Genesis 23
1 Sarah lived to be 127,
| وَكَانَتْ حَيَاةُ سَارَةَ مِئَةً وَسَبْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً، سِنِي حَيَاةِ سَارَةَ. | ١ |
2 and then she died at Kiriath-arba (or Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went in to mourn her death and to weep over her.
| وَمَاتَتْ سَارَةُ فِي قَرْيَةِ أَرْبَعَ، ٱلَّتِي هِيَ حَبْرُونُ، فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ. فَأَتَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ لِيَنْدُبَ سَارَةَ وَيَبْكِيَ عَلَيْهَا. | ٢ |
3 Then Abraham got up from beside his wife's body and went to talk with the leaders of the Hittites.
| وَقَامَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مِنْ أَمَامِ مَيِّتِهِ وَكَلَّمَ بَنِي حِثَّ قَائِلًا: | ٣ |
4 “I am a foreigner, a stranger living among you,” he said. “Please let me buy a burial site so I can bury my dead wife.”
| «أَنَا غَرِيبٌ وَنَزِيلٌ عِنْدَكُمْ. أَعْطُونِي مُلْكَ قَبْرٍ مَعَكُمْ لِأَدْفِنَ مَيْتِي مِنْ أَمَامِي». | ٤ |
5 The Hittites answered Abraham, telling him,
| فَأَجَابَ بَنُو حِثَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَائِلِينَ لَهُ: | ٥ |
6 “Listen, my lord, you are a highly-respected prince among us. Choose the very best of our burial sites to bury your dead. None of us will say no to you.”
| «اِسْمَعْنَا يَا سَيِّدِي. أَنْتَ رَئِيسٌ مِنَ ٱللهِ بَيْنَنَا. فِي أَفْضَلِ قُبُورِنَا ٱدْفِنْ مَيْتَكَ، لَا يَمْنَعُ أَحَدٌ مِنَّا قَبْرَهُ عَنْكَ حَتَّى لَا تَدْفِنَ مَيْتَكَ». | ٦ |
7 Abraham got up and bowed low before the Hittites, the local people,
| فَقَامَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَسَجَدَ لِشَعْبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، لِبَنِي حِثَّ، | ٧ |
8 and said to them, “If you agree to help me bury my dead, listen to my proposal. Could you please ask Ephron, son of Zohar,
| وَكَلَّمَهُمْ قَائِلًا: «إِنْ كَانَ فِي نُفُوسِكُمْ أَنْ أَدْفِنَ مَيْتِي مِنْ أَمَامِي، فَٱسْمَعُونِي وَٱلْتَمِسُوا لِي مِنْ عِفْرُونَ بْنِ صُوحَرَ | ٨ |
9 to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him, down at the end of his field. I'm willing to pay him the full price here in your presence so I can have my own burial site.”
| أَنْ يُعْطِيَنِي مَغَارَةَ ٱلْمَكْفِيلَةِ ٱلَّتِي لَهُ، ٱلَّتِي فِي طَرَفِ حَقْلِهِ. بِثَمَنٍ كَامِلٍ يُعْطِينِي إِيَّاهَا فِي وَسَطِكُمْ مُلْكَ قَبْرٍ». | ٩ |
10 Ephron the Hittite was sitting there among his people. He replied to Abraham in the presence of the Hittites who were there at the town gate.
| وَكَانَ عِفْرُونُ جَالِسًا بَيْنَ بَنِي حِثَّ، فَأَجَابَ عِفْرُونُ ٱلْحِثِّيُّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي مَسَامِعِ بَنِي حِثَّ، لَدَى جَمِيعِ ٱلدَّاخِلِينَ بَابَ مَدِينَتِهِ قَائِلًا: | ١٠ |
11 “No, my lord,” he said. “Please listen to me. I give you the field and the cave that is there. I give it to you and my people are my witnesses. Please go and bury your dead.”
