17 ebe i nwuru ka m>g=anwu, ọ bu kwa n>ebe ahu ka ag=el#im: Jehova mem ot/u a, mekwam ihe ọzọ ot/u a, mb͕e ihe n=abughi ọnwu onwe-ya g=ekewa mu na gi.
18 _O we hu na nwayi ahu n=ab͕a obi-ya ume iso ya je, o we ghara igwa ya okwu ọzọ.
19 Ha abua we n=eje rue mb͕e ha bara Bet-lehem. O rue, mb͕e ha bara Bet-lehem, na obodo ahu nile b͕ara aghara bayere ha, ndinyom we si, #_O bu Naomi, b/u nka?
20 _O si ha, Unu akpọlam Naomi, kpọnum Mara: n>ihi na Onye Nke puru ime ihe nile meworom ihe-ilu nke-uku.
21 Mu onwem, n>aka-ojuju ka m>jere, ma Jehova emewo ka m>b͕ara aka lata: n>#ihi gini ka unu n=akpọm Naomi, mb͕e Jehova b͕agiderem #am#a, Onye Nke puru ime ihe nile emejọwokwam?
22 Naomi we lata, ya na Rut, b/u nwayi Moab, b/u nwunye nwa-ya, onye siri n>ala-ọhia Moab lata: ndi ahu we ba Bet-lehem na nmalite ob#ib#i ọka barley.