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.
5 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.