¹Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.

¹Sa' eb li cutan a'an laj Herodes quixtiquib xrahobtesinquileb laj pâbanel.

²He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

²Quixtakla xcamsinquil riq'uin ch'îch' laj Jacobo li ras laj Juan.

³When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This was during the days of unleavened bread.

³Laj Herodes quixq'ue retal nak eb laj judío que'saho' xch'ôl riq'uin li c'a'ru quixbânu. Jo'can nak quixtakla ajcui' xchapbal laj Pedro. Quixbânu a'in sa' li nink'e nak neque'xcua' li caxlan cua mâc'a' xch'amal.

⁴When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

⁴Nak ac xchape' laj Pedro, li rey Herodes quixtakla sa' tz'alam ut quixk'axtesi sa' ruk'eb câhib ch'ûtal chi soldado re te'xc'ac'ale. Câhib chi soldado cuan sa' li junjûnk ch'ûtal. Laj Herodes cuan sa' xch'ôl nak tixc'am chiruheb li tenamit nak ac xrake' li nink'e re te'xrak âtin sa' xbên.

⁵Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.

⁵Jo'can nak laj Pedro ilbil chi us xbaneb li soldado re nak inc'a' tâêlelik. Abanan eb laj pâbanel cau yôqueb chi tijoc chirix.

⁶The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.

⁶Ac cuulac re xk'ehil nak tâc'amek' laj Pedro xban laj Herodes chiruheb li tenamit. Sa' li k'ojyîn a'an laj Pedro yô chi cuârc sa' xyiheb li cuib chi soldado bac'bo riq'uin cadena. Ut cuanqueb ajcui' laj c'ac'alenel chire li oquebâl re li tz'alam.

⁷And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, “Stand up quickly!” His chains fell off from his hands.

⁷Ut xakâmil jun x-ángel li Dios bar cuan cui' laj Pedro ut quixcutanobresi sa' li tz'alam. Li ángel quixt'otz'otz'i laj Pedro ut quirajsi. Quixye re: -Cuaclin. Sêba âcuib, chan. Ut sa' junpât quit'ane' li cadena chi ruk'.

⁸The angel said to him, “Get dressed and put on your sandals.” He did so. He said to him, “Put on your cloak, and follow me.”

⁸Ut li ángel quixye re: -Q'ue lâ cuak' châcuix ut q'ue lâ xâb châcuok, chan re. Ut laj Pedro quixbânu jo' quiyehe' re. Ut li ángel quixye cui'chic re: -Tz'ap âcuib sa' lâ t'icr ut yo'o chicuix, chan.

⁹And he went out and followed him. He didn’t know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.

⁹Laj Pedro cô chirix li ángel. Abanan inc'a' naxnau nak tz'akal yâl li yô chixbânunquil li ángel. Sa' xch'ôl laj Pedro nak visión li yô chirilbal.

¹⁰When they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went out, and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

¹⁰Que'cuulac cuan cui' li jun ch'ûtal chi soldado ut que'nume' aran. Ut que'cuulac cui'chic cuanqueb cui' li jun ch'ûtal chic. Ut que'nume' aran toj que'cuulac cuan cui' li puerta ch'îch' li na-ux cui' oc sa' li tenamit. Ut li puerta a'an quixte rib xjunes chiruheb. Que'el ut que'xk'ax jun li nim be. Aran quicanabâc xjunes laj Pedro xban li ángel.

¹¹When Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting.”

¹¹Laj Pedro quixq'ue retal li c'a'ru quixc'ul ut quixye sa' xch'ôl: -Anakcuan ninnau chi tz'akal nak li Kâcua', a'an li xtaklan chak re li ángel. Xinixcol sa' ruk' laj Herodes. Ut xinixcol ajcui' sa' ruk'eb chixjunileb laj judío li te'raj xbânunquil raylal cue, chan.

¹²Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.

¹²Nak quixtau ru li c'a'ru quixc'ul, laj Pedro cô sa' rochoch lix María lix na' laj Juan li nayeman Marcos re. Aran ch'utch'ûqueb nabaleb laj pâbanel yôqueb chi tijoc.

¹³When Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a maid named Rhoda came to answer.

¹³Quixt'och't'och'i li puerta li cuan chiru nebâl. Ut cô jun li xka'al xRode xc'aba' chirabinquil ani cuan aran.

