創世記 23
1 サラ百二十七歳なりき是即ちサラの齡の年なり
Sarah lived a hundred and twenty-seven years. These were the years of the life of Sarah.
2 サラ、キリアテアルバにて死り是はカナンの地のヘブロンなりアブラハム至りてサラのために哀み且哭り
Sarah died in Kiriath Arba, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan. Abraham mourned and wept for Sarah.
3 斯てアブラハム死人の前より起ち出てヘテの子孫に語りて言けるは
Then Abraham rose up and went from his dead wife, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
4 我は汝等の中の賓旅なり寄居者なり請ふ汝等の中にて我は墓地を與へて吾が所有となし我をして吾が死人を出し葬ることを得せしめよ
“I am a foreigner among you. Please grant me a property for a burial place among you, so that I may bury my dead.”
5 ヘテの子孫アブラハムに應て之に言ふ
The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying,
6 我主よ我等に聽たまへ我等の中にありて汝は神の如き君なり我等の墓地の佳者を擇みて汝の死人を葬れ我等の中一人も其墓地を汝にをしみて汝をしてその死人を葬らしめざる者なかるべし
“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.”
7 是に於てアブラハム起ち其地の民ヘテの子孫に對て躬を鞠む
Abraham arose and bowed down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth.
8 而して彼等と語ひて言けるは若我をしてわが死人を出し葬るを得せしむる事汝等の意ならば請ふ我に聽て吾ためにゾハルの子エフロンに求め
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.
9 彼をして其野の極端に有るマクペラの洞穴を我に與へしめよ彼其十分の値を取て之を我に與へ汝等の中にてわが所有なる墓地となさば善し
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.”
10 時にエフロン、ヘテの子孫の中に坐しゐたりヘテ人エフロン、ヘテの子孫即ち凡て其邑の門に入る者の聽る前にてアブラハムに應へて言けるは
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,
11 吾主よ我に聽たまへ其野は我汝に與ふ又其中の洞穴も我之を汝に與ふ我吾民なる衆人の前にて之を汝にあたふ汝の死人を葬れ
“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.”
12 是に於てアブラハム其地の民の前に躬を鞠たり
Then Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
13 而して彼其地の民に聽る前にてエフロンに語りて言けるは汝若之を肯はば請ふ吾に聽け我其野の値を汝に償はん汝之を吾より取れ我わが死人を彼處に葬らん
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.”
14 エフロン、アブラハムに答て曰けるは
Ephron answered Abraham, saying,
15 わが主よ我に聽たまへ彼地は銀四百シケルに當る是は我と汝の間に豈道に足んや然ば汝の死人を葬れ
“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.”
16 アブラハム、エフロンの言に從ひエフロンがヘテの子孫の聽る前にて言たる所の銀を秤り商買の中の通用銀四百シケルを之に與へたり
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.
17 マムレの前なるマクペラに在るエフロンの野は野も其中の洞穴も野の中と其四周の堺にある樹も皆
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
18 ヘテの子孫の前即ち凡て其邑に入る者の前にてアブラハムの所有と定りぬ
to Abraham by purchase in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all those who had come into the gate of his city.
19 厥後アブラハム其妻サラをマムレの前なるマクペラの野の洞穴に葬れり是即ちカナンの地のヘブロンなり
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.
20 斯く其野と其中の洞穴はヘテの子孫之をアブラハムの所有なる墓地と定めたり
So the field and the cave in it passed to Abraham as a property for a burial place from the sons of Heth.
