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Ri tat Pablo cutoˈ rib chuwäch ri tat Agripa ri nim takanel

26  Ri tat Agripa xubij che ri tat Pablo: Cuyaˈ catchˈawic chutoˈic awib, ―xcha che.

Ri tat Pablo xuyac ru kˈab, te cˈu riˈ xuchap chˈawem, xubij: Nim takanel Agripa, sibalaj cäquicot wanimaˈ chi cuyaˈ quinchˈaw chuwäch la cämic chutoˈic wib chuwäch ronojel ri cäquibij ri winak aj Israel chwij. Wetam cˈut chi kas etam la ronojel ri uj nakˈatal wi, uj ri winak aj Israel, xukujeˈ jachique tak ri tzij cujchˈojin chrij. Rumal riˈ quintaˈ jun tokˈob che la chi cächajij la paciencia wucˈ che nu tatabexic, ―xcha ri tat Pablo che ri nim takanel Agripa.

Ri tat Pablo cutzijoj ru cˈaslemal nabe aretak mäjok cäcojonic

Xutakej tzijonem ri tat Pablo, xubij: Conojel ri winak aj Israel quetam ri nu banom pa ri nu cˈaslemal chquixol petinak lok, rumal chi cucˈ ri e areˈ xil wi nu wäch. Pa ri nu tinimit cˈut xinqˈuiyisax wi, xukujeˈ pa ri tinimit Jerusalén. Ri e areˈ xukujeˈ quetam waˈ, quecowinic cäquikˈalajisaj waˈ we cäcaj, chi ri in tzojer lok in jun cucˈ ri winak fariseos. E areˈ cˈu waˈ ri winak aj Israel ri sibalaj cäquicoj na qui chukˈab chubanic ri cubij ru Pixab ri Moisés. Cämic cˈut tajin cäkˈat tzij pa nu wiˈ rumal chi cuˈl nu cˈux chrij ri xuchiˈj can ri Dios chque ri ka mam ojer, chi queucˈastajisaj na ri cäminakib. Are cˈu waˈ ri queyeˈm ri winak aj Israel ri e cˈo che ri qui mam ojer ri cablajuj u cˈojol ri tat Jacob, chi jeˈ cäbantaj na. Rumal riˈ quekˈijilan che ri Dios. Chi pakˈij chi chakˈab quepatänin che. Tat Agripa, are cˈu rumal rech waˈ chi cuˈl nu cˈux chi quecˈastaj na ri cäminakib, xa cˈu rumal riˈ cˈo ri cäquibij ri winak aj Israel chwij cämic. ¿A mat cäcoj alak chi ri Dios queucˈastajisaj ri cäminakib? ―cächa ri tat Pablo chque.

Ri tat Pablo cutzijoj jas xubano chubanic cˈäx chque ri winak cojonelab nabe

Ri in, in xukujeˈ nabe xinchomaj in chi rajwaxic quinban qˈuia u wäch cˈäx chque ri winak ri qui takem ru tijonic ri Jesús aj Nazaret. 10 Je cˈu riˈ xinban in pa ri tinimit Jerusalén. E qˈuia chque ri cojonelab xeincoj pa cheˈ rumal ri takanic ri xyiˈ pa nu kˈab cumal ri qui nimakil sacerdotes chi jeˈ quinban waˈ. Aretak cˈut tajin quecämisax ri cojonelab, ri in sibalaj utz xinwilo. 11 Qˈuia mul xincˈäjisaj qui wäch ri cojonelab pa tak ri rachoch Dios ri cäquimulij wi quib ri winak aj Israel. Je waˈ xinbano rech cäquiya can ri qui cojonic. Sibalaj cˈu xyactaj woyowal chquij, jeˈ ta ne chi xinchˈujaric. Xineˈc, xinban cˈäx chque cˈä pa tak ri niqˈuiaj tinimit chic, ―cächaˈ.

