Acts 26
1 Turning to Paul, Agrippa said, “You are at liberty to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense.
Ri Agripa xubꞌij che ri Pablo: Kuyaꞌo katchꞌawik, katoꞌ awibꞌ. Ri Pablo kꞌut xumajij chꞌawem, xubꞌan jun kꞌutbꞌal rukꞌ ri uqꞌabꞌ rech man kechꞌaw ta na ri winaq, xubꞌij:
2 “I have been congratulating myself, King Agrippa,” he said, “that it is before you that I have to make my defense today, with regard to all the charges brought against me by my own people,
Nim taqanel Agripa, sibꞌalaj kakiꞌkot wanimaꞌ lal katow la ri nutzij tobꞌal wibꞌ che ri jastaq ri kinkitzujuj wi ri kꞌamal taq kibꞌe ri winaq aꞌj Israel.
3 especially as you are so well-versed in all the customs and questions of the Jewish world. I beg you therefore to give me a patient hearing.
Wetaꞌm chi lal qas etaꞌm la ri naqꞌatajibꞌal xuqujeꞌ ri qas ubꞌanik ri jastaq ri kakichꞌoꞌjij rij ri winaq aꞌj Israel. Kamik kꞌut kinta jun toqꞌobꞌ kintatabꞌej la. Ri ukꞌaslemal kan ri Pablo nabꞌe.
4 My life, then, from youth upwards, was passed, from the very first, among my own nation, and in Jerusalem, and is within the knowledge of all Jews;
Are in nitzꞌ akꞌal, xya kꞌutuꞌn chwe chkixoꞌl ri nuwinaq, xuqujeꞌ pa ri tinimit Jerusalén, ketaꞌm ri e kꞌamal taq bꞌe ke ri winaq aꞌj Israel.
5 and they have always known – if they choose to give evidence – that, in accordance with the very strictest form of our religion, I lived a true Pharisee.
Aꞌreꞌ ketaꞌm we kakaj kakibꞌij, nabꞌe in kachiꞌl kan ri fariseos, ri wokaj ri sibꞌalaj tzꞌaqat kakibꞌan che ri jastaq pa ri naqꞌatajibꞌal rech kan nabꞌe.
6 Even now, it is because of my hope in the promise given by God to our ancestors that I stand here on my trial –
Kamik kꞌut kaqꞌat tzij pa nuwiꞌ rumal chi kuꞌl na kꞌuꞌx che ri uchiꞌm loq ri Dios chike ri qamam ojer.
7 A promise which our twelve tribes, by earnest service night and day, hope to see fulfilled. It is for this hope, your Majesty, that I am accused – and by Jews themselves!
Are waꞌ rumal keqꞌijilaꞌn che ri Dios chi paqꞌij chi chaqꞌabꞌ ri kabꞌlajuj puq winaq rech Israel, kuꞌl kikꞌuꞌx che ri kuꞌl wi na kꞌuꞌx in. Pune jeriꞌ, Nimalaj Taqanel, aꞌreꞌ kinkitzujuj rumal waꞌ we kꞌulibꞌal na kꞌuꞌx.
8 Why do you all hold it incredible that God should raise the dead?
¿Jas che man kikoj taj chi ri Dios kuꞌkꞌastajisaj ri kaminaqibꞌ?
9 I myself, it is true, once thought it my duty to oppose in every way the name of Jesus of Nazareth;
Pa nukꞌuꞌx in nabꞌe, chi are in taqchiꞌtal chuqꞌatexik ri ubꞌiꞌ ri Jesús aj Nazaret.
10 and I actually did so at Jerusalem. Acting on the authority of the chief priests, I myself threw many of the people of Christ into prison, and, when it was proposed to put them to death, I gave my vote for it.
Qas tzij kinbꞌij, qas kꞌyaqal riꞌ ri xinbꞌan pa Jerusalén. Ri e kinimaꞌqil ri e chꞌawenelabꞌ cho ri Dios xkiya bꞌe chwe xeꞌntaq bꞌik e kꞌi kojonelabꞌ pa cheꞌ. Are tajin kekamisaxik in xinbꞌij chi taqalik kekamik.
