Los Hechos 22

1 —Ix wachalal, ix nimak tak winak wach aj tinimit, chi ta jubiʼ in tzij, quin sakij chiwe chi n-ta in mac —xu bij chique.

2 Are xqui ta chi xchʼaw i ma Páblo piqui chʼawbal i aj Israel, lic xqui coj retalil che u tzij. Are ʼuri ire xe u ʼijla chic, y xu bij:
3 —Lic in aj Israel winak; in alaxnak pa tinimit Társo, re i jyub Cilícia; xui-ri, waral xin qʼuiy wi pa Jerusalen. Chi xin tijoj wi wib ruʼ i nim laj mayes, mam Gamaliel. Xin naw ruʼ ire chi lic ʼo u chac quin ʼan pacha cu bij i ujer ʼatbal tzij chi mas ocsam u ʼij cumal i katit ka mam. ʼAx quin tijin wi chu ʼonquil in patan chirij i Dios; lic in yom wib chu ʼonquil, xak jun ruʼ pacha quix tijin yix chu ʼonquil woʼor. 4 Yin ujer lic xin ʼan chʼoʼoj chiquij i creyent; xin tzucuj qui camsaxic. Xe in chapo, y xe in min pa cárcel, chi achiab, chi ixokib.

5 I ʼatz laj sacerdóte, xak i nimak tak mamʼib quetaʼam chi ique mísmo xqui ya pinʼab que ʼe in chapa i creyent. Xqui ya bi wuj chwe, cʼutbal re ile chique i kach aj tinimit chila pa tinimit Damásco. Are ʼuri xin ʼe chila tzucbal que i creyent; xwaj que in cʼam li waral Jerusalen, ʼilbal-re wach i tojbal re qui mac quiqui ʼano.
6 Are quin tijin chi be, ya mer quin upon Damásco, colo tiqʼuil ʼij, xak teʼet lic xrepcan u tzunbal jun ʼaʼ chwij chinwach, u petic chicaj. 7 Xin tzak pulew, y xin ta jun chʼawbal chicaj chi xu bij: “A-Sáulo, a-Sáulo, ¿wuchac ca ʼan chʼoʼoj chwij yin?” coʼono. 8 “¿At pachin yet, Nim laj Winak?” xin cha. Are ʼuri xu bij: “Yin in Jesus aj Nazaret. Chwij yin ca ʼan wi chʼoʼoj,” coʼon chwe. 9 I je wachiʼil xquil i ʼaʼ chi xrepcanic, y xqui xij quib che; xui-ri n-xqui ta ti u chʼawbal i Jun chi xin u ʼijla. 10 Are ʼuri, yin xin bij: “¿Wach cawaj quin ʼano, Kajwal?” xin cha. I Kajwal xu bij chwe: “Chat walijok; cha maja chubi a be Damásco. Chila ca bix wi chawe ronojel wach i ca ʼano,” xin utixic.

11 Rumal u rep i ʼaʼ, n-xin tzun ta chic; rumal-i, i wachiʼil xqui chap bi che in ʼab, y xin qui cʼam bi cʼa pa Damásco.
12 Chila jekel wi jun achi, ma Ananías u bi. Ire lic u yom u cʼux chu ʼonquil ronojel i ʼatbal tzij tzʼibtal can rumal i mam Moises. Conojel i aj Israel winak chila pa Damásco quiqui bij chi ire ʼutz laj mam. 13 I ma Ananías-le, xol in u solij. Are xcʼunic, xtaqʼui chin cʼulel y xu bij chwe: “Wachalal ma Sáulo, ¡chat tzunok!” xu bij chwe. Are xbitaj ile rumal, xin tzunic, xwil u wach. 14 Teʼuri xu bij chwe: “I Dios chi qui cojom u ʼij i katit ka mam, ire at u chom yet oʼonom lok chu retamaxic wach craj ire. At u chom yet chi rilic u wach i Junt chi lic ʼutz chuwach i Dios; at u chom yet chu tayic u chʼawbal i Jun-le. 15 Yet ca lap na ire chiquiwach i winak ronojel u wach i jyub taʼaj; ca bij na chique wach awilom, xak wach a tom.

16 Woʼor, ma bay awib. Chat walijok y cha tzʼonoj u kajsaxic ya pawi, cʼutbal re chi cul chic a cʼux che i Kajwal, chi ire cresaj i a mac chawij.” Queje ile xu bij i ma Ananías chwe.
17 Are xin el che i rachoch i ma Ananías, xin pe Jerusalen. Teʼuri xin ʼe pa rachoch i Dios chu ʼonquil in tzʼonoxic che; are in ʼo chila, xwil u wach i Kajwal pinwach. 18 Are xwilo, xu bij chwe: “Cha bisoj awelic chi, Jerusalen; man mi jun aj waral cu coj na retalil che, are quin a lap chique.” Queje ile xu bij i Kajwal chwe. 19 Are ʼuri xin bij yin che: “Kajwal, conojel ique quetaʼam wach i chʼoʼoj xin ʼan yin chiquij i creyent. Conojel ʼis quetaʼam chi yin lic xin ʼe pa tak molbalʼib que i aj Israel, chi qui tzucuxic niʼpa i qui jachom quib chawe. Xe in cʼam bi pa cárcel, y xin ʼan cʼax chique. 20 Are xcamsax i ma Estéban, chi a takon teʼek chu bixquil a tzij chique i winak, are xcamsax ire, yin lic xin ya in wach che; in tacʼal chi rilic are xqui camsaj, xak xin chajij qui ʼuʼ i xe camsawic.” Queje ile xin bij che i Kajwal.

