Olubereberye 23
1 Saala yawangaala emyaka kikumi mu abiri mu musanvu.
When Sarah was 127 years old,
2 N’afiira e Kiriyasuwalaba, ye Kebbulooni, mu nsi ya Kanani. Saala bwe yafa Ibulayimu n’ayingira okumukungubagira n’amukaabira.
she died at Kiriath-Arba [town], which is now called Hebron, in the Canaan region. After Abraham mourned for her,
3 Oluvannyuma Ibulayimu n’ava awali omulambo gwe n’agenda eri Abakiiti n’abagamba nti,
he left the body of his wife and [went and] spoke to some of the descendants of Heth, saying,
4 “Ndi mugenyi era omutambuze mu mmwe, munfunire ekifo aw’okuziika, ndyoke nziikewo omuntu wange anve ku maaso.”
“I am a foreigner [DOU] living among you, [so I do not own any land here]. Sell me some land here so that I can bury my wife’s body.”
5 Abakiiti ne baddamu Ibulayimu nti,
They replied to him,
6 “Tuwulirize mukama waffe. Laba, oli muntu mukulu wakati mu ffe. Ziika mukazi wo mu emu ku ntaana zaffe gy’oneeroboza. Tewali n’omu mu ffe anaakuuma ntaana ye, oba okukuziyiza okuziika omuntu wo.”
“Sir, you are a powerful prince among us. Choose one of our finest tombs and bury your wife’s [body] in it. None of us will refuse to sell land to you for a tomb for your relatives’ bodies.”
7 Ibulayimu n’agolokoka n’avuunama eri Abakiiti, bannannyini nsi.
Then Abraham stood up and bowed [in respect] in front of the people who owned the land, the descendants of Heth.
8 N’abagamba nti, “Obanga munzikirizza mu mwoyo mulungi okuziika omuntu wange, mumpulirize. Kale munneegayiririre Efulooni mutabani wa Zokali,
He said to them, “If you say that you are willing for me to bury my wife’s body here, listen to me, and ask Ephron, the son of Zohar for me,
9 anguze empuku ey’e Makupeera, gy’alina, eri ku nkomerero y’ennimiro ye. Agingulize mu maaso gammwe, mmusasule omuwendo gwayo gwonna, efuuke ekifo kyange eky’okuziikangamu mu mmwe.”
to sell to me the cave in the Machpelah area, which is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price he wants, so that I can have a burial ground among you.”
10 Mu kiseera ekyo Efulooni yali atudde awo wakati mu Bakiiti. Efulooni, Omukiiti n’addamu Ibulayimu nga Abakiiti bonna abaaliwo mu mulyango gw’ekibuga nga bawulira nti,
Ephron was sitting among the people near the city gate where many [HYP] descendants of Heth had gathered. He heard what Abraham said to them.
11 “Nedda mukama wange. Mpuliriza. Nkuwadde ennimiro n’empuku erimu, ng’abantu bange balaba, ziika omuntu wo.”
[So, just to make the customary reply to start the real discussion about a price], Ephron said, “No, sir, listen to me. I will give to you the field and the cave in it, without charge, with the people here as witnesses.”
12 Awo Ibulayimu n’avuunama mu maaso gaabwe bonna.
Abraham again bowed before the people who lived in the area,
13 N’agamba Efulooni, bonna nga bawulira nti, “Obanga okkirizza, nkusaba nsasule omuwendo gw’ennimiro gwonna ndyoke nziikewo mukazi wange.”
and said to Ephron, as all the others were listening, “[No], listen to me. If you are willing, I will pay for the field. You tell me what the price is, and I will give it to you. If you accept it, the field will become mine, and I can bury my wife’s body there.”
14 Efulooni n’addamu Ibulayimu nti,
Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
15 “Mpuliriza mukama wange, ennimiro esaana ebitundu by’effeeza ebikumi bina. Kale ekyo ki eri ab’omukwano? Twala ennimiro oziikemu abafu bo.”
“Sir, listen to me. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver. But the price is not important to you and me. Give me the money and bury your wife’s body there.”
16 Ne bakkiriziganya, Ibulayimu kwe kusasula Efulooni ensimbi ze bakkirizaganya nga Abakiiti bonna balaba.
Abraham agreed with Ephron about the price, and weighed for Ephron the 400 pieces of silver he had suggested, as everyone was listening, using the standard weights for silver used [in that area] by people who sold things.
17 Olwo ennimiro ya Efulooni mu Makupeera, eyali ku luuyi olw’ebuvanjuba olwa Mamule, ennimiro awamu n’empuku eyalimu, n’emiti gyonna egyali mu nnimiro ekitundu kyonna ne bifuuka bya
So Ephron’s field in the Machpelah area, near Mamre, and the cave in the field, and all the trees that were in the field inside the boundaries of the land, became Abraham’s possession.
18 Ibulayimu nga Abakiiti bonna abaafuluma mu mulyango gw’ekibuga balaba.
It became Abraham’s property as all the descendants of Heth were listening there at the city gate.
19 Oluvannyuma Ibulayimu n’aziika Saala mukazi we mu mpuku mu nnimiro ya Makupeera ku luuyi olw’ebuvanjuba bwa Mamule, ye Kebbulooni, mu nsi ya Kanani.
After that, Abraham buried his wife Sarah’s body in the cave in the field in the Machpelah area near Mamre, which is now called Hebron [city], in the Canaan region.
20 Abakiiti ne bakwasa Ibulayimu ennimiro awamu n’empuku yaamu mu butongole okubeera obutaka bwe okuziikangamu abantu be.
So the field and the cave in it were officially sold to Abraham by the descendants of Heth, to be used as a burial ground.
