¹“Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you.”

¹Ex cuas cuîtz'in, ut lâex li nequexc'amoc be sa' xyânkeb laj judío. Abihomak li tinye êre anakcuan re xcolbal cuib, chan.

²When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,

²Que'rabi nak yô chirâtinanquileb sa' râtinobâleb. Que'xcanab chokînc ut que'rabi li c'a'ru quixye. Ut laj Pablo qui-oc chi âtinac.

³“I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are this day.

³-Relic chi yâl nak lâin aj judío. Yo'lajenakin Tarso xcuênt Cilicia. Ut arin quinq'ui Jerusalén. Quintzol cuib riq'uin laj Gamaliel chirix li chak'rab li quiq'uehe' chak reheb li kaxe'tônil yucua'. Chi anchal inch'ôl ninq'ue xlok'al li Dios jo' yôquex lâex anakcuan.

⁴I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

⁴Xic' neque'cuil li neque'pâban re li aq'uil na'leb a'in toj retal quinq'ueheb chi camsîc. Quinchapeb ut quinq'ueheb sa' tz'alam, jo' cuînk jo' ixk.

⁵As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.

⁵Li xbênil aj tij, jo' ajcui' eb li neque'taklan sa' xyânkeb laj judío, neque'xnau nak tz'akal yâl li yôquin chixyebal. Eb a'an que'xq'ue jun li hu cue retalil nak que'xq'ue inlesêns chixchapbaleb laj pâbanel li cuanqueb Damasco, ut tinc'ameb chak chi prêxil arin Jerusalén re te'rahobtesîk.

⁶It happened that, as I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from the sky a great light around me.

⁶Abanan nak ac cuulac cue Damasco, ca'ch'in na chic mâ cua'leb, mâc'a' sa' inch'ôl nak quinixsut jun li chanchan xam k'axal saken quichal chak sa' choxa.

⁷I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

⁷Quint'ane' chi ch'och' ut quicuabi jun xyâb cux quixye cue, "At Saulo, at Saulo, ¿c'a'ut nak yôcat chinrahobtesinquil?" chan cue.

⁸I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.’

⁸Lâin quinchak'oc ut quinye, "¿Anihat lâat, Kâcua'?" chanquin. Ut a'an quixye cue, "Lâin li Jesús laj Nazaret li yôcat chixrahobtesinquil," chan cue.

⁹“Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn’t understand the voice of him who spoke to me.

⁹Li cuanqueb cuochben que'ril chi tz'akal li chanchan xam ut c'ajo' nak que'xucuac. Abanan inc'a' que'rabi li âtin li quiyehe' cue.

¹⁰I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.’

¹⁰Quinpatz' re, "Kâcua', ¿c'a'ru tâcuaj tinbânu?" Ut li Kâcua' quixye cue, "Cuaclin. Ayu Damasco ut aran tâyehek' âcue chixjunil li c'a'ru tenebanbil sa' âbên re tâbânu," chan.

¹¹When I couldn’t see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.

¹¹Ut lâin inc'a' chic nin-iloc xban nak k'axal nalemtz'un li chanchan xam. Ch'ilonbilin aj chic xbaneb li cuanqueb cuochben nak côin toj Damasco.

¹²One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,

¹²Jun li cuînk aj Ananías xc'aba' quicuulac chicuilbal. Naxbânu jo' naxye li chak'rab li quiq'uehe' re laj Moisés. Châbil neque'xye chirix li cuînk a'an chixjunileb laj judío li cuanqueb aran.

¹³came to me, and standing by me said to me, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ In that very hour I looked up at him.

¹³Nak quicuulac cuanquin cui', quixakli chinc'atk ut quixye cue, "At hermano Saulo, chat-ilok cui'chic," chan cue. Ut sa' ajcui' li hônal a'an qui-iloc cui'chic li xnak' cuu ut quicuil ru laj Ananías.

¹⁴He said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

¹⁴Ut quixye cui'chic cue, "Li Dios li que'xlok'oni chak li kaxe'tônil yucua', a'an quisic'oc chak âcuu re nak tânau ut tâbânu li c'a'ru naraj a'an. A'an naraj nak tâcuil ru li jun li Tîc Xch'ôl ut tâcuabi li c'a'ru tixye âcue.

¹⁵For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

¹⁵Lâat tâye reheb chixjunileb li c'a'ru xacuabi ut li c'a'ru xacuil.

¹⁶Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

¹⁶¿C'a'ut nak nacabay âcuib? Cuaclin. Li Dios tixcuy tixsach lâ mâc nak tâyâba lix c'aba'. Ut c'ul li cubi ha'," chan cue.

