Acts 7
1 The high priest said, “Are these things so?”
Ri kinimal ri chꞌawenelabꞌ cho ri Dios xuta che ri Esteban: ¿La qas tzij we kabꞌix chawe?
2 He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
Ri Esteban xubꞌij: Kꞌamal taq bꞌe xuqujeꞌ wachalal, chinitampeꞌ. Ri loqꞌalaj qaDios xukꞌut ribꞌ choch ri qamam Abraham pa ri tinimit Mesopotamia are majaꞌ keꞌ pa tinimit Harán.
3 and said to him, ‘Get out of your land and away from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.’
Ri Dios xubꞌij che: “Chaya kan ri kitinimit ri aꞌmam, xuqujeꞌ ri atat anan, jat pa ri ulew ri kinkꞌut chawach.”
4 Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land where you are now living.
Xel kꞌu bꞌik ri Abraham pa ri kitinimit ri Caldeos, xkꞌojiꞌ na pa tinimit Harán, xkam na kanoq ri utat kꞌa te riꞌ xkꞌam loq rumal ri Dios waral pa we tinimit ri ix kꞌo wi chanim.
5 He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his offspring after him, when he still had no child.
Man xya ta kꞌu chꞌaqaꞌp rulew che rechabꞌal waral, xa ta ne nitzꞌ xa kꞌu xbꞌix che chi jun qꞌijal na ronojel we ulew riꞌ kayaꞌtaj na che ri Abraham xuqujeꞌ chike ri e rijaꞌl.
6 God spoke in this way: that his offspring would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
Xuqujeꞌ xubꞌij ri Dios che chi ri e rijaꞌl kekꞌojiꞌ na pa jun tinimit chik ri man kitinimit taj, kabꞌan na kꞌax chike, kajibꞌ ciento junabꞌ kuꞌx na e patanijelabꞌ ke nikꞌaj winaq chik,
7 ‘I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,’ said God, ‘and after that they will come out and serve me in this place.’
kinqꞌat kꞌu na tzij pa kiwiꞌ ri tinimit ri kabꞌanow kꞌax chike ri nutinimit, keꞌl kꞌu na loq pa ri tinimit riꞌ rech kinulkiqꞌijilaꞌj pa we kꞌolibꞌal riꞌ.
8 He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.
Xuqujeꞌ che ri qꞌij riꞌ ri Dios xubꞌan jun chꞌekom tzij rukꞌ ri Abraham chi rajawaxik kokisax ketal konojel ri achyabꞌ aꞌj Israel. Rumal riꞌ are xkꞌojiꞌ ri ukꞌojol ri Abraham, ri Isaac, wajxaqibꞌ qꞌij chik alaxinaq, are xokisax retal, je xuqujeꞌ xubꞌan ri Isaac che ri ukꞌojol Jacob, xuqujeꞌ je xubꞌan ri Jacob chike konojel ri e ralkꞌwaꞌl aꞌre waꞌ ri e kitat ri e kabꞌlajuj wok winaq rech ri tinimit Israel.
9 “The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him
Ri kabꞌlajuj wok winaq rech Israel rumal ri koyawal xkikꞌayij bꞌik jun chike ri qamam ubꞌiꞌnam José, jun chike ri wok winaq, kꞌax xkinaꞌ che ri kachalal rumal riꞌ xkikꞌayij bꞌik rech kux jun taqoꞌn pa Egipto, pune jeriꞌ ri Dios xkꞌojiꞌ rukꞌ ri José.
10 and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
Xutoꞌ pa ronojel ri kꞌaxkꞌolal ri xuriqo. Xuya unoꞌj, xuya nimalaj retaꞌmabꞌal rumal riꞌ, ri Faraón nim taqanel pa Egipto xukoj ri José che qꞌatal tzij puꞌwiꞌ ronojel Egipto, xuqujeꞌ xukoj che taqanel pa ri rachoch.
11 Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
Xpe kꞌu wiꞌjal pa Egipto xuqujeꞌ pa Canaán, ri xukꞌam loq nimalaj kꞌax, xkinaꞌ kꞌu numik ri e qamam.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
Ri Jacob are xuto chi kꞌa kꞌo tiriko pa Egipto xuꞌtaq bꞌik ri uꞌkꞌojol je laꞌ (ri e qamam) rech xeꞌkiloqꞌo loq jubꞌiqꞌ ke.
