Genesis 23
1 Vixit autem Sara centum vigintiseptem annis.
And the lifetime of Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years; [these] were the years of the life of Sarah.
2 Et mortua est in civitate Arbee, quae est Hebron, in terra Chanaan: venitque Abraham ut plangeret, et fleret eam.
And Sarah died in Kiryath-arba, the same in Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
3 Cumque surrexisset ab officio funeris, locutus est ad filios Heth, dicens:
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke unto the sons of Heth, saying,
4 Advena sum et peregrinus apud vos: date mihi ius sepulchri vobiscum, ut sepeliam mortuum meum.
A stranger and a sojourner I am with you; give me a possession for a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
5 Responderunt filii Heth, dicentes:
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him:
6 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.
Hear us, my lord; a prince of God thou art among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, so that thou mayest bury thy dead.
7 Surrexit Abraham, et adoravit populum terrae, filios videlicet Heth:
And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.
8 dixitque ad eos: Si placet animae vestrae ut sepeliam mortuum meum, audite me, et intercedite pro me apud Ephron filium Seor:
And he spoke with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and intercede for me with Ephron the son of Zochar,
9 ut det mihi speluncam duplicem, quam habet in extrema parte agri sui: pecunia digna tradat eam mihi coram vobis in possessionem sepulchri.
That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which is his, which is at the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me, for a possession as a burying-place amongst you.
10 Habitabat autem Ephron in medio filiorum Heth. Responditque Ephron ad Abraham cunctis audientibus qui ingrediebantur portam civitatis illius, dicens:
And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, and of all those that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
11 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.
Nay, my lord, hear me: the field I give to thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it to thee; in the presence of the sons of my people do I give it to thee; bury thy dead.
12 Adoravit Abraham coram populo terrae.
And Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
13 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.
And he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wouldst only hear me; I will give the money for the field, take it off me, and I will bury my dead there.
14 Responditque Ephron:
And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
15 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.
My lord, hearken unto me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and thee? only bury thy dead.
16 Quod cum audisset Abraham, appendit pecuniam, quam Ephron postulaverat, audientibus filiis Heth, quadringentos siclos argenti probatae monetae publicae.
And Abraham understood the meaning of Ephron; and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant.
17 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,
And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all its borders round about, were made sure
18 Abrahae in possessionem, videntibus filiis Heth, et cunctis qui intrabant portam civitatis illius.
Unto Abraham for a bought possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
19 Atque ita sepelivit Abraham Saram uxorem suam in spelunca agri duplici, quae respiciebat Mambre. Haec est Hebron in terra Chanaan.
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre, which is Hebron, in the land of Canaan.
20 Et confirmatus est ager, et antrum, quod erat in eo, Abrahae in possessionem monumenti a filiis Heth.
And the field, with the cave that is therein, was made sure unto Abraham for a possession as a burying-place by the sons of Heth.
