Rut 1:1-22
1 E ba mi kaa benɛ manyadali ɔmɛ ngɛ nɔ yee ɔ,* hwɔ ba zugba a nɔ; nɛ nyumu ko je Betlehem ngɛ Yuda, nɛ e kɛ e yo kɛ e binyumuhi enyɔ ya to nubwɔ ngɛ Moab kpokpa* a nɔ.
2 A tsɛɛ nyumu ɔ ke Elimelek,* nɛ a tsɛɛ e yo ɔ ke Naomi,* nɛ a tsɛɛ e binyumu enyɔ ɔmɛ ke Malon* kɛ Kilion.* A ji Efrata bi nɛ a je Betlehem ngɛ Yuda, nɛ a ba Moab kpokpa a nɔ nɛ a ba hi lejɛ ɔ.
3 Be komɛ a se ɔ, Naomi huno Elimelek ba gbo, nɛ e piɛ e kɛ e binyumu enyɔ ɔmɛ.
4 Pee se ɔ, e binyumu ɔmɛ ngɔ Moab yihi; a tsɛɛ nɔ kake ke Orpa, nɛ a tsɛɛ nɔ kake hu ke Rut. A hi lejɛ ɔ maa pee jeha nyɔngma.
5 Kɛkɛ nɛ e binyumu enyɔ ɔmɛ, nɛ ji Malon kɛ Kilion hu ba gbo, nɛ e ba piɛ Naomi pɛ, nɛ́ e be huno aloo binyumu ko.
6 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, e je Moab kpokpa a nɔ nɛ e pue nɔ kɛ yaa e ma a mi ekohu, ejakaa benɛ e ngɛ Moab ɔ, e nu kaa Yehowa jɔɔ e we bi ɔmɛ ekohu,* nɛ e ha mɛ niye ní.* Benɛ e yaa a, e nganyɛmɛ ɔmɛ piɛɛ e he.
7 E kɛ e nganyɛmɛ enyɔ ɔmɛ je he nɛ a ngɛ ɔ. Benɛ a kpale a se kɛ yaa Yuda zugba a nɔ nɛ a ngɛ nyɛɛe ngɛ blɔ ɔ nɔ ɔ,
8 Naomi de e nganyɛmɛ enyɔ ɔmɛ ke: “Nyɛɛ ho, nyɛ ti nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ kpale kɛ ho e nyɛ we mi ya. Yehowa nɛ je suɔmi nɛ se pui kpo kɛ tsɔɔ nyɛ kaa bɔ nɛ nyɛ je kpo kɛ tsɔɔ nyɛ huno ɔmɛ nɛ a gbo ɔ kɛ imi ɔ.
9 Yehowa nɛ ha nɛ nyɛ ti nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ ná huno konɛ e ná si himi kpakpa.”* Kɛkɛ nɛ e fĩɔ a nya he,* nɛ a fo ya wawɛɛ.
10 A de lɛ si abɔ ke: “Dɛbi, waa kɛ mo maa ya o we bi ɔmɛ a ngɔ.”
11 Se Naomi de ke: “Ye biyihi, nyɛɛ kpale. Mɛni he je nɛ nyɛ ngɛ hlae nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ mi nɛ ya a? Anɛ ma nyɛ ma fɔ binyumuhi ekohu nɛ́ a ma ba pee nyɛ hunomɛ lo?
12 Ye biyihi, nyɛɛ kpale. Nyɛɛ ho, ejakaa i bwɔ pe bɔ nɛ ma sɛ gba si himi mi. Ke ma nyɛ ma ná huno gbɔkuɛ nɛ ɔ, nɛ ma nyɛ ma fɔ binyumuhi po ɔ,
13 anɛ nyɛ maa mlɛ mɛ kɛ ya si be nɛ a maa wa lo? Anɛ nyɛ maa hi si nɛ nyɛ be gbae hu ngɛ a he je lo? Dɛbi, ye biyihi, e ngɛ mi dɔe wawɛɛ kaa nɔ́ nɛ ɔ ba nyɛ nɔ, ejakaa Yehowa te si* kɛ wo mi.”
14 A fo ya wawɛɛ ekohu, nɛ lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Orpa fĩɔ e nganyɛ ɔ nya he, nɛ e je. Se Rut lɛɛ e mɛtɛ e he.
15 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, Naomi de ke: “Hyɛ! O huno ɔ nyɛminyumu ɔ yo ɔ kpale kɛ ho e we bi ɔmɛ kɛ e mawu ɔmɛ a ngɔ ya. O kɛ lɛ nɛ kpale kɛ ho.”
16 Se Rut de ke: “Koo nyɛ ye nɔ doo kaa ma je o he, nɛ́ ma kpale ngɛ o se; ejakaa he nɛ o maa ya a, lejɛ ɔ ma ya, nɛ he nɛ o maa hwɔ ɔ, lejɛ ɔ ma hwɔ. O ma maa pee ye ma, nɛ o Mawu maa pee ye Mawu.
17 He nɛ o ma gbo ngɛ ɔ, lejɛ ɔ ma gbo ngɛ, nɛ lejɛ ɔ nɛ a maa pu mi ngɛ. Gbenɔ pɛ lɛ ma gba i kɛ mo wa kpɛti, ke pi jã a, lɛɛ Yehowa nɛ gbla ye tue wawɛɛ nitsɛ.”
18 Benɛ Naomi na kaa Rut fia e pɛɛ si kaa e kɛ lɛ maa ya a, e de we nɔ́ ko hu.
19 Nɛ mɛ ni enyɔ ɔmɛ tsuo tsa a nyɛɛmi ɔ nɔ kɛ ya si benɛ a ya su Betlehem. Benɛ a su Betlehem pɛ ɔ, ma a mi tsuo pee hoo ngɛ a he je, nɛ yi ɔmɛ bi ke: “Naomi ji nɛ ɔ lo?”
20 E de yi ɔmɛ ke: “Nyɛ ko tsɛ mi ke Naomi.* Nyɛ tsɛ mi ke Mara,* ejakaa Ope ɔ ha nɛ i na nɔ́ wawɛɛ.*
21 Benɛ i yaa a, ye he su, se Yehowa ha nɛ i kpale kɛ ba dɛ gu. Mɛni he je nɛ e sa nɛ nyɛ tsɛ mi ke Naomi, be mi nɛ Yehowa Mawu Ope ɔ ji nɔ nɛ te si kɛ wo mi, nɛ́ e ha nɛ amanehlu ba ye nɔ ɔ?”
22 Bɔ nɛ Naomi kpale kɛ je Moab kpokpa a nɔ, nɛ́ e kɛ e nganyɛ Rut, Moab no ɔ ba a ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. A ba su Betlehem ngɛ barli* kpami be ɔ sisije.
Sisi Ningmahi
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “E ba mi kaa benɛ kojoli ɔmɛ kojoɔ ɔ.”
^ Aloo “nga.”
^ E sisi ji, “Ye Mawu ɔ Ji Matsɛ.”
^ E sisi ji, “Ye We Afɛu Nɔ́.”
^ Eko ɔ, a je kɛ je Hebri munyungu nɛ e sisi ji, “e gbɔjɔ; e nu hiɔ” ɔ mi.
^ E sisi ji, “Nɔ Nɛ E Nine Ngɛ Si Nyɛe; Nɔ Nɛ E Ma Nyagbe.”
^ Aloo “Yehowa gbla e juɛmi kɛ ba e we bi ɔmɛ a nɔ.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “abolo.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “he jɔɔmi he.”
^ E ma nyɛ maa pee kaa a tsitsa he, aloo a hɛ nya, aloo a he kpa ko.
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “Yehowa nine te si.”
^ E sisi ji, “Ye We Afɛu Nɔ́.”
^ E sisi ji, “Dooɔ.”
^ Aloo “ejakaa Ope ɔ ha nɛ ye si himi dooɔ.”
^ E ji ngma henɔ ko.
