Genesis 23
1 Sarah lived a hundred and twenty-seven years. These were the years of the life of Sarah.
Vixit autem Sara centum vigintiseptem annis.
2 Sarah died in Kiriath Arba, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan. Abraham mourned and wept for Sarah.
Et mortua est in civitate Arbee, quae est Hebron, in terra Chanaan: venitque Abraham ut plangeret, et fleret eam.
3 Then Abraham rose up and went from his dead wife, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
Cumque surrexisset ab officio funeris, locutus est ad filios Heth, dicens:
4 “I am a foreigner among you. Please grant me a property for a burial place among you, so that I may bury my dead.”
Advena sum et peregrinus apud vos: date mihi ius sepulchri vobiscum, ut sepeliam mortuum meum.
5 The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying,
Responderunt filii Heth, dicentes:
6 “Listen to us, my master. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb, so that you may bury your dead.”
Audi nos domine, princeps Dei es apud nos: in electis sepulchris nostris sepeli mortuum tuum: nullusque te prohibere poterit quin in monumento eius sepelias mortuum tuum.
7 Abraham arose and bowed down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth.
Surrexit Abraham, et adoravit populum terrae, filios videlicet Heth:
8 He spoke to them, saying, “If you agree that I should bury my dead, then hear me and plead with Ephron son of Zohar, for me.
dixitque ad eos: Si placet animae vestrae ut sepeliam mortuum meum, audite me, et intercedite pro me apud Ephron filium Seor:
9 Ask him to sell me the cave of Machpelah, which he owns, which is at the end of his field. For the full price let him sell it to me publicly as a property for a burial place.”
ut det mihi speluncam duplicem, quam habet in extrema parte agri sui: pecunia digna tradat eam mihi coram vobis in possessionem sepulchri.
10 Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth, and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth, of all those who had come into the gate of his city, saying,
Habitabat autem Ephron in medio filiorum Heth. Responditque Ephron ad Abraham cunctis audientibus qui ingrediebantur portam civitatis illius, dicens:
11 “No, my master, hear me. I give you the field, and the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of the sons of my people. I give it to you to bury your dead.”
Nequaquam ita fiat, domine mi, sed tu magis ausculta quod loquor: Agrum trado tibi, et speluncam, quae in eo est, praesentibus filiis populi mei, sepeli mortuum tuum.
12 Then Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
Adoravit Abraham coram populo terrae.
13 He spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, “But if you are willing, please hear me. I will pay for the field. Take the money from me, and I will bury my dead there.”
Et locutus est ad Ephron circumstante plebe eius: Quaeso, ut audias me: Dabo pecuniam pro agro: suscipe eam, et sic sepeliam mortuum meum in agro.
14 Ephron answered Abraham, saying,
Responditque Ephron:
15 “Please, my master, listen to me. A piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? Bury your dead.”
Domine mi, audi me: Terra, quam postulas, quadringentos siclos argenti valet: istud est pretium inter me et te: sed quantum est hoc? sepeli mortuum tuum.
16 Abraham listened to Ephron and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the amount of silver that he had spoken in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard measurement of the merchants.
Quod cum audisset Abraham, appendit pecuniam, quam Ephron postulaverat, audientibus filiis Heth, quadringentos siclos argenti probatae monetae publicae.
17 So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was next to Mamre, that is, the field, the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field and all around its border, passed
Confirmatusque est ager quondam Ephronis, in quo erat spelunca duplex, respiciens Mambre, tam ipse, quam spelunca, et omnes arbores eius in cunctis terminis eius per circuitum,
18 to Abraham by purchase in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all those who had come into the gate of his city.
Abrahae in possessionem, videntibus filiis Heth, et cunctis qui intrabant portam civitatis illius.
19 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which is next to Mamre, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan.
Atque ita sepelivit Abraham Saram uxorem suam in spelunca agri duplici, quae respiciebat Mambre. Haec est Hebron in terra Chanaan.
20 So the field and the cave in it passed to Abraham as a property for a burial place from the sons of Heth.
Et confirmatus est ager, et antrum, quod erat in eo, Abrahae in possessionem monumenti a filiis Heth.
