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Yet iscolni isba naj Pablo yin̈ sat naj rey Agripa

26  Lahwi tuˈ xin, yalni naj rey Agripa tet naj Pablo hacaˈ tiˈ:

―Wal tinan̈ chisje hatzoteli yu hacolni haba, ẍi naj. Yanican̈ iskˈab naj Pablo tuˈ, yoc naj tzotelo hacaˈ tiˈ:

―Caw chitzala incˈulal yuto chawakˈ hamanil wetan wocan tzotelo tawet, mam rey Agripa, cat incolni inbahan yin̈ sunil tzet chiyal ebnaj jet con̈ob Israel win̈an. Yuto hach tiˈ caw hawohta coley han̈on̈ Israel hon̈ tiˈ, yeb xin sunil tzettaj chicowatxˈe. Yuxin caw chinkˈanan tawet tato caw niman chawute hacˈul hawaben nino tzet chiwalan, ẍi naj Pablo.

Yal naj Pablo isbeybal yet maẍto chischayto naj Comam yul yanma

Yalnipaxo naj Pablo:

―Caw sunil ebnaj Israel ohtan̈e tzet inbeybalan yet inchˈibcan̈an yul incon̈oban yeb xin yet ayinan yul con̈ob Jerusalén. Caw xin yohtapaxo ebnaj, yeb xin ta chisje iscˈul ebnaj chisje yalni ebnaj ta yettaxticˈa tzehinan, caw fariseo inan. Ebnaj fariseo tuˈ xin, ecˈna caw yijem ebnaj yin̈ tzet chal coreligión. Tinan̈ xin maquinyitijan ebnaj sata ley tiˈ, yuto chicawxi wanmahan yin̈ tzet haltebilcano yu Comam tet ebnaj jichmam tato chiitzitzbican̈ anma camom yu Comam. Haˈ ebnaj cablahon̈eb majan Israel, haˈ ebnaj xin chiˈechman yijni isba tzet halbilcano yu Comam; yuxin chiyiyo isba ebnaj tet Comam hunun tzˈayic yeb hunun akˈbal cat isyijen ebnaj tzet chiyal Comam. Yaj yin̈ huneˈ halbil yu Comam, haˈ bay chicawxi wanmatiˈan, mam rey Agripa, haˈ xin chiyaco ebnaj Israel tiˈ inmulojan tinan̈. Wal xin hex Israel hex tiˈ, ¿tzet yin̈ xin mach cheyayto yul heyanma tato chiitzitzbican̈ anma camom? ẍi naj Pablo tuˈ.

Yet yalni naj Pablo tzet yu istzumbenicˈo naj anma ayxaco yul iskˈab Comam

Yalnipaxo naj Pablo:

―Yet yalan̈tocano tuˈ, oc yin̈ innabalan wocan incachnojan anma yun̈e mach chischayto Comam Jesús ah Nazaret yul yanma. 10 Hac tuˈ xin wutehan yul con̈ob Jerusalén yu huneˈ wipan akˈbil yu ebnaj yahawil sacerdote, yuxin hantan̈e anma chahn̈e Comam Jesucristo yul yanma, wactojan yul preso; caw xin haˈ huninan walan ta chipotxˈlax ebnaj. 11 Caw txˈiˈal el wacojan ebnaj yin̈ isyaˈtajil yun̈e yinilo isba ebnaj yin̈ Comam. Huntekˈan tiˈ inwatxˈehan yul sunil iscapilla ebnaj Israel. Caw xin waco inhowalan yin̈ ebnaj yuxin quinbeypaxojan yulaj nan con̈obal wakˈacojan ebnaj ayxaco yul iskˈab Comam yin̈ isyaˈtajil, ẍi naj Pablo.

Yet yalni naj Pablo hunelxa tzet yu ischahnayto naj Comam Jesús yul yanma

12 Yalnipaxo naj Pablo:

―Haˈ ton huneˈ tuˈ caw nabil wuhan yuxin quintohan yul con̈ob Damasco ikˈbil teˈ carta yakˈ ebnaj yahawil sacerdote Israel wetan, yun̈e caw ay wipan wecˈan. 13 Yaj haxa yul beh xin mam rey, yin̈mi chuman tzˈayic, yayilo jopna huneˈ issajilkˈinal wiban̈an yeb ebnaj tzujan win̈tajan. Caw ecˈna caw ay yip iskˈakˈal huneˈ sajilkˈinal tuˈ yiban̈ yoj tzˈayic. 14 Hac tuˈ xin caw cosunilan̈ con̈aycˈayan̈ sat txˈotxˈ. Wabenan huneˈ yul nukˈe halni wetan yul abxubal hebreo hacaˈ tiˈ: “Saulo, Saulo, ¿tzet yin̈ yuxin chinhatzumbecˈojan? Hach caw ach, chawakˈ lahwo haba hacaˈ hunu noˈ wacax chixan̈wa yin̈ hunu te teˈ kˈakˈiˈ iswiˈ,” ẍi wetan.

