1.Mose 23 | New International Reader’s Version Kutsal Kitap Yeni Çeviri

1.Mose 23 | New International Reader’s Version

Sarah dies

1 Sarah lived to be 127 years old. 2 She died at Kiriath Arba. Kiriath Arba is also called Hebron. It’s in the land of Canaan. Sarah’s death made Abraham very sad. He went to the place where her body was lying. There he wept over her. 3 Then Abraham got up from beside his wife’s body. He said to the Hittites, 4 ‘I’m an outsider. I’m a stranger among you. Sell me some property where I can bury those in my family who die. Then I can bury my wife.’ 5 The Hittites replied to Abraham, 6 ‘Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your wife in the best place we have to bury our dead. None of us will refuse to sell you a place to bury her.’ 7 Then Abraham bowed down in front of the Hittites, the people of the land. 8 He said to them, ‘If you are willing to let me bury my wife, then listen to me. Speak to Zohar’s son Ephron for me. 9 Ask him to sell me the cave of Machpelah. It belongs to him and is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price. I want it as a place to bury my dead wife among you.’ 10 Ephron the Hittite was sitting there among his people. He replied to Abraham. All of the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city heard him. 11 ‘No, sir,’ Ephron said. ‘Listen to me. I will give you the field. I’ll also give you the cave that’s in the field. I will give it to you in front of my people. Bury your wife.’ 12 Again Abraham bowed down in front of the people of the land. 13 He spoke to Ephron so they could hear him. He said, ‘Please listen to me. I’ll pay the price of the field. Accept it from me. Then I can bury my wife there.’ 14 Ephron answered Abraham, 15 ‘Sir, listen to me. The land is worth 5 kilograms of silver. But what’s that between the two of us? Bury your wife.’ 16 Abraham agreed to Ephron’s offer. He weighed out for Ephron the price he had named. The Hittites there had heard the amount. The price was 5 kilograms of silver. Abraham measured it by the weights that were used by merchants. 17 So Ephron sold his field to Abraham. The field was in Machpelah near Mamre. Abraham bought the field and the cave that was in it. He also bought all the trees that were inside the borders of the field. Everything was sold 18 to Abraham as his property. He bought it in front of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of the city. 19 Then Abraham buried his wife Sarah. He buried her in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre in the land of Canaan. Mamre is at Hebron. 20 So the field and the cave that was in it were sold to Abraham by the Hittites. The property became a place to bury those who died in his family.

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Sara'nın Ölümü

1 Sara yüz yirmi yedi yıl yaşadı. Ömrü bu kadardı. 2 Kenan ülkesinde, bugün Hevron denilen Kiryat-Arba'da öldü. İbrahim yas tutmak, ağlamak için Sara'nın ölüsünün başına gitti. 3 Sonra karısının ölüsünün başından kalkıp Hititler'e, 4 ‹‹Ben aranızda konuk ve yabancıyım›› dedi, ‹‹Bana mezar yapabileceğim bir toprak satın. Ölümü kaldırıp gömeyim.›› 5 Hititler, ‹‹Efendim, bizi dinle›› diye yanıtladılar, ‹‹Sen aramızda güçlü bir beysin. Ölünü mezarlarımızın en iyisine göm. Ölünü gömmen için kimse senden mezarını esirgemez.›› 7 İbrahim, ülke halkı olan Hititler'in önünde eğilerek, 8 ‹‹Eğer ölümü gömmemi istiyorsanız, benim için Sohar oğlu Efron'a ricada bulunun›› dedi, 9 ‹‹Tarlasının dibindeki Makpela Mağarası'nı bana satsın. Fiyatı neyse huzurunuzda eksiksiz ödeyip orayı mezarlık yapacağım.›› 10 Hititli Efron halkının arasında oturuyordu. Kent kapısında toplanan herkesin duyacağı biçimde, 11 ‹‹Hayır, efendim!›› diye karşılık verdi, ‹‹Beni dinle, mağarayla birlikte tarlayı da sana veriyorum. Halkımın huzurunda onu sana veriyorum. Ölünü göm.›› 12 İbrahim ülke halkının önünde eğildi. 13 Herkesin duyacağı biçimde Efron'a, ‹‹Lütfen beni dinle›› dedi, ‹‹Tarlanın parasını ödeyeyim. Parayı kabul et ki, ölümü oraya gömeyim.›› 14 Efron, ‹‹Efendim, beni dinle›› diye karşılık verdi, ‹‹Aramızda dört yüz şekel* gümüşün sözü mü olur? Ölünü göm.›› 16 İbrahim Efron'un önerisini kabul etti. Efron'un Hititler'in önünde sözünü ettiği dört yüz şekel gümüşü tüccarların ağırlık ölçülerine göre tarttı. 17 Böylece Efron'un Mamre yakınında Makpela'daki tarlası, çevresindeki bütün ağaçlarla ve içindeki mağarayla birlikte, kent kapısında toplanan Hititler'in huzurunda İbrahim'in mülkü kabul edildi. 19 İbrahim karısı Sara'yı Kenan ülkesinde Mamre'ye -Hevron'a- yakın Makpela Tarlası'ndaki mağaraya gömdü. 20 Hititler tarlayı içindeki mağarayla birlikte İbrahim'in mezarlık yeri olarak onayladılar.