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Dhimashadii Saarah

23 Saarah waxay noolayd boqol iyo toddoba iyo labaatan sannadood; intaasu waa Saarah cimrigeedii. 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. Markaasaa Ibraahim meydkii naagtiisa ka kacay, oo wuxuu la hadlay reer Xeed, isagoo ku leh, 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. Oo reer Xeedna Ibraahim bay u jawaabeen, iyagoo ku leh, Bal na maqal sayidkaygiiyow, adigu dhexdayada waxaad ku tahay amiir weyn. Midka ugu wanaagsan qabriyadayada meydka naagtaada ku aas. 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. Wuuna la hadlay oo ku yidhi, Haddaad oggoshihiin inaan meydka naagtayda hortayda ka aaso, i maqla oo ii barya Cefroon ina Sohar, 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. 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, 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. 12 Ibraahimna wuxuu ku hor sujuuday dadkii waddanka. 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. 14 Cefroonna Ibraahim buu u jawaabay, isagoo ku leh, 15 Sayidkaygiiyow, bal i maqal: meel dhul ah oo qiimihiisu yahay afar boqol oo sheqel oo lacag ah, waa maxay dhexdeenna? Haddaba meydka aaso. 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. 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 18 reer Xeed intii iriddii magaaladiisa ka gashay oo dhan hortooda, in Ibraahim hanti ahaan u lahaado. 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. 20 Oo berrinkii iyo godkii ku dhex yiilba reer Xeed ayaa Ibraahim u xaqiijiyey inay meel xabaaleed oo hanti ah u noqdaan.

The Death of Sarah

23 Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old. She died at Kiriath Arba(A) (that is, Hebron)(B) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.(C)

Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites.[a](D) He said, “I am a foreigner and stranger(E) among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.(F)

The Hittites replied to Abraham, “Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince(G) among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.”

Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites. He said to them, “If you are willing to let me bury my dead, then listen to me and intercede with Ephron son of Zohar(H) on my behalf so he will sell me the cave of Machpelah,(I) which belongs to him and is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price as a burial site among you.”

10 Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites(J) who had come to the gate(K) of his city. 11 “No, my lord,” he said. “Listen to me; I give[b](L) you the field, and I give[c] you the cave that is in it. I give[d] it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”

12 Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land 13 and he said to Ephron in their hearing, “Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so I can bury my dead there.”

14 Ephron answered Abraham, 15 “Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels[e] of silver,(M) but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

16 Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver,(N) according to the weight current among the merchants.(O)

17 So Ephron’s field in Machpelah(P) near Mamre(Q)—both the field and the cave in it, and all the trees within the borders of the field—was deeded 18 to Abraham as his property(R) in the presence of all the Hittites(S) who had come to the gate(T) of the city. 19 Afterward Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah(U) near Mamre (which is at Hebron(V)) in the land of Canaan.(W) 20 So the field and the cave in it were deeded(X) to Abraham by the Hittites as a burial site.(Y)

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 23:3 Or the descendants of Heth; also in verses 5, 7, 10, 16, 18 and 20
  2. Genesis 23:11 Or sell
  3. Genesis 23:11 Or sell
  4. Genesis 23:11 Or sell
  5. Genesis 23:15 That is, about 10 pounds or about 4.6 kilograms