12 Bwererani, ana anga, mukani, pakuti ndakalambitsa ine, sindikhoza kukhala naye mwamuna. Ngakhale ndikati, Ndiri naco ciyembekezo, ndikakhala naye mwamuna usiku uno, ndi kubalanso ana amuna;
13 kodi mudzawalindirira akakula? mudzadziletsa osakwatibwa? Iai, ana anga, pakuti candiwawa koposa cifukwa ca inu popeza dzanja la Yehova landiturukira.
14 Nakweza iwo mau ao, naliranso misozi; ndi Olipa anampsompsona mpongozi wace, koma Rute anamkangamira.
15 Pamenepo anati, Taona mbale wako wabwerera kwa anthu a kwao, ndi kwa mulungu wace, bwerera umtsate mbale wako.
16 Nati Rute, Musandiumirize kuti ndikusiyeni, ndi kubwerera osakutsatani; pakuti kumene mumukako ndimuka inenso, ndi kumene mugonako ndigona inenso; anthu a kwanu ndiwo anthu a kwa inenso, ndi Mulungu wanu ndiye Mulungu wanga;
17 kumene mudzafera inu ine ndidzafera komweko, ndi kuikidwa komweko; andilange Yehova naonjezeko, ciri conse cikasiyanitsa inu ndi ine, koma imfa ndiyo.
18 Ndipo pakuona kuti analimbika kumuka naye, analeka kulankhula naye.