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22  ―Nocnihuan niman tatajtin, xcaquican tlinon nicnequi niquijtos nemixpan para ninomanahuis.

Ijcuac on tojlan ocacquej ica quinnojnotza ican tlajtojli hebreo, más xoc onahuatquej, niman Pablo oquimijlij:

―Nejhua nihebreo. Onitlacat ne Tarso yejhuan oncaj ne Cilicia, pero oninoscaltij nican Jerusalén. Gamaliel onechmachtij. Yejhua sanoyej onechmachtij quen melahuac tlanahuatia on tlanahuatijli yejhuan toachtojtajhuan otlanahuatijquej. Niman nicchihuaya canica para ican nochi noyojlo nictlacamatiya Dios ijcon quen nemejhuamej nenquichihuaj aman. Niquintlahuelitaya niman niquintlajyohuiltiaya hasta sequimej omiquej on yejhuan quitocayaj iojhui Cristo. Niman sanquen tlacamej niman sihuamej niquinhuicaya para niquintzacuaya ipan cárcel. On más huejhueyi tiopixqui tlayecanqui niman nochimej on tlajtlajmatquej huelis quiteixpantilisquej ica melahuac ijcon onicchiu. Yejhuamej hasta onechmacaquej sequimej amatlanahuatiltin para niquintitisquia on tlayecanquej hebreos ne Damasco. Niman ompa oniaj para niquinhuajhuicasquia quen presos nican Jerusalén on yejhuan quineltocaj Jesucristo para ma quintlajyohuiltican.

Pablo quiteijlia quen ijqui onoyolpatlac

'Pero canaj tlacualispan ijcuac niaya ipan nojhui, niman sa nisiu catca para najsis ne Damasco, nimantzin opetlan noyehualican se cojtic tlahuijli yejhuan ohualeu ne ilhuicac. Ijcuacon onihuetz ipan tlajli. Quemaj onicac se tlajtojli nechijliaya: “Saulo, Saulo, ¿tlica sanoyej tinechtlahuelita niman tinechtlajyohuiltia? Quemaj onicnanquilij, oniquijlij: “¿Aquin tejhua Señor?” Niman yejhua onechijlij: “Nejhua niJesús yejhuan onihualeu ne Nazaret, sa no yejhua on yejhuan tictlahueltotocatinemi.” Niman on yejhuan nohuan nemiyaj oquitaquej melahuac on tlahuijli niman onomojtijquej, pero xocacquej itlajtol on yejhuan nechnotzticatca. 10 Quemaj oniquijtoj: “¿Tlinon nonequi nicchihuas noTeco?” Niman on toTeco onechijlij: “Xmotelquetz niman xhuiya ne Damasco. Ompa mitzijlisquej nochi on tlen Dios oquitlalij para ticchihuas.” 11 Niman ica on itlampetlanalis on tlahuijli onechcoxcatzintilij, on yejhuan nohuan nemiyaj onechmayantiajquej hasta ne Damasco.

12 'Ompa nemiya se tlacatl itoca Ananías. Yejhua sanoyej cuajli quitlacamatiya itlanahuatil Moisés niman nochimej on hebreos yejhuan chantiyaj ne Damasco sanoyej cuajli quitlacaitayaj yejhua. 13 Yejhua ohuajlaj nechitaco, niman ijcuac oyejcoc onechijlij: “Nocniu Saulo, ocsejpa xseli motlachalis.” Niman nimantzin onitlachix niman oniquitac yejhua. 14 Quemaj onechijlij: “On yejhuan inDios toachtojtajhuan omitztlapejpenij para tiquixmatis on tlen yejhua quinequi, niman para tiquitas on yejhuan yolmelajqui niman para ticaquis itlajtol yejhuan quisa icamac. 15 Tejhua ticteixpantilis itech nochi tlacatl on tlen otiquitac niman oticac. 16 Aman, tej, ¿tlinon ticcha? Xmotelquetz niman xmocuatequi, niman xquijli toTeco para ma mitzchipahua ica on motlajtlacolhuan.”

Pablo quiteijlia quen ijqui toTeco oquititlan intech on yejhuan xhebreos

17 'Ijcuac onejcoc nican Jerusalén niman nicchihuaya oración ne ipan on hueyi tiopan, oniquitac se tlatlachalistli quen notemicpan. 18 Oniquitac on toTeco, niman onechijlij: “Xmotlasihuiti. Nimantzin xquisa nican Jerusalén pampa xquiselisquej on tlen noca tiquijtos.” 19 Ijcuacon nejhua oniquijlij: “ToTeco, yejhuamej quimatztoquej ica nohuiyan ipan intiopan on hebreos niquintzajtzacutinemiya ipan cárceles, niman niquinmajmailiaya on yejhuan mitzneltocaj. 20 Niman ijcuac oquimictijquej Esteban moteixpantilijcau, nejhua no tehuan ompa ninemiya. Nejhua no onictemacac notlajtol para oquimictijquej. Niman oniquimpialij intlaquehuan on yejhuan oquimictijquej Esteban. 21 Pero toTeco onechijlij: “Xhuiya, pampa nejhua nimitztitlani huejca intech on yejhuan xhebreos.”

