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Tijtil ribˈak yak ajtakeltak re Kakaj Jesucristo

Saulo jor tzi xril xcamsaj Esteban. Laˈ kˈij li xpetak mak ri xcontrintak re Kakaj Jesucristo, xoctak chi jbˈanic cˈax rechak juntir yak ajtakeltak re Kakaj Jesucristo ri wiˈtak Jerusalén. Rechak juntir ribˈilak nak xtil ribˈak. Wiˈ jujun xeˈtak lak luwar re Judea y wiˈ jujun xeˈtak lak luwar re Samaria. Xike yak jtakoˈn Kakaj Jesucristo taˈ xtil ribˈak.

Xpetak jujun winak ajtakeltak re Kakaj Jesucristo, xeˈ jmukeˈtak jcamnakl Esteban y subˈlaj xokˈtak chirij.

Xpe Saulo, xoc chi jbˈanic cˈax rechak yak ajtakeltak re Kakaj Jesucristo, riˈ raj tijsach jwichak. Y xoc lak ja chi jchapicak chi anm chi winak pire tijcˈambˈic y tibˈe jcojeˈ li cars.

Felipe titaw Samaria

Pero yak ajtakeltak re Kakaj Jesucristo ri xeltakbˈi Jerusalén xtil ribˈak bˈak tilmit y lamas titawtak tijbˈijtak tzilaj jtaquil chirij Kakaj Jesucristo. Jun rechak ri jbˈij Felipe xeˈ Samaria. Xtaw claˈ, xoc chi jbˈij rechak cristian tzilaj jtaquil chirij Kakaj Jesús ri bˈil jwiˈl Kakaj Dios chi tina jtaknach wich ulew. Cuando mak cristian xtatak ri tibˈijsaj rechak jwiˈl Felipe y xriltak mak cˈutbˈi jcwinel Kakaj Dios ri tran, subˈlaj cristian xmulbˈaˈ ribˈak chirij y nojel ranmak tijtatak jcholajl ri tijbˈij Felipe rechak.

Subˈlaj cristian ri wiˈ etzl laj ranmak xtzibˈsajtak jwiˈl Felipe y mak etzl subˈlaj cow tichˈejejtak cuando nak xeltakbˈic y subˈlaj qˈui cristian ri siquirnak rakanak y jkˈabˈak y wiˈ coˈxtak nak xtzibˈsajtak. Jwiˈliˈli juntir cristian li man tilmit li subˈlaj tiquiˈcottak.

Simón man ajitz

Y li man tilmit li, ojrchak wiˈ jun ajitz claˈ ri jbˈij Simón, jor xcwin chi jsubˈicak cristian Samaria tijcoj jkˈij chi re nimiˈ jkˈij. 10 Y juntir cristian, chi acˈl chi riˈjabˈ ticojowtak jkˈij y tijbˈijtak chirij: Man winak ri wiˈ jcwinel ri tibˈijsaj Nimlaj Jcwinel Kakaj Dios re, ticheˈtak.

11 Mak cristian jor tijcojtak nen tijbˈij, jwiˈl ojriˈ subˈultakch jwiˈl laˈ mak itz ri tran. 12 Pero cuando mak cristian xcojtak jyolj Felipe ri tijbˈij chirij tzilaj jtaquil chirij jtakon Kakaj Dios chibˈak cristian y chirij Kakaj Jesucristo, chi anm chi winak xansaj jaˈtiox rechak. 13 Y asta riˈ jun Simón ri man ajitz xcojaˈ jyolj Felipe y xansaj jaˈtiox re y xchol xambˈerem chirij Felipe, jor tisaach jchˈol chi rilic chi Felipe xan mak cˈutbˈi jcwinel Kakaj Dios.

14 Cuando xtatak jtaquil yak jtakoˈn Kakaj Jesucristo ri wiˈtak Jerusalén chi yak cristian aj Samaria xcojaˈtakaˈ Jyolj Kakaj Dios, xpetak xtaktakbˈi Pedro pach Juan claˈ. 15 Cuando xtawtak Pedro pach Juan, xchˈaˈwtak riqˈui Kakaj Dios chirijak yak ajtakeltak re Kakaj Jesucristo ri wiˈtak Samaria pire tijcˈultak Lokˈlaj Jsantil Kakaj Dios laj ranmak, 16 jwiˈl ajquiˈ chi jcˈultak Lokˈlaj Jsantil Kakaj Dios laj ranmak, xike jaˈtiox bˈanal rechak laj jbˈij Kakaj Jesús ri Kajawl. 17 Ajrucˈreˈ xpetak Pedro pach Juan, xyeˈ jkˈabˈak laj jbˈaak yak ajtakeltak re Kakaj Jesucristo, jilonli cuando xcˈultak Lokˈlaj Jsantil Kakaj Dios laj ranmak.

