sentence1: He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.

sentence2: Ri Cristo e ujolom riglesia. E Rire ri nabe che ronoje tak ri cꞌolic y ri nabe xcꞌastaj lo chiquixoꞌl ri ecaminak, chaꞌ e Rire ri lic cꞌo uwach chwa tak ronoje ri cꞌolic.


sentence1: He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

sentence2: Ri Cristo xex chi cꞌo wi chwa ronoje tak ri cꞌolic y Rire e chapayom re ronoje tak waꞌ.


sentence1: He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

sentence2: I Dios, n-ʼiltal ti u wach, xui-ri, xa ʼiltaj che u Cʼojol. I u Cʼojol-le, ʼax ʼo wi chiquiwach conojel, ʼatz u ʼij chuwach ronojel niʼpa tak i ʼolic,


sentence1: For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.

sentence2: Ruma cꞌu ri Cristo, ri Dios xuꞌan ronoje tak ri cꞌolic: tak ri e cꞌo chilaꞌ chicaj y ri e cꞌo che ruwachulew, tak ri quilitaj uwach y ri na quilitaj ta uwach; ri e takanelab y ri e aj kꞌatal tzij, tob ne ri ángeles, ri cꞌo quiwach y ri cꞌo quichukꞌab. Ronoje tak cꞌu riꞌ ri cꞌolic, xꞌan ruma ri Cristo yey e re yacbal ukꞌij Rire.


sentence1: who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love,

sentence2: I Dios oj resam puʼab i ʼekumal, y oj u ocsam pa cu ʼat wi tzij i u Cʼojol chi are i Crísto, chi cʼax cu naʼo.


sentence1: in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.

sentence2: Rucꞌ cꞌu riꞌ ri Cristo cꞌo kacolobetajic y cꞌo cuybal kamac ruma ruquiqꞌuel xturuwic.


sentence1: giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,

sentence2: catioxin cꞌu alak chwach ri Kakaw, ma e Rire xꞌanaw chike riꞌoj utz cakacꞌul janipa rubiꞌtisim chique rutinamit e cꞌo pa ri Kꞌijsak.


sentence1: strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,

sentence2: Cakatzꞌonoj cꞌu che ri Dios chuyaꞌa chukꞌab alak e chirij runimal uchukꞌab Rire chaꞌ cachꞌij alak uchukꞌab ri quicꞌowibej alak rucꞌ unimal cꞌuꞌxaj y chaꞌ rucꞌ unimal quiꞌcotemal


sentence1: that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,

sentence2: Y jecꞌulaꞌ cabin alak jusucꞌ pachaꞌ ri takal chique ri e ralcꞌoꞌal ri Dios y caꞌan cꞌu alak janipa ri caraj ri Dios chaꞌ cꞌo cutikoj ri utzilaj chac caꞌan alak y jelaꞌ cacꞌojiꞌ más naꞌoj alak che retaꞌmaxic uwach ri Dios.


sentence1: For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

sentence2: Ecꞌu uwariꞌche, chwi lo echiriꞌ xkata waꞌ, e laꞌ na oj uxlaninak ta che cakaꞌan orar pawiꞌ alak chaꞌ ri Dios cukꞌalajisaj che alak janipa ri caraj Rire caꞌan alak y chaꞌ camaj alak usucꞌ ronoje tak ri sakil naꞌoj petinak rucꞌ ri Ruxlabixel.


sentence1: who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

sentence2: Rire utzijom chike puwi ri rutzil cꞌuꞌx alak, ri uyaꞌom ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios pa animaꞌ alak.


sentence1: even as you learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,

sentence2: Jelaꞌ rutzijoxic xuꞌan ri Epafras che alak. Rire e jun kachbiꞌil na lokꞌ ta cꞌax canaꞌw re yey e jun utzilaj aj chac re ri Cristo cꞌo chiwach alak.


sentence1: which has come to you, even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,

sentence2: Ecꞌu waꞌ wa Utzilaj Tzij xtzijox che alak, e catajin utzijoxic che ronoje ruwachulew. Yey qꞌuiyarinak quiwach ri quecojow re y lic cꞌo cutikoj che ri quibinic quisilabic tak ri ticawex. Y jelaꞌ uꞌanom chixoꞌlibal ralak chwi lo echiriꞌ xta alak puwi ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios y xcꞌul alak waꞌ pakatzij wi.


sentence1: We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

sentence2: Are caka tzʼonoj che i Dios piwi yix, nic are wi caka tioxij che ire chi u Kajaw i Kajwal Jesucrísto,


sentence1: having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you have toward all the saints,

sentence2: Ma riꞌoj katom puwi ri cubulibal cꞌuꞌx alak rucꞌ ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo y puwi ri rutzil cꞌuꞌx alak cucꞌ conoje ri quicojom rubiꞌ.


sentence1: because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News

sentence2: Jecꞌulaꞌ ꞌanom alak ma ralak e cubam pan cꞌuꞌx alak che ucꞌulic ri ucꞌolom ri Dios che alak chilaꞌ chicaj; yey waꞌ etaꞌam alak ruma ri sakil Utzilaj Tzij tom chi alak.


sentence1: to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

sentence2: cakatak bi wa carta che alak ri cꞌo alak pa ri tinamit Colosas, ri cꞌo alak pukꞌab ri Cristo y tiquil alak chi utz chupa rubiꞌ. Cꞌulu cꞌu alak ri unimal rutzil cꞌuꞌxaj y ri utzil chomal re ri Kakaw Dios y re ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo.


sentence1: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

sentence2: Riꞌin in Pablo in takoꞌn re ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo; e ri Dios intakayom re ma e xraj riꞌ chwe. Junam rucꞌ ri hermano Timoteo,


sentence1: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

sentence2: Cꞌola cꞌu pa animaꞌ onoje alak ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo. Amén.


sentence1: All the saints greet you, especially those who are of Caesar’s household.

sentence2: junam cucꞌ conoje ri hermanos e cꞌo wara Roma. Yey ri hermanos quechacun pa ri palacio re ri nimalaj takanel re Roma, rique lic caquiya pan rutzil wach alak.


sentence1: Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you.

sentence2: Yaꞌa pan alak rutzil quiwach conoje ri quicojom rubiꞌ ri Cristo Jesús e cꞌo chilaꞌ Filipos. Caquiya pan rutzil wach alak ri hermanos e cꞌo wucꞌ


sentence1: Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

sentence2: Kayaca cꞌu ukꞌij ri Kakaw Dios wakꞌij ora y chikawach apanok na jinta chi utakexic. Amén.


sentence1: But I have all things and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.

sentence2: Ma ri sipanic xtak lo alak chwe rucꞌ ri Epafrodito e pachaꞌ jun kasaꞌn lic quiꞌ ruxlab chwach ri Dios, yey ri Dios lic caquiꞌcot che waꞌ. Rucꞌ cꞌu ri nucꞌulum che alak, cꞌo chi ri cajawax chwe y quicꞌow ne uwiꞌ.


sentence1: Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.

sentence2: Na cambiꞌij ta waꞌ chaꞌ caya alak más kasaꞌn chwe, ma ri lic cuaj riꞌin e lic caqꞌuiyar uwach ri cacꞌul alak che ri Dios ruma tak ri utzilaj chac caꞌan alak chwach.


sentence1: For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to my need.

sentence2: Y na xew ta waꞌ. Ma echiriꞌ cꞌa in cꞌo Macedonia pa ri tinamit Tesalónica, na xa ta julaj xintoꞌ alak rucꞌ ri cajawax chwe.


sentence1: You yourselves also know, you Philippians, that in the beginning of the Good News, when I departed from Macedonia, no assembly shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you only.

sentence2: Etaꞌam chi alak, ri nabe laj xinopon pa ri luwar re Macedonia chaꞌ cantzijoj ri Utzilaj Tzij, na jinta juna chic iglesia xtoꞌw we rucꞌ kasaꞌn, xew ralak. Ma echiriꞌ xinel bi Macedonia, ralak xya bi alak kasaꞌn chwe, toꞌbal we che ri chac canꞌano.


sentence1: However you did well that you shared in my affliction.

sentence2: Na rucꞌ ta cꞌu riꞌ, lic utz ri xꞌan alak, ma ri toꞌbal e alak lic xurik uchac chwe pa ri cꞌaxcꞌobic in cꞌo wi.


sentence1: I know how to be humbled, and I also know how to abound. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.

sentence2: Kinkiꞌkotik tobꞌ na jinta wukꞌ ri kajawax chwe o echiriꞌ kikꞌow ne uwiꞌ taq ri kꞌo wukꞌ. Lik numajom ri kinkiꞌkot chupa ronoje taq ri kinikꞌow wi, tobꞌ kuriq ribꞌ saꞌ ri kantijo o kantij numik, tobꞌ kꞌo ronoje ri kajawax chwe o tobꞌ na jintaj.


sentence1: Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.

sentence2: Cambiꞌij cꞌu waꞌ na e ta ruma lic cꞌo cajawax chwe, na e ta riꞌ. Ma riꞌin lic ucꞌamom chi rib chwe quinquiꞌcotic tob saꞌ ri in cꞌo wi.


sentence1: But I rejoice in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your thought for me; in which you did indeed take thought, but you lacked opportunity.

sentence2: Lic quinquiꞌcotic y quintioxin che ri Kakaw ma xcꞌut alak jumul chic ri rutzil cꞌuꞌx alak rucꞌ ri kasaꞌn xtak lo alak chwe. Wetaꞌam xaki in cꞌo chicꞌuꞌx alak, pero cꞌa e tanchi waꞌ xrik alak suꞌanic quintoꞌ alak.


sentence1: Do the things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me, and the God of peace will be with you.

sentence2: Ecꞌu ꞌana alak janipa ri nucꞌutum chiwach alak, waꞌ e ri majom alak, ri tom alak y ri ilom alak chwe. Jecꞌulaꞌ, ri Dios, ri aj yaꞌl utzil chomalil, cacꞌojiꞌ ucꞌ alak.


sentence1: Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

sentence2: Kꞌisbꞌal kꞌu re, kanya wa pixabꞌanik che alaq hermanos: Lik yaꞌa ibꞌ alaq che uchꞌobꞌik puwi taq waꞌ: ri lik qatzij, ri lik kꞌo uqꞌij, ri lik jusukꞌ, ri na jinta kꞌana chꞌul che, ri lik kꞌo uchomalil, ri lik utz chikiwach konoje ri tikawex; janipa taq kꞌu ri utz y ri taqal che kayak uqꞌij, puwi taq waꞌ kꞌola wi ri naꞌoj alaq.


sentence1: And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

sentence2: We caꞌan cꞌu alak tak waꞌ, ri Dios cuya ri utzil uchomalil pa animaꞌ alak chaꞌ na capax ta cꞌuꞌx alak y na casach ta naꞌoj alak ruma cubul cꞌuꞌx alak rucꞌ ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo. Ecꞌu waꞌ wa utzil chomal na caquimaj ta usucꞌ ri ticawex.


sentence1: In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

sentence2: Lic macꞌo mutokꞌ cꞌuꞌx alak; ri ꞌana alak e lic chꞌaꞌta alak rucꞌ ri Dios puwi ronoje. Tzꞌonoj cꞌu alak che Rire janipa tak ri cajawax che alak yey micꞌow chicꞌuꞌx alak catioxij alak che ri Dios ronoje ri uyaꞌom che alak.


sentence1: Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

sentence2: Cꞌutu alak ri relej cꞌuꞌx alak chique conoje ri ticawex chaꞌ jelaꞌ rique caquil waꞌ che ralak. Ri Kanimajawal xa nakaj chi cꞌo lo wi.


sentence1: Yes, I beg you also, true partner, help these women, for they labored with me in the Good News with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.

sentence2: Ecꞌu riꞌat, ri at sakil wachbiꞌil chupa ruchac ri Kakaw, cantzꞌonoj co chawe: Lic chebatoꞌo waꞌ wiꞌxokib chaꞌ quecꞌojiꞌ chi utzil chomal chiquiwach. Ma rique lic xquiya quib pa cꞌax junam wucꞌ riꞌin che utzijoxic ri Utzilaj Tzij; lic xinquitoꞌo, junam rucꞌ ri Clemente y ri jujun chic wachbiꞌil, ri cꞌo chi ri quibiꞌ chupa ri libro pa tzꞌibital wi china tak ri cꞌo quicꞌaslemal rucꞌ ri Dios.


sentence1: I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to think the same way in the Lord.

sentence2: Lic cꞌu cantzꞌonoj co chique ri hermana Evodia y ri hermana Síntique chuꞌana xa jun quicꞌuꞌx chiquiwach, jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri takal chique ri e ralcꞌoꞌal ri Kakaw.


sentence1: Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.

sentence2: Ecꞌu uwariꞌche hermanos, lic jiquibaꞌ cꞌuꞌx alak chirij ri Kanimajawal. Riꞌin lic cꞌax cannaꞌ alak y lic cuaj canwil tanchi wach alak, ma ralak e alak nuquiꞌcotemal y alak ri tojbal re ri nuchac. Lic cꞌo alak pa wanimaꞌ.


sentence1: who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.

sentence2: Y echiriꞌ cacꞌun Rire, cujalcꞌatij na kawach riꞌoj. Jecꞌuriꞌlaꞌ ri kacuerpo, tob na jinta ukꞌij woꞌora, cuꞌana jelaꞌ pachaꞌ runimal uchomalil rucuerpo Rire echiriꞌ xcꞌastaj lo chiquixoꞌl ri ecaminak. Jelaꞌ cuꞌana Rire rucꞌ ri chukꞌab yaꞌtal che chaꞌ cuchꞌij uchukꞌab ronoje tak ri cꞌolic.


