eng: For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn’t be made void.

acr: Cambiꞌij cꞌu waꞌ ma ri nuchac xuya ri Cristo na e ta ri canya bautismo, e ri cantzijoj ri Utzilaj Tzij. Y rutzijoxic canꞌano na e ta rucꞌ nimak tak chꞌaꞌtem y unimal naꞌoj xa re ruwachulew. Ma na cuaj taj we ri winak e caquiyac nukꞌij riꞌin yey na queboc ta cꞌu il riꞌ che ri Utzilaj Tzij puwi ri Cristo y ri xuꞌan Rire chwa ri cruz.


eng: (I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don’t know whether I baptized any other.)

acr: Yey xinya ne bautismo chike ri e kꞌo chirocho ri Estéfanas. Na kakꞌun ta chi chinukꞌuꞌx we kꞌo junoq chik.


eng: Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?

acr: ¿Jachom neba upa ri Cristo? ¿E neba riꞌin in Pablo ri xcam chwa cruz uma ralak? ¿O pa rubiꞌ neba ri Pablo xcꞌul wi alak ri bautismo? Na e taj.


eng: For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you.

acr: Cambiꞌij waꞌ che alak hermanos ma xinwetaꞌmaj e cꞌo ri xaki quechꞌoꞌjin chixoꞌlibal alak; xinta waꞌ chiquichiꞌ jujun chique ri e cꞌo pa rocho ri Cloé.


eng: Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

acr: Campixabaj cꞌu alak hermanos chupa rubiꞌ ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo: Cꞌola alak chi utzil chomal y majach pa alak. E ri lic ube e chuꞌana xa jun naꞌoj alak y xa jun cꞌuꞌx alak.


eng: God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

acr: Ri Dios lic jusucꞌ, ma ronoje ri cubiꞌtisij e cuꞌano y e Rire siqꞌuiyom e alak chaꞌ cuꞌan alak xa jun rucꞌ Rucꞌajol, waꞌ e ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo.


eng: who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

acr: Ecꞌu riꞌ ri Dios catiquiban e alak chi utz woꞌora y cꞌa pa ri qꞌuisbal kꞌij, chaꞌ jelaꞌ na jinta chi cꞌana mac carikitaj che alak chwach ri Dios chupa rukꞌijol rucꞌunibal ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo.


eng: even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you—

acr: Xjikibꞌax kꞌu uwach ri Utzilaj Tzij puwi ri Cristo ruma ri uꞌanom ri Dios ukꞌ alaq.


eng: that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge—

acr: Yey na xa ta jubikꞌ ri cꞌulum alak ruma cꞌo alak pukꞌab ri Cristo; yaꞌtal cꞌu chꞌaꞌtem alak y naꞌoj alak che utzijoxic ri naꞌoj re ri Dios.


eng: I always thank my God concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,

acr: Riꞌin xaki quintioxin che ri Dios uma ralak, ma ruma ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo, ri Dios uyaꞌom lo ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx che alak.


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

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


eng: to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

acr: ri alak utinamit ri Dios cꞌo chilaꞌ Corinto. Alak chaꞌtal ruma ri Dios chaꞌ cacꞌojiꞌ alak pukꞌab ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo; alak cꞌu siqꞌuim che jun binic silabic lic chom chwach ri Dios, ma e caraj riꞌ chike junam cucꞌ conoje ri caquilokꞌnimaj rubiꞌ ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo, tob pa tak chawi e cꞌo wi. Ma Rire e Kanimajawal ke riꞌoj y que rique.


eng: Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

acr: Riꞌin in Pablo, insikꞌim ruma ri Dios re kinuꞌan utaqoꞌn ri Qanimajawal Jesucristo, ruma e lik karaj riꞌ ri Dios chwe. Riꞌin junam rukꞌ ri hermano Sóstenes kaqaya pan rutzil wach alaq,


eng: And honour and glory be to him, that is mighty to confirm you by my gospel, and (the) preaching of Jesus Christ, by the revelation of (the) mystery held still, in times everlasting; [Forsooth to him, that is mighty to confirm you by my gospel, and (the) preaching of Jesus Christ, after the revelation of (the) mystery holden still, that is, not showed, in times everlasting;]

acr: Chaka bij ni u ʼij i Dios, ire chi lic ca tiqui chu jicbaxic i cʼux yix. Cu ʼan na, pacha i tzij chi quin tijin yin chu paxsaxic, are i ʼutz laj tzij che i Jesucrísto. I tzij-le, n-ʼetamam taj cumal i winak ujer; chu xebal ʼij sak, n-ʼetamam taj cʼa te woʼor.


eng: (But nowe is opened, and published among all nations by the Scriptures of the Prophetes, at the commandement of the euerlasting God for the obedience of faith)

acr: I tzij-le xak ʼo can chupam i wuj chi qui tzʼibam i ajbil u tzij i Dios ujer. I Dios, chi n-tu qʼuisic u cʼaslemal, u bim canok chi i ʼutz laj tzij-le ca ʼalijinsax na chique conojel i winak. Craj ire chi conojel quiqui cuba ni qui cʼux che, xak que cojon na che.


eng: I desire that by Jesus Christ enabling us, we will forever praise the one who alone is God, who alone is truly wise. ◄May it be so!/Amen!►

acr: Xa jun ri Dios cꞌolic y xew Rire lic cꞌo unaꞌoj. Che cꞌu Rire takal wi cakayac ukꞌij na jinta utakexic ruma ri xuꞌan ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo. Amén.


eng: God is really great and powerful, so everybody has to tell him that he is good. He can make you strong. This is his message. It is the good news about Jesus Christ. A long time ago, God planned to get both the Jewish people, and the people that are not Jews, to believe in him. But at first he kept it a secret, and he just got the Jewish people to follow him. After that, he got his men to write about it ahead of time, and their words are in his book. Now his message about Jesus is for every nation. It is not just for the Jewish people, but everybody everywhere can trust him, and they can listen to him and do what he wants. God is the only one that can think good enough to make it all work out like that. So everybody has to tell God and Jesus Christ, “You are great.” They have always got to do that for ever. From Paul


eng: Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother.

acr: Ri Gayo cuya pan rutzil wach alak; rire inucꞌulum pa rocho y uyaꞌom chique conoje ri hermanos ri e aj wara caquimol quib pa rocho. Jenelaꞌ cuya pan rutzil wach alak ri Erasto, ri aj cꞌolol puak re wa tinamit; jenelaꞌ ri hermano Cuarto cuya pan rutzil wach alak.


eng: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all! Amen.

acr: Ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo cꞌola ucꞌ onoje alak. Amén.


acr: I Kajwal Jesucrísto chu ya ni i utzil chomal piwi yix. Amen (queje ile cwaj).


eng: I, Tertius, who write the letter, greet you in the Lord.

acr: Yey riꞌin in Tercio, ri kintajin che utzꞌibꞌaxik waꞌ wa carta e chirij ri kubꞌiꞌij ri Pablo che alaq, kanya pan rutzil wach alaq pa rubꞌiꞌ ri Qanimajawal.


eng: Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my relatives.

acr: Cuya pan rutzil wach alak ri Timoteo, ri wachbiꞌil pa ruchac ri Cristo. Jenelaꞌ caquiya pan rutzil wach alak ri e watz-nuchakꞌ Lucio, ri Jasón y ri Sosípater.


eng: And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

acr: Ecꞌu ri Dios, ri aj yaꞌl utzil chomal, na camayin ta che cuyikꞌilibej uwiꞌ ri Satanás chuxeꞌ ri akan alak; ma e cuya che alak ri cachꞌij alak uchukꞌab ri Satanás. Cꞌulu cꞌu alak ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo.


eng: For your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice therefore over you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in that which is evil.

acr: Lic cꞌut etaꞌmatal chi cuma conoje e lic takem alak ri sakil cꞌutunic, y lic quinquiꞌcot che alak ruma waꞌ. Yey ri cuaj che alak e lic cꞌola naꞌoj alak che uꞌanic ri utz, na che ta uꞌanic ri na utz taj.


eng: For those who are such don’t serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

acr: ma na e ta kitaqem ri Cristo, e lik kitaqem ri kirayibꞌal rike. Ri kichꞌaꞌtem lik chakojoꞌ y lik chom katatajik, pero rukꞌ waꞌ kekisok ri tikawex na jinta ko kinaꞌoj.


eng: Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

acr: Lic cꞌu cantzꞌonoj che alak hermanos, e lic cachajij ib alak chiquiwach ri caquijach upa riglesia y caquicoj tzakibal chirij ri sakil cꞌutunic chaꞌ e cꞌo jujun chic na caquicoj ta ri cꞌulum chi ralak. Chiquij cꞌu waꞌ, chesaj ib alak;


eng: Greet one another with a holy kiss. The assemblies of Christ greet you.

acr: Yaꞌa rutzil wach alak chiwach alak rucꞌ jun sakil tzꞌubuj chiꞌaj chwach ri Dios. Conoje ri hermanos wara re pa tak riglesias re ri Cristo caquiya pan rutzil wach alak.


eng: Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.

acr: Yaꞌa alak rutzil quiwach ri Filólogo y ri Julia, ri Nereo rucꞌ ri ranab yey ri Olimpas cucꞌ conoje rutinamit ri Dios e cꞌo cucꞌ rique.


eng: Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them.

acr: Yaꞌa alak rutzil quiwach ri Asíncrito, ri Flegonte, ri Hermas, ri Patrobas, ri Hermes y ri jujun chic hermanos e cꞌo cucꞌ rique.


eng: Greet Rufus, the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

acr: Yaꞌa alak rutzil uwach ri Rufo; waꞌ e jun hermano lic chom rubinic usilabic chwach ri Kanimajawal. Yey yaꞌa alak rutzil uwach ruchu, ma rire uꞌanom pachaꞌ nuchu riꞌin.


eng: Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Greet Persis, the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.

acr: Yaꞌa alak rutzil uwach ri Trifena y ri Trifosa; rique lic quiyaꞌom quib pa ruchac ri Kanimajawal. Yaꞌa alak rutzil uwach ri Pérsida, ri lic cꞌax canaꞌic yey lic chacuninak pa ruchac ri Kanimajawal.


eng: Greet Herodion, my kinsman. Greet them of the household of Narcissus, who are in the Lord.

acr: Yaꞌa alak rutzil uwach ri watz-nuchakꞌ Herodión. Yaꞌa alak rutzil quiwach conoje ri e cꞌo pa rocho ri Narciso, ri quicojom rubiꞌ ri Kanimajawal.


eng: Greet Apelles, the approved in Christ. Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus.

acr: Yaꞌa alak rutzil uwach ri Apeles, ri lic ucꞌutum ri cubulibal ucꞌuꞌx rucꞌ ri Cristo. Yaꞌa alak rutzil quiwach conoje ri e cꞌo pa rocho ri Aristóbulo.


eng: Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved.

acr: Yaꞌa alak rutzil uwach ri Urbano; rire e jun kachbiꞌil pa ruchac ri Cristo. Yaꞌa alak rutzil uwach ri Estaquis, jun hermano lic cꞌax cannaꞌ riꞌin.


eng: Greet Amplias, my beloved in the Lord.

acr: Yaꞌa alak rutzil uwach ri Amplias, jun hermano lic cꞌax cannaꞌ chupa rubiꞌ ri Kanimajawal.


eng: Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives and my fellow prisoners, who are notable among the apostles, who were also in Christ before me.

acr: Yaꞌa alak rutzil quiwach ri Andrónico y ri Junias; ri e watz-nuchakꞌ yey xecꞌojiꞌ junam wucꞌ pa cárcel. Rique lic calokꞌox quikꞌij chikaxoꞌl ri oj utakoꞌn ri Jesús, yey rique xquicoj rubiꞌ ri Cristo nabe chinuwach riꞌin.


eng: Greet Mary, who labored much for us.

acr: Yaꞌa alak rutzil uwach ri María, ri lic chacuninak chixoꞌlibal alak.


eng: Greet the assembly that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruits of Achaia to Christ.

acr: Yaꞌa alak rutzil quiwach conoje ri hermanos ri caquimol quib pa cocho ri Aquila y ri Priscila. Yaꞌa alak rutzil uwach ri Epeneto, ri lic cꞌax cannaꞌo, ma e rire ri nabe xucoj rubiꞌ ri Cristo wara Acaya.


eng: who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the Gentiles.

acr: Yey xtewun ne ri camic paquiwi rique ruma xinquitoꞌo. E uwariꞌche, na xew ta riꞌin quintioxin pan chique, ma quetioxin pan conoje riglesias que ri na e ta aj Israel.


eng: Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,

acr: Yaꞌa alak rutzil quiwach ri Priscila y ri Aquila, ri e wachbiꞌil pa ruchac ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo.


eng: that you receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and that you assist her in whatever matter she may need from you, for she herself also has been a helper of many, and of my own self.

acr: Cantzꞌonoj co che alak, cꞌulu alak chi utz wa hermana pa rubiꞌ ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri takalic caꞌan chiquixoꞌl ri quicojom rubiꞌ ri Cristo. Toꞌo co alak rucꞌ tak janipa ri cajawax che, ma rire lic e qꞌui ri ebutoꞌom y lic ne inutoꞌom riꞌin.


eng: I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae,

acr: Cantzꞌibaj pan che alak puwi ri ka hermana Febe, ri e cuqꞌuil raj chaquib e toꞌbel pa riglesia cꞌo Cencrea; rire uchꞌobom copon ucꞌ alak.


eng: Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

acr: Ecꞌu ri Dios, ri aj yaꞌl utzil chomal, cꞌola ucꞌ onoje alak. Amén.


eng: that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest.

acr: ꞌAna co alak orar panuwiꞌ chaꞌ e chirij ri caraj ri Dios quinopon na ucꞌ alak, y jecꞌulaꞌ rucꞌ quiꞌcotemal quineꞌuxlan chilaꞌ ucꞌ alak.


