Genesis 23
1 Vixit autem Sara centum vigintiseptem annis.
Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah's life.
2 Et mortua est in civitate Arbee, quae est Hebron, in terra Chanaan: venitque Abraham ut plangeret, et fleret eam.
Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
3 Cumque surrexisset ab officio funeris, locutus est ad filios Heth, dicens:
Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
4 Advena sum et peregrinus apud vos: date mihi ius sepulchri vobiscum, ut sepeliam mortuum meum.
"I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may remove my dead for burial."
5 Responderunt filii Heth, dicentes:
The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to 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. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb to prevent you from burying your dead."
7 Surrexit Abraham, et adoravit populum terrae, filios videlicet Heth:
Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth.
8 dixitque ad eos: Si placet animae vestrae ut sepeliam mortuum meum, audite me, et intercedite pro me apud Ephron filium Seor:
He talked with them, saying, "If you agree that I may remove my dead for burial, hear me, and approach Ephron the son of Zohar for me,
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 he owns; it is at the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me in your presence as a burial place."
10 Habitabat autem Ephron in medio filiorum Heth. Responditque Ephron ad Abraham cunctis audientibus qui ingrediebantur portam civitatis illius, dicens:
Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. Ephron the Hethite answered Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth, even of all who 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.
"No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead."
12 Adoravit Abraham coram populo terrae.
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.
He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, "But if you will, please hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there."
14 Responditque Ephron:
Ephron answered Abraham, saying to 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, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead."
16 Quod cum audisset Abraham, appendit pecuniam, quam Ephron postulaverat, audientibus filiis Heth, quadringentos siclos argenti probatae monetae publicae.
Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants' standard.
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,
So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all of its borders, were deeded
18 Abrahae in possessionem, videntibus filiis Heth, et cunctis qui intrabant portam civitatis illius.
to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all who 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.
After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that 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.
The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham as a possession for a burial place by the sons of Heth.
