1. Kwakukho mfo uthile ogama linguBhowazi owayesisizalwane sasemzini kaNawomi. Wayengowesiduko sikaElimeleki, engumfo owaziwayo.
2. UmMowabhikazi uRute wathi kuNawomi: “Mandikhe ndiye emasimini, ndibhikice kulaa ngqolowa ivunwayo, ndikhwahlaze emva komntu ondivumelayo.”“Hayi kulungile, ungahamba, mntwan' am,” watsho uNawomi.
3. Wanduluka ke uRute ukuya emasimini. Wafika walandela abavuni, ehamba ebhikica. Kwathi kanti loo nto uyenza entsimini kaBhowazi owayezalana noElimeleki.
4. Ke wafika uBhowazi, evela eBhetelehem. Wababulisa abavuni, esithi: “UNdikhoyo ubenga angaba nani!”Baphendula bathi bona: “Camagu! Akuthamsanqelise nawe uNdikhoyo!”
5. Emva koko uBhowazi ubuze kwinduna ephethe abavuni, wathi: “Kanene yintombi yasemanini leya ndiyibonayo?”
6. Yona ithe: “NgumMowabhikazi lowa, lo ufike noNawomi ukubuya kwakhe kwelamaMowabhi.