sentence1: There was great joy in that city.

sentence2: Ruma cꞌu riꞌ waꞌ, tak ri winak re ri tinamit lic quequiꞌcotic.


sentence1: For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.

sentence2: Ma lic e qꞌui ri e cꞌo paquikꞌab itzelilaj uxlabixel, yey waꞌ wa itzelilaj uxlabixel quesiqꞌuinic quebel bi chique ri winak. Y e cꞌo uqꞌuiyal jetzꞌ y sic xecunutajic.


sentence1: The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip when they heard and saw the signs which he did.

sentence2: Waꞌ wa winak xa jun quiꞌanom che utayic janipa ri cucꞌut ri Felipe, yey caquitzutzaꞌ tak ri cꞌutubal re ruchukꞌab ri Dios cuꞌan chiquiwach.


sentence1: Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word.

sentence2: E tak cꞌu ri equichom bi caquitzijoj ri Utzilaj Tzij chupa ronoje luwar pa quebopon wi.


sentence1: Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

sentence2: I a-Sáulo le, junam u wach cuʼ ique chi xe camsaw i ma Estéban. Are xcamsax i ma Estéban, are ʼij wi xjekan i chʼoʼoj chiquij i creyent pa Jerusalen. Conojel i creyent xe quicher bi pa tak tinimit re i jyub Judéa, xak pa tak tinimit re i jyub Samária. Xui i apostelab n-xe ʼanmaj taj.


sentence1: Devout men buried Stephen and lamented greatly over him.

sentence2: E cꞌo cꞌu jujun achijab lic quiyaꞌom quib pukꞌab ri Dios; rique xquimuk ri Esteban y lic xcokꞌej rucamic.


sentence1: But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house and dragged both men and women off to prison.

sentence2: Noꞌj ri Saulo ebuternabem rucꞌ cꞌax ri quicojom rubiꞌ ri Cristo. Xoc cꞌu chiꞌ tak ja re quebuꞌcharej lo rachijab y rixokib yey quebuꞌyaꞌa pa cárcel.


sentence1: He kneeled down and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.

sentence2: Tecꞌuchiriꞌ, xuxucubaꞌ rib y co xsiqꞌuinic: «Kajawal, cuyu la quimac che wa quetajin che uꞌanic» xchaꞌ. Y rucꞌ waꞌ, xcamic.


sentence1: They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

sentence2: Ecꞌuchiriꞌ quetajin che uꞌanic paꞌbaj ri Esteban, rire xuchꞌaꞌbej ri Kanimajawal, jewaꞌ xubiꞌij: «Wajawal Jesús, cꞌama la ri wanimaꞌ» xchaꞌ.


sentence1: They threw him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

sentence2: Xkesaj kꞌu bꞌi chupa ri tinamit y xkijeqo kakiꞌan paꞌbꞌaj. Y ri xkimol kibꞌ chirij, xkiya kan ri kiqꞌuꞌ che jun ala Saulo rubꞌiꞌ chaꞌ kuchajij waꞌ chike.


sentence1: But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears, then rushed at him with one accord.

sentence2: Ecꞌuchiriꞌ, ri winak xquijeko lic quesiqꞌuinic, xquitzꞌapij ri quixiquin y xa jumul xebec conoje chirij ri Esteban.


sentence1: and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

sentence2: Xubiꞌij cꞌu rire: «¡Riꞌin canwilo jakal ruwa caj y canwil pana Ralaxel Chiquixoꞌl Ticawex cꞌo puwiquikꞌab ri Dios!» xchaꞌ.


sentence1: But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

sentence2: Pero ri Esteban lic cꞌo ruchukꞌab ri Santowilaj Ruxlabixel ri Dios rucꞌ; xtzuꞌn cꞌu pana chicaj y xril runimal uchomalil ri Dios yey xrilo ri Jesús cꞌo puwiquikꞌab ri Dios.


sentence1: Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.

sentence2: Echiriꞌ xkita ri xubꞌiꞌij ri Esteban, lik xpe koyowal y xkijeq kaqichꞌichꞌ ruwi keꞌ chirij rire.


sentence1: Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.

sentence2: ¿China junok chique ri kꞌalajisanelab na xternabex ta rucꞌ cꞌax cuma ri chuꞌkaw alak ojertan? Ma rique e xecamisan que ri xetzijon lo puwi rucꞌutunic ri Jun lic jusucꞌ. Yey echiriꞌ xcꞌun Rire, ralak xcꞌayij alak y xcamisaj alak.


sentence1: ‘heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?’ says the Lord. ‘Or what is the place of my rest?

sentence2: I chicaj are in cubibal pa quin ʼat wi tzij; i u wach ulew are u qʼuijibal i wakan. ¿Wach u ʼonquil ni jun wachoch qui ʼan yix? cu bij i Kajwal. ¿Xataba qui yijba jun in muj in soc pa quin uxlan wi?


sentence1: Didn’t my hand make all these things?’

sentence2: ¿Na e ta neba ri nukꞌab ꞌanayom ronoje waꞌ wa cꞌolic?” cachaꞌ.


sentence2: I abaj, i cheʼ, ronojel niʼpa i ʼolic, ¿xataba n-yin ta in yijbawnak? Yin pues. (Queje u tzij i Dios ile chi tzʼibtal canok.)


sentence1: However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,

sentence2: tob ri Dios Kajawxel na xew ta cajekiꞌ pa tak ja ꞌanatal xa cuma ticawex, pachaꞌ ri cubiꞌij ri jun kꞌalajisanel:


sentence1: But Solomon built him a house.

sentence2: Noꞌj e ri Salomón ri xyacaw waꞌ wa Rocho Dios;


sentence1: who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.

sentence2: »Ecꞌu ri David lic cꞌo rutoꞌbal ri Dios rucꞌ. Rire xutzꞌonoj cꞌut cayaꞌtaj che cuyac jun cꞌacꞌ Rocho ri Dios chaꞌ tak ri ralcꞌoꞌal can ri Jacob caquilokꞌnimaj ukꞌij ri Dios chiriꞌ.


sentence1: which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations whom God drove out before the face of our fathers to the days of David,

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri katiꞌ-kamam xquiya can wa Rocho Dios (ri xa caquiric) paquikꞌab ri calcꞌoꞌal rique. Y wa calcꞌoꞌal xquicꞌam bi waꞌ echiriꞌ xeboc rucꞌ ri Josué chupa ri ulew que ri na e ta aj Israel, ri xebesax bi ruma ri Dios chaꞌ waꞌ wuꞌlew cacanaj can paquikꞌab rutinamit Rire. Ecꞌu waꞌ wa Rocho Dios xcꞌojiꞌ cucꞌ rutinamit ri Dios cꞌa chupa tak ri kꞌij re ri rey David.


sentence1: You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship, so I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’

sentence2: Na xiꞌan taj, ma e ne xitelej ri rocho ri tiox Moloc ubiꞌ y ri chꞌumil re ri tiox iweꞌix, Renfán ubiꞌ. Waꞌ e quicꞌaxwach tak ri tiox xebiꞌano re quilokꞌnimaj quikꞌij. Ruma cꞌu laꞌ quixintak bi cꞌa chwach pana ri tinamit Babilonia cachaꞌ.


sentence1: But God turned away and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

sentence2: »Ecꞌu ri Dios xebuya can che ulokꞌnimaxic quikꞌij ronoje ri cꞌo che ruwa caj. Xquiꞌan cꞌut jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri ubiꞌim ri Dios chupa ri tzꞌibital can cuma ri kꞌalajisanelab: Riꞌix ix aj Israel, echiriꞌ xebicamisaj chicop re kasaꞌn chupa ri cuarenta junab xixbin pa ri luwar catzꞌintzꞌotic, ¿xilokꞌnimaj neba nukꞌij riꞌin rucꞌ waꞌ?


sentence1: They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.

sentence2: Ecꞌuchiriꞌ, xquiꞌan jun tiox ucꞌaxwach toro. Xequicamisaj cꞌu awaj re quikasaꞌn chwach wa tiox y xquiꞌan nimakꞌij chupa rubiꞌ ri tiox, ri xa xquiꞌan rucꞌ ri quikꞌab.


sentence1: saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.’

sentence2: Yey xkibꞌiꞌij ne che ri Aarón: “Cheꞌana la qatiox chaꞌ kenabꞌej bꞌi chiqawach; ma wa Moisés, ri xesan lo qeꞌoj chwach rulew re Egipto, na qetaꞌam taj saꞌ ri xukꞌulumaj.”


sentence1: This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living revelations to give to us,

sentence2: »E Moisés riꞌ waꞌ, ri xcꞌojiꞌ chiquiwach ri tinamit echiriꞌ quimolom quib pa ri luwar catzꞌintzꞌotic, y e xesan uchiꞌ ri ángel chiquiwa ri katiꞌ-kamam echiriꞌ xchꞌaꞌt rucꞌ chwi ri juyub Sinaí. Yey e rire ri xcꞌuluw tak ri chꞌaꞌtem re cꞌaslemal chaꞌ cukꞌatisaj lo chikawach riꞌoj.


sentence1: This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.’

sentence2: »Ecꞌu Moisés riꞌ waꞌ, ri xbiꞌn chique raj Israel: E ri Dios Kajawxel cuyac na lo chiquixoꞌl ri katinamit Israel jun Kꞌalajisanel jelaꞌ pachaꞌ riꞌin. Ecꞌu chita janipa ri cubiꞌij Rire chiwe xchaꞌ.


sentence1: This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.

sentence2: E Moisés riꞌ waꞌ, ri xeberesaj lo rutinamit ri Dios Egipto y lic xuꞌan milagros y tak cꞌutubal re ruchukꞌab ri Dios pa ri tinamit Egipto, chupa ri Mar Rojo y chupa ri cuarenta junab xebin pa ri luwar catzꞌintzꞌotic.


sentence1: “This Moses whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

sentence2: »Ecꞌu Moisés riꞌ waꞌ, ri xcꞌak bi ukꞌij echiriꞌ xbiꞌx che: “¿China cojoyom e la re takanel y re aj kꞌatal tzij pakawi riꞌoj?” Na rucꞌ ta cꞌu riꞌ, e ri Moisés ri xtak bi ruma ri Dios re cuꞌana quitakanel rutinamit y re queberesaj ri tinamit paquikꞌab raj Egipto. Xtak cꞌu che cuꞌan waꞌ ruma ri ángel, ri xwinakir chwach pa ri jumocaj xuluquej.


sentence1: The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you stand is holy ground.

sentence2: »Ecꞌu ri Dios xubiꞌij che: “Chajolo raxajab che rawakan ma wa luwar pa at cꞌo wi lic santo.


sentence1: ‘I am the God of your fathers: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Moses trembled and dared not look.

sentence2: “In ri Dios ke ramam ojertan, waꞌ e ri Abraham, ri Isaac y ri Jacob” xchaꞌ. »Ekꞌu ri Moisés xujeq kabꞌirbꞌotik y ruma xiꞌin ibꞌ na xutzuꞌ ta chi ri jumokaj xulukej.


sentence1: When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, the voice of the Lord came to him,

sentence2: Echiriꞌ xril waꞌ ri Moisés, lic xcam ranimaꞌ che ri catajin ucꞌutic chwach. Yey echiriꞌ xkib che rilic chi utz, xuta rukul ri Dios, jewaꞌ xubiꞌij che:


sentence1: “When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

sentence2: »Icꞌowinak chi cꞌu cuarenta junab cꞌo chilaꞌ echiriꞌ xwinakir jun ángel chwach chupa rurepebal akꞌ cꞌo che jumocaj xuluquej pa ri luwar catzꞌintzꞌotic, chunakaj ri juyub Sinaí.


sentence1: Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.

sentence2: »Echiriꞌ xuta waꞌ wa chꞌaꞌtem, ri Moisés asu xanimaj bi, xeꞌjekela pa ri luwar re Madián, tob rire na aj ta chilaꞌ. Yey chilaꞌ xebalax caꞌib ucꞌajol.


sentence1: Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’

sentence2: ¿Caꞌaj cami la riꞌ quincamisaj la riꞌin jelaꞌ pachaꞌ xꞌan la iwir echiriꞌ xcamisaj la ri aj Egipto?” xchaꞌ.


sentence1: But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

sentence2: »Ecꞌuchiriꞌ, ri jun ri cuꞌan cꞌax che ri ratz-uchakꞌ, xupakchiꞌij bi ri Moisés y xubiꞌij che: “¿China cojoyom e la re takanel y re aj kꞌatal tzij pakawi riꞌoj?


sentence1: He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand.

sentence2: E xuchꞌob rire, tak ri ratz-uchakꞌ caquimaj usucꞌ e ruma rire queberesaj bi ri Dios paquikꞌab raj Egipto; noꞌj rique na je ta laꞌ ri xquimaj usucꞌ.


sentence1: Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.

sentence2: Y xril cꞌu riꞌ lic caꞌan cꞌax che jun chique ruma jun aj Egipto. Xutoꞌ cꞌu uwiꞌ ri ratz-uchakꞌ yey xucamisaj ri aj Egipto.


sentence1: Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.

sentence2: Jecꞌulaꞌ, ri Moisés xtijox puwi ronoje ri naꞌoj que ri aj Egipto, y xuꞌana jun achi lic cꞌo uchukꞌab che janipa tak ri cubiꞌij y cuꞌano.


sentence1: When he was abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and reared him as her own son.

sentence2: Pero echiriꞌ na utz ta chi kewax pa ja, xesax bꞌi y xeꞌriqitaj lo ruma rumiꞌal ri faraón; y waꞌli xukꞌiyisaj y xuꞌan pachaꞌ ralabꞌ che.


sentence1: At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome to God. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.

