Acts 25
1 Now, Festus entered the province, and after three days, he went from Caesarea up to Jerusalem.
Ikꞌowinaq chi oxibꞌ qij are xopan ri achi Festo chukꞌamik ri reqeleꞌn relik bꞌik pa ri tinimit Cesarea xopan pa ri tinimit Jerusalén.
2 The chief priest and the prominent Jews brought accusations against Paul, and they urged him
Ri kinimaꞌqil taq ri chꞌawenelabꞌ cho ri Dios pa kiwiꞌ ri tinimit xuqujeꞌ ri achyabꞌ ri qas kabꞌan ke pa kiwiꞌ taq ri winaq aꞌj Israel xoꞌpan rukꞌ ri qꞌatal tzij chutzujuxik ri Pablo.
3 and asked him for a favor that would put Paul in danger—that Festus might summon Paul to Jerusalem so that they could kill him along the way.
Xkita jun toqꞌobꞌ che ri Festo kutaq bꞌik ri Pablo je laꞌ pa ri tinimit Jerusalén, (kichomam kakiqꞌatej pa ri bꞌe kakikamisaj).
4 Festus answered that Paul was being held at Caesarea, and that he himself was going there soon.
Ri Festo kꞌut xubꞌij chi ri Pablo kꞌo pa ri tinimit Cesarea xuqujeꞌ chi katzalij areꞌ je laꞌ.
5 “Therefore, those who can,” he said, “should go there with us. If there is something wrong with the man, you should accuse him.”
Xubꞌij kꞌu chike: Ri kꞌo keqeleꞌn chiꞌwe utz kixeꞌ wukꞌ. We kꞌo itzel jastaq ubꞌanom ri Pablo utz kꞌut kitzujuj.
6 Festus stayed not more than eight or ten days and then he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he sat in the judgment seat and commanded Paul to be brought to him.
Wine wajxaqibꞌ o lajuj qꞌij ikꞌowinaq are xtzalij ri Festo pa Cesarea, chukabꞌ qꞌij xtzalij pa ri ja qꞌatbꞌal tzij xuqujeꞌ xtaqan chukꞌamik ri Pablo.
7 When he arrived, the Jews from Jerusalem stood nearby, and they brought many serious charges which they could not prove.
Are xopan ri Pablo, ri e kꞌamal taq kibꞌe ri winaq aꞌj Jerusalén, xkimulij kibꞌ chrij, xkitzujuj che taq mak ri man tzij taj.
8 Paul defended himself and said, “I have done nothing wrong against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
Ri Pablo xubꞌij: Man inmakuninaq taj choch ri taqanik kech ri winaq aꞌj Israel, man inmakuninaq ta choch ri Templo, man inmakuninaq ta choch ri César.
9 But Festus wanted to gain the favor of the Jews, and so he answered Paul and said, “Do you want to go up to Jerusalem and to be judged by me about these things there?”
Are kꞌu ri achi Festo xraj kaqaj chikiwach ri winaq aꞌj Israel, xuta che: ¿La kuchap akꞌuꞌx kateꞌ je laꞌ pa Jerusalén, rech je laꞌ kinqꞌat wi tzij paꞌwiꞌ?
10 Paul said, “I stand before the judgment seat of Caesar where I must be judged. I have wronged no Jews, just as you also very well know.
Ri Pablo xubꞌij: Man kawaj taj. We ja riꞌ qas are qꞌatbꞌal tzij rech ri tinimit Roma, waral qas yaꞌtal wi kaqꞌat tzij pa nuwiꞌ. Etaꞌm la chi man in ajmak taj, maj kꞌax nubꞌanom chike ri winaq aꞌj Israel.
11 Though if I have done wrong and if I have done what is worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if their accusations are nothing, no one may hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.”
We kꞌu ne nubꞌanom mak ri taqalik kinkamisax rumal, man kinkꞌopij ta wibꞌ we kinkamik. We kꞌu ne maj numak, maj jachin yaꞌtal bꞌe che kinujach pa kiqꞌabꞌ we achyabꞌ riꞌ rech kinkikamisaj. Chuqꞌata tzij pa nuwiꞌ ri César.
12 After Festus talked with the council, he answered, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”
Ri Festo xtzijon kukꞌ ri yaꞌl taq unoꞌj kꞌa te riꞌ xubꞌij: Utz bꞌa riꞌ, cho ri César kateꞌ wi rumal cher xatoqꞌij are ri César kaqꞌatow tzij paꞌwiꞌ.
13 Now after some days, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay an official visit to Festus.
Are ikꞌowinaq chi kebꞌ oxibꞌ qꞌij, ri taqanel Agripa rachiꞌl ri ranabꞌ ubꞌiꞌ Berenice, xoꞌpan chuyaꞌik rutzil uwach ri Festo.
14 After he had been there for many days, Festus presented Paul's case to the king; he said, “A certain man was left behind here by Felix as a prisoner.
Are tajin kasolix ri Festo rumal ri taqanel, ri Festo xutzijoj che ri taqanel ri kariqitaj ri Pablo, xubꞌij che: Waral kꞌo jun achi kojtal kan pa cheꞌ rumal ri Félix.
15 When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against this man to me, and they asked for a sentence of condemnation against him.
