Makore Oupenyu hwaSara
Sara anofa, uye Abhurahama anochema, ozotaurirana. Achipiwa bako rokuviga sechipo, anoomerera kubhadhara mutengo wakazara pamberi pezvapupu. Nyika yokutanga yaanonyatsova nayo munyika yechipikirwa iguva.
23 1Sara akararama kwamakore zana namakumi maviri namanomwe; aya ndiwo aiva makore oupenyu hwaSara. 2Sara akafira kuKiriati-abha, iyo Hebhuroni, munyika yeKenani. Abhurahama akauya kuzochema nokumuririra. 3Ipapo Abhurahama akasimuka parutivi pomutumbi wake akati kuvaHiti, 4“Ndiri mutorwa nomweni pakati penyu; ndipeiwo nzvimbo yokuviga pakati penyu, kuti ndivige akafa wangu abve pamberi pangu.”
5VaHiti vakapindura Abhurahama, vachiti, 6“Tinzwei, ishe wangu: imi muri muchinda waMwari pakati pedu. Vigai akafa wenyu muguva redu rakanakisisa; hakuna mumwe wedu achakunyimai guva rake kuti muvige akafa wenyu.” a a v6 ‘Muchinda waMwari’ raiva izwi rechiHebheru rekare raireva mutungamiri mukuru kwazvo kana anokudzwa zvikuru—kwete zita rechitendero.
7Abhurahama akasimuka akakotamira pasi pamberi pavanhu venyika iyoyo, ivo vaHiti. 8Akati kwavari, “Kana muchida kuti ndivige akafa wangu abve pandiri, nditeererei, mundikumbirire kuna Efuroni mwanakomana waZohari, 9kuti andipe bako rake reMakipera, riri mucheto momunda wake. Ngaanditengesere iro pakati penyu, nomutengo wakazara, rive nzvimbo yokuviga.”
10Efuroni muHiti, agere pakati pavaHiti, akapindura Abhurahama pamberi pavaHiti vose vaipinda pasuo reguta rake. b b v10 Suo reguta raiva nzvimbo yeruzhinji maiitirwa bhizimisi uye maigadziriswa nyaya dzomutemo pamberi pezvapupu. 11“Kwete, ishe wangu, teererai: ndinokupai munda, ndinokupai bako riri mauri. Pamberi pavanhu vangu ndinokupai iwo. Vigai akafa wenyu.”
12Abhurahama akakotamazve pamberi pavanhu venyika iyoyo. 13Akati kuna Efuroni pamberi pavanhu, “Kana muchida, nditeererei: ndichabhadhara munda—gamuchirai kwandiri, kuti ndivige akafa wangu ipapo.”
14Efuroni akapindura Abhurahama, achiti, 15“Ishe wangu, nditeererei: ivhu rinokosha anenge mapaundi gumi esirivha—chii icho pakati pedu? Vigai akafa wenyu.” c c v15 Shekeri raiva uremu hwesirivha (hunenge magiramu gumi nerimwe); mashekeri mazana mana ndiwo aiva mutengo womunda wokuviga.
16Abhurahama akabvumirana nezvakanga zvataurwa naEfuroni, akamuyerera mutengo waakanga areva pamberi pavaHiti: anenge mapaundi gumi esirivha, zvichienderana nechiyero chaishandiswa navatengesi.
17Munda waEfuroni womuMakipera, wakatarisana neMamure—munda, bako rawo, nemiti yose iri mukati memiganhu yawo, kumativi ose—wakasimbiswa, 18kuna Abhurahama kuti uve pfuma yake, pamberi pavaHiti vose vakauya pasuo reguta rake. 19Shure kwaizvozvi, Abhurahama akaviga Sara mukadzi wake mubako romunda weMakipera, wakatarisana neMamure—iyo Hebhuroni—munyika yeKenani. 20Saka munda nebako rawo zvakapiwa Abhurahama navaHiti kuti zvive nzvimbo yokuviga.