Genesis 23
1 And the life of Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years. These were the years of the life of Sarah.
サラ百二十七歳なりき是即ちサラの齡の年なり
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.
サラ、キリアテアルバにて死り是はカナンの地のヘブロンなりアブラハム至りてサラのために哀み且哭り
3 And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
斯てアブラハム死人の前より起ち出てヘテの子孫に語りて言けるは
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.
我は汝等の中の賓旅なり寄居者なり請ふ汝等の中にて我は墓地を與へて吾が所有となし我をして吾が死人を出し葬ることを得せしめよ
5 And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
ヘテの子孫アブラハムに應て之に言ふ
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.
我主よ我等に聽たまへ我等の中にありて汝は神の如き君なり我等の墓地の佳者を擇みて汝の死人を葬れ我等の中一人も其墓地を汝にをしみて汝をしてその死人を葬らしめざる者なかるべし
7 And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the sons of Heth.
是に於てアブラハム起ち其地の民ヘテの子孫に對て躬を鞠む
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,
而して彼等と語ひて言けるは若我をしてわが死人を出し葬るを得せしむる事汝等の意ならば請ふ我に聽て吾ためにゾハルの子エフロンに求め
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.
彼をして其野の極端に有るマクペラの洞穴を我に與へしめよ彼其十分の値を取て之を我に與へ汝等の中にてわが所有なる墓地となさば善し
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,
時にエフロン、ヘテの子孫の中に坐しゐたりヘテ人エフロン、ヘテの子孫即ち凡て其邑の門に入る者の聽る前にてアブラハムに應へて言けるは
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.
吾主よ我に聽たまへ其野は我汝に輿ふ又其中の洞穴も我之を汝に輿ふ我わが民なる衆人の前にて之を汝あたふ汝の死人を葬れ
12 And Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
是に於てアブラハム其地の民の前に躬を鞠たり
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.
而して彼其地の民に聽る前にてエフロンに語りて言けるは汝若之を肯はば請ふ吾に聽け我其野の値を汝に償はん汝之を吾より取れ我わが死人を彼處に葬らん
14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
エフロン、アブラハムに答て曰けるは
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.
わが主よ我に聽たまへ彼地は銀四百シケルに當る是は我と汝の間に豈道に足んや然ば汝の死人を葬れ
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.
アブラハ、ムエフロンの言に從ひエフロンがヘテの子孫の聽る前にて言たる所の銀を秤り商買の中の通用銀四百シケルを之に輿へたり
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
マムレの前なるマクペラに在るエフロンの野は野も其中の洞穴も野の中と其四周の堺にある樹も皆
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.
ヘテの子孫の前即ち凡て其邑に入る者の前にてアブラハムの所有と定りぬ
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.
厥後アブラハム其妻サラをマムレの前なるマクペラの野の洞穴に葬れり是即ちカナンの地のヘブロンなり
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.
斯く其野と其中の洞穴はヘテの子孫之をアブラハムの所有なる墓地と定めたり