eng: that I may be delivered from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

acr: ꞌAna cꞌu alak orar chaꞌ na quintzak ta paquikꞌab ri winak e cꞌo Judea, ri eyacatajinak chirij ri Kꞌijsak; y ꞌana alak orar chaꞌ ri hermanos e cꞌo Jerusalem caquicꞌul chi utz wa kasaꞌn.


eng: Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,

acr: Hermanos, ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios uyaꞌom ri rutzil ucꞌuꞌx chike chaꞌ cꞌax cakanaꞌ kib. Cantzꞌonoj cꞌu che alak chupa rubiꞌ ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo quintoꞌ alak, e ꞌana alak orar panuwiꞌ chwach ri Dios.


eng: I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the Good News of Christ.

acr: Wetaꞌam cꞌu chi utz, we xinopon ucꞌ alak, na xa ta jubikꞌ ri cancꞌul riꞌin junam ucꞌ alak che ri rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Cristo pakawiꞌ.


eng: When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by way of you to Spain.

acr: We xinutzin can rucꞌ waꞌ y nuyaꞌom chi can wa kasaꞌn paquikꞌab ri hermanos e cꞌo Jerusalem, cꞌa ecꞌuchiriꞌ canmaj bi nube quinꞌec España y quinicꞌow cꞌu ucꞌ alak.


eng: Yes, it has been their good pleasure, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to serve them in material things.

acr: Ri na e ta aj judiꞌab lic pa canimaꞌ xalax wi xquiꞌan waꞌ. Yey cꞌo ne quicꞌas caraj utzelexic cucꞌ ri hermanos e aj judiꞌab e cꞌo chilaꞌ, ma rique e xetzijon ri Utzilaj Tzij re ri Dios chiquiwach. Ruma cꞌu laꞌ lic ube quequitoꞌ rucꞌ tak ri cajawax chique.


eng: For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.

acr: ma ri hermanos e aj Macedonia, junam cucꞌ ri hermanos e aj Acaya, xquimol wa kasaꞌn que tak ri hermanos e nibaꞌib e cꞌo Jerusalem.


eng: But now, I say, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the saints.

acr: Pero woꞌora kinꞌek Jerusalem re kiꞌnjacha jun qasaꞌn toꞌbꞌal ke ri hermanos e kꞌo chilaꞌ;


eng: whenever I travel to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.

acr: ruma cꞌu riꞌ, lic nuchꞌobom chic, echiriꞌ canmaj bi nube quinꞌec España, quinicꞌow ucꞌ alak y jelaꞌ ajilam kꞌij quincꞌojiꞌ pa quiꞌcotemal ucꞌ alak. Ecꞌuchiriꞌ wilom chi wach alak, utz quintoꞌ bi alak che ri nubenam cꞌa España.


eng: but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,

acr: noꞌj woꞌora xinkꞌis uꞌanik waꞌ chupa taq wa luwar. Yey ukꞌiyal tan junabꞌ lik nurayim kiꞌnwila alaq;


eng: Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you,

acr: E uwariꞌche, ukꞌiyal laj xuaj kiꞌnwila alaq, pero wa nuchak inuqꞌatem;


eng: But, as it is written, “They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven’t heard will understand.”

acr: jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri tzꞌibital can chupa Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios: Ecꞌu ri ticawex na jinta cꞌo xtzijox chique puwi Rire, caquetaꞌmaj na china Rire; yey ri na quitom ta cꞌana puwi Rire, caquimaj na usucꞌ ri catzijox chique cachaꞌ.


eng: yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another’s foundation.

acr: Ecꞌu lic xinya wib che utzijoxic ri Utzilaj Tzij pa tak luwar pa na tzijom ta rubiꞌ ri Cristo, chaꞌ jelaꞌ na xiꞌntica tubi ri nuchac puwi uchac junok chic,


eng: For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

acr: Ma na kinchꞌaꞌt tane puwi ri kanꞌan riꞌin, xew e kinchꞌaꞌt chwi ri uꞌanom ri Cristo wuma riꞌin; ma ruma ri nutzijom y nuꞌanom chikiwach rukꞌiyal kiwach taq ri tikawex, rike kebꞌuꞌana e aj kojol tzij chwach ri Dios.


eng: in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of God’s Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News of Christ;

acr: Yey rucꞌ nimak tak cꞌutubal y rucꞌ nimak tak chac xintzijoj ri Utzilaj Tzij re ri Cristo; y ri nuꞌanom e ruma ruchukꞌab ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios. Xinjek cꞌu lo waꞌ Jerusalem, xinicꞌow lo pa tak jujun chic tinamit y xinopon cꞌa Ilírico. Jecꞌulaꞌ wuma riꞌin xeꞌec utzijoxic ri Utzilaj Tzij che ronoje tak waꞌ wa luwar.


acr: I nimak tak ʼanic, nimak tak milágro chi in ʼanom, xa ruʼ u choʼab i u Tewal i Dios in ʼanom wi. Lic in paxsam u tzijol wach i ʼelbal chi sak rumal i Jesucrísto. Naj in paxsam wi; xin jek u bixquil pa Jerusalen, teʼuri xak xin bij pa tak aldéa chila, teʼuri xin ʼe cʼa pa jyub Ilírico.


eng: I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.

acr: Ecꞌu lic quinquiꞌcot che ri nuchac canꞌan chwach ri Dios ruma rutoꞌbal ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo.


eng: I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.

acr: Alak nu hermanos, riꞌin lic wetaꞌam chi utz e lic cꞌo rutzil cꞌuꞌx y naꞌoj alak y ruma cꞌu waꞌ utz capixabaj ib alak chiwach alak.


eng: But I write the more boldly to you in part as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,

acr: Na rucꞌ ta cꞌu riꞌ, na canxiꞌij ta wib quintzꞌiban pan che alak, ma cꞌo ri cuaj cancuxtaj che alak. Canꞌan cꞌu waꞌ ruma ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios yaꞌtal chwe


eng: Again, Isaiah says, “There will be the root of Jesse, he who arises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will hope.”

acr: Yey jenewaꞌ xubiꞌij ri kꞌalajisanel Isaías: Cayactaj na lo ri Jun ralcꞌoꞌal can ri Isaí, ri cacꞌun lok re catakan paquiwi ruqꞌuiyal quiwach tak ri ticawex che ruwachulew. Yey rique cacubiꞌ quicꞌuꞌx rucꞌ Rire xchaꞌ.


eng: Again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Let all the peoples praise him.”

acr: Y jumul chic xubiꞌij: Onoje alak che ruqꞌuiyal quiwach tak ri ticawex che ruwachulew, bixoj alak rubiꞌ ri Dios, yey lic yacbej alak ukꞌij Rire.


eng: Again he says, “Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”

acr: Y je tanchi waꞌ xubiꞌij: Ralak ri na alak ta aj judiꞌab, lic quiꞌcota alak junam cucꞌ rutinamit ri Dios.


eng: and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore I will give praise to you among the Gentiles and sing to your name.”

acr: Xcꞌun nenareꞌ chaꞌ tak ri tinamit na e ta aj judiꞌab caquiyac ukꞌij ri Dios ruma ri rutzil ucꞌuꞌx chique rique, jelaꞌ pachaꞌ tzꞌibital can chupa Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios: Canyac na cꞌu kꞌij la y cambixoj ri biꞌ la chiquixoꞌl tak ri tinamit na e ta aj judiꞌab.


eng: Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers,

acr: Cambiꞌij cꞌu che alak, e ri Cristo Jesús xoluꞌana toꞌbel ke riꞌoj ri kacojom ri retalil re circuncisión chaꞌ coluꞌcꞌutu ri Kꞌijsak re ri Dios chikawach y rucꞌ waꞌ xujiquibaꞌ uwach, lic e cuꞌana janipa rubiꞌtisinic ri Dios uꞌanom chique ri katiꞌ-kamam ojertan.


eng: Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.

acr: E uwariꞌche, hermanos, jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri Cristo xucꞌul alak, jecꞌulaꞌ cꞌulu ib ralak rucꞌ rutzil cꞌuꞌxaj chiwach alak re yacbal ukꞌij ri Dios.


eng: Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,

acr: Ecꞌu ri Dios, ri aj yaꞌl unimal cꞌuꞌxaj y ri cunimarisaj kacꞌuꞌx, chuꞌana che alak xa jun cꞌuꞌx alak jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri xucꞌut can ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo.


eng: that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

acr: Jecꞌulaꞌ, echiriꞌ uꞌanom chi xa jun cꞌuꞌx alak, junam cayac alak ukꞌij ri Dios, Rukaw ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo.


eng: For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through perseverance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

acr: Ma ronoje ri xtzꞌibax can ojertan chupa Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios, xtzꞌibaxic re cojupixabaj y cunimarisaj kacꞌuꞌx, chaꞌ jelaꞌ rucꞌ unimal kacꞌuꞌx cakoyꞌej janipa ri biꞌtisinic xuꞌan ri Dios chike chupa Ruchꞌaꞌtem.


eng: For even Christ didn’t please himself. But, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”

acr: Ma ri Cristo na xuꞌan tane ri cucꞌul ucꞌuꞌx Rire. Ri xucꞌulumaj e jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri tzꞌibital can chupa Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios echiriꞌ ri Cristo jewaꞌ xubiꞌij che ri Dios: Ri cꞌaxlaj chꞌaꞌtem xel lo chiquichiꞌ ri winak chiꞌij la, Kakaw, panuwiꞌ riꞌin xtzak wi xchaꞌ.


eng: Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.

acr: Chikajujunal riꞌoj e kaꞌana ri cucꞌul quicꞌuꞌx ri jujun chic hermanos we waꞌ e toꞌbal re ri quicꞌaslem chwach ri Dios.


eng: But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it isn’t of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.

acr: Noꞌj we junok xa queb upa cutij ri catajin che, riꞌ utuquel cucꞌam lo kꞌatbal tzij puwiꞌ ma na cubul ta ucꞌuꞌx rucꞌ ri cuꞌano. Ma e janipa ri cuꞌan junok yey na cuꞌan ta rucꞌ cubulibal ucꞌuꞌx, riꞌ camacunic.


eng: It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.

acr: Más utz we na cakatij ta tiꞌij, na cakatij ta vino y macꞌo ne makaꞌano, we ruma waꞌ juna hermano casach unaꞌoj, catzak pa mac o cakꞌob ruchukꞌab chwach ri Dios.


eng: Don’t overthrow God’s work for food’s sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.

acr: Mawulij cꞌu alak ri chac uꞌanom ri Dios pa ranimaꞌ junok xa ruma ri waꞌim catij alak. Katzij, ronoje ri yaꞌtalic re catijic, na chꞌul taj. Pero na utz taj we quetzak jujun pa mac xa ruma ri cakatijo.


eng: So then, let’s follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.

acr: E uwariꞌche, e katakej janipa ri cojucꞌam bi chi utzil chomal y cuya kaqꞌuiyibal chwach ri Dios, chaꞌ jelaꞌ cakatoꞌ kib chikawach.


eng: for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

acr: I usucʼ i ka ʼolem pa ʼatbal tzij re i Dios n-are ti wach tak i caka tijo, wach tak i caka tuʼu; xa are wach tak ca pe ruʼ u Tewal i Dios, chi are i ka cʼaslemal sucʼulic, xak i uxlanem pa ka cʼux, xak i quicotemal caka naʼo.


eng: For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

acr: Ma e ri jelaꞌ caquilokꞌnimaj ri Cristo, ri quibinic quisilabic cucꞌul ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios y chom cꞌu quilitaj cuma ri ticawex.


eng: Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Don’t destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.

acr: We yet, rumal wach tak i ca tijo, ca ʼan che awachalal chi ca bison ire, n-ta cʼaxnabal a cʼux ʼuri che. I Crísto xcam rumal ire; ma ʼan ʼuri che chi ca sachic xa rumal wach i ca tij yet.


eng: Then don’t let your good be slandered,

acr: Macꞌo cꞌu maꞌan alak we rucꞌ waꞌ tzel cachꞌaꞌtibex lo ri binic silabic alak, tob ne lic utz chiwach ralak.


eng: I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

acr: Puwi ri yaꞌtalic re catijic, riꞌin lic wetaꞌam ruma ri Kanimajawal Jesús y lic nujiquibam cꞌu uwach waꞌ: Ronoje utz y na chꞌul taj chwach ri Dios. Noꞌj we cꞌo junok cuchꞌobo cꞌo ri catijic “chꞌul”, riꞌ xew chwach rire chꞌul wi.


eng: Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.

acr: E uwariꞌche makaꞌan chi oj kꞌatal tzij chikibil kib; mojuꞌan ne latzꞌanel o tzakibal che juna hermano.


eng: For it is written, “‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.’”

acr: Ma jewaꞌ ri tzꞌibital can chupa Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios: Pakatzij wi Riꞌin in cꞌaslic, cacha ri Kajawal, y pakatzij wi, chinuwach Riꞌin caquixucubaꞌ na quib conoje ri ticawex, y rucꞌ ruchiꞌ quikul conoje caquibiꞌij panuwi Riꞌin, xew Riꞌin in Dios cachaꞌ.


eng: But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

acr: Rilal, ri caꞌan che ib la lal aj kꞌatal tzij puwi ri hermano la, ¿suꞌchac caꞌan la waꞌ? O rilal, ri cacꞌak bi la ukꞌij ri hermano la, ¿suꞌchac caꞌan la waꞌ? Ma konoje cꞌo jun kꞌij cojeꞌtacꞌala na chwach ri kꞌatbal tzij re ri Cristo.


eng: For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

acr: Ma ruma waꞌ ri Cristo xcamic y xcꞌastaj lo chiquixoꞌl ri ecaminak chaꞌ jelaꞌ cuꞌana Cajawal ri ecaminak chic cucꞌ ri cꞌa e cꞌaslic.


eng: For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.

acr: I ka cʼaslemal, n-xui ti yoj ʼo ke che; xak i ka camic, n-xui ti yoj ʼo ke che; man i Kajwal, ʼo re ire che.