13 On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family was revealed to Pharaoh.
Are xebꞌe chukamul, ri José xuqꞌalajisaj ribꞌ chikiwach ri e rachalal, xuqujeꞌ xuꞌkꞌut cho ri Faraón.
14 Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
Xtaqan kꞌu ri José chukꞌamik ri utat Jacob, xuqujeꞌ konojel ri e rachalal. E oxkꞌal olajuj winaq chkonojel.
15 Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers;
Xaq jeriꞌ xeꞌ ri Jacob pa Egipto. Chilaꞌ xkam wi, chilaꞌ xuqujeꞌ xekam wi konojel ri e qamam.
16 and they were brought back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.
Ri kibꞌaqil xmuq kan pa Siquem, pa ri ulew ri uloqꞌom kan ri Abraham chike ri e ralkꞌwaꞌl ri Hamor.
17 “But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
Are jubꞌiqꞌ karaj kuriq ri qꞌotaj rech kakꞌulmataj ri uchiꞌm loq ri Dios rukꞌ ri Abraham, xekꞌiyar ri qawinaq je laꞌ pa Egipto.
18 until there arose a different king who didn’t know Joseph.
Xok kꞌu jun kꞌakꞌ taqanel pa Egipto ri man xretaꞌmaj ta uwach ri José.
19 The same took advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to abandon their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.
We taqanel riꞌ xubꞌan kꞌax chike ri qawinaq, xuꞌtaqchiꞌj chikitzaqik kan ri nitzꞌ taq kalkꞌwaꞌl rech kekamik.
20 At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome to God. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.
Che taq ri qꞌij riꞌ xalax jun akꞌal ubꞌiꞌ Moisés, jun jeꞌlalaj akꞌal cho ri Dios. Oxibꞌ ikꞌ xkichajij ri utat unan cho ri kachoch.
21 When he was abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and reared him as her own son.
Are xkiya bꞌi we akꞌal riꞌ pa kamikal, ri umiꞌal ri Faraón xuriq ri akꞌal xukꞌiyisaj, xrilo, jer xubꞌan ral che.
22 Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
Xtijox kꞌu ri Moisés rech karetaꞌmaj ronojel ri etaꞌmabꞌal kech ri aꞌj Egipto, xuxik jun kwinel laj achi pa ri uchꞌawem xuqujeꞌ pa ronojel ri xubꞌano.
23 But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
Kawinaq ujunabꞌ ri Moisés are xpe pa ranimaꞌ, xubꞌuꞌsolij ri e rachalal ri tinimit Israel.
24 Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
Are xril ri jun aj Egipto chi tajin kubꞌan kꞌax che jun aj Israel xutoꞌo, xukamisaj ri aj Egipto rumal ri kꞌax ri xubꞌan che ri aj Israel.
25 He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand.
Puꞌkꞌuꞌx ri Moisés chi ri e rach taq aꞌj Israel kakichomaj chi are ri Dios taqowinaq bꞌik che kikolik. Man xkichomaj ta kꞌut.
26 “The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, ‘Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’
Chukabꞌ qꞌij xeꞌril ri Moisés kebꞌ aꞌj Israel tajin kechꞌoꞌjinik, are xraj xuꞌjacho, xubꞌij chike: “¿Jas che kixchꞌoꞌjinik iwachalal iwibꞌ?”
27 But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
Are kꞌu ri tajin kubꞌan kꞌax che ri rachiꞌl, xupaqchiꞌj bꞌik ri Moisés je laꞌ, xubꞌij che: “¿Jas awe che? ¿Jachin xat kojow che taqanel o che qꞌatal tzij pa qawiꞌ?
28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
¿Teꞌq are kawaj kinakamisaj jetaq ri xabꞌan che ri jun aj Egipto?”
29 Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
Are xuta ri Moisés we riꞌ xanimaj bꞌik, xeꞌ pa ri tinimit Madián. Xkꞌojiꞌ chkixoꞌl ri winaq ri man uꞌwinaqil taj. Chilaꞌ xaꞌlax wi e kebꞌ chike ri ukꞌojol.
30 “When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
Are ikꞌowinaq chi kawinaq junabꞌ, jun ángel xukꞌut ribꞌ cho ri Moisés pa nikꞌaj kꞌix kajinow pa qꞌaqꞌ pa ri katzꞌinow ulew chuxukut ri juyubꞌ Sinaí.