¹⁷“It happened that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,

¹⁷Chirix chic a'an, quinsuk'i cui'chic Jerusalén. Nak yôquin chi tijoc sa' li templo, quic'utbesîc chicuu jun li visión.

¹⁸and saw him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.’

¹⁸Ut quicuil li Kâcua' nak quixye cue, "Sêba âcuib. Elen chi junpât arin Jerusalén xban nak arin Jerusalén inc'a' te'raj rabinquil lix yâlal li tâch'olob chiruheb chicuix lâin," chan cue.

¹⁹I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.

¹⁹Lâin quinye re, "At Kâcua', chixjunileb neque'xnau nak lâin côin sa' li junjûnk chi cab li neque'xch'utub cui' ribeb laj judío chixchapbaleb laj pâbanel re nak te'q'uehek' sa' tz'alam ut te'saq'uek'.

²⁰When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’

²⁰Nak que'xcamsi laj Esteban li quich'oloban lix yâlal châcuix, lâin cuanquin ajcui' aran. Yôquin chirilbal ut quisaho' inch'ôl riq'uin lix camic. Ut lâin ajcui' quin-iloc re li rak'eb li que'camsin re," chanquin re.

²¹“He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’ ”

²¹Ut li Kâcua' quixye cue, "Ayu xban nak lâin tatintakla chi najt sa' xyânkeb li mâcua'eb aj judío," chan cue, chan laj Pablo.

²²They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice, and said, “Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn’t fit to live!”

²²Ut nak li tenamit que'rabi nak tâxic riq'uineb li mâcua'eb aj judío, c'ajo' nak que'po'. Inc'a' chic que'xcuy rabinquil xban nak yô xjosk'ileb. Ut japjôqueb reheb chixyebal: -Camsihomak li cuînk a'in. Inc'a' us nak yo'yôk, chanqueb.

²³As they cried out, and threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air,

²³Yôqueb chixjapbal reheb ut yôqueb chixk'ichbal li rak' ut yôqueb chixcutbal li poks sa' ik' xban xjosk'ileb.

²⁴the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.

²⁴Ut li coronel quixtaklaheb li soldado re te'xc'am sa' cuartel laj Pablo. Quixye reheb nak te'xsac' re nak tixye xyâlal c'a'ut nak japjôqueb reheb li tenamit chixyebal chi jo'can.

²⁵When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?”

²⁵Nak ac xe'xbac', laj Pablo quixye re li capitán li cuan aran: -¿C'a'ru naxye li chak'rab? ¿Ma naru xsac'bal junak cuînk aj Roma chi toj mâji' rakbil âtin sa' xbên? chan.

²⁶When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, “Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!”

²⁶Quisach xch'ôl li capitán nak quirabi li c'a'ru quixye laj Pablo. Cô sa' ânil ut quixye re li coronel: -¿C'a'ru tâbânu riq'uin li cuînk a'in? A'an tz'akal aj Roma, chan.

²⁷The commanding officer came and asked him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” He said, “Yes.”

²⁷Ut quichal li coronel ut quixye re laj Pablo: -Ye cue lix yâlal. ¿Ma lâat aj Roma?- Ut laj Pablo quixye re: -Lâin.-

²⁸The commanding officer answered, “I bought my citizenship for a great price.” Paul said, “But I was born a Roman.”

²⁸Quichak'oc li coronel ut quixye: -Lâin nabal li tumin xinq'ue re nak tinc'ulek' chok' aj Roma, chan. Ut laj Pablo quixye re: -A'ut lâin chalen chak sa' inyo'lajic, lâin ajcui' chak aj Roma, chan.

²⁹Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him, and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman, because he had bound him.

²⁹Jo'can nak que'xcanab laj Pablo xjunes. Inc'a' chic que'xrahobtesi. Jo'can ajcui' li coronel. Qui-oc xxiu nak quixnau nak laj Pablo a'an tz'akal aj Roma xban nak que'xbac' riq'uin cadena.Jo' cuulajak chic li coronel quixtakla xhitbal lix bac'bal laj Pablo. Ut quixtakla xbokbaleb lix bênil aj tij ut eb li neque'taklan sa' xbêneb laj judío ut quixxakab laj Pablo chiruheb. Quiraj xtaubal xyâlal chi tz'akal c'a'ru xmâc laj Pablo nak yô xjitbal xbaneb laj judío.

³⁰But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

³⁰Jo' cuulajak chic li coronel quixtakla xhitbal lix bac'bal laj Pablo. Ut quixtakla xbokbaleb lix bênil aj tij ut eb li neque'taklan sa' xbêneb laj judío ut quixxakab laj Pablo chiruheb. Quiraj xtaubal xyâlal chi tz'akal c'a'ru xmâc laj Pablo nak yô xjitbal xbaneb laj judío.