sentence2: »Chupa tak cꞌu riꞌ laꞌ la kꞌij xalax ri Moisés y e jun chomilaj acꞌa chwach ri Dios. Ecꞌu rire oxib icꞌ xchajix xa xeꞌlakꞌay pa rocho rukaw.


sentence1: The same took advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to abandon their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.

sentence2: Waꞌ wa rey xebusoc ri katinamit ojertan. Lic xebuya ri katiꞌ-kamam pa cꞌaxcꞌobic, ma xtakan che quecamisax ri quichꞌutiꞌk e alabo chaꞌ jelaꞌ na caqꞌuiyar ta quiwach ri katinamit.


sentence1: until there arose a different king who didn’t know Joseph.

sentence2: Tecꞌuchiriꞌ, xyactaj jun chic rey chiriꞌ Egipto; ecꞌu rire na xretaꞌmaj ta uwach ri José.


sentence1: and they were brought back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.

sentence2: Xcꞌam cꞌu bi ri quibakil pa ri tinamit Siquem y xeyaꞌ pa ri mukubal ulokꞌom can ri Abraham rucꞌ uqꞌuiyal puak chique ri ralcꞌoꞌal can ri Hamor, chilaꞌ Siquem.


sentence1: Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers;

sentence2: Jecꞌulaꞌ xeꞌjekela ri Jacob pa ri tinamit Egipto. Chilaꞌ cꞌu riꞌ xcam wi rire y chilaꞌ xecam wi ri kamam.


sentence1: Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.

sentence2: »Yey ri José xutak ucꞌamic rukaw Jacob y conoje ri e ratz-uchakꞌ. Ri cajlibal rique chi conoje e setenta y cinco.


sentence1: On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family was revealed to Pharaoh.

sentence2: Ecꞌu che rucalaj quibenam, ri José xukꞌalajisaj rib chiquiwach ri ratzixelab. Jecꞌulaꞌ ri faraón xretaꞌmaj china tak ri e ratz-uchakꞌ ri José.


sentence1: But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.

sentence2: »Echiriꞌ ri Jacob xunaꞌbej chilaꞌ Egipto cꞌo catijic, xebutak bi rucꞌajol chaꞌ queꞌquilokꞌo trigo chilaꞌ. Waꞌ e ri nabe benam xquiꞌan ri kamam chilaꞌ Egipto.


sentence1: Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.

sentence2: »Xpe cꞌu jun unimal numic chupa tak ronoje ri luwar re Egipto y re Canaán. Ruma cꞌu waꞌ xpe unimal cꞌaxcꞌobic paquiwi ri katiꞌ-kamam ma na jinta caquitijo.


sentence1: and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

sentence2: y xresaj cꞌu chupa ronoje tak ri cꞌaxcꞌobic xicꞌow wi. Xuya unaꞌoj y xuꞌan che lic xucꞌul upuwach ri faraón, ri takanel re Egipto. Ma ri faraón xuya che ri José catakan puwi ri tinamit re Egipto y xuya pukꞌab rire ronoje rubitak re.


sentence1: “The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him

sentence2: »Ecꞌu rique xoc retzelal cꞌuꞌx pa canimaꞌ chirij ri quichakꞌ José. Ruma cꞌu riꞌ, xquicꞌayij bi chaꞌ cacꞌam bi Egipto. Pero ri Dios cꞌo rucꞌ ri José


sentence1: ‘I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,’ said God, ‘and after that they will come out and serve me in this place.’

sentence2: Pero In kinqꞌataw tzij pakiwi wa tinamit, ri kakiya pa kꞌaxlaj chak ri nutinamit. Tekꞌuchiriꞌ, ri nutinamit kebꞌel loq y ketzelej loq y kinkiloqꞌnimaj chupa wa luwar at kꞌo wi xchaꞌ.


sentence1: God spoke in this way: that his offspring would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri Dios xubiꞌij che ri Abraham: Tak rawalcꞌoꞌal canok quebeꞌjekela na pa jun ulew na culew taj. Y chiriꞌ cꞌu riꞌ caꞌaniꞌ nibaꞌib chique y queyaꞌiꞌ pa cꞌaxlaj chac cajib ciento junab cuma ri ticawex re ri tinamit pa quecꞌojiꞌ wi.


sentence1: He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his offspring after him, when he still had no child.

sentence2: »Pero ri Dios na xuya tane che ri Abraham cuꞌan rajaw waꞌ wuꞌlew, tob tane xa pa cuya wi juna rakan. Noꞌj xubiꞌtisij cꞌu che tob ne rire caminak chic, waꞌ wuꞌlew cuꞌana na re y que ri ralcꞌoꞌal canok; yey echiriꞌ xbiꞌx waꞌ che ri Abraham, cꞌamajaꞌ ne cꞌo juna ralcꞌoꞌal.


sentence1: He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

sentence2: Ecꞌu rire xubiꞌij: «Alak achijab y alak nimak winak, chinta na pe alak. Ri Dios, ri Jun lic cꞌo unimal chomalil rucꞌ, xukꞌalajisaj rib chwach ri kakaw Abraham echiriꞌ rire cꞌo pa ri luwar re Mesopotamia, waꞌ e echiriꞌ cꞌamajaꞌ queꞌjekela pa ri tinamit Harán.


sentence1: and said to him, ‘Get out of your land and away from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.’

sentence2: I Dios xu bij che: “Cha canaj can a jyub, cha canaj can awachalal, y jat che jun jyub quin cʼut na chawe,” xu bij.


sentence1: Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land where you are now living.

sentence2: Ecꞌuchiriꞌ, xel bi ri Abraham chwach rulew que raj Caldea y xjekiꞌ pa ri tinamit Harán. Chwi cꞌu rucamic rukaw, xtak lo ruma ri Dios chupa wa luwar pa jekel wi alak woꞌora.


sentence2: Are ʼuri i mam Abraham xel che i jyub Caldéa y xa ʼe jekel chila pa Haran. Xoʼon panok, xcam u kajaw, teʼuri i Dios xu cʼam li mam Abraham y xol jekel chi, pa oj ʼo wi woʼor.


sentence1: The high priest said, “Are these things so?”

sentence2: Ri cajawal raj chacunel pa Rocho Dios xutzꞌonoj che ri Esteban we katzij xubiꞌij waꞌ.


sentence1: All who sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face like it was the face of an angel.

sentence2: Conoje cꞌu ri etzꞌul pa ri kꞌatbal tzij, echiriꞌ xquitzuꞌ uwach ri Esteban, xquil rupalaj e pachaꞌ upalaj juna ángel.


sentence1: For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us.”

sentence2: Ma katom cubiꞌij, laꞌ la Jesús ri aj Nazaret cuwulij wa luwar y cujalcꞌatij janipa ri cꞌutunic y cojobal yaꞌtal can chike ruma ri Moisés» xechaꞌ.


sentence1: and set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.

sentence2: Xekikoj kꞌu achijabꞌ e aj kojol raqꞌubꞌal chirij, jewaꞌ kakibꞌiꞌij: «Waꞌ waꞌchi lik xaqi tzel kachꞌaꞌt chirij wa Santowilaj Luwar re ri Rocho Dios y chirij Rutzij Upixabꞌ ri Dios.


sentence1: They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, then brought him in to the council,

sentence2: Xa jecꞌulaꞌ xequichꞌiꞌ wi tak ri winak re ri tinamit, ri nimak winak e aj wach y raj cꞌutunel re ri tzijpixab. Conoje cꞌu riꞌ waꞌ xebec chirij ri Esteban; rucꞌ oyowal xquichapo, xquicꞌam bi y xeꞌquiyaꞌa chiquiwach tak ri uchapom wi rib ri kꞌatbal tzij.


sentence1: Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri xquiꞌano e xequipuakij jujun achijab chaꞌ caquibiꞌij quitom tzel cachꞌaꞌt ri Esteban chirij ri Moisés y chirij ri Dios.


sentence1: But some of those who were of the synagogue called “The Libertines”, and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing with Stephen.

sentence2: Ecꞌuchiriꞌ, xeyactaj jujun re ri sinagoga, ri cabiꞌx che “Ri sinagoga que ri ebelinak lo pa ri cꞌax”, yey cucꞌ rique xeyactaj jujun e aj Cirene, e aj Alejandría, e aj Chipre y e aj Asia. E tak cꞌu riꞌ waꞌ xquijeko xa pa chꞌaꞌtem quechꞌoꞌjin rucꞌ ri Esteban.


sentence1: Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.

sentence2: Ri Esteban lic cꞌo ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx y ruchukꞌab ri Dios rucꞌ. Ruma cꞌu riꞌ, cuꞌan nimak tak cꞌutubal re ruchukꞌab ri Dios chiquiwach ri winak.


sentence1: The word of God increased and the number of the disciples greatly multiplied in Jerusalem. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

sentence2: Jecꞌuriꞌlaꞌ ri Utzilaj Tzij re ri Kanimajawal lic xeꞌec utzijoxic y lic catajin quiqꞌuiyaric ri cajlibal ri quicojom rubiꞌ ri Cristo chiriꞌ Jerusalem. E cꞌo ne uqꞌuiyal e aj chacunel pa Rocho Dios xquijek caquitakej ri Utzilaj Tzij.


sentence1: whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

sentence2: Ewi xekikꞌam lo chikiwach rutaqoꞌn ri Jesús. Ekꞌu wa taqoꞌn xkiya ri kiqꞌabꞌ pakiwiꞌ y xkiꞌan orar kukꞌ.


sentence1: These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch,

sentence2: Conoje cꞌu ri hermanos quimolom quib, xucꞌul quicꞌuꞌx wa xbiꞌx chique. Xquichaꞌ cꞌu ri Esteban, jun achi lic cubul ucꞌuꞌx rucꞌ ri Dios yey lic cꞌo ri Santowilaj Ruxlabixel ri Dios rucꞌ. Y xequichaꞌ ri Felipe, ri Prócoro, ri Nicanor, ri Timón, ri Parmenas y ri Nicolás, jun achi aj Antioquía xex utakem lo ri cꞌutunic que raj judiꞌab.


sentence1: But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word.”

sentence2: Jecꞌulaꞌ riꞌoj xew cakaya kib che cakaꞌan orar chwach ri Dios y che rutzijoxic Ruchꞌaꞌtem» xechaꞌ.


sentence1: Therefore, select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

sentence2: Ruma cꞌu laꞌ hermanos, tzucuj alak wukub achijab chixoꞌl alak, chom ri quibinic quisilabic, lic quiyaꞌom quib pukꞌab ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios y lic cꞌo quinaꞌoj, chaꞌ cakaya wa chac paquikꞌab.


sentence1: The twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, “It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God and serve tables.

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri cablajuj takoꞌn xquimol quichiꞌ conoje ri quicojom rubiꞌ ri Cristo y xquibiꞌij chique: «Na usucꞌ taj we riꞌoj cakatanabaꞌ utzijoxic Rutzij Upixab ri Dios chaꞌ cakaya kib che ujachic ri cajawax chique ri e nibaꞌib.


sentence1: Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.

sentence2: Chupa tak laꞌ la kꞌij lic xeqꞌuiyar ri cajlibal ri quicojom rubiꞌ ri Cristo. Ecꞌu ri hermanos e aj judiꞌab ri quechꞌaꞌt pa ri chꞌaꞌtem griego, xquijek quechꞌaꞌtiben chiquij ri hermanos e aj judiꞌab ri quechꞌaꞌt pa ri chꞌaꞌtem hebreo. Ma echiriꞌ caꞌan ri jachanic chique ri e nibaꞌib, ri malcaꞌnib ri quechꞌaꞌt pa ri chꞌaꞌtem griego na quecajmax ta chi utz rucꞌ ri toꞌbal que caquicꞌul ri jujun kꞌij.


sentence1: Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus, the Christ.

sentence2: Jecꞌulaꞌ, ronoje kꞌij na cacokꞌotaj taj quecꞌutunic y caquitzijoj ri Utzilaj Tzij chwi ri Jesucristo chupa ri Rocho Dios y chiꞌ tak ja.


sentence1: They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.

sentence2: Xebel cꞌu bi ri e takoꞌn chiquiwach raj kꞌatal tzij. Lic quequiꞌcotic ma xyaꞌtaj chique caquitij cꞌax ruma quicojom rubiꞌ ri Jesús.


sentence1: They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

sentence2: Conoje xucꞌul quicꞌuꞌx ri xubiꞌij ri Gamaliel. Xequisiqꞌuij cꞌu ri e takoꞌn re ri Jesús; tecꞌuchiriꞌ, xjichꞌ quipa rucꞌ colob y xequitak che na quetzijon ta chi chupa rubiꞌ ri Jesús y xequiyolopij cꞌu bi.


sentence1: But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!”

sentence2: Noꞌj we waꞌ re ri Dios, na cachꞌij ta alak usachic quiwach; y cꞌate cꞌu canaꞌ alak riꞌ cachꞌoꞌjin alak rucꞌ ri Dios» xchaꞌ.


sentence1: Now I tell you, withdraw from these men and leave them alone. For if this counsel or this work is of men, it will be overthrown.

sentence2: »Cambiꞌij cꞌu woꞌora che alak: Mechꞌichꞌaꞌ chi alak waꞌchijab; ri ꞌana alak e cheyolopij bi alak. Ma we xa quinoꞌjibal achijab wa caquicꞌutu, riꞌ casach na uwach.


sentence1: After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the enrollment, and drew away some people after him. He also perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.

sentence2: »Chwi cꞌu riꞌ waꞌ, xyactaj jun chic chupa tak ri kꞌij echiriꞌ xꞌan jun ajilanic. Waꞌ e ri Judas aj Galilea. Yey uqꞌuiyal ticawex xeterej chirij. Pero xopon rukꞌijol echiriꞌ xcamisaxic; y conoje cꞌu ri xesocotaj ruma rire, xequicher bi.


