Genesis 23
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1And Sara lived a hundred and twenty-seven years.
1Pea naʻe teau ma uofulu ma fitu ʻae taʻu ʻa Sela; ko e ngaahi taʻu eni ʻoe moʻui ʻa Sela;
2And she died in the city of Arbee which is Hebron, in the land of Chanaan: and Abraham came to mourn and weep for her.
2Pea naʻe pekia ʻa Sela ʻi Kesa ʻAlipa; ʻaia ko Hepeloni ʻi he fonua ko Kēnani pea naʻe haʻu ʻa ʻEpalahame ke tēngihia ʻa Sela, mo tangi koeʻuhi ko ia.
3And after he rose up from the funeral obsequies, he spoke to the children of Heth, saying:
3¶ Pea naʻe tuʻu ki ʻolunga ʻa ʻEpalahame ʻi he ʻao ʻo hono pekia, ʻo ne lea ki he fānau ʻa Heti, ʻo pehē,
4I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead.
4“Ko e muli au mo e ʻāunofo ʻiate kimoutolu, tuku mai ha potu faʻitoka meiate kimoutolu, koeʻuhi ke u tanu ai hoku pekia mei hoku ʻao.”
5The children of Heth answered, saying:
5Pea leaange ʻae fānau ʻa Heti kia ʻEpalahame, ʻo pehē kiate ia:
6My Lord, hear us, thou art a prince of God among us: bury thy dead in our principal sepulchres: and no man shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in his sepulchre.
6“E ʻEiki, ke ke fanongo mai kiate kimautolu, ko e ʻEiki lahi koe ʻiate kimautolu; ke ke faʻiteliha ki homau ngaahi fonualoto, ke fai ai ho pekia; ʻe ʻikai ha mau tokotaha ʻe taʻofi meiate koe hono fonualoto, ka ke fai ʻi ai ho pekia.”
7Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to wit the children of Heth:
7Pea tuʻu hake ʻa ʻEpalahame, ʻo tulolo ia ki he kakai ʻoe fonua, ʻio ki he fānau ʻa Heti.
8And said to them: If it please your soul that I should bury my dead, hear me, and intercede for me to Ephron the son of Seor.
8Pea lea ia kiate kinautolu, ʻo pehē, “Kapau ko homou loto ke u tanu hoku pekia mei hoku ʻao, pea mou fanongo mai; pea mou kole kia ʻEfilone ko e foha ʻo Sohaʻa, koeʻuhi ko au.
9That he may give me the double cave, which he hath in the end of his field: for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me before you, for a possession of a burying place.
9Koeʻuhi ke ne tuku mai ʻae ʻana ʻi Makipila ʻoku ʻaʻana, pea ʻoku ʻi he potu ʻo ʻene ngoue; ke ne fakatau ia kiate au, ki he paʻanga ʻoku tatau mo ia, ke u maʻu ia ko hoku faʻitoka ʻiate kimoutolu.”
10Now Ephron dwelt in the midst of the children of Heth. And Ephron made answer to Abraham in the hearing of all that went in at the gate of the city, saying:
10Pea naʻe nofo ʻa ʻEfilone fakataha mo e fānau ʻa Heti; pea leaange ʻa ʻEfilone ko e tangata Heti kia ʻEpalahame ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ngaahi fānau ʻa Heti, ʻio, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai kotoa pē naʻe hū ʻi he matapā ʻoe kolo, ʻo pehē,
11Let it not be so, my lord, but do thou rather hearken to what I say: The field I deliver to thee, and the cave that is therein, in the presence of the children of my people, bury thy dead.
11“Ko ʻeku ʻeiki, ʻe ʻikai; ka ke fanongo mai: ʻoku ʻoʻou ʻae ngoue, pea mo e ʻana ʻoku ʻi ai, te u foaki ia kiate koe; ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fānau ʻa hoku kakai ni, ʻoku ou foaki ia kiate koe, ke ke tanu ai ho pekia.”
12Abraham bowed down before the people of the land,
12Pea toe tulolo ʻa ʻEpalahame ki he kakai ʻoe fonua.
13And he spoke to Ephron, in the presence of the people: I beseech thee to hear me: I will give money for the field: take it, and so I will bury my dead in it.
13Pea lea ia kia ʻEfilone ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai ʻoe fonua, ʻo pehē, “Kapau ko ho loto ia, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe fanongo mai kiate au: te u ʻatu kiate koe ʻae paʻanga ki he ngoue; ke ke maʻu ia, pea teu tanu hoku pekia ʻi ai.”
14And Ephron answered:
14Pea lea ʻa ʻEfilone kia ʻEpalahame, ʻo ne pehē kiate ia,
15My lord, hear me. The ground which thou desirest, is worth four hundred sicles of silver: this is the price between me and thee: but what is this? bury thy dead.
15“Ko ʻeku ʻeiki, ke ke fanongo mai; ʻoku tatau ʻae konga fonua mo e sikeli siliva ʻe fāngeau; ka koeʻumaʻā ia kiate au mo koe? Ko ia, ke ke tanu pe ho pekia.”
16And when Abraham had heard this, he weighed out the money that Ephron had asked, in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred sicles of silver of common current money.
16Pea tokanga ʻa ʻEpalahame kia ʻEfilone; pea naʻe fua ʻe ʻEpalahame ʻae siliva kia ʻEfilone, ʻaia naʻa ne tala ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fānau ʻa Heti, ko e sikeli siliva ʻe fāngeau, ʻo hangē ko e lau ʻe he kau fakatau.
17And the field that before was Ephron’s, wherein was the double cave, looking towards Mambre, both it and the cave, and all the trees thereof in all its limits round about,
17¶ Pea ko e ngoue ʻa ʻEfilone, ʻaia naʻe ʻi Makipila, pea ofi ki Mamali, ko e ngoue, pea mo e ʻana ʻi ai, pea mo e ngaahi ʻakau ʻoku ʻi ai, ʻaia naʻe ʻi he veʻe ngoue kotoa pē, naʻe fakapapau ia,
18Was made sure to Abraham for a possession, in the sight of the children of Heth, and of all that went in at the gate of his city.
18Kia ʻEpalahame ko e tofiʻa, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fānau ʻa Heti, ʻi he ʻao ʻo kinautolu kotoa pē naʻe hū ʻi he matapā ʻo hono kolo.
19And so Abraham buried Sara his wife, in a double cave of the field, that looked towards Mambre, this is Hebron in the land of Chanaan.
19Pea hili ia, naʻe tanu ʻe ʻEpalahame hono uaifi ko Sela ʻi he ʻana ʻi he ngoue ʻo Makipila ʻoku hangatonu ki Mamili, ʻaia ko Hepeloni, ʻi he fonua ko Kēnani.
20And the field was made sure to Abraham, and the cave that was in it, for a possession to bury in, by the children of Heth.
20Pea ko e ngoue, mo e ʻana naʻe ʻi ai naʻe fakapapau ia kia ʻEpalahame, ʻe he ngaahi foha ʻo Heti, ke ne maʻu ko hono faʻitoka.
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