sentence1: For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

sentence2: Noꞌj cꞌu ri katinamit riꞌoj e ri cꞌo chilaꞌ chicaj, pa koyeꞌem wi cape ri Kacolobenel, ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo.


sentence1: whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

sentence2: Copon na cꞌu ri kꞌij echiriꞌ casach na quiwach, ma ri quidios rique e tak ri rayibal re ri quitiꞌjil. Caquiꞌan ne nim che quib ruma tak ri caquiꞌano tob waꞌ lic qꞌuixbal uwach, yey lic caquiya quinaꞌoj che tak ri xa re ruwachulew.


sentence1: For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,

sentence2: Ma e kꞌi ri na kakiꞌan ta waꞌ. Ukꞌiyal laj in chꞌaꞌtinaq chi ukꞌ alaq pakiwi rike, y rukꞌ oqꞌej kambꞌiꞌij tanchik: Lik qꞌalaj ruma ri kibꞌinik kisilabꞌik, rike e aj retzelal kꞌuꞌx chirij ri Utzilaj Tzij puwi rukamik ri Cristo chwa ri cruz.


sentence1: Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example.

sentence2: Hermanos, ꞌana che ri binic alak pachaꞌ ri nubinic riꞌin. Yey e chetakej alak ri caquiꞌan jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri kacꞌutum riꞌoj.


sentence1: Nevertheless, to the extent that we have already attained, let’s walk by the same rule. Let’s be of the same mind.

sentence2: Pero ri lic chirajawaxic chike e cakaꞌan ronoje ri ucꞌutum chi ri Dios chikawach.


sentence1: Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.

sentence2: Konoje cꞌu ri lic oj tiquil chi utz chupa ri Kꞌijsak, e lic ube riꞌ we jelaꞌ ri kanaꞌoj. Yey we cꞌo junok chixoꞌlibal alak junwi ri cuchꞌobo, e ri Dios cakꞌalajisan che we utz o na utz ta ri cuchꞌobo.


sentence1: I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

sentence2: Jecꞌuriꞌlaꞌ lic jusucꞌ quinꞌec cꞌa pa cuꞌqꞌuisa wi ri nube kꞌatital chinuwach, chaꞌ jelaꞌ cancꞌul ri chomilaj sipanic, ri ubiꞌtisim ri Dios chike ri ojusiqꞌuim chaꞌ cojeꞌcꞌola rucꞌ chilaꞌ chicaj ruma oj re ri Jesucristo.


sentence1: Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do: forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before,

sentence2: Hermanos, riꞌin na cambiꞌij taj we nuchꞌijom chi uꞌanic ronoje ri caraj ri Dios chwe. Ecꞌu ri canꞌano e canya ronoje nuchukꞌab chaꞌ e quinel pan rucꞌ ri cꞌa cꞌo chinuwach y na e ta chi canchꞌob rakan puwi ri icꞌowinak chic.


sentence1: Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

sentence2: Na e ta cꞌu cambiꞌij riꞌ nurikom chi ronoje waꞌ y na jinta chi cꞌana cajawax che ri nubinic nusilabic chwach ri Dios. Na e ta riꞌ. Ma e pachaꞌ cꞌa quintajin pan chi be yey e lic cantij ukꞌij quinopon che ronoje ri xraj ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo chwe echiriꞌ xinusiqꞌuij.


sentence1: if by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

sentence2: Ronoje cꞌu ri canꞌano e ruma lic cacha nucꞌuꞌx che cayaꞌtaj chwe ri cꞌaslemal na jinta utakexic echiriꞌ ri Dios quinucꞌastajisaj lo chiquixoꞌl ri ecaminak.


sentence1: that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death,

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri lic cuaj riꞌin e canwetaꞌmaj más uwach ri Cristo. Yey cuaj cacꞌojiꞌ ruchukꞌab Rire wucꞌ, jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri xucꞌutu echiriꞌ xuchꞌij uchukꞌab ri camic y xcꞌastaj lo chiquixoꞌl ri ecaminak. Yey na jinta cꞌo cubiꞌij nucꞌuꞌx che tob ne cantij cꞌax y quincamisaxic jelaꞌ pachaꞌ xꞌan che Rire echiriꞌ xuya rib pa camic.


sentence1: and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith,

sentence2: y jecꞌulaꞌ in uꞌanom xa jun rucꞌ Rire. Y na e ta cꞌu canꞌan jusucꞌ che wib ruma ri lic nutakem ri takanic re ri Moisés; ma xew ri Dios caꞌanaw jusucꞌ chwe, yey waꞌ e ruma ri cubulibal nucꞌuꞌx rucꞌ ri Cristo.


sentence1: Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

sentence2: Y na xew tane laꞌ, ma chinuwach riꞌin, ronoje ri canꞌano o ronoje ri cꞌo wucꞌ, na jinta cꞌana uwach chwa ri retaꞌmaxic uwach ri Cristo Jesús, ri Wajawal, ma Rire na jinta cꞌana cajunimax wi. Ruma cꞌu ri Jesús, xinya can ranimaꞌ ronoje; e tak ri cꞌo wucꞌ xa e chi pachaꞌ rakꞌes chinuwach riꞌin, ma e lic nuyaꞌom wib che retaꞌmaxic uwach ri Cristo


sentence1: However, I consider those things that were gain to me as a loss for Christ.

sentence2: Echiriꞌ cꞌamajaꞌ cancoj rubiꞌ ri Cristo, xinchꞌobo e ronoje tak waꞌ e re yacbal nukꞌij chwach ri Dios; noꞌj woꞌora canmaj usucꞌ na e ta uꞌanom riꞌ, ma na ruma ta waꞌ xinwetaꞌmaj uwach ri Cristo.


sentence1: concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.

sentence2: Ruma cꞌu xinya nucꞌuꞌx che waꞌ, lic xinwesaj kꞌij che usachic quiwach ri quicojom rubiꞌ ri Cristo. Lic xintakej ri takanic que raj judiꞌab y chwa cꞌu riꞌ waꞌ, na jinta junok catzꞌakaw nuchiꞌ.


sentence1: circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;

sentence2: Ma xcoj ri retalil re circuncisión chwe echiriꞌ xinqꞌuis wajxakib kꞌij walaxic. Yey in cuqꞌuil ri e aj Israel ma nupetebem lo chique ri e ralcꞌoꞌal can ri Benjamín, rucꞌajol ri Israel. Riꞌin, in jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri nuchu-nukaw, lic in aj hebreo chiwalaxic. Yey ruma in jun chique ri fariseos, lic xinoc il che tak ri takanic que raj judiꞌab.


sentence1: though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has confidence in the flesh, I yet more:

sentence2: We ta e laꞌ cuaj canyac nukꞌij ruma tak waꞌ, takal riꞌ chwe, ma na jinta junok chique ri e aj judiꞌab uꞌanom más chinuwa riꞌin.


sentence1: Beware of the dogs; beware of the evil workers; beware of the false circumcision.

sentence2: Cambiꞌij cꞌu riꞌ: Lic chajij ib alak chiquiwach ri winak itzel quicꞌuꞌx, ri lic na e ta sakil aj chaquib, ri xa pa que rique caquibiꞌij chirajawaxic chique conoje rachijab cakꞌat ri culewal chaꞌ cacoj ri retalil re circuncisión chique. Ma chiquiwach rique, xew ri quicojom waꞌ takal chique e utinamit ri Dios.


sentence1: For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;

sentence2: Pero pakatzij wi rutinamit ri Dios e riꞌoj, ma riꞌoj cakalokꞌnimaj ukꞌij ri Dios pa sakil wi ruma ri Ruxlabixel Rire. Ri kaquiꞌcotemal e ruma ri uꞌanom ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo kucꞌ yey cubul kacꞌuꞌx rucꞌ Rire, na rucꞌ ta ri kaꞌanom riꞌoj y na rucꞌ ta ri retalil cacoj che ri kacuerpo.


sentence2: Oj are yoj iwuʼ yix, chi ʼo i retal circuncision chake chi lic sakil, man yoj caka coj u ʼij i Dios paka cʼux, xak cul ka cʼux xui che i Jesucrísto. N-caka cuba ti ka cʼux che tak i séña we ʼantal che i ka chʼacul, o we n-taj.


sentence1: Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe.

sentence2: Ecꞌu woꞌora hermanos, chwi ronoje tak ri cacꞌulumaj alak, lic quiꞌcota alak rucꞌ ri Kanimajawal. Riꞌin na quincos ta che ubiꞌxiquil tanchic janipa ri nutzꞌibam chi pan che alak, ma waꞌ lic chirajawaxic che alak.


sentence1: Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such people in honor,

sentence2: Are cupon iwuʼ, chi cʼulaj iwuʼ ronojel i cʼux y chix quicot ruʼ rumal i Kajwal. Chi cojo ni qui ʼij conojel i je pacha ire,


sentence1: because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

sentence2: Ma rire laj xcamic ruma ri cachacun chupa ruchac ri Cristo; xuya cꞌu ranimaꞌ cucꞌulumaj waꞌ chaꞌ quinutoꞌ riꞌin wara. Y jecꞌulaꞌ, rire lic xoluꞌana pacꞌaxel ralak janipa ri cajawax chwe riꞌin.


sentence1: For indeed he was sick nearly to death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.

sentence2: Pakatzij wi rire xuchap yabil, xa jubikꞌ chi xraj laj xcamic, pero ruma cꞌu ri cꞌaxnaꞌbal ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios na xopon ta chupa ri camic. Jecꞌulaꞌ ri Dios xutoꞌo yey lic xinutoꞌ ne riꞌin, ma we ta e laꞌ xcam na, riꞌ lic curik rib ri nubis.


sentence1: since he longed for you all, and was very troubled because you had heard that he was sick.

sentence2: Rire lic caraj chic caril wach onoje alak, ma xretaꞌmaj tom chi alak echiriꞌ lic xuchap yabil. Lic cꞌu cubisoj waꞌ, ma laj paxinak cꞌuꞌx alak che ri xucꞌulumaj.


sentence1: But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need,

sentence2: Canchꞌob cꞌut lic chirajawaxic cantak tanchi ubi ucꞌ alak ri hermano Epafrodito, ri xtak lo alak wucꞌ re quinutoꞌ che tak ri cajawax chwe. Rire junam chacuninak wucꞌ y junam katijom cꞌax pa ruchac ri Dios.


sentence1: But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.

sentence2: Yey cubul ne nucꞌuꞌx quiꞌnwila tan wach alak, we e caraj riꞌ ri Kanimajawal.


sentence1: Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me.

sentence2: Ecꞌu uwariꞌche lic cuaj cantak bi ri Timoteo ucꞌ alak, we xkꞌalajin na saꞌ ri caꞌan chwe wara, we quinel bi o quincanaj pa cárcel.


sentence1: But you know that he has proved himself. As a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.

sentence2: Ilom chi cꞌu alak ri utzilaj chac uꞌanom ri Timoteo, ma lic inutoꞌom che utzijoxic ri Utzilaj Tzij. Rire uꞌanom pachaꞌ nucꞌajol ma chacuninak wucꞌ jelaꞌ pachaꞌ cuꞌan juna ala rucꞌ rukaw.


sentence1: For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.

sentence2: Na jinta chi cꞌu junok lic junam rucꞌuꞌx wucꞌ pachaꞌ ri Timoteo, ma rire lic uyaꞌom ucꞌuꞌx che alak.


sentence1: But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing.

sentence2: We e caraj riꞌ ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo, cantak bi tan ri Timoteo re queꞌrila alak y jecꞌulaꞌ ri wanimaꞌ caquiꞌcotic echiriꞌ rire cucꞌam lo rason alak.


sentence1: In the same way, you also should be glad and rejoice with me.

sentence2: Y jecꞌulaꞌ cuaj caquiꞌcot onoje ralak wucꞌ.


sentence1: Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.

sentence2: Ecꞌu riꞌin na cambisoj taj tob ne quincamisaxic y caturuw cꞌu ri nuquicꞌ pachaꞌ juna kasaꞌn chwach ri Dios, ma waꞌ e cutzꞌakatisaj ri kasaꞌn re ri binic silabic alak yaꞌom chi alak pukꞌab ri Dios ruma ri cubulibal cꞌuꞌx alak rucꞌ. Lic cꞌut quinquiꞌcot uma onoje alak ma lic yaꞌom ib alak che ulokꞌnimaxic ri Kanimajawal.


sentence1: holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.

sentence2: echiriꞌ cakꞌalajisaj alak ri Kꞌijsak cuya cꞌaslemal. Jecꞌulaꞌ echiriꞌ cacꞌun tanchi ri Cristo, riꞌin cannaꞌ jun quiꞌcotemal na jinta cꞌo wi, ma lic cꞌo xutikoj ri nubinic y ri nuchac ucꞌ alak.


