Rut
4 Jehanɛ ɔ, Boaz ho ma a agbo ɔ nya ya, nɛ e ya hi si ngɛ lejɛ ɔ. Nɛ hyɛ! kpɔlɔ ɔ nɛ Boaz wo e ta a bee. Kɛkɛ nɛ Boaz de ke: “Asimasi, moo ba hiɛ ɔ nɛ o ba hi si.” Nɛ e ya nɛ e ya hi si. 2 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Boaz tsɛ ma nikɔtɔma amɛ a kpɛti nihi nyɔngma, nɛ e de mɛ ke: “Nyɛ ba hi si ngɛ hiɛ ɔ.” Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a ya hi si.
3 Jehanɛ ɔ, Boaz de kpɔlɔ ɔ ke: “E biɔ nɛ Naomi, nɔ nɛ e kpale kɛ je Moab kpokpa a nɔ kɛ ba a nɛ e jua wa nyɛminyumu Elimelek zugba a. 4 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i susu kaa e sa nɛ ma wó o tue nɔ, nɛ ma de mo ke, ‘Mo he ngɛ ma mi bi ɔmɛ, kɛ ye ma mi nikɔtɔma amɛ a hɛ mi. Ke o ma kpɔ̃ ɔ, mo kpɔ̃. Se ke o be kpɔ̃e ɔ, lɛɛ mo de mi konɛ ma le, ejakaa mo lɛ e sa kaa o kpɔ̃, nɛ o se loko imi.’” E he nɔ ke: “I suɔ nɛ ma kpɔ̃.” 5 Kɛkɛ nɛ Boaz de ke: “Ligbi nɛ o ma he zugba a ngɛ Naomi dɛ ɔ, e sa nɛ o he ngɛ Rut, Moab no ɔ, nɛ ji nyumu ɔ nɛ e gbo ɔ yo ɔ hu dɛ, bɔ nɛ pee nɛ nyumu ɔ nɛ gbo ɔ biɛ nɛ hi e gbosi ní ɔ he.” 6 Kɛkɛ nɛ kpɔlɔ ɔ de ke: “I be nyɛe ma kpɔ̃, ejakaa jã nɛ ma pee ɔ ma nyɛ ma kpata imi nitsɛ ye gbosi ní ɔ hɛ mi. Ngɔɔ he blɔ nɛ i ngɛ kaa kpɔlɔ ɔ kɛ kpɔ̃ ha mo nitsɛ o he, ejakaa i be nyɛe ma kpɔ̃.”
7 Ngɛ blema Israel ɔ, ke nɔ ko kɛ he blɔ nɛ e ngɛ kaa kpɔlɔ ɔ ma kpɔ̃ nɔ́ ko, aloo e kɛ jamɛ a he blɔ ɔ ma ha nɔ kpa a, nɔ́ nɛ a peeɔ kɛ maa nɔ mi ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: E sa nɛ nɔ ɔ nɛ je e tokota nɛ́ e ngɔ kɛ ha nɔ kpa a. Enɛ ɔ ji blɔ nɛ a guɔ nɔ kɛ maa sane ko nɔ mi kaa e ji anɔkuale* ngɛ Israel. 8 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, benɛ kpɔlɔ ɔ de Boaz ke, “He kɛ ha mo nitsɛ o he ɔ,” e je e tokota a. 9 Kɛkɛ nɛ Boaz de nikɔtɔma amɛ kɛ ni ɔmɛ tsuo ke: “Mwɔnɛ ɔ, nyɛ ji odasehi kaa i ngɛ Elimelek níhi tsuo, kɛ Kilion kɛ Malon a níhi tsuo hee ngɛ Naomi dɛ. 10 Jehanɛ se hu ɔ, i ngɛ Rut, Moab no ɔ, nɛ ji Malon yo ɔ ngɔe kaa ye yo, konɛ nyumu ɔ nɛ gbo ɔ biɛ nɛ hi e gbosi ní ɔ he, bɔ nɛ pee nɛ e nyɛminyumu ɔmɛ kɛ e ma a mi bi ɔmɛ a hɛ nɛ ko je nyumu ɔ nɛ gbo ɔ biɛ nɔ. Mwɔnɛ ɔ, nyɛ ji odasehi.”
11 Kɛkɛ nɛ ni ɔmɛ tsuo nɛ a ngɛ ma a agbo ɔ nya kɛ nikɔtɔma amɛ de ke: “Odasehi ji wɔ! Yehowa nɛ ha nɛ yo ɔ nɛ ngɛ o we ɔ mi sɛe ɔ nɛ pee kaa Rahel kɛ Lea, nɛ ji yi enyɔ ɔmɛ nɛ Israel ma a je a mi ɔ. Moo ye manye ngɛ Efrata, nɛ́ o ná biɛ kpakpa* ngɛ Betlehem. 12 Nina nɛ Yehowa ma ha mo kɛ gu yiheyo nɛ ɔ nɔ ɔ nɛ ha nɛ o we ɔ nɛ pee kaa Perez we ɔ, nɔ nɛ Tamar fɔ kɛ ha Yuda a.”
13 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Boaz ngɔ Rut, nɛ e ba pee e yo. E kɛ lɛ ná bɔmi, nɛ Yehowa ha nɛ e ngɔ hɔ, nɛ e fɔ binyumu. 14 Kɛkɛ nɛ yi ɔmɛ de Naomi ke: “Á je Yehowa, nɔ nɛ ha nɛ o ná kpɔlɔ mwɔnɛ ɔ yi. Á jaje e biɛ ngɛ Israel! 15 Lɛ* nɛ e ha nɛ o ná wami* ekohu, nɛ e maa hyɛ o nɔ ngɛ o bwɔmi si, ejakaa o nganyɛ ɔ nɛ́ e suɔ mo, nɛ́ e he jua wa ha mo pe binyumuhi kpaago ɔ lɛ fɔ lɛ.” 16 Naomi ngɔ jokuɛ ɔ, nɛ e wo lɛ kɛ fɔ e gugue mi, nɛ e hyɛ e nɔ. 17 Kɛkɛ nɛ yi ɔmɛ nɛ a ngɛ kpɔ ɔ mi ɔ wo jokuɛ ɔ biɛ. A de ke, “A fɔ binyumu ha Naomi,” nɛ a wo lɛ biɛ ke Obed. Lɛ nɛ e fɔ Yese, nɛ ji David tsɛ ɔ.
18 Jehanɛ ɔ, Perez weku kpa* ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: Perez fɔ Hezron; 19 Hezron fɔ Ram; Ram fɔ Aminadab; 20 Aminadab fɔ Nashon; Nashon fɔ Salmon; 21 Salmon fɔ Boaz; Boaz fɔ Obed; 22 Obed fɔ Yese;* nɛ Yese fɔ David.