eng: For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

acr: We oj cꞌaslic, ri kacꞌaslem e re yacbal ukꞌij ri Dios; yey we xojcamic, waꞌ re yacbal ukꞌij ri Dios. Jecꞌulaꞌ, we oj cꞌaslic o we xojcamic, oj chi re ri Kajawal.


acr: We oj cʼaslic, are rumal caka cojbej-re u ʼij i Kajwal; we xi coj camic, xak cojbal-re u ʼij i Kajwal. Queʼel ʼuri, we oj cʼaslic, we xi xoj camic, oj re i Kajwal.


eng: He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks. He who doesn’t eat, to the Lord he doesn’t eat, and gives God thanks.

acr: Ecꞌu junok lic cuꞌan il uwach che juna kꞌij, re yacbal ukꞌij ri Kanimajawal cuꞌano. Yey e junok chic na cuꞌan ta il uwach che waꞌ wa kꞌij, ma chwach rire ronoje kꞌij e re yacbal ukꞌij ri Kanimajawal. Jecꞌulaꞌ, e ri jun cutij ronoje, cutijo re yacbal ukꞌij ri Kanimajawal, ma cutioxij che ri Dios. Yey ri jun xa kꞌalaj ri cutijo, jelaꞌ cuꞌano ma cuchꞌobo rucꞌ waꞌ cuyac ukꞌij ri Kanimajawal; y cutioxij cꞌu riꞌ che ri Dios.


eng: One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.

acr: Cꞌo ri cuchꞌobo cꞌo kꞌij lic il uwach re yacbal ukꞌij ri Dios chwach jujun chic kꞌij; yey cꞌo ri junam caril ronoje ri jujun kꞌij. Chiquijujunal lic chirajawaxic quetiquiꞌ chi utz che tak ri caquichꞌob rakan.


eng: Who are you who judge another’s servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has power to make him stand.

acr: ¿Lal china rilal chaꞌ cuꞌan lal aj kꞌatal tzij puwi ri raj chac jun chic? Ma e ri rajaw quilowic we utz ri cuꞌano o na utz taj. Jecꞌulaꞌ pukꞌab ri Dios cꞌo wi quebutoꞌ chiquijujunal ri raj chac chaꞌ quetiquiꞌ chi utz chwach yey cuꞌan waꞌ rucꞌ runimal uchukꞌab.


eng: Don’t let him who eats despise him who doesn’t eat. Don’t let him who doesn’t eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him.

acr: Ecꞌu riꞌ ri jun cutij ronoje, na utz taj we cucꞌak bi ukꞌij ri jun xa kꞌalaj ri cutijo. Yey ecꞌu ri jun xa kꞌalaj ri cutijo, na utz taj we cukꞌat tzij puwi ri jun cutij ronoje. Ma e ri Dios cꞌuluyum que waꞌ wa ticawex.


eng: One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.

acr: Ma puwi ronoje ri yaꞌtalic re catijic, cꞌo ri cuchꞌob rakan utz catijiꞌ ronoje tak waꞌ yey cꞌo ri cꞌamajaꞌ cumaj usucꞌ rucꞌutunic ri Dios; y chwa cꞌu rire, cꞌo waꞌim e mac che jun we cutijo, y ruma cꞌu riꞌ xew cutij ichaj.


eng: Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.

acr: Cꞌulu alak ri jun cꞌamajaꞌ cumaj usucꞌ saꞌ ri caraj ri Dios chique ri cubul quicꞌuꞌx rucꞌ ri Cristo. Machꞌoꞌjin alak rucꞌ xa ruma na junam ta runaꞌoj rire rucꞌ ri naꞌoj ralak.


eng: But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.

acr: Ri ꞌana alak e wika ib alak che ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo; waꞌ e queꞌelawi cuꞌan alak xa jun rucꞌ Rire. Cꞌutu alak waꞌ rucꞌ ri binic silabic alak y maya cꞌu alak luwar catakan pawiꞌ alak ri rayibal na utz ta uwach re ri tiꞌjil alak.


eng: Let’s walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.

acr: Chojbin cꞌu jusucꞌ jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri takal chique ri quebin pa ri Kꞌijsak. Makaya kib che tak nimakꞌij na utz ta uwach. Makaya kib che kꞌabaric. Makachꞌulaj ri kacuerpo rucꞌ chꞌulilaj mac. Makaya kib che chꞌaꞌoj chikawach y muꞌan cꞌax kacꞌuꞌx chirij junok.


eng: Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

acr: Chi cojo retalil che tak i ʼij chi oj ʼo wi woʼor; ca majawic ca cʼun sak chakawach. Chakila u be chi i kelbal chi sak nakaj chic ʼo wi chake; mas nakaj chic ʼo wi chuwach are xka coj wi li u tzij i Dios.


eng: The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light.

acr: E wa oj cꞌo wi e pachaꞌ xulan chi rakꞌab y xa nakaj chic casakir wi. Ruma cꞌu laꞌ makaꞌan keꞌoj janipa ri caꞌan xa xeꞌlakꞌay pa kꞌekuꞌm; e kaꞌana janipa ri takalic caꞌan pa ri Kꞌijsak. E lic kaꞌana ke che tak ri toꞌbal uyaꞌom ri Dios chaꞌ cakachꞌij uchukꞌab tak ri na utz taj.


acr: Are i ʼij oj ʼo wi-ri, pacha jun aʼab ya quicʼawic, ya ca pe u sakiric. Rumal-i, ʼo u chac cakoʼtaj can u ʼonquil wach tak i quiqui ʼan i winak pa ʼekumal. Chaka to kib ruʼ u ʼonquil i ʼutz, pacha cu ʼan jun soldádo, cu to rib ruʼ u chʼichʼ.


eng: Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

acr: Ma china ri cꞌo rutzil cꞌuꞌxaj rucꞌ, na camacun ta chirij ri ratz-uchakꞌ. E uwariꞌche echiriꞌ cakacꞌut ri rutzil cꞌuꞌxaj cꞌo kucꞌ, e cojtajin che uꞌanic ri catakan Rutzij Upixab ri Dios che.


eng: For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

acr: Ma chupa ri Tzij Pixab re ri Dios cubiꞌij waꞌ: «Matmacun chirij ri cꞌulaniquil. Matcamisanic. Matelkꞌanic. Maꞌan rakꞌubal chirij junok. Marayij uwach ri na awe taj.» Waꞌ wa takanic rucꞌ ronoje ri nicꞌaj chic takanic re ri Dios, cuꞌana xa jun rucꞌ wa chꞌaꞌtem: «Cꞌax chanaꞌa rawatz-achakꞌ jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri cꞌax canaꞌ awib riꞌat.»


eng: Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

acr: We cꞌo cꞌas la rucꞌ junok, manajtir la che utojic. Yey konoje nenareꞌ cꞌo “kacꞌas” chikawach, waꞌ e ri cꞌax cakanaꞌ kib. Ecꞌu ri jun cꞌax cunaꞌ ri ratz-uchakꞌ, riꞌ catajin che uꞌanic ri catakan ri Tzij Pixab re ri Dios che.


eng: Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

acr: Yaꞌa cꞌu alak chique chiquijujunal janipa ri takal chique cayaꞌic. Che ri takal che caꞌan tojonic, tojo alak. Che ri takal che cacoj utzij, cojo alak utzij. Che ri takal che cayac ukꞌij, yaca alak ukꞌij.


eng: For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, continually doing this very thing.

acr: Ruma ne riꞌ caꞌan ralak ri tojonic tzꞌonom che ri tinamit cuma ri e aj wach, chaꞌ rique utz caquiꞌan ri chac uyaꞌom ri Dios paquikꞌab.


eng: Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.

acr: Ruma cꞌu laꞌ, lic chirajawaxic cakaya kib cojtak cuma ri e aj wach re ri tinamit. Cakaꞌan waꞌ na xa ta ruma ri cꞌo paquikꞌab rique cojquiya pa cꞌax, ma e ruma ri cakanaꞌ chikacꞌuꞌx lic chirajawaxic cakaꞌan ri jusucꞌ.


eng: for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

acr: Ma rike ekojotal paqawiꞌ ruma ri Dios chaꞌ kakiꞌan ri utz chiqe. Noꞌj we rilal kaꞌan la ri na utz taj, riꞌ xiꞌij ibꞌ la chikiwach, ma yaꞌtal pakiqꞌabꞌ rike kakiya pa kꞌax ri kuꞌan ri na utz taj. Yey e uchak ri Dios ri kakiꞌan rike echiriꞌ kakiya pa kꞌax ri kuꞌan ri na utz taj.


eng: For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the authority,

acr: Ma ri ketaqanik na e ta kojom re kakikoj xiꞌin ibꞌ che ri kuꞌan ri utz; ekojtalik re kakikoj xiꞌin ibꞌ che ri kuꞌan ri na utz taj. We kaꞌaj kꞌu la na kaxiꞌij ta ibꞌ la chikiwach ri ketaqanik, e ꞌana la ri utz y jelaꞌ kayak ne qꞌij la kuma ri ketaqanik.


eng: Therefore he who resists the authority withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.

acr: E uwariꞌche china ri na cuya ta rib chuxeꞌ ri takanic que ri e aj wach re ri tinamit, riꞌ e cuyac rib chirij ri takanic cojotal can ruma ri Dios. Yey e janipa ri queꞌanaw re waꞌ, chiquibil quib caquitzucuj riꞌ ri kꞌatbal tzij paquiwiꞌ.


eng: Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.

acr: Lic chirajawaxic chique conoje ri ticawex e caquiya quib quetak cuma ri e aj wach re ri tinamit, ma na jinta wa takanic paquikꞌab rique we na e ta ri Dios yaꞌyom re chique. Janipa cꞌu ri takanelab e cꞌolic, e ri Dios yaꞌyom ri takanic paquikꞌab.


eng: Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

acr: Maya alak luwar casocotaj alak ruma ri na utz taj; e chꞌija alak uchukꞌab ri na utz taj rucꞌ ri utz caꞌan alak.


eng: Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.”

acr: Jecꞌuriꞌlaꞌ, e ꞌana alak pachaꞌ ri cubiꞌij Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios: We canum ri tzel quilow e la, yaꞌa la uwa. We catzajin uchiꞌ, yaꞌa la umikꞌinaꞌ. Ma echiriꞌ caꞌan la waꞌ, rire cujek caqꞌuix chiwach la yey cunaꞌ cꞌu rib riꞌ che ri na utz taj xuꞌan cheꞌla cachaꞌ.


eng: Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

acr: Ralak nu hermanos ri cꞌax cannaꞌ alak, we cꞌo caꞌanaw ri na utz taj chiꞌij alak, matzelej alak ucꞌaxel che. E yaꞌa alak pukꞌab ri Dios chaꞌ e Rire ri cayaꞌw ri tojbal re, ma jewaꞌ tzꞌibital chupa Ruchꞌaꞌtem: Panukꞌab Riꞌin cꞌo wi cankꞌat tzij paquiwi ri quebanaw re ri na utz taj chiwij; In cꞌu riꞌ ri quinꞌanaw ucꞌaxel chique cacha ri Dios Kajawxel.


eng: If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

acr: ꞌAna cꞌu alak janipa ri cꞌo pakꞌab alak chaꞌ cacꞌojiꞌ alak chi utzil chomal cucꞌ conoje ri ticawex.


eng: Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

acr: Matzelej alak uwach ri na utz taj cuꞌan junok chiꞌij alak. E choca alak il che uꞌanic ri utz chiquiwach conoje ri ticawex.


eng: Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

acr: Chuꞌana xa jun cꞌuꞌx alak chiwach alak. Maꞌan alak nim che ib alak; e ꞌana alak xa jun cucꞌ ri na jinta quiwach. Machꞌob alak lic cꞌo naꞌoj alak chiquiwa jujun chic.


eng: Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

acr: Kiꞌkota alaq kukꞌ ri e kꞌo pa kiꞌkotemal; choqꞌa alaq kukꞌ ri kebꞌoqꞌik.


eng: Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse.

acr: Tzꞌonoj alak ri rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios paquiwi ri quiternabem alak rucꞌ cꞌax; matzꞌonoj alak ri na utz taj paquiwiꞌ, e tzꞌonoj alak ri utz.


eng: contributing to the needs of the saints, and given to hospitality.

acr: Chetoꞌo alak ri quicojom rubiꞌ ri Cristo rucꞌ tak ri cajawax chique. Tijoj ib alak che quicꞌulic chi utz janipa ri quebopon chi ocho alak.


eng: rejoicing in hope, enduring in troubles, continuing steadfastly in prayer,

acr: Rucꞌ quiꞌcotemal choyeꞌej alak janipa ri ubiꞌtisim ri Dios che alak. Chꞌija alak uchukꞌab ri cꞌaxcꞌobic cape pawiꞌ alak y lic mokꞌotaj alak uꞌanic orar.


eng: not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord,

acr: ꞌAna alak ri lic alak sacꞌaj, maꞌan alak lic alak xepu; e lokꞌnimaj alak ri Kanimajawal rucꞌ ronoje cꞌuꞌx alak.


eng: In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor prefer one another,

acr: Chijujunal alak lic cꞌax naꞌa ib alak pa sakil wi, ma chakꞌ ib alak chwach ri Kakaw. Matzucuj ri yacbal kꞌij ralak; e yaca alak quikꞌij ri jujun chic.


eng: Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

acr: Cꞌax naꞌa ib alak pa sakil wi, na xa ta rucꞌ queb palaj alak. Macꞌul che ri binic silabic alak ri na utz taj; e takej alak uꞌanic ri utz.


eng: or he who exhorts, to his exhorting; he who gives, let him do it with generosity; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

acr: Ri yaꞌtal che capixabanic, e chuyaꞌa rib che ri pixabanic. Ri yaꞌtal che casipanic, e chuꞌana riꞌ ri casipan rucꞌ ronoje ucꞌuꞌx. Ri yaꞌtal che cucꞌam quiwach jujun chic, e chuyaꞌa rib che uꞌanic waꞌ chi utz. Ri yaꞌtal che cucꞌut ri cꞌaxnaꞌbal ucꞌuꞌx, e chuꞌana riꞌ rucꞌ quiꞌcotemal.