15 Lahwi tuˈ xin walnihan: “¿Mac anmahilhach, Mamin?” quinchiyan. Yalni Comam wetan xin: “Hanintiˈan, Jesús inan, huneˈ ayachico hasaynicˈoj. 16 Wal xin ahan̈lin̈noj. Manyecan̈ inbahan tawet yun̈e hayijen tzet chiwalan cat xin hawalnicˈo huneˈ maxawil tiˈ tinan̈, yebpaxo xin tzettaj chi‑to‑inyeban tawet. 17 Chaẍincolan tet ebnaj Israel, yeb xin tet ebnaj nan con̈obal bay chaẍinchejtojan tinan̈. 18 Chaẍwatojan xol anma tuˈ yun̈e hato hawakˈno hajloho sat, yeb xin yun̈e matxa chislahico isbelwi xol kˈejholo, to haxa xol issajilkˈinal chˈeqˈui. Yebpaxo xin yun̈e matxa chislahico isyijen tzet chiyal naj matzwalil, haxa tzet chal Comam Dios haˈ chiswatxˈe, cat xin quinischahnaytojan yul yanma cat yakˈlax nimancˈulal yin̈ ismul, cat ischahnipaxo ismajul xol anma saybilxa yu Comam Dios, ẍi Comam Jesús wetan,” ẍi naj Pablo tuˈ.

Yal naj Pablo tato isyije naj tzet yal Comam Jesús

19 Yalnipaxo naj Pablo:

―Yuxin mam rey Agripa, maẍticˈa inman̈cˈohan huneˈ tzotiˈ tit wetan yul satcan̈ tuˈ, yet isyenico isba yin̈ insatan yin̈ sajsatil. 20 To caw babel walicˈojan Istzotiˈ Comam xol anma ay yul con̈ob Damasco, lahwi tuˈ intohan walnocˈojan xol anma ay yul con̈ob Jerusalén yeb yul ismajul Judea, yebpaxo xol anma mach Israeloj, yun̈e isbejnicano isbeybal txˈoj ikˈbilticˈa yu, cat ismeltzoco iswatxˈen tzet chiyoche iscˈul Comam Dios, cat yocpaxo anma tuˈ iswatxˈen iscˈulal, haˈ xin chiyeniloj tato helbilxa isbeybal anma tuˈ. 21 Yu ton huneˈ tuˈ, yuxin quinistzabayojan ebnaj Israel yul yatut Comam Dios, quinyanicojan ebnaj preso, caw xin yoche ebnaj quinispotxˈoˈan. 22 Yaj yu iscolwal Comam Dios, yuxinto lin̈anintohan tinan̈ yin̈ walnicˈojan Istzotiˈ Comam tet sunil anma; tet anma comon yeb xin tet anma caw ay yelapno yehi. Caw maẍticˈa hunelo inhelan tzet walan, to han̈echˈan tzet yal ischejab Comam Dios yet payat yeb xin jichmam Moisés; huntekˈan yilal yijni isba, haˈ walicˈojan, 23 tato caw yilal yaben Comam Jesucristo Cocolomal isyaˈtajil, yeb xin ta chicampaxoj. Haˈ xin babel chiitzitzbican̈ xol anma camom, yun̈e yalnicˈoj tato ay iscolbanil anma Israel yeb xin anma mach Israeloj. Haˈ huneˈ yal tuˈ, haˈ ton issajilkˈinal, ẍi naj Pablo.

Yal naj Pablo tet naj rey Agripa tato chischah naj Comam Jesucristo

24 Yet yalni naj Pablo huntekˈan tzotiˈ tuˈ iscolbaniloj, yah yaw naj Festo hacaˈ tiˈ:

―¡Caw loco hachxa ach Pablo! Yu tzetcˈaxa chacuycanoj yuxin chaẍpaqˈui locohal, ẍi naj.

25 Istakˈwican̈ naj Pablo:

―Mach locohojinan mam Festo, wal xin haˈ tzet chiwaltiˈan caw cˈul, caw yelpaxoj. 26 Yaˈ rey Agripa tiˈ caw yohta yaˈ sunil huntekˈan tiˈ, yuxin caw sunil wanmahan chintzotelan yin̈ sat yaˈ, yuto caw wohtajan tato caw yohta yaˈ sunil tuˈ yuto mach ewantajo yehi. 27 ¿Chimhawayto yul hawanma mam rey Agripa huntekˈan yal ebnaj ischejab Comam Dios payat tuˈ? Wal xin, caw wohtajan tato chawayto yul hawanma, ẍi naj Pablo tuˈ.

