Senesi 23
1 Pea naʻe teau ma uofulu ma fitu ʻae taʻu ʻa Sela; ko e ngaahi taʻu eni ʻoe moʻui ʻa Sela;
Sara was an hundred and. xxvij. yere olde (for so longe lyued she)
2 Pea naʻe pekia ʻa Sela ʻi Kesa ʻAlipa; ʻaia ko Hepeloni ʻi he fonua ko Kēnani pea naʻe haʻu ʻa ʻEpalahame ke tēngihia ʻa Sela, mo tangi koeʻuhi ko ia.
and than dyed in a heade cyte called Hebron in the londe of Canaan. Than Abraham came to morne Sara and to wepe for her.
3 Pea naʻe tuʻu ki ʻolunga ʻa ʻEpalahame ʻi he ʻao ʻo hono pekia, ʻo ne lea ki he fānau ʻa Heti, ʻo pehē,
And Abraham stode vp from the coorse and talked with the sonnes of heth saynge:
4 “Ko e muli au mo e ʻāunofo ʻiate kimoutolu, tuku mai ha potu faʻitoka meiate kimoutolu, koeʻuhi ke u tanu ai hoku pekia mei hoku ʻao.”
I am a straunger ad a foryner amonge yow geue me a possession to bury in with you that I may bury my dead oute of my sighte.
5 Pea leaange ʻae fānau ʻa Heti kia ʻEpalahame, ʻo pehē kiate ia:
And the children of heth answered Abraham saynge vnto him:
6 “E ʻEiki, ke ke fanongo mai kiate kimautolu, ko e ʻEiki lahi koe ʻiate kimautolu; ke ke faʻiteliha ki homau ngaahi fonualoto, ke fai ai ho pekia; ʻe ʻikai ha mau tokotaha ʻe taʻofi meiate koe hono fonualoto, ka ke fai ʻi ai ho pekia.”
heare vs lorde thou art a prynce of God amonge vs. In the chefest of oure sepulchres bury thy dead: None of vs shall forbydd ye his sepulchre yt thou shuldest not bury thy deade therein.
7 Pea tuʻu hake ʻa ʻEpalahame, ʻo tulolo ia ki he kakai ʻoe fonua, ʻio ki he fānau ʻa Heti.
Abraha stode vp and bowed hi selfe before ye people of ye lade ye childre of heth.
8 Pea lea ia kiate kinautolu, ʻo pehē, “Kapau ko homou loto ke u tanu hoku pekia mei hoku ʻao, pea mou fanongo mai; pea mou kole kia ʻEfilone ko e foha ʻo Sohaʻa, koeʻuhi ko au.
And he comoned with them saynge: Yf it be youre myndes yt I shall bury my deade oute of my sighte heare me ad speke for me to Ephron the sonne of Zoar:
9 Koeʻuhi ke ne tuku mai ʻae ʻana ʻi Makipila ʻoku ʻaʻana, pea ʻoku ʻi he potu ʻo ʻene ngoue; ke ne fakatau ia kiate au, ki he paʻanga ʻoku tatau mo ia, ke u maʻu ia ko hoku faʻitoka ʻiate kimoutolu.”
and let him geue me the dubill caue which he hath in the end of his felde for as moch money as it is worth let him geue it me in the presence of you for a possession to bury in.
10 Pea naʻe nofo ʻa ʻEfilone fakataha mo e fānau ʻa Heti; pea leaange ʻa ʻEfilone ko e tangata Heti kia ʻEpalahame ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ngaahi fānau ʻa Heti, ʻio, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai kotoa pē naʻe hū ʻi he matapā ʻoe kolo, ʻo pehē,
For Hephron dwelled amoge ye childern of heth. Than Ephron the Hethite answered Abraham in the audyece of the childern of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of his cyte saynge:
11 “Ko ʻeku ʻeiki, ʻe ʻikai; ka ke fanongo mai: ʻoku ʻoʻou ʻae ngoue, pea mo e ʻana ʻoku ʻi ai, te u foaki ia kiate koe; ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fānau ʻa hoku kakai ni, ʻoku ou foaki ia kiate koe, ke ke tanu ai ho pekia.”
Not so my lorde but heare me: The felde geue I the and the caue that therein is geue I the also And even in the presence of the sonnes of my people geve I it the to bury thy deede in.
12 Pea toe tulolo ʻa ʻEpalahame ki he kakai ʻoe fonua.
Than Abraham bowed himselfe before the people of the lade
13 Pea lea ia kia ʻEfilone ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai ʻoe fonua, ʻo pehē, “Kapau ko ho loto ia, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe fanongo mai kiate au: te u ʻatu kiate koe ʻae paʻanga ki he ngoue; ke ke maʻu ia, pea teu tanu hoku pekia ʻi ai.”
and spake vnto Ephro in the audyence of the people of the contre saynge: I praye the heare me I will geue sylver for the felde take it of me ad so will I bury my deed there.
14 Pea lea ʻa ʻEfilone kia ʻEpalahame, ʻo ne pehē kiate ia,
Ephron answered Abraha saynge vnto him
15 “Ko ʻeku ʻeiki, ke ke fanongo mai; ʻoku tatau ʻae konga fonua mo e sikeli siliva ʻe fāngeau; ka koeʻumaʻā ia kiate au mo koe? Ko ia, ke ke tanu pe ho pekia.”
My lorde harken vnto me. The lande is worth iiij. hundreth sycles of syluer: But what is that betwixte the and me? bury thy deede.
16 Pea tokanga ʻa ʻEpalahame kia ʻEfilone; pea naʻe fua ʻe ʻEpalahame ʻae siliva kia ʻEfilone, ʻaia naʻa ne tala ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fānau ʻa Heti, ko e sikeli siliva ʻe fāngeau, ʻo hangē ko e lau ʻe he kau fakatau.
And Abraham harkened vnto Ephron and weyde him the sylver which he had sayde in the audyence of the sonnes of Heth. Euen. iiij. hudred syluer sycles of currant money amonge marchauntes
17 Pea ko e ngoue ʻa ʻEfilone, ʻaia naʻe ʻi Makipila, pea ofi ki Mamali, ko e ngoue, pea mo e ʻana ʻi ai, pea mo e ngaahi ʻakau ʻoku ʻi ai, ʻaia naʻe ʻi he veʻe ngoue kotoa pē, naʻe fakapapau ia,
Thus was the felde of Ephron where in the dubbill caue is before Mamre: euen the felde and the caue that is therein and all the trees of the felde which growe in all the borders rounde aboute made sure
18 Kia ʻEpalahame ko e tofiʻa, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fānau ʻa Heti, ʻi he ʻao ʻo kinautolu kotoa pē naʻe hū ʻi he matapā ʻo hono kolo.
vnto Abraham for a possession in the syghte of the childern of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of the cyte.
19 Pea hili ia, naʻe tanu ʻe ʻEpalahame hono uaifi ko Sela ʻi he ʻana ʻi he ngoue ʻo Makipila ʻoku hangatonu ki Mamili, ʻaia ko Hepeloni, ʻi he fonua ko Kēnani.
And then Abraham buried Sara his wyfe in the double caue of the felde that lyeth before Mare otherwise called Ebron in the lande of Canaan.
20 Pea ko e ngoue, mo e ʻana naʻe ʻi ai naʻe fakapapau ia kia ʻEpalahame, ʻe he ngaahi foha ʻo Heti, ke ne maʻu ko hono faʻitoka.
And so both the felde ad the caue that is therein was made vnto Abraham a sure possession to bury in of the sonnes of Heth.