11 Time after time, in every synagogue, I tried by punishments to force them to blaspheme. So frantic was I against them, that I pursued them even to towns beyond our borders.
Kꞌi mul xinbꞌano chi kaqꞌat tzij pa kiwiꞌ pa ri Sinagoga rech kaketzelaj uwach ri Jesús. Sibꞌalaj woyawal chike rumal riꞌ xeꞌntereneꞌj pa taq juleꞌ taq tinimit chik.
12 It was while I was traveling to Damascus on an errand of this kind, entrusted with full powers by the chief priests,
Jun qꞌijal inbꞌenaq pa ri tinimit Damasco, keꞌnbꞌana ri jun chak, xkibꞌij bꞌik chwe ri qꞌatal tzij xuqujeꞌ ri kinimaꞌqil ri e chꞌawenelabꞌ cho ri Dios pa kiwiꞌ ri winaq.
13 that at midday, your Majesty, I saw right in my path, coming from the heavens, a light brighter than the glare of the sun, which shone all around me and those traveling with me.
Nim Taqanel, qas pa ri unikꞌajil qꞌij, xpe jun tunanik pa ri kꞌaj, are kꞌo na cho ri utunal ri qꞌij, xinutunaj in xuqujeꞌ ri e wachiꞌl.
14 We all fell to the ground, and then I heard a voice saying to me in Hebrew – ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? By kicking against the goad you are punishing yourself.’
Qonojel xujtzaq pa ri ulew, kꞌa te riꞌ xinta jun chꞌabꞌal pa ri tzijobꞌal hebreo, xubꞌij: “Saulo, Saulo ¿jas che kabꞌan kꞌax chwe? Xaq at kabꞌan kꞌax chibꞌil awibꞌ.”
15 ‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked. And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting;
Ri in xinbꞌij: “¿Jachin ri lal, Tat?” Ri Ajawxel xubꞌij: “In riꞌ ri Jesús ri tajin kabꞌan kꞌax chwe.”
16 but get up and stand upright; for I have appeared to you in order to appoint you a servant and a witness of those revelations of me which you have already had, and of those in which I will yet appear to you,
Chanim chatwaꞌjiloq, xinkꞌut wibꞌ chawach rech katuxik wajchak xuqujeꞌ qꞌalajisal rech ri awilom xuqujeꞌ ri kinkꞌut na chawach.
17 since I am choosing you out from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,
Katintoꞌ na pa kiqꞌabꞌ ri awinaqil, xuqujeꞌ pa kiqꞌabꞌ ri man aꞌj Israel taj. Qas tzij, katintaq na bꞌik kukꞌ ri winaq ri man aꞌj Israel taj,
18 to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God; so that they may receive pardon for their sins, and a place among those who have become God’s people, by faith in me.’
rech kajaqataj ri kibꞌoqꞌoch, rech keꞌl la pa ri qꞌequꞌmal keqꞌax pa ri tunal, xuqujeꞌ keꞌl loq xeꞌ raqan uqꞌabꞌ ri itzel keqꞌax puꞌqꞌabꞌ ri Dios. Kakikꞌamawaꞌj kꞌu na ri kuybꞌal kimak xuqujeꞌ kayaꞌtaj na kꞌokꞌibꞌal chikixoꞌl ri utinimit ri Dios, rumal ri kikojobꞌal chwe.
19 After that, King Agrippa, I did not fail to obey the heavenly vision;
Rumal waꞌ Nim taqanel Agripa, xinnimaj ri kꞌutuꞌn rech chikajil.
20 on the contrary, first to those at Damascus and Jerusalem, and then through the whole of Judea, and to the Gentiles as well, I began to preach repentance and conversion to God, and a life befitting that repentance.
Nabꞌe xintzijoj chike ri winaq aꞌj Damasco, kꞌa te riꞌ pa Jerusalén, pa Judea xuqujeꞌ chike konojel ri winaq ri man aꞌj Israel taj, kakikꞌex kikꞌuꞌx che ri kimak, ketzalij rukꞌ ri Dios, xuqujeꞌ kakibꞌan ri utz laj taq jastaq rech kakikꞌutu chi xekꞌextajik.
