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Saulo onoyolpatlac

Saulo oc tlamomojtijtinemiya niman quintlajtohuilijticatca ica quinmijmictis on tlaneltocaquej itech toTeco. Yejhua ica, tej, oyaj itech on inmás hueyi tlayecancau on tiopixquej, niman oquitlajtlanilij se amatlanahuatijli yejhuan ica nopresentarosquia ne ipan intiopanhuan on hebreos ne hueyican Damasaco, niman comintejtemosquia on yejhuan quitlacamatiyaj on cuajli temachtijli. Niman ijcuac quinnextisquia sanquen tlacamej niman sihuamej, quinhuajtzacuasquia ne Jerusalén. Pero chica yaya ipan ojtli ne nisiu Damasco, nimantzin ohuajpetlan ne iyehualican se tlahuijli yejhuan hualejticatca ne ilhuicac. Ijcuacon Saulo ohuetz ipan tlajli, niman ocac se tlajtojli yejhuan oquijlij:

―Saulo, saulo, ¿tlica tinechtlahuelita niman tinechtlajyohuiltijtinemi?

Niman yejhua oquinanquilij:

―¿Aquin tejhua Señor?

Niman on tlajtojli oquinanquilij:

―Nejhua niJesús aquin tinechtlahuelita niman tinechtlajyohuiltijtinemi. Sa no tejhua timocojcocohua ijcon quen nocojcocohua se huacax ijcuac quitejtelicsa ipunta on tlen ica quitzopinijtihuij ijcuac tequiti.

Ijcuacon yejhua sa mojcacuecuetlacaticatca, niman oquijlij:

―Señor, ¿tlinon nonequi ma nicchihua?

Niman on toTeco oquijlij:

―Xmotelquetza niman xhuiya ne ipan on hueyican, niman ompa mitzijlisquej tlinon ticchihuas.

On tlacamej yejhuan yayaj ihuan Saulo onomojtijquej pampa ocacquej on tlajtojli pero xacaj oquitaquej. Quemaj Saulo onotelquetz ne ipan tlajli, pero ijcuac oquintlapoj ixtololojhuan xoc tlachaya. Yejhua ica oquimayantiajquej hasta ne Damasco. Ompa yeyi tonajli xotlachix. Niman xotlacuaj nion xitlaj oconic.

10 Ne Damasco chantiya se nomachtijquetl itoca Ananías. Niman toTeco oquinotz ipan se tlatlachalistli yejhuan quen itemicpan, niman oquijlij:

―Ananías.

Niman yejhua oquinanquilij:

―Nican ninemi noTeco.

11 Niman on toTeco oquijlij:

―Xmotelquetza niman xhuiya ne ipan on calle quitocayotiaj “Melajqui”. Niman ompa xtejtemo ne ichan Judas se tlacatl itoca Saulo yejhuan hualehua ne Tarso. Aman, tej, yejhua nohueyicatzajtzilijticaj, 12 niman ipan se tlatlachalistli yejhuan quen itemicpan yejhua oquitac se tlacatl itoca Ananías yejhuan ocalaquito, niman ipan oquitlalij imahuan para ocsejpa huelis tlachas.

13 Ijcuac Ananías ijcon ocac, oquijlij:

―NoTeco, ye niquincaquilijtinemi miyequej ica on tlacatl quech san tlajtlamach yoquinchihuilij on yejhuan otiquintlapejpenij para moyaxcahuan ne Jerusalén. 14 Niman aman yejhua ohuajlaj nican ican se amatlanahuatijli yejhuan intlayecancahuan on tiopixquej oquimacaquej para quinmajsis nochimej on yejhuan quiyectenehuaj motocatzin.

15 Pero on toTeco oquijlij:

―Xhuiya, pampa on tlacatl yonictlapejpenij para tenojnotzas noca nejhua intech on yejhuan xhebreos, niman inreyes niman on hebreos. 16 Nejhua niquititis quech san tlajtlamach quijyohuis nopampa.

17 Quemaj Ananías oyaj ne ipan on cajli campa nemiya Saulo. Ijcuac ocalaquito, oquitlalij imahuan ipan Saulo, niman oquijlij:

―Nocniu Saulo, on toTeco Jesús yejhuan omitznotitij ne ipan on ojtli campa tihuajlaya, onechajtitlan para ocsejpa huelis titlachas, niman para on Espíritu Santo nochi ica mitzyecanas.

18 Quemaj nimantzin oxinquej ipan on ixtololojhuan on quen ixcacahuayohuan, niman ocsejpa ohuel otlachix. Quemaj Saulo ohuajnotelquetz, niman onocuatequij. 19 Niman ijcuac yotlacuaj, ocsejpa ocajsic chicahualistli. Niman Saulo onocau quesqui tonajli inhuan on tlaneltocaquej yejhuan ompa chanejquej ne Damasco.