sentence1: that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

sentence2: chaꞌ jelaꞌ lic jusucꞌ ri binic silabic alak chwach ri Dios y jecꞌulaꞌ na jinta cꞌo catzꞌakaw chiꞌ alak y cakꞌalajin cꞌu riꞌ alak sakil ralcꞌoꞌal ri Dios, ma lic alak junwi chiquixoꞌl tak ri winak na e ta jusucꞌ yey itzel quicꞌuꞌx. Jecꞌulaꞌ riꞌ, cuꞌan alak pachaꞌ tak ri chꞌumil lic quewon pa ri kꞌekuꞌmalil re ruwachulew


sentence1: Do all things without complaining and arguing,

sentence2: Janipa ri caꞌan alak, maꞌan alak rucꞌ yaj o rucꞌ chꞌaꞌoj


sentence1: For it is God who works in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

sentence2: Ma e ri Dios cuya che alak cacha cꞌuꞌx alak che uꞌanic ri utz chwach y e Rire ri catoꞌw e alak che uꞌanic ri caraj Rire.


sentence1: So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

sentence2: Ecꞌu ralak, ri lic cꞌax cannaꞌ alak, chwi petinak lok, lic takem alak ri cꞌutunic re ri Utzilaj Tzij; ꞌana cꞌu alak waꞌ na xew ta echiriꞌ in cꞌo ucꞌ alak, ma e más chirajawaxic catakej alak waꞌ woꞌora echiriꞌ na in jinta ucꞌ alak. Rucꞌ cꞌu xiꞌin ib alak chwach ri Dios, e lic kꞌalajisaj alak ri colobetajic alak rucꞌ ri binic silabic alak.


sentence1: and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

sentence2: Y conoje cꞌut caquibiꞌij “ri Jesucristo e Rajawal ronoje ri cꞌolic”, y caquibiꞌij cꞌu waꞌ re yacbal ukꞌij ri Kakaw Dios.


sentence1: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,

sentence2: Chwach cꞌu ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo caquixucubaꞌ quib conoje ri e cꞌo chilaꞌ chicaj, ri e cꞌo che ruwachulew y ri e cꞌo chuxeꞌ ulew.


sentence1: Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name,

sentence2: Ruma cꞌu wa xuꞌan ri Jesús, ri Dios e más xuyac ukꞌij Rire chiquiwa conoje ri lic cꞌo quiwach. Xuya cꞌu che ri Jesús cakabiꞌij “Kanimajawal” che, ma rubiꞌ Rire e más cꞌo uwach chwa ronoje tak ri biꞌaj.


sentence1: And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.

sentence2: Echiriꞌ junam chi uwach cucꞌ ri ticawex, xuꞌan chꞌutiꞌn che rib. Lic cꞌut xucoj utzij ri Dios, ma xuya rib pa camic. Yey wa camic lic qꞌuixbal uwach, ma xcamisax chwa cruz pachaꞌ junok lic aj mac.


sentence1: but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.

sentence2: Tob lic cꞌo uwach, xuya can ranimaꞌ ri takal che; xuꞌan pachaꞌ aj chac che rib chaꞌ quebutoꞌ tak ri ticawex. Xuꞌan cꞌu ticawex.


sentence1: who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,

sentence2: Rire na xuꞌan ta nim che rib; tob ne lic junam uwach rucꞌ ri Dios, na xuchꞌoꞌjij ta ri takal che.


sentence1: Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

sentence2: E chuꞌana ri cꞌuꞌx alak jelaꞌ pachaꞌ rucꞌuꞌx ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo.


sentence1: doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

sentence2: Macꞌo maꞌan alak xew re cacꞌojiꞌ más wach alak chiquiwa ri jujun chic o re yacbal kꞌij alak. Ri lic usucꞌ e ꞌana alak chꞌutiꞌn che ib alak rucꞌ ri caꞌan alak y yaca alak quikꞌij ri jujun chic.


sentence1: each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

sentence2: Na utz ta cꞌu riꞌ we cꞌo junok e xew cutzucuj ri utz chiribil rib, ma ri lic chirajawaxic wi e cutzucuj ri utz chique ri nicꞌaj chic.


sentence2: Chi tzucuj u petsaxic i ʼutz piquiwi i juban, mi ʼan ile chi xui piwi yix quiwaj i ʼutz.


sentence1: make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

sentence2: E uwariꞌche tzꞌakatisaj co alak uwach ri nuquiꞌcotemal rucꞌ waꞌ: Chuꞌana xa jun cꞌuꞌx alak, xa jun ri rutzil cꞌuꞌx alak y xa jun ri naꞌoj alak chiwach alak.


sentence1: If therefore there is any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,

sentence2: Ruma cꞌu cꞌo alak pukꞌab ri Cristo, lic nimarinak chi cꞌuꞌx alak y bochiꞌim chi cꞌuꞌx alak rucꞌ ri rutzil ucꞌuꞌx Rire. Ecꞌu ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios cꞌo ucꞌ alak y uꞌanom chi xa jun che alak, yey cꞌulum chi cꞌu alak ri relej ucꞌuꞌx y ri cꞌaxnaꞌbal ucꞌuꞌx ri Cristo.


sentence1: having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear is in me.

sentence2: Junam cꞌu ri kicꞌowibem, ma ilom alak ri cꞌax wicꞌowibem riꞌin pa ruchac ri Kakaw, y woꞌora xta alak cꞌa e ne cꞌaxcꞌobic in cꞌo wi.


sentence1: Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,

sentence2: Ma yaꞌtal che ralak ri cacoj alak utzij ri Cristo, y na xew ta laꞌ, ma yaꞌtal ne ri catij alak cꞌax ruma alak re Rire.


sentence1: and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

sentence2: Maxiꞌij ne cꞌana ib alak chiquiwach ri quechꞌoꞌjin chiꞌij alak, ma waꞌ e jun cꞌutubal chique e ri Dios cusach na quiwach rique; pero che ralak e jun cꞌutubal xaki utz quel pan alak rucꞌ, ma e ri Dios cacoloben e alak.


sentence1: Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

sentence2: Chajij cꞌu ib alak chaꞌ ri binic silabic alak e pachaꞌ ri takal chique ri quicojom ri Utzilaj Tzij re ri Cristo. Jecꞌulaꞌ, tob na in jinta riꞌin chixoꞌl alak o tob ne quinopon ucꞌ alak, ri lic cuaj canto e lic chukꞌubem ib alak y xa jun cꞌuꞌx alak chwach ri Dios, yey lic junam caya ib alak che ukꞌalajisaxic ri Utzilaj Tzij cojom alak.


sentence1: that your boasting may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.

sentence2: Jecꞌulaꞌ lic caquiꞌcot alak y catioxin alak che ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo ruma in cꞌo tanchi ucꞌ alak.


sentence1: Yet to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.

sentence2: Pero che ralak e más cꞌo cutikoj we cꞌa in cꞌo che ruwachulew.


sentence1: But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

sentence2: Lic cꞌayew cꞌu chwe ruchaꞌic ri más utz. E riꞌin cuaj quincamic chaꞌ quineꞌcꞌola rucꞌ ri Cristo, ma e waꞌ ri más utz chinuwach riꞌin.


sentence1: But if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I don’t know what I will choose.

sentence2: Pero we ri nucꞌaslem cꞌa catoꞌb che ruchac ri Kakaw, na canrik ta cꞌu riꞌ pachique ri más utz.


sentence1: For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

sentence2: Ma ri nucꞌaslem riꞌin e re yacbal ukꞌij ri Cristo; yey we xincamic, más ne lic cꞌo cutikoj chwe.


sentence1: according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

sentence2: Ma ri lic canrayij y nucubam pan nucꞌuꞌx che, e waꞌ: Che ronoje ri canꞌan chwach ri Dios na jinta cꞌana cuya qꞌuix chwe. E lic cubul nucꞌuꞌx che, jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri uꞌanom lok, e janipa ri canꞌano cucꞌam lo yacbal ukꞌij ri Cristo, tob quincꞌasiꞌic o quincamic.


sentence1: For I know that this will turn out to my salvation through your prayers and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

sentence2: Na kikꞌow ta kꞌu ri nukiꞌkotemal, ma wetaꞌam kinel pan chupa ronoje ri kintajin che rikꞌowibꞌexik ruma ri oraciones e alaq panuwiꞌ y ruma rutoꞌbꞌal ri Ruxlabꞌixel ri Qanimajawal Jesucristo wukꞌ.


sentence1: Some indeed preach Christ even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will.

sentence2: Caquiꞌan cꞌu riꞌ waꞌ rucꞌ ronoje quicꞌuꞌx, noꞌj e cꞌo jujun chic caquitzijoj rubiꞌ ri Cristo xew chaꞌ caquiꞌan nim che quib chinuwach riꞌin ruma cꞌax quicꞌuꞌx chwij.


sentence1: The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;

sentence2: Niʼpa i quiqui bij u tzij i Crísto, chi xa quiqui tzucuj u cojic qui ʼij, n-ruʼ ti rutzil qui cʼux quiqui ʼano. Xa cacaj quiqui petsaj mas in bis yin waral pa cárcel.


sentence1: but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Good News.

sentence2: Pero ri jujun chic quetzijon ruma ri rutzil quicꞌuꞌx chwe, ma quetaꞌam riꞌin in cojom ruma ri Dios re cankꞌalajisaj ri Utzilaj Tzij.


sentence1: and that most of the brothers in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.

sentence2: Y na xew ta waꞌ, ma ruma ri uꞌanom ri Dios wucꞌ wara pa cárcel, e qꞌui ri hermanos lic xquijiquibaꞌ quicꞌuꞌx rucꞌ ri Kanimajawal yey más ne xmikꞌ quicꞌuꞌx che utzijoxic ri Utzilaj Tzij re ri Dios y na caquixiꞌij ta cꞌana quib caquiꞌan waꞌ.


sentence1: so that it became evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ,

sentence2: Utz ne xuꞌano, ma woꞌora ri soldados re ri nimalaj aj kꞌatal tzij junam cucꞌ ri jujun chic e cꞌo wara, conoje xquetaꞌmaj in cꞌo pa cárcel ruma cantzijoj rubiꞌ ri Cristo.


sentence1: Now I desire to have you know, brothers, that the things which happened to me have turned out rather to the progress of the Good News,

sentence2: Hermanos, lic cuaj quetaꞌmaj alak waꞌ: Ronoje tak ri cꞌax wicꞌowibem lic cꞌo xutikoj ma rucꞌ waꞌ xeꞌec utzijoxic ri Utzilaj Tzij chiquiwach ri ticawex.


sentence1: so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ,

sentence2: Teʼuri quiwetamaj ni u chayic wach i ʼutz chuwach i Dios. Queje ile, quiwucʼaj jun i cʼaslemal lic ʼutz, lic chʼam, lic n-ta cʼax che are ca cʼun chal i Crísto;


sentence1: being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

sentence2: Ruma cꞌu ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo quilitaj ri jusucꞌ binic silabic alak, yey echiriꞌ quilitaj waꞌ cuma ri ticawex, rique caquiyac ukꞌij ri Dios y caquibixoj rubiꞌ.


sentence1: This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

sentence2: Cantzꞌonoj cꞌu che ri Dios pawiꞌ alak chaꞌ canimar más ri rutzil cꞌuꞌx alak y ri naꞌoj alak


sentence1: For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

sentence2: Ri Dios retaꞌam, pakatzij wi riꞌin lic cꞌax cannaꞌ onoje alak. Yey wa cannaꞌ pa ri wanimaꞌ che alak, e ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo yaꞌyom chwe.


sentence1: It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.

sentence2: Lic ube cꞌut canchꞌob waꞌ pawiꞌ onoje alak, ma xaki cꞌo alak pa wanimaꞌ. Yey ralak lic intoꞌom alak rucꞌ ri chac uyaꞌom ri Dios chwe ruma runimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx. Intoꞌom ne alak tob in cꞌo pa cárcel o echiriꞌ cankꞌalajisaj ri Utzilaj Tzij chiquiwach ri e aj kꞌatal tzij y canjiquibaꞌ cꞌu uwach lic katzij ri cankꞌalajisaj.


sentence1: being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

sentence2: E ri Dios xjekow re ri utzilaj chac pa animaꞌ alak, yey lic cubul nucꞌuꞌx che waꞌ: Ri Dios catajin che toꞌic alak chaꞌ cabin alak jusucꞌ chwach, yey Rire cutzꞌakatisaj ri chac ucꞌ alak cꞌa pa ri kꞌij echiriꞌ cacꞌun tanchi ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo.


sentence1: for your partnership in furtherance of the Good News from the first day until now;

sentence2: canꞌan waꞌ, ma lic junam chacuninak alak wucꞌ che utzijoxic ri Utzilaj Tzij e chwi lo ri nabe kꞌij echiriꞌ xya ib alak pukꞌab ri Cristo y cꞌa e catajin alak che uꞌanic wakꞌij ora.


sentence1: I thank my God whenever I remember you,

sentence2: Echiriꞌ cacꞌun alak chinucꞌuꞌx, lic quintioxin che ri Dios uma ralak.


sentence1: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

sentence2: Cꞌulu cꞌu alak ri unimal rutzil cꞌuꞌxaj y ri utzil chomal re ri Kakaw Dios y re ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo.


sentence1: Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:

sentence2: Riꞌin in Pablo y ri Timoteo, ri oj aj chac re ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo, cakatak bi wa carta che alak ri cꞌo alak chupa ri tinamit Filipos. Cakatzꞌibaj cꞌu pan che alak, ri alak aj cꞌamal wach y alak aj chaquib e toꞌbel piglesia, junam ucꞌ onoje alak, ri cojom alak rubiꞌ ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo.


sentence1: But that you also may know my affairs, how I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make known to you all things.

sentence2: I kachalal ma Tíquico chi cʼax caka naʼo, cu ya ni u tzijol chiwe wach in ʼanom yin, xak wach i quin tijin chu ʼonquil. Ire, ʼutz laj aj tolwe che i chac re i Kajwal.