eng: or service, let’s give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;

acr: Ri yaꞌtal che lic quebutoꞌ jujun chic, e chuꞌana riꞌ. Ri yaꞌtal che cacꞌutunic, e chuyaꞌa rib che ri cꞌutunic.


eng: having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us: if prophecy, let’s prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;

acr: Ecꞌu ri Dios, jalajuj tak rusipanic uyaꞌom chike chikajujunal chaꞌ cakaꞌan ruchac; waꞌ e chirij tak ri caraj Rire chike ruma ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx. E uwariꞌche, ri yaꞌtal che cakꞌalajisan puwi runaꞌoj ri Dios, chuꞌana xew e chirij ri biꞌtal che ruma ri Dios.


eng: so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another,

acr: jecꞌuriꞌlaꞌ, riꞌoj, tob lic oj qꞌui, xa jun kaꞌanom rucꞌ ri Cristo, y konoje cꞌu riꞌ cojajawax tak chikawach.


eng: For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don’t have the same function,

acr: Ma jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri kacuerpo xa jun uꞌanom tob lic qꞌui uchapom wi rib, pero junwi tak ri quichac ronoje ri chapayom re;


eng: For I say through the grace that was given me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

acr: Ruma cꞌu ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios, yaꞌtal lo chwe riꞌin cambiꞌij che onoje alak: Lic maꞌan nim che ib alak rucꞌ ri uyaꞌom ri Dios pakꞌab alak. Puwi ri yaꞌtal che alak, micꞌow uwiꞌ ri cachꞌob alak chwa ri takal che alak; e chꞌobo alak rusucꞌ puwi tak ri uyaꞌom ri Dios chijujunal alak ruma ri xcubiꞌ cꞌuꞌx alak rucꞌ.


eng: Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

acr: Maꞌan chi e alak pachaꞌ ri caquiꞌan ri winak re ruwachulew wakꞌij ora. E yaꞌa alak luwar che ri Dios cujalcꞌatij ri naꞌoj alak y cuꞌan cꞌacꞌ che ronoje ri binic silabic alak. Jelaꞌ cꞌu riꞌ quetaꞌmaj alak y caꞌan alak janipa ri utz caraj ri Dios che alak; waꞌ e ri lic cucꞌul ucꞌuꞌx Rire y e ri lic jusucꞌ chwach.


eng: Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

acr: Hermanos, ri Dios lic ucꞌutum ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx che alak. Ruma cꞌu waꞌ, lic cantzꞌonoj che alak yaꞌa ronoje ri cuerpo alak pukꞌab ri Dios pachaꞌ juna kasaꞌn cꞌaslic, na jinta cꞌana chꞌul che y lic cucꞌul ucꞌuꞌx Rire; ma waꞌ e ulokꞌnimaxic takalic caꞌan ralak che.


eng: For of him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.

acr: Ma janipa tak ri cꞌolic, rucꞌ Rire petinak wi; ma ronoje ꞌanatal ruma Rire y e re yacbal ukꞌij Rire. ¡Lic takal cꞌu riꞌ che cayac ukꞌij na jinta utakexic! ¡Amén!


eng: “Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?”

acr: Yey cubiꞌij: We cꞌo junok casipan che ri Dios, ¿chirajawaxic nawi che ri Dios cuya lo ri rajil ucꞌaxel che? ¡Na chirajawaxic ta che!


eng: “For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”

acr: Ma jewaꞌ cubiꞌij Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios: ¿Cꞌo nawi junok umajom usucꞌ ronoje runaꞌoj ri Dios Kajawxel? ¿Cꞌo nawi junok xyaꞌw unaꞌoj Rire? ¡Na jintaj! cachaꞌ.


eng: For God has bound all to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all.

acr: Ma ri Dios xukꞌalajisaj conoje ri ticawex junam quiwach e aj palajiy tzij, chaꞌ jelaꞌ cucꞌut ri rutzil ucꞌuꞌx chique conoje.


eng: even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy.

acr: Jecꞌuriꞌlaꞌ, woꞌora rique na quicojom ta utzij ri Dios; yey ruma ri rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios che ralak, chikawach apanok ri Dios cucꞌut tanchi ri rutzil ucꞌuꞌx chique rique.


eng: For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,

acr: Ralak ri na alak ta aj Israel, rojertan na xcoj ta alak utzij ri Dios. Noꞌj woꞌora e raj Israel ri na caquicoj ta utzij; y ruma cꞌu waꞌ, yaꞌtal che ralak cacꞌul alak ri cꞌutubal re ri rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios.


eng: For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

acr: Ma e janipa ri sipanic y ri siqꞌuibal uꞌanom ri Dios che rutinamit, waꞌ na caresaj ta chi qꞌuenok.


eng: Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.

acr: Na rucꞌ ta cꞌu riꞌ, raj Israel xebuꞌana e aj retzelal cꞌuꞌxaj chirij ri Dios ruma na xcaj taj caquicoj ri Utzilaj Tzij. Ecꞌu riꞌ waꞌ xuya luwar che ralak ri na alak ta aj Israel chaꞌ utz cakib alak rucꞌ ri Dios. Noꞌj ri Dios cꞌa cꞌax quebunaꞌ raj Israel ma xebuchaꞌ lo ri catiꞌ-quimam ojertan.


eng: This is my covenant with them, when I will take away their sins.”

acr: Ecꞌu nutzij waꞌ canꞌan Riꞌin cucꞌ echiriꞌ cancuy na ri quimac cacha ri Dios.


eng: For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,

acr: Hermanos, ri Dios cꞌo ri uchꞌobom chi lo rakan paquiwi raj Israel, yey waꞌ na kꞌalajisam ta lo ojertan. Ecꞌu woꞌora lic cuaj riꞌin quetaꞌmaj ralak waꞌ chaꞌ na caꞌan ta nim che ib alak. Ri quicꞌulumam raj Israel, tob na conoje taj, e ri xꞌan pachaꞌ abaj che ri canimaꞌ, ma na cacaj ta caquicoj rubiꞌ ri Cristo. Yey jecꞌulaꞌ quiꞌanom cꞌa echiriꞌ catzꞌakat na ri quiqꞌuiyal ri na e ta aj Israel caquiya quib pukꞌab ri Cristo.


eng: For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

acr: Ma ralak, ri xset lo alak che jun cheꞌ re olivo lic rewi xa re pa tak juyub, xnacꞌ cꞌu alak ruma ri Dios che ri sakil cheꞌ re olivo tob waꞌ na cheꞌul ta alak. We ri Dios xurik cꞌu unaqꞌuic alak che jun cheꞌ, lic na cꞌayew ta cꞌu riꞌ che Rire cunacꞌ tanchi ri sakil ukꞌab che ri cheꞌ pa petinak wi.


eng: They also, if they don’t continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

acr: Yey we ne ri e aj Israel caquitzelej quitzij y cacubiꞌ quicꞌuꞌx rucꞌ ri Kanimajawal, quenacꞌ tanchi che ri sakil cheꞌ, ma ri Dios pukꞌab cꞌo wi cuꞌan waꞌ.


eng: See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.

acr: Chilape cꞌu alak riꞌ: Ri utzilaj rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios yey rutewul ri royowal. Ma lic cꞌo utewul ri royowal Rire echiriꞌ cayactaj chirij ri na utz taj, jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri xuꞌan cucꞌ ri xejaljobic. Noꞌj ri utzilaj rutzil ucꞌuꞌx e ri cucꞌut che ralak we catiquiꞌ alak chupa wa rutzil ucꞌuꞌx. Yey we na e ta cꞌu caꞌan alak riꞌ, cajokꞌix ne ubi riꞌ ralak pachaꞌ ri xquicꞌulumaj rique.


eng: for if God didn’t spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.

acr: Lic chajij cꞌu ib alak, ma we ri Dios xujokꞌij bi tak ri sakil ukꞌab cheꞌ (waꞌ e ri e aj Israel na xcubiꞌ ta quicꞌuꞌx rucꞌ ri Kanimajawal), jecꞌuriꞌlaꞌ cuꞌan che ralak we jelaꞌ caꞌan alak pachaꞌ ri xquiꞌan rique.


eng: True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;

acr: Katzij, pero waꞌ xjokꞌix bi ruma na jinta cubulibal quicꞌuꞌx rucꞌ ri Kanimajawal. Noꞌj cꞌu ralak xtiquiꞌ can alak xa ruma ri cubulibal cꞌuꞌx alak rucꞌ ri Kanimajawal. E uwariꞌche, maꞌan nim che ib alak; e cꞌola xiꞌin ib ucꞌ alak chwach ri Dios.


eng: You will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.”

acr: Laj e cꞌo jujun chixoꞌlibal alak jewaꞌ caquibiꞌij: «Jujun ukꞌab ri cheꞌ re olivo xjokꞌix bi chaꞌ jelaꞌ e cojnacꞌ can riꞌoj paquicꞌaxel» cacha alak.


eng: don’t boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.

acr: Pero machꞌob ne alak we más cꞌo wach ralak chiquiwa ri sakil ukꞌab ri cheꞌ xejokꞌix bi. Ma we caꞌan nim che ib alak, micꞌow chicꞌuꞌx alak na e ta ralak ri cꞌasbayom re ri ratzꞌayak ri cheꞌ, ma e ne ri ratzꞌayak ri cꞌasbayom e alak.


eng: But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree,

acr: Ecꞌu che ri sakil cheꞌ re olivo (waꞌ e queꞌelawi rutinamit ri Dios e aj Israel) xjokꞌix bi jujun ukꞌab (waꞌ e queꞌelawi raj Israel na quicojom ta rubiꞌ ri Cristo). Yey pucꞌaxel ri xjokꞌix bi, e xnacꞌ jujun ukꞌab cheꞌ re olivo xa re pa tak juyub (waꞌ e queꞌelawi ralak hermanos, ri na alak ta aj Israel). Ecꞌu woꞌora e pachaꞌ cacꞌul alak ri sakil uwaꞌal cheꞌ re olivo, ri quel lo che ri ratzꞌayak.


eng: If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.

acr: We junok cuya pukꞌab ri Dios ri nabe pam quesax che ri kꞌor, waꞌ e cꞌutubal re ronoje ri kꞌor re ri Dios. Yey we chom ri ratzꞌayak juna cheꞌ, jenelaꞌ riꞌ chom tak rukꞌab.


eng: For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?

acr: Ma we ri tzakibal que raj Israel xuya luwar chaꞌ uqꞌuiyal ticawex che ruwachulew xcꞌojiꞌ utzil chomal chiquiwach rucꞌ ri Dios, ¿saꞌ cꞌu riꞌ ri cucꞌam lok echiriꞌ raj Israel quecꞌul tanchi ruma ri Dios? ¡E cucꞌam lo cꞌaslemal chique ri ecaminak chwach ri Dios!


eng: if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.

acr: Yey ri lic cuaj riꞌin chique raj Israel, ri e watz-nuchakꞌ, e caquirayij pan ri cꞌulum ralak y jecꞌulaꞌ quecolobetaj na jujun chique.


eng: For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,

acr: Cꞌo cꞌu ri cuaj cambiꞌij che alak ri na alak ta aj Israel. Riꞌin in takoꞌn re ri Jesús chique ri na e ta aj Israel. Ruma cꞌu waꞌ, lic cꞌax cannaꞌ wa chac yaꞌom panukꞌab.


eng: Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!

acr: Yey we ruma cꞌu ri tzakibal y ri jaljobic que raj Israel, lic chom ri xquicꞌul tak ri tinamit re ruwachulew, ¡macꞌuwariꞌ e más chom ri caquicꞌul tak ri tinamit echiriꞌ conoje ri e aj Israel caquitzelej tanchi quitzij chwach ri Dios!


eng: I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

acr: Cantzꞌonoj cꞌut: ¿Ri quitzakibal raj Israel e nawi chaꞌ asu na queyactaj ta chic? ¡Na e ta cꞌana riꞌ! Ma ruma ri quitzakibal rique, e xcꞌun ri colobetajic chique ri na e ta aj Israel, chaꞌ jelaꞌ raj Israel caquijek caquirayij quecolobetaj pachaꞌ ri na e ta aj Israel.


eng: David says, “Let their table be made a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.

acr: E pachaꞌ ri xubiꞌij ri David ojertan paquiwi ri tzel xebilow re: Ri nimak tak nimakꞌij caquiꞌano, chuꞌana pachaꞌ coꞌc y pachaꞌ raꞌal re quetzak chupa, y jelaꞌ queyaꞌ pa cꞌaxcꞌobic.


eng: According as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.”

acr: Ma e pachaꞌ ri tzꞌibital can pa Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios: Ri Dios xuꞌan chique pachaꞌ cawar quiwach chwach tak ri caraj Rire; y cꞌa wakꞌij ora tob quetzuꞌnic, na caquil ta ri cucꞌut ri Dios chiquiwach; tob quetanic, na caquita ta ri cubiꞌij ri Dios chique.


eng: What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.

acr: ¿Saꞌ cꞌu riꞌ ri cakamaj usucꞌ che waꞌ? Lic e qꞌui chique ri tinamit Israel cꞌamajaꞌ caquirik ri quetajin lo che utzucuxic, waꞌ e suꞌanic quebuꞌan jusucꞌ chwach ri Dios. Noꞌj ri xerikow re, e ri echaꞌom chi lo ruma ri Dios. Ecꞌu ri nicꞌaj chic xꞌan pachaꞌ abaj che ri canimaꞌ.


eng: And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

acr: Yey we echaꞌtal ruma ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios, riꞌ na e ta ruma juna chac quiꞌanom rique. Ma we ta e riꞌ, ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios na cajawax taj.


eng: Even so too at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

acr: Jecꞌulaꞌ woꞌora cꞌa e cꞌo chi can jumutz chique raj Israel echaꞌtal can ruma ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios.