Saulo oquiteijlij on cuajli tlajtojli yejhuan quitemaca temaquixtilistli ne Damasco

20 Quemaj nimantzin Saulo opeu temachtia ipan itiopanhuan on hebreos ica Jesús yejhua iConetzin Dios. 21 Niman nochimej on yejhuan caquiyaj sa mojcatlachayaj, niman quijtohuayaj:

―¿In tlacatl xejhua quintlahuelita niman quintlajyohuiltia on yejhuan ne Jerusalén quiyectenehuayaj itocatzin Jesús? ¿Xsa no yejhua yejhuan ohuajlaj nican para quinhuicas presos on yejhuan tlaneltocaquej itech Jesús, niman comintemactilis intech intlayecancahuan on tiopixquej?

22 Pero Saulo quimijliaya ican más yolchicahualistli on hebreos ica Jesús melahuac yejhua on Cristo yejhuan Dios oquitlalij para techmaquixtis. Ijcon oquichiu hasta opejquej ometlamatij on yejhuan chantiyaj ne Damasco.

Saulo ocholoj intech on hebreos

23 Miyec tonaltin más saquin on hebreos yoquitlajtohuilijcaj Saulo para quimictisquej. 24 Pero yejhua oquimat tlinon quichihuasnequiyaj on hebreos. Ican tonajli niman yehuajli yejhuamej quipijpiayaj ipan itlatzacuijlohuan on hueyican para quimictisquej. 25 Pero ijcuac tlayohua, on tlaneltocaquej oquitlalijquej Saulo ijtic se hueyi chiquiutli ne campa tlapojticaj on tepanchinantli yejhuan quiyehualojtoya on hueyican. Quemaj oquitemoltijquej niman ijqui ocholoj.

Saulo oyaj ne Jerusalén

26 Ijcuac Saulo oajsic ne Jerusalén, quichihuaya canica para nosentlalis inhuan on tlaneltocaquej, pero nochimej quimacasiyaj pampa xquineltocayaj tla yejhua no yotlaneltocac itech Jesús. 27 Ijcuacon Bernabé ocontilan Saulo niman oquimixpantilij on apóstoles. Oquintlajtlajtohuilij quen ijqui Saulo oquitac toTeco ne ipan ojtli, niman quen ijqui toTeco oquinotz. Niman no oquitetlajtlajtohuilij quen ne Damasco Saulo otemachtij ican yolchicahualistli pampa Jesús. 28 Quemaj Saulo onocau ne Jerusalén niman inhuan quistinemiya. 29 Niman tenojnotzaya ican yolchicahualistli ipampa toTeco. Yejhua tlajtlajtohuaya niman nocamatlaniya inhuan on hebreos yejhuan tlajtlajtohuaj on tlajtojli griego, pero yejhuamej quinequiliayaj quimictisquej. 30 Niman ijcuac on tocnihuan oquimatquej yejhua on, ocuicaquej Saulo ne Cesarea, niman ompa ocontitlanquej para Tarso.

31 Ijcuacon on yejhuan tlaneltocaj nohuiyan ipan on inyehualican Judea, Galilea niman Samaria quipiayaj yolsehuilistli niman noyolchicahuayaj. Quitlacaitayaj on toTeco, niman quimpalehuiya on Espíritu Santo. Ijcon, tej, más miyequixtiayaj.

Pedro oquipajtij Eneas

32 Pedro quinnojnotztinemiya on tocnihuan nochihuiyan, niman oyaj para oquintato on teyaxcahuan itech Dios yejhuan chantiyaj ne ipan on pueblo Lida. 33 Ompa oquinextito se tlacatl itoca Eneas yejhuan ye quipiaya chicueyi xipan ica onoya ipan itlapech, pampa sepojtoya. 34 Niman Pedro oquijlij:

―Eneas, Jesucristo mitzpajtia. Xmotelquetza niman xcuectlali motlapech.

Quemaj nimantzin Eneas onotelquetz. 35 Nochimej yejhuan chantiyaj ne Lida niman Sarón oquitaquej ica opajtic. Yejhua ica yejhuamej oquitlalcahuijquej inachtoj tlaneltoc niman oquineltocaquej toTeco.