sentence1: For before these days Theudas rose up, making himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves. He was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed and came to nothing.

sentence2: Ma cꞌo tan kꞌij xyactaj jun achi Teudas rubiꞌ, yey chiribil rib xubiꞌij e jun achi lic cꞌo uwach. Laj e cajib ciento rachijab xeterej chirij. Pero xopon jun kꞌij rire xcamisaxic. Y conoje ri xesocotaj ruma rire, xequicher bi; jecꞌulaꞌ, xsach uwach janipa ri xunoꞌjij.


sentence1: He said to them, “You men of Israel, be careful concerning these men, what you are about to do.

sentence2: Tecꞌuchiriꞌ, xubiꞌij: «Achijab, alak aj Israel, chꞌobo na alak rakan chi utz saꞌ ri caꞌan alak chique waꞌchijab.


sentence1: But one stood up in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, honored by all the people, and commanded to put the apostles out for a little while.

sentence2: Ecꞌuchiriꞌ, chiquixoꞌl ri e aj kꞌatal tzij xyactaj jun fariseo Gamaliel rubiꞌ, aj cꞌutunel re ri tzijpixab yey lic yacom ukꞌij ruma ri tinamit. Rire xtakan che quebesax bi jokꞌotaj ri e takoꞌn re ri Jesús.


sentence1: But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and were determined to kill them.

sentence2: Echiriꞌ xkita waꞌ ri e aj wach, lik xpe koyowal chikij rutaqoꞌn ri Jesús y xkaj kekikamisaj.


sentence1: God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

sentence2: Pero ri Dios lic xuyac ukꞌij ri Jesús, xuya puwiquikꞌab y xuꞌan Kajawal y Colobenel che; chaꞌ ruma ri Jesús, raj Israel caquitzelej quitzij chwach y caquirik na ri cuybal quimac.


sentence1: The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.

sentence2: Ma ri Dios ke ri qatiꞌ-qamam e xkꞌastajisan lo ri Jesús chikixoꞌl ri ekaminaq. Yey e ralaq ri xkamisan alaq ma uma ralaq xyaꞌiꞌ ri Jesús chwa ri cruz.


sentence1: But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

sentence2: Ri Pedro cucꞌ ri jujun chic e takoꞌn re ri Jesús xquicꞌul uwach: —Lic chirajawaxic wi nabe na e cakacoj utzij ri Dios chwach ri cakacoj quitzij rachijab.


sentence1: When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

sentence2: Ecꞌuchiriꞌ xequicꞌam lok, xequiya chiquiwach ri uchapom wi rib ri kꞌatbal tzij. Ecꞌu ri cajawal raj chacunel pa Rocho Dios xutzꞌonoj chique rutakoꞌn ri Jesús:


sentence1: Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

sentence2: Ecꞌu raj wach que ri e chajinel re ri Rocho Dios xeꞌec junam cucꞌ jujun e aj chajinel y xeꞌquicꞌama lo rutakoꞌn ri Jesús. Yey na jinta cꞌo xquiꞌan chique ma caquixiꞌij quib we caquiꞌan cꞌax chique, laj queꞌan paꞌbaj cuma ri tinamit.


sentence1: One came and told them, “Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.”

sentence2: Ecꞌuchiriꞌ, xcꞌun lo jun y jewaꞌ xubiꞌij: «E rachijab xeyaꞌ alak pa cárcel, e cꞌo pa ri Rocho Dios y na cokꞌotam ta quecꞌutun chiquiwach ri tinamit» xchaꞌ.


sentence1: Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.

sentence2: Echiriꞌ xkita waꞌ, xsach kinaꞌoj ri kajawal raj chakunel y raj wach ke ri e chajinel kukꞌ ri nimaq e aj chakunel re ri Rocho Dios. Konoje xkijeq kechꞌaꞌt puwiꞌ, ma na ketaꞌam taj saꞌ kukꞌisbꞌej wi ronoje waꞌ.


sentence1: “We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!”

sentence2: y jewaꞌ xoꞌlkibꞌiꞌij: «Ri cárcel xqariqo lik tzꞌapil chi utz, yey raj chajinel e kꞌo ne chwach taq ri okibꞌal re ri cárcel. Pero echiriꞌ xqajaqo, na jinta chi junoq chike rutaqoꞌn ri Jesús chupa» xechaꞌ.


sentence1: But the officers who came didn’t find them in the prison. They returned and reported,

sentence2: Ecꞌuchiriꞌ xebopon ri e chajinel pa ri cárcel, na xequirik ta chi rutakoꞌn ri Jesús. Xetzelej cꞌu lok


sentence1: When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and taught. But the high priest and those who were with him came and called the council together, with all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

sentence2: Ruma cꞌu ri xquita che ri ángel, anim tan xeboc pa ri Rocho Dios y xquijek quecꞌutunic. Ecꞌu ri cajawal raj chacunel pa Rocho Dios yey ri e cꞌo rucꞌ, cꞌamajaꞌ caquinaꞌbej riꞌ we rutakoꞌn ri Jesús ebesam chi lo pa ri cárcel. Xquimol cꞌu quichiꞌ tak ri uchapom wi rib ri kꞌatbal tzij, cucꞌ conoje ri nimak winak que raj Israel. Xequitak cꞌu ri e chajinel re ri Rocho Dios che quicꞌamic rutakoꞌn ri Jesús pa ri cárcel.


sentence1: “Go stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.”

sentence2: «Jix, jixeꞌtacꞌala pa ri Rocho Dios y chitzijoj chique ri winak re ri tinamit ronoje puwi ri cꞌacꞌ be re cꞌaslemal» xchaꞌ.


sentence1: But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night, and brought them out and said,

sentence2: Xopon cꞌu jun ángel re ri Kanimajawal chakꞌab, xuꞌjaka tak ri oquibal re ri cárcel y xeberesaj lok. Ecꞌuchiriꞌ, xubiꞌij chique:


sentence1: and laid hands on the apostles, then put them in public custody.

sentence2: Xekichap kꞌu bꞌi rutaqoꞌn ri Jesús y xebꞌeꞌkiyaꞌa pa ri cárcel re ri tinamit.


sentence1: But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy

sentence2: Ri cajawal raj chacunel pa Rocho Dios y conoje ri e cꞌo rucꞌ, waꞌ e ri saduceos, xujek catiꞌtot quicꞌuꞌx chiquij rutakoꞌn ri Jesús ruma lic e qꞌui ri winak eteran chiquij.


sentence1: The multitude also came together from the cities around Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits; and they were all healed.

sentence2: E kꞌi ne ri e petinaq pa taq ri tinamit kꞌo lo chunaqaj Jerusalem. Ekikꞌamom lo ri yewaꞌibꞌ y ri echꞌuꞌjerinaq kuma itzelilaj uxlabꞌixel; y konoje kꞌut kekunutajik.


sentence1: They even carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mattresses, so that as Peter came by, at least his shadow might overshadow some of them.

sentence2: Ruma tak cꞌu ri cꞌutubal re ruchukꞌab ri Dios caquiꞌan rutakoꞌn ri Jesús, tak ri winak quequesaj tak ne lo ri e yewaꞌib pa tak ri be. Equiyaꞌom chwa chꞌat y chwa pop, chaꞌ we xicꞌow ri Pedro, tob xew luꞌmuꞌj catzak paquiwiꞌ, quecunutaj cꞌu riꞌ.


sentence1: None of the rest dared to join them; however, the people honored them.

sentence2: E tak cꞌu ri cꞌamajaꞌ caquicoj rubiꞌ ri Cristo, caquixiꞌij quib caquijunimaj quib cucꞌ, tob conoje ri ticawex lic caquiyac quikꞌij.


sentence1: By the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. They were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.

sentence2: Cuma cꞌu ri e takoꞌn re ri Cristo, uqꞌuiyal cꞌutubal re ruchukꞌab ri Dios y nimak tak chac catajin rilic chiquiwach tak ri ticawex. Yey tak ri quicojom rubiꞌ ri Cristo, lic xa jun quicꞌuꞌx caquimol quib pa ri luwar cabiꞌx che “Ruchiꞌ Ja re Salomón”.


sentence1: Great fear came on the whole assembly, and on all who heard these things.

sentence2: Y xoc cꞌu jun unimal xiꞌin ib cucꞌ conoje ri tinamit re ri Cristo y cucꞌ conoje ri xebetaꞌman re tak waꞌ.


sentence1: She fell down immediately at his feet and died. The young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her by her husband.

sentence2: Na jampatana xtzak ri Safira chwach ri Pedro y asu xcamic. Ecꞌuchiriꞌ xeboc lo ralabo, xoꞌlquirikaꞌ caminak chic. Xquicꞌam cꞌu bi y xeꞌquimuku putzal ri rachijil.


sentence1: But Peter asked her, “How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

sentence2: Xubiꞌij cꞌu ri Pedro che: —¿Suꞌchac xiꞌan tzij chiwach chaꞌ quicꞌam upa ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios Kajawxel? ¡Chawilaꞌ! Ralabo catajin lo coquic che ruchiꞌ ja, e laꞌ xetzelej lo che umukic rawachijil, yey ecꞌu woꞌora e catquicꞌam bi riꞌat —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: Peter answered her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for so much.” She said, “Yes, for so much.”

sentence2: Ecꞌuchiriꞌ, xutzꞌonoj ri Pedro che: —Chabiꞌij chwe: ¿E rajil waꞌ rulew xicꞌayij? —xcha che. Rixok xucꞌul uwach che: —Areꞌ, e rajil laꞌ —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: About three hours later, his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in.

sentence2: Laj oxib ora ricꞌowic waꞌ echiriꞌ xoc lo ri Safira ri rixokil ri Ananías; yey rire na retaꞌam ta cꞌu riꞌ saꞌ ri xucꞌulumaj ri rachijil.


sentence1: Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and died. Great fear came on all who heard these things.

sentence2: I ma Ananías, are xu ta ile, xtzak pulew y juntir xcamic. Niʼpa i xqui ta rason ile, lic xqui xij quib.


sentence1: The young men arose and wrapped him up, and they carried him out and buried him.

sentence2: Xecꞌun cꞌu lo jujun alabo, xquipis rucuerpo, xquicꞌam bi y xeꞌquimukuꞌ.


sentence2: Teʼuri, xe cʼun juban creyent alabom, xqui yac bi i ma Ananías, xqui pasij y xe ʼe chu mukic.


sentence1: While you kept it, didn’t it remain your own? After it was sold, wasn’t it in your power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart? You haven’t lied to men, but to God.”

sentence2: Echiriꞌ cꞌamajaꞌ cacꞌayij rawulew, ¿na aweꞌat ta neba laꞌ? Y echiriꞌ acꞌayim chic, ¿na pakꞌab ta neba cꞌo wi caꞌan rucꞌ ri rajil saꞌ ri cawaj? ¿Suꞌchac cꞌu riꞌ xaꞌan waꞌ? ¡Na chiquiwach ta cꞌu achijab aꞌanom wi rakꞌubal ma e chwach ri Dios! —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the price of the land?

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri Pedro xubiꞌij che: —Ananías, ¿suꞌchac xaya luwar che ri Satanás coc pa awanimaꞌ chaꞌ jelaꞌ caꞌan rakꞌubal chwach ri Santowilaj Ruxlabixel ri Dios? Ma xabiꞌij xaya ronoje ri rajil rulew, pero cꞌo xawesaj can che.


sentence1: and kept back part of the price, his wife also being aware of it, then brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

sentence2: Ecꞌu rachi cꞌo xresaj can che ri rajil rulew, yey junam rucꞌ ri rixokil xquiꞌan tzij chiquiwach chaꞌ caquiꞌan rakꞌubal puwi ri rajil rulew. Ecꞌu ri nicꞌaj chic che ri rajil xucꞌam bi, xuꞌyaꞌa paquikꞌab ri e takoꞌn y xubiꞌij waꞌ e rajil rulew.


sentence1: having a field, sold it and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

sentence2: Waꞌ waꞌchi xucꞌayij chꞌakap rulew; tecꞌuchiriꞌ, xucꞌam lo ri rajil y xuya paquikꞌab ri e takoꞌn.


sentence1: For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,

sentence2: Mi jun chique xu tij uyej, man niʼpa ʼo qui jyub, niʼpa ʼo cachoch, quiqui cʼayij tobal que i creyent je nibaʼib.


sentence1: and laid them at the apostles’ feet; and distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need.

sentence2: y caquiya cꞌu paquikꞌab ri e takoꞌn re ri Jesús chaꞌ rique caquijach chiquiwach ri hermanos e chirij tak ri cajawax wi chique chiquijujunal.


sentence2: We xcʼaytajic, quiqui cʼam li mer, y quiqui ya na piquiʼab i apostelab. Teʼuri i apostelab quiqui jacho, chirij wach i rajwaxic chique chi qui jujunal.


sentence1: The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

sentence2: Conoje cꞌu ruqꞌuiyal hermanos, ri xquicoj rubiꞌ ri Cristo, lic uꞌanom xa jun canimaꞌ y xa jun quinaꞌoj; y na jinta junok chique cuꞌan re che ri cꞌo rucꞌ, ma rubitak que xuꞌan re chinima ronoje.


sentence1: When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

sentence2: Echiriꞌ xkikꞌis uꞌanik orar, ri luwar pa kimolom wi kibꞌ xbꞌarbꞌatik y konoje xkikꞌul ruchuqꞌabꞌ ri Santowilaj Ruxlabꞌixel ri Dios y jekꞌulaꞌ na kakixiꞌij ta kꞌana kibꞌ kakitzijoj Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios chikiwach konoje ri winaq.


