¹सारा एक सय सत्ताईस वर्षसम्म बाँचिन्।

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

²अनि कनान देशको किर्यतअर्बा (हेब्रोन) शहरमा मरिन्। अब्राहाम आफ्नी पत्नीको मृत्युमा दुःखी भए अनि उनको निम्ति रोए।

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.

³त्यसपछि अब्राहामले आफ्नी मरेकी स्वास्नीलाई छोडेर हित्ती मानिसहरूसित कुरा गर्न गए।

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

⁴उनले भने, “म यस प्रदेशको बासिन्दा होइन। यहाँ त म केवल यात्री हुँ यसर्थ मेरी पत्नीको लाश गाडनुको निम्ति कही जग्गा छैन, म अलिकति जग्गा चाहन्छु म त्यो लाश गाडन सकूँ।”

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.”

⁵ती हित्ती मानिसहरूले अब्राहामलाई उत्तर दिए,

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

⁶“महाशय सुन्नु होस्, तपाईं हामीहरूमाझ परमेश्वरका एकजना मानिस हुनुहुन्छ यसर्थ हाम्रो चिहान घारीमा तपाईं जहाँ मन पराउनु हुन्छ त्यहाँ फिक्री नगरी आफ्नो पत्नीको लाश गाड्न सक्नु हुन्छ। तपाईंकी पत्नीको लाश गाडन यहाँ हामी मध्ये कसैले पनि बाधा दिन सक्तैनौ।”

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.”

⁷अब्राहाम उठे अनि मानिसहरूको सामुन्ने शिर निहुराए।

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

⁸तिनले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “यदि तपाईंहरू साँच्चै मेरी पत्नीको लाश गाड्नको निस्ति सहायता गर्नु हुन्छ भने मेरो कुरा सुन्नु होस् र सोअरको छोरो एप्रोनसित मेरो निम्ति कुरा गरिदिनु होस्।

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,

⁹उसलाई भन्नु होस् उसको खेतको आखिरमा मक्पेलाको ओडार छ र उनले मलाई त्यो मेरो दाममा चिहान बनाउन दियोस्।”

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.”

¹⁰एप्रोन तिनीहरू कै बीचमा थियो। उनले अब्राहामलाई उत्तर दियो।

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,

¹¹“होइन, महाशय। म तपाईंलाई जमीन दिनेछु। यी सब मानिसहरूकोअघि म तपाईंलाई ओडार दिनेछु जसको फलस्वरूप तपाईंले त्यस जग्गामा आफ्नी पत्नीको लाश गाड्न सक्नु हुन्छ।”

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.”

¹²तब अब्राहामले हित्ती मानिसहरूको अघि शिर निहुराए।

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

¹³ती सबै मानिसहरूको सम्मुख अब्राहामले एप्रोनसित भने, “तर म त खेतको पुरै मोल दिन चाहन्छु। मैले दिएको दाम स्वीकार गर्नु होस्। म मेरा मर्नेहरूलाई त्यहाँ गाड्छु।”

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.”

¹⁴एप्रोनले अब्राहामलाई उत्तर दियो,

¹⁴Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

¹⁵“हे महाशय मेरो कुरा सुन्नु होस्। त्यस जग्गाको दाम त चार सय चाँदीको शेकेल हुन सक्छ जो तपाईं र मेरो निम्ति यो कुनै ठूलो कुरा होइन। तपाईंले आफ्नी पत्नीको मृत देह त्यहाँ गाड्नु होस्।”

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.”

¹⁶अब्राहामले एप्रोनको कुरा माने अनि हित्ती मानिसहरूको सामुन्ने तिनले चार सय सिक्का चाँदी तौलीएर जमीनको धन्धा गर्ने व्यापारीको हातमा थमाई दिए।

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.

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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

¹⁸[This verse may not be a part of this translation]

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

¹⁹तब अब्राहामले उनकी पत्नीको मृत शरीरलाई मक्पेलाको चउरमा कनान देशको हेब्रोन (मम्रे) को छेऊमा गुफामा गाडे।

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.

²⁰अब्राहामले त्यो जमीन र ओडार हित्ती मानिसहरूको अघि किने अनि त्यो तिनको कान्‌नी रूपले भयो अनि तिनले त्यो जमीन चिहान घारीको निम्ति प्रयोग गरे।

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.