16-18. (a) Mbuti Rute mbwaakatondezya luyando lwini-lwini? (b) Ncinzi ncotukonzya kwiiya kuzwa kuli Rute kujatikizya luyando lwini-lwini? (Amubone alimwi azifwanikiso zyabamakaintu bobilo aaba.)

¹⁶ Rute wakalicizyi kabotu-kabotu mumoyo wakwe ncaakasalide. Mumoyo wakwe, Rute wakali kumuyanda kapati Naomi—alimwi a Leza Naomi ngwaakali kukomba. Aboobo, Rute wakaamba kuti: “Utandisungilizyi kukusia nanka kuleka kukutobela, nkaambo kufumbwa nkoya yebo ndaya ambebo, nkoyookala yebo njookala ambebo. Bantu bako bayooba bantu bangu, a-Leza wako uyooba Leza wangu. Kufumbwa nkoyoofwida njoofwida ambebo nkuko akuzikwa nkukonya. Leza andicitile mbubonya akwiinda na ndazumizya cintu neciba cimwi cita lufu luzutu kundaanzanya ayebo.”—Rut. 1:16, 17.

¹⁷ Majwi aa Rute mabotu kapati—cakunga myaka 3,000 yainda kuzwa naakafwa kuzikusika sunu, bantu bacaayeeya majwi ngaakaamba. Atutondezya bube bubotu kapati, luyando lwini-lwini. Luyando ndwaakajisi Rute lwakali luyumu ncobeni alimwi lwini-lwini cakuti wakacikonzya kukkala a Naomi kufwumbwa nkwaakaunka. Lufwu lulikke ndolwakali kukonzya kubaandaanya. Bantu ba Naomi bakali kuyakuba bantu bakwe, nkaambo Rute wakalilibambilide kusiya zyintu zyoonse zyamu Moabu—kubikkilizya abaleza babana Moabu. Mukwiimpana a Olipa, Rute wakali kukonzya kwaamba camoyo woonse kuti wakali kuyanda Leza wa Naomi, Jehova, kuba Leza wakwe.