1 و َامْتَدَّ العُمْرُ بِسارَةَ مِئَةً وَسَبعاً وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً.

Sarah lived 127 years; this was the length of the life of Sarah.

2 ث ُمَّ ماتَتْ فِي قَرْيَةِ أرْبَعَ، أي حَبْرُونَ الَّتِي فِي أرْضِ كَنعانَ. وَذَهَبَ إبْراهِيمُ لِيَنْدُبَ سارَةَ وَيَبْكِيَ عَلَيها.

And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

3 ث ُمَّ قامَ إبْراهِيمُ مِنْ جانِبِ زَوْجَتِهِ المُتَوَفّاةِ، وَقالَ لِلحِثِّيِّينَ:

And Abraham stood up from before his dead and said to the sons of Heth,

4 « أنا غَرِيبٌ وَنَزِيلٌ بَينَكُمْ. فَأعطُونِي أرْضاً أجعَلُها مَدفِناً وَأدفِنَ فِيها فَقِيدَتِي.»

I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me property for a burial place among you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

5 ف َأجابَ الحِثِّيُّونَ إبْراهِيمَ:

And the Hittites replied to Abraham,

6 « اسْتَمِعْ إلَينا يا سَيِّدُ. أنتَ رَئِيسٌ عَظِيمٌ بَينَنا مِنَ اللهِ. فادفِنْ فَقِيدَتَكَ فِي أحسَنِ مَدافِنِنا. فَلنْ يَبخَلَ عَلَيكَ أحَدٌ بِقَبْرِهِ، أوْ يَمنَعَكَ مِنْ دَفْنِ فَقِيدَتِكَ.»

Listen to us, my lord; you are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in any tomb or grave of ours that you choose; none of us will withhold from you his tomb or hinder you from burying your dead.

7 ف َقامَ إبْراهِيمُ وَانحَنَى احتِراماً لِسُكّانِ تِلْكَ الأرْضِ مِنَ الحِثِّيِّينَ.

And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, the Hittites.

8 و َقالَ لَهُمْ: «إنْ كُنْتُمْ راغِبِينَ حقّاً فِي مُساعَدَتِي فِي دَفنِ فَقِيدَتِي، فَاسْتَمِعُوا إلَيَّ. أُرِيدُكُمْ أنْ تُكَلِّمُوا عِفْرُونَ بْنِ صُوحَرَ عَنِّي.

And he said to them, If you are willing to grant my dead a burial out of my sight, listen to me and ask Ephron son of Zohar for me,

9 و َاطلُبُوا مِنْهُ أنْ يُعطِيَنِي مَغارَةَ المَكْفِيلَةِ الَّتِي يَملِكُها، وَالَّتِي تَقَعُ فِي طَرَفِ حَقلِهِ. وَلْيُعطِنِي إيّاها بِسِعْرٍ كامِلٍ بِحُضُورِكُمْ، فَتَكُونَ مَدْفَناً مُلْكاً لِي.»

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 here in your presence as a burial place to which I may hold fast among you.

10 و َكانَ عِفْرُونُ الحِثِّيُّ جالِساً هُناكَ بَينَ الحِثِّيِّينَ. فَرَدَّ عَلَى إبْراهِيمَ عَلَى مَسْمَعٍ مِنَ الحِثِّيِّينَ الَّذِينَ دَخَلُوا لِيَشْتَرِكُوا فِي المَجلِسِ عِنْدَ بابِ المَدِينَةِ.

Now Ephron was present there among the sons of Heth; so, in the hearing of all who went in at the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, saying,

11 ق الَ: «لا يا سَيِّدِي. اسْتَمِعْ إلَيَّ. الحَقلُ وَالمَغارَةً الَّتِي فِيهِ عَطِيَّةٌ مِنِّي إلَيكَ. وَأنا أُعطِيكَ إيّاهُما بِشَهادَةِ شَعبِيَ الحاضِرِ. فادفِنْ فَقِيدَتَكَ.»

No, my lord, hear me; I give you the field, and the cave that is in it I give you. In the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead.

12 ف انْحَنَى إبْراهِيمُ أمامَ شَعبِ تِلْكَ الأرْضِ.

Then Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.

13 و َقالَ لِعِفْرُونَ عَلَى مَسْمَعٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَعبِ تِلْكَ الأرْضِ: «لَيتَكَ تَسْتَمِعُ إلَيَّ! دَعْنِي أدفَعْ ثَمَنَ الحَقلِ. اقْبَلْهُ مِنِّي، فَأدفِنَ فَقِيدَتِي هُناكَ.»

And he said to Ephron in the presence of the people of the land, But if you will give it, I beg of you, hear me. I will give you the price of the field; accept it from me, and I will bury my dead there.

14 ف َرَدَّ عِفْرُونُ عَلَى إبْراهِيمَ:

Ephron replied to Abraham, saying,

15 « يا سَيِّدِي، اسْتَمِعْ إلَيَّ. لا يُساوِي هَذا الحَقلُ أكثَرَ مِنْ أرْبَعِ مِئَةِ مِثْقالٍ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ. وَهُوَ مَبلَغٌ زَهيدٌ لَكَ وَلِي. فادْفِنْ فَقِيدَتَكَ.»

My lord, listen to me. The land is worth 400 shekels of silver; what is that between you and me? So bury your dead.

16 ف َفَهِمَ إبْراهِيمُ أنَّ عِفْرُونَ يُريدُهُ أنْ يَسْمَعَ ثَمَنَ الأرْضِ. فَوَزَنَ لِعِفْرُونَ الفِضَّةَ الَّتِي حَدَّدَها عَلَى مَسْمَعٍ مِنْ رُؤَساءِ الحِثِّيِّينَ، أي أرْبَعَ مِئَةِ مِثْقالٍ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ حَسَبَ الأوْزانِ المُتَعارَفِ عَلَيها عِنْدَ التُّجّارِ.

So Abraham listened to what Ephron said and acted upon it. He weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: 400 shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.

17 و َهَكَذا انتَقَلَتْ مُلْكِيَّةُ حَقلِ عِفْرُونَ فِي المَكْفِيلَةِ، شَرْقِيَّ مَمْرا، إلَى إبْراهِيمَ. وَقَدْ شَمَلَ ذَلِكَ المَغارَةَ وَالأشْجارَ الَّتِي فِي الحَقلِ وَفِي المِنطَقَةِ المُحِيطَةِ بِها كُلِّها.

So the field of Ephron in Machpelah, which was to the east of Mamre —the field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field and in all its borders round about—was made over

18 ت َمَّ هَذا فِي حُضُورِ رُؤَساءِ الحِثِّيِّينَ، وَكُلِّ الَّذِينَ انضَمُّوا إلَى المَجلِسِ عِنْدَ بابِ المَدِينَةِ.

As a possession to Abraham in the presence of the Hittites, before all who went in at his city gate.

19 ف َدَفَنَ إبْراهِيمُ زَوجَتَهُ سارَةَ فِي مَغارَةِ حَقلِ المَكْفِيلَةِ، شَرْقِيَّ مَمْرا – أي حَبْرُونَ – فِي أرْضِ كَنْعانَ.

After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah to the east of Mamre, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan.

20 و َهَكَذا صارَ الحَقلُ وَالمَغارَةُ الَّتِي فِيهِ مُلْكاً لإبْراهِيمَ مَدْفَناً، بِشِرائِهِما مِنَ الحِثِّيِّينَ.

The field and the cave in it were conveyed to Abraham for a permanent burial place by the sons of Heth.