Pedro oquiyolihuitij Dorcas yejhuan yomica

36 Ne ipan on hueyican itoca Jope nemiya se sihuatl tlaneltocaquetl itoca catca Tabita, yejhuan ipan griego quijtosnequi Dorcas. Yejhua in sihuatl nochipa quichihuaya on tlen cuajli niman quimpalehuiyaya on yejhuan tla itlaj quimpolohuaya. 37 Ipan on tonaltin Dorcas ocualoc niman omic. Niman ijcuac yoquipajpacquej itlalnacayo, ocahuatoj ipan se cajlitic campa ica ome caltlanepantli niman ompa oquitecaquej. 38 Lida sa nisiu quitzticatca Jope. Yejhua ica ijcuac on tlaneltocaquej ne Jope ocacquej ica Pedro nemiya ne Lida, oquintitlanquej omemej tlacamej para oquijlijtoj:

―Ma ca tihuejcahuis para tihuajlas Jope campa tejhuamej tinemij.

39 Ijcuacon Pedro ohuajnotelquetz niman oyaj inhuan. Ijcuac oajsic, ocuicaquej ne ipan on cajlitic campa oncatca on itlalnacayo on micatzintli. Niman nochimej on sihuacahualtin chocayaj niman oquiteyehualojquej para oquititijquej on tlaquentin niman on cuetin yejhuan Dorcas oquinchijchiu ijcuac nemiya. 40 Quemaj Pedro oquinquixtij nochimej, niman quemaj onotlacuenquetz niman oquichiu oración. Quemaj ohuajnocuep niman ocontac on sihuatl yejhuan mictoya. Niman oquijlij:

―Tabita, xmotelquetza.

Ijcuacon yejhua oquinhuajtlapoj ixtololojhuan, niman ijcuac oquitac Pedro, ohuajnotlalij. 41 Pedro oquitzquij ipan ima niman oquipalehuij para onotelquetz. Quemaj ocominnotz on sihuacahualtin niman on tocnihuan, niman oquimixpantilij yolticaj. 42 Yejhua in omachiyato nohuiyan ipan on hueyican de Jope, niman miyequej otlaneltocaquej itech on toTeco. 43 Niman Pedro onocau miyec tonaltin ne Jope ipan ichan se curtidor itoca Simón.

Saul’s Conversion(A)

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples.(B) He went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus,(C) so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way,(D) whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.(E) He fell to the ground and heard a voice(F) say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

“Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked.

“I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”(G)

The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless; they heard the sound(H) but did not see anyone.(I) Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing.(J) So they led him by the hand into Damascus. For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything.

10 In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision,(K) “Ananias!”

“Yes, Lord,” he answered.

11 The Lord told him, “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus(L) named Saul, for he is praying. 12 In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on(M) him to restore his sight.”

13 “Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your holy people(N) in Jerusalem.(O) 14 And he has come here with authority from the chief priests(P) to arrest all who call on your name.”(Q)

15 But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument(R) to proclaim my name to the Gentiles(S) and their kings(T) and to the people of Israel. 16 I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”(U)

17 Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on(V) Saul, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here—has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”(W) 18 Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized,(X) 19 and after taking some food, he regained his strength.

Saul in Damascus and Jerusalem

Saul spent several days with the disciples(Y) in Damascus.(Z) 20 At once he began to preach in the synagogues(AA) that Jesus is the Son of God.(AB) 21 All those who heard him were astonished and asked, “Isn’t he the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name?(AC) And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”(AD) 22 Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Messiah.(AE)

23 After many days had gone by, there was a conspiracy among the Jews to kill him,(AF) 24 but Saul learned of their plan.(AG) Day and night they kept close watch on the city gates in order to kill him. 25 But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall.(AH)

26 When he came to Jerusalem,(AI) he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple. 27 But Barnabas(AJ) took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him,(AK) and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus.(AL) 28 So Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. 29 He talked and debated with the Hellenistic Jews,[a](AM) but they tried to kill him.(AN) 30 When the believers(AO) learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea(AP) and sent him off to Tarsus.(AQ)

31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria(AR) enjoyed a time of peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.(AS)

Aeneas and Dorcas

32 As Peter traveled about the country, he went to visit the Lord’s people(AT) who lived in Lydda. 33 There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years. 34 “Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you.(AU) Get up and roll up your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up. 35 All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon(AV) saw him and turned to the Lord.(AW)

36 In Joppa(AX) there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good(AY) and helping the poor. 37 About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room.(AZ) 38 Lydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples(BA) heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him and urged him, “Please come at once!”

39 Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows(BB) stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.

40 Peter sent them all out of the room;(BC) then he got down on his knees(BD) and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman, he said, “Tabitha, get up.”(BE) She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up. 41 He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called for the believers, especially the widows, and presented her to them alive. 42 This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.(BF) 43 Peter stayed in Joppa for some time with a tanner named Simon.(BG)

Footnotes

  1. Acts 9:29 That is, Jews who had adopted the Greek language and culture