Genesis 23
1 And the life of Sarah is a hundred and twenty and seven years — 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 dieth in Kirjath-Arba, which [is] Hebron, in the land of Caanan, and Abraham goeth in to mourn for Sarah, and to bewail 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 riseth up from the presence of his dead, and speaketh 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 a settler I [am] with you; give to me a possession of a burying-place with you, and I 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 answer 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 burying-places bury thy dead: none of us his burying-place doth 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 riseth and boweth himself 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 he speaketh with them, saying, 'If it is your desire to bury my dead from before me, hear me, and meet for me with Ephron, son of Zoar;
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 and he giveth to me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which [is] in the extremity of his field; for full money doth he give it to me, in your midst, for a possession of a burying-place.'
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 And Ephron is sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth, and Ephron the Hittite answereth Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth, of all those 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 I have given to thee, and the cave that [is] in it, to thee I have given it; before the eyes of the sons of my people I have given it to 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 And Abraham boweth himself before the people of the land,
亚伯拉罕就在那地的人民面前下拜，
13 and speaketh unto Ephron in the ears of the people of the land, saying, 'Only — if thou wouldest hear me — I have given the money of the field — accept from me, and I bury my dead there.'
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 answereth Abraham, saying to him,
以弗 回答亚伯拉罕说：
15 'My lord, hear me: the land — four hundred shekels of silver; between me and thee, what [is] it? — thy dead bury.'
“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 hearkeneth unto Ephron, and Abraham weigheth to Ephron the silver which he hath spoken of in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred silver shekels, passing 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 And established are the field of Ephron, which [is] in Machpelah, which [is] before Mamre, the field and the cave which [is] in it, and all the trees which [are] in the field, which [are] in all its border 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 by purchase, before the eyes of the sons of Heth, among all 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 hath Abraham buried Sarah his wife at the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (which [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 and established are the field, and the cave which [is] in it, to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place, 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。