¹⁴When she recognized Peter’s voice, she didn’t open the gate for joy, but ran in, and reported that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

¹⁴Quixnau ru xyâb xcux laj Pedro. Inc'a' quixte li puerta chiru. Xban xsahil xch'ôl, cô sa' ânil chixyebal resil reheb li cuanqueb sa' cab nak laj Pedro cuan chire puerta.

¹⁵They said to her, “You are crazy!” But she insisted that it was so. They said, “It is his angel.”

¹⁵Eb li cuanqueb sa' cab inc'a' que'xpâb li quixye. -Xlôco' âcuu, chanqueb re. Abanan lix Rode quixye cui'chic reheb nak yâl nak a'an laj Pedro. Que'chak'oc ut que'xye re: -A'an yal xmuhel, chanqueb re.

¹⁶But Peter continued knocking. When they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.

¹⁶Nak yôqueb chi âtinac, laj Pedro toj yô ajcui' chixt'ochbal li puerta. Nak que'xte li puerta que'ril laj Pedro. Sachsôqueb xch'ôl que'cana.

¹⁷But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, “Tell these things to James, and to the brothers.” Then he departed, and went to another place.

¹⁷Quixtaksi li ruk' re nak te'xcanab chokînc, ut quixserak'i reheb chanru nak qui-isîc sa' tz'alam xban li Kâcua'. Quixye reheb: -Yehomak resil a'in re laj Jacobo ut reheb chixjunileb laj pâbanel, chan. Ut chirix a'an cô sa' jalan na'ajej.

¹⁸Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.

¹⁸Nak quisakêu que'xq'ue retal nak mâ ani chic laj Pedro sa' tz'alam. C'ajo' nak que'sach xch'ôleb li soldado chirilbal li c'a'ru quic'ulman. Yôqueb chixyebal chi ribileb rib: -¿C'a'ru xc'ul laj Pedro? ¿Bar xcô? chanqueb.

¹⁹When Herod had sought for him, and didn’t find him, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.

¹⁹Ut laj Herodes quixtakla xsiq'uinquil. Nak inc'a' que'xtau quixq'ue sa' xbêneb laj c'ac'alenel ut quixtakla xcamsinquileb. Chirix a'an laj Herodes qui-el Judea ut cô chi cuânc aran Cesarea.

²⁰Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus, the king’s personal aide, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food.

²⁰Laj Herodes yô xjosk'il sa' xbêneb laj Tiro ut laj Sidón. Eb a'an que'chal sa' comonil. Ut que'xk'unbesi laj Blasto li natenk'an re li rey. Que'xtz'âma chiru nak a'an tââtinak chirixeb chiru li rey re nak târûk te'xc'am rib sa' usilal riq'uin xban nak sa' xtenamit li rey na-el xtzacaêmkeb.

²¹On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them.

²¹Laj Herodes quixxakab jun li cutan re nak tââtinak riq'uineb laj Tiro ut laj Sidón. Quixtikib rib riq'uin châbil ak' c'ajo' xchak'al ru li neque'rocsi li rey. Quic'ojla sa' lix na'aj bar narakoc cui' âtin ut qui-oc chi âtinac riq'uineb li tenamit.

²²The people shouted, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!”

²²Ut eb li tenamit que'oc chixyebal chi cau xyâb xcux: -Li yô chi âtinac mâcua' cuînk. A'an Dios, chanqueb.

²³Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn’t give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.

²³Ut sa' ajcui' li hônal a'an, jun x-ángel li Kâcua' quixq'ue jun yajel sa' xbên laj Herodes xban nak quixq'ue rib chixlok'oniheb li tenamit ut inc'a' quixq'ue xlok'al li Dios. Quimotzo'in ut a'an quicamsin re.

²⁴But the word of God grew and multiplied.

²⁴Sa' eb li cutan a'an li râtin li Kâcua' yô chi abîc yalak bar. Ut nabaleb yôqueb chi pâbânc re.Que'suk'i chak Jerusalén laj Bernabé ut laj Saulo nak ac que'xbânu lix c'anjeleb. Que'xc'am chirixeb laj Juan, li neque'xye ajcui' Marcos re.

²⁵Barnabas and Saul returned to TR reads “from” instead of “to” Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their service, also taking with them John whose surname was Mark.

²⁵Que'suk'i chak Jerusalén laj Bernabé ut laj Saulo nak ac que'xbânu lix c'anjeleb. Que'xc'am chirixeb laj Juan, li neque'xye ajcui' Marcos re.