16-18. (a) Ɛzɩma Ruti wɩlaa se ɛwɛnɩ sɔɔlɩm siŋŋ? (b) Ɛbɛ Ruti tɔm ndʋ tɩkpɛlɛkɩɣ-ɖʋ sɔɔlɩm siŋŋ wɛnʋʋ yɔɔ? (Cɔnɩ ɖɔɖɔ halaa mba pa-naalɛ pa-kɩlɛmɩŋ.)

¹⁶ Ruti nɛ Nawomii pe-ɖeke pɛwɛnɩ nʋmɔʋ taa lɛɛlɛɛyɔ. Peeɖe Ruti wɩlaa se tɔm ndʋ ɛyɔɔdʋʋ yɔ, tɩlɩnɩ ɛ-laŋɩyɛ taa na. Ɛsɔɔlɩ Nawomii nɛ Ɛsɔ weyi Nawomii sɛɣ yɔ. Pʋyɔɔ ɛtɔm se: “Taacɛyɩ-m se meyebi-ŋ nɛ manpɩsɩ, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ŋwoki ɖenɖe yɔ, mowoki, nɛ ŋcakɩ ɖenɖe yɔ mancakɩ: Ñɛ-ɛyaa samaɣ kɛ mɛ-ɛyaa samaɣ nɛ ñɛ-Ɛsɔ kɛ ɖɔɖɔ mɛ-Ɛsɔ. Tɛtʋ ndʋ tɩmʋʋ-ŋ ña-sɩm wiye yɔ, tɩ-taa mankaɣ sɩbʋ nɛ peeɖe mankaɣ hiɣu lone man-pɩlaʋ. [Yehowa] ɛlabɩ-m kʋjɔʋ kʋnɛ yɔ nɛ lɛɛkʋ, nɛ sɩm ɖeke kaayasɩnɩ ma nɛ ŋ ɖɛ-hɛkʋ taa.”​—Rut. 1:16, 17.

¹⁷ Ruti tɔm tʋnɛ tɩwɛ ɖeu pɩdɩɩfɛyɩ. Ɛyɔɔdʋʋ tɔm tʋnɛ yɔ, pɩlakɩ ɛzɩ pɩnzɩ 3000 mbʋ yɔ. Ɛlɛ halɩ nɛ sɔnɔ tɩkpɛndɩ tɩwɛ ɖeu mbʋ. Tɩwɩlɩɣ se ɛwɛnɩ sɔɔlɩm siŋŋ. Ɛɛsɔɔlɩ Nawomii siŋŋ, pʋyɔɔ ɛñɔnɩ-ɩ kpam se ɛ nɛ ɩ powoki paa le. Sɩm ɖeke kaɣnɩ pɛ-hɛkʋ taa yasʋʋ. Nawomii samaɣ kaɣ pɩsʋʋ ɛ-samaɣ. Ruti yebi mbʋ payɩ ɛɛwɛnɩ Mowaabʋ ɛjaɖɛ taa yɔ, halɩ pɩkpɛndɩnɩ Mowaabʋ agɔlɩma. Ɛtɩla ɛzɩ Orpa kaalabʋ yɔ. Ɛlɛ ɛɛsɔɔlaa siŋŋ se Yehowa, Nawomii tɛ Ɛsɔ ɛpɩsɩ ɖɔɖɔ ɛ-Ɛsɔ.