Los Hechos 17

Wach i qui chʼujeric i winak pa Tesalónica

1 I ma Páblo i ma Sílas, are xqui maj qui be, xe icʼaw pa tinimit Anfípolis, xak xe icʼaw pa tinimit Apolónia, teʼuri xe upon pa tinimit Tesalónica. Chila ʼo wi jun ja pa quiqui mol wi quib i aj Israel winak. 2 I ma Páblo, ʼax coʼon wi, are ca cʼun i uxlambal ʼij, xa ʼe pa ja re i molbalʼib. Xak queje xu ʼan ile pa tinimit Tesalónica. Pa tak uxlambal ʼij xupon pa molbalʼib; oxmul xu ʼano man que u pixbaj i aj Israel winak.

3 Xu ʼalijinsaj chique wach i cʼut-tal can chupam u wuj i Dios, chi i Tolque coyʼem, ʼo u chac cu tij ni uyej y ca cam na, teʼuri ca walij tan chic. Pa qʼuisbal-re xu bij chique:
—I Toliwe-le chi bital na, are i achi Jesus chi quin tijin chu bixquil chiwe —xu bij.
4 Je ʼo jujun chique i aj Israel winak xqui cojo wach i xqui bij, y xqui ya qui wach cuʼ i ma Páblo i ma Sílas. Xak je qʼui i aj Griégo winak chi ʼax quiqui ʼan wi quiqui coj u ʼij i Dios, xak xqui ya qui wach cuʼ. Xak queje xqui ʼan je qʼui ixokib chi ʼo qui ʼij pa tinimit. 5 Xui-ri, je ʼo juban aj Israel winak chi n-cacaj ta quiqui cojo; xpe coywal che chi xe oc i juban cuʼ. Rumal-i, xqui mol qui chiʼ jujun achiab chi ne te ʼutz, xak toʼ que percat pa tak be; xe qui cʼam bi cuʼ chi qui chʼujersaxic i winak y xe oc chu ʼanic chʼoʼoj pa tak be. Xe ʼe qui mina quib pa rachoch jun achi, ma Jason u bi, tzucbal que i ma Páblo i ma Sílas xqui ʼano. Cacaj ique que qui jach piquiʼab i winak.

6 N-xe qui rik taj, rumal-i xqui charej bi i ma Jason, junam cuʼ juban chic creyent chi je ʼo ruʼ, y xe qui cʼam bi chuwach i ʼatbal tzij. Xe siqʼuin chu bixquil i tzij-i:
—I achiab-i que tijin chu cʼutic i n-ʼus taj chique i winak ronojel u wach i jyub taʼaj, y woʼor je cʼun-nak chu cʼutic waral.

7 Xak i ma Jason-i je u cʼulam ruʼ chi rachoch. Conojel ique quiqui kel i ka ʼatol tzij, man quiqui bij chi ʼo chic jun chic ʼatol tzij, ma Jesus u bi, que cha. (Queje xqui bij i winak ile.)
8 I winak, xak i aj patanib re i ʼatbal tzij, are xqui ta i tzij-le, pacha xe chʼujer rumal.

9 Teʼuri i je aj patanib xqui bij che i ma Jason junam cuʼ i rachiʼil, chi que tojon na; ique xqui tojo, teʼuri xe oʼtax bic.

I winak aj Beréa lic xqui coj retalil che i u tzij i ma Páblo

15 Je ʼo jujun xe ʼe ruʼ i ma Páblo cʼa pa tinimit Aténas. Teʼuri xe tzalij chic pa Beréa. I ma Páblo xu bij bi chique chi quiqui bij pan chique i ma Sílas i a-Timotéo chi weʼ que upon ruʼ.

I u cʼutunic i ma Páblo chique i aj Aténas

17 Rumal-i, lic xe u pixbaj i winak pa qui molbalʼib i aj Israel, xak queje chique i ne te aj Israel chi quiqui coj u ʼij i Dios. Xak ʼij ʼij xa ʼe pa qʼuebal chi lapanic cuʼ i winak chila.

18 I winak chi quiqui chap quib chi tzij ruʼ, je ʼo jujun chique je cachiʼil i je Epicúriost ca bixic, xak ʼo i je cachiʼil i je Estóicos17.18 ca bixic. ʼO jujun chique xqui bij:
—¿Wach cu bij i achi-le chi toʼ ca loxowic y n-ta retaʼam? —xe cha.
Yʼo juban chic que binic:
—Caka bij yoj chi xa ajbil que juban chic tiox junwi —xe cha.
Queje ile xqui bij man i ma Páblo ca tijin chu paxsaxic rason i Jesus, xak i qui walijbal i camnak. (Quiqui bij ique chi je queb tiox: i Jesus y walijbal.)

19 Teʼuri ique xqui bij che i ma Páblo chi ca ʼe cuʼ pa quiqui mol wi quib pa nucʼbal tʼisbal, chi Areópago u bi. Are xe uponic, xqui bij che:
—Cakaj caketamaj wach usucʼ i cʼacʼ laj cʼutunic-le ca ʼano.

