8 Ndipo kunali, pakati pa usiku munthuyo anadzidzimuka, natembenuka; ndipo taona pa mapazi ace pagona mkazi.
9 Nati iye, Ndiwe yani? Nayankha iye, Ndine Rute mdzakazi wanu; mupfunde mdzakazi wanu copfunda canu, pakuti inu ndinu wondiombolera colowa.
10 Nati iye, Yehova akudalitse, mwana wanga. Cokoma cako wacicita potsiriza pano, ciposa cakuyamba cija, popeza sunatsata anyamata, angakhale osauka angakhale acuma.
11 Ndipo tsopano, mwana wanga, usaope; ndidzakucitira zonse unenazi; pakuti onse a pa mudzi wa anthu a mtundu wanga adziwa kuti iwe ndiwe mkazi waulemu.
12 Tsopano ndipo, zoonadi, ine ndine wakukuombolera colowa, koma pali wakukuombolera woposa ine.
13 Gona usiku uno, ndipo kudzali m'mawa, akakuombolera, cabwino, akuombolere; koma ngati safuna kukuombolera, pali Yehova, ndidzakuombolera colowa ndine; gona mpaka m'mawa.
14 Nagona ku mapazi ace mpaka m'mawa; nalawira asanazindikirane anthu, Pakuti anati, Cisadziwike kuti mkaziyo anadza popunthirapo,