21 This is why some men seized me in the Temple, and made attempts on my life.
Rumal waꞌ nikꞌaj winaq aꞌj Israel xinkichap pa ri Templo, are xkaj xinkikamisaj.
22 However I have received help from God to this very day, and so stand here, and bear my testimony to high and low alike – without adding a word to what the prophets, as well as Moses, declared should happen –
Ri Dios kꞌut inuchajim kꞌa kamik rech kinqꞌalajisaj chike konojel ri winaq kachapleꞌtaj kukꞌ ri nitzꞌ keqeleꞌn kopan kukꞌ ri nimaꞌq keqeleꞌn. Man kꞌo ta jun jastaq kinkꞌutu ri mat xkitzijoj loq ri e qꞌalajisal taq rech ri utzij ri Dios xuqujeꞌ ri Moisés.
23 That the Christ must suffer, and that, by rising from the dead, he was destined to be the first to bring news of light, not only to our nation, but also to the Gentiles.”
Aꞌreꞌ xkitzijoj loq chi ri Mesías kuriq na kꞌax, xuqujeꞌ areꞌ nabꞌe kakꞌastaj na chikiwach konojel ri kaminaqibꞌ xaq jeriꞌ kutzijoj na ri utunal ri Dios junam chike ri winaq aꞌj Israel xuqujeꞌ ri winaq ri man aꞌj Israel taj.
24 While Paul was making this defense, Festus called out loudly, “You are mad, Paul; your great learning is driving you mad.”
Xaq kꞌa te ri Festo xuraq uchiꞌ xubꞌij: ¡Xa at kon Pablo, ri nimalaj etaꞌmanik at ukonarisam!
25 “I am not mad, your Excellency,” he replied. “On the contrary, the statements that I am making are true and sober.
Ri Pablo xutzalij uwach, xubꞌij: Man xa taj in kon, nimalaj reqeleꞌn Festo. Are tajin kinbꞌij ri tunal ri sibꞌalaj kꞌo kutayij.
26 Indeed, the king knows about these matters, so I speak before him without constraint. I am sure that there is nothing whatever of what I have been telling him that has escaped his attention; for all this has not been done in a corner.
Ri Nim taqanel Agripa retaꞌm waꞌ we jastaq riꞌ, rumal laꞌ man kinxiꞌj ta wibꞌ che ri kinbꞌij, man xkꞌulmataj ta we jastaq riꞌ chaꞌwal.
27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”
Taqanel Agripa ¿la kakoj lal ri xkibꞌij ri e qꞌalajisal taq utzij ri Dios? Wetaꞌm in chi kekoj la.
28 But Agrippa said to Paul, “You are soon trying to make a Christian of me!”
Ri Agripa xuqꞌatej ri utzij ri Pablo, xubꞌij: ¿Teꞌq pa akꞌuꞌx aninaq kinamenkꞌetij rech kinkojonik?
29 “Whether it is soon or late,” answered Paul, “I pray to God that not only you, but all who are listening to me, might today become just what I am myself – except for these chains!”
Ri Pablo xubꞌij: We kꞌu aninaq o kꞌamaꞌtam, kinta che ri Dios pa ri nuchꞌawem chi ri lal xuqujeꞌ konojel ri e kꞌo pa we kꞌolibꞌal riꞌ kuꞌx na jetaq ri in, xwi chi man e yuttal taj.
30 Then the king rose, with the Governor and Bernice and those who had been sitting with them,
Xewaꞌjil kꞌu ri taqanel, ri qꞌatal tzij, ri Berenice xuqujeꞌ konojel ri winaq xel loq.
31 and, after retiring, discussed the case among themselves. “There is nothing,” they said, “deserving death or imprisonment in this man’s conduct”;
Are tajin keꞌl loq xkichomaj: Waꞌ we achi riꞌ maj mak ubꞌanom ri taqal che kakamik o keꞌ pa cheꞌ.
32 and, speaking to Festus, Agrippa added, “The man might have been discharged, if he had not appealed to the Emperor.”
Ri Agripa xubꞌij che ri Festo: Wine utz katzoqopixik wet mat xutoqꞌij kaqꞌat tzij puꞌwiꞌ rumal ri César.
