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Ri samaj ri niquiben ri apóstoles

Rumariˈ rajawaxic chi can tikˈax chiquiwech ri winek chi riyoj can yoj rusamajel wi ri Cristo, y yaˈon pa kakˈaˈ chi nikakˈalajsaj ri ruchˈobon pe ri Dios ri xa ma kˈalajsan ta pe ojer. Y quinojel cˈa ri yatajnek jun samaj pa quikˈaˈ ruma ri Dios, can rajawaxic cˈa chi tiquibanaˈ ri samaj riˈ, ri achiˈel rucˈamon chi niquiben riqˈui. Riyin ma nxibij ta wiˈ chare ri nichˈob chuwij, o ri nuchˈob ri aj kˈatbel tzij chuwij, chi utz o ma utz ta ri nusamaj. Ruma majun winek xticowin ta xtibin chi utz o ma utz ta yitajin chare ri nusamaj. Y ni xa ta riyin yicowin ta nbij wi utz o ma utz ta yitajin chare ri nusamaj. Riyin nunaˈ ri wánima chi utz ri yitajin chubanic. Pero ma riqˈui ta riˈ yicowin nbij chi can utz yitajin chubanic, ma que ta riˈ, ya cˈa ri Ajaf ri xtibin. Rumacˈariˈ riyix ma tikˈet ta apo tzij pa ruwiˈ jun winek tek xa ma jane rukˈijul ta. Ma tiben ta queriˈ. Xa tiwoyobej na ri kˈij tek xtipe chic jun bey ri Ajaf Jesús. Riyaˈ can xquerelesaj pe chuwasakil ri yebanalox ri ma yekˈalajin ta y xquerukˈalajsaj pe ri achique cˈo pa tak kánima. Y ri Dios yacˈariˈ tek xtuyaˈ kakˈij chikajujunal achiˈel ri rucˈamon chi nuyaˈ chake.

Wachˈalal, ronojel ri xinbij chiwe tek xichˈo chrij ri kachˈalal Apolos y tek xichˈo chuwij ka riyin, riˈ xa jun cˈambel naˈoj chiwe riyix. Y reˈ xinbij ruma nwajoˈ chi ma yixkˈax ta pa ruwiˈ ri ye tzˈibatal ca chupan ri ruchˈabel ri Dios. Riche (rixin) chi queriˈ ma ninimirisaj ta iwiˈ pa ruwiˈ jun chic. Ruma ri nibij chi cˈo jun rusamajel ri Dios ri más niwajoˈ que chuwech jun chic, xa yixtajin nikasaj rukˈij ri jun chic. Riyix ri ninaˈ chi cˈo ikˈij, ¿achique cami xbin chiwe chi riyix cˈo más ikˈij que chiquiwech ri nicˈaj chic? ¿Ruma achique ta cˈa ri cˈo iwuqˈui riyix chi man ta ya ri Dios yayon pe chiwe? ¿Achique ruma tek riyix ninimirisaj iwiˈ? Ruma xa ta iyon riyix, man ta jun cˈo iwuqˈui.

Riyix ninaˈ chi cˈo chic ronojel iwuqˈui y majun chic rajawaxic chiwe. Can yix beyomaˈ chic ninaˈ riyix. Can cˈo chic kˈatbel tzij pan ikˈaˈ ninaˈ y riyoj ma yojcˈatzin ta chic chiwe. Jabel ta riˈ wi ta can cˈo chic kˈatbel tzij pan ikˈaˈ, riche (rixin) chi riyoj yoj‑oc ta chukaˈ aj kˈatbel tak tzij iwuqˈui riyix. Riyin nbij chi ri Dios rubanon chake riyoj apóstoles chi majun oc kakˈij chiquiwech quinojel ri winek. Yoj achiˈel ri achiˈaˈ ri can kˈaton chic tzij pa quiwiˈ chi yecamisex, y quinojel cˈa ri winek y ri ángeles yojquitzuˈ cˈa pe achique niban chake. 10 Chiwech ka riyix, riyoj xa can yoj nacanek cˈa chupan ri rusamaj ri Cristo, yacˈa riyix nibij chi can cˈo inaˈoj icˈulun riqˈui ri Cristo. Chiwech riyix, riyoj xa majun oc kachukˈaˈ, yacˈa riyix nibij chi can cˈo iwuchukˈaˈ. Riyix nibij chi can cˈo ikˈij. Yacˈa riyoj xa yojetzelex. 11 Y kitzij chi queriˈ quibanon pe chake y cˈa que na riˈ yetajin wacami. Ruma yojwayjan, nichakiˈj kachiˈ, lawaloˈ ti katziak, nipakˈilox kapalej chi kˈaˈ, y majun kachoch. 12 Riyoj can sibilaj yojcos chi samaj riche (rixin) chi nikachˈec kaway. Y astapeˈ cˈo ri yeyokˈo kiche (kixin), riyoj xa nikacˈutuj ri rutzil ri Dios pa quiwiˈ. Y astapeˈ cˈo pokon niquiben ri winek chake ruma ri rubiˈ ri Cristo, riyoj can nikacochˈ. 13 Y astapeˈ itzel yechˈo chikij, riyoj xa pan utzil nikabij chique chi xa ma utz ta ri yetajin chubanic. Y can quibanon chake chi majun oc kakˈij y cˈa que na riˈ quibanon chake wacami. Xa yoj achiˈel mes yojquitzˈet y quibanon chake chi xa yoj achiˈel quitzˈilol.

