创世记 23
1 撒拉享寿一百二十七岁，这是撒拉一生的岁数。
Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah's life.
2 撒拉死在迦南地的基列·亚巴，就是希伯 。亚伯拉罕为她哀恸哭号。
Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
3 后来亚伯拉罕从死人面前起来，对赫人说：
Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
4 “我在你们中间是外人，是寄居的。求你们在这里给我一块地，我好埋葬我的死人，使她不在我眼前。”
"I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may remove my dead for burial."
5 赫人回答亚伯拉罕说：
The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
6 “我主请听。你在我们中间是一位尊大的王子，只管在我们最好的坟地里埋葬你的死人；我们没有一人不容你在他的坟地里埋葬你的死人。”
"Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb to prevent you from burying your dead."
7 亚伯拉罕就起来，向那地的赫人下拜，
Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth.
8 对他们说：“你们若有意叫我埋葬我的死人，使她不在我眼前，就请听我的话，为我求琐辖的儿子以弗 ；
He talked with them, saying, "If you agree that I may remove my dead for burial, hear me, and approach Ephron the son of Zohar for me,
9 把田头上那麦比拉洞给我；他可以按着足价卖给我，作我在你们中间的坟地。”
that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he owns; it is at the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me in your presence as a burial place."
10 当时以弗 正坐在赫人中间。于是，赫人以弗 在城门出入的赫人面前对亚伯拉罕说：
Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. Ephron the Hethite answered Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,
11 “不然，我主请听。我送给你这块田，连田间的洞也送给你，在我同族的人面前都给你，可以埋葬你的死人。”
"No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead."
12 亚伯拉罕就在那地的人民面前下拜，
Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
13 在他们面前对以弗 说：“你若应允，请听我的话。我要把田价给你，求你收下，我就在那里埋葬我的死人。”
He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, "But if you will, please hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there."
14 以弗 回答亚伯拉罕说：
Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
15 “我主请听。值四百舍客勒银子的一块田，在你我中间还算什么呢？只管埋葬你的死人吧！”
"My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead."
16 亚伯拉罕听从了以弗 ，照着他在赫人面前所说的话，把买卖通用的银子平了四百舍客勒给以弗 。
Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants' standard.
17 于是，麦比拉、幔利前、以弗 的那块田和其中的洞，并田间四围的树木，
So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all of its borders, were deeded
18 都定准归与亚伯拉罕，乃是他在赫人面前并城门出入的人面前买妥的。
to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
19 此后，亚伯拉罕把他妻子撒拉埋葬在迦南地幔利前的麦比拉田间的洞里。（幔利就是希伯 ）。
After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan.
20 从此，那块田和田间的洞就借着赫人定准归与亚伯拉罕作坟地。
The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham as a possession for a burial place by the sons of Heth.
