Genesis 23
1 And the life of Sarah came to be, a hundred and twenty-seven years, —the years of the life of Sarah.
撒拉享寿一百二十七岁，这是撒拉一生的岁数。
2 And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba, the same, is Hebron in the land of Canaan, —and Abraham went in to wail for Sarah and to weep for her.
撒拉死在迦南地的基列·亚巴，就是希伯 。亚伯拉罕为她哀恸哭号。
3 And Abraham rose up from over the face of his dead, —and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying;
后来亚伯拉罕从死人面前起来，对赫人说：
4 A sojourner and settler, am I with you, —Give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, That I may bury my dead, from before me.
“我在你们中间是外人，是寄居的。求你们在这里给我一块地，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:
赫人回答亚伯拉罕说：
6 Hear us, my lord! A prince of God, art thou in our midst, In the choice of our buryingplaces, bury thy dead, —Not, a man from among us his, burying-place, will withhold from thee, from burying thy dead.
“我主请听。你在我们中间是一位尊大的王子，只管在我们最好的坟地里埋葬你的死人；我们没有一人不容你在他的坟地里埋葬你的死人。”
7 And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth;
亚伯拉罕就起来，向那地的赫人下拜，
8 and spake with them, saying, —If it is with the consent of your minds that I should bury my dead from before me, hear me, and intercede for me, with Ephron son of Zohar:
对他们说：“你们若有意叫我埋葬我的死人，使她不在我眼前，就请听我的话，为我求琐辖的儿子以弗 ；
9 That he would give me, the cave of Machpelah, which pertaineth unto him, which is within the bounds of his field, —For full silver, let him give it me in your midst, For a possession of a buryingplace.
把田头上那麦比拉洞给我；他可以按着足价卖给我，作我在你们中间的坟地。”
10 Now, Ephron, was sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth, —so Ephron the Hittite responded to Abraham, in the ears of the sons of Heth, even all that were entering the gate of his city, saying:
当时以弗 正坐在赫人中间。于是，赫人以弗 在城门出入的赫人面前对亚伯拉罕说：
11 Nay, my lord, hear me, The field, have I given to thee And, the cave that is therein, to thee, have I given it, —In the eyes of the sons of my people, have I given it thee Bury thy dead.
“不然，我主请听。我送给你这块田，连田间的洞也送给你，在我同族的人面前都给你，可以埋葬你的死人。”
12 So Abraham boweth himself down, before the people of the land:
亚伯拉罕就在那地的人民面前下拜，
13 and spake unto Ephron in the ears of the people of the land saying, Only if, thou, wouldst, hear me, —I have given the silver of the field Take it of me, That I may bury my dead here.
在他们面前对以弗 说：“你若应允，请听我的话。我要把田价给你，求你收下，我就在那里埋葬我的死人。”
14 And Ephron responded to Abraham, saying to him,
以弗 回答亚伯拉罕说：
15 My lord, hear me, —Land worth four hundred shekels of silver—betwixt me and thee, what is that? And thy dead., bury thou.
“我主请听。值四百舍客勒银子的一块田，在你我中间还算什么呢？只管埋葬你的死人吧！”
16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver of which he had spoken in the ears of the sons of Heth, —four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant,
亚伯拉罕听从了以弗 ，照着他在赫人面前所说的话，把买卖通用的银子平了四百舍客勒给以弗 。
17 So was confirmed the field of Ephron, which is in Machpelah, which is before Mamre, —the field and the cave which is therein, and all the timber which was in the field, which was in all the boundary thereof round about,
于是，麦比拉、幔利前、以弗 的那块田和其中的洞，并田间四围的树木，
18 to Abraham as a purchase in the eyes of the sons of Heth, —with all who were entering the gate of his city.
都定准归与亚伯拉罕，乃是他在赫人面前并城门出入的人面前买妥的。
19 And after this, did Abraham bury Sarah his wife, within the cave of the field of Machpelah, over against Mamre, the same, is Hebron, —in the land of Canaan.
此后，亚伯拉罕把他妻子撒拉埋葬在迦南地幔利前的麦比拉田间的洞里。（幔利就是希伯 ）。
20 So was confirmed the field with the cave which was therein to Abraham, for a possession of a buryingplace, —from the sons of Heth.
从此，那块田和田间的洞就借着赫人定准归与亚伯拉罕作坟地。
