Genesis 23
1 When Sarah was 127 years old,
| وَعَاشَتْ سَارَةُ مِئَةً وَسَبْعاً وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً. | ١ |
2 she died at Kiriath-Arba [town], which is now called Hebron, in the Canaan region. After Abraham mourned for her,
| ثُمَّ مَاتَتْ سَارَةُ فِي قَرْيَةِ أَرْبَعَ، أَيْ حَبْرُونَ، فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، فَجَاءَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لِيَنْدُبَ سَارَةَ وَيَبْكِيَ عَلَيْهَا. | ٢ |
3 he left the body of his wife and [went and] spoke to some of the descendants of Heth, saying,
| وَنَهَضَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مِنْ أَمَامِ الْجُثْمَانِ وَقَالَ لِلْحِثِّيِّينَ: | ٣ |
4 “I am a foreigner [DOU] living among you, [so I do not own any land here]. Sell me some land here so that I can bury my wife’s body.”
| «أَنَا غَرِيبٌ وَنَزِيلٌ بَيْنَكُمْ، فَمَلِّكُونِي مَعَكُمْ مَدْفَناً أُوَارِي فِيهِ مَيْتِي مِنْ أَمَامِي». | ٤ |
5 They replied to him,
| فَأَجَابُوهُ قَائِلِينَ: | ٥ |
6 “Sir, you are a powerful prince among us. Choose one of our finest tombs and bury your wife’s [body] in it. None of us will refuse to sell land to you for a tomb for your relatives’ bodies.”
| «أَصْغِ لَنَا يَا سَيِّدِي. أَنْتَ رَئِيسٌ مِنَ اللهِ فِي وَسَطِنَا، فَادْفِنْ مَيْتَكَ فِي أَفْضَلِ قُبُورِنَا، فَلا أَحَدَ مِنَّا يَمْنَعُ قَبْرَهُ عَنْكَ لِتَدْفِنَ مَيْتَكَ». | ٦ |
7 Then Abraham stood up and bowed [in respect] in front of the people who owned the land, the descendants of Heth.
| فَنَهَضَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَانْحَنَى أَمَامَ الْحِثِّيِّينَ أَهْلِ الْبِلادِ، | ٧ |
8 He said to them, “If you say that you are willing for me to bury my wife’s body here, listen to me, and ask Ephron, the son of Zohar for me,
| وَقَالَ: «إِنْ طَابَتْ نُفُوسُكُمْ أَنْ أَدْفِنَ مَيْتِي مِنْ أَمَامِي، فَاسْمَعُوا لِي وَالْتَمِسُوا لأَجْلِي مِنْ عِفْرُونَ بْنِ صُوحَرَ، | ٨ |
9 to sell to me the cave in the Machpelah area, which is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price he wants, so that I can have a burial ground among you.”
| أَنْ يَبِيعَنِي مَغَارَةَ الْمَكْفِيلَةِ الَّتِي فِي طَرَفِ حَقْلِهِ، فَأَشْتَرِيَهَا مِنْهُ لِقَاءَ ثَمَنٍ كَامِلٍ، وَأَمْتَلِكَهَا لِتَكُونَ مَدْفَناً لِي فِي وَسَطِكُمْ». | ٩ |
10 Ephron was sitting among the people near the city gate where many [HYP] descendants of Heth had gathered. He heard what Abraham said to them.
| وَكَانَ عِفْرُونُ جَالِساً بَيْنَ الْحِثِّيِّينَ، فَقَالَ فِي مَسَامِعِ الْحِثِّيِّينَ، أَمَامَ كُلِّ الْحَاضِرِينَ فِي مَجْلِسِ مَدِينَتِهِ: | ١٠ |
11 [So, just to make the customary reply to start the real discussion about a price], Ephron said, “No, sir, listen to me. I will give to you the field and the cave in it, without charge, with the people here as witnesses.”
