5 A famine in Israel had convinced Naomi's husband, Elimelech, that he must move his wife and two sons away from their homeland and take up living in Moab as aliens.
Ndlala leyi a yi ri eIsrayele yi endle leswaku Elimeleke nuna wa Nawomi a endla xiboho xa leswaku u fanele a rhurhisela nsati ni vana vakwe vambirhi va majaha ekule ni tiko ra rikwavo kutani va ya kuma swo tihanyisa eMowabu tanihi valuveri.