sentence1: while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus.”

sentence2: Yaꞌa ri kꞌab la paquiwiꞌ chaꞌ chupa rubiꞌ ri Jesús, ri Santowilaj Aj Chac la, quecunutaj ri yewaꞌib y caꞌaniꞌ tak cꞌutubal re ri chukꞌab la» xechaꞌ.


sentence1: Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,

sentence2: »Ecꞌu woꞌora, Kakaw, quil la ri xibibal quipa raj chaquib la quiꞌanom; yaꞌa cꞌu la ri chukꞌab la chique rique chaꞌ na caquixiꞌij ta cꞌana quib caquitzijoj ri Chꞌaꞌtem la.


sentence1: “For truly, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,

sentence2: Katzij i ma Heródes, junam ruʼ i ma Póncio Piláto, xqui mol quib waral pa Jerusalen cuʼ i ne te aj Israel winak, xak cuʼ i je aj Israel. Xqui tzucuj tzaksabal re i loʼlaj Awacʼal Jesus, i Jun chi a yom yet che i loʼlaj u patan.


sentence1: to do whatever your hand and your counsel foreordained to happen.

sentence2: Jecꞌulaꞌ, e xquiꞌano janipa ri chꞌobom lo la ojertan chaꞌ e cuꞌana na riꞌ.


sentence2: Are xqui ʼan ique ile, xeʼelok pacha i a nucʼum yet ujer chi ca ʼani na.


sentence1: The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers plot together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.’

sentence2: Ma xkimol kibꞌ ri taqanelabꞌ y ri e aj wach che ruwachulew, xkiꞌan kꞌu xa jun che kibꞌ y xebꞌek chirij ri Dios Qajawxel y chirij ri Cristo, Ruchaꞌoꞌn lo Rire.


sentence1: who by the mouth of your servant David, said, ‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?

sentence2: Yey ruma ri David ri aj chac la, jewaꞌ xbiꞌij la ojertan: ¿Suꞌchac lic quetucuc tak ri winak yey tak ri tinamit xew caquinoꞌjij ri na jinta uchac?


sentence1: When they heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord and said, “O Lord, you are God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;

sentence2: Echiriꞌ rike xkita waꞌ, konoje xa jun kikꞌuꞌx xkijeq kakiꞌan orar chwach ri Dios, jewaꞌ kakibꞌiꞌij: «¡Lal Dios Qajawxel, Lal ꞌanayom la ruwa kaj, ruwachulew, ri mar y ronoje ri kꞌo che taq waꞌ!


sentence1: Being let go, they came to their own company and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

sentence2: Echiriꞌ xeyolopix bi, ri Pedro y ri Juan xebec cucꞌ ri cachbiꞌil y xquitzijoj chique janipa ri biꞌtal bi chique cuma ri nimak e aj chacunel pa Rocho Dios y ri nimak winak re ri tinamit.


sentence1: When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.

sentence2: Are ʼuri i aj nucʼbal tʼisbal xe qui coj bi ʼil, xui-ri xe coʼtaj bic. N-xqui ʼan ti ʼatbal tzij chique, man xqui xij quib chique i winak. Conojel i winak que tijin chu cojic u ʼij i Dios rumal i milágro u ʼanom,


sentence1: For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old.

sentence2: Yey lic kꞌalaj e rucꞌ ruchukꞌab ri Dios xꞌaniꞌ wi ri cꞌutubal re cunanic, ma waꞌchi xcunutajic, ralaxibem sic yey icꞌowinak chi pa cuarenta rujunab.


sentence1: for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.”

sentence2: Ma riꞌoj, na utz taj cakokꞌotaj ubiꞌxiquil janipa ri kilom y ri katom —xechaꞌ.


sentence1: But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,

sentence2: Pero ri Pedro y ri Juan xkikꞌul uwach: —Chꞌobꞌo pe ralaq: ¿Usukꞌ nawi chwach ri Dios e kaqakoj tzij ralaq chwa ri kaqakoj utzij Rire?


sentence1: They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

sentence2: Xekisikꞌij kꞌu ri Pedro y ri Juan y lik xekitaq che na ketzijon taj y na kekꞌutun ta chi ne kꞌana pa rubꞌiꞌ ri Jesús.


sentence1: But so that this spreads no further among the people, let’s threaten them, that from now on they don’t speak to anyone in this name.”

sentence2: Ri kaꞌanaꞌ e kaxibij quipa chaꞌ na quetzijon ta chi cꞌana chwach junok chupa rubiꞌ wa jun achi, y jelaꞌ na queꞌec ta chi utzijoxic waꞌ» xechaꞌ.


sentence1: saying, “What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can’t deny it.

sentence2: Jecꞌuwaꞌ xquibiꞌij chiquiwach: «¿Saꞌ ri cakaꞌan chique waꞌchijab? Ma ri cꞌutubal re cunanic ꞌanatal cuma rique, lic kꞌalajininak chiquiwach conoje ri ejekel Jerusalem yey lic na utz taj cakewaj.


sentence1: But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri xquiꞌano e xetakan che chaꞌ ri Pedro y ri Juan quebel bi jokꞌotaj pa ri luwar re ri kꞌatbal tzij, y xew cꞌu xecanaj raj kꞌatal tzij chaꞌ quechꞌaꞌt chiquiwach.


sentence1: Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

sentence2: Yey na utz tane cꞌu riꞌ caquibiꞌij na cunutajinak ta ri sic, ma waꞌ waꞌchi tacꞌal chiriꞌ chiquiwach cucꞌ ri Pedro y ri Juan.


sentence1: Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.

sentence2: Ecꞌu raj wach re ri tinamit xquilo ri Pedro y ri Juan na caquixiꞌij ta cꞌana quib quetzijon puwi ri Utzilaj Tzij, tob waꞌ waꞌchijab na e ta tijotal pachaꞌ rique yey xa ne e cuqꞌuil rachijab e aj chac re ri tinamit. Lic xcam cꞌu canimaꞌ riꞌ chique y xquimaj usucꞌ e janipa tak ri caquiꞌano y ri quimajom ri Pedro y ri Juan, e ruma ri xecꞌojiꞌ rucꞌ ri Jesús, ri quitijonel.


sentence1: There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

sentence2: Xew cꞌu rucꞌ ri Jesús carikitaj colobetajic, ma na jinta chi juna biꞌaj che ruwachulew yaꞌtal lo chique ri ticawex chaꞌ ruma riꞌ cojcolobetajic —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: He is ‘the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.’

sentence2: »E pachaꞌ ri cubiꞌij Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios: E rabaj cꞌakital can cuma raj yacal ja, e abaj waꞌ lic xajawaxic chaꞌ catiquiꞌ lo ri ja cachaꞌ. Ralak e alak pachaꞌ wa e aj yacal ja yey ri Jesús e ri Abaj.


sentence1: may it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands here before you whole in him.

sentence2: Ecꞌu riꞌ woꞌora cakakꞌalajisaj chiwach onoje alak y chiquiwach conoje ri tinamit Israel: Waꞌ waꞌchi cꞌo chiwach alak xcunutaj chupa rubiꞌ ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo re Nazaret, ri xcamisaj alak chwa cruz yey ri Dios xucꞌastajisaj lo chiquixoꞌl ri ecaminak.


sentence1: if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,

sentence2: ma e wakꞌij cataꞌ kachiꞌ puwi ri utz xꞌan che wa jun achi yewaꞌ chaꞌ quetaꞌmaxic suꞌanic xcunutajic.


sentence1: Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “You rulers of the people and elders of Israel,

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri Pedro, rucꞌ ruchukꞌab ri Santowilaj Ruxlabixel ri Dios, xubiꞌij chique: —Tape alak, alak aj wach re ri tinamit y alak nimak winak re Israel,


sentence1: When they had stood Peter and John in the middle of them, they inquired, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”

sentence2: Xekiya kꞌu ri Pedro y ri Juan chikinikꞌajal y xkitzꞌonoj chike: —¿China xyaꞌw piqꞌabꞌ o china pubꞌiꞌ xiꞌan riꞌix waꞌ? —xecha chike.


sentence1: Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.

sentence2: Cꞌo chiriꞌ ri Anás ri cajawal raj chacunel pa Rocho Dios; yey e cꞌo ri Caifás, ri Juan, ri Alejandro y jujun chic cꞌo chux chique ri cajawal raj chacunel pa Rocho Dios.


sentence1: In the morning, their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.

sentence2: Chucaꞌm kꞌij cꞌut xquimol quib pa ri tinamit Jerusalem raj wach que raj judiꞌab cucꞌ ri nimak winak re ri tinamit y raj cꞌutunel re ri tzijpixab.


sentence1: But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

sentence2: Pero chike ri xetaw re ri xubꞌiꞌij ri Pedro, lik e kꞌi ri xkubꞌiꞌ kikꞌuꞌx rukꞌ ri Jesús; yey we kebꞌajilax xew ri achijabꞌ, laj e woꞌobꞌ mil xekojow re Rire.


sentence1: They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening.

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri e aj wach re ri Rocho Dios xetakan che quechap bi ri Pedro y ri Juan. Yey ruma cꞌu lic benak kꞌij chic, xebeꞌquiyaꞌa pa cárcel chaꞌ cataꞌ quichiꞌ cꞌa chucaꞌm kꞌij.


sentence1: being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

sentence2: Rike lik kꞌo koyowal chikij ri Pedro y ri Juan ma kekꞌutun chikiwach ri tikawex puwi rukꞌastajibꞌal lo ri Jesús chikixoꞌl ri ekaminaq, jekꞌuwaꞌ kakibꞌiꞌij: «Rukꞌastajibꞌal ri Jesús e kꞌutubꞌal re, chiqawach apanoq ri tikawex kekꞌastaj lo chikixoꞌl ri ekaminaq» kechaꞌ.


sentence1: As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,

sentence2: Cꞌa quechꞌaꞌt ne ri Pedro y ri Juan cucꞌ ri winak, echiriꞌ xecꞌun lo raj chacunel re ri Rocho Dios, ri aj wach que ri e chajinel re ri Rocho Dios y jujun saduceos.


sentence1: You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘All the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.’

sentence2: Alak cꞌu ri cacꞌuluw re ri xubiꞌtisij ri Dios cuma ri kꞌalajisanelab y ruma ri tzij xuꞌan cucꞌ ri katiꞌ-kamam ojertan, echiriꞌ xubiꞌij che ri Abraham: Ruma cꞌu Jun chique rawalcꞌoꞌal, quebenuꞌan bendecir conoje ruqꞌuiyal quiwach tak ri ticawex che ruwachulew xchaꞌ.


sentence1: It will be that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.’

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri ticawex na cucoj ta utzij wa jun Kꞌalajisanel, riꞌ quesax bi y na jinta chi re cucꞌ rutinamit ri Dios xcha ri Moisés.


sentence1: For Moses indeed said to the fathers, ‘The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.

sentence2: »Ma ri Moisés xubiꞌij chique ri katiꞌ-kamam ojertan: E ri Dios Kajawxel cuyac na lo chiquixoꞌlibal ri katinamit Israel jun Kꞌalajisanel jelaꞌ pachaꞌ riꞌin. Ecꞌu chita janipa ri cubiꞌij Rire chiwe.


sentence1: and that he may send Christ Jesus, who was ordained for you before,

sentence2: Jecꞌulaꞌ ri Dios cutak na lo ucꞌ alak ri Jesús, Ruchaꞌoꞌn lo Rire, ri biꞌtisim chi lo che alak ojertan.


sentence1: whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.

sentence2: Tob cꞌu woꞌora lic chirajawaxic wi ri Jesús cꞌo chilaꞌ chicaj, copon na ri kꞌij echiriꞌ ri Dios cuꞌan tanchi cꞌacꞌ che ronoje jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri xubiꞌij lo ojertan cuma ri kꞌalajisanelab ri xetak lo ruma Rire.


sentence1: “Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,

sentence2: »E uwariꞌche tzelej tzij alak chwach ri Dios y yaꞌa cꞌu ib alak pukꞌab chaꞌ cacuytaj ri mac alak y chaꞌ ri Kajawal Dios cuya uxlanem y utzil chomal chupa ri animaꞌ alak.


sentence1: But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.

sentence2: Pero ruma ri xꞌan alak che ri Jesús, ri Dios xuꞌana janipa rubiꞌim lo ojertan cuma ri kꞌalajisanelab echiriꞌ xubiꞌij Ruchaꞌoꞌn lo Rire cutij cꞌax.


sentence1: “Now, brothers, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.

sentence2: »Wetaꞌam cꞌut, alak katz-kachakꞌ, ri xꞌan alak e ruma na xmaj ta alak usucꞌ, y jenelaꞌ riꞌ xquiꞌan raj wach re ri tinamit alak.


sentence1: By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

sentence2: »E ruma ri cubulibal cꞌuꞌxaj rucꞌ ri Jesús, xcowir ri rakan waꞌ waꞌchi quil alak y etaꞌam ne alak uwach. Yey ruma wa cubulibal cꞌuꞌxaj rucꞌ ri Jesús xcunutaj waꞌchi pa sakil wi jelaꞌ pachaꞌ catajin onoje alak che rilic.


sentence1: The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.

sentence2: Are i Dios xcunawic; are i Dios chi xak are qui Dios i katit ka mam, mam Abraham, i mam Isaac, i mam Jacob. Queje xoʼon ire ile, cu nimarsabej re u ʼij i Jesus, chi u Cʼojol. Are i Jesus-le chi xi jach yix puʼab i ʼatbal tzij. Teʼuri, are xraj i ma Piláto croʼtaj te bic, yix n-xiwaj taj.


