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(A)N’amubuuza nti, “Ggwe ani?” Luusi n’addamu nti, “Nze Luusi omuweereza wo. Mbikkaako ku lugoye lwo kubanga oli mununuzi wa kika[a].”

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  1. 3:9 Omusajja okuddira olugoye lwe n’alubikka omukyala, kaali kabonero akalaga ng’omusajja oyo bwe yeetegese okuwasa omukyala oyo

“Who are you?” he asked.

“I am your servant Ruth,” she said. “Spread the corner of your garment(A) over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer[a](B) of our family.”

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  1. Ruth 3:9 The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55); also in verses 12 and 13.

(A)“Genda olangirire nga Yerusaalemi ewulira nti:

“Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda nti,

“ ‘Nzijukira okwewaayo kwe weewaayo ng’okyali muto,
    engeri gye wanjagalamu nga twakafumbiriganwa,
wangoberera mu ddungu
    mu nsi etali nnime.

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“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:

“This is what the Lord says:

“‘I remember the devotion of your youth,(A)
    how as a bride you loved me
and followed me through the wilderness,(B)
    through a land not sown.

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(A)Aligezaako okugoberera baganzi be abakwate,
    naye talibatuukako, alibanoonya naye talibalaba.
Oluvannyuma alyogera nti, “Naagenda eri bba wange eyasooka,
    kubanga mu biro ebyo nabanga bulungi
    okusinga bwe ndi kaakano.”

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She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;
    she will look for them but not find them.(A)
Then she will say,
    ‘I will go back to my husband(B) as at first,(C)
    for then I was better off(D) than now.’

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19 (A)Era ndikwogereza ennaku zonna,
    ndikwogereza mu butuukirivu, ne mu mazima,
    ne mu kwagala ne mu kusaasira.
20 (B)Ndikwogereza mu bwesigwa,
    era olimanya Mukama.

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19 I will betroth(A) you to me forever;
    I will betroth you in[a] righteousness and justice,(B)
    in[b] love and compassion.(C)
20 I will betroth you in[c] faithfulness,
    and you will acknowledge(D) the Lord.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:19 Or with
  2. Hosea 2:19 Or with
  3. Hosea 2:20 Or with