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Genesis 23
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Genesis
Abraham
Kituba Bible
Abraham
, person
Heth
, person
Ephron
, person
Sarah
, person
Machpelah
, place
Canaan
, place
Hebron
, place
Mamre
, place
1 more
Kituba Bible
Berean Standard Bible
1
MKW
Saala zingaka bamvula nkama na makumi zole na nsambwadi (127).
BSB
BSB:
Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
2
MKW
Yandi kufwaka na yinsi ya Kaana, na Kilyate-Aleba, yina ba ke bokilaka mpe Ebelone. Abalayami dilaka Saala mpe yandi salaka kivwandu ya lufwa ya yandi.
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
MKW
Abalayami bikaka nzutu ya kento ya yandi, mpe yandi kwendaka tala ba-Iti, yandi tubaka na bawu:
BSB
BSB:
Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
4
MKW
«Mu kele nzenza, mpe mu ke kaka na mwa bilumbu na kati-kati ya beno. Beno pesa munu kisika yina ke vwanda ya munu mosi, samu na kukunda kento ya munu yina me bika munu.»
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
MKW
Ba-Iti vutulaka na Abalayami mutindu yayi:
BSB
BSB:
The Hittites replied to Abraham,
6
MKW
«Mfumu ya beto, kuwa beto. Nge kele mfumu yina Nzambi me sakumuna na kati-kati ya beto. Kunda kento ya nge na kisika yina me lutila kitoko na kati ya bandyamu ya beto. Ata muntu na kati beto lenda yimina nge ndyamu ya yandi, samu na kukunda kento ya nge.»
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
MKW
Abalayami telamaka mpe fukama na mantwala ya ba-Iti, bantu ya yinsi.
BSB
BSB:
Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
8
MKW
Yandi tubaka na bawu mutindu yayi: «Kana ya tsyelika beno me ndima ti mu kunda kento ya munu awa, beno zonzila samu na munu na sika ya Efelone, mwana ya Sowale.
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
9
MKW
Beno tuba na yandi, samu ti yandi pesa munu ntadi ya yandi ya Makepela, yina kele na nsuka ya bilanga ya yandi. Yandi tekisa munu yawu na ntalu ya yawu, na meso ya beno, samu ti yawu kuvwanda kisika ya munu ya kukundaka bantu ya dikanda ya munu.»
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
MKW
Efelone, mu-Iti, vwandaka ya kuvwanda na kati-kati ya ba-Iti. Yandi vutulaka na Abalayami na meso ya ba-Iti nyonso yina kwizaka na mwelo ya mbanza, yandi tubaka:
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
MKW
«Ve, mfumu ya munu, kuwa munu. Mu me pesa nge bilanga na ntadi yina ke kuna. Mu me pesa nge yawu, na meso ya bantu ya yinsi ya munu. Kunda kento ya nge.»
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
MKW
Na yina, Abalayami fukamaka na mantwala ya bantu nyonso ya yinsi.
BSB
BSB:
Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
13
MKW
Na meso ya bantu nyonso, Abalayami zonzaka na Efelone mutindu yayi: «Mu zola ti nge kuwa munu. Mu ke pesa nge ntalu ya mbongo ya bilanga yina. Ndima ti mu pesa nge yawu, mpe na manima, mu ke kunda kento ya munu kuna.»
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
MKW
Kasi Efelone vutulaka na Abalayami mutindu yayi:
BSB
BSB:
Ephron answered Abraham,
15
MKW
«Mfumu ya munu, kuwa munu! Ntoto ya Basekele bankama yiya (400) ya palata, yawu kele yinki na meso ya nge na munu? Kunda kento ya nge!»
BSB
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
MKW
Abalayami ndimaka mpe yandi tezaka Basekele bankama yiya (400) ya palata na meso ya ba-Iti, mutindu lombaka Efelone. Yandi tezaka mbongo yango na mutindu bantu vwandaka sadila samu na kusumba mpe kutekisa na yinsi yina.
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
MKW
Bilanga ya Efelone, yina kele na Makepela, na kisika yina ke talasanaka na Mamele, bilanga nyonso na ntadi yina kele na kati, na bayinti nyonso,
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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
MKW
ya kumaka mvwilu ya Abalayami, na meso ya bana ya Ete, mpe ya bantu nyonso yina kwizaka na mwelo ya mbanza.
BSB
BSB:
to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
19
MKW
Na manima, Abalayami kundaka kento ya yandi Saala na yinsi ya Kaana, na ntadi yina kele na kati ya bilanga ya Makepela, na kisika yina ke talasanaka na Mamele, yina ba ke bokilaka mpe Ebelone.
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
MKW
Bilanga na ntadi yina vwandaka na kati vwandaka dyaka ve ya ba-Iti. Yawu kumaka mvwilu ya Abalayami, samu na kukundaka bantu ya yandi.
BSB
BSB:
So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.
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