¹After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.

¹Nak ac xc'ulman a'in, laj Pablo qui-el Atenas. Ut cô Corinto.

²He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,

²Ut aran quixtau jun li cuînk aj judío. Aj Aquila xc'aba'. Ponto xtenamit. Inc'a' najter xc'ulunic Italia rochben lix Priscila li rixakil. Que'el aran Roma xban nak laj Claudio li Acuabej quixye nak chixjunileb laj judío te'êlk sa' li tenamit a'an. Laj Pablo cô chirula'anquileb.

³and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.

³Ut quicana rochbeneb chi c'anjelac xban nak juntak'êt li c'anjel neque'xbânu. Neque'yîban t'icr re muhebâl.

⁴He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

⁴Sa' li hilobâl cutan rajlal naxic laj Pablo sa' li cab li neque'xch'utub cui' ribeb laj judío. Aran quiâtinac riq'uineb ut quixch'olob xyâlal chiruheb laj judío jo'queb ajcui' li mâcua'eb aj judío.

⁵But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

⁵Nak ac xe'suk'i chak laj Silas ut laj Timoteo Macedonia, laj Pablo quixk'axtesi rib chi junaj cua chixch'olobanquil lix yâlal reheb laj judío nak li Jesús, a'an li Cristo, laj Colonel li yechi'inbil xban li Dios.

⁶When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!”

⁶Abanan eb a'an inc'a' que'cuulac chiru li yô chixyebal laj Pablo. Que'oc chi majecuânc. Jo'can nak laj Pablo quixchik'chik'i li rak' ut quixye reheb: -Cui lâex inc'a' texcolek', a' yal êre. Sa' êbên lâex cuan li mâc. Lâin mâc'a' inmâc xban nak ac xinye êre lix yâlal. Chalen anakcuan lâin tinch'olob xyâlal reheb li mâcua'eb aj judío, chan.

⁷He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

⁷Jo'can nak laj Pablo qui-el sa' xyânkeb ut cô chi cuânc sa' rochoch jun li cuînk mâcua' aj judío. Aj Justo xc'aba'. Li cuînk a'an naxlok'oni li Dios. Li rochoch cuan chixc'atk li cab li neque'xch'utub cui' ribeb laj judío.

⁸Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.

⁸Laj Crispo, li nac'amoc be sa' li cab li neque'xch'utub cui' ribeb, quixpâb Li Kâcua' rochbeneb li cuanqueb sa' li rochoch. Nabaleb aj Corinto que'pâban nak que'rabi resil li colba-ib. Ut que'cubsîc xha'eb.

⁹The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent;

⁹Sa' jun li k'ojyîn li Kâcua' quixc'utbesi jun li visión chiru laj Pablo ut quixye re: -Matxucuac chi âtinac. Ch'olob ban lix yâlal chiruheb li tenamit.

¹⁰ for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”

¹⁰Lâin cuânkin âcuiq'uin. Mâ ani tâbânûnk raylal âcue xban nak nabaleb li cualal inc'ajol sa' li tenamit a'in, chan li Dios re laj Pablo sa' li visión.

¹¹He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

¹¹Jo'can nak laj Pablo quicana aran jun chihab riq'uin cuakib po ut yô chixch'olobanquil xyâlal li râtin li Dios chiruheb.

¹²But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

¹²Nak laj Galión cuânk chi taklânc aran Acaya, eb laj judío que'xc'ûb ru chi ribileb rib nak te'xchap laj Pablo. Que'xchap ut que'xc'am sa' pôpol re nak târakek' âtin sa' xbên.

¹³saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.”

¹³Ut que'xye: -Li cuînk a'in yô chixyebal reheb li tenamit chanru nak te'xlok'oni li Dios. Li na'leb li naxye a'an, moco naxc'ûluban ta li chak'rab, li q'uebil ke xbaneb laj Roma, chanqueb.

¹⁴But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;

¹⁴Oc raj re chi âtinac laj Pablo nak quichak'oc chak laj Galión ut quixye reheb laj judío: -Ex aj judío, cui ta xk'et xchak'rabeb laj Roma malaj ut cui ta cuan junak inc'a' us xbânu, tento raj tinch'i'ch'i'i cuib chêrabinquil.

¹⁵but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don’t want to be a judge of these matters.”

