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Sarah kueram se Abraham te mutim tugumokko ali diaram
1 Sarah yia 127 ko baga kueram. 2 Nu Canaan sor te Kiriath Arba (Hebron) baga kueram. Se Abraham kumik duap te daigam ale ko mo nia lagakaso.
3 Ale udagi te Abraham nuwus kueram aniwaram mu beteram, ale barasam ale Heth kariimet nongorak munakaram. Nu iwita balam, 4 “Ani taira kari nina nengerak bagasam ewere te se, ani ali bilik nengete diarik ale aga kariimet kuera wore te nunga mutim tugumekko angamang aniso.”
5 Se Heth kariimet Abraham den koma manorman, 6 “Dom kari, ni anananga den ikiko. Anananga ningi ni kari supuling aromemek. Owore te se ka niwus ko kumik guang mu anananga kuera kariimet nunga mutim ningo nunguningkiri umu bo te am mutim tugumko. Ana nanga ningi bo kuera mutim umu ko gomang me ikuwurokko pa!”
7 Se Abraham barasam ale Heth kariimet, sor mu ko kotam, bugura kulukuru nungaram, 8 ale balam, “Bare nenenga nengemang ani aiwus imi te mutim tugumekko, mu nina ani angama tal ale kari Ephron, Zohar ko namar, ilak munakaralko. 9 Ani manga gogong nup balsan Machpelah masan wore diarikko angamang aniso. Manga gogong mu Ephron ko ali ko dun te aniso. Nina isual se ani ko manga gogong mu ko tom te diram la diarik se nenenga ningi aninga ali motam iwita anirukko.”
10 Heth kariimet suen la wonong ko lage kuringi biguwura kuwim te biguwuman. Se Ephron mu karogo nunga ningi dagiwa barasam, ale kariimet suen la nomokete Abraham ko den koma balu tuam: 11 “Mena, aninga dom, balik ewere ikiko. Ali mu kisisam, ale ko manga gogong mu karogotala kisisam. Aninga kariimet nomokete angamang ningi nunguning te kisisam. Ka niwus te mutim tugumko.”
12 Bare Abraham akingtala Heth kariimet, sor mu ko kotam, bugura kulukuru nungaram, 13 ale Ephron maonam, “Aninga agiring ikiko, se kariimet ago ikimonko. Ani ali bilik imi manga te diarikko. Manga mu yam to se ani aga imet te mutim tugumekko.”
14 Se Ephron aking mam, 15 “Agiring ikiko, aga dom. Ali umu ko diara koma mu silver ko ikup 400 shekel,* bare analak mel mu ko me balnakko, mu mel yam. Ka imet am te mutim tugumko.”
16 Bare Abraham manga tom Ephron Heth kariimet nomokete balam mu ikiam, ale Ephron maonam, “Terong!” mam. Ale diara kari betesan turantala, nu ko manga giam ale ko ikup skel te tuteram ikiam, ale silver ko ikup 400 shekel to Ephron tuam.
17 Munan mu te Abraham Ephron ko ali Machpelah mu nu dia tam. Se ali mu sor Mamre duap te. Abraham ali mu se ko manga gogong se ko tam melmasak lilim la dia tam. 18 Se Heth kariimet biguwura te animan mu nuna suen la ikiman, ali umu aitak Abraham ko ali ma balman.
19 Asele Abraham ko nuwus Sarah ko kumik guang sor Machpelah ko manga gogong ningi beteram. Mu Mamre duap te (Hebron), se ali lilim Canaan mu te mutim tugumam. 20 Buta se Heth kariimet nunga ali biling manga gogong karogo mu eng am Abraham ko kariimet nunga ali motam ko aram.
* 23:15 23:15 Silver ko ikup 400 shekel mu 4.6 kilogram iwita.