Ri Pablo cutzijoj jas xubano aretak xcojonic

12 Ri in benak pa ri be, benam we chubanic cˈäx chque ri cojonelab pa ri tinimit Damasco. Ri in takom bic, xukujeˈ yoˈm bi takanic pa nu kˈab cumal ri qui nimakil sacerdotes. 13 Nim takanel Agripa, are kas pa ru niqˈuiaj kˈij riˈ, uj cˈo pa ri be aretak xak teˈtalic xinwil jun sakil ri xpe chicaj, ri sibalaj cäjuluw na chuwäch ri kˈij, xtunun cˈu chkij, ri in xukujeˈ conojel ri e benak wucˈ. 14 Ri uj konojel cˈut xujtzak cho ri ulew, te cˈu riˈ xinta jun ri xchˈaw lok chicaj ri xubij chwe pa chˈabal hebreo: “Saulo, Saulo, ¿jas che tajin caban we nimalaj cˈäx riˈ chwe?” ―cächaˈ. “Ri at cˈut tajin carik cˈäx, jas ri cuban ri wacäx ri cucoj akan che ri jun cheˈ ri tˈistˈic u wiˈ,” ―xcha chwe. 15 Ri in cˈut xinbij: “¿Jachin ri lal, Tat?” ―xincha che. Ri Areˈ xubij chwe: “In riˈ ri Jesús ri tajin caban waˈ we cˈäx riˈ chwe,” ―cächa riˈ. 16 “¡Chatwalij baˈ! Nu cˈutum cˈu wib chawäch rech catoc che patänil we, xukujeˈ rech catoc che kˈalajisal re ri awilom cämic chi are ri In, in awilom. Xukujeˈ cakˈalajisaj ri quincˈut na chawäch. 17 Catintoˈ na pa qui kˈab ri a winakil, ri aj Israel, xukujeˈ pa qui kˈab ri niqˈuiaj winak chic ri catintak wi bi cämic. 18 Catintak bi cucˈ rech cabano chi ri e areˈ kas quecaˈyic, rech quebel bi pa ri kˈekum re ri mac, quekˈax na pa ri sakil rech ri kas tzij, xukujeˈ rech man cäquitakej tä cˈolem pu kˈab ri Satanás, xane quekˈax na pu kˈab ri Dios, quecojon cˈu chwe In. Xak je riˈ cäquirik na ri sachbal qui mac, xukujeˈ quecˈoji na junam cucˈ ri e rech ri Dios,” ―xcha ri Jesús chwe, ―cächa ri tat Pablo.

Ri tat Pablo cunimaj ri xcˈut chuwäch rumal ri Dios

19 Tat Agripa, nim takanel, rumal riˈ ri in xinnimaj ri xucˈut ri Dios chnuwäch, man xinban tä cˈu negar. 20 Xane xinchap u tzijoxic ru Lokˈ Pixab ri Dios nabe pa ri tinimit Damasco, te cˈu riˈ pa ri tinimit Jerusalén, pa ronojel ri Judea, xukujeˈ chque ri niqˈuiaj winak chic ri man e aj Israel taj. Xinkˈalajisaj chquiwäch chi rajwaxic cäquiqˈuex canimaˈ, cäquiqˈuex qui chomanic, queniman cˈu che ri Dios. Xukujeˈ xinbij chque chi rajwaxic cäcaˈn ronojel u wäch utzil rech kˈalaj chi qˈuextajinak ri canimaˈ, qˈuextajinak cˈu ri qui chomanic. 21 Xa cˈu rumal waˈ ri winak aj Israel xinquichapa lok pa ri nimalaj rachoch Dios, are ta xcaj xinquicämisaj. 22 Rumal cˈu ru tobanic ri Dios nu takem u tzijoxic ru Lokˈ Pixab ri Areˈ cämic. Nu tzijom ru Lokˈ Pixab ri Dios chque nimalaj conojel ri winak, chque ri man nim tä queil wi, xukujeˈ chque ri nimak qui banic. Man cˈo tä jun tzij ri nu bim ri mat jeˈ jas ri qui bim can ri kˈalajisal tak re ru Lokˈ Pixab ri Dios, xukujeˈ jas ru bim can ri ka mam Moisés chi cäbantaj na. 23 Are jeˈ chi ri Cristo curik cˈäx, cäcämisax cˈu na. Te cˈu riˈ are ri Areˈ ri nabe chquiwäch conojel ri quecˈastaj na chquixol ri cäminakib rech cutzijoj na chi sak ri kas tzij chrij ru tobanic ri Dios chque ri ka winakil, xukujeˈ chque ri niqˈuiaj winak chic ri man e aj Israel taj, ―xcha ri tat Pablo chque.

Ri tat Pablo cucoj u chukˈab che ri nim takanel Agripa rech cäcojonic

24 Ri tat Pablo tajin cubij tak we tzij riˈ chutoˈic rib aretak ri tat Festo co xurak u chiˈ, xubij: ¡Pablo, xak at elinak chˈuj! Rumal ri qui siqˈuixic qˈuia tak wuj, catijoj cˈu awib chquij, xatchˈujaric, ―xcha che.