¹⁵Abanan cui yal chirix âtinac ut c'aba'ej ut chirix lê chak'rab yôquex chi jitoc chirix, tento nak lâex têsic' xyâlal. Lâin inc'a' nacuaj rakoc âtin chirix li c'a'ak re ru a'in, chan.

¹⁶He drove them from the judgment seat.

¹⁶Ut quirisiheb sa' li pôpol.

¹⁷Then all the Greeks laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. Gallio didn’t care about any of these things.

¹⁷Eb laj griego que'xchap laj Sóstenes li nataklan sa' li cab li neque'xch'utub cui' ribeb laj judío. Que'xsac' ut que'xtacuasi chiru li pôpol ut laj Galión mâc'a' quixye.

¹⁸Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.

¹⁸A'ut laj Pablo toj quicana aran nabal cutan. Tojo'nak quixchak'rabiheb laj pâbanel ut qui-el. Cô chiru ha' toj Siria rochbeneb lix Priscila ut laj Aquila. Aran sa' li tenamit Cencrea quixbes li rismal. A'an retalil nak quixbânu li c'a'ru quixyechi'i re li Dios.

¹⁹He came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

¹⁹Nak que'cuulac Efeso laj Pablo quixcanabeb lix Priscila ut laj Aquila ut cô sa' li cab li neque'xch'utub cui' ribeb laj judío chixch'olobanquil lix yâlal chiruheb laj judío.

²⁰When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined;

²⁰Ut eb a'an que'xtz'âma chiru nak toj tâcanâk chic ca'ch'inak riq'uineb. Abanan laj Pablo inc'a' quixsume canâc.

²¹but taking his leave of them, and saying, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills,” he set sail from Ephesus.

²¹Quixchak'rabiheb ban ut quixye reheb: -Tento nak tinxic chixnumsinquil li nink'e Jerusalén xban nak cuulac re xk'ehil. Lâin tinchâlk cui'chic êriq'uin cui jo'can naraj li Dios, chan. Ut qui-el aran Efeso.

²²When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the assembly, and went down to Antioch.

²²Nak quicuulac Cesarea, cô Jerusalén. Ut nak ac xq'ueheb xsahil xch'ôleb laj pâbanel, cô Antioquía.

²³Having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.

²³Inc'a' najt quicuan aran nak cô ut quinume' sa' eb li na'ajej Galacia ut Frigia ut yô chixq'uebal xcacuilal xch'ôleb laj pâbanel.

²⁴Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.

²⁴Quicuulac Efeso jun li cuînk aj judío, aj Apolos xc'aba'. Alejandría xtenamit. K'axal naxnau âtinac chi châbil ut naxnau chi us li tz'îbanbil sa' li Santil Hu.

²⁵This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

²⁵Quixtzol rib chi us ut naxnau chanru xpâbanquil li Kâcua'. Ut quixq'ue xch'ôl chi âtinac chi tz'akal xch'olobanquil resil li Jesús, usta ca'aj cui' quixnau chirix li cubi ha' li quixbânu laj Juan.

²⁶He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

²⁶Qui-oc chi âtinac chi cau xch'ôl sa' li cab li neque'xch'utub cui' ribeb laj judío. Nak que'rabi lix Priscila ut laj Aquila li yô chixyebal, que'risi xjunes laj Apolos ut que'xch'olob lix yâlal chi tz'akal chiru.

²⁷When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;

²⁷Nak ac yô xc'oxlanquil xic laj Apolos aran Acaya, eb laj pâbanel que'xq'ue xcacuil xch'ôl re tâxic. Ut que'xtz'îba jun li hu ut que'xtakla reheb laj pâbanel li cuanqueb aran. Que'xye reheb nak te'xc'ul chi sa sa' xch'ôl. Ut nak quicuulac aran, laj Apolos quixtenk'aheb chi châbil li ac xe'pâban xban rusilal li Dios.Ut quirâtinaheb laj judío chi cau xch'ôl chiruheb chixjunileb li tenamit. Ut quixch'olob xyâlal chiruheb chi tz'akal nak li Jesús, a'an li Cristo, jo' tz'îbanbil sa' li Santil Hu.

²⁸for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

²⁸Ut quirâtinaheb laj judío chi cau xch'ôl chiruheb chixjunileb li tenamit. Ut quixch'olob xyâlal chiruheb chi tz'akal nak li Jesús, a'an li Cristo, jo' tz'îbanbil sa' li Santil Hu.