sentence1: But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

sentence2: Ecꞌu riꞌ ralak na xꞌaj ta alak cayolopix bi waꞌ wa Jun lic nim ukꞌij Santo y Jusucꞌ; ma e xtzꞌonoj alak cayolopix bi ri jun camisanel.


sentence1: When Peter saw it, he responded to the people, “You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk?

sentence2: Ecꞌuchiriꞌ xril waꞌ ri Pedro, xubiꞌij chique ri tinamit: «Achijab alak aj Israel, ¿suꞌchac lic caminak animaꞌ alak che wa xil alak? ¿Yey suꞌchac e cojtzutzaꞌ alak riꞌoj pachaꞌ oj ri xojbinisan re waꞌchi rucꞌ ri kachukꞌab o ruma lic oj jusucꞌ riꞌoj chwach ri Dios? Na e ta riꞌ.


sentence1: As the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.

sentence2: Rachi xcunutajic na caresaj ta chi rib chiquij ri Pedro y ri Juan. Yey conoje ri winak caminak canimaꞌ che, xemoc caꞌn pa ri luwar cabiꞌx che “Ruchiꞌ Ja re Salomón”.


sentence1: They recognized him, that it was he who used to sit begging for gifts for the needy at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. They were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

sentence2: Y xketaꞌmaj e achi katzꞌuyiꞌik y kutzꞌonoj ulimoxna chwach ri Rocho Dios pa ri okibꞌal kabꞌiꞌx che “Lik Chom”. Lik kꞌu xkam kanimaꞌ che ri xꞌaniꞌ che rachi y na xkimaj ta kꞌana usukꞌ chaꞌtaj xkunutajik.


sentence1: All the people saw him walking and praising God.

sentence2: Conoje cꞌu ri winak re ri tinamit xquilo rachi cabinic y lic cuyac ukꞌij ri Dios.


sentence1: Leaping up, he stood and began to walk. He entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God.

sentence2: Y rachi xchꞌoplin chicaj, xtaqꞌuiꞌic y xujeko cabinic. Junam cꞌut cucꞌ ri Pedro y ri Juan, xoc bi pa ri Rocho Dios, cabinic, cachꞌoplanic y cuyac ukꞌij ri Dios.


sentence1: But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”

sentence2: Pero ri Pedro xubiꞌij che: —Na jinta sakil puak wucꞌ y na jinta ne kꞌana puak wucꞌ; noꞌj cꞌu ri cꞌo wucꞌ canya cheꞌla. Chupa rubiꞌ ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo ri aj Nazaret, yactaj la y bina la —xcha che.


sentence1: He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them.

sentence2: Ewi ri sic xebutzuꞌu ma royeꞌem we cꞌo caquiya che.


sentence1: Peter, fastening his eyes on him, with John, said, “Look at us.”

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri Pedro junam rucꞌ ri Juan lic xquichꞌiquibaꞌ ri quiwach puwi rachi, yey ri Pedro xubiꞌij che: —Chojtzuꞌu pe la —xcha che.


sentence1: Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

sentence2: Xoʼon anok, i ma Pédro i ma Wan xe ʼe pa rahoch i Dios a las tres re u kajbal ʼij, are i ʼr re qui tzʼonbal i aj Israel che i Dios.


sentence1: A certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.

sentence2: Ronoje kꞌij cꞌut cacꞌam lo jun achi ralaxibem sic y cayaꞌ chwach ri Rocho Dios pa ri oquibal cabiꞌx che “Lic Chom” chaꞌ cutzꞌonoj ulimoxna chique ri winak queboc bi.


sentence1: Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive gifts for the needy.

sentence2: Ecꞌu rachi sic, echiriꞌ xeril ri Pedro y ri Juan e riꞌ queboc bi chupa ri Rocho Dios, xujek quelaj chique chaꞌ caquiya can ulimoxna.


sentence1: praising God and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.

sentence2: Caquiyac cꞌu ukꞌij ri Dios y lic chom ri quichꞌaꞌtibexic caꞌan cuma conoje ri ticawex re ri tinamit. Yey ronoje kꞌij e cꞌo más ticawex catajin quicolobetajic ruma ri Kanimajawal, y jelaꞌ xqꞌuiyar riglesia.


sentence1: Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,

sentence2: Ronoje kꞌij caquimol quib chupa ri Rocho Dios. Yey pa tak ri cocho caquijach chiquiwach ri caquitijo, junam quewaꞌ rucꞌ quiꞌcotemal y rucꞌ uchꞌutiꞌnal quicꞌuꞌx.


sentence1: They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.

sentence2: E cꞌo ri xquicꞌayij culew y ubitak que, yey ecꞌu ri rajil waꞌ, caquijach chiquiwach e chirij tak ri cajawax wi chique chiquijujunal.


sentence1: All who believed were together, and had all things in common.

sentence2: Conoje cꞌu ri xecojow rubiꞌ ri Cristo, lic xuꞌan xa jun quicꞌuꞌx chiquiwach y rubitak que chiquijujunal xuꞌan re chinima ronoje.


sentence1: Fear came on every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.

sentence2: Conoje cꞌu ri ticawex xoc xiꞌin ib pa canimaꞌ ruma tak ri milagros y cꞌutubal cuꞌan ri Dios cuma ri e utakoꞌn ri Cristo.


sentence1: They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.

sentence2: Y conoje lic junam quebin chupa ri sakil cꞌutunic que ri e takoꞌn re ri Jesús, junam quicꞌuꞌx, junam quewaꞌ chiquiwach y junam caquiꞌan orar.


sentence1: Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.

sentence2: Janipa cꞌu riꞌ ri xecojow Rutzij ri Dios ruma ri xubiꞌij ri Pedro, xquicꞌul ri bautismo. Yey chupa cꞌu laꞌ la jun kꞌij, laj e oxib mil ri xquicoj rubiꞌ ri Cristo.


sentence1: With many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!”

sentence2: Jecꞌulaꞌ, xebupixabaj rucꞌ uqꞌuiyal chꞌaꞌtem y jewaꞌ xujiquibaꞌ uwach chique: —Chesaj lo ib alak chiquixoꞌl waꞌ wa winak lic na jusucꞌ ta ri quiꞌanom, chaꞌ jelaꞌ cacolobetaj alak chwach ri kꞌatbal tzij cape paquiwiꞌ —xcha chique.


sentence1: Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

sentence2: I ma Pédro xu bij chique: —Chi jalwachij u wach i nojbal chuwach i Dios, xak chi ya iwib chu kajsaxic ya piwi, cʼutbal-re chi i yom chic iwib che i Jesucrísto. Te ʼuri i Dios cu cuy na i mac, xak cu tak li u Tewal piwi, chi are u sipon chiwe.


sentence1: For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

sentence2: Ma ri Dios ubiꞌtisim waꞌ chique conoje janipa ri quebusiqꞌuij: che ralak, chique tak ri alcꞌoꞌal alak y chique ne conoje ri ejekel lic naj che ri tinamit re Israel —xcha ri Pedro chique.


sentence2: Ile, cu ya na chiwe pacha u bim ujer, y n-xui ta chiwe yix cu yaʼo, xak chique i muk i xiquin yix, xak chique i naj je ʼo wi. Conojel niʼpa i que u siqʼuij i Kajwal Dios ruʼ ire, ʼis ʼo que che wach i u sujum —xu bij.


sentence1: Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”

sentence2: Ecꞌuchiriꞌ xquita waꞌ, lic xoc bis chiquicꞌuꞌx y jewaꞌ xquibiꞌij che ri Pedro y chique ri jujun chic e takoꞌn: —Hermanos, ¿saꞌ cꞌu riꞌ cakaꞌan riꞌoj? —xechaꞌ.


sentence1: “Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”

sentence2: »Tape alak onoje ri alak aj Israel, ma lic chirajawaxic quetaꞌmaj cꞌu alak: Wa Jesús ri xcamisaj alak chwa cruz, e chaꞌtal lo ruma ri Dios re cuꞌan Kajawal y Colobenel» xcha ri Pedro chique.


sentence1: until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’

sentence2: y chawoyeꞌej na ri kꞌij echiriꞌ quebenuya ri tzel quebilow awe chuxeꞌ rawakan” xchaꞌ.


sentence1: For David didn’t ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit by my right hand

sentence2: »Ma na e ta ri David ri xakꞌan chilaꞌ chicaj, pero e rire ri xubiꞌij: Ri Dios Kajawxel xubiꞌij che ri Wajawal: “Chat-tzꞌula pa nuwiquikꞌab,


sentence1: Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which you now see and hear.

sentence2: Lic cꞌu xyac ukꞌij echiriꞌ xtzꞌuyiꞌ puwiquikꞌab ri Dios. Yey xyaꞌtaj che Rire cutak lo pakawi riꞌoj ri Santowilaj Ruxlabixel, ri ubiꞌtisim lo ri Kakaw Dios chike riꞌoj. Y ecꞌu riꞌ waꞌ ri quil alak y cata alak.


sentence1: This Jesus God raised up, to which we all are witnesses.

sentence2: Ecꞌu waꞌ wa Jesús ri xucꞌastajisaj ri Dios che ri camic; yey waꞌ lic katzij, ma konoje riꞌoj xkilo.


sentence1: he foreseeing this, spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that his soul wasn’t left in Hades, and his flesh didn’t see decay.

sentence2: »Yey ri rey David xchꞌaꞌtic e pachaꞌ rilom chi rucꞌastajibal ri Cristo echiriꞌ xubiꞌij: “Na cacanaj ta can Rire chiquixoꞌl ri ecaminak y na cakꞌay tane rucuerpo.”


sentence1: Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,

sentence2: Yey ri rey David e jun kꞌalajisanel; xretaꞌmaj cꞌu riꞌ ri Dios rucꞌ jun tzij xujiquibaꞌ uwach che rire: “Chiquixoꞌl tak ri awalcꞌoꞌal, cayactaj lo ri Cristo chaꞌ cuꞌan Rey y catzꞌuyiꞌ pacꞌaxel riꞌat.”


sentence1: “Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

sentence2: »Hermanos, pakatzij wi lic usucꞌ cancuxtaj waꞌ che alak: Ri rey David ojertan, xcamic y xmukic, y cꞌa kꞌalaj ne chikawach riꞌoj wakꞌij ora pa cꞌo wi rumukubal.


sentence1: For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

sentence2: I mam David ujer u bim chi Dios cu cʼunsaj sak chuwach i Jesus. Xu tzʼibaj i tzij-i chi pacha are i Jesus ca chʼaʼatic; xu bij: Xwil yin, i Kajwal ʼo wuʼ, pacha ʼax ʼo wi; ʼo pin wikabim man mi jun quin u tzaksaj.


sentence1: Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced. Moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope,

sentence2: E uwariꞌche ri wanimaꞌ lic xquiꞌcotic y ruchiꞌ nukul xbixon rucꞌ quiꞌcotemal. Ecꞌu riꞌin, tob ne wetaꞌam quincamic, e laꞌ cꞌo chi ri nucubam pan nucꞌuꞌx che;


sentence1: because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.

sentence2: Yet n-ca canaj ti wanima pa ʼo wi i canima i je camnak; n-ca ya ta che in chʼacul ca jaric, man lic in awe yet, lic in loʼlaj Awacʼal.


sentence1: You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.’

sentence2: Rilal xcꞌut la chinuwach ri be re cꞌaslemal. Ruma cꞌu xaki Lal cꞌo la wucꞌ riꞌin, canojisaj la ri wanimaꞌ che quiꞌcotemal xchaꞌ.


sentence2: A cʼutum i be chwe re i cʼaslemal sakil; lic nim in quicotemal man at ʼo wuʼ. (Queje ile tzʼibtal can rumal i mam David ujer.)


sentence1: whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.

sentence2: Pero ri Dios xucꞌastajisaj lok y xresaj chupa rucꞌaxcꞌolil ri camic, ma ri camic na jinta uchukꞌab puwi Rire y ruma riꞌ, Rire na xcꞌojiꞌ ta pukꞌab ri camic.


sentence1: “Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him among you, even as you yourselves know,

sentence2: Achiab ix aj Israel, chi cojo retalil wach quin bij na chiwe: i Jesus aj Nazaret, lic ruʼ i Dios petnak wi; i Dios lic u cʼutum na ile chiwe. Ire, ruʼ u ʼab i Jesus, qʼui i milágro xu ʼano, cʼutbal re u ʼij i Jesus chiwe. Iwetaʼam chic yix ile; lic chiwach yix xu ʼan wi niʼpa tak ile.


sentence1: him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;

sentence2: Yey ri Dios lic uchꞌobom chi ulok y retaꞌam suꞌchac xuya ri Jesús pakꞌab alak. Ecꞌu ralak xchap bi alak y xtak alak ucamisaxic chwa cruz cuma winak na jinta Rutzij Upixab ri Dios cucꞌ.


sentence2: Nim i xu ʼano, péro are xjach piʼab, xa xi camsaj. Xjach chiwe pacha u chʼobom i Dios ujer; retaʼam ire wach ca ʼani che. Yix xi chap i Jesus, xi jach piquiʼab itzel tak winak; y xa iwumal yix xqui rip chuwach cruz y xqui camsaj.


sentence1: I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth beneath: blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.

sentence2: Ajsic, chuwach i caj, quin cʼut ni nimak tak ʼil chiwe; Iquem, chuwach i jyub taʼaj, quin ʼalijinsaj ni nimak tak séña chiwe. Quiwil quicʼ, quiwil ʼaʼ, quiwil sib pacha sutzʼ ca bukukic.