Pablo nemiya ipan imahuan on comandante

22 Hasta nican ipan in tlajtojli yejhuamej on tlacamej ocacquej, pero ijcuac ijquin ocacquej opejquej tzajtzij chicahuac, quijtohuayaj:

―¡Ma miqui on tlacatl! ¡Xoc quimelahua nemis!

23 Niman pampa tzajtziyaj niman tlacpac quichapaniayaj intlaquen niman tlacpac quixiniayaj tlajli, 24 on comandante otlanahuatij para ma cuicacan ne ijtic on hueyi tepancajli. Quemaj otlanahuatij ma cuijhuitequican para ma quijto tlica on tlacamej itechcopa tzajtziyaj ican tlahuejli. 25 Pero ijcuac yoquisasalojcaj para quimajmailisquiaj, Pablo oquijlij on capitán yejhuan ompa nemiya:

―¿Tlen on tlanahuatijli romano mechcahuiliaj para nencuijhuitequisquej se romano yejhuan nion xe quiyolcuitiaj niman quitlajtlacolmacaj?

26 Ijcuac on capitán ijcon ocac, oyaj oquimachiltito on comandante, oquijlij:

―Xmota sa no tejhua tlinon ticchihuas, pampa tlacaj yejhua in tlacatl romano.

27 Quemaj on comandante oquinisihuij Pablo, niman oquijlij:

―¿Tlen melahuac tiromano?

Niman yejhua oquijlij:

―Quemaj, melahuac.

28 Ijcuacon on comandante oquijlij:

―Nejhua ica miyec tomin onictlaxtlau para oninochiu romano.

Niman Pablo oquijlij:

―Pero nejhua ca pampa ijqui onitlacat.

29 Yejhua ica in, on yejhuan cuitequisquiaj Pablo nimantzin onejcuanijquej. Niman on comandante, ijcuac ocajsicamat ica Pablo yejhua romano no, onomojtij ica oquisalojca.

Pablo nemi imixpan on yejhuan huejhueyixtoquej tetlacanonotzquej intech on hebreos

30 On comandante quinequiya cajsicamatis on tlen melahuac on tlinon ica on hebreos quiteixpanhuiyaj Pablo. Yejhua ica huajmostla oquitojton Pablo ica on teposcadena niman otlanahuatij ma huajhuiyan niman ma nosentlalican on tiopixquej tlayecanquej niman nochimej on tetlacanonotzquej. Quemaj oquixtij Pablo niman oquitelquetz imixpan.

22 “Brothers and fathers,(A) listen now to my defense.”

When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic,(B) they became very quiet.

Then Paul said: “I am a Jew,(C) born in Tarsus(D) of Cilicia,(E) but brought up in this city. I studied under(F) Gamaliel(G) and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors.(H) I was just as zealous(I) for God as any of you are today. I persecuted(J) the followers of this Way(K) to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,(L) as the high priest and all the Council(M) can themselves testify. I even obtained letters from them to their associates(N) in Damascus,(O) and went there to bring these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.

“About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.(P) I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’

“‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked.

‘I am Jesus of Nazareth,(Q) whom you are persecuting,’ he replied. My companions saw the light,(R) but they did not understand the voice(S) of him who was speaking to me.

10 “‘What shall I do, Lord?’ I asked.

‘Get up,’ the Lord said, ‘and go into Damascus. There you will be told all that you have been assigned to do.’(T) 11 My companions led me by the hand into Damascus, because the brilliance of the light had blinded me.(U)

12 “A man named Ananias came to see me.(V) He was a devout observer of the law and highly respected by all the Jews living there.(W) 13 He stood beside me and said, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ And at that very moment I was able to see him.

14 “Then he said: ‘The God of our ancestors(X) has chosen you to know his will and to see(Y) the Righteous One(Z) and to hear words from his mouth. 15 You will be his witness(AA) to all people of what you have seen(AB) and heard. 16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized(AC) and wash your sins away,(AD) calling on his name.’(AE)

17 “When I returned to Jerusalem(AF) and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance(AG) 18 and saw the Lord speaking to me. ‘Quick!’ he said. ‘Leave Jerusalem immediately, because the people here will not accept your testimony about me.’

19 “‘Lord,’ I replied, ‘these people know that I went from one synagogue to another to imprison(AH) and beat(AI) those who believe in you. 20 And when the blood of your martyr[a] Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’(AJ)

21 “Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ (AK)

Paul the Roman Citizen

22 The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him!(AL) He’s not fit to live!”(AM)

23 As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks(AN) and flinging dust into the air,(AO) 24 the commander ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.(AP) He directed(AQ) that he be flogged and interrogated in order to find out why the people were shouting at him like this. 25 As they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t even been found guilty?”(AR)

26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and reported it. “What are you going to do?” he asked. “This man is a Roman citizen.”

27 The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?”

“Yes, I am,” he answered.

28 Then the commander said, “I had to pay a lot of money for my citizenship.”

“But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.

29 Those who were about to interrogate him(AS) withdrew immediately. The commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put Paul, a Roman citizen,(AT) in chains.(AU)

Paul Before the Sanhedrin

30 The commander wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews.(AV) So the next day he released him(AW) and ordered the chief priests and all the members of the Sanhedrin(AX) to assemble. Then he brought Paul and had him stand before them.

Footnotes

  1. Acts 22:20 Or witness