¹Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

¹Oxib cutan chic roquic chok' acuabej laj Festo, nak qui-el Cesarea ut cô toj Jerusalén.

²Then the high priest and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him,

²Ut que'cuulac riq'uin laj Festo eb li xbênil aj tij ut eb li neque'c'amoc be sa' xyânkeb laj judío re xjitbal laj Pablo.

³asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem; plotting to kill him on the way.

³Que'xtz'âma chiru laj Festo nak tixbânu li usilal, tixtakla cui'chic Jerusalén laj Pablo xban nak que'xc'oxla xrambal sa' be re xcamsinquil.

⁴However Festus answered that Paul should be kept in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart shortly.

⁴Quichak'oc laj Festo ut quixye reheb: -Laj Pablo ac cuan chi prêxil aran Cesarea ut c'ac'alenbil chi us. Ut chi sêb tinxic lâin aran, chan.

⁵“Let them therefore,” said he, “that are in power among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong in the man, let them accuse him.”

⁵Ut quixye ajcui' reheb: -Eb laj c'amol be sa' êyânk te'xic chicuix. Cui cuan xmâc li cuînk a'in, che'xjitak, chan reheb.

⁶When he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he sat on the judgment seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.

⁶Quicuan tana chic cuakxakibak malaj ut lajêbak cutan chic sa' xyânkeb ut quisuk'i Cesarea. Sa' xcab li cutan nak quic'ojla sa' li na'ajej li narakoc cui' âtin, quixtakla xc'ambal laj Pablo riq'uin.

⁷When he had come, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing against him many and grievous charges which they could not prove,

⁷Nak quicuulac, quisute' xbaneb laj judío li que'chal Jerusalén. Junes raylal que'xye chirix laj Pablo nak que'xjit. Abanan inc'a' qui-el chi yâl li c'a'ru que'xye xban nak mâc'a' junak c'a'ru tixc'ut nak yâl li yôqueb chixyebal.

⁸while he said in his defense, “Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I sinned at all.”

⁸Ut laj Pablo qui-oc cui'chic chi âtinac re xcolbal rib chiruheb ut quixye: -Chi moco lix chak'rabeb laj judío chi moco lix templo li Kâcua' quinsach xcuanquil. Chi moco cuan ta junak mâc xinbânu chiru li acuabej César, chan.

⁹But Festus, desiring to gain favor with the Jews, answered Paul and said, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem, and be judged by me there concerning these things?”

⁹Laj Festo quiraj nak us tâcanâk riq'uineb laj judío. Jo'can nak quixye re laj Pablo: -¿Ma tâcuaj xic toj Jerusalén ut aran târakmânk âtin sa' âbên chicuu? chan re.

¹⁰But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.

¹⁰Laj Pablo quixye: -Cuanquin chiru li rakba âtin li cuan sa' xcuênt li acuabej César. Jo'can nak arin ajcui' târakek' âtin sa' inbên. Ac nacanau ajcui' lâat nak mâc'a' inmâc chiruheb laj judío.

¹¹For if I have done wrong, and have committed anything worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die; but if none of those things is true that they accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

¹¹Cui ut cuan junak mâc xinbânu re nak tento tine'xcamsi, chine'xcamsihak. Lâin inc'a' ninxucua li câmc. Abanan cui inc'a' yâl li yôqueb chixyebal chicuix, mâ ani târûk tâk'axtesînk cue sa' ruk'eb a'an. Lâin tintz'âma nak li acuabej César li k'axal nim xcuanquil târakok âtin sa' inbên, chan laj Pablo.

¹²Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you shall go.”

¹²Ut laj Festo quiâtinac riq'uineb laj q'uehol na'leb. Tojo'nak quixye re laj Pablo: -Cui li acuabej César tâcuaj târakok âtin sa' âbên, naru ajcui' tatintakla riq'uin, chan.

¹³Now when some days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, and greeted Festus.

¹³Ac xnume' na chic cuib oxib cutan nak li rey Agripa ut lix Berenice li ranab que'cuulac Cesarea chirula'aninquil laj Festo.

¹⁴As he stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;

¹⁴Ac cuan cutan xcuulajiqueb aran, nak laj Festo quixch'olob chiru li rey li yô chixc'ulbal laj Pablo: -Jun li cuînk quicanabâc chi prêxil xban laj Félix, chan re.

¹⁵about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a sentence against him.

