20 UNawomi wasesithi kumalukazana wakhe: “Sengathi uJehova angayibusisa indoda leyo. Kayekelanga ukuba lothando oluqotho kwabaphilayo labafileyo.”+ Waqhubeka wathi: “Indoda leyo iyisihlobo sethu+ njalo ingomunye wamadoda alelungelo lokusihlenga.”*+

4 Yikho ngithe kungcono ngilethe udaba lolu kuwe ngikutshele ukuthi uyithenge indawo leyo phambi kwabo bonke abantu abahlala lapha laphambi kwabadala.+ Nxa ufuna ukuyithenga* yithenge. Kodwa nxa ungasoze uyithenge ngitshela ngoba nguwe olelungelo lokuyithenga, mina ngilandela wena.” Indoda leyo yaphendula yathi: “Ngizayithenga.”+ 5 UBhowazi wasesithi: “Nxa kuyikuthi uyayithenga indawo leyo kuNawomi kuyabe sekumele uyithenge lakuRuthe umkamuyi ukuze ilifa likamuyi libuyele ebizweni lakhe.”+ 6 Indoda eyayilelungelo lokuhlenga ithe isizwa lokhu yathi: “Nxa kunjalo angisoze ngiyithenge ngoba ngingacina ngiphambanisa ilifa lami. Ngiyakuvumela ukuthi uyithenge wena* ngoba mina angenelisi.”