18 Cuando xril Simón chi yak cristian xcˈulaˈtakaˈ Lokˈlaj Jsantil Kakaj Dios laj ranmak cuando xyeˈ jkˈabˈak Pedro pach Juan laj jbˈaak, xpe re, xsuj pwak rechak, 19 xij: Yeˈtak chwe man cwinel li pire incwin chi jbˈanic jilonli, pire cuando in tanyeˈ inkˈbˈ laj jbˈa jono cristian tijcˈul Lokˈlaj Jsantil Kakaj Dios laj ranm, xcheˈ.

20 Ajrucˈreˈ xpe Pedro, xij re: Chi saachti awch pach apwaak jwiˈl at xachomorsaj chi wiˈke chi lokˈem cwinel ri tijyeˈ Kakaj Dios. 21 At taˈ tijnaˈ tacˈul jcwinel Kakaj Dios jwiˈl taˈ sucˈul awanm chiwch Kakaj Dios. 22 Jwiˈliˈli qˈuex anoˈj y cˈam jkˈabˈal amac chiwch Kakaj Dios y tzˈonaj jcuyic amac re, jilonli pent tijcuy amac chirij mak etzltak chomorsaˈn ri xabˈan. 23 In twil chi nojsaliˈ awanm chi tiˈtin jwiˈl jcˈaxcˈol awanm chi rilic ri xkabˈan y nicˈ riqˈuil ximilcatiˈ jwiˈl amac, xcheˈ Pedro re.

24 Xpe Simón, xij re Pedro pach Juan: Chˈaˈwentak chwij riqˈui Kakaj Dios ri Kajawl pire maˈ tipe man cˈax chimbˈ chapcaˈ xabˈijtak chwe, xcheˈ.

25 Pedro pach Juan, cuando xcan bˈijmaj jwiˈlak rechak yak cristian nen xan Kakaj Jesucristo y xijtak Jyolj Kakaj Dios ri Kajawl rechak, xkˈajtak Jerusalén, pi kˈaxem rechak xkˈaxtak lak luwar re Samaria xcan jbˈijtak tzilaj jtaquil chirij Kakaj Jesucristo rechak cristian.

Felipe pach jun winak aj Etiopía

26 Xpe jun ranjl Kakaj Dios ri Kajawl, xij re Felipe: Felipe, jat li sur, tibˈe ateˈ man bˈe ri tikˈax li chekej luwar ri tielbˈi Jerusalén tibˈe Gaza, xcheˈ re.

27 Felipe laj or xmajbˈi jbˈe, xecˈ. Bˈesal li bˈe cuando xeˈ jteˈ jun winak aj Etiopía. Y riˈ jun winak capunalc. Re nimiˈ rekleˈn jwiˈl riˈ ajcˈolol pwak chirij Candace, jun anm ri wiˈ pire reina re Etiopía. Man winak li jkˈajicch chi jnimirsaj jkˈij Kakaj Dios. 28 Bˈenam re laj jtilmit y cubˈul li jun carret juralbˈi jwiˈl cwaˈy tijin chi rilic jwich wuj ri xcan jtzˈibˈaj Isaías ri ajkˈasal Jyolj Kakaj Dios. 29 Ajrucˈreˈ xpe Lokˈlaj Jsantil Kakaj Dios, xij re Felipe: Jat, jutumbˈi chijcˈulel man winak ri bˈesal li carret, xcheˈ re.

30 Xpe Felipe, xeˈ jol chijcˈulel man winak li, xta chi tijin chi rilic jwich wuj ri xcan jtzˈibˈaj Isaías ri ajkˈasal Jyolj Kakaj Dios, xpe Felipe, xtzˈonaj re: ¿Ton ataˈ jcholajl nen tijbˈij li wuj ri attijin chi rilic? xcheˈ re.