eng: But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”

acr: ¿Yey saꞌ cꞌu riꞌ ri xucꞌul uwach ri Dios che ri Elías? Xubiꞌij: Na xew ta riꞌat, ma cꞌa e cꞌo chi can wukub mil achijab ebenucolobem chaꞌ quinquilokꞌnimaj Riꞌin yey rique na exuquiꞌnak ta cꞌana chwach ri tiox Baal xcha ri Dios che.


eng: “Lord, they have killed your prophets. They have broken down your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.”

acr: Lal Kajawal Dios, raj Israel e xecamisan que ri kꞌalajisanelab e la y xquiwulij tak ri altar e la. Xew chi cꞌu riꞌin in canajinak canok y cacaj ne quinquicamisaj xchaꞌ.


eng: God didn’t reject his people, whom he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:

acr: Ri Dios, lic ojertan lo riꞌ xuchꞌob rakan cuꞌan utinamit chique raj Israel; y cꞌa e uꞌanom woꞌora, na rokꞌotam ta can rutinamit Israel. ¿Na etaꞌam ta neba alak ri cubiꞌij Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios puwi ri xubiꞌij ri Elías echiriꞌ rire xchꞌaꞌt chwach ri Dios chiquij ri e aj Israel? Ma jewaꞌ xubiꞌij:


eng: I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

acr: Ecꞌu woꞌora cantzꞌonoj: ¿E nawi xrokꞌotaj can ri Dios rutinamit Israel? ¡Lic kꞌalaj na xrokꞌotaj taj! Ma riꞌin in aj Israel, in ralcꞌoꞌal can ri Abraham, in jun chique tak can ri ralcꞌoꞌal ri Benjamín; yey riꞌin na xinokꞌotax ta can ruma ri Dios.


eng: But about Israel he says, “All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”

acr: Noꞌj pakiwi raj Israel, jewaꞌ xubꞌiꞌij lo ri Dios: Lik xinelaj chike jun tinamit e aj palajiy tzij y e titzꞌitaq chaꞌ ketzelej tanchi lo wukꞌ xchaꞌ.


eng: Isaiah is very bold and says, “I was found by those who didn’t seek me. I was revealed to those who didn’t ask for me.”

acr: Jecꞌulaꞌ, ri Isaías xuchꞌij ubiꞌxiquil ri ubiꞌim lo ri Dios paquiwi ri na e ta aj Israel: Xinrikitaj cꞌu cuma ri na quinquitzucuj taj, yey xinkꞌalajisaj cꞌu wib chiquiwach ri na xinquitzꞌonobej taj xchaꞌ.


eng: But I ask, didn’t Israel know? First Moses says, “I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation. I will make you angry with a nation void of understanding.”

acr: Cantzꞌonoj tanchi cꞌut: ¿Raj Israel na quetaꞌam ta nawi waꞌ? ¡Quetaꞌam! Nabe na, e pachaꞌ ri xutzꞌibaj can ri Moisés puwi ri xubiꞌij lo ri Dios chique raj Israel: Riꞌin canꞌan chiwe cuꞌan cꞌax icꞌuꞌx chirij jun “tinamit” na tinamit taj; campetisaj iwoyowal chirij jun tinamit na jinta quetaꞌam puwi ri Kꞌijsak xchaꞌ.


eng: But I say, didn’t they hear? Yes, most certainly, “Their sound went out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”

acr: Noꞌj cantzꞌonoj cꞌut: ¿Na xquita ta nawi ri Utzilaj Tzij? ¡Katzij, xquito! Ma e pachaꞌ ri cubiꞌij Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios: Che ronoje ruwachulew xtataj wi ri quikul ri xetzijon puwi ri Dios; y ri quichꞌaꞌtem oponinak pa ronoje luwar che ruwachulew cachaꞌ.


eng: So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

acr: Ri cubulibal quicꞌuꞌx ri ticawex cujeko echiriꞌ caquita ri catzijox chique; yey waꞌ wa caquito, e Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios puwi ri Cristo.


eng: But they didn’t all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”

acr: Noꞌj na conoje ta cꞌut xecojow re ri Utzilaj Tzij xtzijox chique. E pachaꞌ ri xubiꞌij can ri Isaías: Kajawal, ¿cꞌo nawi junok cojoyom re ri katzijom chic? xchaꞌ.


eng: For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

acr: Ma Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios jewaꞌ cubiꞌij: E janipa ri caquitzꞌonoj colobetajic chupa rubiꞌ ri Kanimajawal, riꞌ quecolobetaj na cachaꞌ.


eng: For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.”

acr: Ma Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios jewaꞌ cubiꞌij puwi ri Cristo: China ri cacubiꞌ ucꞌuꞌx rucꞌ, na caqꞌuixbesax taj ma cucꞌul na ri royeꞌem che Rire cachaꞌ.


eng: that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

acr: We riꞌat cakꞌalajisaj rucꞌ ruchiꞌ akul: «Ri Jesús e Wajawal» y cacoj cꞌu chupa rawanimaꞌ Rire xcꞌastaj lo ruma ri Dios chiquixoꞌl ri ecaminak, riꞌ catcolobetajic.


eng: But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart;” that is, the word of faith which we preach:

acr: Na cajawax taj queꞌec junok, ma ¿saꞌ riꞌ ri cubiꞌij pa Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios? Jewaꞌ cubiꞌij: Rutzij ri Dios lic xa nakaj cꞌo wi chawe. Cꞌo chupa rawanimaꞌ y quel lo pachiꞌ. Ecꞌu chꞌaꞌtem waꞌ ri cakatzijoj riꞌoj puwi ri cubulibal cꞌuꞌxaj:


eng: or, ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)”

acr: O «¿China cꞌu ri cakaj cꞌa chupa ri siwan catzꞌirir upa che ucꞌamic lo ri Cristo chiquixoꞌl ri ecaminak?»


eng: But the righteousness which is of faith says this, “Don’t say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down);

acr: Noꞌj puwi ri cuꞌana jusucꞌ ri ticawex ruma ri cubulibal cꞌuꞌxaj, jewaꞌ cubiꞌij pa Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios: «Mabiꞌij pa awanimaꞌ: ¿China cꞌu ri queꞌec cꞌa chilaꞌ chicaj che ucꞌamic lo ri Cristo?»


eng: For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, “The one who does them will live by them.”

acr: E puwi ri cuꞌana jusucꞌ ri ticawex ruma cutakej ri Tzij Pixab, jewaꞌ xutzꞌibaj ri Moisés: China ri caꞌanaw re ronoje ri cubiꞌij ri Tzij Pixab, riꞌ cꞌo ucꞌaslemal chwach ri Dios ruma cuꞌan waꞌ.


eng: For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

acr: Yey ri Tzij Pixab catzꞌakat uwach rucꞌ ri Cristo; jecꞌulaꞌ china ri cacubiꞌ ucꞌuꞌx rucꞌ Rire, e caꞌan jusucꞌ che chwach ri Dios.


eng: For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

acr: Ma na cacaj taj caquimaj usucꞌ suꞌanic ri Dios cuꞌan jusucꞌ chique ri ticawex; ri cacaj e quebuꞌana jusucꞌ xa pa que rique. Y na quiyaꞌom ta cꞌu quib caꞌan jusucꞌ chique jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri caraj ri Dios.


eng: For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

acr: Riꞌin cambiꞌij ri wilom chique: Rique lic caquitij ukꞌij quecꞌojiꞌ chi utz chwach ri Dios, pero waꞌ na caquiꞌan ta rucꞌ sakil naꞌoj.


eng: Brothers, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God is for Israel, that they may be saved.

acr: Cambiꞌij che alak hermanos, pakatzij wi ri lic curayij nucꞌuꞌx y ri lic cantzꞌonoj che ri Dios paquiwi ri e aj Israel e chaꞌ rique caquirik ri colobetajic.


eng: even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”

acr: Ma jewaꞌ tzꞌibital can chupa Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios puwi wa Abaj: Cancoj cꞌu chilaꞌ Sion jun Abaj. Waꞌ lic e cꞌo tak ri caquichik quib che; y lic e cꞌo tak ri quetzak puwi wa nimalaj Abaj. Noꞌj janipa cꞌu ri cacubiꞌ quicꞌuꞌx rucꞌ, na queqꞌuixbesax taj ma caquicꞌul na ri coyeꞌem che Rire cachaꞌ.


eng: Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

acr: ¿Suꞌchac jewaꞌ xquicꞌulumaj? E ruma na xcubiꞌ ta quicꞌuꞌx rucꞌ ri xuꞌan ri Dios chaꞌ cuꞌan jusucꞌ chique. Ma xquichꞌobo e quebuꞌan jusucꞌ chwach ri Dios ruma tak ri caquiꞌano. Y jecꞌulaꞌ e pachaꞌ xquichik quib puwi ri jun Abaj ri lic e cꞌo quetzak puwiꞌ.


eng: but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.

acr: Noꞌj ri e aj Israel lic xquitij ukꞌij quebuꞌan jusucꞌ chwach ri Dios ruma caquitakej tak ri takanic re ri Tzij Pixab; na rucꞌ ta cꞌu riꞌ, na xebuꞌana ta jusucꞌ chwach ri Dios.


eng: What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;

acr: ¿Saꞌ cꞌu riꞌ ri cakabiꞌij che ronoje waꞌ? Ma ojertan lok ri na e ta aj judiꞌab na xquitzucuj taj quebuꞌana jusucꞌ chwach ri Dios; yey woꞌora ri Dios xuꞌan jusucꞌ chique ruma ri cubulibal quicꞌuꞌx rucꞌ.


eng: As Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.”

acr: Yey jewaꞌ xutzꞌibaj can ri kꞌalajisanel Isaías ojertan: Ri Dios Kajawxel, ri lic cꞌo uchukꞌab puwi ronoje, we tamaji xebucolobej can jumutz chique ri katinamit che ri camic, riꞌ cakacꞌulumaj pachaꞌ ri caꞌib tinamit Sodoma y Gomorra, ri xsachisax quiwach xchaꞌ.


eng: for he will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”

acr: Ma ri Dios Kajawxel cukꞌat tzij paquiwi ri ticawex che ruwachulew e chirij janipa ri ubiꞌim canok, y cuꞌana waꞌ rucꞌ usucꞌliquil y na camayin ta che uꞌanic xchaꞌ.


eng: “It will be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”

acr: Y chupa cꞌu ri luwar pa xbiꞌx wi chique: «Riꞌix na ix ta nutinamit,» chilaꞌ cꞌu riꞌ cabiꞌx na chique e ralcꞌoꞌal ri Dios cꞌaslic.


eng: As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.”

acr: Ma jewaꞌ ri xutzꞌibaj can ri kꞌalajisanel Oseas puwi ri xubiꞌij ri Dios: Chique ri na e ta nutinamit ojertan, woꞌora cambiꞌij: «Riꞌix, ix nutinamit.» Y chique ri na cꞌax ta quenaꞌic, woꞌora cambiꞌij: «Riꞌin cꞌax quixinnaꞌo.»


eng: us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?

acr: Chike kꞌu ri xuꞌan wi waꞌ, xebꞌusikꞌij; y riꞌoj oj jujun chike. Y waꞌ na xew ta xuꞌan kukꞌ ri e aj judiꞌabꞌ, ma xuꞌan kukꞌ ri na e ta aj judiꞌabꞌ.


eng: and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory—

acr: Y jelaꞌ xuꞌano cꞌutubal re ri unimal uchomalil. Ma xucꞌut ri cꞌaxnaꞌbal ucꞌuꞌx chique ri ebuchaꞌom chi ulok re quecꞌojiꞌ rucꞌ pa ri chomilaj luwar chilaꞌ chicaj.


eng: What if God, willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

acr: Jecꞌulaꞌ riꞌ ri Dios cꞌo pukꞌab saꞌ ri caraj cuꞌan cucꞌ ri winak. ¿Saꞌ cꞌu cakabiꞌij we ri Dios xraj cucꞌut ri royowal y ri unimal uchukꞌab paquiwi raj maquib yey na rucꞌ ta cꞌu riꞌ, e xucꞌut ri unimal ucꞌuꞌx chique ri takal chique catzak ri royowal paquiwiꞌ y casach quiwach?


eng: Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?

acr: E ri cachacun rucꞌ xokꞌoꞌl, ¿na jinta neba pukꞌab cuꞌan rucꞌ ri xokꞌoꞌl saꞌ ri caraj cuꞌano? Ma we Rire caraj che ri xokꞌoꞌl cuꞌan queb xun, jun lic xa kꞌalaj pa cachapabex wi y ri jun chic xa tob pa cachapabex wi, e cuꞌan riꞌ.


eng: But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”

acr: Ecꞌu riꞌin cancꞌul uwach: «Achi, ¿saꞌ co rawach riꞌat chaꞌ catyajan chirij ri Dios? Ma na utz taj we ri xaro ulew cubiꞌij che ri caꞌanaw re: ¿Suꞌchac jewaꞌ xꞌan la chwe?»


eng: You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”

acr: Laj cꞌo cꞌu junok jewaꞌ cubiꞌij chwe: «We na jinta junok cachꞌijow ukꞌatexic janipa ri caraj ri Dios, ¿suꞌbe cꞌu riꞌ ri Dios cucoj quimac ri ticawex we rique xew e caquiꞌan ri xebutak Rire che?»


eng: So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.

acr: Kꞌalaj cꞌu riꞌ ri Dios ruma ri cꞌaxnaꞌbal ucꞌuꞌx cutoꞌ china ri caraj cutoꞌo. Yey we Rire caraj cuꞌan pachaꞌ abaj che ri ranimaꞌ junok, jelaꞌ cuꞌan che.


eng: For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”

acr: E pachaꞌ ri tzꞌibital can chupa Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios echiriꞌ ri Dios xubiꞌij che ri faraón: «Riꞌin xinꞌan takanel chawe chaꞌ cancꞌut ri nuchukꞌab pawiꞌ riꞌat y chaꞌ catzijox cꞌu ri nubiꞌ che ronoje ruwachulew» xchaꞌ.


