Genesis 23
1 Vixit autem Sara centum vigintiseptem annis.
And Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years old: [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 Kirjath-arba; the same [is] 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 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 sojourner with you; give me a possession of 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 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; thou [art] a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead: none of us will withhold from thee his sepulcher, but 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 communed with them, saying, If it is your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
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 hath, which [is] in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me, for a possession of a burying-place among 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 audience of the children of Heth, of all that entered the gates 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 give I to thee, and the cave that [is] in it, I give it to thee; in the presence of the sons of my people I give it to thee: bury thy dead.
12 Adoravit Abraham coram populo terrae.
And Abraham bowed himself 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 audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou [wilt give it], I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field: take [it] of me, and I will bury my dead there.
14 Responditque Ephron:
And 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, hearken to me: the land [is worth] four hundred shekels of silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
16 Quod cum audisset Abraham, appendit pecuniam, quam Ephron postulaverat, audientibus filiis Heth, quadringentos siclos argenti probatae monetae publicae.
And Abraham hearkened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current [money] 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] in it, and all the trees that [were] in the field, that [were] in all the borders round about, were made sure
18 Abrahae in possessionem, videntibus filiis Heth, et cunctis qui intrabant portam civitatis illius.
To Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that entered 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: the same [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, and the cave that [is] in it were made sure to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place, by the sons of Heth.