Are xinkꞌojiꞌ pa ri tinimit Jerusalén, ri kinimaꞌqil chꞌawenelabꞌ cho ri Dios pa kiwiꞌ ri winaq xuqujeꞌ ri e kꞌamal taq kibꞌe ri winaq aꞌj Israel xkitzujuj chwe xuqujeꞌ xkitoqꞌij kinqꞌat tzij puꞌwiꞌ.
16 I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused had faced his accusers and had an opportunity to defend himself against the charges.
Xinbꞌij kꞌu chike chi ri taqanik rech Roma, man kuqꞌalajisaj taj ajmak jun winaq we majaꞌ kata ri utzij pa ri qꞌatbꞌal tzij. Ri winaq ri katzujuxik yaꞌtal che kutoꞌ ribꞌ chikiwach ri ketzujunik.
17 Therefore, when they came together here, I did not wait, but the next day I sat in the judgment seat and I ordered the man to be brought in.
Are xuꞌl ri e tzujunelabꞌ rech ri Pablo, man xinbꞌey ta wibꞌ, chukabꞌ qꞌij xeꞌnsikꞌij ri kabꞌan ke pa ri qꞌatbꞌal tzij kꞌa te riꞌ xintaqan chukꞌamik ri Pablo.
18 When the accusers stood up and accused him, I thought that none of the charges that they brought against him were serious.
Ri umak kꞌut ri xkibꞌij man are ta riꞌ ri etzelal ri wayeꞌm in.
19 Instead, they had certain disputes with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus who was dead, whom Paul claims to be alive.
Kakitzujuj rumal ri kikojonik, xuqujeꞌ rumal jun achi ubꞌiꞌ Jesús ri xkamik, xa kꞌu kubꞌij ri Pablo chi kꞌaslik.
20 I was not certain about how to investigate this matter, and so I asked him if he was willing to go to Jerusalem to stand trial there about these charges.
Man wetaꞌm taj jas kinbꞌan chi retaꞌmaxik we jastaq riꞌ. Xinta kꞌu che we kuchap ukꞌuꞌx kaqꞌat tzij puꞌwiꞌ pa ri tinimit Jerusalén rumal taq we jastaq riꞌ.
21 But when Paul appealed to be kept in custody while awaiting the decision of the emperor, I ordered him to be held in custody until I could send him to Caesar.”
Ri Pablo kꞌut xutoqꞌij chi are ri César kaqꞌatow tzij puꞌwiꞌ. Xaq jeriꞌ xintaqan che uchajixik kꞌa kintoꞌtaj na chusukꞌumaxik ri rajawaxik che rech keꞌ cho ri César.
22 Agrippa spoke to Festus, “I would also like to listen to this man.” “Tomorrow,” Festus said, “you will hear him.”
Ri Agripa xubꞌij: Kawaj kinta in riꞌ ri achi riꞌ. Ri Festo xubꞌij: Chweꞌq kata la.
23 So on the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came with much ceremony; they came into the hall with the military officers and with the prominent men of the city. When Festus spoke the command, Paul was brought to them.
Chukabꞌ qꞌij, ri Agripa xopan pa ri nimalaj ja ri kakimulij wi kibꞌ ri winaq, rachiꞌl ri Berenice xuqujeꞌ sibꞌalaj e kꞌi winaq, ri nimaq taq taqanelabꞌ pa kiwiꞌ ri ajchꞌoꞌjabꞌ xuqujeꞌ achyabꞌ ri nimaꞌq keqeleꞌn pa ri tinimit. Ri Festo kꞌut xtaqan chukꞌamik ri Pablo.
24 Festus said, “King Agrippa, and all you men who are here with us, you see this man; all the multitude of Jews consulted with me in Jerusalem and here also, and they shouted to me that he should no longer live.
Ri Festo xubꞌij: Taqanel Agripa, xuqujeꞌ winaq ri ix kꞌo kamik, are waꞌ ri achi ri sibꞌalaj kakaj ri winaq aꞌj Israel ri e kꞌo waral xuqujeꞌ ri e kꞌo pa Jerusalén kakil uwach kaminaq.
25 I learned that he had done nothing worthy of death; but because he appealed to the emperor, I decided to send him.
Ri in kꞌut kinchomaj maj jun jastaq ubꞌanom ri yaꞌtalik kakam rumal. Xutoqꞌij kꞌut keꞌ cho ri kinimaꞌqil ri nimaq taq qꞌatal tzij ri kꞌo pa ri tinimit Roma, rumal riꞌ kintaq bꞌik.
26 But I do not have something definite to write to the emperor. For this reason, I have brought him to you, especially to you, King Agrippa, so that I might have something more to write about the case.
¿Jas kꞌu ri kintzꞌibꞌaj bꞌik che ri qꞌatal tzij? Man kꞌyaqal ta ri umak ri kabꞌixik, rumal laꞌ xinkꞌam loq chiꞌwach iwonojel, je xuqujeꞌ choch la Taqanel Agripa, rech are kakꞌot taj uchiꞌ kꞌo kaqatzꞌibꞌaj bꞌik.
27 For it seems unreasonable for me to send a prisoner and to not also state the charges against him.”
Rumal cher man kuya taj kaqataq bꞌik jun winaq ri kꞌo pa cheꞌ cho ri kinimaꞌqil ri nimaq taq qꞌatal tzij, we man kꞌyaqal ri umak, ri katzujux wi.