eng: For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

acr: Ma jewaꞌ xubiꞌij ri Dios che ri Moisés ojertan: We cꞌo junok cuaj Riꞌin cantoꞌo ruma ri rutzil nucꞌuꞌx, e riꞌ ri cantoꞌo. Y we cꞌo junok cuaj Riꞌin cancꞌut ri cꞌaxnaꞌbal nucꞌuꞌx che, che riꞌ rire cancꞌut wi ri cꞌaxnaꞌbal nucꞌuꞌx xchaꞌ.


eng: What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!

acr: ¿Saꞌ cꞌu riꞌ ri cakabiꞌij riꞌoj puwi waꞌ? ¿E nawi na jusucꞌ ta ri cuꞌan ri Dios? ¡Na e ta riꞌ!


eng: Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

acr: Jecꞌulaꞌ cuꞌana pachaꞌ ri tzꞌibital can puwi ri ubiꞌim lo ri Dios: E ri chakꞌixel Jacob ri cꞌax xinnaꞌo; noꞌj ri atzixel Esaú, tzel xinwilo xchaꞌ.


eng: For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

acr: I Dios xu cha jun chique i queb acʼalab-le are maja que alaxic. Ique, n-qui ʼanom ti ʼutz, xak n-qui ʼanom ti mal, xui-ri, i Dios retaʼam qui chayic chiquixol i winak pachin i craj ire; n-are ta pacha i ʼutz quiqui ʼan i winak.


eng: it was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.”

acr: Ma ri Dios xubiꞌij che ri Rebeca: «Ri chakꞌixel e cacꞌojiꞌ más uwach chwa ri atzixel» xchaꞌ.


eng: Not only so, but Rebekah also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.

acr: Y na xew ta waꞌ, ma echiriꞌ ruma ri kamam Isaac ri Rebeca xcanaj yewaꞌ ixok, xebumatzej eyoꞌxab.


eng: For this is a word of promise: “At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”

acr: Ma ri biꞌtisinic xuꞌan ri Dios che ri Abraham e waꞌ: «Jewaꞌ pa jun junab quincꞌun tanchic, yey ecꞌu riꞌ rawixokil Sara cꞌo chi jun ralab» xchaꞌ.


eng: That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as heirs.

acr: Na conoje ta cꞌu ri quipetebem che ri Abraham, e ralcꞌoꞌal ri Dios; ma xew e ralcꞌoꞌal ri Dios ri quebalax chirij rubiꞌtisinic Rire.


eng: Neither, because they are Abraham’s offspring, are they all children. But, “your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac.”

acr: Na xa ta ruma kipetebꞌem che ri Abraham, e ralkꞌoꞌal ri Dios. Ma jewaꞌ xubꞌiꞌij ri Dios che ri Abraham: «Xew che rakꞌajol Isaac kakipetebꞌej wi lo rawalkꞌoꞌal» xchaꞌ.


eng: But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel that are of Israel.

acr: ¿Na uꞌanom ta neba ri Dios ri ubiꞌtisim che rutinamit Israel? Pero na conoje ta ri e ralcꞌoꞌal can ri Israel e sakil utinamit ri Dios.


eng: of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.

acr: Rike e kalkꞌoꞌal kan ri qamam lik kꞌo kiwach ojertan. Yey chike kꞌu rike upetebꞌem wi ri Cristo, Ruchaꞌoꞌn lo ri Dios, ri xkꞌun che ruwachulew y xuꞌan tikawex. Yey Rire e Dios puwi ronoje taq ri kꞌolik. ¡Na jinta utaqexik lik nim uqꞌij! ¡Amén!


eng: who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;

acr: Ma raj Israel e utinamit ri Dios, yey e rike ri xebꞌuchaꞌ ri Dios re kebꞌuꞌan ralkꞌoꞌal chike; xukꞌut kꞌu runimal uchomalil chikiwach y xuꞌan tzij kukꞌ. Chike rike xyaꞌtaj wi Rutzij Upixabꞌ y xkꞌut chike suꞌanik kaloqꞌnimax uqꞌij ri Dios pa saqil wi. Yey taq rubꞌiꞌtisinik ri Dios uꞌanom, ke rike.


eng: For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh

acr: ruma ri kiꞌanom ri e aj Israel, ri qatz-qachaqꞌ qibꞌ kukꞌ. Kanya ne wibꞌ e kinkꞌojiꞌ riꞌin chuxeꞌ ri qꞌatbꞌal tzij re ri Dios y na e ta rike, tobꞌ na jinta chi re ri Cristo chwe, we ta ne rukꞌ waꞌ kekolobꞌetaj rike.


eng: that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.

acr: Katzij cꞌut riꞌin lic quimbisonic y ri cꞌax cꞌo chinucꞌuꞌx na quicꞌow taj


eng: I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit

acr: Lic katzij wa cambiꞌij che alak, ma in re ri Cristo y na canꞌan ta rakꞌubal. Lic cunaꞌ cꞌu nucꞌuꞌx katzij ri cambiꞌij, ma e ri Santowilaj Ruxlabixel ri Dios cacꞌamaw uwach ri nunaꞌoj.


eng: For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

acr: Ruma cꞌu laꞌ, riꞌin lic nujiquibam uwach na jinta cꞌana cojesan chirij ri rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios. Na cojresaj taj tob ne e ri camic o ri cꞌaslemal, tob ne e ri ángeles, ri cꞌo quiwach y ri cꞌo quichukꞌab. Na cojresaj taj tob ne e ri cojtajin che ucꞌulumaxic woꞌora o ri cakacꞌulumaj chikawach apanok,


eng: nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from God’s love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

acr: tob ne e ri e cꞌo lo cꞌa che ruwa caj o ri e cꞌo lo cꞌa chuxeꞌ rulew. Na jinta cꞌu cꞌo ꞌanatal ruma ri Dios cojesan chirij ri rutzil ucꞌuꞌx, ri xkacꞌul ruma ri Cristo Jesús, ri Kanimajawal.


acr: mi tene i je aj chuxeʼ i ulew, mi tene i je aj chicaj; mi tene jun chic chique niʼpa i ʼolic n-ca tiqui ta chi kelsaxic puʼab i cʼaxnabal u cʼux i Dios, chi u ʼalijinsam chake rumal i Kajwal Jesucrísto.


eng: No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

acr: Na rucꞌ ta cꞌu riꞌ, lic cakachꞌij uchukꞌab ronoje ruma ri Jun lic cꞌax xojunaꞌo.


eng: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

acr: ¿Cꞌo neba quesan keꞌoj chupa ri rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Cristo? ¡Na jintaj! Ma tob cape cꞌaxcꞌobic o paxibal cꞌuꞌx pakawiꞌ, tob cojternabex rucꞌ cꞌax, tob na jinta kawa y na jinta kakꞌuꞌ, tob catewun cꞌax pakawiꞌ o cojcamisax rucꞌ espada, ¡na jinta cꞌo cojesan chupa!


eng: Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

acr: ¿China ri cꞌo pukꞌab cukꞌat tzij pakawiꞌ? ¡Na jinta junok! Ma ri Cristo cachꞌaw pakawiꞌ chwach ri Dios, yey e Rire ri xcam kuma riꞌoj. Y na xew ta waꞌ, ma xcꞌastaj lo chiquixoꞌl ri ecaminak y woꞌora tzꞌul puwiquikꞌab ri Dios.


eng: Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.

acr: ¿China ri cꞌo pukꞌab cucoj quimac ri ebuchaꞌom ri Dios? ¡Na jinta junok! Ma ri Dios e caꞌanaw jusucꞌ chique.


eng: What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

acr: ¿Saꞌ cꞌu riꞌ ri cakabiꞌij che waꞌ? We ri Dios cꞌo kucꞌ, ¿china ri cꞌo pukꞌab cuyac rib chikij? ¡Na jinta junok!


eng: We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

acr: Ketaꞌam cꞌut, janipa ri cꞌax quenaꞌw re ri Dios, e tak ronoje ri quebicꞌow chupa catoꞌbic chaꞌ cꞌo cutikoj chique, waꞌ e chique janipa ri esiqꞌuim ruma ri Dios re caquiꞌan ri caraj Rire.


eng: In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.

acr: Jecꞌulaꞌ, ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios cojutoꞌo echiriꞌ na jinta kacowil, ma riꞌoj na cakarik ta utzꞌonoxic saꞌ ri cajawax che ri kacꞌaslem; pero Rire lic cachꞌaw pakawiꞌ chwach ri Dios rucꞌ jilowem na carikitaj ta cꞌana ubiꞌxiquil.


eng: For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?

acr: Are xka cuba ka cʼux che i Jesucrísto, ketaʼam chi xak ʼo i cu ya chake coʼon panok. Jun, we ʼo chic puʼab wach i royʼem, ¿wuchac ʼuri croyʼej mas? We ʼo chic ruʼ wach i royʼem, n-ta chic u chac croyʼej.


eng: But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.

acr: Noꞌj we riꞌoj cakoyꞌej na ri cꞌamajaꞌ cakilo, lic chirajawaxic cꞌu riꞌ cakachukꞌubej kib che royꞌexic waꞌ rucꞌ cubulibal kacꞌuꞌx.


eng: Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

acr: Y na xew ta cꞌo pa cꞌax janipa ri ꞌanatal ruma ri Dios, ma jelaꞌ coj-jilow pa cꞌax konoje riꞌoj, ri yaꞌtal chi chike ri nabe sipanic ubiꞌtisim ri Dios, waꞌ e ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios pa kanimaꞌ. Yey lic cꞌa cꞌo ne ri koyeꞌem. E lic cakarayij copon ri kꞌij echiriꞌ ri Dios cukꞌalajisaj kawach oj ralcꞌoꞌal Rire y caresaj cꞌu ri kacuerpo pukꞌab ri cꞌax y ri camic.


eng: For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.

acr: Ketaꞌam cꞌut, e janipa ri ꞌanatal ruma ri Dios, e pachaꞌ cajilow pa cꞌaxcꞌobic, jelaꞌ pachaꞌ cuꞌan juna ixok echiriꞌ cutzir uwach rucꞌ uchꞌutiꞌn.


eng: that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.

acr: Ma copon na jun kꞌij e janipa tak ri ꞌanatal ruma ri Dios, e laꞌ junam cucꞌ ri e ralcꞌoꞌal ri Dios, quebesax na lo chupa ri cꞌaxcꞌobic y pukꞌab ri camic yey cayaꞌiꞌ cꞌu unimal chomalil chique.


eng: For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope

acr: Ma ri kꞌatbal tzij xuꞌan ri Dios paquiwi ri ticawex, xtzak ne puwi tak ri ꞌanatal ruma ri Dios. Y ruma cꞌu riꞌ, na e ta chi uꞌanom pachaꞌ ri uchꞌobom lo ri Dios che ri jekebal lok. E tak cꞌu ri ꞌanatal ruma ri Dios na xraj taj cayaꞌiꞌ chuxeꞌ wa kꞌatbal tzij; na rucꞌ ta cꞌu riꞌ, e ri Dios xuya chuxeꞌ waꞌ. Pero e janipa tak ri ꞌanatal ruma ri Dios, cꞌa royeꞌem ri kꞌij echiriꞌ ri Dios cuyijbaꞌ na ronoje waꞌ.


eng: For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

acr: Yey chinuwach riꞌin ri cꞌaxcꞌobic cakatij riꞌoj woꞌora na cuꞌmaja ta qꞌuenok rucꞌ runimal uchomalil ri Dios, ri cakꞌalajin kucꞌ chikawach apanok.


eng: and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

acr: Yey ruma cꞌu oj ralcꞌoꞌal ri Dios, cakacꞌul ri biꞌtisinic uꞌanom ri Dios chique ri ralcꞌoꞌal, yey cakacꞌul cꞌu waꞌ junam rucꞌ ri Cristo. Pero lic chirajawaxic wi cakatij na cꞌax woꞌora pachaꞌ ri xicꞌow wi Rire, chaꞌ jelaꞌ chikawach apanok, oj jun pa ri yacbal ukꞌij Rire.


eng: For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

acr: Ma we yaꞌom ib alak chupa waꞌ, riꞌ e cucꞌam lo ri camic pawiꞌ alak. Noꞌj we rucꞌ rutoꞌbal ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios cacamisaj alak tak ri rayibal re ri tiꞌjil alak, riꞌ cꞌo cꞌaslemal alak chwach ri Dios.


eng: But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

acr: We cꞌo cꞌu pa animaꞌ alak ri Ruxlabixel ri Jun xucꞌastajisaj lo ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo chiquixoꞌl ri ecaminak, riꞌ cꞌo jun kꞌij Rire cuya jun cꞌacꞌ cꞌaslemal che ri cuerpo alak yey cuꞌan waꞌ ruma ri Ruxlabixel cꞌo pa animaꞌ alak.


eng: If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

acr: Noꞌj we cꞌo ri Cristo pa animaꞌ alak, riꞌ cꞌo chomilaj cꞌaslemal alak ruma ri uꞌanom alak jusucꞌ chwach ri Dios, tob ri cuerpo alak cacam na ruma ri mac.


eng: But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

acr: Noꞌj ralak na yaꞌom ta chi ib alak chupa waꞌ wa rayibal, ma e yaꞌom ib alak pukꞌab ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios, we pakatzij wi cꞌo Rire pa animaꞌ alak. Yey we cꞌo cꞌu junok na jinta ri Ruxlabixel ri Cristo pa ranimaꞌ, waꞌ wa ticawex na re ta ri Cristo.


eng: because the mind of the flesh is hostile toward God, for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.

acr: E janipa ri kiyaꞌom kinaꞌoj xew puwi taq ri rayibꞌal re ri kitiꞌjil, riꞌ e aj retzelal kꞌuꞌx chirij ri Dios. Ma rike na kakaj taj kakiya kibꞌ che uꞌanik ri Tzij Pixabꞌ re ri Dios, yey na kakichꞌij tane uꞌanik waꞌ.


