Shekarun Rayuwar Saratu
Saratu ta rasu, Ibrahim kuwa ya yi kuka, sa'an nan ya yi ciniki. Da aka ba shi kogon binnewa kyauta, ya nace sai ya biya cikakken kuɗi a gaban shaidu. Ƙasa ta farko da ya mallaka a zahiri a ƙasar alkawari kabari ce.
23 1Saratu ta yi shekara ɗari da ashirin da bakwai; waɗannan su ne shekarun rayuwar Saratu. 2Saratu ta mutu a Kiriyat-arba, wato Hebron, a ƙasar Kan'ana. Ibrahim ya zo yă yi makoki da kuka dominta. 3Sa'an nan Ibrahim ya tashi daga gefen gawarta, ya ce wa Hittiyawa, 4“Ni baƙo ne kuma bare a cikinku; ku ba ni wurin binnewa a cikinku, domin in binne matacciyata daga idanuna.”
5Hittiyawa suka amsa wa Ibrahim, suka ce, 6“Ka saurare mu, ranka yă daɗe: kai sarkin Allah ne a cikinmu. Ka binne matacciyarka a cikin kabarinmu mafi kyau; babu wani a cikinmu da zai hana ka kabarinsa don binne matacciyarka.” a a v6 “Sarkin Allah” wata tsohuwar magana ce ta Ibraniyawa domin shugaba mai girma ko mai martaba na musamman — ba laƙabin addini ba ne.
7Ibrahim ya tashi ya rusuna ƙasa a gaban mutanen ƙasar, wato Hittiyawa. 8Ya ce musu, “Idan kuna so in binne matacciyata daga gare ni, ku saurare ni, ku kuma roƙa mini Efron ɗan Zohar, 9yă ba ni kogonsa na Makfela, da yake a gefen gonarsa. Bari yă sayar mini da shi a cikinku, a kan cikakken kuɗinsa, yă zama mallakar wurin binnewa.”
10Efron Bahitte, wanda yake zaune a cikin Hittiyawa, ya amsa wa Ibrahim a gaban dukan Hittiyawa waɗanda suka shiga ta ƙofar birninsa, ya ce, b b v10 Ƙofar birni ita ce wurin jama'a inda ake gudanar da ciniki ake kuma daidaita al'amuran shari'a a gaban shaidu. 11“A'a, ranka yă daɗe, ka saurara: na ba ka gonar, na kuma ba ka kogon da yake cikinta. A gaban mutanena na ba ka shi. Ka binne matacciyarka.”
12Har wa yau Ibrahim ya sāke rusuna a gaban mutanen ƙasar. 13Ya ce wa Efron a gaban mutanen, “Idan kana so, ka saurare ni: zan biya kuɗin gonar—ka karɓa daga gare ni, domin in binne matacciyata a can.”
14Efron ya amsa wa Ibrahim, ya ce, 15“Ranka yă daɗe, ka saurare ni: ƙasa mai darajar kusan fam goma na azurfa—mene ne wannan a tsakaninmu? Ka binne matacciyarka.” c c v15 Shekel wani ma'auni ne na azurfa (kusan gram goma sha ɗaya); shekel ɗari huɗu shi ne kuɗin gonar binnewa.
16Ibrahim ya yarda da sharuɗɗan Efron, ya auna masa kuɗin da ya ambata a gaban Hittiyawa: kusan fam goma na azurfa, bisa ma'aunin da 'yan kasuwa suke amfani da shi.
17Gonar Efron da take a Makfela, wadda take fuskantar Mamre—gonar, da kogonta, da kowace itaciya da take cikin iyakokinta, kewaye da ita duka—aka tabbatar da ita, 18ga Ibrahim ta zama mallakarsa, a gaban dukan Hittiyawa waɗanda suka zo ƙofar birninsa. 19Bayan haka, Ibrahim ya binne Saratu matarsa a cikin kogon gonar Makfela, wadda take fuskantar Mamre—wato Hebron—a ƙasar Kan'ana. 20Ta haka aka ba da gonar da kogonta ga Ibrahim daga wurin Hittiyawa, su zama mallakar wurin binnewa.