Uputukilo 23:1-20
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Kufwa cha Sara ni haze amufunjile (1-20)
23 Sara watwamine miaka 127. Yino ye yapwile miaka ya mwono wa Sara.
2 Sara wafwilile mu Kiriate-Arpa che kwamba, mu Heprone, mu chifuchi cha Kanana, mba Apalahama yalinyenga ni kulila kufwa cha Sara.
3 Apalahama yakatuka kumeso ja mukwo-pwo yoze te hafwa kulu, yamba kuli ana ja Hete ngwenyi:
4 “Nguli chilambala, nejile ni kutwama mukachi kenu. Ngwehenu kama chimwe chihela hakachi kenu nguchitenge fuka hanga ngufunde* pwo liami.”
5 Chocho, ana ja Hete yakumbulula Apalahama ngwo:
6 “Tupanjike mwene wetu. Yenu nuli mwata* yoze Zambi asele hakachi ketu. Lisakwilenu fuka lipema hakachi ka mafuka jetu, hanga nufundeko mukwenu-pwo, niumwe wa kuli yetu manumina fuka hanji kunukwika nufunde mukwenu-pwo wakuhi.”
7 Chocho, Apalahama yakatuka, mba yafulamana kuli ana ja Hete, atu a mu chifuchi chacho,
8 yamba kuli ayo ngwenyi: “Nyi yenu* nunatayiza hanga ngufunde pwo liami, ngupanjikenu: Etenu kuli Efrone mwana wa Zohare
9 angulanjise chivwenge chenyi cha Makapela. Chize chatwama mu njiza ya munda wenyi. Angulanjisecho kumeso jenu, kulita ni mbongo ja prata jize chihela chacho muchihasa kufwika, hanga chipwe chihela chami chize munguhasa kutenga chifuka.”
10 Efrone te kanatwama hakachi ka ana ja Hete, Efrone Ka-Hete yakumbulula Apalahama kumeso ja ana ja Hete ni kumeso ja eswe waze apwile ni kunjila ku chikolo cha mbonge ngwenyi:
11 “Ka, mwene wami! Ngupanjike. Mungukwaha we munda ni che chivwenge chatwamamo. Ngunakwehewo kumeso ja ana ja atu jami. Fundamo mukwenu-pwo.”
12 Apalahama yafulamana kumeso ja atu a mu chifuchi chize
13 yamba kuli Efrone kumeso ja atu ngwenyi: “Lisesa, ngupanjike! Yami mungukwaha mbongo ja prata jize munda wacho wakufwika. Tayiza kama mbongo jacho hanga ngufundemo pwo liami.”
14 Mba Efrone yakumbulula kuli Apalahama ngwenyi:
15 “Mwene wami, ngupanjike kama. Mavu wano kakufwika 400 a shekele* ja prata, mba mbongo jacho chuma chika kama hakachi ka yami ni yenu mwene wami? Kashika fundenu mukwenu-pwo.”
16 Apalahama yapanjika yize Efrone ambile, mba Apalahama yapimina Efrone unji wa mbongo uze ambile kumeso ja ana ja Hete, japwile 400 a shekele* ja prata ngwe chize akwa-mingoso apwile ni kulinga.
17 Chocho, munda wa Efrone ku Makapela uze wapwile hakamwihi ni Mamare, munda wacho ni chivwenge chize chapwilemo, hamwe ni mitondo yeswe yize yapwilemo yiyipwa
18 ya Apalahama, yize alanjile kumeso ja ana ja Hete ni kumeso ja atu eswe waze apwile ni kunjila ku chikolo cha mbonge.
19 Kulutwe lia chino, Apalahama yafunda mukwo-pwo Sara ku chivwenge chatwama mu munda wa Makapela, kulutwe lia Mamare, che kwamba, mu Heprone, mu chifuchi cha Kanana.
20 Chocho, ana ja Hete yahana kuli Apalahama munda ni chivwenge chize chapwilemo hanga akautenge chifuka.
Footnotes
^ Chize Alisonekene, “ngufunde mufu wami kusuku ni yami.”
^ Kota nawa, “mwata munene.”
^ Hanji “alma jenu.”
^ Shekele yimuwika yinalumbunuka 11,4 g. Tala Apendice B14.
^ Shekele yimuwika yinalumbunuka 11,4 g. Tala Apendice B14.
