1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
3 ¶ And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. 5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, 6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. 7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. 8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, 9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you. 10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, 11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. 12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. 13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it , I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. 14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, 15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
17 ¶ And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure 18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. 19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
Sāras nāve un apbedīšana
1 Un Sāras dzīve ilga simts divdesmit septiņus gadus, tie ir Sāras dzīves gadi. 2 Sāra nomira Kirjat-Arbā, tā ir Hebrona, Kanaāna zemē, un Ābrahāms gāja raudāt un vaimanāt par Sāru. 3 Ābrahāms mitējās apraudāt savu mirušo un runāja ar Hēta dēliem, sacīdams: 4 “Es esmu svešinieks un piemājotājs pie jums! Dodiet man pie jums kapavietu, lai varu apglabāt savu mirušo!” 5 Un Hēta dēli atbildēja Ābrahāmam: 6 “Uzklausi mūs, mans kungs! Dieva diženais tu esi starp mums – izmeklē labāko no mūsu kapavietām un apglabā savu mirušo tur! Neviens no mums neliegs tev savu kapavietu, ka tu tur apglabā savu mirušo!” 7 Un Ābrahāms cēlās un klanījās tās zemes ļaudīm, Hēta dēliem. 8 Un viņš runāja ar tiem, sacīdams: “Ja jums rūp, ka apglabāju savu mirušo, tad aizbilstiet Efronam, Cohara dēlam, 9 lai viņš man dod Mahpēlas alu, kas viņam pieder, kas viņa tīruma galā, par pilnu maksu lai viņš man to atdod par kapavietu, jums klātesot!” 10 Efrons bija starp Hēta dēliem. Un hetietis Efrons atbildēja Ābrahāmam, dzirdot visiem Hēta dēliem, kuri nāca pa pilsētas vārtiem: 11 “Nē, mans kungs, klausies mani! Es tev došu lauku un alu, kas tur, es atdošu tev savas tautas dēlu acu priekšā! Es tev to došu! Apglabā savu mirušo!” 12 Un Ābrahāms klanījās tās zemes ļaužu priekšā. 13 Un viņš runāja ar Efronu, dzirdot visiem tās zemes ļaudīm: “Taču, ja tu tomēr mani paklausītu, es došu par lauku tev sudrabu, pieņem to no manis, un es apglabāšu tur savu mirušo!” 14 Un Efrons atbildēja Ābrahāmam: 15 “Mans kungs, paklausies mani! Četri simti sudraba šekeļu zeme ir vērta! Kas tas ir man vai tev!? Apglabā tur savu mirušo!” 16 Un Ābrahāms piekrita Efronam. Ābrahāms iesvēra Efronam sudrabu, un viņš teica, dzirdot visiem Hēta dēliem: “Četri simti šekeļu sudraba, kādi tirgoņiem apgrozībā!”
17 Un Efrona lauks, kas Mahpēlā uz Mamres pusi, lauks un ala, kas tur, un visi koki, kas laukā, kas tā robežām visapkārt, 18 nu kļuva par Ābrahāma īpašumu to Hēta dēlu priekšā, kuri nāca pa pilsētas vārtiem. 19 Un pēc tam Ābrahāms apglabāja savu sievu Sāru Mahpēlas lauka alā uz Mamres pusi – tas ir pie Hebronas, Kanaāna zemē. 20 Un Hēta dēlu lauks un ala, kas tur, nu tika Ābrahāmam par kapavietu.