sentence1: I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know our state and that he may comfort your hearts.

sentence2: E uwariꞌche nutakom bi chilaꞌ ucꞌ alak chaꞌ quetaꞌmaj alak saꞌ ri kaꞌanom riꞌoj y jecꞌulaꞌ cuꞌnimarisaj pan cꞌuꞌx alak.


sentence1: for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

sentence2: Ma intakom lo ruma ri Dios, in kꞌalajisay re ri Utzilaj Tzij y ruma ne waꞌ in cꞌo pa presoyil woꞌora. E uwariꞌche tzꞌonoj alak che ri Dios chaꞌ na canxiꞌij ta cꞌana wib che ukꞌalajisaxic puwi Rire, ma e takal riꞌ chwe.


sentence1: Pray for me, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,

sentence2: Cantzꞌonoj co che alak ꞌana alak orar panuwi riꞌin chaꞌ ri Dios cuya nuchꞌaꞌtem y jecꞌulaꞌ na canxiꞌij ta cꞌana wib cantzijoj ri Utzilaj Tzij ukꞌalajisam ri Dios chikawach.


sentence1: with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints.

sentence2: ꞌAna cꞌu alak orar chipakꞌij chichakꞌab. Lic tzꞌonoj alak che ri Dios e chirij janipa ri cubiꞌij ri Ruxlabixel che alak. Macos ne alak che uꞌanic orar; e xaki ꞌana alak orar paquiwi conoje rutinamit ri Dios.


sentence1: And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

sentence2: Tikila alaq chi utz chupa ri kolobꞌetajik yaꞌtal che alaq jelaꞌ pachaꞌ juna soldado kukoj rucasco re chꞌuqubꞌal rujolom. Y chapabꞌej alaq chi utz Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios, ma waꞌ e pachaꞌ juna espada yaꞌtal che alaq ruma ri Ruxlabꞌixel ri Dios chaꞌ kachꞌoꞌjin alaq chirij ritzel winaq.


sentence1: above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.

sentence2: Y chwi ronoje tak waꞌ, tiquila chi utz ri cubulibal cꞌuꞌx alak rucꞌ ri Dios, ma waꞌ che ralak e pachaꞌ ri juperaj chꞌichꞌ rucꞌaꞌam juna soldado pukꞌab re cuchup ri akꞌ cꞌo chutzaꞌm ri flechas cacꞌak lo che. Jecꞌulaꞌ ri cubulibal cꞌuꞌx ralak e toꞌbal e alak chaꞌ cachꞌij alak uchukꞌab tak ri cꞌakanic cuꞌan lo ritzel winak che alak.


sentence1: and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace,

sentence2: Xaki yijbaꞌ ib alak che utzijoxic ri Utzilaj Tzij re ri utzil chomal jelaꞌ pachaꞌ juna soldado xaki ucojom ruxajab re cutoꞌbej ri rakan che tak ri quicꞌow wi.


sentence1: Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

sentence2: E uwariꞌche lic chukꞌubej ib alak chupa ri Kꞌijsak jelaꞌ pachaꞌ juna aj chac cucoj rupas chaꞌ cuxim rupa chi utz. Cꞌola alak jusucꞌ y lic chajij alak ri binic silabic alak jelaꞌ pachaꞌ juna soldado chꞌukutal ruwa ucꞌuꞌx rucꞌ jun chꞌichꞌ.


sentence1: Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

sentence2: Ruma cꞌu waꞌ, lic chirajawaxic che alak chucꞌaꞌaj alak ronoje tak ri toꞌbal ke cuya ri Dios, chaꞌ jelaꞌ cachꞌij alak uchukꞌab tak ri na utz taj cape pawiꞌ alak. Y jecꞌulaꞌ, we xqꞌuis waꞌ wa chꞌaꞌoj chiꞌij alak, cꞌa tiquil alak jusucꞌ.


sentence1: For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

sentence2: Ma riꞌoj oj cꞌo pa chꞌaꞌoj. Pero wa chꞌaꞌoj na e ta cucꞌ ticawex quekam culewal quipoklajil, e cucꞌ tak itzelilaj uxlabixel e cꞌo xa pa tew, ri lic cꞌo quichukꞌab re quetakan paquiwi tak ri e cꞌo pa kꞌekuꞌm wara che ruwachulew. Cucꞌ tak rique ri kachꞌaꞌoj.


sentence1: Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

sentence2: ꞌAna cꞌu e alak che ronoje tak ri toꞌbal cuya ri Dios che alak chaꞌ jelaꞌ cachꞌij alak uchukꞌab tak ri socosoꞌnic re ritzel winak.


sentence1: Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

sentence2: Kꞌisbꞌal kꞌu re, kambꞌiꞌij che alaq hermanos, chuqꞌubꞌej ibꞌ alaq chwach ri Qanimajawal Jesucristo rukꞌ runimal uchuqꞌabꞌ Rire.


sentence1: You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

sentence2: Ecꞌu ralak ri alak patrón, ꞌana alak ri utz chique tak ri mocom alak ma e caraj riꞌ ri Dios che alak. Maxibij ne alak quipa rucꞌ cꞌax. Cꞌuna chicꞌuꞌx alak, e ralak alak jelaꞌ pachaꞌ rique, ma junam cucꞌ rique cꞌo alak pukꞌab ri Kanimajawal cꞌo chilaꞌ chicaj. Yey chwach Rire xa jun kawach konoje.


sentence1: knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same good again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.

sentence2: Etaꞌam cꞌu alak cꞌo rajil ucꞌaxel ri utz cakaꞌano y waꞌ e ri Cristo cayaꞌw chikajujunal, tob cachacun jun rucꞌ juna patrón o xa pa re jun cachacun wi.


sentence1: with good will doing service as to the Lord and not to men,

sentence2: Ma ralak na xa ta alak umocom juna achi; e uwariꞌche, ꞌana alak pachaꞌ e ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo ri canimaj alak rucꞌ ri chac alak. Chacuna cꞌu alak riꞌ rucꞌ ronoje cꞌuꞌx alak.


sentence1: Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ,

sentence2: Yey ralak ri alak mocom, e lic cojo alak quitzij ri patrón alak wara che ruwachulew. Chacuna cꞌu alak chi utz rucꞌ jun sakil xiꞌin ib pa animaꞌ alak y rucꞌ ronoje cꞌuꞌx alak pachaꞌ e canimaj alak ri Cristo rucꞌ ri chac alak.


sentence1: You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

sentence2: Ecꞌu ralak ri cꞌo alcꞌoꞌal alak, mapetisaj alak coyowal ri alcꞌoꞌal alak; ri ꞌana alak e cheqꞌuiyisaj alak rucꞌ sakil kꞌilonic y chepixabaj alak chaꞌ quebin chupa ri Kꞌijsak re ri Kanimajawal.


sentence1: “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

sentence2: Chupa Rutzij Upixab ri Dios ri nabe tzij cuꞌan biꞌtisinic chique ri queꞌanaw re, e waꞌ: Chalokꞌoj quikꞌij rachu-akaw,


sentence1: “that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”

sentence2: chaꞌ jelaꞌ xaki catel pan chi utz che ronoje y canajtir racꞌaslem wara che ruwachulew.


sentence2: Ca majaw chiwe, man i u tzij u pixab i Dios cu bij: “Cha cojo qui ʼij a kajaw a chuch, man cat quicot na, xak naj na cat cʼasi waral chuwach i jyub taʼaj.” (Queje ile tzʼibtal can chupam u wuj i Dios.) Are ile are i nabe che i tzij pixab chi cu petsaj ni ʼutz re i Dios piwi pacha u sujum canok.


sentence1: Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

sentence2: Ix alcꞌoꞌal, ruma ix cꞌo pukꞌab ri Kakaw, lic chicojo quitzij richu-ikaw ma lic e usucꞌ riꞌ.


sentence1: Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

sentence2: Yey e ne jun pixabanic che onoje alak ri alak cꞌulanic. Rachi lic cꞌax chunaꞌa ri rixokil jelaꞌ pachaꞌ cꞌax cunaꞌ rib rire, yey ecꞌu rixok e lic chutakej ri rachijil.


sentence1: This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and the assembly.

sentence2: Lic naj cumaj waꞌ wa cꞌutubal kꞌalajisam chike; pero cambiꞌij cꞌu riꞌin, waꞌ e jun cꞌambal naꞌoj puwi ri Cristo rucꞌ riglesia.


sentence1: For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly,

sentence2: Mi jun, tzel cril u chʼacul; are i cu ʼano, lic cu tzuku, cu chajij; xak queje coʼon i Crísto ile chique i je jutzobaj re i Dios,


sentence1: because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.

sentence2: Cuꞌan waꞌ chike ma riꞌoj oj ucuerpo.


sentence1: that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without defect.

sentence2: Xuꞌan cꞌu waꞌ chaꞌ echiriꞌ riꞌoj oj u iglesia cojopon chwach, oj jun chomilaj iglesia lic jusucꞌ y na jinta cꞌana mac carikitaj che.


sentence1: that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

sentence2: Xuꞌan cꞌu waꞌ chaꞌ e cuꞌan chom y jusucꞌ che ri kabinic. Xresaj cꞌu ri kamac ruma Ruchꞌaꞌtem; ri xuꞌano e pachaꞌ caꞌan che ri chꞌul echiriꞌ cachꞌaj rucꞌ yaꞌ.


sentence1: But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.

sentence2: Jecꞌulaꞌ pachaꞌ riglesia cꞌo pukꞌab ri Cristo, jelaꞌ chuꞌana rixok rucꞌ ri rachijil; che ronoje tak ri cuꞌano, e lic chutakej ri rachijil.


sentence1: Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

sentence2: E uwariꞌche, rixok cꞌulanic takal che cutakej ri rachijil jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri lic takal che cutakej ri Cristo.


sentence1: For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

sentence2: Ma rachi e cꞌamal uwach ri rixokil jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri Cristo e cꞌamal uwach riglesia y na xew tane cꞌamal uwach ma e Colobenel re. Jecꞌulaꞌ ri Cristo e ujolom riglesia yey riglesia e ucuerpo Rire.


sentence2: Chi ʼana ile, man i achiab je qui wi qui jolom i quixokil, xak jun ruʼ pacha i Crísto, qui wi qui jolom i jutzobaj re i Dios. N-xui ta qui wi qui jolom, xak Tolque i jutzobaj-le chi je u chʼacul.


sentence1: subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.

sentence2: Nimaj ib alak chiwach alak rucꞌ xiꞌin ib chwa ri Cristo, ma e caraj riꞌ Rire chike.


sentence1: giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;

sentence2: Yey xaki cojtioxin chwach ri Kakaw Dios ruma ronoje, y cakaꞌan cꞌu waꞌ chupa rubiꞌ ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo.


sentence1: speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

sentence2: Ma we cꞌo ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios kucꞌ, jewaꞌ cakaꞌano: Cakanimarisaj kacꞌuꞌx chikawach rucꞌ tak salmos, rucꞌ tak bix tzꞌibital canok y rucꞌ cꞌacꞌ bixobal yaꞌom chike ruma ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios. Cakayac cꞌu ukꞌij ri Kakaw rucꞌ bix calax lo pa kanimaꞌ.


sentence1: Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

sentence2: Maya ib alak che kꞌabaric, ma waꞌ xa cuyojij rubinic junok. E yaꞌa ib alak pukꞌab ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios chaꞌ e Rire catakan pa animaꞌ alak.


sentence1: Therefore, don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

sentence2: Maꞌan cꞌu alak ri na cachꞌob ta alak chi utz ri caꞌan alak; e lic cꞌola naꞌoj alak puwi saꞌ ri caraj ri Kanimajawal che alak.


sentence1: redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

sentence2: Lic yaꞌa ib alak che uꞌanic tak ri utz, ma wakꞌij ora lic catajin uqꞌuiyaric ri mac che ruwachulew.


sentence1: Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

sentence2: Lic chajij cꞌu ib alak che ri binic silabic alak. Maꞌan e alak pachaꞌ ri caquiꞌan ri na jinta quinaꞌoj; e lic chꞌobo alak rucꞌ sakil naꞌoj saꞌ tak ri caꞌan alak.


sentence1: Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

sentence2: E pachaꞌ ri cabiꞌxic: E riꞌat ri catwaric, ¡cꞌuna cꞌu sak chawach! Chatwaꞌlij lo chiquixoꞌl ri ecaminak pa mac, y ri Cristo catuya pa ri Kꞌijsak.


sentence1: But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.

sentence2: Yey echiriꞌ kel chi saq ri kaꞌanik, kaqꞌalajin kꞌu riꞌ we utz o na utz taj, ma ronoje kilitaj chi utz ruma ri Qꞌijsaq.


sentence1: For it is a shame even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.

sentence2: tob ne lic qꞌuixbal ubiꞌxiquil ri caquiꞌan rique xa xeꞌlakꞌay.


sentence1: Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

sentence2: Maꞌan e alak pachaꞌ ri caquiꞌan ri e cꞌo pa kꞌekuꞌm, ma ri caquiꞌan rique na jinta cꞌana uchac. Ri ꞌana alak e kꞌalajisaj alak chique ri na utz taj caquiꞌano chaꞌ na caquiꞌan ta chic,


sentence1: for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,

sentence2: Ma e junok cꞌo pa ri Kꞌijsak, riꞌ che rubinic usilabic quilitaj wi ri relej ucꞌuꞌx, lic jusucꞌ ri cuꞌano y lic katzij ronoje ri cubiꞌij.


