Genesis 23

撒拉享寿一百二十七岁，这是撒拉一生的岁数。

sā lā xiǎng shòu yì bǎi èr shí qī suì ， zhè shì sā lā yì shēng de suì shù 。

Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah’s life.

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。

sā lā sǐ zài jiā nán dì de jī liè · yà bā ， jiù shì xī bó 。 yà bó lā hǎn wèi tā āi tòng kū hào 。

Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

后来亚伯拉罕从死人面前起来，对赫人说：

hòu lái yà bó lā hǎn cóng sǐ rén miàn qián qǐ lái ， duì hè rén shuō ：

Abraham rose up from before his dead and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,

「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。」

「 wǒ zài nǐ men zhōng jiān shì wài rén ， shì jì jū de 。 qiú nǐ men zài zhè lǐ gěi wǒ yí kuài dì ， wǒ hǎo mái zàng wǒ de sǐ rén ， shǐ tā bú zài wǒ yǎn qián 。」

“I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

赫人回答亚伯拉罕说：

hè rén huí dá yà bó lā hǎn shuō ：

The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

「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。」

「 wǒ zhǔ qǐng tīng 。 nǐ zài wǒ men zhōng jiān shì yí wèi zūn dà de wáng zǐ ， zhǐ guǎn zài wǒ men zuì hǎo de fén dì lǐ mái zàng nǐ de sǐ rén ； wǒ men méi yǒu yì rén bù róng nǐ zài tā de fén dì lǐ mái zàng nǐ de sǐ rén 。」

“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. Bury your dead.”

亚伯拉罕就起来，向那地的赫人下拜，

yà bó lā hǎn jiù qǐ lái ， xiàng nà dì de hè rén xià bài ，

Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.

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 ；

duì tā men shuō ：「 nǐ men ruò yǒu yì jiào wǒ mái zàng wǒ de sǐ rén ， shǐ tā bú zài wǒ yǎn qián ， jiù qǐng tīng wǒ de huà ， wèi wǒ qiú suǒ xiá de ér zi yǐ fú ；

He talked with them, saying, “If you agree that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,

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。」

bǎ tián tóu shàng nà mài bǐ lā dòng gěi wǒ ； tā kě yǐ àn zhe zú jià mài gěi wǒ ， zuò wǒ zài nǐ men zhōng jiān de fén dì 。」

that he may sell me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him sell it to me among you as a possession for a burial place.”

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：

dāng shí yǐ fú zhèng zuò zài hè rén zhōng jiān 。 yú shì ， hè rén yǐ fú zài chéng mén chū rù de hè rén miàn qián duì yà bó lā hǎn shuō ：

Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth. Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,

「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。」

「 bù rán ， wǒ zhǔ qǐng tīng 。 wǒ sòng gěi nǐ zhè kuài tián ， lián tián jiān de dòng yě sòng gěi nǐ ， zài wǒ tóng zú de rén miàn qián dōu gěi nǐ ， kě yǐ mái zàng nǐ de sǐ rén 。」

“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 children of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead.”

亚伯拉罕就在那地的人民面前下拜，

yà bó lā hǎn jiù zài nà dì de rén mín miàn qián xià bài ，

Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.

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。」

zài tā men miàn qián duì yǐ fú shuō ：「 nǐ ruò yīng yǔn ， qǐng tīng wǒ de huà 。 wǒ yào bǎ tián jià gěi nǐ ， qiú nǐ shōu xià ， wǒ jiù zài nà lǐ mái zàng wǒ de sǐ rén 。」

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.”

以弗 回答亚伯拉罕说：

yǐ fú huí dá yà bó lā hǎn shuō ：

Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

「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！」

「 wǒ zhǔ qǐng tīng 。 zhí sì bǎi shè kè lè yín zi de yí kuài tián ， zài nǐ wǒ zhōng jiān hái suàn shén me ne ？ zhǐ guǎn mái zàng nǐ de sǐ rén ba ！」

“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.”

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 。

yà bó lā hǎn tīng cóng le yǐ fú ， zhào zhe tā zài hè rén miàn qián suǒ shuō de huà ， bǎ mǎi mài tōng yòng de yín zi píng le sì bǎi shè kè lè gěi yǐ fú 。

Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants’ standard.

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，

yú shì ， mài bǐ lā 、 màn lì qián 、 yǐ fú de nà kuài tián hé qí zhōng de dòng ， bìng tián jiān sì wéi de shù mù ，

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

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。

dōu dìng zhǔn guī yǔ yà bó lā hǎn ， nǎi shì tā zài hè rén miàn qián bìng chéng mén chū rù de rén miàn qián mǎi tuǒ de 。

to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.

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 ）。

cǐ hòu ， yà bó lā hǎn bǎ tā qī zǐ sā lā mái zàng zài jiā nán dì màn lì qián de mài bǐ lā tián jiān de dòng lǐ 。（ màn lì jiù shì xī bó ）。

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.

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。

cóng cǐ ， nà kuài tián hé tián jiān de dòng jiù jiè zhe hè rén dìng zhǔn guī yǔ yà bó lā hǎn zuò fén dì 。

The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham by the children of Heth as a possession for a burial place.