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Oc naj Saulo yeta ebnaj yuninalxa Comam Jesucristo

Caw tzalacano iscˈul naj Saulo yin̈ iscamical naj Esteban. Yin̈ huneˈ tzˈayic tuˈ xin ichico huneˈ niman isyaˈtajil yin̈ macta ayxaco yul iskˈab Comam bey yul con̈ob Jerusalén, hac tuˈ xin yu ispujnato ebnaj. Ay ebnaj tocano yulaj ismajul txˈotxˈ Judea, aypaxo ebnaj tocano yulaj ismajul txˈotxˈ Samaria, cachanxan̈e ebnaj ischejab Comam Jesús cancano bey yul con̈ob Jerusalén tuˈ. Ay xin huntekˈan ebnaj ayco yanma yin̈ Comam caw cˈul iscˈul, haˈ ebnaj tuˈ inito isnimanil naj Esteban mujuj. Caw chˈokˈcanico ebnaj yin̈ isnimanil naj Esteban tuˈ. Wal naj Saulo, caw islahcanico naj istan̈tzenilo ebnaj ayxaco yul iskˈab Comam. Caw beh yoc naj yulaj n̈a, cat istarnilti naj ebnaj winaj yeb ebix ix yul yatut, cat yilaxto preso yu naj Saulo tuˈ.

Pujbalaxicˈo Istzotiˈ Comam Jesús bey Samaria

4-5 Haˈ ebnaj ayxaco yul iskˈab Comam xiwilo bey yul con̈ob Jerusalén tuˈ, nanantaxan̈e bay tocanico ebnaj. Haˈ bay chi‑la‑ecˈ ebnaj tuˈ xin chiyalicˈo ebnaj Tzotiˈ cˈul yet colbanile. Xol ebnaj tuˈ, ay huneˈ naj Felipe isbi. Haˈ naj tuˈ apni yul huneˈ niman con̈ob ay yul ismajul Samaria. Istzabnico naj yalnicˈo Istzotiˈ Comam Cristo xol anma bey tuˈ. Caw yabe anma sunil tzettaj chal naj Felipe tuˈ. Yilnipaxo anma huntekˈan cˈaybalcˈule isye naj xol anma. Caw hantan̈e anma ayco ischejab naj matzwalil yin̈ cawxicaniloj. Hayet chielcano ebnaj yin̈ anma tuˈ caw chiel yaw. Caw ay anma camnajilo isnimanil, yeb anma mach chu isbelwi, caw watxˈican̈ yu naj Felipe tuˈ. Yu tzet iswatxˈe naj Felipe, caw tzalacan̈ iscˈul sunil anma yul huneˈ niman con̈ob tuˈ yul ismajul Samaria.

Ay huneˈ naj yul con̈ob tuˈ chiyij Simón, nawal naj; payxa ichiti yakˈni subchaho naj anma, caw ay yelapno ye naj yalni. 10 Caw xin chiyaco yanma anma yin̈ naj, cat yabelax tzet chal naj. Sunil anma machi yelapno yehi yeb anma caw ay yelapno yehi, chalni yin̈ naj hacaˈ tiˈ:

―Haˈ naj Simón tiˈ, haˈ naj huneˈ niman yip Comam Dios, ẍi anma yin̈ naj.

11 Caw chahcanico anma yanma yin̈ naj Simón tuˈ, caw xin payxa ichico naj yetan anma, chalni anma tato caw tzˈajan iscˈul naj. 12 Yalni naj Felipe Istzotiˈ Comam Jesucristo xol anma. Haxa yet yalni naj yin̈ tzet chu yoc anma yul iskˈab Comam Dios caw txˈiˈal ebnaj winaj yeb ebix ix yayto yul yanma yin̈ tzet chal naj. Lahwi tuˈ xin, yahcano haˈ iswiˈ. 13 Yaj xin yapaxayto naj Simón tuˈ yul yanma yin̈ tzet yal naj Felipe tuˈ, yahcano haˈ iswiˈ naj. Lahwi yahcano haˈ iswiˈ naj, yoc tzujno naj yinta naj Felipe. Ay xin huntekˈan nimeta cˈaybalcˈule isye naj Felipe, caw cˈaycan̈ iscˈul naj Simón tuˈ yet yilni naj.

14 Yet yaben ebnaj ischejab Comam Jesús bey Jerusalén tato ay anma bey yul con̈ob Samaria chahni Istzotiˈ Comam Dios yul yanma, ischejnito ebnaj naj Pedro yeb naj Juan istucleno ebnaj ayxaco yul iskˈab Comam bey yul ismajul Samaria tuˈ. 15 Yet yapni ebnaj cawan̈ tuˈ, yoc ebnaj txahlo yeb anma ayxaco yul iskˈab Comam yun̈e ischahnicano Comam Espíritu Santo yul yanma, 16 yuto maẍto huno ebnaj chichahni Comam Espíritu Santo, cachann̈e yin̈ isbi Comam Jesucristo ahcano haˈ iswiˈ ebnaj. 17 Yanayo naj Pedro yeb naj Juan tuˈ iskˈab yiban̈ iswiˈ ebnaj yet istxahli ebnaj. Hac tuˈ yu ischahnicano ebnaj Comam Espíritu Santo yul yanma.