sentence1: For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

sentence2: Ma ralak ojertan sachinak alak chupa ri kꞌekuꞌm, noꞌj woꞌora cꞌo chi alak pa ri Kꞌijsak ruma ri Cristo. Bina cꞌu alak pa ri Kꞌijsak jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri takal che alak.


sentence1: Therefore don’t be partakers with them.

sentence2: Maꞌan cꞌu e alak cucꞌ tak wa winak caquiꞌan ri na utz taj.


sentence1: Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

sentence2: Masocotaj alak cuma ri caquimin alak chupa ri mac rucꞌ chꞌaꞌtem lic chacojoꞌ katzij pero xa rakꞌubal. Ma ri kꞌatbal tzij re ri Dios cape paquiwi ri e aj palajiy tzij, waꞌ e ri caquiꞌan tak waꞌ wa mac.


sentence1: nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate, but rather giving of thanks.

sentence2: Machꞌaꞌtibej ne alak chꞌaꞌtem qꞌuixbal uwach, chꞌaꞌtem na jinta cutikoj, chꞌaꞌtem na chom ta qꞌuenok tob ne tzeꞌbal uwach. Ma ronoje waꞌ lic na takal ta che ralak. Ri ꞌana alak e tioxin alak chwach ri Dios rucꞌ ri chꞌaꞌtem alak.


sentence1: But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;

sentence2: Ralak ri alak chi re ri Dios, lic na ube ta qꞌuenok we chixoꞌlibal alak cꞌa cꞌo ri caretzꞌabej uwa ukꞌij rucꞌ junok na ucꞌulel taj o cuꞌan tak chꞌulilaj mac o na caquiꞌcot ta rucꞌ tak ri cꞌo rucꞌ ma xaki curayij más.


sentence1: Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

sentence2: Ronoje cꞌu ri caꞌan alak, ꞌana alak rucꞌ rutzil cꞌuꞌxaj, jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Cristo ucꞌutum chikawach. Ma Rire lic cꞌax xojunaꞌo y xuya rib pa camic pakacꞌaxel re tojbal ri kamac. Ri xuꞌano e pachaꞌ jun kasaꞌn lic quiꞌ ruxlab chwach ri Dios.


sentence1: Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

sentence2: Ruma cꞌu alak ralcꞌoꞌal ri Dios y Rire cꞌax cunaꞌ alak, lic chirajawaxic ꞌana alak jelaꞌ pachaꞌ cuꞌan Rire.


sentence1: And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

sentence2: Ri ꞌana alak e cꞌutu alak ri rutzil cꞌuꞌxaj chiwach alak, cꞌax naꞌa ib alak. Cuyu mac alak chiwach alak jelaꞌ pachaꞌ xuꞌan ri Dios echiriꞌ xucuy mac alak ruma ri Cristo.


sentence1: Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.

sentence2: Chesaj alak ronoje ri oyowal cꞌo pa animaꞌ alak. Maꞌan alak ri alak cꞌaꞌn. Masiqꞌuin alak rucꞌ oyowal. Machꞌaꞌt alak chirij junok. Chesaj cꞌu ib alak che ronoje ri na utz taj.


sentence1: Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

sentence2: Rucꞌ cꞌu riꞌ ri caꞌan alak, maya alak pa bis ri Santowilaj Ruxlabixel ri Dios. Ma ri Ruxlabixel pa animaꞌ alak e cꞌutubal re, alak chi re ri Dios y e jiquibal uwach ri colobetajic cacꞌul alak chupa rukꞌijol rucꞌunibal ri Cristo.


sentence1: Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

sentence2: Mabiꞌij ne alak juna itzel chꞌaꞌtem; e chꞌaꞌtibej alak ri chomilaj tak chꞌaꞌtem, toꞌbal re ri quibinic quisilabic ri quetaw re.


sentence1: Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

sentence2: We cꞌo junok chixoꞌlibal alak cuꞌan elekꞌ, muꞌan chic. Ri chuꞌanaꞌ e chacunok chaꞌ jelaꞌ cuchꞌac ri cajawax che y quebutoꞌ ne tak ri e cꞌo pa cꞌaxcꞌobic.


sentence1: and don’t give place to the devil.

sentence2: Maya cꞌu alak luwar che ritzel winak cusoc alak.


sentence1: “Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

sentence2: We cape oyowal alak, mamacun alak rucꞌ waꞌ; ri ꞌana alak e chesaj chicꞌuꞌx alak ri oyowal xalokꞌ cꞌamajaꞌ ne catzak bi ri kꞌij.


sentence1: and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

sentence2: Yaꞌa cꞌu ib alak chupa ri cꞌacꞌ cꞌaslemal uyaꞌom ri Dios che alak chaꞌ jelaꞌ cabin alak chupa ri Kꞌijsak rucꞌ jun binic lic jusucꞌ y lic chom.


sentence1: that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,

sentence2: Maꞌan chi alak pachaꞌ ri xꞌan alak echiriꞌ cꞌamajaꞌ caya ib alak pukꞌab ri Cristo. Yaꞌa cꞌu can ri ojer binic silabic alak pa xsocotaj wi alak ruma tak ri rayinic xa re sachibal e alak.


sentence1: if indeed you heard him and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:

sentence2: we pakatzij wi e xta alak rutzij y xmaj alak usucꞌ ri Kꞌijsak xucꞌut Rire.


sentence1: But you didn’t learn Christ that way,

sentence2: Noꞌj ralak na je ta laꞌ ri cꞌutunic xmaj alak puwi ri Cristo,


sentence1: They, having become callous, gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

sentence2: Waꞌ wa winak kabi que che caquiꞌan ri qꞌuixbal uwach; xquiya cꞌu quib che tak ri rayibal re ri quitiꞌjil y jelaꞌ quiyaꞌom quib che uꞌanic tak ri chꞌulilaj mac.


sentence1: being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts.

sentence2: Rike e kꞌo pa qꞌequꞌm ma na kakaj ta kakimaj usukꞌ ri Qꞌijsaq. Ruma kꞌu lik kiꞌanom ko che ri kanimaꞌ, na jinta kꞌo ketaꞌam puwi ri Dios y lik naj e kꞌo wi che ri chomilaj kꞌaslemal kuya Rire.


sentence1: This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,

sentence2: Campixabaj cꞌu alak chupa rubiꞌ ri Kanimajawal: Maꞌan chi e alak pachaꞌ ri caquiꞌan ri na quetaꞌam ta uwach ri Dios, ma ri quinaꞌoj rique cꞌo puwi ri xa na jinta uchac.


sentence1: from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri Cristo cayaꞌw ri kaqꞌuiyibal echiriꞌ chikajujunal cakaꞌan ri chac uyaꞌom Rire pakakꞌab y cakatoꞌ kib rucꞌ rutzil kacꞌuꞌx. Ma oj uꞌanom xa jun rucꞌ Rire; e pachaꞌ ri kacuerpo, lic qꞌui tak ri chapayom re, pero waꞌ xa jun uꞌanom.


sentence1: but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ,

sentence2: Pero ri chirajawaxic wi chike e cojtiquiꞌ chi utz chupa ri Kꞌijsak y cakatzijoj cꞌu waꞌ rucꞌ rutzil kacꞌuꞌx. Jecꞌulaꞌ cojqꞌuiy pa sakil wi chaꞌ rucꞌ ronoje ri cakaꞌano cojuꞌana pachaꞌ ri Jun Aj Cꞌamal Kawach, waꞌ e ri Cristo.


sentence1: that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

sentence2: Jecꞌulaꞌ na cakaꞌan ta chi keꞌoj cucꞌ ri na jinta quiqꞌuiyibal chwach ri Dios, ri xa caquetzꞌabej quinaꞌoj puwi ri quicojom yey quetzak paquikꞌab ri e aj socosoꞌnel, ri caquicꞌut tak ri na e taj y rucꞌ itzel tak naꞌoj quequicꞌam bi pa sachibal ri na e tiquil ta chi utz.


sentence1: until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

sentence2: Ma ri caraj ri Kakaw chike e cojuꞌan xa jun ruma ri cubulibal kacꞌuꞌx rucꞌ Rucꞌajol y ruma ri caketaꞌmaj uwach chi utz. Ecꞌu ri kabinic chwach ri Dios lic cacowiric, cuꞌana jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri chomilaj ubinic ri Cristo.


sentence1: He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;

sentence2: (Xak ¿wach usucʼ i tzij-le chi xu bij “xu ya i sipon chique i winak”? Are iri): ʼis xu ya qui patan; xu ya chique jujun je apostelab; xak xu ya chique jujun, je ajbil-re chique i winak wach u ʼalijinsam ire chique; xak xu ya chique jujun, je aj paxsanel tzij re i ʼelbal chi sak; xak xu ya chique jujun, je aj chajinel que i kachalal; xak xu ya chique jujun, je cʼutunel re u tzij.


sentence1: for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ,

sentence2: E tak wa e aj chac ecojom re quequitijoj rutinamit ri Dios chaꞌ caquiꞌan ruchac Rire y jecꞌulaꞌ ri quicojom rubiꞌ ri Cristo queqꞌuiy chi utz.


sentence1: But to each one of us, the grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

sentence2: Xui-ri, n-xak ta jun u wach i sipon u yom i Crísto chake, n-xak ta jun u wach i ka patan u yom chaka jujunal, u yom chake pacha u chʼobom chi ca majaw chake chaka jujunal.


sentence1: Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to people.”

sentence2: E pachaꞌ ri tzꞌibital can chupa Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios pa cubiꞌij wi: Echiriꞌ xeꞌec chilaꞌ chicaj, xebucꞌam bi ri xecꞌojiꞌ pukꞌab yey xuya chomilaj tak sipanic chique ri ticawex.


sentence1: Now this, “He ascended”, what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?

sentence2: Echiriꞌ cubiꞌij «xeꞌec chilaꞌ chicaj», waꞌ queꞌelawi xtzelej chilaꞌ chicaj, ma nabe xpe chilaꞌ y xcꞌun wara che ruwachulew.


sentence1: He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri Cristo, ri xcꞌunic, e Rire mismo ri xtzelej chilaꞌ chicaj chaꞌ jelaꞌ catakan paquiwi conoje y jelaꞌ ronoje tak ri cꞌolic cacꞌojiꞌ pukꞌab Rire.


sentence2: Are i jun chi xkaj lok, xak are i xel chubi chicaj, y mas xel bi puwi i caj-le. Queje ile xu ʼano, cu ʼalijinsabej-re chi ire xa ipa ʼo wi.


sentence1: one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in us all.

sentence2: Xa jun ri Dios cꞌolic; Rire e Kakaw ri cꞌo pakawiꞌ konoje riꞌoj, cuꞌan ruchac kuma konoje riꞌoj y cꞌo pa kanimaꞌ konoje riꞌoj.


sentence1: one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

sentence2: Xa jun ri Kanimajawal, na jinta jun chic; xa jun ri Utzilaj Tzij kacojom y xa jun ri bautismo kacꞌulum.


sentence1: being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

sentence2: Ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios xuꞌan xa jun che alak y xucoj utzil chomal chiwach alak; maya cꞌu alak luwar cajach pa alak.


sentence1: with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

sentence2: Maꞌan cꞌu nim che ib alak; e chuꞌana ri lic utz cꞌuꞌx alak chiwach alak. Cuyu cꞌu ib alak chiwach alak rucꞌ unimal cꞌuꞌxaj ruma ri cꞌax canaꞌ ib alak.


sentence1: Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

sentence2: Cʼamori che i Dios chi ca tiqui chu ʼonquil pa ka cʼux mas puwi ronojel tak i caka tzʼonoj che, mas puwi ronojel tak i caka chʼobo; cu ʼano ruʼ u choʼab u Tewal chi ca chacun pa ka cʼux.


sentence1: to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

sentence2: ¡Chetaꞌmaxok nim ukꞌij ri Dios ruma ri cuꞌan rucꞌ ru iglesia ruma ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo! Calokꞌnimax cꞌu ukꞌij wakꞌij ora y chikawach apanok na jinta chi utakexic. Amén.


sentence2: Che ire chocsax u ʼij ronojel ʼij sak kumal yoj chi oj jutzobaj re ire, xak rumal i Jesucrísto. Amen (queje ile cakaj).


sentence1: may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth,

sentence2: Chuyaꞌa cꞌu che alak junam cucꞌ conoje ri e re Rire, ri quetaꞌmaj alak chi utz ri rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Cristo chaꞌ jelaꞌ camaj alak usucꞌ janipa runimal uwach, runajtijil rakan, ruchoyil upa y runajtijil uwiꞌ ri rutzil ucꞌuꞌx.


sentence1: and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

sentence2: Chetaꞌmaj cꞌu alak ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Cristo, tob na jinta junok lic cumaj usucꞌ ronoje waꞌ. ꞌAna cꞌu e alak che janipa ri utz cꞌo rucꞌ Rire chaꞌ cakꞌalajin tak waꞌ che ri binic silabic alak.


sentence1: that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

sentence2: Cantzꞌonoj che ri Dios chaꞌ cajekiꞌ ri Cristo pa animaꞌ alak ruma ri cubulibal cꞌuꞌx alak y catiquiꞌ cꞌu alak chi utz chupa ri rutzil ucꞌuꞌx pachaꞌ juna cheꞌ lic naj benak wi ri ratzꞌayak.


