Mose 1 23
1 Sara tsi xɔ ƒe alafa ɖeka blaeve-vɔ-adre.
Sara was an hundred and. xxvij. yere olde (for so longe lyued she)
2 Eku le Kiriat Arba (si nye Hebron) le Kanaanyigba dzi. Abraham yi be yeafa konyi, eye yeafa avi nɛ.
and than dyed in a heade cyte called Hebron in the londe of Canaan. Than Abraham came to morne Sara and to wepe for her.
3 Esime wòtsi tsitre ɖe srɔ̃a kukua gbɔ la, egblɔ na Hititɔwo be,
And Abraham stode vp from the coorse and talked with the sonnes of heth saynge:
4 “Amedzro menye le dzronyigba sia dzi; teƒe aɖeke mele asinye maɖi srɔ̃nye ɖo o. Meɖe kuku, midzra anyigba aɖe nam ne maɖi srɔ̃nye ɖe afi ma.”
I am a straunger ad a foryner amonge yow geue me a possession to bury in with you that I may bury my dead oute of my sighte.
5 Hititɔ la ɖo eŋu na Abraham be,
And the children of heth answered Abraham saynge vnto him:
6 “Amegã, ɖo to mí. Ènye fiavi ŋusẽtɔ aɖe le mía dome. Ɖi wò ame kukuwo ɖe míaƒe yɔdo nyuitɔwo me. Mía dometɔ aɖeke magbe eƒe yɔdo nana wò na wò ame kukuwo ɖiɖi o.”
heare vs lorde thou art a prynce of God amonge vs. In the chefest of oure sepulchres bury thy dead: None of vs shall forbydd ye his sepulchre yt thou shuldest not bury thy deade therein.
7 Abraham tsi tsitre, eye wòde ta agu na Hititɔwo hegblɔ be,
Abraha stode vp and bowed hi selfe before ye people of ye lade ye childre of heth.
8 “Zi ale si wònye nenema miedii ko la, mive nunye, miaɖe kuku na Efrɔn, Zoha ƒe vi nam
And he comoned with them saynge: Yf it be youre myndes yt I shall bury my deade oute of my sighte heare me ad speke for me to Ephron the sonne of Zoar:
9 be wòadzra eƒe kpeto Makpela si le eƒe anyigba ƒe seƒe lɔƒo la nam. Maxe ga home si dzi míalɔ̃ ɖo la katã nɛ, eye wòazu ameɖiƒe na ƒonyemetɔwo tegbee.”
and let him geue me the dubill caue which he hath in the end of his felde for as moch money as it is worth let him geue it me in the presence of you for a possession to bury in.
10 Efrɔn nɔ ameawo dome. Eƒo nu, ɖo Abraham ƒe nya la ŋu le Hititɔwo katã ŋkume. Egblɔ na Abraham be,
For Hephron dwelled amoge ye childern of heth. Than Ephron the Hethite answered Abraham in the audyece of the childern of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of his cyte saynge:
11 “Amegã, meɖe kuku, ɖo tom. Matsɔ kpeto la kple anyigba la ana wò, eye nyemaxɔ naneke ɖe wo ta o. Metsɔ wo na wò faa le nye ame siwo le afi sia la ƒe ŋkume. Yi nàɖi wò ame kuku la ɖe edzi.”
Not so my lorde but heare me: The felde geue I the and the caue that therein is geue I the also And even in the presence of the sonnes of my people geve I it the to bury thy deede in.
12 Abraham gade ta agu na Hititɔwo,
Than Abraham bowed himselfe before the people of the lade
13 eye wòɖo nya la ŋu na Efrɔn esime ame sia ame nɔ to dzi be, “Ao, na maƒlee ko. Na maxe ga home si anyigba la xɔ la, ekema maɖi nye ame kukuwo ɖe edzi.”
and spake vnto Ephro in the audyence of the people of the contre saynge: I praye the heare me I will geue sylver for the felde take it of me ad so will I bury my deed there.
14 Efrɔn ɖo eŋu na Abraham be,
Ephron answered Abraha saynge vnto him
15 “Ɖo tom, nye aƒetɔ; anyigba la ƒe asie nye klosalo kilogram atɔ̃. Ke nu kae nye ga home ma le nye kple wò dome? Ɖi wò ame kuku.”
My lorde harken vnto me. The lande is worth iiij. hundreth sycles of syluer: But what is that betwixte the and me? bury thy deede.
16 Abraham lɔ̃ ɖe klosalo kilogram atɔ̃ si Efrɔn bia le Hititɔwo dome la dzi, eye wòxee nɛ.
And Abraham harkened vnto Ephron and weyde him the sylver which he had sayde in the audyence of the sonnes of Heth. Euen. iiij. hudred syluer sycles of currant money amonge marchauntes
17 Ale Efrɔn ƒe anyigba si le Makpela si te ɖe Mamre ŋu, anyigba la kple kpeto si le eme la siaa kple ati siwo le anyigba la ƒe liƒowo me la trɔ zu
Thus was the felde of Ephron where in the dubbill caue is before Mamre: euen the felde and the caue that is therein and all the trees of the felde which growe in all the borders rounde aboute made sure
18 Abraham tɔ le Hititɔ siwo va du la ƒe agbo nu la katã ƒe ŋkume.
vnto Abraham for a possession in the syghte of the childern of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of the cyte.
19 Emegbe la, Abraham ɖi srɔ̃a Sara ɖe kpeto si le Makpela si te ɖe Mamre ŋu la me. Teƒe sia le Hebron le Kanaanyigba dzi.
And then Abraham buried Sara his wyfe in the double caue of the felde that lyeth before Mare otherwise called Ebron in the lande of Canaan.
20 Ale Hititɔwo wɔ agbalẽ ɖe anyigba la kple kpeto si le edzi la dzi na Abraham be wòanye eƒe ameɖiƒe.
And so both the felde ad the caue that is therein was made vnto Abraham a sure possession to bury in of the sonnes of Heth.
