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Basi umri wake Sara ulikuwa miaka mia na ishirini na saba ndio umri wake Sara.
Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
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Sara akafa katika Kiriath-arba, ndio Hebroni, katika nchi ya Kanaani. Ibrahimu akaja kumlilia Sara na kumwombolezea.
She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
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Akaondoka Ibrahimu kutoka mbele ya maiti wake, akasema na wazawa wa Hethi, akinena,
Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
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Mimi ni mgeni, ninatembea kwenu; nipeni mahali pa kuzikia kwenu, pawe pangu, nimzike maiti wangu atoke mbele yangu.
“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
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Wazawa wa Hethi wakamjibu Ibrahimu, wakamwambia,
The Hittites replied to Abraham,
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Utusikie, Ee bwana, ndiwe mtu mkuu sana kwetu, uzike maiti wako katika kaburi lile utakalochagua katika makaburi yetu. Hapana mtu kwetu atakayekuzuilia kaburi lake, usizike maiti wako.
“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”
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Ibrahimu akaondoka, akainama mbele ya watu wa nchi, mbele ya hao wazawa wa Hethi.
Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
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Naye akazungumza nao, akisema, Ikiwa nia yenu nimzike maiti wangu atoke mbele yangu, mnisikie, mkaniombee kwa Efroni bin Sohari,
“If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf
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ili kwamba anipe pango ya Makpela, iliyo katika mpaka wa shamba lake, na anipe kwa kima kilicho kamili, katikati yenu, iwe milki yangu ya kuzikia.
to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”
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Basi Efroni alikuwa akiketi kati ya wazawa wa Hethi. Efroni Mhiti akamjibu Ibrahimu, na wazawa wa Hethi wanasikiliza, hata watu wote waingiao mlango wa mji wake, akisema,
Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,
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Sivyo, bwana wangu, unisikilize. Lile shamba nakupa, na pango iliyomo nakupa; mbele ya wana wa watu wangu nakupa, uzike maiti wako.
“No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
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Ibrahimu akainama mbele ya watu wa nchi.
Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
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Akamwambia Efroni, na watu wa nchi wanasikiliza, akisema, Tafadhali unisikilize; nitatoa kima cha shamba, nawe ukipokee kwangu, nami nitamzika humo maiti wangu.
and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”
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Efroni akamjibu Ibrahimu, akamwambia,
Ephron answered Abraham,
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Bwana wangu, unisikilize. Sehemu ya nchi, ambayo thamani yake ni shekeli za fedha mia nne, n'nini hii baina yako na yangu? Basi uzike maiti wako.
“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
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Ibrahimu akakubali maneno ya Efroni. Ibrahimu akampimia Efroni ile fedha aliyotaja masikioni mwa wazawa wa Hethi, shekeli za fedha mia nne za namna inayotumika na wenye biashara.
Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
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Basi shamba la Efroni lililokuwa katika Makpela kuelekea Mamre, shamba, na pango iliyokuwamo, na miti yote iliyokuwamo shambani, iliyokuwa katika mipaka yake pande zote, vyote viliyakinishwa
So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over
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kuwa mali yake Ibrahimu, mbele ya wazawa wa Hethi, mbele ya watu wote waingiao katika mlango wa mji wake.
to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
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Basi baada ya hayo Ibrahimu akamzika Sara mkewe katika pango ya shamba la Makpela kuelekea Mamre, ndiyo Hebroni, katika nchi ya Kanaani.
After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
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Na lile shamba, na pango iliyomo, iliyakinishwa kuwa mali yake Ibrahimu na wazawa wa Hethi, kuwa mahali pa kuzikia. </p>
So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.