28 Yalni naj rey Agripa tuˈ xin:

―¿Ham hawalni ta yu nichˈan tzet chawal tiˈ chinocan Cristianohal hawu? ẍi naj.

29 Istakˈwipaxo naj Pablo:

―Wal xin walca yu nichˈan tzotiˈ maca yu niman tzotiˈ chiwalan teyet, tzettam sakˈal tato chˈel yin̈ iscˈul Comam Dios, ta maẍn̈etajach, to sunilojab anma lan̈an yaben tiˈ chichahnayto yul yanma, cat yoc hacaˈ intiˈan, yajaˈ tan̈e mach chicˈallaxayo yu chˈen cadena hacaˈ wetiˈan, ẍi naj Pablo.

30 Lahwi yalnicano naj Pablo huntekˈan tuˈ xin, yah lemna naj rey Agripa, yeb naj gobernador, yeb ix Berenice, yeb xin sunil anma tzˈon̈an bey tuˈ. 31 Ishecˈnilo isba ebnaj tzotelo ischuquil yin̈ huneˈ tuˈ, leyalni ebnaj hacaˈ tiˈ:

―Huneˈ naj tiˈ caw maẍticˈa nichˈano ismul naj chikˈanni camical yin̈, yeb caw mach yeto ay naj yocto yul teˈ preso, ẍi ebnaj.

32 Yalni naj rey Agripa tuˈ tet naj Festo:

―Chisje cobejtzon naj tato maẍto chiskˈanto isba naj yin̈ sat yaˈ jahaw ay bey Roma, yajaˈ haˈ tuˈ choche naj chˈillaxi tzet chˈelico naj yalni, ẍi naj.

26 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.”(A)

So Paul motioned with his hand(B) and began his defense: “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you(C) today as I make my defense against all the accusations of the Jews,(D) and especially so because you are well acquainted with all the Jewish customs(E) and controversies.(F) Therefore, I beg you to listen to me patiently.

“The Jewish people all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child,(G) from the beginning of my life in my own country, and also in Jerusalem. They have known me for a long time(H) and can testify, if they are willing, that I conformed to the strictest sect(I) of our religion, living as a Pharisee.(J) And now it is because of my hope(K) in what God has promised our ancestors(L) that I am on trial today. This is the promise our twelve tribes(M) are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night.(N) King Agrippa, it is because of this hope that these Jews are accusing me.(O) Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?(P)

“I too was convinced(Q) that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose(R) the name of Jesus of Nazareth.(S) 10 And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people(T) in prison,(U) and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.(V) 11 Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished,(W) and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities.

12 “On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. 13 About noon, King Agrippa, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions. 14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice(X) saying to me in Aramaic,[a](Y) ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

15 “Then I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’

‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied. 16 ‘Now get up and stand on your feet.(Z) I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me.(AA) 17 I will rescue you(AB) from your own people and from the Gentiles.(AC) I am sending you to them 18 to open their eyes(AD) and turn them from darkness to light,(AE) and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins(AF) and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’(AG)

19 “So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient(AH) to the vision from heaven. 20 First to those in Damascus,(AI) then to those in Jerusalem(AJ) and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles,(AK) I preached that they should repent(AL) and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.(AM) 21 That is why some Jews seized me(AN) in the temple courts and tried to kill me.(AO) 22 But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen(AP) 23 that the Messiah would suffer(AQ) and, as the first to rise from the dead,(AR) would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.”(AS)

24 At this point Festus interrupted Paul’s defense. “You are out of your mind,(AT) Paul!” he shouted. “Your great learning(AU) is driving you insane.”

25 “I am not insane, most excellent(AV) Festus,” Paul replied. “What I am saying is true and reasonable. 26 The king is familiar with these things,(AW) and I can speak freely to him. I am convinced that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner. 27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”

28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?”(AX)

29 Paul replied, “Short time or long—I pray to God that not only you but all who are listening to me today may become what I am, except for these chains.”(AY)

30 The king rose, and with him the governor and Bernice(AZ) and those sitting with them. 31 After they left the room, they began saying to one another, “This man is not doing anything that deserves death or imprisonment.”(BA)

32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free(BB) if he had not appealed to Caesar.”(BC)

Footnotes

  1. Acts 26:14 Or Hebrew

26 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:

I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:

Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;

Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God, unto our fathers:

Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.

14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,

18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.

22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:

23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.

26 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.

27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.

28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:

31 And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.