nezvaMaroni.

⁹Boaz said to the elders, and to all the people, “You are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, from the hand of Naomi.

¹⁰Ndatengawo Rute muMoabhu, mukadzi waMaroni, kuti ave mukadzi wangu, kuti ndimutse zita rowakafa panhaka yake, zita rowakafa rirege kurova pakati pehama dzake napasuwo renzvimbo yake; imwi muri zvapupu nhasi.

¹⁰Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead not be cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses this day.”

¹¹Zvino vanhu vose vakanga vari pasuwo navakuru vakati, Tiri zvapupu hedu. Jehovha ngaaite mukadzi uyu wauya kumba kwako saRakeri uye saRea, ivo vaviri vakavaka imba yaIsiraeri; newewo uve nesimba paEfurata, ukurumbire paBheterehemu;

¹¹All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.

¹²imba yako ive seimba yaPerezi, wakaberekerwa Judha naTamari, navana vauchapiwa naJehovha kumukadzi uyu uchiri muduku.

¹²Let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which Yahweh shall give you of this young woman.”

¹³Ipapo Bhowasi akawana Rute, akava mukadzi wake, akapinda kwaari, Jehovha akamutoresa mimba, akapona mwanakomana.

¹³So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and Yahweh gave her conception, and she bore a son.

¹⁴Zvino vakadzi vakati kuna Naomi, Jehovha ngaakudzwe, usina kukushaisa hama yomumba nhasi, zita rake rikurumbire pakati paIsiraeri.

¹⁴The women said to Naomi, “Blessed be Yahweh, who has not left you this day without a near kinsman; and let his name be famous in Israel.

¹⁵Uchava kwauri muraramisi woupenyu, nomuriritiri wouchembere hwako; nekuti mukadzi womwana wako uyu, unokuda, unopfuura vanakomana vanomwe kwauri, ndiye wakamubereka.

¹⁵He shall be to you a restorer of life, and sustain you in your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him.”

¹⁶Zvino Naomi akatora mwana, akamufungatira pachipfuva chake, akava mureri wake.

¹⁶Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.

¹⁷Vakadzi vakanga vagere naye vakamutumidza zita, vachiti, Naomi wakaponerwa mwanakomana, vakamutumidza zita rinonzi Obhedhi; ndiye wakazova baba vaJese, baba vaDhavhidhi.

¹⁷The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, “There is a son born to Naomi”; and they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

¹⁸Zvino ndiwo marudzi aPerezi: Perezi wakabereka Hezironi;

¹⁸Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,

¹⁹Hezironi akabereka Rami, Rami akabereka Aminadhabhi;

¹⁹and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab,

²⁰Aminadhabhi akabereka Nashoni, Nashoni akabereka Sarimoni;

²⁰and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon,

²¹Sarimoni akabereka Bhowasi, Bhowasi akabereka Obhedhi;

²¹and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed,

²²Obhedhi akabereka Jese, Jese akabereka Dhavhidhi.

²²and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.