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Pablo nomanahuiya ixpan Agripa

26  Ijcuacon Agripa oquijlij Pablo:

―Huelis titlajtos para xmomanahui, tejhua.

Pablo ijcuacon oquitelquetz ima niman opeu tlajtohua ijquin para nomanahuis:

―Tejhua rey Agripa, sanoyej nipaqui pampa aman ninomanahuis mixpan yejhua ica on nochi quech tlajtlamach ica nechteixpanhuiyaj on hebreos. Niman más nipaqui pampa tejhua tiquixmati nochi on quen nohuicaj yejhuan hebreos niman nochi on tlen tlajtlamach ica notencuicuij. Yejhua ica nimitztlajtlanilia cuajli xnechcaqui ican ijyohuilistli.

Pablo oquijtoj quen nemiya ijcuac xe noyolpatlaya

'Nochimej on hebreos quimatztoquej quen ijqui ninohuicaya intzajlan desde ijcuac niconetl. Yejhuamej quimatztoquej quen ninemiya ne nochan niman ne Jerusalén. Yejhuamej no quimatztoquej, niman huelis quiteixpantilisquej ica desde ye huejcahui nifariseo. Tejhuamej yejhuan tifariseos más titohuicaj ipan totlaneltoc xquen on ocsequimej hebreos. Niman aman nechyolcuitiaj san ipampa on tlamachalistli yejhuan nicpia ica Dios quinyolihuitis on mimiquej ijcon quen yoquimijlijcaj on toachtojtajhuan. On majtlactli huan ome families yejhuan hualehuaj itech toachtojtaj Israel quichixtoquej para tenquisas ipromesa Dios chica quitequipanohuaj ican tonajli niman ican yejhuajli. Yejhua ica in tlamachalistli yejhuan nicpia, tejhua rey Agripa, aman nechteixpanhuiaj on hebreos. ¿Man tlica nemejhuamej xnenquineltocaj ica Dios huelis quichihuas para quinyolihuitis on mimiquej?

Pablo oquijtoj quen ijqui quintlahuelitiya niman quintlajyohuiltiaya on tlaneltocaquej

'Sa no nejhua nicnemiliaya ica oncatca para niquinchihuilis miyec tlajtlamach tlen xcuajli on yejhuan quineltocaj Jesús yejhuan hualehua Nazaret. 10 Niman ijqui onicchiu ne Jerusalén. Ican intlanahuatil on yejhuan tlayecanquej intech on tiopixquej, miyequej teyaxcahuan itech Dios niquintzajtzacuaya. Niman nejhua no tehuan onicmat para ma quinmictican. 11 Miyecpa nejhua niquintlahuelitaya niman niquintlajyohuiltiaya ne ipan on tiopantin pampa nicnequiya ma quinenequican intlaneltoc. Niman ica sanoyej nechcualaniayaj, miyecan niquintejtemojtinemiya para niquintlajyohuiltis.

Pablo ocsejpa oquiteijlij quen ijqui onoyolcuep

12 'Niman ipan se tonajli niaya ne ipan on hueyican itoca Damasco para niconminanasquia on yejhuan quineltocaj Jesús. Ijquin niaya ican on amatlanahuatiltin yejhuan on tlayecanquej intech on tiopixquej onechmacaquej. 13 Quemaj canaj tlacualispan, oh rey, chica niajtiaya ipan nojhui, oniquitac se tlahuijli yejhuan ohualeu ne ilhuicac. On tlahuijli más sanoyej petlaniya xquen on itlahuil tonaltzintli. Niman noyehualican opetlan niman no inyehualican on yejhuan nohuan yayaj. 14 Quemaj tinochimej otihuetzquej ipan tlajli. Niman nejhua onicac se tlajtojli yejhuan nechijliaya ican tlajtojli hebreo: “Saulo, Saulo, ¿tlica tinechtlahuelita niman tinechtlajyohuiltia? Sa no tejhua timococohua sa no ijqui quen on huacax quichihua ijcuac quitelicsa icuatipan on yejhuan ica quitzopiniaj.” 15 Ijcuacon oniquijtoj: “¿Aquin tejhua Señor?” Niman on toTeco onechijlij: “Nejhua niJesús on yejhuan tejhua tictlahueltocatinemi. 16 Aman xmotelquetz, pampa nejhua yonimitztlapejpenij para tejhua tinechtequipanos niman para tejhua ticteixpantilis on tlajtlamach on tlen noca yotiquitac niman on tlen noca tiquitas. 17 Nejhua nimitzmanahuis intech on hebreos niman intech on yejhuan xhebreos, yejhuan aman intech nimitztitlani. 18 Nejhua intech nimitztitlani para tiquintitis on tlen melahuac. Ijcon, tej, tiquintitis para huelisquej xoc yasquej ipan on ojtli yejhuan quinhuica para ipan miquisquej, yej para huelis cajsisquej on ojtli yejhuan quinhuica itech temaquixtilistli. No ijqui, tej, tiquintitis para ma ca sa ma quinyecana ipoder on Satanás, yej ma quicuitlapanhuican Dios. Ijcon, tej, nochimej on yejhuan nechneltocaj quiselisquej on tetlapojpolhuilistli ica on intlajtlacol niman se chanyotl intzajlan on yolchipajquej.”

