Los Hechos 26

I ma Páblo cu bij che i ma Agrípa wach ca tijin chu ʼanic

1 Are ʼuri, xu bij i ma Agrípa che i ma Páblo:
—ʼUtz cat chʼawic, tobal awib —coʼono.
I ma Páblo xu yac u ʼab, y xoc chu bixquil u tzij. Queje iri xu bij:
2 —Nim laj ka ʼatol tzij ma Agrípa, ʼutz we yin, man xyaʼ chwe quin bij in tzij chawach, tobal wib. ʼUtz quin to wib che ronojel i quiqui bij i aj Israel winak chi quiqui coj in mac.

3 Quin quicotic, man yet lic awetaʼam ronojel i ka costúmbre yoj, oj aj Israel winak; xak awetaʼam tak i cʼutunic chi caka chap kib puwi. Rumal-i, quin tzʼonoj utzil chomal chawe, chin a ta ruʼ u nimal a cʼux.
4 Conojel i aj Israel winak quetaʼam, wach ʼax in ʼanom wi lok chiquiwach, cʼa are in ala. Quetaʼam wach in cʼaslemal che i jyub pa in alaxnak wi, xak wach in ʼanom pa Jerusalen. 5 Xak quetaʼam chi yin, cʼa in ala, xin ya li in wach cuʼ i aj Fariséo. We cacaj, chiqui bij ile chi katzij. Quetaʼam chi i je aj Fariséo lic quiqui coj u ʼij i ujer ʼatbal tzij tzʼibtal can rumal i mam Moises; mi jun chic tzobajil ca ʼanaw mas ile chakawach yoj, oj aj Fariséo. 6 Y woʼor quiqui tzʼonoj ʼatbal tzij chwij xa rumal cul in cʼux che, chi Dios cu ʼan na pacha u bim can chique i katit ka mam.

7 Niʼpa i je qui muk qui xiquin i cablajuj u cʼojol i mam Israel, xak coyʼem wach u sujum can i Dios; rumal-i quiqui ʼan qui patan che, chi paʼij chi chaʼab. Nim laj winak, rumal wach i quin tijin yin chu bixquil chirij ile chi u sujum i Dios, are i rumal-i i aj Israel que tijin chu cojic in mac woʼor —xu bij i ma Páblo.

8 Teʼuri xu bij chique conojel i je ʼo chila:
—¿Xataba n-qui coj ti yix chi Dios cu cʼunsaj sak chiquiwach i je camnak? ¿Cʼax bawa u cojic ile? —xu bij.

9 Teʼuri xu bij:
—Xak yin ujer xin chʼobo chi ca majawic quin ʼan chʼoʼoj chirij i cʼutunic re i Jesus aj Nazaret. 10 Queje ile xin ʼan pa Jerusalen. I cajʼatzil i sacerdóte xqui ya chwe chi que in chap i creyent y xe in tzʼapij je qʼui pa cárcel. Y are quiqui bij chi que camsaxic, yin xak xin ya in wach che.

11 Qʼuial mul xin ʼan cʼax chique i creyent, ʼanbal re chique chi quiqui bij na chi n-quiqui coj ta chic i Jesus. Queje xin ʼan yin ile pa tak molbalʼib pa Jerusalen. Yin pacha xin chʼujer rumal i woywal chique; y xin terbej chiquij cʼa pa tak tinimit naj.

I ma Páblo cu lapo wach u jalwachixic u nojbal xu ʼano

18 Cat in tak bi cuʼ i je tzʼapim qui baʼwach man que a tzunsaj na y n-que bin ta chic pa ʼekumal, xui-ri que bin chi sak. Cat in tak bi cuʼ i je ʼo puʼab i itzel, man que a ʼatsaj puʼab i Dios. Cat in tak bi cuʼ i je sachnak, man quiqui cuba ni qui cʼux chwe yin, quiqui rikbej re u cuybal qui mac, xak i cocbal cuʼ i je re chic i Dios.” Queje ile xu bij i chʼawbal chwe.