eng: Those who are in the flesh can’t please God.

acr: Ecꞌu ri Dios lic na cucꞌul ta ucꞌuꞌx ri quibinic quisilabic janipa ri quiyaꞌom quib chupa ri rayibal re ri na utz taj.


eng: For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

acr: Ma we e lic cakaya kanaꞌoj puwi tak ri rayibal re ri katiꞌjil, riꞌ camic ri cucꞌam lo chike. Noꞌj we e lic cakaya kanaꞌoj puwi janipa ri caraj ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios chike, riꞌ cucꞌam lo cꞌaslemal y utzil chomal chike.


eng: For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

acr: Ma e tak ri quiyaꞌom quib che tak ri rayibal re ri quitiꞌjil, e caquiya quinaꞌoj puwi ri rayibal na chom taj. Noꞌj janipa ri quiyaꞌom quib pukꞌab ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios, riꞌ e quiyaꞌom quinaꞌoj puwi janipa ri caraj ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios.


eng: that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

acr: Xuꞌan cꞌu waꞌ chaꞌ utz cojbin jusucꞌ chwach ri Dios jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri cubiꞌij ri Tzij Pixab; ma riꞌoj na e ta chi katakem ri rayibal re ri na utz taj, e katakem saꞌ ri caraj ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios chike.


eng: For what the law couldn’t do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

acr: Yey rutakanic ri Tzij Pixab na jinta uchukꞌab re cojresaj lo pukꞌab ri mac, ma riꞌoj oj ticawex na jinta kacowil chwa ri mac. Ecꞌu ri na xuchꞌij ta uꞌanic ri Tzij Pixab, ri Dios xuꞌano echiriꞌ xutak lo Rucꞌajol che ruwachulew tojbal re ri kamac, y xuꞌan ticawex che jelaꞌ pachaꞌ riꞌoj, noꞌj Rire na xmacun taj. Jecꞌulaꞌ, ruma rucamic jun ticawex, waꞌ e ri Jesús, ri Dios xukꞌat tzij puwi ri kamac.


eng: For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

acr: Ma ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios cuya chomilaj cꞌaslemal ruma ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo, y e rutakanic ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios pa kanimaꞌ ri xojesan lo chupa ruchukꞌab ri mac y ri camic.


eng: There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

acr: Ecꞌu woꞌora na jinta chi kꞌatbal tzij re camic paquiwi janipa ri e cꞌo pukꞌab ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo; waꞌ e ri na quitakem ta chi ri rayibal re ri na utz taj, ma e quitakem saꞌ ri caraj ri Ruxlabixel ri Dios chique.


eng: I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then with the mind, I myself serve God’s law, but with the flesh, sin’s law.

acr: Lic cantioxij che ri Dios, ma xew Rire catoꞌw weꞌin, yey cuꞌan waꞌ ruma ri Jesucristo, ri Kanimajawal. Jecꞌulaꞌ canmaj usucꞌ lic chirajawaxic canya wib pukꞌab rutakanic Rutzij Upixab ri Dios; noꞌj echiriꞌ canya wib pukꞌab ri rayinic re ri nucuerpo, riꞌ e catakan ruchukꞌab ri mac panuwiꞌ.


eng: What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?

acr: ¡Lic tokꞌoꞌ nuwach riꞌin! ¿China quesan we riꞌin pukꞌab ri na utz taj cꞌo chwe, ri quincꞌamaw bi pa camic?


eng: but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.

acr: Pero cannaꞌo cꞌo jun chic tzij catakan chwi ri nucuerpo; waꞌ e ruchukꞌab ri mac. Ecꞌu waꞌ cachꞌoꞌjinic chaꞌ na cancoj ta utzij ri cubiꞌij ri nunaꞌoj y jecꞌulaꞌ inyututal pa mac.


eng: For I delight in God’s law after the inward person,

acr: Na rucꞌ ta cꞌu riꞌ, cunaꞌ ri wanimaꞌ e lic chom rutakanic Rutzij Upixab ri Dios y lic quinquiꞌcot che waꞌ.


eng: But if what I don’t desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.

acr: Jecꞌulaꞌ riꞌ, we e canꞌan ri na cuaj taj, riꞌ na in ta ri quinꞌanaw re, ma e ri mac catakan pa wanimaꞌ ri caꞌanaw re.


eng: For the good which I desire, I don’t do; but the evil which I don’t desire, that I practice.

acr: Ma na canꞌan ta ri utz, ri lic cuaj canꞌano; e lic canꞌan ri na utz taj, ri na cuaj taj canꞌano.


eng: For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don’t find it doing that which is good.

acr: Riꞌin lic wetaꞌam, wa in ticawex na jinta cꞌana utz chwe we na jinta ri Dios wucꞌ. Ma tob cuaj canꞌan ri utz, pero nutuquel na canrik ta uꞌanic waꞌ.


eng: So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.

acr: Jelaꞌ cꞌu riꞌ e pachaꞌ na in ta ri quinꞌanaw re ri na utz taj, ma e catakan ri mac pa wanimaꞌ.


eng: But if what I don’t desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.

acr: Yey echiriꞌ e canꞌan ri na cuaj taj, cannaꞌ cꞌu riꞌ chinucꞌuꞌx na utz ta ri quintajin che uꞌanic. Rucꞌ cꞌu riꞌ waꞌ canjiquibaꞌ uwach lic utz ri takanic re ri Tzij Pixab.


eng: For I don’t understand what I am doing. For I don’t practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.

acr: Na canꞌan ta cꞌu riꞌ ri cuaj riꞌin canꞌano; ma e ri tzel canwilo, e canꞌan riꞌ. Lic na canmaj ta cꞌu usucꞌ suꞌbe canꞌan waꞌ.


eng: For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.

acr: Ketaꞌam chi cꞌut, ri Tzij Pixab petinak rucꞌ ri Dios. Noꞌj riꞌin xa wekam wulewal nupoklajil, yey in yaꞌtal cꞌu pukꞌab ri mac.


eng: Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, was producing death in me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceedingly sinful.

acr: Pero ¿e nawi keꞌeloq e ri utz xukꞌam lo kamik panuwiꞌ? ¡Na e ta riꞌ! Ma ri mak e xuchapabꞌej ri utz y rukꞌ waꞌ xukꞌam lo kamik panuwiꞌ. Ruma kꞌu riꞌ ri taqanik re ri Tzij Pixabꞌ, xa jumul kaqꞌalajinik lik itzel uwach ri mak.


eng: Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, righteous, and good.

acr: Cakꞌalajin cꞌu riꞌ ri Tzij Pixab re ri Dios lic santo yey tak ri takanic re ri Tzij Pixab lic santo, lic jusucꞌ y lic utz.


eng: for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.

acr: Ma ri mac e xuchapabej ri takanic y rucꞌ cꞌu waꞌ, xinusoco y jelaꞌ xucꞌam lo ri camic panuwiꞌ.


eng: The commandment which was for life, this I found to be for death;

acr: E chinuwach riꞌin, ri takanic re ri Tzij Pixab e cayaꞌw cꞌaslemal; noꞌj ri xuya chwe riꞌin, e ri camic.


eng: I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

acr: E ri petinak lok echiriꞌ riꞌin cꞌamajaꞌ canmaj usucꞌ ri Tzij Pixab, na jinta cꞌo cubisoj nucꞌuꞌx che. Pero xopon jun kꞌij echiriꞌ xinwetaꞌmaj saꞌ ri takanic re ri Tzij Pixab panuwiꞌ. Cꞌa chiriꞌ cꞌu riꞌ xumaj uchukꞌab ri mac panuwiꞌ; y xinmaj cꞌu usucꞌ in caminak chwach ri Dios ruma ri numac.


eng: But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

acr: Ruma cꞌu riꞌ ri takanic, ri mac cucꞌosoj ronoje itzel rayinic chupa ri wanimaꞌ. We tamaji cꞌu ri takanic, ri mac na jinta uchukꞌab panuwiꞌ.


eng: What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn’t have known sin except through the law. For I wouldn’t have known coveting unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”

acr: ¿Saꞌ cꞌu riꞌ ri cakabiꞌij? ¿E neba queꞌelok ri Tzij Pixab na utz taj ma cucꞌam lo ri mac? ¡Na e ta cꞌana riꞌ! Ma riꞌin xinwetaꞌmaj saꞌ ri mac ruma ri Tzij Pixab; yey we tamaji ri Tzij Pixab, na canwetaꞌmaj ta cꞌu riꞌ saꞌ ri mac. Ma riꞌin na wetaꞌam taj we mac ri rayinic we tamaji ri Tzij Pixab cubiꞌij: «Marayij uwach ri na awe taj.»


eng: Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might produce fruit to God.

acr: Jecꞌulaꞌ ralak alak nu hermanos, caminak chi alak chwach tak ri Tzij Pixab ruma rucamic ri Cristo. Waꞌ queꞌelawi na e ta chi ri Tzij Pixab ri catakan pawiꞌ alak. Ruma cꞌu riꞌ, utz cuꞌan alak re jun chic, waꞌ e ri Cristo, ri xcꞌastaj lo chiquixoꞌl ri ecaminak. Jecꞌulaꞌ ri kabinic lic cꞌo cutikoj chwach ri Dios ruma oj cꞌo pukꞌab ri Cristo.


eng: For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

acr: Cu bij i ʼatbal tzij chi jun ixok ʼo puʼab i rachijil are je cʼaslic, xui-ri, we xcam i rachijil, i ixok n-ta chic ʼatbal tzij puwi re i cʼulanquil.


eng: So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man.

acr: Jecꞌulaꞌ riꞌ, we rixok cuyoj rib rucꞌ jun chic achi yey cꞌa cꞌas ri rachijil, riꞌ cabiꞌx che e jun ixok na jusucꞌ ta rubinic ma camacun chirij ri tzij re ri cꞌulaniquil. Noꞌj we xcam ri rachijil, rixok quel chuxeꞌ rutakanic wa tzij; na camacun ta cꞌu riꞌ chirij ri cꞌulaniquil we cacꞌuliꞌ rucꞌ jun chic achi.


eng: Or don’t you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives?

acr: Kinchꞌaꞌt ukꞌ alaq hermanos, ri kꞌo naꞌoj alaq puwi taqanik. Etaꞌam kꞌu alaq waꞌ: Ri taqanik xew kꞌo uchuqꞌabꞌ puwi juna tikawex echiriꞌ wa tikawex kꞌa kꞌaslik.


eng: For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

acr: Ma ri tojbal re ri mac e ri camic, noꞌj ri sipanic cuya ri Dios e ri cꞌaslemal na jinta utakexic ruma ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo.


eng: But now, being made free from sin and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification and the result of eternal life.

acr: Ecꞌu woꞌora ruma alak esam chi lo pukꞌab ri mac, xuꞌana cꞌu alak aj chaquib re ri Dios. Ri xutikoj waꞌ che alak e ri santowilaj binic silabic alak; yey qꞌuisbal cꞌu re, e ri cꞌaslemal na jinta utakexic.


eng: I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh; for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.

acr: Xinya wa cꞌambal naꞌoj puwi ri patrón y ri aj chaquib chaꞌ cakꞌalajin ri cambiꞌij y na cꞌayew taj camaj alak usucꞌ. Cambiꞌij cꞌu che alak: Jelaꞌ pachaꞌ rojertan xya alak ronoje ri uchapom wi rib ri cuerpo alak che uꞌanic ri lic chꞌul y ri lic itzel uwach, jecꞌuriꞌlaꞌ woꞌora yaꞌa alak ronoje ri uchapom wi rib ri cuerpo alak che uꞌanic janipa ri lic chom y lic jusucꞌ chwach ri Dios.


eng: Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness.

acr: Ruma cꞌu ri xel lo alak pukꞌab ri mac, woꞌora e xyaꞌ ib alak che uꞌanic ri lic jusucꞌ chwach ri Dios.


eng: But thanks be to God that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were delivered.

acr: Lic maltiox cꞌu che ri Dios, ma tob ojertan xyaꞌ ib alak pukꞌab ri mac che uꞌanic tak ri rayibal alak; noꞌj woꞌora rucꞌ ronoje cꞌuꞌx alak yaꞌom ib alak che uꞌanic tak ri sakil cꞌutunic xyaꞌ che alak.


eng: Don’t you know that when you present yourselves as servants and obey someone, you are the servants of whomever you obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

acr: ¿Na etaꞌam ta neba alak we caya ib alak pukꞌab junok che uꞌanic janipa ri caraj rire, riꞌ e cuꞌana patrón alak y chirajawaxic cꞌu riꞌ cacoj alak utzij? Jecꞌuriꞌlaꞌ we caya ib alak pukꞌab ri mac che uꞌanic ri na utz taj, riꞌ cucꞌam bi alak pa camic. Noꞌj echiriꞌ caya ib alak pukꞌab ri Dios re cacoj alak utzij, waꞌ cucꞌam bi alak che jun jusucꞌ binic silabic.


eng: What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!

acr: ¿Saꞌ cꞌu riꞌ ri cakaꞌano? ¿Cojmacun cami riꞌ ma ri kꞌatbal tzij re rutakanic ri Dios na jinta chi pakawiꞌ yey e oj cꞌo pukꞌab ri Dios ruma ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx Rire? ¡Na e ta cꞌana riꞌ!


eng: Therefore don’t let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.

acr: E uwariꞌche lic maya alak luwar catakan ri mac puwi ri cuerpo alak, ma waꞌ xa icꞌowel. Maya ne ib alak chupa tak ri rayibal na utz ta uwach.


eng: Also, do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

acr: Maya ne ri cuerpo alak pukꞌab ri mac che uꞌanic ri na jusucꞌ taj. E yaꞌa ib alak pukꞌab ri Dios, ma alak caminak chi chwa ri mac y alak cꞌas che jun cꞌacꞌ binic silabic. Yaꞌa cꞌu alak riꞌ ri cuerpo alak pukꞌab ri Dios chaꞌ rucꞌ waꞌ caꞌan alak ri lic jusucꞌ chwach.