sentence1: The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri kꞌij cuꞌan kꞌekuꞌm uwach yey ri icꞌ cuꞌan cak uwach pachaꞌ quicꞌ; waꞌ e cuꞌana echiriꞌ ya copon rukꞌijol ri Kanimajawal. Waꞌ wa jun kꞌij lic nim y na jinta cꞌo cajunimax wi ruchomalil.


sentence1: It will be that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

sentence2: Y conoje cꞌu ri caquicoj quib chwach ri Kanimajawal re quebucolobej, riꞌ quecolobetajic” xchaꞌ.


sentence2: Chupam i ʼij-le pachin cu tzʼonoj che i Kajwal, ca totaj ʼuri. (Queje ile u tzʼibam can i mam Joel ujer.)


sentence1: Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy.

sentence2: Chupa tak cꞌu riꞌ laꞌ la kꞌij, paquiwi ri e waj chac ixokib y achijab cantak bi ri Wuxlabixel chaꞌ jelaꞌ caquikꞌalajisaj ri Nutzij chiquiwach ri ticawex.


sentence1: ‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.

sentence2: “Che tak ruqꞌuisbal kꞌij” cubiꞌij ri Dios, “cantak bi ri Wuxlabixel paquiwi conoje ri ticawex che ruwachulew. E tak cꞌu ri miꞌal alcꞌoꞌal alak caquikꞌalajisaj ri Nutzij. Ralabo caquilo janipa ri cancꞌut chiquiwach; yey e ri nimak winak, pa wachicꞌ caquil wi janipa ri cankꞌalajisaj chiquiwach.


sentence1: For these aren’t drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is only the third hour of the day.

sentence2: Ma e chiwach ralak, waꞌ waꞌchijab quekꞌabaric, noꞌj ¡na e ta uꞌanom riꞌ! Ma cꞌa e ne belejeb ora laꞌ che wa anim.


sentence1: But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and spoke out to them, “You men of Judea and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

sentence2: Ecꞌuchiriꞌ, ri Pedro xtaqꞌuiꞌic junam cucꞌ ri junlaluj chic takoꞌn y lic co xchꞌawic, jewaꞌ xubiꞌij: «Achijab alak aj judiꞌab y onoje ri alak jekel wara Jerusalem, tape alak chi utz ri cankꞌalajisaj che alak.


sentence1: Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia,

sentence2: Yey lic pa uqꞌuiyal tinamit oj petinak wi. Chikaxoꞌl e cꞌo e aj Partia, e aj Media y e aj Elam. Yey e cꞌo ri ejekel Mesopotamia, Judea, Capadocia, Ponto y Asia,


sentence1: Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

sentence2: Frigia y Panfilia, Egipto y pa tak ri luwar re Libia chwach pana ri tinamit Cirene. Yey e cꞌo ri e petinak Roma; chiquixoꞌl waꞌ e cꞌo e aj judiꞌab y e cꞌo ne ri na e ta aj judiꞌab quitakem lo ri cꞌutunic que raj judiꞌab.


sentence1: Cretans and Arabians—we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!”

sentence2: E cꞌo e aj Creta y ri e aj Arabia. Yey chikajujunal riꞌoj cakato quechꞌaꞌt pa kachꞌaꞌtem puwi tak ri cꞌutubal re runimal uchukꞌab ri Dios» quechaꞌ.


sentence1: How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?

sentence2: ¿Chaꞌta cꞌu riꞌ chikajujunal quekato quechꞌaꞌt pa tak ri kachꞌaꞌtem oj alaxinak wi riꞌoj?


sentence1: They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Behold, aren’t all these who speak Galileans?

sentence2: Ecꞌu laꞌ lic caminak canimaꞌ che, xquijek caquibiꞌij chiquiwach: «¡Chilape alak! ¿Na e ta neba aj Galilea conoje wa quechꞌaꞌtic?


sentence1: When this sound was heard, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.

sentence2: Echiriꞌ xkita waꞌ wa chꞌawibꞌal, xepe che rilik. Yey lik xsach kinaꞌoj ma chikijujunal xekito kechꞌaꞌt pa taq ri kichꞌaꞌtem ke rike.


sentence1: Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky.

sentence2: Chiriꞌ cꞌut Jerusalem e cꞌo e aj judiꞌab lic caquilokꞌnimaj ukꞌij ri Dios. Rique e petinak pa tak uqꞌuiyal tinamit che ruwachulew.


sentence1: They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.

sentence2: Yey conoje ri e cꞌo chiriꞌ xquicꞌul ruchukꞌab ri Santowilaj Ruxlabixel, y xquijek cꞌu riꞌ quechꞌaꞌt pa jujun chic chꞌaꞌtem junwi. Chiquijujunal quechꞌaꞌt pa ri chꞌaꞌtem xyaꞌtaj chique ruma ri Ruxlabixel.


sentence1: Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them.

sentence2: Ecꞌuchiriꞌ, xewinakir pachaꞌ urepebal akꞌ y waꞌ xcꞌojiꞌ paquiwiꞌ chiquijujunal rique.


sentence1: Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

sentence2: Xakicꞌateꞌt cꞌut chilaꞌ chicaj xpe pachaꞌ uchꞌawibal juna unimal tew lic cajuxuxic, yey waꞌ xunojisaj ronoje upa ri ja pa quimolom wi quib.


sentence1: Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place.

sentence2: Echiriꞌ xopon ri nimakꞌij re Pentecostés e tak rutijoꞌn ri Jesús quimolom quib, conoje uꞌanom xa jun quicꞌuꞌx.


sentence1: They drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was counted with the eleven apostles.

sentence2: Ecꞌuchiriꞌ, xquiꞌan jun sorteo chaꞌ cakꞌalajinic china chique wa caꞌib cacanaj can pucꞌaxel ri Judas; y waꞌ xtzak puwi ri Matías. Chwi cꞌu riꞌ, rire xuꞌana e jun cucꞌ ri junlajuj chic e takoꞌn.


sentence1: They prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen

sentence2: Teʼuri xe oc chu tzʼonoxic che i Dios; xqui bij: —Kajwal, yet awetaʼam i kanima konojel. Cha cʼutu chake pachique a chom yet chique i queb-i.


sentence1: to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.”

sentence2: chaꞌ cucꞌam bi wa chac y caꞌan takoꞌn la che; jecꞌulaꞌ cacꞌojiꞌ pucꞌaxel ri Judas aj Iscariot, ri xrokꞌotaj can ri chac xyaꞌ che y xeꞌec cꞌu pa ri luwar takal che» xechaꞌ.


sentence2: Cha cʼutu chake pachique cawaj yet ca ʼanaw i patan re apóstol chi roʼtam can i ma Júdas, are xoc ire pu qʼuijibal pacha ca majaw che rumal u mac. (Queje xqui bij ile che i Dios.)


sentence1: They put forward two: Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias.

sentence2: Xekichaꞌ kꞌu kaꞌibꞌ achijabꞌ. Jun e ri José, ri kabꞌiꞌx Barsabás che y kojom jun retzelal ubꞌiꞌ “Justo” kecha che. Ri jun chik, Matías rubꞌiꞌ.


sentence1: “Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

sentence2: Rumal-i, ʼo u chac caka tzucuj chic jun chic, xui-ri we kachiʼilam lok che tak i ʼij are ʼo wi i Kajwal Jesus kuʼ.


sentence1: beginning from the baptism of John to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”

sentence2: chwi lo echiriꞌ xucꞌul ri bautismo ruma ri Juan y cꞌa echiriꞌ xel bi kucꞌ y xcꞌul chilaꞌ chicaj ruma ri Dios. Lic chirajawaxic cꞌut cakacoj junok chique waꞌ waꞌchijab chaꞌ junam cojtzijon puwi rucꞌastajibal ri Jesús» xcha ri Pedro chique.


sentence2: Chi, je ʼo jujun je ʼo kuʼ are xkajsax ya puwi i Jesus rumal i ma Wan, cʼa are xel bi Jesus chicaj. Caka cha jun chique, ca ʼe kuʼ chu bixquil chi Jesus cʼun-nak chic sak chuwach —xu bij i ma Pédro.


sentence1: For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his habitation be made desolate. Let no one dwell in it;’ and, ‘Let another take his office.’

sentence2: Xubiꞌij cꞌu ri Pedro: «Jecꞌuwaꞌ tzꞌibital can puwi ri Judas chupa ri libro re ri Salmos: Ri luwar pa jekel wi chuꞌana jun luwar catzꞌintzꞌotic, y na jinta junok cajekiꞌ chiriꞌ. Y jewaꞌ cubiꞌij tanchic: Lic chirajawaxic catzucux jun chic aj chac chaꞌ cacꞌojiꞌ pucꞌaxel cachaꞌ.


sentence1: It became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their language that field was called ‘Akeldama,’ that is, ‘The field of blood.’

sentence2: Waꞌ xketaꞌmaj konoje ri ejeqel Jerusalem. E uwariꞌche, xkikoj “Acéldama” che wa jun luwar; waꞌ keꞌelawi “Luwar re Kikꞌ” pa ri kichꞌaꞌtem rike.)


sentence1: “Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.

sentence2: «Hermanos, lic chirajawaxic wi e cuꞌana na ri tzꞌibital can chupa Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios puwi ri xubiꞌij ri Santowilaj Ruxlabixel ruma ri David echiriꞌ xchꞌaꞌt puwi ri Judas aj Iscariot. Waꞌ e ri xnabej chiquiwach ri xechapaw bi ri Jesús,


sentence1: For he was counted with us, and received his portion in this ministry.

sentence2: tob rire e jun kachbiꞌil y xyaꞌ che xchacun junam kucꞌ chupa wa chac re ri Dios» xchaꞌ.


sentence2: I ma Júdas kachiʼil teʼek; ʼo te u chac kuʼ yoj.


sentence1: In these days, Peter stood up in the middle of the disciples (and the number of names was about one hundred twenty), and said,

sentence2: Chupa cꞌu tak laꞌ la kꞌij, ri Pedro xtaqꞌuiꞌ chiquiwach ri hermanos quimolom quib, laj e ciento veinte chi conoje, y jecꞌuwaꞌ xubiꞌij chique:


sentence1: All these with one accord continued steadfastly in prayer and supplication, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

sentence2: E conoje rique lic xa jun quicꞌuꞌx quiyaꞌom quib pa oración, junam cucꞌ jujun ixokib, rucꞌ ri María ruchu ri Jesús yey cucꞌ tak ruchakꞌ ri Jesús.


sentence1: When they had come in, they went up into the upper room where they were staying, that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

sentence2: Echiriꞌ xebopon Jerusalem, xebakꞌan chicaj pa ri caleꞌ ja pa ejekel wi ri Pedro, ri Jacobo, ri Juan, ri Andrés, ri Felipe, ri Tomás, ri Bartolomé, ri Mateo, ri Jacobo rucꞌajol ri Alfeo; ri Simón ri cabiꞌx “ri Zelote” che y ri Judas ruchakꞌ ri Jacobo.


sentence1: Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

sentence2: Ecꞌuchiriꞌ, ri e takoꞌn xebel bi chwach ri juyub Olivos y xetzelej Jerusalem. (Wa juyub xa nakaj cꞌo wi lo che Jerusalem, laj jun kilómetro unajtijil; jecꞌulaꞌ rique na xicꞌow ta uwiꞌ ri caquibinibej che ri yaꞌtalic e chirij ri cojobal que raj judiꞌab puwi ri kꞌij re uxlanibal.)


sentence1: who also said, “You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you into the sky, will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky.”

sentence2: Waꞌchijab xechꞌaw cꞌu chique, jewaꞌ xquibiꞌij: —Achijab ix aj Galilea, ¿suꞌbe cꞌa quixtzutzuꞌn chicaj? Ma wa Jesús, ri xel bi chixoꞌl riꞌix y xcꞌul chilaꞌ chicaj, Rire cacꞌun tanchic. Jecꞌulaꞌ pachaꞌ xiwilo xeꞌec, jelaꞌ cacꞌun tanchic —xecha chique.


sentence1: When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.

sentence2: Are xbitaj ile chique, tzʼakat que takenic, i Jesus xel bi chicaj. Are ʼuri xsach pa sutzʼ; n-xquil ta chic u wach.


sentence1: While they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing,

sentence2: Cꞌa caquitzutzaꞌ cꞌu pan chilaꞌ chicaj pa xcꞌam wubi ri Jesús, echiriꞌ xewinakir queb achijab cucꞌ yey waꞌ lic sak ri quikꞌuꞌ.


sentence2: Are ca tijin u ʼenam, ique que tijin chu takexic chicaj; xak teʼet xe winakir queb achiab cuʼ, sak qui ʼuʼ.


sentence1: But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

sentence2: Pero kikꞌul kꞌu ichuqꞌabꞌ riꞌix echiriꞌ kaqaj lo ri Santowilaj Ruxlabꞌixel ri Dios piwiꞌ y kixuꞌana kꞌu ix tzijol weꞌin chupa wa tinamit Jerusalem, chupa ronoje ri luwar re Judea y re Samaria y kꞌa che ronoje luwar re ruwachulew —xcha chike.


sentence1: He said to them, “It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within his own authority.

sentence2: Y ri Jesús xucꞌul uwach: —Riꞌix na yaꞌtal ta chiwe quiwetaꞌmaj rukꞌijol y ruꞌorayil echiriꞌ cuꞌana tak waꞌ ri Nukaw, ma ronoje waꞌ xew pukꞌab Rire cꞌo wi.


sentence1: Therefore, when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

sentence2: Jun kꞌij cꞌut ri quimolom quib rucꞌ ri Jesús jewaꞌ xquitzꞌonoj che: —Kajawal, ¿chupa tak waꞌ wa kꞌij oj cꞌo wi, cayac tanchi nawi la ri takanic re ri katinamit Israel jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri uꞌanom lo ojertan? —xechaꞌ.