Pablo otlajtoj ica itequiu

19 'Yejhua ica, tejhua rey Agripa, onictlacamat itlajtol Jesús yejhuan ne ilhuicac ohualeu. 20 Achtoj oniaj ne intech on yejhuan nemij ne Damasco, quemaj intech on yejhuan nemij ne Jerusalén niman quemaj oniaj ipan nochi iregión Judea niman no intech on yejhuan xhebreos. Onictemachtij para ma cajcahuacan ica quichihua on tlen xcuajli niman para ma quicuitlapanhuican Dios, niman ma quichihuacan cuajli tlajtlamach yejhuan ica quiteititisquej ica yonoyolpatlaquej. 21 Niman san yejhua ica on onechajsiquej on hebreos ne ipan on hueyi tiopan niman quichihuayaj canica para nechmictisquej. 22 Pampa ica Dios onechpalehuij hasta ipan in tonajli, niquimixpantilia sanquen on yejhuan xhueyixtoquej niman on yejhuan hueyixtoquej. Niman xqueman itlaj ocse más niquimijlia, yej san on yejhuan on tiotlajtojquej niman Moisés oquijtojquej ica nochihuas. 23 Yejhuamej oquijcuilojquej ica Cristo yejhuan Dios oquitlalij para tlamandaros ye oncatca para tlajyohuis niman ica ijcuac yomic yejhua achtopa yolihuis ne intech on mimiquej, niman quimijlis on yejhuan hebreos niman on yejhuan xhebreos quen ijqui huelis quiselisquej temaquixtilistli.

Pablo oquiyolehuasnec on Agripa para ma tlaneltoca

24 Ijcuac Pablo oquijtoj yejhua in tlajtlamach para nomanahuis, Festo otzajtzic:

―¡Tejhua tiloco, Pablo! Pampa sanoyej yotimomachtij, yotilocojtiac.

25 Pero Pablo oquijlij:

―Nejhua xniloco, hueyixticaj Festo, yej in tlen niquijtohua melahuac niman quipia cajsicamatilistli. 26 Nican nemi in rey Agripa yejhuan cuajli quixmati in tlajtlamach. Xninomojtia para nitlajtohua nican ixpan pampa cuajli nicyolmatzticaj ica yejhua no quimati nochi yejhua in, pampa xonochiu iyanticaj canaj neca campa xomolco. 27 Tejhua rey Agripa, ¿ticneltoca on tlen oquijtojquej on tiotlajtojquej? Nejhua nicmatzticaj ica ticneltoca.

28 Niman Agripa oquijlij:

―¿Ticnemilia ica san ica on quesqui tlajtojli tinechyolehuas para ninocuepas cristiano?

29 Quemaj Pablo oquijtoj:

―Ica quesqui tlajtojli noso tla miyec yesquia, nejhua nictlajtlanilia Dios ica xsan moselti tejhua timocuepasquia cristiano, yej hasta nochimej on yejhuan nechcaquij, aman nocuepasquiaj quen nejhua. Pero xnicnequisquia para no nensalijtiasquiaj ican in teposcadenas quen nejhua.

30 Niman ijcuac otlan quijtohua in tlajtlamach, ohuajnotelquetz on rey, niman on gobernador, niman Berenice, niman on yejhuan tehuan onotlalijcaj ompa. 31 Niman ijcuac onejcuanijquej san oncuaj, otlajtlajtojquej, quijtohuayaj:

―Yejhua in tlacatl xitlaj oquichiu para ica miquis, nion para quitzacuasquej.

32 Niman Agripa oquijlij Festo:

―Yejhua in tlacatl huelisquia ticmacahuasquiaj tla xquitlajtlanisquia para ajsis itech César.

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.