‘Judah ram heh Pathian in hmuifu pe ai rong tam ngai um’ tihnak thu Naomi in a za fangin a ram, Judah ram, ah tlung tuhin khuakhang i (Ruth 1:6). Thukhantute laibu a thupiber tu, “Israel mite heh Pathian thupe hlun semkhimlo manin harsa tuar de i, cetihin harsa a tuar tlang de fangin Pathian hnenah au leh de ai, Pathian aosuak leh de i”. Hemi thu heh Thukhantute laibu chapter 2-12 comment ngaan hnak ah siar bet thil i. Cen, Elimelech le a innsang Judah ram in Moab ram ah a tlan heh Israel mite Midian mi, Amelech mite in zoh suam teng (Thukhantute 6:3-4), i thai tuh i, tiin ruah hnak nai i.[1] Cetih ilekhaw, Naomi le Ruth Judah ram ah a let (Ruth 1:6-22) heh, Gideon in Israel mite konghoi caan dungah i thai tuh i. Zaiman tifangin, Naomi heh Moab ram ah kumhra (10) dung um i (Ruth 1:4). Cen, Gideon in Israel ram heh kum sawmli (40) konghoi i (Thukhantute 8:28). Naomi in “Judah ram heh Pathian in hmuifu pe manin rong tam” (Ruth 1:6) tiin a za hnak heh Gideon san ai Israel mite heh Pathian in kilkhawl teng i thai tuh i, tiin, ruat thil i. Cia heh, Naomi in, “Pathian ai konghoi dan [2] heh ling thiam” tiin, ngai sung thil i. Naomi heh Judah ram Bethlehem khua ah a hleng fangin a phunpi a khua mite in “Naomi i awm?” tiin, ti ai, Naomi in, Naomi (lungawi, nunnuam, sweetness) tiin i ko mah ih! Marah (lungsia, bitterness) tiin, i ko tu sawn ih, ti i (Ruth 1:20).[3] Zaiman tifangin Naomi in, “Cungnungber Bawipa in i hnongai i hnawmcan zo manin Naomi (lungawi, nunnuam) tiin i ko lai i si? tiin, ti i (Ruth 1:21). Naomi ruat hnak heh Pathian thunaih hnak hnia ah i sio i.

Naomi Judah ram ah a tlung leh fangin, a fapa a thizote ai nupite pahnih, Orpah le Ruth in khai Naomi hlun tum tlang ve i (Ruth 1:9-10). Naomi in a mote pahnih heh, “i hlun ngawn mah ih, ning miphun hnenah um tu hlen ih” tiin, leem i. Cetihin, Orpah tu Naomi thu sang in a miphun le ram, Moab ram ah taang leh i (Ruth 1:14). Ikhalselai, Ruth in, “Na miphun heh i miphun, na Pathian heh i Pathian cang tuh ve i” tiin, ti ai Judah ram ah Naomi thawn Judah ram ah feh kom i (Ruth 1:16). Cetihin, Naomi le Ruth tu Judah ram Bethlehem khua ah hleng kom i (Ruth 1:19). Bible hlun thuahthu umdan in hlir ilesingkhaw, Ruth heh Pathian thawn thukham bawnhnak Israel miphun songah tel bantu ilo i. Ikhalselai, a ram, a miphun le a biahnak hlum sio in Pathian thawn thukham hnak a bawntu miphun – Israel miphun – ah amah le amah pumpe dun in hlun i. Cetihin, Ruth heh kumpibawi David aanu (grandmother) ah cang i (Ruth 4:22).

Ruth heh a ram, a miphun, le a biahnak hlum in a nung Pathian biatu miphun ah kopin umhnak heh hlir dan phunhnih in hlir thil i.

• (i) Bible thuanthu fehdan in sik ilesing khaw, Ruth thuanthu heh Thukhantute thuanthu thawn a langlet dun i. Thukhantute thuanthu songah Pathian in a rilhnak Israel mite heh thutiam ram ai umtu miphunte thawn komdun, hoidun manin cawh de i. Samson khai heh Filistin nupangte manin hnawmral hnak ah hleng i. Pathian in, “Israel mite miphun dangte thawn komdun, hoidun in a um manin amah Pathian thawn pehzom dunhnak siat suah ai, Israel mite amahte lala vumah siat hnak a hleng de hnak thu” heh, Israel mite ling ruai nuam in Samson hmang i.[4] Ikhalselai Ruth – Pathian rilhnak miphun ilo, “Moab mi” in Pathian thawn thukham bawntu miphun – Israel miphun – heh, “i miphun” tiin, ti i. Ciamanin, Ruth laibu (or) Ruth thuanthu heh Thukhantute laibu thawn a langlet dun tiin ngai sung thil i.

• (ii) Pathian thu fehdan (theological view) in hlir ilesingkhaw, Pathian heh Israel mite ril hlaice in thawn thukham bawn khalselai, miphun dangte heh hnong cuanglo tiin, lang thil i.

Ruth 1:6:22 songai thupi ruat phate

• Moab rammi Ruth thu heh Thukhantute thuahthu thawn a langlet dun / elsan dun i
• Naomi heh Pathian in Israel mite konghoi dan ling thiam i
• Ruth heh a ram, a miphun, le a biahnak hlum in a nung Pathian biatu miphun hnen ah kop

[1] Leon Wood, (A Survey of Israel’s History, 1971), 221-22. Ruth laibu songin Pathian thu: Elimelech le a innsang Moab ram ah thawn (1:1-5), comment hnak ah khai siar bet thil i.

[2] “Pathian in konghoi dan” ti nuam hnak tu, Thukhantute chapter 2-12 songai Pathian in Israel mite konghoi dan rel nuam hnak i. Israel mita in Pathian zaang taak fangin Pathian in harsa tuar ruai in cawh de ai, Pathian hnenah au tlang leh ilekhaw, Pathian in aosuak sal de hnak rel nuam hnak i.

[3] Davis, John J., & Whitcomb, John C., (From conquest to Exile, 1989), 161. Zanniat Bible 2018 footnote, p. 325.

[4] Thukhantute chapter 13-16 comment hnak ah siar bet leh tu.