UGenesisi
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.+