20 ʼO i tzij ca bij chi n-caka ta tu be yoj, y cakaj caketamaj wach usucʼ queʼelok —xe cha.

21 Conojel i aj Aténas, xak conojel i winak aj naj chi je jekel chila, ique xui quiqui ya quib chu tayic i cʼacʼ laj tak tzij, xak chu lapic niʼpa tak i nojbal cʼacʼ.

22 Are ʼuri i ma Páblo xtaqʼui ʼan chiquixol ique pa je ʼo wi pa Areópago, y xu bij chique:
—Nimak tak winak aj Aténas, cwil yin chi lic qui coj qui ʼij i tiox, 23 man yin, are xin malcat pi tinimit, xwilo chi mas je qʼui i cachoch i tiox pa qui coj wi i qui ʼij. Xak xin rik jun altar i yijbam, ʼo i tzʼib chuwach chi cu bij: “I altar-i, re i Dios chi n-ʼetamam tu wach,” cu bij. Are i Dios-le, chi qui coj u ʼij yix, tupu n-iwetaʼam tu wach, are i quin tijin yin chu bixquil chiwe. 24 I Dios-le, chi yijbawnak i jyub taʼaj xak ronojel niʼpa i ʼo chuwach, ire n-ca qʼuiji ta chupam jun ja chi xa qui yijbam i winak. Ire are rajaw i ulew, rajaw i caj.

25 Are ire yawnak i ka cʼaslemal, yawnak i kuxlab, yawnak ronojel wach i rajwaxic chake. N-ta rajwaxic che ire, wach tak quiqui ya i winak che.
26 Niʼpa i oj winak chuwach i jyub taʼaj, are ire xoj u yijba, xa jun achi i ka xebal konojel, y xu ya chake coj jeki che ronojel u wach i jyub taʼaj. Are ire nucʼuwnak pa i coj qʼuiji wi; are ire nucʼuwnak niʼpa junab coj cʼasi chuwach i jyub taʼaj. 27 Are ire xe u yijba i winak man quiqui tzucuj ire, quiqui ʼan pen u rikic. Queje ile caka tzucuj na, tupu ire n-naj ta ʼo wi chake, chaka jujunal. 28 Katzij, i Dios n-naj ta ʼo wi, man xa rumal i Dios oj cʼaslic, xa rumal i Dios coj binic, xa rumal i Dios oj ʼo chuwach i jyub taʼaj. Katzij i tzij-i, chi cu bij i aj tzʼib iwe yix, chi u tzʼibam canok: “Oj u miʼal ralcʼwal i Dios,” cu bij. 29 Bay, we oj u miʼal ralcʼwal i Dios, maka bij ʼuri chi Dios xa ril ʼantalic; n-piqui nojbal ti winak petnak wi. Ire n-queje taj pacha tak i tiox ʼantal che i óro, ʼantal che i pláta, ʼantal che abaj cumal i winak. 30 Ujer, i Dios toʼ xril qui mac i winak, n-ta xu bij, man n-xqui ta tu be chi n-ʼus ti quiqui ʼano; xui-ri woʼor u bim chique conojel, ronojel u wach jyub taʼaj, ʼo u chac quiqui jalwachij i qui noʼoj chi n-ʼus taj.

31 Lic ʼo u chac ile, man i Dios u chʼicom chic i ʼij chi cu ʼat ni tzij piquiwi i winak, wach i qui ʼanom. Lic pusucʼ cu ʼan na ile; ya u chom chic i Achi chi ca ʼanaw na. I Dios u ʼalijinsam chake yoj konojel chi queje ile cu ʼan na, man u walijsam chic i Achi-le chiquixol i camnak. (Queje ile xu bij i ma Páblo chique i winak pa molbalʼib.)

32 Are xqui ta u cʼastajic qui wach i camnak, ʼo jujun xqui yoʼya, xui-ri je ʼo juban chic xqui bij:
—Cʼa te ca bij tan chic chake coʼon panok —xe cha.
33 Rumal-i i ma Páblo xel chiquixol. 34 Xui-ri, je ʼo jujun chique i xe tawic xqui cojo y xqui ya qui wach ruʼ. Jun chique ique, ma Dionísio u bi; ire jun chique i aj nucʼunel re i molbalʼib chi Areópago. Jun chic chi xu ya u wach cuʼ are i ati Dámaris. Xak je ʼo chic juban chic.

Acts 17

1 When Paul and his companions had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.2 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,3 explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,” he said.

4 Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and not a few prominent women.
5 But other Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.6 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city officials, shouting: “These men who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here,7 and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus.”8 When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil.

9 Then they made Jason and the others post bond and let them go.
10 As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.

12 Many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.
13 But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, some of them went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up.14 The believers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea.

15 Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then left with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols.17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there.18 A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others remarked, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.19 Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?20 You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.”

21 (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)
22 Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious.

23 For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.
24 “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands.25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.

28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
29 “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.

31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
32 When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.”33 At that, Paul left the Council.

34 Some of the people became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others.