16Wafika kuninazala; wathi yena: “Ungubani, ndodakazi yami?”
Wamtshela konke leyo ndoda ebimenzele khona. 17Wathi: “Ingiphile lezi zilinganiso eziyisithupha zebhali,* ngokuba yathi kimi: ‘Ungayi kunyokozala ungaphethe lutho.’ ”
18Wathi: “Hlala, ndodakazi yami, uze wazi ukuba le ndaba iyakuphethelaphi, ngokuba leyo ndoda ayiyikuphumula ingakaqedi indaba namuhla.”
The book of Ruth: a story of suffering and loss giving way to hope and new beginnings