Genesis 23
1 And the life of Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years. These were the years of the life of Sarah.
撒拉享壽一百二十七歲，這是撒拉一生的歲數。
2 And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
撒拉死在迦南地的基列‧亞巴，就是希伯崙。亞伯拉罕為她哀慟哭號。
3 And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
後來亞伯拉罕從死人面前起來，對赫人說：
4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you. Give me a possession of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
「我在你們中間是外人，是寄居的。求你們在這裏給我一塊地，我好埋葬我的死人，使她不在我眼前。」
5 And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
赫人回答亞伯拉罕說：
6 Hear us, my lord. Thou are a prince of God among us. Bury thy dead in our choice sepulchers. None of us shall withhold from thee his sepulcher, but that thou may bury thy dead.
「我主請聽。你在我們中間是一位尊大的王子，只管在我們最好的墳地裏埋葬你的死人；我們沒有一人不容你在他的墳地裏埋葬你的死人。」
7 And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the sons of Heth.
亞伯拉罕就起來，向那地的赫人下拜，
8 And he conversed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
對他們說：「你們若有意叫我埋葬我的死人，使她不在我眼前，就請聽我的話，為我求瑣轄的兒子以弗崙，
9 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. Let him give it to me for the full price in the midst of you for a possession of a burying place.
把田頭上那麥比拉洞給我，他可以按着足價賣給我，作我在你們中間的墳地。」
10 Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the sons of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,
當時以弗崙正坐在赫人中間。於是，赫人以弗崙在城門出入的赫人面前對亞伯拉罕說：
11 No, my lord, hear me. I give thee the field. And the cave that is in it, I give it to thee. I give it to thee in the presence of the sons of my people. Bury thy dead.
「不然，我主請聽。我送給你這塊田，連田間的洞也送給你，在我同族的人面前都給你，可以埋葬你的死人。」
12 And Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
亞伯拉罕就在那地的人民面前下拜，
13 And he spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou will, I pray thee, hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there.
在他們面前對以弗崙說：「你若應允，請聽我的話。我要把田價給你，求你收下，我就在那裏埋葬我的死人。」
14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
以弗崙回答亞伯拉罕說：
15 My lord, hearken to me. A piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and thee? Therefore bury thy dead.
「我主請聽。值四百舍客勒銀子的一塊田，在你我中間還算甚麼呢？只管埋葬你的死人吧！」
16 And Abraham hearkened to Ephron. And Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver that he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
亞伯拉罕聽從了以弗崙，照着他在赫人面前所說的話，把買賣通用的銀子平了四百舍客勒給以弗崙。
17 So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the border of it round about, were made sure
於是，麥比拉、幔利前、以弗崙的那塊田和其中的洞，並田間四圍的樹木，
18 to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
都定準歸與亞伯拉罕，乃是他在赫人面前並城門出入的人面前買妥的。
19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan.
此後，亞伯拉罕把他妻子撒拉埋葬在迦南地幔利前的麥比拉田間的洞裏。（幔利就是希伯崙）。
20 And the field, and the cave that is in it, were made sure to Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the sons of Heth.
從此，那塊田和田間的洞就藉着赫人定準歸與亞伯拉罕作墳地。
