創世記 23
1 撒辣一生的壽數是一百二十歲。
Now Sarah lived for one hundred and twenty-seven years.
2 撒辣死在客納罕地的克黎雅特阿爾巴，即赫貝龍。亞巴郎來舉哀哭弔撒辣；
And she died in the city of Arba, which is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn and weep for her.
3 然後從死者面前起來，對赫特人說道：
And when he had risen up from the funeral duties, he spoke to the sons of Heth, saying:
4 「我在你們中是個外鄉僑民，請你們在這裏賣給我一塊墳地，我好將我的死者移去埋葬。」
“I am a newcomer and a sojourner among you. Give me the right of a sepulcher among you, so that I may bury my dead.”
5 赫特人答覆亞巴郎說：「
The sons of Heth responded by saying:
6 先生，請聽：你在我們中是天主的寵臣，你可在我們最好的墳地埋葬你的死者，我們沒有人會拒絕你，在他的墳地內埋葬你的死者。」
“Hear us, O lord, you are a leader of God among us. Bury your dead in our chosen sepulchers. And no man shall be able to prohibit you from burying your dead within his memorial.”
7 亞巴郎遂起來，向當地人民赫特人下拜，
Abraham arose, and he reverenced the people of the land, namely, the sons of Heth.
8 然後對他們說：「如果你們實在願意我將死者移去埋葬，請你們答應我，為我請求祚哈爾的兒子厄斐龍，
And he said to them: “If it pleases your soul that I should bury my dead, hear me, and intercede on my behalf with Ephron, the son of Zohar,
9 要他賣給我他那塊田地盡頭所有的瑪革培拉山洞；要他按實價在你們面前賣給我，作為私有墳地。」
so that he may give me the double cave, which he has at the far end of his field. He may transfer it to me for as much money as it is worth in your sight, for the possession of a sepulcher.”
10 當時，厄斐龍也坐在赫特人中間。這赫特人厄斐龍遂在聚於城門口的赫特人面前，高聲答覆亞巴郎說：「
Now Ephron dwelt in the midst of the sons of Heth. And Ephron responded to Abraham in the hearing of everyone who was entering at the gate of his city, saying:
11 先生，不要這樣。請聽我說：我送給你這塊田，連其中的山洞，也送給你。我願在我同族的人民眼前送給你，埋葬你的死者。」
“Let it never be so, my lord, but you should pay greater heed to what I say. The field I will transfer to you, and the cave that is in it. In the presence of the sons of my people, bury your dead.”
12 亞巴郎又在當地人民面前下拜，
Abraham reverenced in the sight of the people of the land.
13 然後對當地人民高聲向厄斐龍說：「假如你樂意，請你聽我說：我願給你地價，你收下後，我才在那裏埋葬我的死者。」
And he spoke to Ephron, standing in the midst of the people: “I ask you to hear me. I will give you money for the field. Take it, and so I will bury my dead in it.”
14 厄斐龍答覆亞巴郎說：「
And Ephron responded: “My lord, hear me.
15 先生，請聽我說：一塊值四百「協刻耳」銀子的地，在你和我之間，算得什麼! 你儘管去埋葬你的死者罷! 」
The land that you request is worth four hundred shekels of silver. This is the price between me and you. But how much is this? Bury your dead.”
16 亞巴郎明白了厄斐龍的意思，便照他在赫特人前大聲提出的價值，按流行的市價稱了四百「協刻耳」銀子給他。
And when Abraham had heard this, he weighed out the money that Ephron had requested, in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, of the approved public currency.
17 這樣，厄斐龍在瑪革培拉面對瑪默勒的那塊田地，連田地帶其中的山洞，以及在田地四周所有的樹木，
And having confirmed that the field, in which there was a double cave overlooking Mamre, formerly belonged to Ephron, both it and the sepulcher, and all its trees, with all its surrounding limits,
18 當著聚在城門口的赫特人面前，全移交給亞巴郎作產業。
Abraham took it as a possession, in the sight of the sons of Heth and of everyone who was entering at the gate of his city.
19 事後，亞巴郎遂將自己的妻子撒辣葬在客納罕地，即葬在那塊面對瑪默勒，(即赫貝龍)，瑪革培拉田地的山洞內。
So then, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the double cave of the field that overlooked Mamre. This is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
20 這樣，這塊田地和其中的山洞，由赫特人移交了給亞巴郎作為私有墳地。
And the field was confirmed to Abraham, with the cave that was in it, as a memorial possession before the sons of Heth.
