Genesisi
23 Aya ndiwo makore akararama Sara;+ akararama makore 127. 2 Saka Sara akafira muKiriyati-abha,+ kureva Hebroni,+ munyika yeKenani+ uye Abrahamu akatanga kuchema Sara achisvimha misodzi. 3 Abrahamu akabva paiva nechitunha chemudzimai wake akataura nevanakomana vaHeti+ kuti: 4 “Ndiri mutorwa uye mubvakure pakati penyu.+ Ndipeiwo nzvimbo yemakuva munyika menyu kuti ndivige mudzimai wangu.” 5 Vanakomana vaHeti vakapindura Abrahamu kuti: 6 “Inzwai, ishe wangu. Muri jinda raMwari* pakati pedu.+ Munogona kuviga mudzimai wenyu munzvimbo dzedu dzemakuva dzakanakisisa. Hapana mumwe wedu achakunyimai nzvimbo yake yemakuva kuti akutadzisei kuviga mudzimai wenyu.”
7 Saka Abrahamu akasimuka, akabva akotama pamberi pevanhu vemunyika yacho, vanakomana vaHeti,+ 8 akati kwavari: “Kana muchibvuma* kuti ndivige mudzimai wangu, nditeererei uye ndikumbirirei Efroni mwanakomana waZohari, 9 kuti anditengesere bako rake reMakapera riri pamucheto wemunda wake. Ngaanditengesere imi muchiona ndomupa masirivha+ anoenderana nemutengo waro kuitira kuti ndive nepandinoviga vanhu vekwangu.”+
10 Efroni wacho akanga akagara pakati pevanakomana vaHeti. Saka Efroni muHiti akapindura Abrahamu pamberi pevanakomana vaHeti nevamwe vese vaipinda pagedhi reguta rake,+ achiti: 11 “Aiwa, ishe wangu! Inzwai. Ndinokupai munda wacho, pamwe nebako riri mauri. Ndinokupai vanakomana vevanhu vekwangu vachizviona. Vigai mudzimai wenyu.” 12 Abrahamu akabva akotama pamberi pevanhu vemunyika yacho 13 akataura naEfroni vanhu vachinzwa, achiti: “Dai wanditeererawo! Ndichakupa masirivha anoenderana nemutengo wemunda wacho. Atore, kuti ndivige vanhu vekwangu imomo.”
14 Efroni akabva apindura Abrahamu, achiti: 15 “Inzwai ishe wangu. Munda uyu unokosha mashekeri* esirivha 400, uye chii ichocho pakati pangu nemi? Saka vigai mudzimai wenyu.” 16 Abrahamu akabvuma zvakataurwa naEfroni, ndokumuyerera masirivha aakanga ataura, vanakomana vaHeti vachinzwa, mashekeri* esirivha 400 maererano neuremu hwaibvumiranwa nevatengesi.+ 17 Saka munda waEfroni wekuMakapera, waiva pakatarisana neMamre, nebako raiva mauri nemiti yese yaiva mukati memiganhu yemunda wacho, zvakaziviswa 18 pamberi pevanakomana vaHeti, nevamwe vese vaipinda negedhi reguta rake kuti zvakanga zvatengwa naAbrahamu. 19 Pashure paizvozvo Abrahamu akaviga mudzimai wake Sara mubako remumunda weMakapera pakatarisana neMamre, kureva Hebroni, munyika yeKenani. 20 Saka munda wacho nebako raiva mauri zvakaiswa nevanakomana vaHeti mumaoko aAbrahamu kuti ive nzvimbo yake yemakuva.+