48 Nangabe kunemuntfu wekuhamba lohlala nani futsi lofuna kugubha leliPhasika kuze advumise Jehova, bonkhe labadvuna bendlu yakhe kufanele basokwe. Ngemuva kwaloko sekangeta atoligubha, futsi utawufana nem-Israyeli wekutalwa. Kute umuntfu longakasokwa lokufanele alidle.+

16 Kodvwa Ruthe watsi: “Ngicela ungangincengi kutsi ngikushiye. Ngitawuhamba nawe, ngobe lapho uya khona nami ngitawuya khona, nalapho uyolala khona nami ngiyolala khona. Bantfu bakini batawuba bantfu bakitsi futsi Nkulunkulu wakho utawuba nguNkulunkulu wami.+

15 Ngemuva kwaloko, wabuyela kulomuntfu waNkulunkulu weliciniso+ ahamba nalabantfu labebamsingatsile,* wafike wema embikwakhe wase utsi: “Nyalo sengiyati kutsi kute Nkulunkulu kulenye indzawo emhlabeni wonkhe ngaphandle kwaka-Israyeli.+ Ngicela wemukele lesipho* kimi inceku yakho.”

Iminikelo yabo yekushiswa kanye nemihlatjelo yabo itakwemukeleka e-al’thare lami.

Ngobe indlu yami kutawutsiwa yindlu yemthantazo yato tonkhe tive.”+

27 Ngako Filiphu wahamba, futsi wahlangana nendvuna yesigodlo* saseTopiya, lebeyisiphatsimandla lesingephansi kwaKhandase indlovukazi yaseTopiya, futsi lendvuna beyinakekela yonkhe imali yakhe. Beyiye eJerusalema kuze iyokhonta Nkulunkulu,+