¹[Ny nahafatesan'i Saraha sy ny nandevenana azy] Ary ny andro niainan'i Saraha dia fito amby roa-polo amby zato taona; izany no taona niainan'i Saraha.

¹Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah’s life.

²Ary Saraha dia maty tao Kiriat-arba (Hebrona izany) tany amin'ny tany Kanana; dia tonga Abrahama hisaona an'i Saraha sy hitomany azy.

²Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

³Ary Abrahama nitsangana niala avy teo anilan'ny fatin'ny vadiny, dia niteny tamin'ny taranak'i Heta ka nanao hoe:

³Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,

⁴Vahiny sy mpivahiny eto aminareo aho; omeo tany fandevenana eto aminareo aho mba handevenako ny fatin'ny vadiko tsy ho eto anatrehako.

⁴“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.”

⁵Dia namaly an'i Abrahama ny taranak'i Heta ka nanao taminy hoe:

⁵The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

⁶Mihainoa anay, tompokolahy: andrian-dehibe eto aminay ianao; koa izay tsara indrindra amin'ny fasanay no andeveno ny fatin'ny vadinao; tsy misy aminay hiaro ny fasany aminao tsy handevenanao ny fatin'ny vadinao.

⁶“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.”

⁷Dia nitsangana Abrahama ka niankohoka teo anatrehan'ny taranak'i Heta tompon-tany,

⁷Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

⁸dia niteny taminy ka nanao hoe: Raha sitrakareo ary ny handevenako ny fatin'ny vadiko mba tsy ho eto anatrehako, dia mihainoa ahy, ka mba iangavio kely amin'i Efrona, zanak'i Zohara,

⁸He talked with them, saying, “If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,

⁹mba homeny ahy ny zohy ao Makpela izay azy, dia ilay eo amin'ny sisin'ny sahany; amin'izay vola tokom-bidiny no aoka hanomezany azy ho ahy eto aminareo ho tany fandevenana.

⁹that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me among you for a possession of a burying-place.”

¹⁰Ary Efrona nipetraka teo amin'ny taranak'i Heta; dia namaly an'i Abrahama Efrona Hetita teo anatrehan'ny taranak'i Heta, dia izay rehetra niditra teo am-bavahadin'ny tanànany, ka nanao hoe:

¹⁰Now 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,

¹¹Tsia, tompokolahy, fa mihainoa ahy: ny saha dia omeko anao, ary ny zohy izay eo anatiny koa dia omeko anao; eto imason'ny zanaky ny fireneko no anomezako azy ho anao; aleveno ny fatin'ny vadinao.

¹¹“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.”

¹²Ary niankohoka teo anatrehan'ny olona tompon-tany Abrahama,

¹²Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.

¹³dia niteny tamin'i Efrona teo anatrehan'ny olona tompon-tany ka nanao hoe: Kanefa raha mba hihaino ahy ihany ianao, dia homeko ny vidin'ny saha; raiso amiko izany, dia haleviko ao ny fatin'ny vadiko.

¹³He 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.”

¹⁴Ary Efrona dia namaly an'i Abrahama ka nanao taminy hoe:

¹⁴Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

¹⁵Tompokolahy, mihainoa ahy: tany tokony ho lafo sekely volafotsy efa-jato, inona moa izany amintsika roa lahy? fa aleveno ny fatin'ny vadinao.

¹⁵“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.”

¹⁶Dia neken'i Abrahama ny tenin'i Efrona, ka nolanjainy ho azy ny vola izay efa voalazany teo anatrehan'ny taranak'i Heta, dia sekely volafotsy efa-jato lanin'ny mpivarotra.

¹⁶Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants’ standard.

¹⁷Ary ny sahan'i Efrona, ilay teo Makpela, izay tandrifin'i Mamre, dia ny saha sy ny zohy izay teo anatiny mbamin'ny hazo rehetra izay teo anatiny, izay teo amin'ny sisiny rehetra manodidina, dia natao varo-maty

¹⁷So 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

¹⁸tamini'i Abrahama ho fananana, teo imason'ny taranak'i Heta, dia izay rehetra niditra teo am­bavahadin'ny tanànany.

¹⁸to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.

¹⁹Ary rehefa afaka izany, Abrahama dia nandevina an'i Saraha vadiny tao amin'ny zohy tao amin'ny saha Makpela tandrifin'i Mamre (Hebrona izany), ao amin'ny tany Kanana;ka ny saha mbamin'ny zohy izay ao anatiny dia nataon'ny taranak'i Heta varo-maty tamin'i Abrahama ho tany fandevenana.

¹⁹After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan.

²⁰ka ny saha mbamin'ny zohy izay ao anatiny dia nataon'ny taranak'i Heta varo-maty tamin'i Abrahama ho tany fandevenana.

²⁰The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the children of Heth.