sentence1: To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about God’s Kingdom.

sentence2: Chwi cꞌu rucamic, xcꞌastaj lo chiquixoꞌl ri ecaminak y cꞌa xcꞌojiꞌ cuarenta kꞌij che ruwachulew. Chupa tak cꞌu laꞌ la kꞌij, uqꞌuiyal laj e laꞌ xucꞌut uwach chiquiwach rutakoꞌn y xchꞌaꞌt cucꞌ puwi ri takanic re ri Dios. Jecꞌulaꞌ riꞌ, lic xucꞌutu pakatzij wi Rire cꞌaslic.


sentence1: until the day in which he was received up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

sentence2: cꞌa chupa ri kꞌij echiriꞌ xcꞌul chilaꞌ chicaj ruma ri Dios. Chwach cꞌu pan riꞌ rubenam chilaꞌ chicaj, Rire ruma ri Santowilaj Ruxlabixel ri Dios xuya can takanic chique rutakoꞌn ebuchaꞌom puwi tak ri chirajawaxic caquiꞌano.


sentence1: The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

sentence2: Chupa ri nabe nulibro, xintzꞌibaj pan che rilal Teófilo, puwi tak ri xuꞌan ri Jesús y tak ri xucꞌutu chwi lo ri jekebal re ruchac


sentence1: There are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they would all be written, I suppose that even the world itself wouldn’t have room for the books that would be written.

sentence2: Lic cꞌo uqꞌuiyal chac xuꞌan ri Jesús tob na ronoje ta waꞌ tzꞌibital can chupa wa libro. Yey we ta e laꞌ catzꞌibax ronoje tak ri xuꞌano, riꞌin canchꞌob rakan na coc tane che ruwachulew tak ri wuj pa catzꞌibax wi. Amén.


sentence1: This is the disciple who testifies about these things, and wrote these things. We know that his witness is true.

sentence2: Ecꞌu waꞌ wa jun tijoꞌn e ri cajiquiban uwach tak waꞌ y e xtzꞌiban waꞌ. Yey riꞌoj ketaꞌam cꞌut lic katzij ronoje wa tzꞌibitalic.


sentence1: Jesus said to him, “If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you? You follow me.”

sentence2: Ri Jesús xucꞌul uwach: —¿Suꞌchac catzꞌonoj? We cuaj riꞌin cꞌa cꞌas rire echiriꞌ quincꞌun tanchic, na jinta awe che. Riꞌat chat-tereja lo chwij —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?”

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri Pedro echiriꞌ xril ri jun chic tijoꞌn, xutzꞌonoj che ri Jesús: —Wajawal, yey rire, ¿saꞌ ri cucꞌulumaj? —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: Then Peter, turning around, saw a disciple following. This was the disciple whom Jesus loved, the one who had also leaned on Jesus’ breast at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is going to betray you?”

sentence2: Echiriꞌ xtzuꞌn ri Pedro chirij, xrilo chikij teran lo ri jun tijoꞌn lik kꞌax kanaꞌ ruma ri Jesús, waꞌ e ri xjaꞌiꞌ putzal ri Jesús pa ri jun waꞌim echiriꞌ xutzꞌonoj che: «Wajawal, ¿China ri kakꞌayin e la?»


sentence1: Most certainly I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself and walked where you wanted to. But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you don’t want to go.”

sentence2: Pakatzij wi cambiꞌij chawe: Echiriꞌ at ala, riꞌat atuquel caxim rapas y cateꞌec pa cawaj wi cateꞌec. Noꞌj echiriꞌ catuꞌana nimalaj winak, cayac laꞌkꞌab y jun chic caximow rapas y catucꞌam bi pa na cawaj ta wi cateꞌec —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?” Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, “Do you have affection for me?” He said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.

sentence2: Xutzꞌonoj churox laj: —Simón, at ucꞌajol ri Jonás, ¿katzij cꞌo rutzil acꞌuꞌx chwe? —xchaꞌ. Ri Pedro lic xuchap bis ruma e urox laj riꞌ xtzꞌonox che. Xubiꞌij cꞌu riꞌ: —Wajawal, rilal etaꞌam la ronoje, etaꞌam cꞌu la riꞌin cꞌo rutzil nucꞌuꞌx cheꞌla —xcha che. Xubiꞌij cꞌu ri Jesús che: —Chebatzuku cꞌu riꞌ ri nubexex.


sentence1: He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.”

sentence2: Xutzꞌonoj chucalaj: —Simón, at ucꞌajol ri Jonás, ¿lic cꞌax quinanaꞌ rucꞌ ronoje acꞌuꞌx? —xchaꞌ. Ri Pedro xucꞌul uwach: —Wajawal, rilal etaꞌam la cꞌo rutzil nucꞌuꞌx cheꞌla —xchaꞌ. Xubiꞌij tanchi cꞌu ri Jesús che: —Chebachajij cꞌu riꞌ ri nubexex —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”

sentence2: Echiriꞌ xkikꞌis utijik ri kiwa, ri Jesús xutzꞌonoj che ri Simón Pedro: —Simón, at ukꞌajol ri Jonás, ¿más nawi kꞌax kinanaꞌ riꞌat chwa ri kꞌaxnaꞌbꞌal we kakiꞌan wa jujun chik? —xchaꞌ. Ri Pedro xukꞌul uwach: —Wajawal, rilal etaꞌam la kꞌo rutzil nukꞌuꞌx cheꞌla —xchaꞌ. Ri Jesús xubꞌiꞌij che: —Chebꞌatzuqu kꞌu riꞌ ri raltaq ko nubꞌexex —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: This is now the third time that Jesus was revealed to his disciples after he had risen from the dead.

sentence2: E urox laj waꞌ xucꞌut uwach ri Jesús chiquiwach rutijoꞌn chwi lo rucꞌastajibal chiquixoꞌl ri ecaminak.


sentence1: Jesus said to them, “Come and eat breakfast!” None of the disciples dared inquire of him, “Who are you?” knowing that it was the Lord.

sentence2: Ecꞌuchiriꞌ, xubiꞌij ri Jesús: —Chixpetok, chixwoꞌkok —xcha chique. Na jinta cꞌu junok chique rutijoꞌn xraj cutzꞌonoj che china Rire, ma quetaꞌam e ri Kanimajawal.


sentence1: Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land, full of one hundred fifty-three great fish. Even though there were so many, the net wasn’t torn.

sentence2: Ri Simón Pedro xoc pa ri barco y xucharej bi cꞌa chuchiꞌ ri mar ri atarraya nojinak che nimak tak car, ma e ciento cincuenta y tres ri car e cꞌo chupa. Tob lic e qꞌui ri car, na xrakaroꞌb ta ri atarraya.


sentence1: Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have just caught.”

sentence2: Xubiꞌij cꞌu ri Jesús chique: —Chicꞌama lo jujun chique ri car, ri cꞌa e laꞌ xebichap lok —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: So when they got out on the land, they saw a fire of coals there, with fish and bread laid on it.

sentence2: Echiriꞌ xekaj lo chuꞌlew, cꞌate xquilo nucꞌutal jun akꞌ, y puwi ri rachakꞌaꞌl cꞌo jun car y cꞌo pam chiriꞌ.


sentence1: But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away), dragging the net full of fish.

sentence2: Yey ri jujun chic tijoꞌn xecꞌun rucꞌ ri barco chuchiꞌ ri mar, quicharem ri qui atarraya nojinak che car, ma laj xa cien metros e cꞌo wi che ruchiꞌ ri yaꞌ.


sentence1: That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat around himself (for he was naked), and threw himself into the sea.

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri jun tijoꞌn lic cꞌax canaꞌ ruma ri Jesús, xubiꞌij che ri Pedro: —¡E Kanimajawal! —xchaꞌ. Ri Simón Pedro xew xuto e ri Jesús, xucojolaꞌ rukꞌuꞌ resam y xucꞌak bi rib pa ri yaꞌ.


sentence1: He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” They cast it therefore, and now they weren’t able to draw it in for the multitude of fish.

sentence2: Xubiꞌij cꞌu ri Jesús chique: —Chiliqꞌuij liꞌatarraya puwiquikꞌab ri barco y chiwilapeꞌ ma quebiwesaj lo car —xchaꞌ. Rique e xquiꞌano yey na caquichꞌij ta chi cꞌu lo resaxic riꞌ ri qui atarraya pa ri yaꞌ ruma ruqꞌuiyal car e cꞌo chupa.


sentence1: Jesus therefore said to them, “Children, have you anything to eat?” They answered him, “No.”

sentence2: Xubiꞌij cꞌu ri Jesús chique: —Ix walcꞌoꞌal, ¿na jinta car ichapom? —xchaꞌ. Rique xquicꞌul pan uwach: —Na jintaj —xechaꞌ.


sentence1: But when day had already come, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples didn’t know that it was Jesus.

sentence2: Echiriꞌ catajin usakiric, rutijoꞌn xquil jun achi tacꞌal chuchiꞌ ri mar, pero na xquetaꞌmaj taj we e ri Jesús.


sentence1: Simon Peter said to them, “I’m going fishing.” They told him, “We are also coming with you.” They immediately went out and entered into the boat. That night, they caught nothing.

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri Simón Pedro xubiꞌij chique: —Quinꞌec pa chapoj car —xchaꞌ. Rique xquibiꞌij che: —Cojꞌec riꞌ awucꞌ —xechaꞌ. Xebec cꞌut y xeboc bi chupa jun barco, pero laꞌ laꞌkꞌab wi na jinta cꞌana car xquichapo.


sentence1: Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together.

sentence2: Junam e cꞌo ri Simón Pedro, ri Tomás ri caquibiꞌij “Yoꞌx” che, ri Natanael ri aj Caná re Galilea, ri queb ucꞌajol ri Zebedeo y caꞌib chic chique rutijoꞌn ri Jesús.


sentence1: After these things, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself this way.

sentence2: Tecꞌuchiriꞌ ri Jesús xucꞌut tanchi rib chiquiwach rutijoꞌn chuchiꞌ ri mar re Tiberias. Jewaꞌ xuꞌano:


sentence1: but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.

sentence2: Pero janipa cꞌu wa xtzꞌibaxic, e chaꞌ cacoj alak ri Jesús e ri Cristo, Rucꞌajol ri Dios, y cꞌo cꞌu cꞌaslemal alak riꞌ ruma cacoj alak rubiꞌ.


sentence1: Therefore Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book;

sentence2: Ri Jesús xuꞌan ukꞌiyal kꞌutubꞌal re ruchuqꞌabꞌ ri Dios chikiwach rutijoꞌn, y waꞌ na ronoje taj tzꞌibꞌital chupa wa libro.


sentence1: Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”

sentence2: Yey ri Jesús xubiꞌij che: —Tomás, cꞌa e laꞌ xacojo ruma xawil na nuwach. Nim cꞌu quikꞌij calaxic ri na quilom ta nuwach yey na rucꞌ ta cꞌu riꞌ, caquicojo riꞌin in cꞌaslic —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

sentence2: Ecꞌuchiriꞌ, ri Tomás xubiꞌij che ri Jesús: —¡Lal Wajawal y Lal nu Dios! —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: Then he said to Thomas, “Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don’t be unbelieving, but believing.”

sentence2: Tecꞌuchiriꞌ, xubiꞌij che ri Tomás: —Chawila ri nukꞌab y chajuꞌu ruwi akꞌab wara, yey chajuꞌu pe lo laꞌkꞌab pa wa nucꞌalcꞌaꞌx. Muꞌan cꞌu ri xa queb acꞌuꞌx wucꞌ; e chacojoꞌ riꞌin in cꞌaslic —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: After eight days, again his disciples were inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors being locked, and stood in the middle, and said, “Peace be to you.”

sentence2: Icꞌowinak chi cꞌu wajxakib kꞌij, ri tijoꞌn quimolom tanchi quib chupa ri ja y cꞌo ri Tomás cucꞌ. Tob quitzꞌapim cꞌu quichiꞌ, ri Jesús xakicꞌateꞌt xwinakiric y xtaqꞌuiꞌ chiquixoꞌl. Ewi xuya rutzil quiwach, jewaꞌ xubiꞌij: —Cꞌola utzil chomal iwucꞌ —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri jujun chic tijoꞌn echiriꞌ xquil uwach ri Tomás, jewaꞌ xquibiꞌij che: —¡Riꞌoj xkil uwach ri Kanimajawal! —xechaꞌ. Pero ri Tomás jewaꞌ xubiꞌij chique: —Riꞌin xew cancojo we nabe na canwil rutel ri clawux pukꞌab y canjuꞌ ruwi nukꞌab chupa yey canjuꞌ ri nukꞌab pucꞌalcꞌaꞌx. Noꞌj we na canꞌan ta waꞌ, riꞌ na cancoj taj —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn’t with them when Jesus came.

sentence2: Ri Tomás ri cabiꞌx “yoꞌx” che, e jun chique ri cablajuj utijoꞌn ri Jesús. Rire na jintaj echiriꞌ xopon ri Jesús cucꞌ rique.


sentence1: If you forgive anyone’s sins, they have been forgiven them. If you retain anyone’s sins, they have been retained.”

sentence2: We cꞌo junok cutzelej utzij chwach ri Dios, yaꞌtal pikꞌab quikꞌalajisaj che: “Ri Dios ucuyum chi amac.” Yey we cꞌo junok na cutzelej ta utzij chwach ri Dios, yaꞌtal pikꞌab quikꞌalajisaj che: “At tanal rucꞌ ramac chwach ri Dios” —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: Jesus therefore said to them again, “Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.”

