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وَكَانَتْ حَيَاةُ سَارَةَ مِئَةً وَسَبْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً، سِنِي حَيَاةِ سَارَةَ. ١ 1
Sarah lived a hundred and twenty-seven years. These were the years of the life of Sarah.
وَمَاتَتْ سَارَةُ فِي قَرْيَةِ أَرْبَعَ، ٱلَّتِي هِيَ حَبْرُونُ، فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ. فَأَتَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ لِيَنْدُبَ سَارَةَ وَيَبْكِيَ عَلَيْهَا. ٢ 2
Sarah died in Kiriath Arba, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan. Abraham mourned and wept for Sarah.
وَقَامَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مِنْ أَمَامِ مَيِّتِهِ وَكَلَّمَ بَنِي حِثَّ قَائِلًا: ٣ 3
Then Abraham rose up and went from his dead wife, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
«أَنَا غَرِيبٌ وَنَزِيلٌ عِنْدَكُمْ. أَعْطُونِي مُلْكَ قَبْرٍ مَعَكُمْ لِأَدْفِنَ مَيْتِي مِنْ أَمَامِي». ٤ 4
“I am a foreigner among you. Please grant me a property for a burial place among you, so that I may bury my dead.”
فَأَجَابَ بَنُو حِثَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَائِلِينَ لَهُ: ٥ 5
The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying,
«اِسْمَعْنَا يَا سَيِّدِي. أَنْتَ رَئِيسٌ مِنَ ٱللهِ بَيْنَنَا. فِي أَفْضَلِ قُبُورِنَا ٱدْفِنْ مَيْتَكَ، لَا يَمْنَعُ أَحَدٌ مِنَّا قَبْرَهُ عَنْكَ حَتَّى لَا تَدْفِنَ مَيْتَكَ». ٦ 6
“Listen to us, my master. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb, so that you may bury your dead.”
فَقَامَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَسَجَدَ لِشَعْبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، لِبَنِي حِثَّ، ٧ 7
Abraham arose and bowed down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth.
وَكَلَّمَهُمْ قَائِلًا: «إِنْ كَانَ فِي نُفُوسِكُمْ أَنْ أَدْفِنَ مَيْتِي مِنْ أَمَامِي، فَٱسْمَعُونِي وَٱلْتَمِسُوا لِي مِنْ عِفْرُونَ بْنِ صُوحَرَ ٨ 8
He spoke to them, saying, “If you agree that I should bury my dead, then hear me and plead with Ephron son of Zohar, for me.
أَنْ يُعْطِيَنِي مَغَارَةَ ٱلْمَكْفِيلَةِ ٱلَّتِي لَهُ، ٱلَّتِي فِي طَرَفِ حَقْلِهِ. بِثَمَنٍ كَامِلٍ يُعْطِينِي إِيَّاهَا فِي وَسَطِكُمْ مُلْكَ قَبْرٍ». ٩ 9
Ask him to sell me the cave of Machpelah, which he owns, which is at the end of his field. For the full price let him sell it to me publicly as a property for a burial place.”
وَكَانَ عِفْرُونُ جَالِسًا بَيْنَ بَنِي حِثَّ، فَأَجَابَ عِفْرُونُ ٱلْحِثِّيُّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي مَسَامِعِ بَنِي حِثَّ، لَدَى جَمِيعِ ٱلدَّاخِلِينَ بَابَ مَدِينَتِهِ قَائِلًا: ١٠ 10
Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth, and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth, of all those who had come into the gate of his city, saying,
«لَا يَا سَيِّدِي، ٱسْمَعْنِي. اَلْحَقْلُ وَهَبْتُكَ إِيَّاهُ، وَٱلْمَغَارَةُ ٱلَّتِي فِيهِ لَكَ وَهَبْتُهَا. لَدَى عُيُونِ بَنِي شَعْبِي وَهَبْتُكَ إِيَّاهَا. ٱدْفِنْ مَيْتَكَ». ١١ 11
“No, my master, hear me. I give you the field, and the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of the sons of my people. I give it to you to bury your dead.”
فَسَجَدَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ أَمَامَ شَعْبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، ١٢ 12
Then Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
وَكَلَمَ عِفْرُونَ فِي مَسَامِعِ شَعْبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ قَائِلًا: «بَلْ إِنْ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ إِيَّاهُ فَلَيْتَكَ تَسْمَعُنِي. أُعْطِيكَ ثَمَنَ ٱلْحَقْلِ. خُذْ مِنِّي فَأَدْفِنَ مَيْتِي هُنَاكَ». ١٣ 13
He spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, “But if you are willing, please hear me. I will pay for the field. Take the money from me, and I will bury my dead there.”
فَأَجَابَ عِفْرُونُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَائِلًا لَهُ: ١٤ 14
Ephron answered Abraham, saying,
«يَا سَيِّدِي، ٱسْمَعْنِي. أَرْضٌ بِأَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ شَاقِلِ فِضَّةٍ، مَا هِيَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ؟ فَٱدْفِنْ مَيْتَكَ». ١٥ 15
“Please, my master, listen to me. A piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? Bury your dead.”
فَسَمِعَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لِعِفْرُونَ، وَوَزَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لِعِفْرُونَ ٱلْفِضَّةَ ٱلَّتِي ذَكَرَهَا فِي مَسَامِعِ بَنِي حِثَّ. أَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ شَاقِلِ فِضَّةٍ جَائِزَةٍ عِنْدَ ٱلتُّجَّارِ. ١٦ 16
Abraham listened to Ephron and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the amount of silver that he had spoken in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard measurement of the merchants.
فَوَجَبَ حَقْلُ عِفْرُونَ ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلْمَكْفِيلَةِ ٱلَّتِي أَمَامَ مَمْرَا، ٱلْحَقْلُ وَٱلْمَغَارَةُ ٱلَّتِي فِيهِ، وَجَمِيعُ ٱلشَّجَرِ ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ ٱلَّذِي فِي جَمِيعِ حُدُودِهِ حَوَالَيْهِ، ١٧ 17
So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was next to Mamre, that is, the field, the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field and all around its border, passed
لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ مُلْكًا لَدَى عُيُونِ بَنِي حِثَّ، بَيْنَ جَمِيعِ ٱلدَّاخِلِينَ بَابَ مَدِينَتِهِ. ١٨ 18
to Abraham by purchase in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all those who had come into the gate of his city.
وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ دَفَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ سَارَةَ ٱمْرَأَتَهُ فِي مَغَارَةِ حَقْلِ ٱلْمَكْفِيلَةِ أَمَامَ مَمْرَا، ٱلَّتِي هِيَ حَبْرُونُ، فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، ١٩ 19
After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which is next to Mamre, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan.
فَوَجَبَ ٱلْحَقْلُ وَٱلْمَغَارَةُ ٱلَّتِي فِيهِ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ مُلْكَ قَبْرٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ بَنِي حِثَّ. ٢٠ 20
So the field and the cave in it passed to Abraham as a property for a burial place from the sons of Heth.

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