4. Mme bonang, Boase a tswa Bethlehema, a fihla, a re ho bahedi: Jehova a be le lona! Ba araba, ba re ho yena: E, Jehova a o hlohonolofatse!
5. Boase a eketsa a botsa mohlanka ya beilweng molebedi wa bahedi, a re: Morwetsana eo ke wa mang?
6. Mohlanka ya beilweng molebedi wa bahedi a araba, a re: Ke morwetsana wa Moabe ya sa tswa fihla le Naomi, a etswa naheng ya Moabe.
7. O itse: Ntumelle ke thole, ke thonake pela mangata, ke ntse ke setse bahedi marao. O kene jwalo, o nnile a thonaka haesale hosasa, ho fihlela jwale, haese motsotso oo a keneng tlung ho phomola hanyenyane.
8. Ebile Boase o re ho Ruthe: O a utlwa, moradi wa ka, o se ke wa ya thonaka tshimong e nngwe, leha e le ho ya hosele; o sale mona le barwetsana ba ka;