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri Jesús xubiꞌij tanchi chique: —Cꞌola utzil chomal iwucꞌ. Jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri Nukaw xinutak lo riꞌin, jecꞌuriꞌlaꞌ riꞌin quixintak bi riꞌix —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord.

sentence2: Tecꞌuchiriꞌ, xucꞌut rukꞌab y rucꞌalcꞌaꞌx chiquiwach. Ecꞌu rique lic xequiꞌcotic echiriꞌ xquil uwach ri Kanimajawal.


sentence1: When therefore it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle and said to them, “Peace be to you.”

sentence2: Che cꞌu ri rocbal rakꞌab che ri nabe kꞌij re ri semana, rutijoꞌn ri Jesús quimolom quib, quitzꞌapim quichiꞌ ruma quixiꞌim quib chiquiwach ri e aj wach que raj judiꞌab. Ecꞌuchiriꞌ, ri Jesús xakicꞌateꞌt xwinakiric y xtaqꞌuiꞌ chiquixoꞌl rutijoꞌn. Xuya cꞌu rutzil quiwach, jewaꞌ xubiꞌij chique: —Cꞌola utzil chomal iwucꞌ —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

sentence2: Ri Jesús xubiꞌij che: —Chinatzokopij, ma cꞌamajaꞌ quinakꞌan rucꞌ ri Nukaw. Jat y chabiꞌij chique conoje ri nu hermanos: Riꞌin quinakꞌan pa cꞌo wi ri Nukaw yey Ikaw riꞌix; ri nu Dios riꞌin yey i Dios riꞌix —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him, “Rabboni!” which is to say, “Teacher!”

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri Jesús xubiꞌij che: —¡María! —xchaꞌ. Ri María xutzuꞌ uwach y jewaꞌ xubiꞌij che: —¡Raboni! (Wa chꞌaꞌtem pa hebreo queꞌelawi: “Lal tijonel”.)


sentence1: Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri Jesús xutzꞌonoj che ri María: —Ixok, ¿suꞌchac catokꞌic? ¿China ri catzucuj? —xchaꞌ. Ri María xuchꞌobo wa jun achi laj e chajinel re ri werta, y jewaꞌ cꞌu xubiꞌij che: —Achi, we lal xcꞌamaw bi la re, biꞌij la chwe pa xeꞌyaꞌa wi la chaꞌ quiꞌncꞌamaꞌ —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, and didn’t know that it was Jesus.

sentence2: Tecꞌuchiriꞌ, xtzuꞌn chirij. Cꞌate xrilo tacꞌal ri Jesús chiriꞌ, pero rire na xretaꞌmaj taj we e ri Jesús.


sentence1: They asked her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don’t know where they have laid him.”

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri ángeles xquitzꞌonoj che ri María: —Ixok, ¿suꞌchac catokꞌic? —xechaꞌ. Ri María xucꞌul uwach: —Ma xcꞌam bi ri Wajawal y na wetaꞌam taj pa xyaꞌiꞌ wi —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: and she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

sentence2: Xeril cꞌu pan queb ángeles sak quikꞌuꞌ etzꞌul jun chuꞌjolom y jun chi rakan che ri luwar pa xyaꞌiꞌ wi rucuerpo ri Jesús.


sentence1: But Mary was standing outside at the tomb weeping. So as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb,

sentence2: Pero ri María cokꞌic tacꞌal can chunakaj ri mukubal. Ecꞌu laꞌ cokꞌic, xyuxiꞌ apanok y xtzuꞌn pan chupa ri mukubal.


sentence1: So the disciples went away again to their own homes.

sentence2: Y xetzelej cꞌu ri queb tijoꞌn pa e cꞌo wi ri cachbiꞌil.


sentence1: For as yet they didn’t know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

sentence2: Ma ri petinak lok rique cꞌamajaꞌ ne quimajom usucꞌ Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios pa cubiꞌij wi: Ri Jesús lic chirajawaxic cacꞌastaj bi chiquixoꞌl ri ecaminak.


sentence1: So then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed.

sentence2: Ecꞌuchiriꞌ, xoc bi ri jun chic tijoꞌn ri xopon nabe chwach ri mukubal. Xew xril cꞌu riꞌ waꞌ, xucojo cꞌastajinak chubi ri Jesús chiquixoꞌl ri ecaminak.


sentence1: and the cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself.

sentence2: Yey ri cꞌul pa xpis wi rujolom ri Jesús, na junam ta cꞌo rucꞌ ri jutak rabaꞌj cꞌul; ma utuquel cꞌolic, busum canok.


sentence1: Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying,

sentence2: Tecꞌuchiriꞌ xopon ri Simón Pedro, ri teran lo chirij. Ecꞌu rire asu xoc chupa ri mukubal y xril ri jutak rabaꞌj cꞌul cꞌo can chiriꞌ.


sentence1: Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying there; yet he didn’t enter in.

sentence2: Xyuxiꞌ pan chupa ri mukubal y xew xril ri jutak rabaꞌj cꞌul pa xbolkꞌotix wi ri Jesús, pero na xoc tubi.


sentence1: Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have laid him!”

sentence2: Ecꞌuchiriꞌ, cacꞌalalic xeꞌec pa e cꞌo wi ri Simón Pedro y ri jun chic tijoꞌn lic cꞌax canaꞌ ruma ri Jesús, y xubiꞌij cꞌu chique: —Ri Kajawal xesax bi pa mukutal wi y na ketaꞌam taj pa xyaꞌiꞌ wi —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

sentence2: Ri nabe kꞌij che ri semana, ri María ri aj Magdala lic anim tan, cꞌa kꞌekuꞌm nenareꞌ, xeꞌec pa mukutal wi ri Jesús. Y cꞌate xrilo esam chi rabaj chuchiꞌ ri mukubal.


sentence1: Then, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand), they laid Jesus there.

sentence2: Chiriꞌ cꞌu riꞌ xquimuk wi rucuerpo ri Jesús, ma ri mukubal xa nakaj cꞌo wi; yey xcaj camukiꞌ ri cuerpo pa ri kꞌij echiriꞌ raj judiꞌab caquiyijbaꞌ pan janipa ri cajawax chique pa ri nimakꞌij Pascua, ma na utz taj caꞌan mukunic pa ri nimakꞌij.


sentence1: Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden. In the garden was a new tomb in which no man had ever yet been laid.

sentence2: Xa nakaj che ri luwar pa xquicamisaj wi ri Jesús chwa ri cruz, cꞌo jun luwar cꞌo chomilaj cheꞌ chwach. Y chiriꞌ cꞌo jun mukubal cꞌacꞌ ꞌanom, y na jinta junok mukum chupa.


sentence1: Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds.

sentence2: Ecꞌu ri Nicodemo, ri jun achi xeꞌchꞌaꞌta rucꞌ ri Jesús chakꞌab, xopon che utoꞌic ri José. Rucꞌaꞌam laj jun quintal cunabal lic quiꞌ ruxlab, waꞌ mirra uyijbam rucꞌ áloes.


sentence1: After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus’ body. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body.

sentence2: Kꞌisbꞌal re taq waꞌ, ri José aj Arimatea xuꞌtzꞌonoj che ri Pilato chaꞌ kayaꞌ che kukꞌam bꞌi rucuerpo ri Jesús. Yey ri José e jun chike rutijoꞌn ri Jesús tobꞌ xa xeꞌlaqꞌay, ma kuxiꞌij ribꞌ chikiwach ri rach e aj judiꞌabꞌ. Ekꞌu ri Pilato xuya bꞌi che, y ri José xukꞌam bꞌi rucuerpo ri Jesús.


sentence1: For these things happened that the Scripture might be fulfilled, “A bone of him will not be broken.”

sentence2: Ma ronoje tak waꞌ xuꞌano chaꞌ e cuꞌana janipa ri tzꞌibital can chupa Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios, ma jewaꞌ cubiꞌij: Na cakꞌep tane junok che rubakil.


sentence1: Again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they pierced.”

sentence2: Yey jewaꞌ cubiꞌij Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios: Caquil na cꞌu uwach ri jun xquitokꞌ rucꞌalcꞌaꞌx.


sentence2: Xak cu bij u wuj i Dios: “I winak quiquil nu wach i jun chi xqui toʼij.” (Queje ile tzʼibtalic.)


sentence1: He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe.

sentence2: Ri catzijon re ronoje waꞌ e xilow re; lic katzij cꞌu ri cubiꞌij ma lic retaꞌam saꞌ ri xrilo. Yey cutzijoj cꞌu riꞌ chaꞌ cacubiꞌ cꞌuꞌx alak rucꞌ ri Cristo.


sentence1: However, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.

sentence2: Na rucꞌ ta cꞌu riꞌ, jun chique ri soldados xutokꞌ rucꞌalcꞌaꞌx ri Jesús rucꞌ rulanza y cꞌatetana chupa waꞌ xel lo quicꞌ y yaꞌ.


sentence1: but when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they didn’t break his legs.

sentence2: Pero echiriꞌ xekib rucꞌ ri Jesús, xquilo caminak chic; ruma riꞌ, na xquikꞌep ta ri rakan.


sentence1: Therefore the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with him;

sentence2: Xebec cꞌu ri soldados y xeꞌquikꞌepa ri cakan ri e cꞌo chwa cruz pa tak utzal ri Jesús. Xquiꞌan cꞌu riꞌ che ri nabe, tecꞌuchiriꞌ jelaꞌ xquiꞌan che ri jun chic.


sentence1: Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn’t remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away.

sentence2: Ecꞌu kꞌij riꞌ cayijbax pan janipa ri cajawax pa ri nimakꞌij Pascua. Ruma cꞌu laꞌ, raj judiꞌab na cacaj taj cacꞌojiꞌ juna caminak chwa cruz pa ri kꞌij re uxlanibal, ma laꞌ la jun kꞌij lic nimalaj nimakꞌij. E uwariꞌche xquitzꞌonoj che ri Pilato cutak ukꞌepic ri cakan ri e cꞌo chwa cruz chaꞌ jelaꞌ quecam tan y quekasax cꞌu ulok.


sentence1: When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

sentence2: Rire xutij ri vinagre, tecꞌuchiriꞌ xubiꞌij: —Xinqꞌuis cꞌu utzaꞌm ri nuchac —xchaꞌ. Ecꞌuchiriꞌ, xuyuxubaꞌ rujolom y xukꞌatisaj ri ranimaꞌ pukꞌab ri Dios.


sentence1: Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour, the disciple took her to his own home.

sentence2: Tecꞌuchiriꞌ xubiꞌij che ri jun utijoꞌn cꞌo putzal ri María: —Ecꞌu riꞌat, chwi woꞌora e achu laꞌ —xchaꞌ. Chwi cꞌu riꞌ, wa jun utijoꞌn ri Jesús xucꞌam bi ri María chaꞌ queꞌjekela chirocho.


sentence1: Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”

sentence2: Echiriꞌ ri Jesús xril pan ruchu cꞌo putzal ri jun utijoꞌn lic cꞌax cunaꞌ Rire, xubiꞌij cꞌu pan che ruchu: —Nuchu, chwi cꞌu woꞌora e alab la laꞌ —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: But standing by Jesus’ cross were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

sentence2: Chunakaj cꞌu ri cruz e cꞌo ruchu ri Jesús, ruchakꞌ ruchu, ri María rixokil ri Cleofas y ri María ri aj Magdala.


sentence1: Then they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it to decide whose it will be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, “They parted my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.” Therefore the soldiers did these things.

sentence2: Ruma cꞌu waꞌ, ri soldados jewaꞌ xquibiꞌij chiquiwach: —Makarichꞌij upa rucoton; kaꞌana jun sorteo chaꞌ jelaꞌ cakilo chinok chike cacꞌamaw bi re —xechaꞌ. Ecꞌu xuꞌana pachaꞌ ri tzꞌibital can chupa Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios: Xquijach quib puwi ri nukꞌuꞌ, ma xquiꞌan sorteo rucꞌ cachaꞌ. Yey jecꞌuriꞌlaꞌ xquiꞌan ri soldados.


sentence1: Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

sentence2: Ri soldados echiriꞌ kiyaꞌom chi ri Jesús chwa ri cruz, xkimol uchiꞌ ruqꞌuꞌ, xkijach upa chaꞌ kuꞌan kajibꞌ rajaw. Jelaꞌ xkaj kakiꞌan rukꞌ rukoton; pero waꞌ xa jun upa uꞌanom.


sentence1: Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

sentence2: Pero ri Pilato xubiꞌij chique: —Ri xintak utzꞌibaxic riꞌin, jelaꞌ cacanaj canok —xchaꞌ.


sentence1: The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, “Don’t write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘he said, “I am King of the Jews.”’”

sentence2: Yey ri nimak e aj chacunel re ri Rocho Dios xquibiꞌij che ri Pilato: —Na ube taj xtzꞌibaj la “Ri rey que raj judiꞌab”. Jalcꞌatij la chaꞌ jewaꞌ cubiꞌij: “Rire xubiꞌij: Riꞌin in rey que raj judiꞌab” —xechaꞌ.


sentence1: Therefore many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek.

sentence2: Yey waꞌ tzꞌibital pa ri chꞌaꞌtem hebreo, pa ri chꞌaꞌtem griego y pa ri chꞌaꞌtem latín. E qꞌui cꞌu chique raj judiꞌab xcajilaj waꞌ, ma ri luwar pa xyaꞌ wi ri Jesús chwa ri cruz xa nakaj cꞌo wi che ri tinamit.


sentence1: Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, “JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

sentence2: Ri Pilato utakom chic catzꞌibax waꞌ y cayaꞌ cꞌu lo chwi ri cruz: «JESÚS RI AJ NAZARET, RI REY QUE RAJ JUDIꞌAB.»