¹⁵Ut nak quincuulac Jerusalén que'chal cuiq'uin lix bênil aj tij ut eb li neque'c'amoc be sa' xyânkeb laj judío. Que'xtz'âma chicuu nak tinrak âtin sa' xbên ut tinteneb câmc sa' xbên.

¹⁶To whom I answered that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction, before the accused has met the accusers face to face, and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.

¹⁶Abanan lâin quinye reheb nak eb laj Roma moco c'aynakeb ta chixtenebanquil câmc sa' xbên junak cuînk yal chi jo'can. Tento nak cuânk chiruheb laj jitol re, re nak tixcol rib a' yal c'a'ru tâjitek' cui'.

¹⁷When therefore they had come together here, I didn’t delay, but on the next day sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought.

¹⁷Nak que'c'ulun arin eb laj c'amol be sa' xyânkeb laj judío, inc'a' quinbay. Sa' li cutan jun chic ticto côin sa' li na'ajej li ninrakoc cui' âtin. Ut quintakla xc'ambal laj Pablo.

¹⁸Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no charge of such things as I supposed;

¹⁸Sa' inch'ôl lâin nak k'axal nim li mâc quixbânu. Abanan nak que'c'ulun arin li yôqueb chi jitoc re, inc'a' que'jitoc chirix jo' quinc'oxla.

¹⁹but had certain questions against him about their own religion, and about one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

¹⁹Li c'a'ru yôqueb cui' chixjitbal, a'an chirix lix pâbâleb, ut chirix jun li cuînk Jesús xc'aba', ac camenak ut laj Pablo naxye nak yo'yo.

²⁰Being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged concerning these matters.

²⁰Lâin inc'a' xinnau c'a'ru tinbânu riq'uin li ch'a'ajquilal a'in. Jo'can nak xinpatz' re laj Pablo ma târaj xic Jerusalén ut aran târakmânk âtin sa' xbên.

²¹But when Paul had appealed to be kept for the decision of the emperor, I commanded him to be kept until I could send him to Caesar.”

²¹Ut laj Pablo quixtz'âma chicuu nak târoybeni re nak laj César li acuabej li k'axal nim xcuanquil târakok âtin sa' xbên. Jo'can nak xintakla cui'chic xtz'apbal sa' tz'alam toj tâcuulak xk'ehil nak tintakla riq'uin li acuabej César, chan laj Festo.

²²Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he said, “you shall hear him.”

²²Ut li rey Agripa quixye re laj Festo: -Lâin nacuaj raj rabinquil li c'a'ru naxye li cuînk a'an, chan. Ut laj Festo quixye re: -Cuulaj ajcui' naru tâcuabi, chan.

²³So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and they had entered into the place of hearing with the commanding officers and principal men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.

²³Cuulajak chic que'oc sa' li na'ajej li neque'rakoc cui' âtin li rey Agripa rochben lix Berenice. K'axal châbil xtikibanquileb. Rochbeneb li coronel ut eb li nînkeb xcuanquil sa' li tenamit. Ut laj Festo quixtakla xc'ambal laj Pablo.

²⁴Festus said, “King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.

²⁴Quixye: -At rey Agripa ut chixjunilex li ch'utch'ûquex arin, cue' li cuînk li yôqueb chixjitbal chixjunileb laj judío li cuanqueb arin Cesarea jo'queb ajcui' li cuanqueb Jerusalén. Neque'xjap re chixtz'âmanquil chicuu nak tâcamsîk.

²⁵But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined to send him.

²⁵Abanan nak xin-oc chi rakoc âtin sa' xbên xinq'ue retal nak mâc'a' xmâc re tâcamsîk. A'an xtz'âma nak li acuabej César târakok âtin sa' xbên. Jo'can nak xinye nak tento tâxic Roma riq'uin li acuabej.

²⁶Of whom I have no certain thing to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him forth before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after examination, I may have something to write.

²⁶¿C'a' ta cui' ru tintakla xyebal re li acuabej chirix li cuînk a'in? Jo'can nak xinc'am chak chêru lâex ut châcuu lâat, at rey Agripa, re nak têtz'il âtin chirix. Mâre chi jo'can cuan c'a'ru tintakla xyebal chirix.Ninnau nak moco us ta xtaklanquil junak prêx chi inc'a' tâtaklâk xyebal c'a'ru xmâc, chan laj Festo.

²⁷For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him.”

²⁷Ninnau nak moco us ta xtaklanquil junak prêx chi inc'a' tâtaklâk xyebal c'a'ru xmâc, chan laj Festo.