31 Man winak aj Etiopía xij re Felipe: Taˈ tanta jcholajl jwiˈl taˈ nen tibˈin chwe nen mo tielwiˈ, xcheˈ re.

Ajrucˈreˈ xij re Felipe chi tijaw riqˈuil li carret y ticubˈar riqˈuil. 32 Y man winak li tijin chi rilic li wuj re Lokˈlaj Jyolj Kakaj Dios ri lamas tzˈibˈalwiˈ jilonri:
    Xcˈamsajbˈi pire ticamsaj chapcaˈ tibˈansaj re mak tra carner y chapcaˈ jun ra carner tike jyeˈ ribˈ cuando tisocaj rij, taˈ tichˈejejc y jilon xan re, taˈ xchˈaˈwc.
33     Re xyeˈke ribˈ nen xansaj re, xansaj kˈatbˈitzij chirij onque taˈ tzˈet wiˈ jmac.
    Taˈ ni jono cristian ticwin chi jyolic nen jnimal etzltak noˈj ri wiˈ laj ranmak mak cristian laˈ mak junabˈ cuando xwaˈx wich ulew, jwiˈl xresajtakbˈi jcˈaslemal wich ulew, ticheˈ.

34 Y man winak li xtzˈonaj re Felipe: Bˈan tokˈobˈ, bˈij chwe, ¿nen quiek chirij tijbˈijwiˈ ri tzˈibˈal neri jwiˈl ajkˈasal Jyolj Kakaj Dios? ¿Chirijniˈ re o chirij jono chic? xcheˈ.

35 Ajrucˈreˈ xpe Felipe, xoc chi jbˈij jcholajl re nen tijin tril man winak li wuj y xij tzilaj jtaquil re chirij Kakaj Jesucristo. 36 Bˈesaltak li bˈe, xkˈaxtak li jun luwar lamas wiˈ jun jaˈ, xpe man winak, xij re Felipe: Neri wiˈ jaˈ, ¿contaˈ tijnaˈ tibˈansaj jaˈtiox chwe? xcheˈ re Felipe.

37 Xpe Felipe, xij re: Wi kes tzˈet nojel awanm ticubˈar achˈol chirij Kakaj Jesucristo, tijnaˈn, xcheˈ re man winak.

Man winak xij: Lajori tancojaˈ chi Kakaj Jesucristo Jcˈajoliˈ Kakaj Dios, xcheˈ.

38 Ajrucˈreˈ xtak jwabˈaj man jcarret y xkejtak li jaˈ chi quibˈ ribˈilak y Felipe xan jaˈtiox re.

39 Cuando xeltakch li jaˈ Felipe etke xcˈamsajbˈi jwiˈl Lokˈlaj Jsantil Kakaj Dios ri Kajawl, taˈ chiquiˈ xilsaj jwich jwiˈl man winak li. Y man winak jorchak tiquiˈcotc, xeˈ chic.

40 Felipe riˈchak xricˈaj wiˈchak li man luwar ri jbˈij Azoto. Ajrucˈreˈ xeˈ chic, xmaj chicbˈi jbˈe. Xkˈax jbˈij tzilaj jtaquil chirij Kakaj Jesucristo asta xtaw Cesarea.

And Saul(A) approved of their killing him.

The Church Persecuted and Scattered

On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered(B) throughout Judea and Samaria.(C) Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. But Saul(D) began to destroy the church.(E) Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.

Philip in Samaria

Those who had been scattered(F) preached the word wherever they went.(G) Philip(H) went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there. When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said. For with shrieks, impure spirits came out of many,(I) and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.(J) So there was great joy in that city.

Simon the Sorcerer

Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery(K) in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,(L) 10 and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.”(M) 11 They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery. 12 But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God(N) and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized,(O) both men and women. 13 Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles(P) he saw.

14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria(Q) had accepted the word of God,(R) they sent Peter and John(S) to Samaria. 15 When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit,(T) 16 because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them;(U) they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.(V) 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them,(W) and they received the Holy Spirit.(X)

18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money 19 and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

20 Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!(Y) 21 You have no part or share(Z) in this ministry, because your heart is not right(AA) before God. 22 Repent(AB) of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. 23 For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.”

24 Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me(AC) so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

25 After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord(AD) and testified about Jesus, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.(AE)

Philip and the Ethiopian

26 Now an angel(AF) of the Lord said to Philip,(AG) “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian[a](AH) eunuch,(AI) an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,(AJ) 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. 29 The Spirit told(AK) Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”

30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading:

“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
    and as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice.
    Who can speak of his descendants?
    For his life was taken from the earth.”[b](AL)

34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” 35 Then Philip began(AM) with that very passage of Scripture(AN) and told him the good news(AO) about Jesus.

36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?”(AP) [37] [c] 38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away,(AQ) and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns(AR) until he reached Caesarea.(AS)

Footnotes

  1. Acts 8:27 That is, from the southern Nile region
  2. Acts 8:33 Isaiah 53:7,8 (see Septuagint)
  3. Acts 8:37 Some manuscripts include here Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” The eunuch answered, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”