| «لَا يَا سَيِّدِي، ٱسْمَعْنِي. اَلْحَقْلُ وَهَبْتُكَ إِيَّاهُ، وَٱلْمَغَارَةُ ٱلَّتِي فِيهِ لَكَ وَهَبْتُهَا. لَدَى عُيُونِ بَنِي شَعْبِي وَهَبْتُكَ إِيَّاهَا. ٱدْفِنْ مَيْتَكَ». | ١١ |
12 Abraham bowed low before the local people,
| فَسَجَدَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ أَمَامَ شَعْبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، | ١٢ |
13 and said to Ephron so everyone could hear, “Please listen to me. I will pay the price for the field. Take the money and let me go and bury my dead there.”
| وَكَلَمَ عِفْرُونَ فِي مَسَامِعِ شَعْبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ قَائِلًا: «بَلْ إِنْ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ إِيَّاهُ فَلَيْتَكَ تَسْمَعُنِي. أُعْطِيكَ ثَمَنَ ٱلْحَقْلِ. خُذْ مِنِّي فَأَدْفِنَ مَيْتِي هُنَاكَ». | ١٣ |
14 Ephron replied to Abraham, telling him,
| فَأَجَابَ عِفْرُونُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَائِلًا لَهُ: | ١٤ |
15 “My lord, please listen to me. The land is worth four hundred pieces of silver. But what's that between us? Go and bury your dead.”
| «يَا سَيِّدِي، ٱسْمَعْنِي. أَرْضٌ بِأَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ شَاقِلِ فِضَّةٍ، مَا هِيَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ؟ فَٱدْفِنْ مَيْتَكَ». | ١٥ |
16 Abraham accepted Ephron's offer. Abraham weighed out and gave to Ephron the four hundred pieces of silver he'd mentioned, using the standard weights used by merchants, and with the Hittites acting as witnesses.
| فَسَمِعَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لِعِفْرُونَ، وَوَزَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لِعِفْرُونَ ٱلْفِضَّةَ ٱلَّتِي ذَكَرَهَا فِي مَسَامِعِ بَنِي حِثَّ. أَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ شَاقِلِ فِضَّةٍ جَائِزَةٍ عِنْدَ ٱلتُّجَّارِ. | ١٦ |
17 So the property was legally transferred. It comprised Ephron's field in Machpelah near Mamre, both the field and the cave there, as well as all the trees in the field, and all the area up to the existing boundaries.
| فَوَجَبَ حَقْلُ عِفْرُونَ ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلْمَكْفِيلَةِ ٱلَّتِي أَمَامَ مَمْرَا، ٱلْحَقْلُ وَٱلْمَغَارَةُ ٱلَّتِي فِيهِ، وَجَمِيعُ ٱلشَّجَرِ ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ ٱلَّذِي فِي جَمِيعِ حُدُودِهِ حَوَالَيْهِ، | ١٧ |
18 This all became Abraham's property, and the transaction was witnessed by the Hittites who were there at the town gate.
| لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ مُلْكًا لَدَى عُيُونِ بَنِي حِثَّ، بَيْنَ جَمِيعِ ٱلدَّاخِلِينَ بَابَ مَدِينَتِهِ. | ١٨ |
19 Then Abraham went and buried Sarah his wife in the cave in the field at Machpelah near Mamre (or Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
| وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ دَفَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ سَارَةَ ٱمْرَأَتَهُ فِي مَغَارَةِ حَقْلِ ٱلْمَكْفِيلَةِ أَمَامَ مَمْرَا، ٱلَّتِي هِيَ حَبْرُونُ، فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، | ١٩ |
20 Ownership of the field and the cave there was transferred from the Hittites to Abraham to serve as his burial place.
| فَوَجَبَ ٱلْحَقْلُ وَٱلْمَغَارَةُ ٱلَّتِي فِيهِ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ مُلْكَ قَبْرٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ بَنِي حِثَّ. | ٢٠ |