| «لا يَا سَيِّدِي، بَلْ أَصْغِ إِلَيَّ، هُوَذَا الْحَقْلُ الَّذِي لِي وَالْمَغَارَةُ الَّتِي فِيهِ أَهَبُهُمَا لَكَ عَلَى مَشْهَدٍ مِنْ بَنِي شَعْبِي فَخُذْهُمَا وَادْفِنْ مَيْتَكَ». | ١١ |
12 Abraham again bowed before the people who lived in the area,
| فَانْحَنَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ أَمَامَ أَهْلِ الْبِلادِ مَرَّةً ثَانِيَةً، | ١٢ |
13 and said to Ephron, as all the others were listening, “[No], listen to me. If you are willing, I will pay for the field. You tell me what the price is, and I will give it to you. If you accept it, the field will become mine, and I can bury my wife’s body there.”
| وَقَالَ لِعِفْرُونَ فِي مَسَامِعِ شَعْبِ الأَرْضِ: «إِنْ كُنْتَ تَشَاءُ فَاسْمَعْ لِي. أَنَا أَدْفَعُ ثَمَنَ الْحَقْلِ. فَاقْبَلْ ذَلِكَ مِنِّي فَأَقُومَ بِدَفْنِ مَيْتِي هُنَاكَ». | ١٣ |
14 Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
| فَأَجَابَ عِفْرُونُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ: | ١٤ |
15 “Sir, listen to me. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver. But the price is not important to you and me. Give me the money and bury your wife’s body there.”
| «أَصْغِ لِي يَا سَيِّدِي، إِنَّ الأَرْضَ تُسَاوِي أَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ شَاقِلٍ (حَوَالَي خَمْسَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامَاتٍ) مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، وَهُوَ (ثَمَنٌ) لَا قِيمَةَ لَهُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ، فَادْفِنْ مَيْتَكَ». | ١٥ |
16 Abraham agreed with Ephron about the price, and weighed for Ephron the 400 pieces of silver he had suggested, as everyone was listening, using the standard weights for silver used [in that area] by people who sold things.
| فَقَبِلَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَرْضَ عِفْرُونَ، وَوَزَنَ لَهُ الْفِضَّةَ الَّتِي ذَكَرَهَا فِي مَسَامِعِ الْحِثِّيِّينَ. أَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ شَاقِلٍ رَائِجَةً بَيْنَ التُّجَّارِ. | ١٦ |
17 So Ephron’s field in the Machpelah area, near Mamre, and the cave in the field, and all the trees that were in the field inside the boundaries of the land, became Abraham’s possession.
| وَبِمُقْتَضَى ذَلِكَ أَصْبَحَ حَقْلُ عِفْرُونَ الَّذِي فِي الْمَكْفِيلَةِ مُقَابِلَ مَمْرَا، وَالْمَغَارَةُ الَّتِي فِيهِ، وَجَمِيعُ الأَشْجَارِ الْقَائِمَةِ فِي كُلِّ الْحُدُودِ الْمُحِيطَةِ بِهِ، | ١٧ |
18 It became Abraham’s property as all the descendants of Heth were listening there at the city gate.
| مُلْكاً لإِبْرَاهِيمَ، بِمَشْهَدٍ مِنَ الْحِثِّيِّينَ وَسَائِرِ الْحَاضِرِينَ فِي مَجْلِسِ مَدِينَتِهِ. | ١٨ |
19 After that, Abraham buried his wife Sarah’s body in the cave in the field in the Machpelah area near Mamre, which is now called Hebron [city], in the Canaan region.
| وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ دَفَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ زَوْجَتَهُ سَارَةَ فِي مَغَارَةِ الْمَكْفِيلَةِ، مُقَابِلَ مَمْرَا. وَهِيَ حَبْرُونُ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ. | ١٩ |
20 So the field and the cave in it were officially sold to Abraham by the descendants of Heth, to be used as a burial ground.
| فَامْتَلَكَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مِنَ الْحِثِّيِّينَ الْحَقْلَ وَالْمَغَارَةَ الَّتِي فِيهِ لِيَكُونَا مَدْفَناً لَهُ. | ٢٠ |
