This selection is the Book of Ruth. According the NVI introduction, this is a play and serves to nicely bridge the pre-monarch period with the monarch period.
The following detailing Naomi’s daughter-in-law Ruth’s devotion to her really is poignant.
Pero Rut respondió:
―¡No insistas en que te abandone o en que me separe de ti!
»Porque iré adonde tú vayas,
y viviré donde tú vivas.
Tu pueblo será mi pueblo,
y tu Dios será mi Dios.
Moriré donde tú mueras,
y allí seré sepultada.
¡Que me castigue el Señor con toda severidad
si me separa de ti algo que no sea la muerte!
As with Job, the Book of Ruth, seems to challenge a major contention. In this case, ethnic purity. King David–and therefore, Jesus btw–has a Moabite in his lineage. Quite a counter culture reference.