Genesis 23
1 Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
Sera dị ndụ ruo narị afọ na iri afọ abụọ na asaa.
2 She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
Ọ nwụrụ na Kiriat Arba (nke bụ Hebrọn), nʼala Kenan. Ebraham ruru ụjụ nʼihi Sera, kwaa akwa nke ukwuu nʼihi ọnwụ ya.
3 Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
Ebraham sitere nʼebe ozu nwunye ya dị pụọ, jekwuru ụmụ Het gwa ha sị,
4 “I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
“Abụ m ọbịa na onye obodo ọzọ nʼetiti unu. Resinụ m ala m ji eme ebe olili nʼebe a, ka m nwee ike lie onye m nwụrụ anwụ.”
5 The Hittites replied to Abraham,
Ụmụ Het zara Ebraham sị,
6 “Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”
“Nna anyị ukwu, gee anyị ntị. Nwa eze dị ukwu ka ị bụ nʼetiti anyị, lie onye gị nwụrụ anwụ nʼili ahụ nke kachasị mma nʼime ili anyị nwere. O nweghị onye ọbụla nʼime anyị ga-ajụ inye gị ala olili ya maka ili onye gị nwụrụ anwụ.”
7 Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
Mgbe ahụ, Ebraham biliri kpọọ isiala nʼihu ndị nwe ala, bụ ndị Het,
8 “If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf
sị ha, “Ọ bụrụ ọchịchọ unu ka m lie onye m nwụrụ anwụ, geenụ m ntị ma rịọrọ m Efrọn nwa Zoha,
9 to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”
ka o resi m ọgba Makipela, nke bụ nke ya, nke dị na ngwụsị ọhịa ya. Gwa ya ka o resi m ya nʼọnụ ahịa o ruru ka ọ bụrụ ebe olili m nwere nʼetiti unu.”
10 Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,
Efrọn onye Het nʼonwe ya so nọdụ nʼebe ahụ nʼetiti ndị ya. Ọ zara Ebraham nʼihu ndị Het niile bịara nʼọnụ ụzọ ama obodo
11 “No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
sị ya, “Mba! Nna m ukwu, gee m ntị. Ana m enye gị ala ahụ na ọgba dị nʼime ya nʼihu ndị a niile bụ ndị m. Gaa lie onye gị nwụrụ anwụ nʼime ya.”
12 Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
Ọzọ Ebraham kpọrọ isiala nye ndị nwe ala,
13 and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”
ọ sịrị Efrọn, nʼihu ha niile, “Biko gee m ntị, aga m akwụ gị ọnụahịa iji zụọ ala ahụ. Nara m ya ka m nwee ike lie onye m nwụrụ anwụ nʼime ya.”
14 Ephron answered Abraham,
Efrọn zara Ebraham,
15 “Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
“Gee m ntị, nna m ukwu, ọ bụ ezie na ala ahụ ruru narị shekel ọlaọcha anọ, ma gịnị ka nke a bụ nʼetiti mụ na gị? Gaa lie onye gị nwụrụ anwụ nʼime ya.”
16 Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
Ebraham kwenyere nʼego ole Efrọn chọrọ ka ọ kwụọ. O ji ihe ọtụtụ tụpụtara Efrọn ego ruru ọnụahịa ọ kpọrọ aha nʼihu ndị Het niile, narị shekel ọlaọcha anọ, dịka ihe ọtụtụ nke dị nʼoge ahụ nʼetiti ndị na-azụ ahịa.
17 So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over
Site nʼoge ahụ, ala ahụ Efrọn nwere na Makipela, nke dị nso na Mamre, ala ahụ na ọgba dị nʼime ya, na osisi niile dị nʼime ala ahụ niile gburugburu,
18 to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
ghọrọ nke Ebraham dịka ihe nzụta ya nʼihu ụmụ Het, nʼihu ndị niile ndị bịara nʼọnụ ụzọ e si abata obodo ahụ.
19 After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
Emesịa, Ebraham liri Sera nwunye ya nʼime ọgba ahụ dị nʼala dị na Makipela na nso Mamre (nke dị na Hebrọn) nʼala ndị Kenan.
20 So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.
Ya mere, ala ahụ na ọgba dị nʼime ya ka ndị Het resiri Ebraham ka ọ bụrụ nke ya, ebe a na-eli ozu.
