Ebandeli 23
1 Sara awumelaki na bomoi mibu nkama moko na tuku mibale na sambo.
Sarah lived to be 127,
2 Akufaki na Kiriati-Ariba oyo ezali Ebron, na mokili ya Kanana. Abrayami asalaki matanga mpo na Sara mpe alelaki ye.
and then she died at Kiriath-arba (or Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went in to mourn her death and to weep over her.
3 Abrayami alongwaki liboso ya ebembe ya mwasi na ye mpe asololaki na bato ya Iti.
Then Abraham got up from beside his wife's body and went to talk with the leaders of the Hittites.
4 Alobaki na bango: — Nazali mopaya mpe navandaka kati na bino; botekela ngai eteni ya mabele kati na bino mpo ete nakunda mwasi na ngai.
“I am a foreigner, a stranger living among you,” he said. “Please let me buy a burial site so I can bury my dead wife.”
5 Bato ya Iti bazongiselaki Abrayami:
The Hittites answered Abraham, telling him,
6 — Yoka biso, nkolo na ngai; ya solo, ozali moto monene kati na biso. Kunda mwasi na yo kati na kunda oyo eleki kitoko kati na bakunda na biso. Moko te kati na biso akoboya kopesa yo kunda na ye mpo ete okunda mwasi na yo.
“Listen, my lord, you are a highly-respected prince among us. Choose the very best of our burial sites to bury your dead. None of us will say no to you.”
7 Boye, Abrayami atelemaki mpe agumbamaki liboso ya bato ya mboka wana, bato ya Iti.
Abraham got up and bowed low before the Hittites, the local people,
8 Ayebisaki bango: — Soki ezali mokano na bino ete nakunda nzoto ya mwasi na ngai awa, boyoka ngai mpe bosengela ngai epai ya Efroni, mwana mobali ya Tsoari,
and said to them, “If you agree to help me bury my dead, listen to my proposal. Could you please ask Ephron, son of Zohar,
9 ete atekela ngai libulu na ye ya mabanga oyo ezali na Makipela, na suka ya elanga na ye. Boyebisa ye ete atekela ngai yango na motuya oyo ekoki na yango mpo ete nakomisa yango mabele ya kokunda bato na ngai.
to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him, down at the end of his field. I'm willing to pay him the full price here in your presence so I can have my own burial site.”
10 Nzokande, Efroni, moto ya Iti, oyo azalaki kovanda kati na bato na ye, azongiselaki Abrayami na miso ya bato ya Iti, liboso ya bato nyonso oyo bayaki na ekuke ya engumba na ye:
Ephron the Hittite was sitting there among his people. He replied to Abraham in the presence of the Hittites who were there at the town gate.
11 — Te, nkolo na ngai, yoka ngai! Napesi yo elanga mpe libulu ya mabanga oyo ezali kati na yango. Napesi yo yango liboso ya bato na ngai mpo ete okunda mwasi na yo.
“No, my lord,” he said. “Please listen to me. I give you the field and the cave that is there. I give it to you and my people are my witnesses. Please go and bury your dead.”
12 Abrayami agumbamaki liboso ya bato ya mboka
Abraham bowed low before the local people,
13 mpe azongiselaki Efroni: — Nabondeli yo, yoka ngai! Soki olingi, nakopesa yo motuya oyo ekoki na elanga. Ndima yango mpo ete nakunda mwasi na ngai kuna.
and said to Ephron so everyone could hear, “Please listen to me. I will pay the price for the field. Take the money and let me go and bury my dead there.”
14 Efroni azongiselaki Abrayami:
Ephron replied to Abraham, telling him,
15 — Yoka, nkolo na ngai! Mabele ya motuya ya mbongo ya bibende, nkama minei, ezali penza nini kati na ngai mpe yo? Kamata mabele yango mpe kunda mwasi na yo.
“My lord, please listen to me. The land is worth four hundred pieces of silver. But what's that between us? Go and bury your dead.”
16 Abrayami andimaki maloba ya Efroni mpe amemelaki ye motuya oyo alobaki na miso ya bato ya Iti: mbongo ya bibende, nkama minei, kolanda ndenge bazalaki kotanga mbongo na tango wana.
Abraham accepted Ephron's offer. Abraham weighed out and gave to Ephron the four hundred pieces of silver he'd mentioned, using the standard weights used by merchants, and with the Hittites acting as witnesses.
17 Boye elanga ya Efroni oyo ezalaki na Makipela, pembeni ya Mamire, elongo na libulu ya mabanga oyo ezalaki kati na yango, banzete nyonso oyo ezalaki kati na elanga mpe na bandelo ya zingazinga na yango, epesamaki
So the property was legally transferred. It comprised Ephron's field in Machpelah near Mamre, both the field and the cave there, as well as all the trees in the field, and all the area up to the existing boundaries.
18 epai ya Abrayami mpe ekomaki ya ye na miso ya bato ya Iti oyo bayaki na ekuke ya engumba.
This all became Abraham's property, and the transaction was witnessed by the Hittites who were there at the town gate.
19 Sima na yango, Abrayami akundaki mwasi na ye Sara na libulu ya mabanga ya elanga ya Makipela, pembeni ya Mamire oyo ezali Ebron, na mokili ya Kanana.
Then Abraham went and buried Sarah his wife in the cave in the field at Machpelah near Mamre (or Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
20 Bato ya Iti bapesaki Abrayami elanga yango elongo na libulu ya mabanga oyo ezalaki na kati mpo ete ekoma ya ye mpe akundaka bato na ye kuna.
Ownership of the field and the cave there was transferred from the Hittites to Abraham to serve as his burial place.