sentence1: that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

sentence2: Cantzꞌonoj che ri Kakaw chaꞌ e chirij tak ri chomilaj ubeyomalil, cuya lo unimal chukꞌab pa ri animaꞌ alak y jecꞌulaꞌ cachukꞌubej ib alak ruma ri Ruxlabixel Rire.


sentence1: from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

sentence2: ma che ri Kakaw e petinak wi conoje tak ri familia e cꞌo chilaꞌ chicaj cucꞌ ri e cꞌo che ruwachulew.


sentence1: For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

sentence2: Ruma tak cꞌu waꞌ, canxuc wib chwach Rukaw ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo,


sentence1: Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.

sentence2: E uwariꞌche cambiꞌij che alak, mapax cꞌuꞌx alak ruma wa cꞌaxcꞌobic in cꞌo wi, e ne quiꞌcota alak ma uma ralak na jinta cubiꞌij nucꞌuꞌx quinicꞌow chupa waꞌ.


sentence1: In him we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.

sentence2: Ruma cꞌu ri Cristo xyaꞌtaj chike cojopon chwach ri Dios; lic cꞌu jiquil uwach, ri Dios cojucꞌul chi utz ruma ri cubulibal kacꞌuꞌx rucꞌ ri Cristo.


sentence1: to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,

sentence2: Ma ri caraj ri Dios woꞌora e chaꞌ ruma riglesia quilitaj chi utz ruqꞌuiyal tak uwach unaꞌoj Rire chiquiwach tak ri cꞌo quiwach y ri cꞌo quichukꞌab, waꞌ e ri quetakan xa pa tew.


sentence1: and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ,

sentence2: Y yaꞌom chwe cankꞌalajisaj chiquiwach conoje ri ticawex saꞌ ri uchꞌobom lo ri Dios, ri xꞌanaw re ronoje ri cꞌolic. Cankꞌalajisaj cꞌu ri na etaꞌmatal ta lo rojertan, ri cꞌa e woꞌora quel lo chi sak.


sentence1: To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

sentence2: Riꞌin tob lic na jinta co nuwach chiquiwa conoje ri echaꞌtal ruma ri Dios; na rucꞌ ta cꞌu riꞌ, xyaꞌtaj chwe rutzijoxic ri Utzilaj Tzij chique ri na e ta aj judiꞌab. Cantzijoj cꞌu chique saꞌ tak ri chomilaj beyomalil re ri Cristo, ri na jinta ne junok cachꞌijow uchꞌobic ruchomalil tak waꞌ.


sentence1: of which I was made a servant according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

sentence2: Ruma cꞌu ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios wucꞌ riꞌin, xyaꞌtaj chwe xinuꞌan raj chac ri Cristo re cantzijoj ri Utzilaj Tzij. Y xew cꞌu ruma ruchukꞌab ri Dios, quel pan chi utz ri chac chwi nukꞌab.


sentence1: that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,

sentence2: Rucꞌuꞌxibal ri kꞌalajisam chic e waꞌ: Ri biꞌtisim lo ruma ri Dios na xew ta que raj judiꞌab, ma que ne ri na e ta aj judiꞌab; uꞌanom cꞌu xa jun chique y junam coyeꞌem janipa rubiꞌtisim lo ri Dios chique ri caquicoj ri Utzilaj Tzij re ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo.


sentence1: which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit,

sentence2: Ojertan waꞌ na kꞌalajisam ta chiquiwach ri ticawex; noꞌj woꞌora ruma ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios xkꞌalajisax chiquiwach ri e takoꞌn y ri kꞌalajisanelab echaꞌtal ruma ri Dios.


sentence1: by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ,

sentence2: We xajilaj alak wa nutzꞌibam, camaj alak usucꞌ saꞌ ri xkꞌalajisax chwe puwi ri Cristo.


sentence1: how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,

sentence2: Ma ri Dios xucꞌut chinuwach ri na etaꞌmatal ta ojertan, yey puwi waꞌ nutzꞌibam chi pan jubikꞌ che alak.


sentence1: if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you,

sentence2: Lic tom chi cꞌu alak ri chac uyaꞌom ri Dios chwe: Waꞌ e ri cantzijoj che alak ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios.


sentence1: For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

sentence2: Riꞌin in Pablo, in cꞌo pa cárcel ruma xintzijoj rubiꞌ ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo che ralak ri na alak ta aj judiꞌab.


sentence1: being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

sentence2: E ralak pachaꞌ alak juna ja catajin ri Dios che uyaquic. Alak pachaꞌ xan catajin utzꞌakic chwi ri cowilaj uparakan ri ja, yey waꞌ e ri quicꞌutum can ri e takoꞌn y ri kꞌalajisanelab re ri Dios. Ecꞌu rucꞌuꞌxibal lo ruparakan ri ja e ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo.


sentence1: in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;

sentence2: I tak i xan chi cojtal puwi i abaj-le chi nim u chac, lic qui chapom quib, que ʼelok jun nim laj ja, nim u ʼij rumal i Kajwal.


sentence1: in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

sentence2: Ruma cꞌu ri Dios, alak junam cucꞌ raj judiꞌab ri quicojom rubiꞌ ri Cristo; uꞌanom che alak, alak rocho ri Dios, ma Rire jekel ucꞌ alak ruma ri Ruxlabixel uyaꞌom che alak.


sentence2: Queje yix ile cuʼ i juban, junam chic ix ʼo che i Crísto; queʼel na chiwe ix rachoch chic i u Tewal i Dios.


sentence1: So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God,

sentence2: Jecꞌuriꞌlaꞌ, woꞌora na alak ta chi pachaꞌ ri xa e icꞌowel o ri e jekel pa juna luwar na quitinamit taj; ma alak chi cuqꞌuil rutinamit ri Dios, alak chi ralcꞌoꞌal ri Dios, junam cucꞌ conoje ri e re Rire.


sentence1: For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

sentence2: Ruma cꞌu ri xuꞌan ri Cristo, konoje tob oj aj judiꞌab o na oj ta aj judiꞌab yaꞌtal chike cojopon chwach ri Kakaw Dios ruma ri Ruxlabixel Rire cꞌo kucꞌ.


sentence1: He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.

sentence2: Xcꞌun cꞌu ri Cristo y xutzijoj chique conoje suꞌanic quecꞌojiꞌ chi utzil chomal rucꞌ ri Dios. Xutzijoj cꞌu wa Utzilaj Tzij che ralak echiriꞌ cꞌa naj cꞌo wi alak che ri Dios y chique rutinamit Israel ri xa nakaj e cꞌo wi che.


sentence1: having abolished in his flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace,

sentence2: I Crísto, are xu ya u chʼacul pa camic, are ʼuri xresaj u choʼab i ʼatbal tzij que i aj Israel winak chi toʼ tzij tzʼibtal canok, chi ʼo u chac quiqui ʼan ni winak. Che i queb tinimit-le, xa jun xoʼon che, junam ruʼ ire, lic cʼacʼ laj tinimit xeʼelok. Queje ile xe u chomaj.


sentence1: and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility through it.

sentence2: Ma rucꞌ rucamic chwa ri cruz, xebuya wa queb tinamit chi utzil chomal chwach; xuꞌan cꞌu xa jun chique chaꞌ na tzel ta chi caquil quib.


sentence2: I Crísto, are xcamsax chuwach i cruz, xresaj i chʼoʼoj chiquixol i queb tinimit-le, y xu ʼan chique xa je jutzobaj, xak xe u chomarsaj chuwach i Dios.


sentence1: For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of separation,

sentence2: Ecꞌu riꞌ ri Cristo xojyaꞌw chi utzil chomal chikawach ri oj aj judiꞌab ucꞌ ralak ri na alak ta aj judiꞌab; xuꞌan cꞌu xa jun chike y xresaj ri kꞌatbal cajachaw kapa.


sentence1: But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

sentence2: Noꞌj woꞌora cꞌo chi alak pukꞌab ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo; yey na naj ta chi cꞌo wi alak che ri Dios, ma ruma ruquiqꞌuel ri Cristo, yaꞌtal che alak copon alak chwach ri Dios.


sentence1: Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “uncircumcision” by that which is called “circumcision” (in the flesh, made by hands),

sentence2: Echiriꞌ xalax alak, na alak ta cuqꞌuil ri e aj judiꞌab. Y rique xquibiꞌij cꞌu che alak: «Lic na junam ta iwach kucꞌ riꞌoj, ma riꞌoj cojotal ri retalil re circuncisión chike, cꞌutubal re oj utinamit ri Dios; noꞌj riꞌix na jinta waꞌ chiwe» quechaꞌ. Yey waꞌ cojotal che ri cuerpo xa cuma ticawex.


sentence1: that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

sentence2: Ecꞌu rojertan na jinta ri Cristo pa animaꞌ alak, na alak ta ne cuqꞌuil raj Israel ri yaꞌtal chique e utinamit ri Dios, y na jinta ne oyeꞌem alak che ri biꞌtisinic uꞌanom ri Dios echiriꞌ xuꞌan tzij cucꞌ rutinamit; lic cꞌu xa tuquel alak riꞌ che ruwachulew ma na jinta ri Dios ucꞌ alak.


sentence2: Cha cʼun chi cʼux chi ujer, che tak i ʼij-le, maja ix re i Crísto; ix aj naj che i tinimit chatal rumal i Dios, lic n-ta iwe che u trat i Dios cuʼ i aj Israel, xak wach i u sujum chique. Toʼ ix cʼas te chuwach i jyub taʼaj, n-ta jun ʼutz xiwoyʼej ca pe piwi, n-ti Dios iwuʼ.


sentence1: For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

sentence2: Ma e ri Dios xuꞌan cꞌacꞌ chike ruma ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo chaꞌ cakaꞌan ri utz chwach jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri uchꞌobom chi lo ojertan.


sentence1: for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

sentence2: Ma ruma cꞌu ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios cꞌo colobetajic alak yey waꞌ e ruma xcubiꞌ cꞌuꞌx alak rucꞌ ri Cristo. Y ri colobetajic, na alak ta xchꞌacow re, ma e jun sipanic re ri Dios che alak.


sentence1: not of works, that no one would boast.

sentence2: Ri colobetajic na carikitaj ta cꞌu riꞌ ruma ri utz caꞌan alak, chaꞌ jelaꞌ na jinta junok cutacꞌabaꞌ ukꞌij.


sentence2: N-rumal ta jun ʼutz caka ʼano, chʼacbal-re i kelbal chi sak, xa are jun sipon chake; queje ile, n-ta jun coʼon nim che rib rumal tak i ʼutz u ʼanom.


sentence1: that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;

sentence2: Ri Dios xuꞌan waꞌ chike chaꞌ chikawach apanok lic cakꞌalajin ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx na jinta utakexic, ri xuya lo rucꞌ relej ucꞌuꞌx pakawiꞌ ruma ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo.


sentence1: and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

sentence2: Y junam rucꞌ ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo xojucꞌastajisaj lok y xuya chike cojtakan rucꞌ Rire chilaꞌ chicaj.


sentence1: But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

sentence2: Pero ri Dios ruma lic cꞌo unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx, xoj-juchꞌ caꞌn che y cꞌax xojunaꞌo.


sentence1: even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—

sentence2: Ma echiriꞌ cꞌa oj caminak chwach Rire ruma ri kamac, xuya cꞌacꞌ cꞌaslemal chike junam rucꞌ ri Cristo. Ruma cꞌu ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios cꞌo kacolobetajic.


sentence1: We also all once lived among them in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

sentence2: Konoje riꞌoj ojertan xkaꞌan keꞌoj cucꞌ rique, ma e xkatakej janipa tak ri rayibal re ri katiꞌjil y tak ri na utz taj cacꞌun pa kajolom. Lic kalaxibem chi lo waꞌ oj aj maquib. Ruma cꞌu laꞌ, lic takal chike we ta xpe ri royowal ri Dios pakawiꞌ jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri cuꞌan cucꞌ conoje ri e aj maquib.


sentence1: in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience.

sentence2: Ma rojertan ri binic silabic alak e junam rucꞌ ri quibinic tak ri winak re ruwachulew. E xnimaj alak janipa rutakanic ri jun catakan xa pa tew, waꞌ e ri itzel uxlabixel, ri catakan wakꞌij ora cucꞌ tak ri winak caquipalajij Rutzij ri Dios.


sentence1: You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,

sentence2: Ri Dios uyaꞌom cꞌacꞌ cꞌaslemal che alak, tob ojertan caminak alak chwach ri Dios ruma xmacun alak y xpalajij alak Rutzij.


sentence1: He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri Dios xuya ronoje xeꞌrakan ukꞌab ri Cristo y xucojo chaꞌ cuꞌan unimal ujolom riglesia


sentence1: and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

sentence2: Cuaj cꞌut lic quetaꞌmaj alak runimal uchukꞌab ri Dios, ma waꞌ na jinta cajunumitaj wi. Y wa uchukꞌab cꞌo chi kucꞌ, ma rucꞌ waꞌ ri Dios cachacun chikaxoꞌl riꞌoj ri lic cubul kacꞌuꞌx rucꞌ.


sentence1: which he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

sentence2: Waꞌ wa uchukꞌab e xucꞌutu echiriꞌ xucꞌastajisaj lo ri Cristo chiquixoꞌl tak ri ecaminak y xutzꞌuyubaꞌ puwiquikꞌab chilaꞌ chicaj.


