Genesis 23
1 And Sara lived a hundred and twenty-seven years.
Sara awumelaki na bomoi mibu nkama moko na tuku mibale na sambo.
2 And she died in the city of Arbee which is Hebron, in the land of Chanaan: and Abraham came to mourn and weep for her.
Akufaki na Kiriati-Ariba oyo ezali Ebron, na mokili ya Kanana. Abrayami asalaki matanga mpo na Sara mpe alelaki ye.
3 And after he rose up from the funeral obsequies, he spoke to the children of Heth, saying:
Abrayami alongwaki liboso ya ebembe ya mwasi na ye mpe asololaki na bato ya Iti.
4 I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead.
Alobaki na bango: — Nazali mopaya mpe navandaka kati na bino; botekela ngai eteni ya mabele kati na bino mpo ete nakunda mwasi na ngai.
5 The children of Heth answered, saying:
Bato ya Iti bazongiselaki Abrayami:
6 My Lord, hear us, thou art a prince of God among us: bury thy dead in our principal sepulchres: and no man shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in his sepulchre.
— Yoka biso, nkolo na ngai; ya solo, ozali moto monene kati na biso. Kunda mwasi na yo kati na kunda oyo eleki kitoko kati na bakunda na biso. Moko te kati na biso akoboya kopesa yo kunda na ye mpo ete okunda mwasi na yo.
7 Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to wit the children of Heth:
Boye, Abrayami atelemaki mpe agumbamaki liboso ya bato ya mboka wana, bato ya Iti.
8 And said to them: If it please your soul that I should bury my dead, hear me, and intercede for me to Ephron the son of Seor.
Ayebisaki bango: — Soki ezali mokano na bino ete nakunda nzoto ya mwasi na ngai awa, boyoka ngai mpe bosengela ngai epai ya Efroni, mwana mobali ya Tsoari,
9 That he may give me the double cave, which he hath in the end of his field: for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me before you, for a possession of a burying place.
ete atekela ngai libulu na ye ya mabanga oyo ezali na Makipela, na suka ya elanga na ye. Boyebisa ye ete atekela ngai yango na motuya oyo ekoki na yango mpo ete nakomisa yango mabele ya kokunda bato na ngai.
10 Now Ephron dwelt in the midst of the children of Heth. And Ephron made answer to Abraham in the hearing of all that went in at the gate of the city, saying:
Nzokande, Efroni, moto ya Iti, oyo azalaki kovanda kati na bato na ye, azongiselaki Abrayami na miso ya bato ya Iti, liboso ya bato nyonso oyo bayaki na ekuke ya engumba na ye:
11 Let it not be so, my lord, but do thou rather hearken to what I say: The field I deliver to thee, and the cave that is therein, in the presence of the children of my people, bury thy dead.
— Te, nkolo na ngai, yoka ngai! Napesi yo elanga mpe libulu ya mabanga oyo ezali kati na yango. Napesi yo yango liboso ya bato na ngai mpo ete okunda mwasi na yo.
12 Abraham bowed down before the people of the land,
Abrayami agumbamaki liboso ya bato ya mboka
13 And he spoke to Ephron, in the presence of the people: I beseech thee to hear me: I will give money for the field: take it, and so I will bury my dead in it.
mpe azongiselaki Efroni: — Nabondeli yo, yoka ngai! Soki olingi, nakopesa yo motuya oyo ekoki na elanga. Ndima yango mpo ete nakunda mwasi na ngai kuna.
14 And Ephron answered:
Efroni azongiselaki Abrayami:
15 My lord, hear me. The ground which thou desirest, is worth four hundred sicles of silver: this is the price between me and thee: but what is this? bury thy dead.
— Yoka, nkolo na ngai! Mabele ya motuya ya mbongo ya bibende, nkama minei, ezali penza nini kati na ngai mpe yo? Kamata mabele yango mpe kunda mwasi na yo.
16 And when Abraham had heard this, he weighed out the money that Ephron had asked, in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred sicles of silver of common current money.
Abrayami andimaki maloba ya Efroni mpe amemelaki ye motuya oyo alobaki na miso ya bato ya Iti: mbongo ya bibende, nkama minei, kolanda ndenge bazalaki kotanga mbongo na tango wana.
17 And the field that before was Ephron’s, wherein was the double cave, looking towards Mambre, both it and the cave, and all the trees thereof in all its limits round about,
Boye elanga ya Efroni oyo ezalaki na Makipela, pembeni ya Mamire, elongo na libulu ya mabanga oyo ezalaki kati na yango, banzete nyonso oyo ezalaki kati na elanga mpe na bandelo ya zingazinga na yango, epesamaki
18 Was made sure to Abraham for a possession, in the sight of the children of Heth, and of all that went in at the gate of his city.
epai ya Abrayami mpe ekomaki ya ye na miso ya bato ya Iti oyo bayaki na ekuke ya engumba.
19 And so Abraham buried Sara his wife, in a double cave of the field, that looked towards Mambre, this is Hebron in the land of Chanaan.
Sima na yango, Abrayami akundaki mwasi na ye Sara na libulu ya mabanga ya elanga ya Makipela, pembeni ya Mamire oyo ezali Ebron, na mokili ya Kanana.
20 And the field was made sure to Abraham, and the cave that was in it, for a possession to bury in, by the children of Heth.
Bato ya Iti bapesaki Abrayami elanga yango elongo na libulu ya mabanga oyo ezalaki na kati mpo ete ekoma ya ye mpe akundaka bato na ye kuna.
