UGenesisi 23:1-20
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Ukufa kukaSara, lendawo yokungcwaba (1-20)
23 USara wafa eseleminyaka engu-127; le yiyo iminyaka ayiphilayo.+
2 USara wafela eKhiriyathi-abha,+ okutsho iHebroni+ elizweni laseKhenani+ njalo u-Abrahama waqalisa ukulila lokukhalela uSara.
3 U-Abrahama wasesuka lapho umufi ayekhona waya kumadodana kaHethi,+ wathi kuwo:
4 “Ngingowezizweni njalo ngabuya ngazohlala phakathi kwenu.+ Ngicela linginike umhlabathi phakathi kwenu ozakuba yindawo yami yokungcwaba ukuze ngingcwabele khona umkami.”
5 Amadodana kaHethi asephendula u-Abrahama athi:
6 “Zwana nkosi yami, wena uyinduna kaNkulunkulu* phakathi kwethu.+ Ungangcwaba umkakho endaweni enhle kakhulu kulazo zonke esilazo. Kakho phakathi kwethu ozakuncitsha indawo yakhe yokungcwaba, akuvimbele ukuthi ungcwabe umkakho.”
7 Ngakho u-Abrahama wasukuma wakhothama phambi kwabantu belizwe lelo, amadodana kaHethi,+
8 wathi kuwo: “Nxa lingivumela ukuthi ngingcwabe umkami, lalelani engikutshoyo lingincengele u-Efroni indodana kaZohari
9 ukuthi angithengisele ubhalu lwakhe lweMakhaphela olusemaphethelweni ensimu yakhe. Kangithengisele lona phambi kwenu ngesiliva esenela intengo yalo+ ukuze ngithole indawo yokungcwaba.”+
10 U-Efroni wayehlezi phakathi kwamadodana kaHethi. Ngakho u-Efroni umHithi waphendula u-Abrahama amadodana kaHethi elalele kanye labanye bonke ababesegedini ledolobho.+ Wathi:
11 “Hatshi nkosi yami, lalela, ngiyakunika insimu kanye lobhalu oluphakathi kwayo njalo ngikunika yona phambi kwamadodana abantu bakithi. Ngcwaba umkakho kuleyondawo.”
12 U-Abrahama wasekhothama phambi kwabantu belizwe lelo
13 wakhuluma lo-Efroni belalele wathi: “Ngicela ungilalele. Ngizakubhadala ngesiliva esenela intengo yensimu le. Ngicela usithathe, besengisiyangcwaba umkami kuleyondawo.”
14 U-Efroni wasephendula u-Abrahama wathi:
15 “Zwana nkosi yami. Insimu le ibiza amashekheli* esiliva angu-400. Kodwa iyini kambe imali le phakathi kwami lawe? Hamba uyengcwaba umkakho.”
16 U-Abrahama wamlalela u-Efroni, wasemlinganisela inani lesiliva ayeliqambe amadodana kaHethi elalele. Kwakungamashekheli* esiliva angu-400 ayehambelana lesisindo esasisamukelwa ngabathengisi.+
17 Yikho-ke insimu ka-Efroni eyayiseMakhaphela, phambi kweMamre, insimu kanye lobhalu olwaluphakathi kwayo lazo zonke izihlahla ezaziphakathi kwemingcele yayo, kwaqinisekiswa ukuthi
18 sekuyimpahla ka-Abrahama ayithenge phambi kwamadodana kaHethi laphambi kwabo bonke ababesegedini ledolobho.
19 Ngemva kwalokho u-Abrahama wangcwaba umkakhe uSara ebhalwini lwensimu yeMakhaphela phambi kweMamre, okutsho iHebroni, elizweni laseKhenani.
20 Ngakho amadodana kaHethi anika u-Abrahama insimu kanye lobhalu olwaluphakathi kwayo, kwaba yindawo yakhe yokungcwaba.+
Amabala angaphansi
^ Ezinye inguqulo zithi, “uyinduna enkulu.”
^ Ishekheli yayilingana lamagremu angu-11,4. Khangela iSengezo ku-B14.
^ Ishekheli yayilingana lamagremu angu-11,4. Khangela iSengezo ku-B14.
