2 Uyo mugabo yitwa Elimeleki, umugore wiwe yitwa Nawomi, abahungu biwe babiri na bo bitwa Mahiloni na Kiliyoni. Bari Abanyefurata+ b’i Betelehemu muri Yuda. Amaherezo bashika mu turere twa Mowabu, maze bagumayo.
2 “Nayo wewe, ewe Betelehemu Efurata+, wewe mutoyi cane ku buryo utoharurwa mu bihumbi vya Yuda+, muri wewe+ hazomviramwo uwuzoba umutware muri Isirayeli+, amamo yiwe akaba ari ayo kuva mu bihe vya kera, kuva mu misi ya kera*+.
6 ‘Nayo wewe, ewe Betelehemu+ ho mu gihugu ca Yuda, nturi igisagara ata co kivuze na gato mu bindi vyose muri ba buramatari ba Yuda; kuko muri wewe hazova uwutwara+, ari we azoragira+ igisata canje Isirayeli.’”