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, the voice of the Lord came to him,
Ri Moisés sibꞌalaj xuxiꞌj ribꞌ are xril we jastaq riꞌ, xqet rukꞌ rech qas karil ri tajin kakꞌulmatajik. Xpe kꞌu ri uchꞌabꞌal ri Dios, xubꞌij che:
32 ‘I am the God of your fathers: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Moses trembled and dared not look.
“In riꞌ ri in kiDios ri amam ojer, ri uDios ri Abraham, ri Isaac, xuqujeꞌ ri Jacob”. Ri Moisés are xuta we riꞌ, xuchapleꞌj bꞌiribꞌatem man xukochꞌ ta chik xkaꞌyik.
33 The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
Ri Dios kꞌut xubꞌij che: Chawesaj ri axajabꞌ, rumal chi at kꞌo chinuwach.
34 I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.’
Qas tzij wilom chi ri nutinimit Israel kuriq kꞌax rumal chi ri aꞌj Egipto e kibꞌanom kajchakibꞌ chike xuqujeꞌ nutom ri kichꞌawem kakita tobꞌanik chwe. Rumal waꞌ in petinaq che kitzoqopixik. Xaq jeriꞌ katintaq bꞌik pa ri tinimit Egipto.
35 “This Moses whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
Xaq jeriꞌ ri Dios xutaq bꞌik ri achi ri xketzelaj uwach nabꞌe mul, are xkibꞌij che: ¿Jachin xat kojow che taqanel o che qꞌatal tzij pa qawiꞌ? Xa kꞌu are ri Dios xubꞌan taqanel xuqujeꞌ kꞌamal bꞌe che ri Moisés, rech ri utinimit Israel. Are waꞌ ri xubꞌij ri ángel che, are xukꞌut ribꞌ choch pa ri kꞌix.
36 This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
Ri Moisés xresaj loq ri tinimit Israel pa Egipto rukꞌ kꞌutbꞌal xuqujeꞌ mayijabꞌal taq jastaq. Xukꞌam kibꞌe pa ri plo xuqujeꞌ xukꞌam kibꞌe kawinaq junabꞌ pa ri katzꞌinow ulew.
37 This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.’
Ri Moisés xubꞌij chike ri winaq aꞌj Israel: Ri Dios kuchaꞌ na jun chike ri qawinaq, rech kuqꞌalajisaj ri utzij ri Dios jetaq ri kinbꞌan in.
38 This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living revelations to give to us,
Xuqujeꞌ xkꞌojiꞌ kukꞌ ri qamam pa ri katzꞌinow ulew xubꞌij chike ronojel ri tzij rech kꞌaslemal ri xubꞌij ri ángel che pa ri juyubꞌ Sinaí.
39 to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
Are kꞌu ri aꞌj Israel man xeniman taj. Man xkaj taj xkinimaj ri Moisés, are xkaj ketzalij kan pa Egipto.
40 saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.’
Jun qꞌijal kꞌut xkibꞌij ri aꞌj Israel che ri Aarón, rachalal ri Moisés: Ri Moisés xujresaj loq pa ri tinimit Egipto, man qetaꞌm ta kꞌut jas xkꞌulmataj rukꞌ, are katanik chabꞌana jun qadios rech kukꞌam qabꞌe xuqujeꞌ kujuchajij.
41 They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
Xkibꞌan kꞌu jun wakax che kidios, kꞌa te riꞌ xkiqꞌijilaꞌj xuqujeꞌ xkiporoj jastaq choch xuqujeꞌ xeꞌkiꞌkot che ri xkibꞌano.
42 But God turned away and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Rumal riꞌ, ri Dios xutas ribꞌ chike, rumal cher xkichapleꞌj uqꞌijilaꞌxik ri chꞌumil ri e kꞌo cho ri kaj. Ri Dios xubꞌij pa ri kiwuj ri e qꞌalajisal taq utzij ri Dios. Tinimit rech Israel ¿la chwe in xiya wi sipanik xuqujeꞌ la xitzuj aꞌwaj chinuwach ronojel ri kawinaq junabꞌ ri xixkꞌojiꞌ pa ri katzꞌinow ulew?
43 You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship, so I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’
Xa kꞌu xitelelaꞌ ri rachoch ri idios Moloc, xuqujeꞌ ri idios Refán ix xixbꞌanow ri tzꞌaq kꞌa te riꞌ xiꞌqꞌijilaꞌj. Rumal riꞌ kinbꞌan chiꞌwe chi kixkꞌam na bꞌik naj che ri kꞌo wi ri tinimit Babilonia.
