Lute

2 Neʼe ʼi ai te tagata neʼe kaiga mo Elimeleke, te ʼohoana ʼo Naomi. Neʼe higoa te tagata ʼaia ko Poase+ pea neʼe koloaʼia.

2 Neʼe ui e Lute, te fafine Moape kia Naomi: “Fakalelei siʼou loto, tuku ke au alu ʼo tae te ʼu olose,+ ʼi te ʼu gaueʼaga ʼo mulimuli ki te kau tanaki taʼukai ʼae ka agalelei mai kia au.” Neʼe ui age e Naomi kia ia: “Alu siʼaku taʼahine.” 3 Neʼe alu ai leva ki te gaueʼaga ʼo tae te ʼu olose ʼo mulimuli ki te kau tanaki taʼukai. Meʼa lelei foki he neʼe alu ki te kele ʼo Poase,+ ʼae neʼe kaiga mo Elimeleke.+ 4 Neʼe tau mai leva ia Poase mai Petelehemi pea neʼe ina ui age ki te kau tanaki taʼukai: “Ke nofo ia Sehova mo koutou.” Pea neʼe natou tali age: “Ke tapuakiʼi koe e Sehova.”

5 Pea neʼe fehuʼi e Poase ki te tagata tupulaga ʼae neʼe pule ki te kau tanaki taʼukai: “Ko ai te fafine ʼae age?” 6 Neʼe tali age e te tagata tupulaga ʼae neʼe pule ki te kau tanaki taʼukai: “Ko he fafine Moape+ neʼe ʼomai mo Naomi mai te fenua ʼo Moape.+ 7 Neʼe ina kole mai: ‘Fakalelei siʼou loto, pe ʼe feala la ke au tae te ʼu olose+ ʼae neʼe mole tae e te kau tanaki taʼukai?’ Pea talu tana tau mai ananai uhu mo tana gaue ʼo kaku mai ki te temi ʼaeni, pea neʼe heka ʼi te pola ʼo ʼai tana kiʼi manava.”

8 Pea neʼe ui e Poase kia Lute: “Fakalogo mai, siʼoku ʼofafine. ʼAua naʼa ke alu ʼo tae olose ʼi he tahi age gaueʼaga, pea ʼaua naʼa ke alu ki he tahi age faʼahi. Ke ke mulimuli ʼi ʼaku fafine kaugana.+ 9 Ke ke haga tokaga pe ki te gaueʼaga ʼae ʼe natou tanaki ai te taʼukai pea ke mulimuli ia natou. Neʼe au fakatotonu ki te kau tagata tupulaga ke ʼaua naʼa natou fakakinakinaʼi koe. Pea ka ke fia inu, alu ki te ʼu ʼaiʼaga vai pea ke inu te moʼi vai ʼae neʼe ohu e te kau tagata tupulaga.”

10 Neʼe tuʼutuli ifo ai ia Lute mo tulolo ʼi ʼona muʼa, ʼo tali age ki ai: “He koʼe ʼe ke agalelei mai kia au, pea he koʼe neʼe ke tokagaʼi au, kae ko au ko he matapule?”+ 11 Neʼe tali age e Poase ki ai: “Neʼe fakamatala mai te ʼu meʼa fuli ʼae neʼe ke fai maʼa te faʼe ʼo tou ʼohoana ʼi te ʼosi mate ʼo tou ʼohoana, pea mo tau mavae ʼae mai tau tamai mo tau faʼe pea mo te fenua ʼo ʼou kaiga, ʼo ke alu ki he hahaʼi neʼe mole heʼeki ke iloʼi ʼi muʼa atu.+ 12 ʼOfa pe ke fakapale koe e Sehova ʼuhi ko te ʼu meʼa ʼae neʼe ke fai,+ pea ʼofa pe ke katoa te totogi* ʼae ʼe foaki atu e Sehova te ʼAtua ʼo Iselaele. Koteʼuhi neʼe ke haʼu ʼo kumi nonoʼaga ʼi ʼona lalo pakakau.”+ 13 Pea neʼe ina tali age: “ ʼE au fakafetaʼi atu, siʼoku ʼaliki, ki tau agalelei mai kia au, he neʼe ke fakafimalieʼi au pea neʼe ke fai he ʼu palalau fakalotomalohi ki* tau kaugana, logo la ʼe mole ko au ko hau kaugana.”