sentence1: having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

sentence2: Yey cantzꞌonoj che ri Dios cuya chi sak ri naꞌoj alak chaꞌ jelaꞌ quetaꞌmaj alak chi utz saꞌ tak ri oyeꞌem alak, ma alak siqꞌuim ruma ri Dios. Chetaꞌmaj cꞌu alak saꞌ ri chomilaj beyomalil ubiꞌtisim chique conoje ri e re Rire.


sentence1: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him,

sentence2: Canꞌan orar chwach ri Kakaw ri lic nim ukꞌij, ri Dios re ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo. Cantzꞌonoj cꞌu che chuyaꞌa lo naꞌoj alak ruma ri Ruxlabixel y chukꞌalajisaj cꞌu chiwach alak runaꞌoj Rire chaꞌ jelaꞌ quetaꞌmaj alak uwach chi utz.


sentence1: For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you and the love which you have toward all the saints,

sentence2: Ruma cꞌu nutom lic cubul cꞌuꞌx alak rucꞌ ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo y lic cꞌutum ri rutzil cꞌuꞌx alak chique conoje ri quicojom rubiꞌ,


sentence1: don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

sentence2: na kinuxlan ta che kintioxin chwach ri Dios uma ralaq echiriꞌ kanꞌan orar.


sentence2: Rumal-i yin, are xin ta chi lic i cubam i cʼux che i Kajwal Jesus, xak mas cʼax que i na conojel i je re i Dios, lic xin tioxij che i Dios, y n-quin mayij tu ʼonquil. Are quin tzʼonoj che i Dios, xak quin tzʼonoj piwi yix.


sentence1: who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.

sentence2: Yey ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios pa kanimaꞌ e cajiquiban uwach chike, chikawach apanok cakacꞌul na rutzꞌakatibal janipa ri ubiꞌtisim can ri Dios chike chaꞌ jelaꞌ cakayac ukꞌij ri Dios ruma ri unimal uchomalil.


sentence1: In him you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

sentence2: Ecꞌuchiriꞌ ralak xta alak rutzijoxic ri Kꞌijsak, ri Utzilaj Tzij puwi suꞌanic cacolobetaj alak; xcubiꞌ cꞌuꞌx alak rucꞌ ri Cristo y xcꞌul cꞌu alak ri biꞌtisim canok: Waꞌ e ri Santowilaj Ruxlabixel ri Dios pa animaꞌ alak, cꞌutubal re, alak chi re ri Dios.


sentence1: We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,

sentence2: Ruma cꞌu oj re ri Cristo, cakacꞌul na rubiꞌtisim lo ri Dios chike, ma xojuchaꞌ lo ojertan chaꞌ cakaꞌan janipa ri uchꞌobom chi lo Rire. Yey Rire lic e cuꞌana ronoje ri caraj cuꞌano jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri uchꞌobom chi ulok.


sentence1: to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ.

sentence2: Xojuchaꞌ cꞌu riꞌ re yacbal ukꞌij Rire chaꞌ quilitaj ruchomalil kuma riꞌoj, ri nabe xcubiꞌ kacꞌuꞌx rucꞌ ri Cristo.


sentence2: Rumal-i, yoj chi oj nabe chu cubaxic i ka cʼux che i Crísto, niʼpa i caka ʼano, chom chaka ʼana che, man quiqui bij ni winak chi nim u ʼij u chomal i Dios.


sentence1: making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

sentence2: U yom chake caketamaj wach u chʼobom pu cʼux chi craj ire coʼon na; xu ya chake chi caka ta u be wach u chʼobom ire mísmo.


sentence1: to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him.

sentence2: echiriꞌ copon na rukꞌijol cucꞌam lo ronoje tak ri cꞌolic, waꞌ e tak ri e cꞌo chilaꞌ chicaj y ri e cꞌo che ruwachulew, yey cuya na ronoje waꞌ pukꞌab ri Cristo chaꞌ catakan puwiꞌ.


sentence2: Are u chʼobom i Dios are iri: ronojel niʼpa i ʼo chicaj, xak niʼpa i ʼo chuwach i jyub taʼaj, ʼis junam cu ya na puʼab i Crísto. Queje coʼon ni Dios ile are cu rik i ʼij chi u chʼicom na.


sentence1: which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

sentence2: Na jinta cꞌu utakexic wa rutzil ucꞌuꞌx uyaꞌom lo pakawiꞌ. Yey xuya ne chi sak ri kanaꞌoj


sentence1: In him we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace

sentence2: Rucꞌ cꞌu riꞌ ri Cristo cꞌo kacolobetajic y cꞌo cuybal kamac ruma ruquiqꞌuel xturuwic, yey karikom waꞌ ruma ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios.


sentence1: to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved.

sentence2: Cakayac cꞌu ukꞌij ri Dios ruma ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx pakawiꞌ, ri xuya chike ruma Rucꞌajol, ri lic cꞌax cunaꞌ Rire.


sentence1: having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

sentence2: Ruma cꞌu rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios, lic ojertan xujiquibaꞌ lo uwach chaꞌ cuꞌan ralcꞌoꞌal chike ruma ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo. Yey lic pa ranimaꞌ xalax wi cuꞌan waꞌ.


sentence1: even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,

sentence2: Ma ri Dios cꞌamajaꞌ ne cuꞌan ruwachulew echiriꞌ xojuchaꞌ lok chaꞌ cojuya pukꞌab ri Cristo, y jelaꞌ cojuꞌan jusucꞌ y na jinta chi ne cꞌana kamac chwach.


sentence1: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

sentence2: ¡Lic nim ukꞌij ri Dios, Rukaw ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo! Ruma oj chi re ri Cristo, ri Dios uyaꞌom lo chike ronoje tak ri toꞌbal petinak chilaꞌ chicaj.


sentence1: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

sentence2: Cꞌulu cꞌu alak ri unimal rutzil cꞌuꞌxaj y ri utzil chomal re ri Kakaw Dios y re ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo.


sentence1: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

sentence2: Riꞌin in Pablo in takoꞌn re ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo; e ri Dios intakayom re, ma e xraj riꞌ chwe. Cantzꞌibaj pan wa carta che alak ri cꞌo alak pa ri tinamit Éfeso, ri cꞌo alak pukꞌab ri Cristo y tiquil alak chi utz chupa rubiꞌ.


sentence1: From now on, let no one cause me any trouble, for I bear the marks of the Lord Jesus branded on my body.

sentence2: Chwi cꞌu woꞌora, na cuaj taj cꞌo juna latzꞌanel chwe puwi ri nucꞌutunic, ma che ri nucuerpo kꞌalaj tak ri cꞌutubal re ri cꞌaxcꞌobic xinicꞌow wi ruma in jun aj chac re ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo.


sentence1: As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God’s Israel.

sentence2: Onoje cꞌu ralak ri takem alak waꞌ wa cꞌutunic puwi ri cꞌacꞌ kabinic, cꞌulu alak ri utzil chomal y ri rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios, junam cucꞌ rutinamit Israel, ri pakatzij wi e re Rire.


sentence1: For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

sentence2: Ma we oj re ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo, na jinta chi queꞌelawi we cakacoj ri retalil re circuncisión o we na cakacoj taj; ma ri lic caraj Rire, e cuꞌan cꞌacꞌ ri kabinic kasilabic.


sentence1: But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

sentence2: Noꞌj riꞌin na cuaj ta cꞌana cantacꞌabaꞌ nukꞌij, xew lic canyac ukꞌij ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo ruma ri xuꞌan Rire chwa ri cruz. Ruma cꞌu riꞌ, na cacha ta chi nucꞌuꞌx che tak ri xa re ruwachulew; ronoje waꞌ e pachaꞌ caminak chi chinuwach riꞌin; yey riꞌin e pachaꞌ in chi caminak chwach tak ri xa re ruwachulew.


sentence1: For even they who receive circumcision don’t keep the law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised, so that they may boast in your flesh.

sentence2: Ma ri jujun caquimin alak chupa che ucojic ri retalil re circuncisión, rique na caquiꞌan tane ronoje ri Tzij Pixab; xew cacaj caquitacꞌabaꞌ quikꞌij ruma xcoj alak quitzij.


sentence1: As many as desire to make a good impression in the flesh compel you to be circumcised, just so they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

sentence2: Ri jujun caquibiꞌij che alak e lic chirajawaxic wi cacoj alak ri retalil re circuncisión, caquiꞌan waꞌ xa e chaꞌ na caquijal ta uchiꞌ chiquiwach jujun chic y chaꞌ na cape ta cꞌax paquiwiꞌ ruma caquitzijoj rucamic ri Cristo chwa ri cruz.


sentence1: See with what large letters I write to you with my own hand.

sentence2: Chilape alak, rucꞌ nimak tak letras quintzꞌiban pan che alak.


sentence1: Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don’t give up.

sentence2: Mojcos che uꞌanic ri utz y makokꞌotaj ne uꞌanic waꞌ, ma copon na rukꞌijol queꞌkila uwach rujikꞌobalil ri kaꞌanom.


sentence1: For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

sentence2: Ma we junok e cuya rib che tak ri rayibal re rutiꞌjil, riꞌ e cucꞌam lo ri camic puwiꞌ. Noꞌj we junok e cuya rib che uꞌanic ri caraj ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios, riꞌ che ri Ruxlabixel cucꞌul ri cꞌaslemal na jinta utakexic.


sentence1: Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

sentence2: Masocosaꞌ ib alak: Na jinta junok casocow re ri Dios. E chirij ri cutic junok, e jelaꞌ ri cumolo.


sentence1: But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches.

sentence2: We cꞌo junok cucꞌut Rutzij Upixab ri Dios che alak, chirajawaxic wi catoꞌ alak rire rucꞌ ri bitak e alak.


sentence1: For each man will bear his own burden.

sentence2: Ma ri chirajawaxic wi e chikajujunal cakacꞌam bi ri cꞌo chikakul cakaꞌano.


sentence1: But let each man examine his own work, and then he will have reason to boast in himself, and not in someone else.

sentence2: E uwariꞌche chirajawaxic wi chikajujunal cakachꞌob chi utz puwi ri kaꞌanom. Y we utz ri kaꞌanom chwach ri Dios, chojquiꞌcot cꞌu riꞌ, pero makaꞌan cꞌu nim che kib xa ruma kaꞌanom más chiquiwa ri jujun chic.


sentence1: For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

sentence2: Ma we cꞌo junok cuchꞌobo lic cꞌo uwach ruma ri cuꞌano yey na e ta cꞌu uꞌanom, riꞌ utuquel cusoc rib.


sentence1: Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

sentence2: Toꞌo ib alak chiwach alak we cꞌo junok che alak cꞌo pa cꞌaxcꞌobic, ma jecꞌuriꞌlaꞌ catajin alak che uꞌanic ri tzij xucꞌut can ri Cristo.


sentence1: Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

sentence2: Hermanos, we xnaꞌbej alak cꞌo junok tzakinak pa mac, e ralak ri cꞌamom wach alak ruma ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios, toꞌo alak chaꞌ cayactajic. Yey chajij ib alak ma cꞌaxtaj catzak ralak chupa waꞌ wa xuꞌan rire.


sentence1: Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.

sentence2: Makatzucuj ri yacbal kakꞌij, makapetisaj koyowal chikawach y matzel mekil jujun chic ruma cakarayij ri cꞌo cucꞌ.


sentence1: If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.

sentence2: We ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios uyaꞌom ri cꞌacꞌ kacꞌaslemal, kayaꞌa cꞌu ri kabinic kasilabic pukꞌab Rire.


sentence1: Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

sentence2: Janipa ri e re ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo, na caquitakej ta chi ri rayibal re ri quitiꞌjil.


sentence1: gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

sentence2: na cuꞌan ta nim che rib y cuchꞌij uchukꞌab tak ri rayibal re rutiꞌjil. We jecꞌuriꞌlaꞌ uꞌanom junok, na cajawax tane riꞌ cꞌo junok capixaban re chaꞌ cuꞌan ri utz.


sentence1: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

sentence2: Noꞌj rujikꞌobalil ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios rucꞌ junok e waꞌ: pa ranimaꞌ cꞌo rutzil cꞌuꞌxaj, cꞌo quiꞌcotemal y cꞌo utzil chomal; cꞌo unimal ucꞌuꞌx, utz ucꞌuꞌx, cꞌo relej ucꞌuꞌx; ri jujun chic cacubiꞌ quicꞌuꞌx rucꞌ, ma janipa ri cubiꞌij, e cuꞌanaꞌ;


sentence1: envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.

sentence2: tzel caquil jun chic ruma caquirayij ri cꞌo rucꞌ, e camisanel, e kꞌabaꞌrelab, caquimol quib re caquiꞌan chꞌulilaj mac y caquiꞌan jujun chic mac pachaꞌ tak waꞌ. Cambiꞌij cꞌu jumul chic che alak: Conoje waꞌ na jinta que cucꞌ ri yaꞌtal chique queboc pa rutakanic ri Dios.


sentence1: idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,

sentence2: caquilokꞌnimaj ukꞌij tiox, caquiꞌan itz, tzel quequil jujun chic, e aj chꞌaꞌoj, cꞌax quicꞌuꞌx chiquij jujun chic; e aj oyowal, e aj chapanel che chꞌaꞌoj, e aj jachal quipa jujun chic, e aj cꞌutunel re tak naꞌoj na utz taj


sentence1: Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,

sentence2: Lic cakꞌalajin uwach tak ri na utz taj caquiꞌan ri winak ri caquitakej tak ri rayibal re ri quitiꞌjil. Rique e quemacun chirij ri cꞌulaniquil, caquetzꞌabej uwa quikꞌij cucꞌ jujun chic na quicꞌulel taj, caquiꞌan ri chꞌulilaj mac y caquimaj uwach tak ri rayibal re ri quitiꞌjil,


sentence1: But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

sentence2: Noꞌj we e ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios ri cacꞌamaw wach alak, riꞌ na jinta alak chuxeꞌ ri takanic re ri Tzij Pixab.