44 “Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen;
Ri qamam ojer xkukꞌaꞌj ri Tabernáculo rech ri chꞌekom tzij pa taq ri ulew ri katzꞌinowik. Je xbꞌan chuyakik jetaq ri xbꞌix che ri Moisés rumal ri Dios.
45 which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations whom God drove out before the face of our fathers to the days of David,
Ri Tabernáculo xkikꞌamawaꞌj ri qatat qanan xkikoj rukꞌ ri Josué are xkechabꞌej ri nikꞌaj tinimit chik ri xjach chike rumal ri Dios kꞌa pa taq ri qꞌij rech ri David.
46 who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
Ri David sibꞌalaj xqaj cho ri Dios, rumal riꞌ xubꞌij che ri Dios chi karaj kuyak jun Templo rech ri uDios ri Jacob.
47 But Solomon built him a house.
Are ri Salomón ri ukꞌojol xyakow we ja riꞌ.
48 However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
Ri kwinelalaj Dios kꞌut man kakꞌojiꞌ ta kꞌu pa taq ri ja bꞌanom kumal achyabꞌ, are waꞌ ri xubꞌij chuchiꞌ jun qꞌalajisal utzij:
49 ‘heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?’ says the Lord. ‘Or what is the place of my rest?
Ri kaj are nutꞌuyulibꞌal, ri ulew are nutakꞌalibꞌal. Maj jun kakwinik kuyak jun Templo jawjeꞌ kinuxlan wi.
50 Didn’t my hand make all these things?’
In xintikow ri kaj ulew.
51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
Ri Esteban are jubꞌiqꞌ karaj katoꞌtaj che tzijonem xubꞌij chike ri qꞌatal taq tzij: Ix sibꞌalaj ix kon, man kichꞌobꞌ taj ri utzij ri Dios, xaq ix junam kukꞌ ri imam, amaqꞌel man inimam taj ri Uxlabꞌixel.
52 Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.
Aꞌreꞌ xkibꞌan kꞌax chike ri e qꞌalajisal taq utzij ri Dios, xuqujeꞌ ri ix xiꞌkamisaj ri xkitzijoj ri upetibꞌal ri sukꞌ achi, ri Mesías, ri xikꞌayij xuqujeꞌ xikamisaj.
53 You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn’t keep it!”
Man xinimaj ta ri utaqanik ri Dios ri xikꞌamawaꞌj chike ri angelibꞌ.
54 Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
Are xkita ri qꞌatal taq tzij ri xubꞌij ri Esteban, xeyojtajik xuqujeꞌ xkiqutꞌutꞌej ri kiware.
55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
Ri Esteban nojinaq rukꞌ ri ukwinem ri Uxlabꞌixel xkaꞌy chikaj, xril ri Dios rukꞌ ronojel ri ujuluwem xuqujeꞌ ri Jesús takꞌal pa ri uwiqiqꞌabꞌ.
56 and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
Xubꞌij: Kinwil le kaj jaqalik, kinwil xuqujeꞌ le Jesús, uKꞌojol ri Achi, takꞌal pa ri jun jeꞌl laj kꞌolibꞌal pa ri uwiqiqꞌabꞌ ri Dios.
57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears, then rushed at him with one accord.
Ri e qꞌatal taq tzij xkitzꞌapij ri kixikin, ko xkiraqaqej kichiꞌ, kꞌa te riꞌ konojel xebꞌe chirij ri Esteban.
58 They threw him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Xkesaj bꞌik pa ri tinimit, xkibꞌan che abꞌaj. Ri achyabꞌ ri xkibꞌan tzij chirij ri Esteban xkiya kan ri katzꞌyaq rech kachajix rumal jun ala ubꞌiꞌ Saulo.
59 They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
Are tajin kakꞌyaq che abꞌaj ri Esteban, xubꞌan chꞌawem, xubꞌij: Ajawxel Jesús, kꞌama la ri wanimaꞌ.
60 He kneeled down and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.
Kꞌa te riꞌ xukulik xtzaqik ko xuraq uchiꞌ xubꞌij: Ajawxel, man kaqꞌat ta la tzij pa kiwiꞌ we winaq riꞌ rumal we mak tajin kakibꞌano. Are tajin kubꞌij we tzij riꞌ, xkamik.
