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.
Sarah Dies and Abraham Buys a Burial Ground
1 Sarah lived to be 127 years old. 2 She died in Hebron in the land of Canaan, and Abraham mourned her death.
3 He left the place where his wife's body was lying, went to the Hittites, and said, 4 “I am a foreigner living here among you; sell me some land, so that I can bury my wife.”
5 They answered, 6 “Listen to us, sir. We look upon you as a mighty leader; bury your wife in the best grave that we have. Any of us would be glad to give you a grave, so that you can bury her.”
7 Then Abraham bowed before them 8 and said, “If you are willing to let me bury my wife here, please ask Ephron son of Zohar 9 to sell me Machpelah Cave, which is near the edge of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for its full price, here in your presence, so that I can own it as a burial ground.”
10 Ephron himself was sitting with the other Hittites at the meeting place at the city gate; he answered in the hearing of everyone there, 11 “Listen, sir; I will give you the whole field and the cave that is in it. Here in the presence of my own people, I will give it to you, so that you can bury your wife.”
12 But Abraham bowed before the Hittites 13 and said to Ephron, so that everyone could hear, “May I ask you, please, to listen. I will buy the whole field. Accept my payment, and I will bury my wife there.”
14 Ephron answered, 15 “Sir, land worth only four hundred pieces of silver—what is that between us? Bury your wife in it.” 16 Abraham agreed and weighed out the amount that Ephron had mentioned in the hearing of the people—four hundred pieces of silver, according to the standard weights used by the merchants.
17 That is how the property which had belonged to Ephron at Machpelah east of Mamre, became Abraham's. It included the field, the cave which was in it, and all the trees in the field up to the edge of the property. 18 It was recognized as Abraham's property by all the Hittites who were there at the meeting.
19 Then Abraham buried his wife Sarah in that cave in the land of Canaan. 20 So the field which had belonged to the Hittites, and the cave in it, became the property of Abraham for a burial ground.