eng: For sin will not have dominion over you, for you are not under law, but under grace.

acr: Ma ri mac na jinta chi uchukꞌab re catakan pawiꞌ alak y na jinta chi ne alak chuxeꞌ ri kꞌatbal tzij re rutakanic ri Dios tzꞌibital can ruma ri Moisés, ma woꞌora cꞌo alak pukꞌab ri Dios ruma ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx Rire.


eng: Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

acr: Jecꞌuriꞌlaꞌ cꞌola chicꞌuꞌx ralak e pachaꞌ alak caminak chi chwach ri mac yey alak cꞌaslic re calokꞌnimaj alak ri Dios, ma alak re ri Cristo Jesús, ri Kanimajawal.


eng: For the death that he died, he died to sin one time; but the life that he lives, he lives to God.

acr: Ma rucꞌ rucamic xa jumul xusachisaj uwach ruchukꞌab ri mac; yey ruma cꞌu xcꞌastajic, e culokꞌnimaj ri Dios rucꞌ rucꞌaslemal.


eng: knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over him!

acr: Lic ketaꞌam cꞌut, ri Cristo ruma xcꞌastaj lo chiquixoꞌl ri ecaminak, na cacam ta chic, ma ri camic na jinta chi uchukꞌab puwi Rire.


eng: For he who has died has been freed from sin.

acr: Ma e junok caminak chi che ri mac, riꞌ na jinta chi uchukꞌab ri mac puwiꞌ.


eng: knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.

acr: Lic cꞌut ketaꞌam e ri ojer kabinic kasilabic xcam rucꞌ ri Cristo chwa ri cruz chaꞌ jelaꞌ casach uwach ruchukꞌab ri mac pakawiꞌ y jecꞌulaꞌ ri mac na catakan ta chi pakawiꞌ riꞌoj.


eng: For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection;

acr: Ma we xꞌan xa jun chike rucꞌ ri Cristo chupa rucamic, jecꞌulaꞌ riꞌ xa jun kaꞌanom rucꞌ chupa rucꞌastajibal.


eng: May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?

acr: ¡N-queje ti ile! Yoj xa pacha oj camnak chic, man i mac atzalal n-ta chic re chake. ¿Wuchac ʼuri caka ya tan chic kib che i macunic?


eng: Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

acr: ¿N-iwetaʼam ta ba-ri: are xkajsax ya pakawi, xoj ʼelok ʼo re i Jesucrísto chake? Y we ʼo re ire chake, xeʼel ʼuri junam xoj cam ruʼ.


eng: We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

acr: Ruma cꞌu ri bautismo xkacꞌulu, e pachaꞌ junam rucꞌ ri Cristo xojcamic y xojmukic, chaꞌ jelaꞌ cojcꞌastaj lo che jun cꞌacꞌ kabinic jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri Cristo xcꞌastaj lo chiquixoꞌl ri ecaminak ruma runimal uchukꞌab ri Kakaw Dios.


acr: Are xkajsax ya pakawi, are ʼuri xoj muk junam ruʼ i Jesucrísto, pacha oj camnak chic, man coj walij tan chic che jun cʼaslemal cʼacʼ. Ile xak jun ruʼ pacha ʼantal che i Crísto, chi xwalijsax chiquixol i camnak rumal i loʼlaj u choʼab i Ta.


eng: What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

acr: ¿Saꞌ cꞌu riꞌ ri cakabiꞌij riꞌoj? ¿Cꞌa cojcꞌojiꞌ cami riꞌ pa mac chaꞌ ri Dios e lic cunimarisaj ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx pakawiꞌ echiriꞌ cucuy ri kamac?


eng: that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

acr: E jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri mac cꞌo uchukꞌab chaꞌ cucꞌam lo camic paquiwi conoje ri winak; jecꞌulaꞌ riꞌ ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios cꞌo uchukꞌab chaꞌ cuꞌan jusucꞌ chique ri winak chwach ri Dios, y jelaꞌ cꞌo quicꞌaslemal na jinta utakexic ruma Jesucristo, ri Kanimajawal.


eng: The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly,

acr: Ecꞌu ri Dios xuya Rutzij Upixab che ri Moisés chaꞌ jelaꞌ cakꞌalajin ruqꞌuiyal uwach ri mac. Y e xuꞌano, ma rucꞌ wa Tzij xkꞌalajin ruqꞌuiyal quimac ri winak chwach ri Dios. Yey ecꞌuchiriꞌ más xemacun ri winak, e ne más xnimar ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios paquiwiꞌ.


eng: For as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.

acr: Yey xa ruma cꞌu jun chi achi xupalajij rutzij ri Dios, lic e qꞌui ri xebuꞌan aj maquib; jecꞌuriꞌlaꞌ, ruma jun chi Achi xucoj utzij ri Dios, lic e qꞌui ri quebuꞌan jusucꞌ chwach.


eng: For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.

acr: Xa cꞌu ruma rupalajibal tzij jun chi achi, conoje ri winak xecanaj can chuxeꞌ ruchukꞌab ri camic. Yey ruma cꞌu jun chi Achi, waꞌ e ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo, janipa ri quicꞌulum ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios y ri sipanic re quebuꞌan jusucꞌ chwach, quejekiꞌ chupa jun chomilaj cꞌaslemal.


eng: The gift is not as through one who sinned; for the judgment came by one to condemnation, but the free gift followed many trespasses to justification.

acr: Ecꞌu ri xucꞌam lo ri mac re ri jun achi, lic junwi chwa ri xucꞌam lo ri sipanic cuya ri Dios chike. Ma ruma jun chi mac re jun chi achi, xcꞌun ri kꞌatbal tzij paquiwi conoje ri ticawex. Noꞌj ruma ri sipanic re ri Dios, casachisax uwach ri uqꞌuiyal mac que ri ticawex chaꞌ jelaꞌ utz quecꞌojiꞌ jusucꞌ chwach ri Dios.


eng: But the free gift isn’t like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.

acr: Pero ri xucꞌam lo ri palajibal tzij re ri Adán lic junwi chwa ri sipanic xucꞌam lo ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo. Ma ruma rupalajibal tzij jun chi achi, xecam conoje ri winak; yey ruma cꞌu ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx jun chi Achi, ri sipanic re ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx ri Dios más ne xnimar paquiwi uqꞌuiyal ticawex.


eng: For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law.

acr: Echiriꞌ ri Dios cꞌamajaꞌ ne cuya Rutzij Upixab che ri Moisés, ri mac oquinak chi che ruwachulew. Katzij, we na jinta takanic, na utz taj cabiꞌxic cꞌo junok xupalajij tzij.


eng: Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those whose sins weren’t like Adam’s disobedience, who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come.

acr: Na rucꞌ ta cꞌu riꞌ, chwi lo ri Adán cꞌa chwa ri Moisés, tak ri winak xecam ruma ri quimac, tob ri quimac na junam ta rucꞌ ri xuꞌan ri Adán echiriꞌ xupalajij ri takanic re ri Dios. Yey ri Adán e pachaꞌ ri Jun cacꞌunic, waꞌ e ri Jesucristo.


acr: I mac atzalal ʼax ʼo wi are xoc li ʼatbal tzij chi tzʼibtal rumal i mam Moises. Rumal-i, ca tijin qui camic i winak cʼa chu petic lok che i Adan. Xe camic, tupu n-ta jun tzij xqui kelo pacha xoʼon i Adan. I Adan laj ca majaw i jun chi ca cʼunic. (Are i xoʼon i Adan, xe u maj u qʼuial winak; y are xoʼon i Jesucrísto, xak xe u maj u qʼuial winak.)


eng: Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death passed to all men because all sinned.

acr: Ri mac xoc lo che ruwachulew ruma ri Adán, ri nabe achi; yey ri mac e xucꞌam lo ri camic. Jecꞌulaꞌ xpe ri camic paquiwi conoje ri ticawex, ma conoje xemacunic.


eng: Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

acr: Y na xew ta waꞌ, ma lic cojquiꞌcot rucꞌ ri Dios ruma ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo, ma ruma Rire karikom utzil chomal chwach ri Dios.


eng: For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.

acr: E rojertan riꞌoj oj aj retzelal cꞌuꞌx chirij ri Dios; na rucꞌ ta cꞌu riꞌ, ri Dios xojuya chi utzil chomal chwach ruma rucamic Rucꞌajol. Macꞌuwariꞌ we oj cꞌo chi pa utzil chomal chwach, cayaꞌtaj na cꞌu riꞌ ri kacolobetajic ruma ri Cristo, ma Rire xcꞌastaj lo chiquixoꞌl ri ecaminak yey woꞌora cꞌaslic.


eng: Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God’s wrath through him.

acr: We xꞌaniꞌ cꞌu jusucꞌ chike ruma ruquiqꞌuel, macꞌuwariꞌ ruma Rire cojcolobetaj na chwach ri kꞌatbal tzij cuꞌan ri Dios chupa ri qꞌuisbal kꞌij.


eng: For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a good person someone would even dare to die.

acr: Lic cꞌayew carikitaj junok cuya rib pa camic pucꞌaxel jun chic lic jusucꞌ rubinic usilabic; tob ne laj cꞌo junok cuya ranimaꞌ cacam pucꞌaxel junok lic utz ucꞌuꞌx.


eng: For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

acr: Ma riꞌoj na jinta cꞌana kachukꞌab re cakacolobej kib; yey chupa cꞌu rukꞌijol uchaꞌom chi lo ri Dios, xcꞌun ri Cristo y xuya rib pa camic chaꞌ cojucolobej ri oj aj maquib.


eng: and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

acr: Lic cꞌu jiquil uwach cakacꞌul na ri koyeꞌem che ri Dios, ma Rire lic ucꞌutum ri rutzil ucꞌuꞌx chike ruma ri Santowilaj Ruxlabixel uyaꞌom pa kanimaꞌ.


eng: and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;

acr: Ruma cꞌu runimal kacꞌuꞌx cojelic utz kaꞌanom chwach ri Dios, ma xkachꞌij uchukꞌab ri cꞌambal kapa. Yey we xojelic utz kaꞌanom chwach ri Dios, e lic cacubiꞌ pan kacꞌuꞌx rucꞌ Rire.


eng: Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;

acr: Y na xew ta waꞌ, ma lic ne cojquiꞌcotic echiriꞌ cape cꞌaxcꞌobic pakawiꞌ. Ma ketaꞌam we xkachꞌij uchukꞌab ri cꞌaxcꞌobic, lic cacꞌojiꞌ unimal kacꞌuꞌx.


eng: Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

acr: Ri Dios xuꞌan jusucꞌ chike ruma ri cubulibal kacꞌuꞌx rucꞌ; ecꞌu woꞌora oj cꞌo chi utzil chomal rucꞌ Rire ruma ri Kanimajawal Jesucristo.


eng: through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

acr: Yey ruma ri Cristo, xyaꞌ chike cojoc chwach ri Dios ruma ri cubulibal kacꞌuꞌx y jelaꞌ cakacꞌul ri unimal rutzil ucꞌuꞌx pa oj tiquil wi chi utz. Yey lic cojquiꞌcotic ma koyeꞌem queꞌkila na runimal uchomalil ri Dios.


acr: Xa rumal u cubibal ka cʼux-le, oj ocnak che i rutzil i Dios, y coj qʼuiji che. Lic coj quicotic man cul ka cʼux che chi ʼo na ke che u ʼij u chomal i Dios.


eng: who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.

acr: Ecꞌu ri Jesús xyaꞌ pa camic ruma ri kamac riꞌoj y xcꞌastaj bi churox kꞌij chaꞌ jelaꞌ cojuꞌana jusucꞌ chwach ri Dios.


eng: but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,

acr: ma e pakawiꞌ ne riꞌoj. Ma ri Dios cuꞌan jusucꞌ chike riꞌoj ri cacubiꞌ kacꞌuꞌx rucꞌ ri Jun xucꞌastajisaj lo ri Jesús, ri Kanimajawal.


eng: Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone,

acr: Ecꞌuchiriꞌ Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios cubiꞌij: «Xꞌaniꞌ jusucꞌ che ruma ri cubulibal ucꞌuꞌx,» waꞌ na xew ta puwi ri Abraham xtzꞌibax wi;


eng: Therefore it also was “credited to him for righteousness.”

acr: Y ruma cꞌu ri cubulibal ucꞌuꞌx, xꞌaniꞌ jusucꞌ che.


eng: and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.

acr: ma lic ujiquibam ucꞌuꞌx e ri Dios cꞌo uchukꞌab re cuꞌan ronoje rubiꞌtisim.


eng: Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn’t waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,

acr: Na rucꞌ ta cꞌu riꞌ, na queb ta ne upa xucoj ri xubiꞌtisij ri Dios che, ma e lic xuchukꞌubej rib che ri cubulibal ucꞌuꞌx rucꞌ ri Dios. Lic cꞌu xuyac ukꞌij ri Dios,


eng: Without being weakened in faith, he didn’t consider his own body, already having been worn out, (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

acr: Y na xkꞌob ta ri cubulibal ucꞌuꞌx tob retaꞌam rucuerpo e pachaꞌ caminak chic ma ya copon pa jun ciento rujunab y retaꞌam ri rixokil Sara na calan taj.


eng: As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.

acr: chwach ri Dios, jelaꞌ pachaꞌ ri tzꞌibital can pa Ruchꞌaꞌtem ri Dios: «Nuꞌanom chawe at quikaw ticawex che uqꞌuiyal tinamit» xchaꞌ. Ri Dios xubiꞌij waꞌ che ri Abraham, yey rire xucojo; ma lic xcubiꞌ ucꞌuꞌx rucꞌ ri Dios, ri cuya cꞌaslemal chique ri ecaminak y cachꞌaꞌt chwi ri cꞌamajaꞌ cuꞌano pachaꞌ chi ya uꞌanom chic.