25 Ri tat Pablo xchˈawic, xubij: Man in chˈujarinak taj jas ri cächomaj la, tat Festo. Ri tajin quinbij are kas tzij. Rucˈ utzalaj nu chomanic tajin quinbij ronojel waˈ. 26 Waral cˈo wi we nim takanel Agripa. Kas retam ri areˈ ronojel waˈ ri tajin quinbij, rumal cˈu riˈ man quinxej tä wib quintzijon chuwäch ri areˈ. Quincojo chi ronojel waˈ retam ri areˈ, rumal chi ri tajin quinbij man banom tä waˈ chi cˈuyal. 27 ¿A mat cäcoj la, tat Agripa, lal riˈ ri nim takanel, ri xquibij can ri kˈalajisal tak re ru Lokˈ Pixab ri Dios? ¡Kas wetam chi cäcoj la! ―xcha che.

28 Ri tat Agripa xubij che ri tat Pablo: Xa jubikˈ man catcowinic caban chanim chi ri in quincojon na che ri Cristo, ―xcha che.

29 Ri tat Pablo xubij: We chanim, we naˈtam, are ri nu rayinic chi man xuwi tä ri lal, xane xukujeˈ conojel ri tajin cäquitatabej ri nu tzij cämic, cäcaˈn ta cˈu na jas ri nu banom in. Man cwaj tä cˈut chi are cucˈ we ximibal re chˈichˈ riˈ, ―xcha chque.

30 Xuwi xbitaj waˈ we tzij riˈ rumal ri tat Pablo, xwalij ri nim takanel, xukujeˈ ri nim kˈatal tzij rachiˈl ri nan Berenice, xukujeˈ conojel ri e tˈuyul chilaˈ. 31 Xebeˈ chuchomaxic rij waˈ pa qui tuquiel wi. Xquitzijobela quib, xquibij: We achi riˈ, man cˈo tä jun mac u banom ri takal wi cäcämisaxic, o chi cäcˈoji ri areˈ pa cheˈ, ―xechaˈ.

32 Xpe ri tat Agripa, xubij che ri tat Festo: We achi riˈ, xkatzokopij ta bi waˈ we ta mat xubij chi cäkˈat tzij puwiˈ rumal ri César, ri nimalaj takanel puwiˈ ri Roma, ―xcha ri tat Agripa che ri tat Festo.

26 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.”(A)

So Paul motioned with his hand(B) and began his defense: “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you(C) today as I make my defense against all the accusations of the Jews,(D) and especially so because you are well acquainted with all the Jewish customs(E) and controversies.(F) Therefore, I beg you to listen to me patiently.

“The Jewish people all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child,(G) from the beginning of my life in my own country, and also in Jerusalem. They have known me for a long time(H) and can testify, if they are willing, that I conformed to the strictest sect(I) of our religion, living as a Pharisee.(J) And now it is because of my hope(K) in what God has promised our ancestors(L) that I am on trial today. This is the promise our twelve tribes(M) are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night.(N) King Agrippa, it is because of this hope that these Jews are accusing me.(O) Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?(P)

“I too was convinced(Q) that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose(R) the name of Jesus of Nazareth.(S) 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(T) in prison,(U) and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.(V) 11 Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished,(W) 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(X) saying to me in Aramaic,[a](Y) ‘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.(Z) 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.(AA) 17 I will rescue you(AB) from your own people and from the Gentiles.(AC) I am sending you to them 18 to open their eyes(AD) and turn them from darkness to light,(AE) and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins(AF) and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’(AG)

19 “So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient(AH) to the vision from heaven. 20 First to those in Damascus,(AI) then to those in Jerusalem(AJ) and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles,(AK) I preached that they should repent(AL) and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.(AM) 21 That is why some Jews seized me(AN) in the temple courts and tried to kill me.(AO) 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(AP) 23 that the Messiah would suffer(AQ) and, as the first to rise from the dead,(AR) would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.”(AS)

24 At this point Festus interrupted Paul’s defense. “You are out of your mind,(AT) Paul!” he shouted. “Your great learning(AU) is driving you insane.”

25 “I am not insane, most excellent(AV) Festus,” Paul replied. “What I am saying is true and reasonable. 26 The king is familiar with these things,(AW) 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?”(AX)

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.”(AY)

30 The king rose, and with him the governor and Bernice(AZ) 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.”(BA)

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

Footnotes

  1. Acts 26:14 Or Hebrew

26 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:

I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:

Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;

Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God, unto our fathers:

Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.

14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,

18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.

22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:

23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.

26 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.

27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.

28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:

31 And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.