Bilowgii 23
1 Saarah waxay noolayd boqol iyo toddoba iyo labaatan sannadood; intaasu waa Saarah cimrigeedii.
When Sarah was 127 years old,
2 Oo Saarah waxay ku dhimatay Qiryad Arbac, taasoo ah Xebroon, tan ku taal dalka Kancaan: Ibraahimna wuxuu u yimid inuu u baroorto, oo uu u ooyo Saarah.
she died at Kiriath-Arba [town], which is now called Hebron, in the Canaan region. After Abraham mourned for her,
3 Markaasaa Ibraahim meydkii naagtiisa ka kacay, oo wuxuu la hadlay reer Xeed, isagoo ku leh,
he left the body of his wife and [went and] spoke to some of the descendants of Heth, saying,
4 Waxaan ahay shisheeye sodcaal ah oo idin dhex jooga: ee dhexdiinna iga siiya meel xabaaleed oo hanti ah, si aan meydka naagtayda hortayda uga aaso.
“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 Oo reer Xeedna Ibraahim bay u jawaabeen, iyagoo ku leh,
They replied to him,
6 Bal na maqal sayidkaygiiyow, adigu dhexdayada waxaad ku tahay amiir weyn. Midka ugu wanaagsan qabriyadayada meydka naagtaada ku aas.
“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 Midkayana kaama lexejeclaysan doono qabrigiisa inaad ku aastid meydka naagtaada. Markaasaa Ibraahim sare kacay, oo uu u sujuuday dadkii waddanka lahaa, oo ahaa reer Xeed.
Then Abraham stood up and bowed [in respect] in front of the people who owned the land, the descendants of Heth.
8 Wuuna la hadlay oo ku yidhi, Haddaad oggoshihiin inaan meydka naagtayda hortayda ka aaso, i maqla oo ii barya Cefroon ina Sohar,
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 inuu i siiyo godka la yidhaahdo Makfelah oo uu haysto, oo ku yaal berrinkiisa geestiisa. Qiimo dhan ha iga siiyo, inay dhexdiinna ii noqoto meel xabaaleed oo hanti ah.
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 Haddaba Cefroon wuxuu fadhiyey reer Xeed dhexdooda; oo Cefroon oo ahaa reer Xeed ayaa Ibraahim u jawaabay, iyadoo ay maqlayaan reer Xeed intii iriddii magaaladiisa ka gashay oo dhammu, oo wuxuu ku yidhi,
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 Maya, sayidkaygiiyow, i maqal, berrinka waan ku siinayaa, godka ku dhex yaalna waan ku siinayaa; waxaan kugu siinayaa ragga reerkayga hortooda, ee meydka ku aaso.
[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 Ibraahimna wuxuu ku hor sujuuday dadkii waddanka.
Abraham again bowed before the people who lived in the area,
13 Markaasuu Cefroon la hadlay iyadoo ay dadkii waddanku maqlayaan, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Waan ku baryayaaye, haddaad oggoshahay i maqal; waan ku siin qiimihii berrinka ee iga qaado, anna meydkaan meeshaas ku aasan.
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 Cefroonna Ibraahim buu u jawaabay, isagoo ku leh,
Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
15 Sayidkaygiiyow, bal i maqal: meel dhul ah oo qiimihiisu yahay afar boqol oo sheqel oo lacag ah, waa maxay dhexdeenna? Haddaba meydka aaso.
“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 Ibraahimna Cefroon buu maqlay; markaasaa Ibraahim u miisaamay Cefroon lacagtii uu u sheegay, iyadoo ay reer Xeed maqlayaan, oo waxay ahayd, afar boqol oo sheqel oo lacag ah, oo lacagtii baayacmushtarka ku socotay ah.
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 Sidaasaa berrinkii Cefroon, oo Makfelah ku yiil, oo Mamre ku hor yiil, berrinkii iyo godkii ku dhex yiil, iyo geedihii ku yiil berrinkii, iyo xuduudkii ku wareegsanaa oo dhanba waxaa lagu xaqiijiyey
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 reer Xeed intii iriddii magaaladiisa ka gashay oo dhan hortooda, in Ibraahim hanti ahaan u lahaado.
It became Abraham’s property as all the descendants of Heth were listening there at the city gate.
19 Markaas ka dib ayaa Ibraahim naagtiisii Saarah ku aasay godkii berrinkii Makfelah oo ku hor yiil Mamre, taas oo ah Xebroon oo dalka Kancaan ku tiil.
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 Oo berrinkii iyo godkii ku dhex yiilba reer Xeed ayaa Ibraahim u xaqiijiyey inay meel xabaaleed oo hanti ah u noqdaan.
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.