14 ʼI te temi kai, neʼe ui age e Poase ki ai: “Haʼu ki heni ʼo kai hau moʼi pane, pea mo ke peke tau moʼi pane ki te vinika.” Neʼe haʼu leva ʼo heka ia tafa ʼo te kau tanaki taʼukai. Neʼe ina foaki age ki ai he ʼu olose neʼe tunu, pea neʼe ina kai ʼo makona ai, pea neʼe ʼi ai mo tona toe. 15 ʼI te temi ʼae neʼe tuʼu ake ai ke alu ʼo tae olose,+ neʼe fakatotonu e Poase ki ʼana tagata tupulaga: “Kotou tuku ke ina tae te olose ʼae neʼe mole kotou tae, pea ʼaua naʼa kotou gaohi koviʼi ia ia.+ 16 ʼE tonu foki ke kotou toʼo he ʼu olose ʼi te ʼu olose ʼae kua haʼi fakafuhiga pea ke kotou tuku ke ina tae maʼa ia. ʼAua naʼa kotou taʼofi tana gaue.”

17 Pea neʼe hoko atu pe tana tae olose ʼi te gaueʼaga ʼo kaku ki te afiafi.+ ʼI te temi ʼae neʼe ina haha ai te olose ʼae neʼe ina tae, neʼe teitei pe ko he efa* olose ʼe tahi. 18 Neʼe ina toʼo leva ʼo alu mo ia ki te kolo, pea neʼe sio leva te faʼe ʼo tona ʼohoana ki te olose ʼae neʼe ina tae. Neʼe toe toʼo ake leva e Lute tana toega kai,+ ʼo foaki age ki ai.

19 Pea neʼe fehuʼi age e te faʼe ʼo tona ʼohoana: “Neʼe ke tae olose ʼifea ʼi te ʼaho nei? Neʼe ke gaue ʼifea? Ke maʼu tapuakina ia ia ʼae neʼe ina tokagaʼi koe.”+ Neʼe ina fakaha age leva ki te faʼe ʼo tona ʼohoana pe ko ai te tagata ʼae neʼe gaue ai, ʼo ina ui age: “Ko te higoa ʼo te tagata ʼae neʼe au gaue ai ʼi te ʼaho nei ko Poase.” 20 Pea neʼe ui e Naomi ki tana taʼahine: “Ke tapuakiʼi ia ia e Sehova, ʼae neʼe mole ina taʼofi tona ʼofa agatonu ki te kau maʼuʼuli pea mo te kau mate.”+ Neʼe hoko atu e Naomi: “Ko te tagata ʼaia ʼe ko he tahi ʼo totatou famili.+ Ko he tahi ʼi ʼotā kaiga ʼe feala ke ina totogi* taua mai ʼotā faigataʼaʼia.”+ 21 Pea neʼe ui e Lute, te fafine Moape: “Neʼe ina toe ui mai: ‘Ke ke mulimuli ’i taku kau gaue ʼo kaku ki te ʼosi ʼo tanatou tanaki te taʼukai.’ ”+ 22 Neʼe ui e Naomi kia Lute, tana taʼahine: “ ʼE lelei age, siʼaku taʼahine, ke ke mulimuli ki ʼana fafine kaugana naʼa fakakinakinaʼi koe ʼi he tahi age gaueʼaga.”

23 Koia, neʼe mulimuli pe ia ʼi te ʼu fafine kaugana ʼa Poase pea mo hoko atu tana tanaki te olose+ mo te fulumeto ʼo kaku ki te ʼosi ʼo te taʼukai. Pea neʼe maʼuli pe ia mo te faʼe ʼo tona ʼohoana.+