18 UNawomi akabanga saphinda awuvule owakhe umlomo, akubona okungako kona ukuzimisela kukaRute ukungahlukani naye.
19 Bahamba ke bada baya kufika eBhetelehem. Bathi bakufika khona kwatsho kwathabatheka wonke ubani. Abafazi bathi: “Hi bethu, nithi nguNawomi nyani na lo?”
20 UNawomi yena wathi: “Sanukuthi Nawomi kum, yithini Mara, kuba wabenza bakrakra kum ubomi uSomandla.
21 Ekumkeni kwam apha ndandingenanto ndingenayo, kodwa ngoku uNdikhoyo undibuyisa ndiyimpula kalujaca. Nisatsholo ni ukuthi ndinguNawomi xa yena uNdikhoyo esuke wandicinezela nje – xa yena uSomandla esuke wandizisela iinkxwaleko?”
22 Kwaba njalo ke ukubuya kukaNawomi evela eMowabhi, ehamba nomolokazana wakhe uRute umMowabhikazi. Kwakuxa kanye kuqaliswa ukuvunwa kwerhasi ukufika kwabo eBhetelehem.