17. Moo o tla shwela tengke tla shwela teng,mme ke tla epelwa hona teng.Morena a nkahlole ka ho fetisaha re ka arohanngwa ke ho hong,haese ke lefu.”
18. Ha Naomi a bona hore Ruthe o tsitlellela ho tsamaya le yena, a se ke a hlola a re letho ho yena.
19. Ba tsamaya bobedi ba bona, ba ba ba ya fihla Betlelehema. Ha ba se ba fihlile Betlelehema, batho bohle ba motse ba ba bokanela, basadi ba kgotsa, ba re: “Na eo ke Naomi?”
20. Empa a re ho bona: “Le se ke la mpitsa Naomi; le mpe le mpitse Mara, hobane Ya Matla wohle o nketseditse tse bohloko.
21. “Ke tlohile mona ke hafa ka nkatana,Morena o nkgutlisa ke itlhophere;jwale le ka mpitsa Naomi jwang,athe Morena o ntswile, o nkahlotse,Ya Matla wohleo ntliseditse matshwenyeho?”
22. Naomi a kgutla tjena naheng ya Moabe, a ena le Ruthe, ngwetsi ya hae ya ba morabe wa Moabe; ba fihla Betlelehema ha ho qalwa ho helwa harese.