Ukutendeka 23:1-20
23 Kabili Sara aikele imyaka umwanda umo na makumi yabili na cinelubali (127). Iyi e myaka Sara ali uwa mweo.+
2 Awe Sara afwiliile mu Kiriati-arba,+ e kutila mu Hebrone,+ mu calo ca Kanaani,+ kabili Abrahamu aingile mu kati ku kuloosha Sara no kumulila.
3 E lyo Abrahamu ashile icitumbi ca mukashi wakwe no kusosa ku bana ba kwa Hete,+ ati:
4 “Ine ndi mulebeshi uwaikala na imwe.+ Nshitisheniko impanga ya kushiikamo kuno mwenu ukuti nshiikemo uwafwa wandi afume pa cinso candi.”+
5 Abana ba kwa Hete na bo bayaswike Abrahamu, abati:
6 “Mwe shikulu, tumfweni.+ Imwe muli cilolo wasalwa na Lesa mu kati kesu.+ Mu mpanga yesu iyawamisha e mo mushiike uwafwa wenu.+ Tapali nangu umo pali ifwe uwalamutana impanga yakwe iya kushiikamo iya kuti mushiikemo uwafwa wenu.”+
7 Pa kumfwa ifyo Abrahamu alimine no kufukamina abekashi ba mu calo cilya,+ e kutila abana ba kwa Hete,+
8 no kubeba ati: “Nga cawama kuli imwe ukuti nshiike uwafwa wandi afume pa cinso candi, ng’umfweni no kumpapaatila kuli Efrone mwana Sohari,+
9 ukuti anshitishe ulucengo lwakwe ulwa Makpela,+ ulwabela ku mpela ya mpanga yakwe. Lekeni aishitishe kuli ine pa menso yenu mu sha silfere shonse ishingapooswapo pa kutila nkwate impanga ya kushiikamo.”+
10 Ilyo balelanshanya, Efrone aikele pamo na bana ba kwa Hete. E ico Efrone umwina Hiti+ ayaswike Abrahamu ninshi abana ba kwa Hete na bonse abaleingila pa mpongolo ya musumba wakwe baleumfwa, ati:+
11 “Iyo, mwe shikulu! Ng’umfweni. Napeela kuli imwe impanga kumo no lucengo. Pa menso ya bana ba bantu bandi, namupeela.+ Shiikenimo uwafwa wenu.”
12 Pa kumfwa ifi Abrahamu afukeme pa ntanshi ya bana calo,
13 no kulanda kuli Efrone ninshi na bana calo baleumfwa, ati: “Nga watemwa ng’umfwa, nangu ntile fye ng’umfwa! Nalakupeela isha silfere pa mpanga iyo. Na iwe ushipoke ukufuma kuli ine,+ no kuleka nshiikemo uwafwa wandi.”
14 E lyo Efrone ayaswike Abrahamu ati:
15 “Mwe shikulu, ng’umfweni. Bushe impanga iingashitwa mu mashekele* ya silfere imyanda ine (400), ya nshi kuli ine na imwe? E ico shiikeni uwafwa wenu.”+
16 Na o Abrahamu aumfwile kuli Efrone, kabili Abrahamu apimiine Efrone amashekele ya silfere imyanda ine (400) ayo alandile ninshi na bana ba kwa Hete baleumfwa, ayo aba makwebo balebomfya.+
17 E fyo impanga ya kwa Efrone iyali mu Makpela, iyali apalungatana na Mamre, iyi mpanga no lucengo ulwalimo e lyo ne miti yonse iyalimo,+ ifyali muli iyi mpanga yonse, fyaishilepeelwa+
18 kuli Abrahamu ukuti fibe ifyakwe pantu e wafishitile pa menso ya bana ba kwa Hete na pa menso ya bonse abali pa mpongolo ya musumba.+
19 Na pa numa Abrahamu ashiikile Sara umukashi wakwe mu lucengo lwa mu mpanga ya Makpela apalungatana na Mamre, e kutila, mu Hebrone, mu calo ca Kanaani.+
20 E fyo abana ba kwa Hete bapeele Abrahamu impanga kumo no lucengo ukuba impanga ya kushiikamo.+
Amafutunoti
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