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.
1 Un Sārai bija simts divdesmit septiņi gadi, tāds bija Sāras vecums. 2 Un Sāra nomira Kirijat-Arbā, tā ir Hebrona, Kānaāna zemē, un Ābrahāms gāja sērot par Sāru un to apraudāja. 3 Tad Ābrahāms cēlās no sava mirušā apstāvēšanas un sacīja Heta bērniem: 4 "Es kā svešinieks dzīvoju pie jums; atvēliet man kapa vietu, ka es varētu apglabāt savu mirušo, kas pie manis." 5 Un Heta bērni atbildēja Ābrahāmam, sacīdami tam: 6 "Uzklausi mūs, kungs! Tu esi Dieva paaugstināts mūsu vidū, labākajā no mūsu kapu vietām apglabā savu mirušo. Neviens no mums tev neliegs savu kapu, ka tu nevarētu apglabāt savu mirušo." 7 Un Ābrahāms cēlās un zemu palocījās tās zemes iedzīvotāju, Heta bērnu, priekšā. 8 Un viņš sacīja viņiem, teikdams: "Ja tas jums pa prātam, ka es apglabāju savu mirušo, kas pie manis, tad klausiet jel mani un griezieties manis labā pie Efrona, Cohara dēla, 9 ka viņš man dotu alu Makpelā, kas viņam pieder un atrodas viņa tīruma galā. Par pilnu samaksu lai viņš dod to man jūsu klātbūtnē par kapa vietu." 10 Bet Efrons atradās turpat starp Heta bērniem. Un hetietis Efrons atbildēja Ābrahāmam, visiem Heta bērniem, kas bija ienākuši pa pilsētas vārtiem, dzirdot: 11 "Ne tā, kungs. Klausi mani. Es tev atdodu tīrumu un alu, kas tanī; es tev to dāvinu, savu brāļu klātbūtnē es tev to dāvinu, apglabā savu mirušo." 12 Un Ābrahāms palocījās tās zemes iedzīvotāju priekšā 13 un sacīja Efronam, tās zemes iedzīvotājiem dzirdot: "Ja tu gribi būt mans draugs, tad klausies: es tev došu samaksu par tīrumu, pieņem to no manis, lai es tur varu apglabāt savu mirušo." 14 Tad Efrons atbildēja Ābrahāmam, sacīdams: 15 "Kungs, uzklausi mani: maksa par zemi - četri simti sudraba seķeļu; ko tas gan nozīmē mūsu starpā! Apglabā, lūdzams, savu mirušo." 16 Un Ābrahāms paklausīja Efronam un nosvēra Efronam naudu, kādu tas bija minējis, Heta bērniem dzirdot, - četri simti sudraba seķeļu pēc parastās tirgus vērtības. 17 Tā Ābrahāma īpašumā nonāca tīrums pie Makpelas iepretim Mamrei - tīrums līdz ar alu, kas tanī, līdz ar visiem kokiem, kas atradās tīrumā, visās tā robežās, - 18 visu Heta bērnu klātbūtnē, kas vien tās pilsētas vārtos bija sapulcējušies. 19 Un Ābrahāms apglabāja savu sievu Sāru tanī alā, kas atrodas Makpelas tīrumā iepretim Mamrei, tas ir, Hebronai, Kānaāna zemē. 20 Tā tīrums un ala, kas tanī bija, nonāca Ābrahāma īpašumā no Heta bērniem par kapa vietu.
