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Genesis 23
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Genesis
Abraham
Ekajuk Bible
Abraham
, person
Heth
, person
Ephron
, person
Sarah
, person
Machpelah
, place
Canaan
, place
Hebron
, place
Mamre
, place
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Ekajuk Bible
Berean Standard Bible
1
EKA
Sara, kange nnya atahl arakera a nnya esehma.
BSB
BSB:
Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
2
EKA
Sara kpoo go Kiriati Aba (ji li Hebron) go ndi nyi Kenan. Ebraham kehm tahme re á song ling Sara, fere noongo elkv ene.
BSB
BSB:
She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
3
EKA
Owo Ebraham kehm mehle yiimi o edˈda elkv nkal ewe, kehm tahme song bung a anebe Hid re,
BSB
BSB:
Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
4
EKA
<<Me njenne nyi, n li nne ajahmjahm go egahne ellong. Gung-m wahn edi ndi a, ji bahke jolo eyele akvne, ji m bahke jo kak akvne enyame.>>
BSB
BSB:
“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
5
EKA
Owo anebe Hid kehm faange Ebraham re,
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BSB:
The Hittites replied to Abraham,
6
EKA
<<Nsoo, wuung-r atung. Wo egburu mmona ntul wo go egahre ellong. Jo kak akvne enya go eyele akvne ejahre ji nno. Nne ewahre awohng awohng limm no bahke sahde re wo kˈkak akvne enya go ege eyele.>>
BSB
BSB:
“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”
7
EKA
Ebraham kehm mehle yiimi gong go ndi, ka anebe Hid ba li afono ndi,
BSB
BSB:
Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
8
EKA
kehm bungu tong bo re, <<Joare kp-n lohko kor re me n jo kak akvne enyame a, wuung-m wahn atung, wahn fere tob-m gboongo Efron mmona Johar ka-m.
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BSB:
“If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf
9
EKA
Eji á lˈgung-m egong jio ji Makipela, ji li jˈje ka-e, ji li ege esi egbe. Bahb-n ye á gung-m go ekun bi fuumu no, eji n lˈko lim eyele akvne go egahne ejahbe.>>
BSB
BSB:
to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”
10
EKA
Efron nnea Hid ji o ellong ane ebe, á kehm faange Ebraham go elkab anebe Hid kpee ba ba go eti mbu ejahbe eje.
BSB
BSB:
Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,
11
EKA
Á bungu re, <<Eˈee nsoo, wuung-m atung; M ma-a ka edi jio, fere tob ka-a egohng ji li o. M ma-a ka go esamahr ane ebame. Kpa nkvne enya kak o.>>
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BSB:
“No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
12
EKA
Ebraham kehm kpe gong go ndi ka afono ejahbe bao,
BSB
BSB:
Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
13
EKA
kehm tongo Efron go ebo esamahr re bo wuk, <<Wuung-m atung, lˈfere kor-a, m bahk-a kake ekun bi edi jio, taame wo ko, eji n lˈjo kak akvne enyame o.>>
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BSB:
and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”
14
EKA
Efron kehm faange Ebraham re,
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BSB:
Ephron answered Abraham,
15
EKA
<<Wuung-m atung nsoo; edi ndi jio rehnge asilva akpohko atahltahl, jia lohngo jen, me, a wahra na? Kpa nkvne enya kak o.
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BSB:
“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
16
EKA
Ebraham kehm taame tv ekun bi Efron gahme no. Ebraham ka-e asilva akpohko atahltahl go esamahr anebe Hid, toono ana ekun akpohko jolo no go ellong abajenare ngare nyio.
BSB
BSB:
Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
17
EKA
Ano wo edi ndi ji Efron ji jolo go ejahbe bo kpo lung re Makipela kohlo ejahbe Mamre, edi ndi, a egohng ji jolo o, go arahnti kpee nya jolo o, bo yake kpee,
BSB
BSB:
So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over
18
EKA
ka Ebraham re jol edi eje, go esamahr anebe Hid kpee ba ba go eti mbu ji ejahbe jio.
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BSB:
to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
19
EKA
Eji Ebraham ma gunu edi ndi, ona wo á kake Sara nkal ewe, go egohng ji li go ejahbe Makipela, edi ndi ji jolo kohlo ejahbe Mamre, ji li go Hebron, go ndi nyi Kenan.
BSB
BSB:
After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
20
EKA
Ano wo edi ndi jio, a egohng jio, ji jolo ka anebe Hid, fere jol ka Ebraham ana eyele akvne eje.
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BSB:
So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.
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Ekajuk Bible. Copyright © 2024 Luke Initiative for Scripture Translation and The Seed Company. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). Text from eBible.org; verses renumbered to the KJV scheme where they differ, otherwise unchanged.
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