Matthew 18
1 In that same time the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
Qas pa ri qꞌotaj riꞌ, ri tijoxelabꞌ xeqet rukꞌ ri Jesús, xkita che: ¿Jachin ri qas sibꞌalaj nim uqꞌij pa ri ajawarem rech ri kaj?
2 Jesus called to himself a little child, set him among them,
Ri Jesús xusikꞌij jun akꞌal, xuya chikixoꞌl.
3 and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you turn and become like little children, you will in no way enter the kingdom of heaven.
Kꞌa te riꞌ xubꞌij: Qas tzij kinbꞌij chiꞌwe, we man kikꞌex iwibꞌ, rech je kixux akꞌalabꞌ, man kixkwin taj kixok pa ri ajawarem rech ri kaj.
4 Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Jeriꞌ, ri kumochꞌ ribꞌ jacha we kubꞌan we akꞌal riꞌ, sibꞌalaj nim na uqꞌij pa ri ajawarem rech ri kaj.
5 Whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name receives me.
Xuqujeꞌ ri kukꞌamawaꞌj jun akꞌal pa ri nubꞌiꞌ, in riꞌ kinukꞌamawaꞌj.
6 But whoever causes one of these little ones who believes in me to sin, it would be better for him that a great millstone should be hung about his neck, and that he should be sunk into the depths of the sea.
We kꞌo jun kuꞌtaqchiꞌj pa mak we alaj taq nitzꞌ ri e kojoninaq chwe. Are katan riꞌ we kaxekebꞌax bꞌik jun abꞌaj rech keꞌbꞌal chuqul, kꞌa te riꞌ kakꞌyaq bꞌik kꞌa pa ri ukꞌuꞌx ri cho.
7 Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! For it is necessary that those stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom those stumbling blocks come!
¡Kꞌax ke ri winaq ri keꞌkitaqchiꞌj nikꞌaj winaq chik pa mak! Rajawaxik kꞌu wi chi kakꞌulmataj na we riꞌ, xa kꞌu kꞌax rech ri winaq ri kuꞌtaqchiꞌj chi nikꞌaj pa mak.
8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or lame than to be thrown into the eternal fire having two hands or two feet. (aiōnios g166)
We are ri aqꞌabꞌ o ri awaqan kabꞌanow chawe katmakunik, chakutij, kꞌa te riꞌ chakꞌyaqa bꞌik. Are katanik katok pa ri jun alik kꞌaslemal, maj jun aqꞌabꞌ o maj jun awaqan cho ri rukꞌ ukobꞌchal aqꞌabꞌ xuqujeꞌ rukꞌ ukobꞌchal ri awaqan katkꞌyaq bꞌik pa ri qꞌaqꞌ ri maj ukꞌisik. (aiōnios g166)
9 If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to be thrown into the eternal fire having both eyes. (Geenna g1067)
We are ri abꞌoqꞌoch kabꞌanow chawe katmakunik, chawesaj, chakꞌyaqa bꞌik. Are katanik xa rukꞌ jun abꞌoqꞌoch katok pa ri jun alik kꞌaslemal cho ri rukꞌ ukobꞌchal ri abꞌoqꞌoch katkꞌyaq bꞌik pa ri qꞌaqꞌ. (Geenna g1067)
10 See that you do not despise any of these little ones. For I say to you that in heaven their angels always look on the face of my Father who is in heaven.
Qas chiwila na, miwetzelaj jun chike we alaj taq e nitzꞌ riꞌ. Rumal qas kinbꞌij chiꞌwe chi ri kiángel, amaqꞌel ketzijon rukꞌ ri nuTat ri kꞌo chilaꞌ chikaj.
/Ri uKꞌojol ri Achi xpetik che kikolik ri e sachinaq kanoq./
12 What do you think? If anyone has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go off seeking the one that went astray?
¿Jas kichomaj ix chrij ri achi, ri kasach kan jun chike ri jun ciento uchij? ¿La man kꞌu kuꞌya kan ri junmuchꞌ bꞌelej lajuj pa ri juyubꞌ rech keꞌ chutzukuxik ri uchij ri xsach kanoq?
13 If he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
Qas tzij kinbꞌij chiꞌwe, sibꞌalaj kꞌo na ri ukiꞌkotemal ri ajyuqꞌ are kuriq ri jun uchij, cho ri e junmuchꞌ bꞌelej lajuj chij ri man xesach taj.
14 In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
Je xuqujeꞌ ri iTat ri kꞌo pa ri kaj, man karaj taj katzaq jun chike we alaj taq nitzꞌ riꞌ.
15 If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you will have gained your brother.
We kꞌo jun awachalal pa Cristo, kubꞌan jun kꞌax chawe, jat rukꞌ atukel, chabꞌij che ri xubꞌan chawe. We kutatabꞌej ri kabꞌij che xatchꞌeken riꞌ che.
16 But if he does not listen to you, take one or two others along with you, so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might be verified.
We man kutatabꞌej ri awachalal ri kabꞌij che, jat chi junmul rukꞌ, chaꞌkꞌama bꞌik kebꞌ o oxibꞌ winaq awukꞌ, rech kakilo jas kibꞌan chusukꞌumaxik ri xkꞌulmatajik.
17 And if he refuses to listen to them, tell the matter to the church. If he also refuses to listen to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
We man kuta wi ri kabꞌix che, chabꞌij chike ri komontyox, we man kuta wi tzij, chabꞌana che chi jer kꞌo jun winaq ri man kojonel taj o jun itzel winaq.
