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Genesis 23
23
Genesis
Abraham
Gofa
Abraham
, person
Heth
, person
Ephron
, person
Sarah
, person
Machpelah
, place
Canaan
, place
Hebron
, place
Mamre
, place
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Gofa
Berean Standard Bible
1
GOFE
ሳራ ፄታነ ላታማነ ላፑን ላይꬅ ደአሱ።
BSB
BSB:
Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
2
GOFE
ሄሳፈ ጉየ፥ እያ ካናነ ቢታን ደእያ ቅርያት-አርባ (ከብሮና) ካታማን ሀይቃሱ። አብራሃመይ ሳርስ ዬክስነ ካዮትስ።
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
GOFE
ዬክ ስሚድ፥ አብራሃመይ ባ ማቸ አሀ ማታፐ ደንድድ ብድ፥ ህተታ ሀይሳዳ ያግስ፤
BSB
BSB:
Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
4
GOFE
“ታኒ ህንተ ግዶን እማ፤ ታ ማቸ አሀ ሞጋናዉ ታዉ ህንተ ጋድያፐ ዱፎ በሲ ባይዘርከት” ያግስ።
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
GOFE
ህተት አብራሃመ፥ “ጎዳዉ፥ ኑኒ ኦደይሳ ስአ፤ ኔኒ ኑ ግዶን ዎልቃማ ሀላቃ፤ ኔኒ ነ ማቸ አሀ ኑ ዱፉዋፐ ነና ሎእዳሶን ሞጋ፤ ኔኒ ነ ማቸ አሀ ሞጋናዉ ባ ዱፉዋ ኦንካ ነና ድገና” ያግ ዛርዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
The Hittites replied to Abraham,
7
GOFE
አብራሃመይ ደንድ ኤቅድ፥ ህተታ ስንꬃን ዝግስ።
BSB
BSB:
Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
8
GOFE
እ ኤንታኮ፥ “ህንተ ታና፥ ‘ነ ማቸ አሀ ሞጋ’ ጊኮ፥ ታኒ ግያባ ስእተ። ዞሃራ ናአ ኤፍሮናስ እያ ጋድያ ጋፃን ደእያ ማክፌላ ጌተትያ ጎንጎሉዋ ታ ዱፎ ኦꬃናዉ ባይዛና መላ ኩመꬃ ጋተን ኑና ዛልእሰርከት” ያግስ።
BSB
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
10
GOFE
ህተ አድያ ኤፍሮን ሄ ዎደ ካታማ ፐንገን ሺቅዳ ባ አሳ ግዶን ኡትስ። ህተት ኡባይ ስእሽን፥ አብራሃመኮ ያግስ፤
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
GOFE
“ሄሳዳ ግደና፤ ታ ጎዳዉ፥ ታ ኦደይሳ ስአ፤ ታኒ ጋድያካ እያ ግዶን ደእያ ጎንጎሉዋካ ነዉ እማይስ፤ ታኒ ነዉ እያ ታ አሳ ስንꬃን እማይስ፤ ኔኒ ነ ማቸ አሀ ሞጋ” ያግስ።
BSB
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
GOFE
አብራሃመይ ሄ ቢታ አሳ ስንꬃን ዛር ዝግድ፥
BSB
BSB:
Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
13
GOFE
አሳይ ስእሽን ኤፍሮና፥ “ታ ኦደይሳ ስአርክ! ታኒ ሄ ጋድያ ጋተ ቃንፃና፤ ኔኒ ታፐ ኤካርክ። ሄሳን ታኒ ታ ማቸ አሀ ሞጋና” ያግስ።
BSB
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
GOFE
ኤፍሮን አብራሃመኮ ዛሪድ፥ “ታ ጎዳዉ፥ ታኒ ኦደይሳ ስአ፤ ጋደይ ኦይዱ ፄቱ ብራ ሳንትመ ከሳና፤ ሽን ሄስ ነ ግዶንነ ታ ግዶን አይብካ ግደና፤ ነ ማቸ አሀ ሞጋ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
Ephron answered Abraham,
16
GOFE
አብራሃመይ ህተት ስእሽን፥ ኤፍሮን ግዳ ጋትያ ኤክስ፤ ሄ ዎደ ሚሸን ኦይዱ ፄቱ ብራ ሳንትመ ኤፍሮናስ እሚስ።
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
GOFE
ያት ስሚድ፥ ማምረ ካታማ ማታን ማክፌላን ደእያ ኤፍሮና ጋደይ፥ ያን ደእያ ጎንጎሎይነ ሄ ጋድያን ደእያ ምꬃ ኡባይ፥
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
GOFE
ካታማ ፐንገን ሺቅዳ ህተታ ኡባ ስንꬃን ዎጋꬆ አብራሃመ ጋደ ግድስ።
BSB
BSB:
to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
19
GOFE
ሄሳፈ ጉየ፥ አብራሃመይ ባ ማችዉ ሳራ ካናነ ቢታን (ከብሮና) ጌተትያ ማምረ ካታማ ማታን ደእያ ማክፌላ ጌተትያ ጋደ ጎንጎሉዋን ሞግስ።
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
GOFE
ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ሄ ጋደይነ ያን ደእያ ጎንጎሎይ ህተታ ስንꬃን ህግያን አብራሃመስ ዱፎ ግድስ።
BSB
BSB:
So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.
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