21 Xui-ri, ire xu bij chwe: “Jat, man cat in tak bi cʼa naj, cuʼ i ne te aj Israel chu sujuxic i cuybal mac chique.” Queje ile xu bij i Kajwal chwe —xu bij i ma Páblo chique i winak.

Chaptal i ma Páblo cumal i soldádo

22 I winak que tijin te chu tayic; xui-ri, are xqui ta i tzij chi ma Páblo xtak bi rumal i Kajwal chique i ne te aj Israel winak, xpe coywal. Xe oc chi sicʼ y xqui bij:
—I achi-le n-cu maj taj cʼaslic, ¡cha camsaxok! —xqui bij.

23 Lic n-xqui mayij ti sicʼ; xqui puqʼuij qui ʼuʼ, y xqui cʼak ucʼaj ulew chicaj rumal coywal.
24 Are ʼuri i capitan xu tak u yaʼic i ma Páblo pa cuartel, y xu bij chique chi quiqui ya u loʼxic, ʼanbal-re che chi cu bij wach u mac u ʼanom. Craj cretamaj wuchac que siqʼuin i winak chirij.

25 Ximtal chic i ma Páblo, ya quiqui ya te u loʼxic. Are ʼuri ire xu bij che i cajʼatzil i soldádo:
—¿ʼO bari piʼab yix qui chʼay jun aj Róma winak? ¡Peor we maja quiwetamaj we kas ʼo u mac! —xu bij chique.

26 I cajʼatzil i soldádo, are xu ta ire ile, xa ʼe u bij che i capitan:
—Cha ʼana cwent wach i ca ʼano, man i achi-le xak aj Róma winak —xu bij che.

27 Are ʼuri i capitan xa ʼe u tzʼonoj che i ma Páblo:
—¿Katzij ʼuri chi yet xak at aj Róma winak? —coʼono.
I ma Páblo xu bij:
—Katzij.

28 Teʼuri i capitan xu bij che:
—Yin, lic nim i mer xin sacho ʼelsabal re in wuj yin, ʼanbal-re chwe in aj Róma winak —xu bij.
I ma Páblo xu bij che:
—Yin lic we wi in aj Róma winak chi walaxic cumal in chuch in kajaw —xu bij che.

29 I que chʼayaw te i ma Páblo, are xqui ta ile, xe tzalij chiquij. Xak i capitan, are xu ta chi ma Páblo xak aj Róma winak, xu xij rib man u chapom; n-ca majaw taj ca ʼan queje ile che jun winak aj Róma we n-ʼetamam taj wach u mac.

Wach xu ʼan i ma Páblo chiquiwach i nucʼbal tʼisbal

Acts 22

1 “Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense.”

2 When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic, they became very quiet.
Then Paul said:3 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I studied under Gamaliel and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.4 I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,

5 as the high priest and all the Council can themselves testify. I even obtained letters from them to their associates in Damascus, and went there to bring these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.
6 “About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.

7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’

8 “ ‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked.
“ ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ he replied.

9 My companions saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of him who was speaking to me.

10 “ ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ I asked.
“ ‘Get up,’ the Lord said, ‘and go into Damascus. There you will be told all that you have been assigned to do.’

11 My companions led me by the hand into Damascus, because the brilliance of the light had blinded me.
12 “A man named Ananias came to see me. He was a devout observer of the law and highly respected by all the Jews living there.

13 He stood beside me and said, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ And at that very moment I was able to see him.
14 “Then he said: ‘The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and to hear words from his mouth.15 You will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.

16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.’
17 “When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance

18 and saw the Lord speaking to me. ‘Quick!’ he said. ‘Leave Jerusalem immediately, because the people here will not accept your testimony about me.’
19 “ ‘Lord,’ I replied, ‘these people know that I went from one synagogue to another to imprison and beat those who believe in you.

20 And when the blood of your martyr Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’

21 “Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”

22 The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He’s not fit to live!”
23 As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and flinging dust into the air,24 the commander ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks. He directed that he be flogged and interrogated in order to find out why the people were shouting at him like this.

25 As they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t even been found guilty?”

26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and reported it. “What are you going to do?” he asked. “This man is a Roman citizen.”

27 The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?”
“Yes, I am,” he answered.

28 Then the commander said, “I had to pay a lot of money for my citizenship.”
“But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.

29 Those who were about to interrogate him withdrew immediately. The commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put Paul, a Roman citizen, in chains.

30 The commander wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews. So the next day he released him and ordered the chief priests and all the members of the Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul and had him stand before them.