2 NaSara wakafa paKiriathi-abha, (ndiro Hebroni), munyika yeKhenani, naAbrahama wakapinda mukuchema Sara nokubonda. 3 NaAbrahama wakamiruka kubva pamberi powakafa wake, akaereketa kunevaHiti, echiti.
4 “Ndiri mupfumba nomunhu mupara pakati penyu; ndipei ndau yokuti nditsire vakafa vangu kubva mukuona kwangu”. 5 VaHiti vakapingura Abrahama, vechiti kwaari,
6 "Tizwe, mambo wangu; uri muzvare mukuru pakati pedu. Tsira vakafa vako mundau younopinda kuda pakati pemaiba edu pakapinda kunaka; akuna unozoramba neiba rake kubva kwouri, kuti uike wakafa wako”. 7 Abrahama wakamUruka, akadzikotamisa kune vaHiti, vanhu venyika.
8 Naye wakati kwavari, “Kudai kuri kuda kwenyu kuti ndiike wakafa wangu kubva mukuona kwangu, ndipurutanei, mundikumbirire kunaEfroni, mukororo waZoha,
9 kuti andipe bako reMakhipera raanaro; riri kumagumo kwomunda wake. Ngaaripe kwendiri ngomutengo wakazara, pamberi penyu kuti riite ndau yangu yokuika vakafa”. 10 Zvino Efroni waiya akagara pakati pevaHiti, naEfroni muHiti wakapingura Abrahama mukuzwa kwevaHiti, avo veshe vaipotera pamusiwo wedhorobha rake, echiti,
11 “Haiwa, mambo wangu, ndizwei; ndinomupa munda nokumupa bako riri mukati mwawo; mukuona kwevakororo vevanhu vangu ndinoripa kwouri; ika wakafa wako''. 12 Zvino Abrahama wakadzikotamisa pashi pamberi pevanhu venyika.
13 Wakaereketa kunaEfroni mukuzwa kwevanhu venyika echiti, “Asi kudai wechindipurutana, ndapota, ndizwe; ndinozokupa mutengo womunda; ashira kubva kwendiri, kuti ndiikepo wakafa wangu''. 14 Efroni wakapingura Abrahama, echiti kwaari,
15 “Mambo wangu, izwai kwendiri. Mutengo womunda mazana marongomuna ezvigurwa zvesirivha, chinenyi icho pakati pangu newe? Ndizvo ika wakafa wako''.
16 Abrahama wakatenderana naEfroni; naAbrahama wakapimira Efroni sirivha yaakaronza mukuzwa kwevaHiti, mazana marongomuna ezvigurwa zvesirivha, kudai ngechipimo chokutengesa chinoashirika kuvatengisi. 17 Ndizvo munda waEfroni, waiya muMakhipera, waiya ngokumabvazuva kweMamure, munda waiya nebako mukati mwawo, nemiti yeshe yaiya mumunda, mundau yawo yeshe inotendenedza, zvakagwinyiswa kupuwa.
18 kunaAbrahama kuita nhaka yake mukuona kwevaHiti, pamberi pavo veshe vaipotera ngepamusiwo wedhorobha rake. 19 Ngesure kweizvi Abrahama wakatsira Sara mukadzi wake mubako romunda weMakhipera, uri kumabvazuva kweMamure, (ndiro Hebroni) munyika yeKhenani.
20 Munda nebako riri mukati mwawo zvakapuwa kunaAbrahama kuita nhaka yake ngevaHiti kuita ndau yokuika.