I ma Páblo n-xu kel taj wach i xbix che rumal i Kajwal

23 Xqui bij chi i Tolke ca camsax na, teʼuri ca cʼun chic sak chuwach; xqui bij chi are ire chi nabe ca cʼunsax ni sak chuwach rumal i Dios, teʼuri cu paxsaj ni u tzijol i elbal chi sak chake yoj oj aj Israel, xak chique i ne te aj Israel —xu bij i ma Páblo.

24 I gobernador, ma Fésto, are xu ta ile chi xu bij i ma Páblo tobal rib, ire co xu bij:
—¡A-Páblo, xa at chʼuj! Mas a nawsam awib, y xa at chʼujernak rumal —xu bij.

25 I ma Páblo xu bij che:
—N-in ta chʼuj, nim laj winak ma Fésto. Niʼpa i quin bij-i ʼis pusucʼ, ʼis sak laj tzij.

26 Chi ʼo wi i nim laj ʼatol tzij ma Agrípa, ire xak retaʼam niʼpa iri chi xin bij; rumal-i ʼo u cowil in cʼux chu bixquil. Yin wetaʼam chi ire u tom chic niʼpa iri chi quin tijin chu bixquil re i Jesucrísto, man niʼpa tak ile n-ʼantal ta aliʼal —xu bij.

27 Teʼuri xu bij che i ʼatol tzij, ma Agrípa:
—Nim laj winak, ¿ca coj yet wach i xqui bij i ajbil u tzij i Dios ujer? Yin wetaʼam chi ca cojo —xu bij.

28 I ma Agrípa xu bij che:
—Laj xa ʼan chwe quin ʼan creyent che wib —coʼono.

29 I ma Páblo xu bij che:
—N-ta coʼono we xa jubiʼ chic craj, o cʼo mas craj, quin tzʼonoj che i Dios chi ca ʼan creyent che awib; y n-xui ta chawe yet, xak chique conojel i je ʼo waral. Cwaj yin we ta conojel niʼpa i que taw in tzij woʼor quiqui ʼan che quib queje pa ha yin, xui oʼonom-i, n-ta carena che qui ʼab —xu bij.
30 Teʼuri i ʼatol tzij, ma Agrípa, xwalij ʼanok, xak i gobernador, xak i ati Bereníce; xak i niʼpa i je ʼo cuʼ, xe walijic.

31 Are xe el bic, xqui bij chiquiwach:
—I achi-le n-tu mac u ʼanom we ca camsaxic, mi ne cu maj che chi tzʼapilic —xe cha.

32 I ma Agrípa xu bij che i ma Fésto:
—I achi-le, cu majo we ta ca oʼtax bic, ma ta xu tzʼonoj u ʼenam chuwach i ʼatz laj ʼatol tzij pa Róma —xu bij.

Acts 26

1 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.”
So Paul motioned with his hand and began his defense:2 “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today as I make my defense against all the accusations of the Jews,

3 and especially so because you are well acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. Therefore, I beg you to listen to me patiently.
4 “The Jewish people all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child, from the beginning of my life in my own country, and also in Jerusalem.5 They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I conformed to the strictest sect of our religion, living as a Pharisee.6 And now it is because of my hope in what God has promised our ancestors that I am on trial today.7 This is the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. King Agrippa, it is because of this hope that the Jews are accusing me.

8 Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
9 “I too was convinced that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.10 And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people in prison, and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.

11 Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished, and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities.
12 “On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.13 About noon, King Agrippa, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions.

14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

15 “Then I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’
“ ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.16 ‘Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me.17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

18 to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
19 “So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven.20 First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.21 That is why some Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.22 But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen—

23 that the Messiah would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.”

24 At this point Festus interrupted Paul’s defense. “You are out of your mind, Paul!” he shouted. “Your great learning is driving you insane.”
25 “I am not insane, most excellent Festus,” Paul replied. “What I am saying is true and reasonable.26 The king is familiar with these things, and I can speak freely to him. I am convinced that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.

27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”

28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?”

29 Paul replied, “Short time or long—I pray to God that not only you but all who are listening to me today may become what I am, except for these chains.”
30 The king rose, and with him the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them.

31 After they left the room, they began saying to one another, “This man is not doing anything that deserves death or imprisonment.”

32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”