Genesis 23

1 Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.

1 撒拉享年一百二十七岁。

2 She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.

2 她在迦南境内的基列·亚巴，即希伯仑去世。亚伯拉罕在那里痛哭，哀悼她。

3 Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,

3 他从亡妻旁边站起来对赫人说：

4 “I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”

4 “我在你们中间是异乡客旅，请你们给我一块坟地，我好埋葬我的亡妻。”

5 The Hittites replied to Abraham,

5 赫人答道：

6 “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.”

6 “我主，请听我们说，你在我们中间是一位尊贵的王子，你可以选我们这里最好的坟地，没有人会反对你使用他的坟地埋葬你的妻子。”

7 Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

7 亚伯拉罕就起身向当地的赫人下拜，说：

8 “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

8 “如果你们愿意让我安葬亡妻，就请答应我，代我求琐辖的儿子以弗仑，

9 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.”

9 把他地头的麦比拉洞卖给我。请他当着你们的面按实价卖给我作坟地。”

10 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,

10 当时以弗仑正坐在赫人当中，于是他当着所有出入城门口的赫人答复亚伯拉罕说：

11 “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.”

11 “不可！我主，请听我说，我当着族人的面，把那块地和其中的山洞送给你。去安葬你的死者吧！”

12 Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land

12 亚伯拉罕向当地的人下拜，

13 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.”

13 当众对以弗仑说：“你若愿意，请听我说，我要把地钱给你，请你收下，好让我在那里安葬我的妻子。”

14 Ephron answered Abraham,

14 以弗仑回答说：

15 “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.”

15 “我主，请听我说，九十两银子的地对你我来说算什么呢？去安葬你的妻子吧！”

16 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.

16 于是，亚伯拉罕听了以弗仑的意思，就照当众提出的价钱，按市价秤了九十两银子给他。

17 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

17 这样，以弗仑在麦比拉、靠近幔利的那块地和山洞及地界内所有的树木，

18 to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.

18 都归了亚伯拉罕。这是在城门口的赫人面前买下的。

19 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.

19 之后，亚伯拉罕把妻子撒拉安葬在迦南的幔利附近、麦比拉田间的洞里。幔利就是希伯仑。

20 So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.

20 这块赫人的地和其中的山洞从此成了亚伯拉罕家的坟地。