sentence1: But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

sentence2: Cambiꞌij cꞌu waꞌ che alak: E takej alak janipa ri caraj ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios che alak chaꞌ jelaꞌ na caya ta ib alak che tak ri rayibal re ri tiꞌjil alak.


sentence1: But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.

sentence2: Noꞌj we ralak capurij ib alak y catij ne ib alak chiwach alak, chajij cꞌu ib alak riꞌ ma cꞌaxtaj asu casach ne wach alak chiwach alak.


sentence1: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

sentence2: Ma ronoje ri takanic re ri Moisés catzꞌakat uwach rucꞌ wa chꞌaꞌtem: «Cꞌax chanaꞌa rawatz-achakꞌ jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri cꞌax canaꞌ awib riꞌat» cachaꞌ.


sentence1: For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

sentence2: Ma ralak hermanos, xsiqꞌuix alak chaꞌ na cacꞌojiꞌ ta alak chuxeꞌ ri takanic que raj judiꞌab; xew cꞌu matzꞌilaꞌ ri binic silabic alak rucꞌ tak ri rayibal re ri tiꞌjil alak. E nimaj ib alak chiwach alak rucꞌ rutzil cꞌuꞌxaj.


sentence1: I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.

sentence2: Ecꞌu chique ri caquisachisaj naꞌoj alak, ¡ta ne asu quikꞌata bi ri culewal!


sentence1: But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.

sentence2: Ecꞌu riꞌin hermanos, we ta e laꞌ cambiꞌij chirajawaxic cacoj ri retalil re circuncisión che junok chaꞌ cacolobetajic, riꞌ raj judiꞌab na quechꞌoꞌjin ta chi wucꞌ y na tzel tane caquita ri tzijonic canꞌan puwi rucamic ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo chwa ri cruz. Noꞌj na je ta laꞌ uꞌanom.


sentence1: I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.

sentence2: Ruma cꞌu kayaꞌom kib ralak y riꞌin pukꞌab ri Cristo, e lic cubul nucꞌuꞌx na jinta juna chic naꞌoj alak puwi waꞌ chwa ri canchꞌob riꞌin. Yey we cꞌo junok cusachisaj naꞌoj alak, cꞌo chi riꞌ ri kꞌatbal tzij re ri Dios puwiꞌ, xa tob chinok.


sentence1: A little yeast grows through the whole lump.

sentence2: Masach chicꞌuꞌx alak waꞌ: «Echiriꞌ queꞌec jubikꞌ levadura chupa ri kꞌor re pam, waꞌ cusipowirisaj upa ronoje.» Waꞌ e queꞌelok: E junok na sakil ta runaꞌoj, cusachisaj ri quinaꞌoj ri jujun chic.


sentence1: This persuasion is not from him who calls you.

sentence2: Ri Dios, ri xusikꞌij alaq, na e ta xukꞌut waꞌ che alaq.


sentence1: You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?

sentence2: Ri binic silabic alak rucꞌ ri Cristo xjek lo alak chi utz. ¿China xkꞌaten e alak chaꞌ na cabin ta chi alak chupa ri Kꞌijsak?


sentence1: For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, but faith working through love.

sentence2: Yey we oj re ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo, na jinta chi queꞌelawi we cakacoj ri retalil re circuncisión o we na cakacoj taj. Ma ri lic chirajawaxic e ri cubulibal kacꞌuꞌx rucꞌ ri Cristo, yey waꞌ e cakacꞌut ruma ri rutzil kacꞌuꞌx.


sentence1: For we through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

sentence2: Noꞌj riꞌoj, ruma ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios pa kanimaꞌ, koyeꞌem ri kꞌij echiriꞌ ri Dios cojucꞌulu ma oj chi jusucꞌ chwach ruma ri cubulibal kacꞌuꞌx rucꞌ ri Cristo.


sentence1: You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

sentence2: Ecꞌu ralak, ri cachꞌob alak e cuꞌan alak jusucꞌ chwach ri Dios ruma ri catakej alak wa takanic, riꞌ che ri Cristo xesaj wi ib alak y e xya can alak ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios.


sentence1: Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

sentence2: Cuaj cambiꞌij tanchi waꞌ: We juna achi cucoj ri retalil re circuncisión, riꞌ chirajawaxic che e cuꞌan ronoje ri takanic que raj judiꞌab.


sentence1: Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

sentence2: E chukꞌubej ib alak che ri colobetajic xyaꞌiꞌ chike ruma ri Cristo echiriꞌ xojresaj lo chuxeꞌ ri takanic que raj judiꞌab; maya tanchi cꞌu ib alak chuxeꞌ rucꞌayewal waꞌ wa takanic.


sentence1: So then, brothers, we are not children of a servant, but of the free woman.

sentence2: E uwariꞌche hermanos, riꞌoj na oj ta ralcꞌoꞌal rixok aj chac pa ja, ma oj ralcꞌoꞌal ri rixokil ri rajaw ja.


sentence1: However, what does the Scripture say? “Throw out the servant and her son, for the son of the servant will not inherit with the son of the free woman.”

sentence2: Pero ¿saꞌ ri cubiꞌij Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios tzꞌibital canok? Jewaꞌ cubiꞌij: E chesaj bi la rixok aj chac pa ja junam rucꞌ ri ralab. Ma che ri ralab wiꞌxok na cayaꞌiꞌ ta ri takal che cucꞌul ri ralab ri rixokil ri rajaw ja cachaꞌ.


sentence1: But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.

sentence2: Yey pachaꞌ ri xuꞌan rojertan, ri xalax xa ruma rurayibal rachi e xuternabej rucꞌ cꞌax ri xalax e chirij ri xraj ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios; jecꞌulaꞌ uꞌanom woꞌora.


sentence1: Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

sentence2: Hermanos, riꞌoj oj jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri Isaac, ma oj sakil ralcꞌoꞌal ri Dios ruma ri biꞌtisinic xuꞌan Rire.


sentence1: For it is written, “Rejoice, you barren who don’t bear. Break out and shout, you who don’t travail. For the desolate women have more children than her who has a husband.”

sentence2: Ma jewaꞌ tzꞌibital can pa Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios: ¡Chatquiꞌcot riꞌat ixok ri na catalan taj, ri na jinta awalcꞌoꞌal! ¡Chatsiqꞌuin ruma raquiꞌcotemal, riꞌat ri na at icꞌowinak ta pa ri cꞌax re juna ixok echiriꞌ cutzir uwach! Ma ri e ralcꞌoꞌal rixok xokꞌotax canok, más queqꞌuiyar chiquiwach ri e ralcꞌoꞌal rixok cꞌo rachijil cachaꞌ.


sentence1: But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

sentence2: Noꞌj ri “Jerusalem” re chilaꞌ chicaj elinak chi chuxeꞌ ri takanic que raj judiꞌab yey riꞌoj oj ralcꞌoꞌal waꞌ wa tinamit.


sentence1: For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri Agar e cajunimax rucꞌ ri juyub Sinaí cꞌo chilaꞌ pa ri luwar re Arabia; yey wakꞌij ora waꞌ e ri e aj Jerusalem, ma waꞌ wa tinamit e cꞌo chuxeꞌ tak ri takanic que raj judiꞌab.


sentence1: These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.

sentence2: Ecꞌu waꞌ e jun cꞌambal naꞌoj. Ri queb ixokib e queꞌelawi queb tzij; jun e ri petinak che ri juyub Sinaí pa xuya wi ri Dios ri takanic re ri Tzij Pixab. Waꞌ wiꞌxok e Agar, yey ri e ralcꞌoꞌal rire e ri caquiya quib chuxeꞌ ri takanic que raj judiꞌab.


sentence1: However, the son by the servant was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.

sentence2: E rucꞌajol xalax rucꞌ rixok aj chac pa ja, xalaxic xa ruma quinoꞌjibal rique; noꞌj rucꞌajol xalax rucꞌ ri rixokil, e ubiꞌtisim riꞌ ri Dios che ri Abraham.


sentence1: For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant, and one by the free woman.

sentence2: Ma tzꞌibital canok ri Abraham xecꞌojiꞌ caꞌib ucꞌajol. Jun chique xalax rucꞌ rixok aj chac pa ja; ri jun chic ucꞌajol xalax rucꞌ ri rixokil.


sentence1: but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.

sentence2: Lic ne cuaj ta e laꞌ in cꞌo chilaꞌ ucꞌ alak woꞌora yey na lic ta cꞌax quinchꞌaw pawiꞌ alak, ma lic uchapom wanimaꞌ ri ꞌanom alak.


sentence1: My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you—

sentence2: Ralak pachaꞌ alak walcꞌoꞌal, riꞌin cantij tanchi cꞌax uma ralak jelaꞌ pachaꞌ juna ixok echiriꞌ cutzir uwach. Y cantij cꞌu wa cꞌax cꞌa echiriꞌ ri binic silabic alak cuꞌana pachaꞌ ri re ri Cristo.


sentence1: They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.

sentence2: Tak laꞌ la ticawex lic chacojoꞌ lic cꞌax caquinaꞌ alak tob na e ta caquitzucuj ri utz che alak, ma ri cacaj rique e na cojtakej ta chi alak chaꞌ xew e quetakej alak rique.


sentence1: So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

sentence2: ¿Ruma cami ximbiꞌij ri lic katzij che alak, e tzel quinil wi alak riꞌ woꞌora?


sentence1: What was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.

sentence2: ¿Pa cꞌu xcanaj can wi riꞌ ri quiꞌcotemal cꞌo ucꞌ alak echiriꞌ xinopon chilaꞌ? Ma ri xinwil che alak e caya ne animaꞌ alak quesaj ri wach ralak chaꞌ caya alak chwe riꞌin.


sentence1: That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn’t despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

sentence2: Yey na tzel ta xinil alak, na xcꞌak tane bi alak nukꞌij tob e laꞌ cꞌo wa yabil chwe. Ma ri xꞌan alak e xincꞌul alak, xꞌan alak chwe pachaꞌ in jun ángel re ri Dios, pachaꞌ chi e xcꞌul alak ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo.


sentence1: but you know that because of weakness in the flesh I preached the Good News to you the first time.

sentence2: Ma etaꞌam chi alak, echiriꞌ xintzijoj ri Utzilaj Tzij che alak ri nabe laj, xincanaj can ucꞌ alak ruma jun yabil in cꞌo wi.


sentence1: I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,

sentence2: Hermanos, lic cantzꞌonoj che alak ꞌana e alak jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri nuꞌanom riꞌin, ma riꞌin jelaꞌ xinꞌano pachaꞌ ralak. Yey echiriꞌ xincꞌojiꞌ ucꞌ alak na jinta juna cꞌax xꞌan alak chwe.


sentence1: I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.

sentence2: Lic cubisoj nucꞌuꞌx ma cꞌaxtaj ri chac nuꞌanom chixoꞌl alak na jinta cutikoj.


sentence1: But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?

sentence2: Ecꞌu woꞌora etaꞌam chi alak uwach ri Dios, o ri más jusucꞌ ubiꞌxiquil e “ralak etaꞌmatal chi wach alak ruma ri Dios”. ¿Saꞌ cꞌu ube riꞌ caya tanchi ib alak chuxeꞌ tak ri takanic na il ta uwach y na jinta uchac?


sentence1: However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.

sentence2: Pakatzij wi, rojertan echiriꞌ na etaꞌam ta alak uwach ri Dios, ralak e quelokꞌnimaj alak tak ri tiox, ri lic quewi na e ta dios.


sentence1: So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

sentence2: E uwariꞌche na lal ta chi pachaꞌ jun aj chac cꞌo pukꞌab juna patrón, ma woꞌora lal ralcꞌoꞌal ri Dios. Y ruma lal ralcꞌoꞌal, Rire cuya na cheꞌla janipa ri ubiꞌtisim chique ri ralcꞌoꞌal.


sentence1: And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”

sentence2: E uwariꞌche, ruma oj chi ralcꞌoꞌal ri Dios, Rire xutak lo ri Ruxlabixel Rucꞌajol chupa ri kanimaꞌ; y ruma cꞌu ri Ruxlabixel, utz cakabiꞌij che ri Dios: «¡Tat, Lal Nukaw!» cojchaꞌ.


sentence1: that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as children.

sentence2: Rire xcꞌunic chaꞌ cojucolobej ri oj cꞌo chuxeꞌ wa takanic, y jecꞌulaꞌ cojuꞌana oj ralcꞌoꞌal ri Dios.


sentence1: So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.

sentence2: Jecꞌulaꞌ kacꞌulumam riꞌoj ojertan, e pachaꞌ oj acꞌalab cꞌa oj cꞌo pukꞌab ri takanic cojotal che ruwachulew.


sentence1: but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.

sentence2: ma cꞌa cꞌo paquikꞌab ri e chajal re y ri caquichacuj rubitak re, copon na rukꞌijol biꞌtal can ruma rukaw echiriꞌ quel chuxeꞌ ri takanic que rique.