Iminyaka Yobomi BukaSara
USara uyafa, aze u-Abraham amlilele, andule athethathethane. Enikwa umqolomba wokungcwaba njengesipho, ugxininisa ekubeni ahlawule ixabiso elipheleleyo phambi kwamangqina. Ilizwe lokuqala alifumana ngokwenene kwilizwe lesithembiso lingcwaba.
23 1USara waphila iminyaka elikhulu elinamashumi amabini anesixhenxe; yiyo leyo iminyaka yobomi bukaSara. 2USara wafela eKiriyati-arba, eyiHebron, ezweni laseKanan. Weza u-Abraham ukuzomzilela nokumlilela. 3Wandula ke u-Abraham wesuka ecaleni kwesidumbu sakhe, wathi kumaHiti: 4“Ndingowasemzini nomphambukeli phakathi kwenu; ndiphani indawo yokungcwaba phakathi kwenu, ukuze ndingcwabe ofileyo wam, ndimsuse phambi kwamehlo am.”
5AmaHiti aphendula u-Abraham, athi: 6“Siphulaphule, nkosi yam: wena uyinkosana kaThixo phakathi kwethu. Ngcwaba ofileyo wakho kwelona ngcwaba lethu lihle; akukho namnye kuthi oya kukwala ingcwaba lakhe lokungcwaba ofileyo wakho.” a a v6 “Inkosana kaThixo” yayiyintetho yamandulo yamaHebhere ebhekisa kwinkokeli enkulu ngokugqithisileyo nehlonitshwayo—ingesosihloko senkolo.
7Wesuka u-Abraham, waqubuda phambi kwabemi belo lizwe, amaHiti. 8Wathi kuwo: “Ukuba niyavuma ukuba ndingcwabe ofileyo wam amke kum, ndiphulaphuleni, nibongoze u-Efron unyana kaZohare egameni lam, 9ukuze andinike umqolomba wakhe waseMakapela, osemaphethelweni entsimi yakhe. Makandithengisele wona phakathi kwenu, ngexabiso elipheleleyo, ube yindawo yokungcwaba.”
10U-Efron umHiti, owayehleli phakathi kwamaHiti, wamphendula u-Abraham phambi kwawo onke amaHiti awayengena ngesango lesixeko sakhe. b b v10 Isango lesixeko yayiyindawo yoluntu apho kwakuqhutywa khona amashishini kugqitywa nemicimbi yomthetho phambi kwamangqina. 11“Hayi, nkosi yam, phulaphula: ndikunika intsimi, ndikunika nomqolomba okuyo. Phambi kwabantu bakuthi ndiyakunika yona. Ngcwaba ofileyo wakho.”
12Waqubuda kwakhona u-Abraham phambi kwabemi belo lizwe. 13Wathi ku-Efron phambi kwabantu: “Ukuba uyavuma, ndiphulaphule: ndiya kuyihlawula intsimi—yamkele imali kum, ukuze ndingcwabe khona ofileyo wam.”
14U-Efron wamphendula u-Abraham, wathi: 15“Nkosi yam, ndiphulaphule: umhlaba oxabisa malunga neeponti ezilishumi zesilivere—yintoni na leyo phakathi kwam nawe? Ngcwaba ofileyo wakho.” c c v15 Ishekeli yayisisilinganiso sobunzima besilivere (malunga neegram ezilishumi elinanye); amashekeli angamakhulu amane ayelixabiso lentsimi yokungcwaba.
16Wavuma u-Abraham imimiselo ka-Efron, waza walinganisela u-Efron imali awayeyibizile phambi kwamaHiti: malunga neeponti ezilishumi zesilivere, ngesilinganiso esiqhelekileyo esasisetyenziswa ngabarhwebi.
17Intsimi ka-Efron eseMakapela, ejongene neMamre—intsimi, nomqolomba wayo, nemithi yonke engaphakathi kwemida yayo, kuyo yonke imijikelo—yaqinisekiswa, 18ku-Abraham ukuba ibe yindawo yakhe, phambi kwawo onke amaHiti awayefikile esangweni lesixeko sakhe. 19Emva koko, u-Abraham wamngcwaba uSara umfazi wakhe emqolombeni wentsimi yaseMakapela, ejongene neMamre—eyiHebron—ezweni laseKanan. 20Ngaloo ndlela intsimi nomqolomba wayo kwanikezelwa ku-Abraham ngamaHiti ukuba ibe yindawo yokungcwaba.
