تكوين 23
| وَعَاشَتْ سَارَةُ مِئَةً وَسَبْعاً وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً. | ١ 1 |
Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah’s life.
| ثُمَّ مَاتَتْ سَارَةُ فِي قَرْيَةِ أَرْبَعَ، أَيْ حَبْرُونَ، فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، فَجَاءَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لِيَنْدُبَ سَارَةَ وَيَبْكِيَ عَلَيْهَا. | ٢ 2 |
Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
| وَنَهَضَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مِنْ أَمَامِ الْجُثْمَانِ وَقَالَ لِلْحِثِّيِّينَ: | ٣ 3 |
Abraham rose up from before his dead and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,
| «أَنَا غَرِيبٌ وَنَزِيلٌ بَيْنَكُمْ، فَمَلِّكُونِي مَعَكُمْ مَدْفَناً أُوَارِي فِيهِ مَيْتِي مِنْ أَمَامِي». | ٤ 4 |
“I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”
| فَأَجَابُوهُ قَائِلِينَ: | ٥ 5 |
The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
| «أَصْغِ لَنَا يَا سَيِّدِي. أَنْتَ رَئِيسٌ مِنَ اللهِ فِي وَسَطِنَا، فَادْفِنْ مَيْتَكَ فِي أَفْضَلِ قُبُورِنَا، فَلا أَحَدَ مِنَّا يَمْنَعُ قَبْرَهُ عَنْكَ لِتَدْفِنَ مَيْتَكَ». | ٦ 6 |
“Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God amongst us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead.”
| فَنَهَضَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَانْحَنَى أَمَامَ الْحِثِّيِّينَ أَهْلِ الْبِلادِ، | ٧ 7 |
Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.
| وَقَالَ: «إِنْ طَابَتْ نُفُوسُكُمْ أَنْ أَدْفِنَ مَيْتِي مِنْ أَمَامِي، فَاسْمَعُوا لِي وَالْتَمِسُوا لأَجْلِي مِنْ عِفْرُونَ بْنِ صُوحَرَ، | ٨ 8 |
He talked with them, saying, “If you agree that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
| أَنْ يَبِيعَنِي مَغَارَةَ الْمَكْفِيلَةِ الَّتِي فِي طَرَفِ حَقْلِهِ، فَأَشْتَرِيَهَا مِنْهُ لِقَاءَ ثَمَنٍ كَامِلٍ، وَأَمْتَلِكَهَا لِتَكُونَ مَدْفَناً لِي فِي وَسَطِكُمْ». | ٩ 9 |
that he may sell me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him sell it to me amongst you as a possession for a burial place.”
| وَكَانَ عِفْرُونُ جَالِساً بَيْنَ الْحِثِّيِّينَ، فَقَالَ فِي مَسَامِعِ الْحِثِّيِّينَ، أَمَامَ كُلِّ الْحَاضِرِينَ فِي مَجْلِسِ مَدِينَتِهِ: | ١٠ 10 |
Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth. Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,
| «لا يَا سَيِّدِي، بَلْ أَصْغِ إِلَيَّ، هُوَذَا الْحَقْلُ الَّذِي لِي وَالْمَغَارَةُ الَّتِي فِيهِ أَهَبُهُمَا لَكَ عَلَى مَشْهَدٍ مِنْ بَنِي شَعْبِي فَخُذْهُمَا وَادْفِنْ مَيْتَكَ». | ١١ 11 |
“No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead.”
| فَانْحَنَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ أَمَامَ أَهْلِ الْبِلادِ مَرَّةً ثَانِيَةً، | ١٢ 12 |
Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
| وَقَالَ لِعِفْرُونَ فِي مَسَامِعِ شَعْبِ الأَرْضِ: «إِنْ كُنْتَ تَشَاءُ فَاسْمَعْ لِي. أَنَا أَدْفَعُ ثَمَنَ الْحَقْلِ. فَاقْبَلْ ذَلِكَ مِنِّي فَأَقُومَ بِدَفْنِ مَيْتِي هُنَاكَ». | ١٣ 13 |
He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, “But if you will, please hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there.”
| فَأَجَابَ عِفْرُونُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ: | ١٤ 14 |
Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
| «أَصْغِ لِي يَا سَيِّدِي، إِنَّ الأَرْضَ تُسَاوِي أَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ شَاقِلٍ (حَوَالَي خَمْسَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامَاتٍ) مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، وَهُوَ (ثَمَنٌ) لَا قِيمَةَ لَهُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ، فَادْفِنْ مَيْتَكَ». | ١٥ 15 |
“My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead.”
| فَقَبِلَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَرْضَ عِفْرُونَ، وَوَزَنَ لَهُ الْفِضَّةَ الَّتِي ذَكَرَهَا فِي مَسَامِعِ الْحِثِّيِّينَ. أَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ شَاقِلٍ رَائِجَةً بَيْنَ التُّجَّارِ. | ١٦ 16 |
Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants’ standard.
| وَبِمُقْتَضَى ذَلِكَ أَصْبَحَ حَقْلُ عِفْرُونَ الَّذِي فِي الْمَكْفِيلَةِ مُقَابِلَ مَمْرَا، وَالْمَغَارَةُ الَّتِي فِيهِ، وَجَمِيعُ الأَشْجَارِ الْقَائِمَةِ فِي كُلِّ الْحُدُودِ الْمُحِيطَةِ بِهِ، | ١٧ 17 |
So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all of its borders, were deeded
| مُلْكاً لإِبْرَاهِيمَ، بِمَشْهَدٍ مِنَ الْحِثِّيِّينَ وَسَائِرِ الْحَاضِرِينَ فِي مَجْلِسِ مَدِينَتِهِ. | ١٨ 18 |
to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
| وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ دَفَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ زَوْجَتَهُ سَارَةَ فِي مَغَارَةِ الْمَكْفِيلَةِ، مُقَابِلَ مَمْرَا. وَهِيَ حَبْرُونُ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ. | ١٩ 19 |
After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan.
| فَامْتَلَكَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مِنَ الْحِثِّيِّينَ الْحَقْلَ وَالْمَغَارَةَ الَّتِي فِيهِ لِيَكُونَا مَدْفَناً لَهُ. | ٢٠ 20 |
The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham by the children of Heth as a possession for a burial place.