18 Yet yilni naj Simón tato yet chiyanayo ebnaj iskˈab yiban̈ iswiˈ ebnaj ayxaco yul iskˈab Comam tuˈ, cat ischahnicano ebnaj Comam Espíritu Santo, yalten naj Simón melyu tet ebnaj ischejab Comam tuˈ.

19 Yalni naj hacaˈ tiˈ:

―Akˈwecano huneˈ heyip tiˈ wetan haxinwal macxan̈eticˈa hunu mac chiwahto inkˈaban yin̈ iswiˈ, cat ischahnicano Comam Espíritu Santo, ẍi naj tet ebnaj cawan̈ tuˈ.

20 Yalni naj Pedro:

―Hunn̈ehojab chu hatan̈ilo yeb hamelyu tiˈ yuto chatxumu tato hunu tzet chiyakˈ Comam Dios jet chiyu colokˈni. 21 Caw mach chu hawoc yin̈ huneˈ tzet chijutiˈan̈, yuto haˈ ismachiswalil chiˈecˈ yul hawanma yul sat Comam Dios. 22 Wal tinan̈ na haba, bejcano huneˈ hamachiswalilal tiˈ. Kˈan nimancˈulal tawin̈ tet Comam Dios, yuto aytotaxca nimancˈulal yu Comam tawin̈ yin̈ tzet chˈecˈ yul hawanma tiˈ. 23 Yuto chiwilan tato caw chichiwaco hacˈul hawilni yin̈ tzet chicowatxˈetiˈan̈, haˈ ton xin huneˈ istxˈojal tiˈ cˈaln̈e hachayoj, ẍi naj Pedro tuˈ tet naj Simón.

24 Istakˈwi naj Simón tuˈ:

―Caw chinkˈanan teyet, kˈanwe nimancˈulal win̈an tet Comam Dios, haxinwal machi huno isyaˈtajil chihul wiban̈an yu Comam, ẍi naj tet ebnaj.

25 Lahwi yalnicˈo naj Pedro yeb naj Juan yin̈ej tzettaj ye tuˈ ilbilcano yu ebnaj yin̈ tzet iswatxˈe Comam Jesucristo, yeb cuybanil yin̈ Comam, ispaxto ebnaj Jerusalén; caw hantan̈e yaldeahil Samaria bay ecˈ ebnaj yalaˈcˈo Istzotiˈ Comam Jesús.

Naj Felipe yeb huneˈ naj ah Etiopía

26 Ay huneˈ yángel Comam Dios halni tet naj Felipe hacaˈ tiˈ:

―Asiˈ bey sur, cat hato yul beh chitit bey Jerusalén, huneˈ chiapni yul con̈ob Gaza, ẍi naj ángel tet naj. Huneˈ beh tuˈ xin chiecˈ sat txˈotxˈ desierto. 27 Yoc naj Felipe yin̈ isbel isto naj. Istzujcha huneˈ naj ah Etiopía yul beh yu naj. Haˈ huneˈ naj tuˈ eunuco naj, yahawil yeco naj yu huneˈ ix reina chiyij Candace, yin̈ iscˈuban ismelyu ix. Ispeto naj yul con̈ob Jerusalén yu yinayo isba tet Comam Dios. 28 Ayahto naj yul iscaret, lan̈an xin yilni naj cuybanile tzˈibn̈ebilcano yu naj Isaías, huneˈ naj ischejab Comam Dios yet payat.

29 Yalni Comam Espíritu Santo tet naj Felipe hacaˈ tiˈ:

―Hitzan̈ico iscˈatan̈ huneˈ teˈ caret tuˈ, ẍi tet naj.

30 Isto naj yin̈ an̈e. Yet yapni naj iscˈatan̈ teˈ caret tuˈ yaben naj tato lan̈an yilni naj huntekˈan cuybanile tzˈibn̈ebilcano yu naj Isaías. Yalni naj Felipe tuˈ tet naj:

―¿Chimtxumchalo hawu tzet lan̈an hawilni tiˈ? ẍi naj.

31 Yalni naj ah Etiopía tuˈ xin:

―¿Tzet chu intxumnilojan tato machi hunu mac chihalni wetan tzet chaliloj? Ahan̈ti yul caret incˈatan̈tiˈan, cat xin hawalni wetan tzet chaliloj, ẍi naj eunuco tet naj Felipe.

