“ 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 sight of my people. Bury your dead.”

“不然，我主请听。我送给你这块田，连田间的洞也送给你，在我同族的人面前都给你，可以埋葬你的死人。”

“不，我主请听。我要把这块田送给你，连田间的洞也送给你，在我同族的人眼前都给你，让你埋葬你的死人。”

“不，我主请听。我要把这块田送给你，连田间的洞也送给你，在我同族的人眼前都给你，让你埋葬你的死人。”

“不可！我主，请听我说，我当着族人的面，把那块地和山洞送给你，你只管去安葬你的妻子！”

“我主，不要这样，请听我说，这块田我送给你，连其中的洞我也送给你。我在我的族人眼前送给你，让你可以埋葬你死了的人。”

“不，我主啊，请听我说！我把这块田地送给你，其中的洞穴也送给你。我在我族人眼前把它送给你；你安葬你的死者吧！”

「不然，我主請聽。我送給你這塊田，連田間的洞也送給你，在我同族的人面前都給你，可以埋葬你的死人。」

「不，我主請聽。我要把這塊田送給你，連田間的洞也送給你，在我同族的人眼前都給你，讓你埋葬你的死人。」

「不，我主請聽。我要把這塊田送給你，連田間的洞也送給你，在我同族的人眼前都給你，讓你埋葬你的死人。」

「不可！我主，請聽我說，我當著族人的面，把那塊地和山洞送給你，你只管去安葬你的妻子！」

“我主，不要這樣，請聽我說，這塊田我送給你，連其中的洞我也送給你。我在我的族人眼前送給你，讓你可以埋葬你死了的人。”

『不，我主請聽我！那田地我給你，其中的洞我也給你，在我族人眼前給了你，讓你可以埋葬你死了的親人。』

「不，我主啊，請聽我說！我把這塊田地送給你，其中的洞穴也送給你。我在我族人眼前把它送給你；你安葬你的死者吧！」

主歟、勿爾、請聽我言、我以田及田之穴、於我同族人前予爾、可葬汝之死者、

主歟、尚其垂聽、我以田及田內之穴錫爾、汝可葬其死者邑眾為證。

我主、不然、請聽我言、我給爾此田、亦給爾田間之穴、在同族人前、皆給爾、可葬爾死者、

“ No, my lord,” he said.“ 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.”

“ No, sir,” Ephron said.“ Listen to me. I will give you the field. I’ll also give you the cave that’s in the field. I will give it to you in front of my people. Bury your wife.”

“ No, my lord, hear me: I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the sight of the sons of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead.”

“ No, my lord,” he said to Abraham,“ please listen to me. I will give you the field and the cave. Here in the presence of my people, I give it to you. Go and bury your dead.”

“ No, my lord, listen to me; I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you; bury your dead.”

“ No, my Lord, hear me: I give you the field and the cave that is in it; I give it to you in the presence of the sons of my people. I give it to you. Bury your dead!”

Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the children of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.

“ 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.”

Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that[ is] therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.

“ No, my lord! Hear me out. I sell you both the field and the cave that is in it. In the presence of my people I sell it to you. Bury your dead.”

“ No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead.”

Araunah looked down and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, so he went out and paid homage to the king with his face to the ground.Araunah said,“ Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David replied,“ To buy the threshing floor from you in order to build an altar to the LORD, so the plague on the people may be halted.”Araunah said to David,“ My lord the king may take whatever he wants and offer it. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.Your Majesty, Araunah gives everything here to the king.” Then he said to the king,“ May the LORD your God accept you.”The king answered Araunah,“ No, I insist on buying it from you for a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for twenty ounces of silver.

Watch! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say,‘ Buy my field in Anathoth for yourself, for you own the right of redemption to buy it.’“ Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to the guard’s courtyard and urged me,‘ Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out the silver to him— seventeen shekels of silver.I recorded it on a scroll, sealed it, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.I took the purchase agreement— the sealed copy with its terms and conditions and the open copy—and gave the purchase agreement to Baruch son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah. I did this in the sight of my cousin Hanamel, the witnesses who had signed the purchase agreement, and all the Judeans sitting in the guard’s courtyard.

Boaz went to the gate of the town and sat down there. Soon the family redeemer Boaz had spoken about came by. Boaz said,“ Come over here and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.

“ One witness cannot establish any iniquity or sin against a person, whatever that person has done. A fact must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

I thought I should inform you: Buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do it. But if you do not want to redeem it, tell me so that I will know, because there isn’t anyone other than you to redeem it, and I am next after you.”“ I want to redeem it,” he answered.

All the people who were at the city gate, including the elders, said,“ We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who is entering your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built the house of Israel. May you be powerful in Ephrathah and your name well known in Bethlehem.

Then David said to Ornan,“ Give me this threshing-floor plot so that I may build an altar to the LORD on it. Give it to me for the full price, so the plague on the people may be stopped.”Ornan said to David,“ Take it! My lord the king may do whatever he wants. See, I give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering— I give it all.”King David answered Ornan,“ No, I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you or offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”

Boaz said to the elders and all the people,“ You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi everything that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.

“ If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death based on the word of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of one witness.

So he said to those standing there,‘ Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’

But a noble person plans noble things; he stands up for noble causes.

“ Listen to us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in our finest burial place. None of us will withhold from you his burial place for burying your dead.”

The one condemned to die is to be executed on the testimony of two or three witnesses. No one is to be executed on the testimony of a single witness.

Abraham’s possession in the sight of all the Hethites who came to the gate of his city.