In the days when the judges ruled,a there was a famine in the land, and a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.
À nà n-ghɨ ɨtuʼ ɨ fɨli, jæ ta ka tɨfôyntɨ̀ zɨtɨ nà saʼ Isìlæ̀, jèŋ î lì ɨ ku. Wul ɨ̀ ndô Efɨ̀là ɨ̀lvì, izɨyn i ŋweyn ɨ ghɨ Elimelèk, wu chî a ntèʼ Betɨ̀làhêm ilaʼ i Judà, ɨ lù sɨ ndù sɨ chitɨ sɨ koʼ ilaʼ i Muwàb.