Genesis 23 (RHG)

1Sarar boyoš ek šo hãtaiš bosor oil; hiba hetodin basi aššil.Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.

2Ar Kenan dešot Kiryat-Arbat (hiyan oilde, Hebronot) hibar moron oiye, ar Ibrahime Saralla handibolla edde šuk falon goribolla giye.She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.

3Bade Ibrahime hibar mora bouwor ḍakottu uiṭṭe edde Hetittiyo okkolor hãse zai hodde,Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,

4"Ãi tũwarar butore ekzon osin bidešitta; hoborstan banaibolla ãre tũwarar butore ekkan zaga beso, toi zene ãr sarme ãr mora bouwore dohon gorai fari."“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”

5Hetittiyo okkole Ibrahimore zuwabe hodde,The Hittites replied to Abraham,

6"Malik, ãrar hota funo, tũi ãrar butore ekzon Allar šoktišali neta. Ãrar hoborgunor butore he barik hoboror butore tũwar morare dohon gorogoi. Tũwar mora gãraibolla ãrar honokiye hitar hobor zaga sari dite ošikar no goribo."“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.”

7Toi Ibrahime uṛiyore he dešor manuš mani Hetittiyo okkolor sarme mata niyuraiyore ijjot goijje.Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

8Bade hibaye hitarare hodde, "Ãr morare ãr sarme dohon goraito diba iyan zodi tũwarar issa o, toile ãr hota funo, Soharor fut Efron loi ãlla ottor o,“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

9toi zene hitar maṛor šeš šimat, Mokfelar gãt, ziba hitattu ase, hiba hite ãre de. Hite zene tũwarar sarme hiyanor fura dam loiyore hoborstan banaibolla ãr hãse besifele."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.”

10Ar Hetittiyo okkolor fũwati Efron o heṛe boiṛa aššil, ar Hetittiyo Efrone Ibrahimore zuwab dedde hiyan hitar šohor geiṛot góillede beggune funniye.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,

11Hite hodde, "No, ãr malik, õne ãr hota funo, ãi ãr zatir manušor sarme he maṭ edde hiyanot ze gãt ase, hiba šoho ãi tũware dilam. Tũwar morare dohon gorogoi."“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.”

12Hetunot Ibrahime abar dešor mainšor sarme mata niyuraiyore ijjot goijje.Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land

13Ar he dešor manuš beggunor sarme hibaye Efronore hodde, "Zodi mone ho foriyad gorir, tũi ãr hota funo, ãi maṛor dam di, meherbani gori tũi ãttu hingun goso, toi zene ãi ãr mora bouwore heṛe dohon goraifari."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.”

14Efrone Ibrahimore zuwabe hodde,Ephron answered Abraham,

15"Malik, ãr hota funo, he zagar dam oiyede sair šot rufar ṭĩya, kintu hin ãlla edde tũwalla hono kissu no, tũwar bouwore heṛe dohon gorogoi."“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.”

16Ibrahime Efronor hota buzi faijje edde hite Hetittiyo okkolor sarme rufar ṭĩyar hota hoilde mozin, sair šot rufar ṭĩya šodor okkolor maf mozin mafiyore hitare diye.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.

17Ei bafe Mamrer ḍake Mokfelat asede Efronor maṭ edde gãt, ar he maṛor sairo mikkar hár gas šoho,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

18hár Hetittiyo okkol hitar šohor geiṭor sarme goillilde hitarar sarme Ibrahimor šombotti šabbišṭo oiye.to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.

19Tarfore Ibrahime Kenan dešor Mamrer ḍake (ziyan Hebronot) Mokfelar maṛot asede gãtot hibar bou Sarare gãraiye.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.

20Endilla gori he maṭ edde heṛe asede gãt hoborstan hisabe Hetittiyo okkolor hatottu Ibrahimor hãtot aišše.So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.

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