Di Years wey Sarah Live
Sarah die, and Abraham cry, den e negotiate. When dem offer am one burial cave as gift, e insist say e go pay full price for front of witnesses. Di first land wey e really own for di promised country na grave.
23 1Sarah live reach 127 years old; na so many years Sarah take live for dis life. 2Sarah die for Kiriath-arba, wey be Hebron, for Canaan land. Abraham come cry and mourn for her. 3Den Abraham stand up comot from beside her body, e tell di Hittite people say, 4"I be foreigner and stranger for una middle; abeg give me ground wey I go bury person, make I fit bury my dead comot from my eye."
5Di Hittite people answer Abraham. 6"Oga, hear us: you be prince wey God make big for our middle. Bury your dead for our best tomb; none of us no go refuse you im tomb wey you go take bury your dead." a a v6 'Prince of God' na old-old Hebrew way of talk wey dem take describe one leader wey big or wey get plenty honour pass — no be religious title.
7Abraham stand up, e bow down low for front di people of di land, di Hittite people. 8E tell dem say, "If una gree make I bury my dead comot from me, hear me, and beg Ephron, di pikin of Zohar, for me, 9make e give me im cave for Machpelah, wey dey for di edge of im field. Make e sell am give me for una middle, for di full price, make e be my ground for burying."
10Ephron di Hittite man, wey siddon among di Hittite people, answer Abraham for front all di Hittite people wey dey enter di gate of im city. b b v10 Di city gate na di public place wey dem dey do business and settle law matter for front witness dem. 11"No, oga, listen: I give you di field, I give you di cave wey dey inside am. For front my people I give am you. Bury your dead."
12Abraham bow down again for front di people of di land. 13E tell Ephron for front di people say, "If you gree, hear me: I go pay for di field—collect di money from me, make I fit bury my dead for there."
14Ephron answer Abraham. 15"Oga, hear me: ground wey worth like ten pounds of silver—wetin dat one be between me and you? Bury your dead." c c v15 Shekel na weight of silver (like 11 grams); four hundred shekels na di price of di ground for burying.
16Abraham gree wit Ephron im terms, e weigh out for am di price wey e talk for front di Hittite people: like ten pounds of silver, for di standard weight wey traders dey use.
17So Ephron im field for Machpelah, wey dey face Mamre—di field, im cave, and every tree wey dey inside im border, all around—dem confirm am, 18give Abraham as im own property, for front all di Hittite people wey come di gate of im city. 19After dis, Abraham bury Sarah im wife for di cave wey dey inside di field of Machpelah, wey dey face Mamre—dat na Hebron—for Canaan land. 20Na so di field and im cave come be Abraham own, wey di Hittite people deed give am make e be im ground for burying.