14 Ronojel re xtintzˈibaj el chiwe ma riche (rixin) ta cˈa chi nyaˈ (ntzek) iqˈuix. Ma que ta riˈ. Xaxu (xaxe wi) nwajoˈ yixinpixabaj jubaˈ, ruma can yix achiˈel tak walcˈual nnaˈ riyin, y sibilaj yixinwajoˈ. 15 Yin cˈa riyin ri xitzijon nabey chiwe ri lokˈolaj chˈabel ri niyaˈo colotajic. Riyix xinimaj ri Cristo Jesús ruma ri chˈabel ri xintzijoj chiwe, y rumariˈ riyin xinoc achiˈel jun tataˈaj chiwe riyix. Y astapeˈ yecˈo ta lajuj mil ri yetijon iwuche (iwixin) chrij ri Cristo, xaxu (xaxe wi) riyin ri achiˈel itataˈ. 16 Y rumariˈ ncˈutuj jun utzil chiwe chi ticˈuaj jun cˈaslen utz, can achiˈel ri nucˈaslen riyin.

17 Queriˈ nwajoˈ chiwe, y rumariˈ xintek el ri kachˈalal Timoteo iwuqˈui, riche (rixin) chi nunataj chiwe ri achique rubanic ri cˈaslen riqˈui ri Cristo, ri xiwetamaj ca tek xicˈojeˈ chilaˈ iwuqˈui. Riyin sibilaj nwajoˈ ri Timoteo. Riyaˈ can achiˈel walcˈual; y can nuben wi achiˈel nrajoˈ ri Ajaf. Y achiˈel xtubij riyaˈ chiwe chi rajawaxic chi riyix nicˈuaj jun cˈaslen utz, can queriˈ chukaˈ ncˈut riyin chiquiwech quinojel ri iglesias xabacuchi (xabachique) ta na yecˈo wi. 18 Yecˈo kachˈalal chicojol ri can niquinaˈ chi can cˈo quikˈij y niquibij chi riyin ma xquinapon ta chic iwuqˈui. 19 Pero ri niquibij xa ye riyeˈ yechˈobo queriˈ, ruma riyin xa xquinapon yan iwuqˈui, wi queriˈ xtrajoˈ ri Ajaf. Y tek xquinapon, man ya ta ri quichˈabel ri xtinwacˈaxaj, xa xtinwetamaj cˈa riyin wi can cˈo ruchukˈaˈ ri Dios quiqˈui ri kachˈalal ri yebin chi can cˈo quikˈij. 20 Ruma jun winek ri cˈo pa rajawaren ri Dios, nikˈalajin ri ruchukˈaˈ ri Dios pa rucˈaslen, y ma xu (xe) ta wi nubij chi cˈo pa rajawaren ri Dios. 21 Tek riyin xquinapon iwuqˈui, ¿achique niwajoˈ chi nben chiwe? ¿Riyix niwajoˈ cami chi yibechapon chiwe ruma ma utz ta ri icˈaslen icˈuan, o niwajoˈ chi yinapon iwuqˈui riqˈui ajowabel y chˈuchˈujil?

The Nature of True Apostleship

This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants(A) of Christ and as those entrusted(B) with the mysteries(C) God has revealed. Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. My conscience(D) is clear, but that does not make me innocent.(E) It is the Lord who judges me.(F) Therefore judge nothing(G) before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes.(H) He will bring to light(I) what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.(J)

Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, “Do not go beyond what is written.”(K) Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over against the other.(L) For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive?(M) And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich!(N) You have begun to reign—and that without us! How I wish that you really had begun to reign so that we also might reign with you! For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die(O) in the arena. We have been made a spectacle(P) to the whole universe, to angels as well as to human beings. 10 We are fools for Christ,(Q) but you are so wise in Christ!(R) We are weak, but you are strong!(S) You are honored, we are dishonored! 11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.(T) 12 We work hard with our own hands.(U) When we are cursed, we bless;(V) when we are persecuted,(W) we endure it; 13 when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage(X) of the world—right up to this moment.

Paul’s Appeal and Warning

14 I am writing this not to shame you(Y) but to warn you as my dear children.(Z) 15 Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father(AA) through the gospel.(AB) 16 Therefore I urge you to imitate me.(AC) 17 For this reason I have sent to you(AD) Timothy,(AE) my son(AF) whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.(AG)

18 Some of you have become arrogant,(AH) as if I were not coming to you.(AI) 19 But I will come to you very soon,(AJ) if the Lord is willing,(AK) and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have. 20 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of(AL) talk but of power.(AM) 21 What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline,(AN) or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit?