URuthe wakwaMowabi wathi kuNawomi : Mangihambe, ngiye ensimini , ngikhothoze ezikhwetshini emva kwalowo engiyakufumana umusa emehlweni akhe. Wathi kuye: Hamba, ndodakazi yami.
Abesifazane bathi kuNawomi: Makabusiswe uJehova ongakushiyanga namuhla ungenamhlengi; igama lakhe malidume kwa-Israyeli.
Abesifazane abakhelene naye bametha igama , bathi: Kuzelwe indodana kuNawomi. Baqamba igama lakhe ngokuthi u -Obede; yena unguyise kaJese , uyise kaDavide. URuthe ukhokho kaDavide