18 Truly I say to you, whatever things you bind on earth will be bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will be released in heaven.
Qas tzij kinbꞌij chiꞌwe ronojel ri man kaya ta bꞌe che cho ri uwachulew, man kaya ta bꞌe che chilaꞌ chikaj, xuqujeꞌ ronojel ri kaya bꞌe che cho ri uwachulew, kaya na bꞌe che pa ri kaj.
19 Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.
Xuqujeꞌ kinbꞌij chiꞌwe we e kꞌo kebꞌ chiꞌwe kakijunamaj kikꞌuꞌx chutayik jun jastaq, kayaꞌtaj na chike rumal ri nuTat ri kꞌo pa ri kaj.
20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.”
Jeriꞌ rumal cher jawjeꞌ ri kakimulij wi kibꞌ kebꞌ oꞌxibꞌ winaq pa ri nubꞌiꞌ, kinkꞌojiꞌ riꞌ chikixoꞌl.
21 Then Peter came and said to Jesus, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Until seven times?”
Ri Pedro xqebꞌ chuxukut ri Jesús xubꞌij che: ¿Awaj janipa mul rajawaxik kikuy umak ri wachalal ri kubꞌan kꞌax chwe? ¿La xaqareꞌ wuqubꞌ mul?
22 Jesus said to him, “I do not tell you seven times, but until seventy times seven.
Ri Jesús xubꞌij: Man tajin ta kinbꞌij chawe chi xa wuqubꞌ mul xane wuqubꞌ mul oxkꞌal lajuj.
23 Therefore the kingdom of heaven is similar to a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
Rumal riꞌ, ri ajawarem rech ri kaj kajunumataj rukꞌ ri jun taqanel ri xuta chike ri rajchakibꞌ chi kakijach ri kwenta rech ri pwaq ri kikꞌas rukꞌ.
24 As he began the settling, one servant was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
Are xuchapleꞌj kitoqꞌixik, xopan ri jun rajchak ri ukꞌas lajuj mil qꞌana pwaq rukꞌ.
25 But since he had not the means to repay, his master commanded him to be sold, together with his wife and children and everything that he had, and payment to be made.
Maj urajil chutojik ri ukꞌas, rumal riꞌ ri patrón xtaqan chukꞌayixik ri achi, ri rixoqil, xuqujeꞌ ri ralkꞌwaꞌl, xuqujeꞌ ronojel ri ujastaq ri kꞌolik rech katojtaj ri kꞌasaj.
26 So the servant fell down, bowed down before him, and said, 'Master, have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.'
Ri ajchak xukiꞌk choch ri upatrón xuta toqꞌobꞌ che xubꞌij: Toqꞌobꞌisaj la nuwach, kintoj na che la ronojel ri nukꞌas.
27 So the master of that servant, since he was moved with compassion, released him and forgave him the debt.
Ri patrón xutoqꞌobꞌisaj uwach ri rajchak, xubꞌij che chi maj chi ukꞌas, kꞌa te riꞌ xutzoqopij bꞌik.
28 But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii. He grasped him, took him by the throat, and said, 'Pay me what you owe.'
Are xel bꞌik ri ajchak rukꞌ ri patrón, xuriq jun chike ri rachiꞌl ri ukꞌas jun ciento saq pwaq rukꞌ, xuchap che ri uqul are xraj xujitzꞌaj, kꞌa te riꞌ xubꞌij che: Chatojo ri akꞌas wukꞌ.
29 But his fellow servant fell down and implored him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay you.'
Ri rech ajchak xukiꞌk choch, xuta toqꞌobꞌ che xubꞌij: Chatoqꞌobꞌisaj nuwach, kintoj na chawe ronojel ri nukꞌas.
30 But the first servant refused. Instead, he went and threw him into prison until he should pay him what he owed.
Ri achi man xutoqꞌobꞌisaj ta uwach ri rech ajchak, xyojtajik kꞌa te riꞌ xuꞌkojo kan pa cheꞌ, kꞌa chutojo na ri ukꞌas.
31 When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were very upset. They came and told their master everything that had happened.
Are xkil konojel ri ajchakibꞌ ri xkꞌulmatajik, sibꞌalaj xebꞌisonik, kꞌa te riꞌ xeꞌkitzijoj che ri kipatrón ri xkꞌulmatajik.
32 Then that servant's master called him, and said to him, 'You wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt because you implored me.
Ri patrón xusikꞌij ri ajchak ri je xubꞌan we riꞌ, xubꞌij che: “¡At Itzel laj ajchak! Xinkuy ri akꞌas, rumal xata toqꞌobꞌ chwe.
33 Should you not have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?'
¿La man kꞌu xatoqꞌobꞌisaj uwach ri awachiꞌl jacha ri xinbꞌan in chawe?”
34 His master was angry and handed him over to the torturers until he would pay all that was owed.
Ri patrón xyojtajik, kꞌa te riꞌ xujach bꞌik ri achi chike ri ajchakibꞌ pa ri cheꞌ, rech kabꞌan kꞌax che kꞌa chutojo na ronojel ri ukꞌas.
35 So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”
Ri Jesús xubꞌij: Jeriꞌ kubꞌan na ri nuTat ri kꞌo chilaꞌ chikaj chiꞌwe, we man kiꞌkuy ri iwachalal rukꞌ ronojel ikꞌuꞌx.