32 Hac tiˈ chute yalni teˈ Hum bay lan̈an yilni naj:
    Hacaˈ hunu noˈ meˈ chiilaxto camoj, hac tuˈ chiyu yilaxotoj. Hacaˈ chu hunu noˈ nichˈan meˈ matzet chala yet chiilaxilo xil, hac tuˈ chiyuteˈ isba, machi huno tzotiˈ chiahti yul istiˈ.
33     Caw txˈixobal chˈutelaxi, machi hunu mac chiwatxˈen istoholal yin̈. Machi hunu mac chu yalni hanta istxˈojal anma yet aycˈo naj yul sat yiban̈kˈinal tiˈ, ẍi Yum Comam Dios.

34 Lahwi tuˈ xin iskˈambenilo naj ah Etiopía tet naj Felipe:

―Hal wetan, ¿mac yin̈ chitzotel huneˈ naj ischejab Comam Dios tiˈ? ¿Tom yin̈ naj Isaías tiˈ chitzoteli, mato nan mac bay chitzotel tiˈ? ẍi naj tet naj Felipe.

35 Yichico naj Felipe yalnilo mac yin̈ chitzotel huneˈ Hum tuˈ. Yalni naj ta yin̈ Tzotiˈ cˈul yet Comam Jesucristo chitzoteli. 36 Hayet ayco ebnaj yin̈ isbel tuˈ xin, yapni ebnaj bey huneˈ ha haˈ, yuxin yal naj ah Etiopía tuˈ tet naj Felipe hacaˈ tiˈ:

―Ay huneˈ haˈ bey tiˈ lah, ¿cˈulmi yahcano haˈ inwiˈan tinan̈? ẍi naj tet naj Felipe tuˈ. 37 Yalni naj Felipe tuˈ:

―Chuhi tato caw yeli chawayto yul hawanma, ẍi naj. Istakˈwican̈ naj:

―Caw chiwayto yul wanmahan tato caw yeli Iscˈahol Comam Dios ye Comam Jesucristo tuˈ, ẍi naj.

38 Lahwi tuˈ xin, ischejni naj ah Etiopía islin̈balax iscaret. Yayto ebnaj iscawan̈il xol haˈ, yah haˈ iswiˈ naj. 39 Yet lahwi yahcanti ebnaj xol haˈ tuˈ, yin̈ hamataj yilaxto naj Felipe yu Comam Espíritu Santo, maẍticˈa yil naj ah Etiopía tuˈ baytuˈwal caw istoco naj Felipe. Toxan̈e caw chitzala naj yet yoc naj yin̈ isbel hunelxa. 40 Hayet yilniti naj Felipe tuˈ, haxa yul huneˈ con̈ob chiyij Azoto ay naj. Istzabnico naj ispujbanicˈo Tzotiˈ cˈul yet colbanile yulajla con̈ob masan apni naj yul con̈ob Cesarea.

And Saul(A) approved of their killing him.

The Church Persecuted and Scattered

On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered(B) throughout Judea and Samaria.(C) Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. But Saul(D) began to destroy the church.(E) Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.

Philip in Samaria

Those who had been scattered(F) preached the word wherever they went.(G) Philip(H) went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there. When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said. For with shrieks, impure spirits came out of many,(I) and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.(J) So there was great joy in that city.

Simon the Sorcerer

Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery(K) in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,(L) 10 and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.”(M) 11 They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery. 12 But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God(N) and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized,(O) both men and women. 13 Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles(P) he saw.

14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria(Q) had accepted the word of God,(R) they sent Peter and John(S) to Samaria. 15 When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit,(T) 16 because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them;(U) they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.(V) 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them,(W) and they received the Holy Spirit.(X)

18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money 19 and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

20 Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!(Y) 21 You have no part or share(Z) in this ministry, because your heart is not right(AA) before God. 22 Repent(AB) of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. 23 For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.”

24 Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me(AC) so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

25 After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord(AD) and testified about Jesus, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.(AE)

Philip and the Ethiopian

26 Now an angel(AF) of the Lord said to Philip,(AG) “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian[a](AH) eunuch,(AI) an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,(AJ) 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. 29 The Spirit told(AK) Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”

30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading:

“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
    and as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice.
    Who can speak of his descendants?
    For his life was taken from the earth.”[b](AL)

34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” 35 Then Philip began(AM) with that very passage of Scripture(AN) and told him the good news(AO) about Jesus.

36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?”(AP) [37] [c] 38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away,(AQ) and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns(AR) until he reached Caesarea.(AS)

Footnotes

  1. Acts 8:27 That is, from the southern Nile region
  2. Acts 8:33 Isaiah 53:7,8 (see Septuagint)
  3. Acts 8:37 Some manuscripts include here Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” The eunuch answered, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”