23–BOB
Sora vafot etib, dafn qilinadi
1 Sora 127 yoshida, 2 Kanʼon yurtidagi Xirat–Arbada vafot etdi. (Xirat–Arba hozir Xevron deb yuritiladi.) Ibrohim Soraga aza tutib, yigʻladi. 3 U Soraning jasadini qoldirib, Xet xalqidan boʻlgan oqsoqollar oldiga bordi va ularga dedi:
4 — Men sizlarning orangizda yashayotgan bir musofirman. Iltimos, menga yeringizdan ozgina joyini sotinglar, toki marhumamni dafn qilay.
5 Xet xalqidan boʻlgan oqsoqollar Ibrohimga shunday javob berishdi:
6 — Gapimizga quloq soling, toʻram! Biz sizni ulugʻ bek deb hisoblaymiz. Xotiningizni dafn qilishingiz uchun joylarimizdan eng yaxshisini tanlab oling. Marhumangizni dafn qilishingiz uchun birortamiz sizdan maqbara uchun yer ayamaymiz.
7 Ibrohim ularga egilib taʼzim qildi. 8 Keyin dedi:
— Marhumamni dafn qilishimga rozi ekansizlar, endi mening gapimga quloq solinglar, Zoʻxar oʻgʻli Efroʻnga mening iltimosimni yetkazinglar. 9 U oʻzining Maxpaladagi dalasining chetida joylashgan gʻorni menga sotsin. Men gʻorning toʻliq narxini toʻlayman, toki sizlarning guvohligingizda gʻor mening xonadonim uchun maqbara boʻlsin.
10 Efroʻn shu paytda shahar darvozasida yigʻilgan oʻz xalqi orasida oʻtirgan edi. U jamiki Xet xalqiga eshittirib, Ibrohimga shunday javob berdi:
11 — Toʻram, endi mening gapimni eshitsinlar. Men dalamni, dalamdagi gʻorni ham sizga inʼom qilaman. Xalqimning guvohligida bularni sizga beraman. Marhumangizni dafn qilavering.
12 Ibrohim yurt xalqiga yana taʼzim qildi. 13 U yurt xalqiga eshittirib, Efroʻnga shunday javob berdi:
— Rahmat, lekin men butun dalangiz uchun kumush toʻlab, sotib olay, toki marhumamni u yerga olib borib, dafn qilay. Iltimos, mening taklifimni rad etmang.
14-15 — E toʻram, — dedi Efroʻn Ibrohimga, — toʻrt yuz boʻlak kumush turadigan bir parcha yer bizning oramizda nima boʻpti?! Marhumangizni dafn qilavering.
16 Ibrohim rozi boʻlib, Efroʻn hammaga eshittirib aytgan toʻrt yuz boʻlak kumushni unga tortib berdi. Bu oʻlchov savdogarlar orasida muomalada edi.
17 Shunday qilib, Efroʻnning Mamre sharqida joylashgan Maxpaladagi mulki Ibrohimga oʻtdi. Mulk dalani, daladagi gʻorni va dalaning chetidagi hamma daraxtlarni oʻz ichiga olar edi. 18 Bular shahar darvozasida yigʻilgan Xet xalqining guvohligida Ibrohimning doimiy mulki boʻlib qoldi. 19 Shundan keyin Ibrohim Kanʼon yurtida Mamre sharqidagi Maxpala dalasining chetida joylashgan gʻorga xotini Sorani dafn qildi. (Mamre Xevronda joylashgan.) 20 Shunday qilib, Xet xalqiga qarashli boʻlgan dala va u yerdagi gʻor maqbara sifatida Ibrohimning doimiy mulki boʻlib qoldi.
1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
3 ¶ And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. 5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, 6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. 7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. 8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, 9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you. 10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, 11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. 12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. 13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it , I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. 14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, 15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
17 ¶ And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure 18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. 19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
