1. Na'omi tana da wani dangin mijinta, Elimelek, sunansa Bo'aza, shi kuwa attajiri ne.
2. Sai Rut, mutuniyar Mowab, ta ce wa Na'omi, “Bari in tafi, in yi kalan hatsi a gonar wanda ya yarda in yi.”Na'omi ta ce mata, “Ki tafi, 'yata.”
3. Rut ta tafi wata gona, tana bin bayan masu girbi, tana kala. Ta yi sa'a kuwa ta fāɗa a gonar Bo'aza, dangin Elimelek.
4. Sai ga Bo'aza ya zo daga Baitalami, ya ce wa masu girbi, “Salamu alaikun.”Suka amsa, “Alaika salamu.”
5. Sa'an nan Bo'aza ya tambayi baransa da yake shugaban masu girbin, ya ce, “'Yar wace ce wannan?”
6. Baran ya ce, “Ita 'yar Mowab ce wadda ta zo tare da Na'omi daga ƙasar Mowab.
7. Ita ce ta ce mana, ‘In kun yarda, ku bar ni in bi bayan masu girbin, ina kala.’ Haka ta yi ta kala tun da sassafe har yanzu ba hutu, sai dai 'yar shaƙatawar da ta yi kaɗan.”
8. Sa'an nan sai Bo'aza ya ce wa Rut, “Kin ji, 'yata, kada ki bar wannan gona ki tafi wata gona domin kala, amma ki riƙa bin 'yan matan gidana.
9. Ki kula da gonar da suke girbi, ki bi su. Ga shi, na riga na umarci barorina kada su dame ki. Sa'ad da kika ji ƙishirwa, sai ki tafi ki sha ruwa a tuluna, wanda barorin suka ɗebo.”