¹Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.

¹Li rey Agripa quixye re laj Pablo: -Anakcuan naru tat-âtinak re tâcol âcuib, chan. Ut laj Pablo quixtaksi li ruk' ut qui-oc chi âtinac re tixcol rib.

²“I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you this day concerning all the things that I am accused by the Jews,

²Quixye: -At rey Agripa, nasaho' sa' inch'ôl nak târûk tinâtinak âcuiq'uin re tincol cuib chiruheb laj c'amol be sa' xyânkeb laj judío li yôqueb chi jitoc cue.

³especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.

³K'axal cui'chic us xban nak lâat nacanau chixjunil li c'a'ru c'aynakeb xbânunquil eb laj judío ut nacanau chanru lix na'lebeb. Jo'can ut nak nintz'âma châcuu nak tâcuy rabinquil li c'a'ru oc cue xyebal.

⁴“Indeed, all the Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem;

⁴Chixjunileb laj judío neque'xnau chanru lin yu'am nak xincuan chak sa' lin tenamit chalen chak sa' insâjilal ut toj anakcuan. Jo'can ajcui' aran Jerusalén neque'xnau cuu.

⁵having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

⁵Eb a'an neque'xnau cuu chalen chak sa' inca'ch'inal. Cui te'raj, târûk te'xch'olob xyâlal chicuix. Lâin aj fariseo xcomoneb li neque'xq'ue xch'ôl chixbânunquil chixjunil li naxye sa' li chak'rab jo' naraj li kapâbâl.

⁶Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

⁶Ut anakcuan lâex yôquex chi rakoc âtin sa' inbên yal xban nak yôquin chiroybeninquil li quixyechi'i chak li Dios junxilaj reheb li kaxe'tônil yucua'.

⁷which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!

⁷Li cablaju xtêpaleb laj Israel yôqueb chiroybeninquil nak te'xc'ul li yechi'inbil chak reheb xban li Dios. Chi k'ek chi cutan neque'xlok'oni li Dios. At rey Agripa, xban xyo'oninquil a'an nak yôqueb chinjitbal eb laj judío.

⁸Why is it judged incredible with you, if God does raise the dead?

⁸¿C'a'ut nak lâex inc'a' nequepâb nak li Dios tixcuaclesiheb cui'chic chi yo'yo li camenak?

⁹“I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

⁹Yâl nak junxil lâin xinc'oxla nak us xrahobtesinquileb li neque'xpâb li Jesús aj Nazaret.

¹⁰This I also did in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.

¹⁰Lâin quinq'ueheb chi tz'apec' sa' tz'alam nabaleb laj pâbanel. Ut q'uebil incuanquil chixbânunquil a'an xbaneb li xbênil aj tij. Ut nak neque'camsîc laj pâbanel, lâin quin-oquen ajcui' chirixeb re te'camsîk. A'in quilajinbânu aran Jerusalén.

¹¹Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

¹¹Nabal sut quintakla xsac'baleb sa' li cab li neque'xch'utub cui' ribeb laj judío. Quinpuersiheb chixmajecuanquil xc'aba' li Jesús. Xban nak c'ajo' injosk'il sa' xbêneb, quebintâke yalak bar sa' eb li jalanil tenamit re xbânunquil raylal reheb.

¹²“Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,

¹²A'in yôquin chixbânunquil nak côin Damasco. Q'uebil incuanquil ut taklanbilin xbaneb li xbênil aj tij.

¹³at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.

¹³Chacuabi at rey, li yôquin xyebal. Cua'leb re cutan nak quinixsut jun li chanchan xam sa' be. Li xam a'an quichal chak sa' choxa. Nalemtz'un. Naxk'ax ru nak nalemtz'un ru li sak'e. Quinixsut lâin ut que'sute' ajcui' li yôqueb chi xic chicuix.

¹⁴When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

¹⁴Nak cot'ane' chikajunil chiru ch'och', quicuabi jun xyâb cux yô chi âtinac cuiq'uin. Quixye cue sa' râtinobâleb laj judío, "At Saulo, at Saulo, ¿c'a'ut nak yôcat chinrahobtesinquil? Yôcat chixtacuasinquil âcuib âjunes jo' naxbânu li bôyx li inc'a' na-abin chiru laj êchal re nak yô chixberesinquil," chan cue.

¹⁵“I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

¹⁵Ut lâin quinye re, "¿Anihat lâat, Kâcua'?" Ut li Kâcua' quixye cue, "Lâin li Jesús li yôcat chinrahobtesinquil.

¹⁶ But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;

¹⁶Anakcuan ut cuaclin. Lâin xinc'utbesi cuib châcuu re nak tatinxakab chok' aj c'anjel chicuu. Lâat tatch'olobânk xyâlal li c'a'ak re ru xacuil jo' ajcui' li c'a'ak re ru toj tinc'utbesi châcuu.

¹⁷ delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,

¹⁷Lâin tincolok âcue chiruheb li xic' neque'iloc âcue, jo' eb laj judío, jo' eb li mâcua'eb aj judío, ut tatintakla anakcuan sa' xyânkeb li mâcua'eb aj judío.

¹⁸ to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

¹⁸Chanchan nak tâteônk li xnak' ruheb nak tâch'olob lix yâlal chiruheb. Chanchan nak te'êlk sa' li k'ojyîn ut te'oc sa' cutan nak te'xtau ru lix yâlal. Te'êlk rubel xcuanquil laj tza ut te'oc rubel xcuanquil li Dios. Riq'uin inpâbanquil lâin, tâcuyek' tâsachek' lix mâqueb, ut tâcuânk xna'ajeb sa' xyânkeb li sic'bileb ru xban li Dios," chan cue li Kâcua'.

¹⁹“Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

¹⁹Jo'can ut nak inc'a' xink'etk'eti cuib chiru li quixc'utbesi rib chicuu li quichal chak sa' choxa, at rey Agripa.

²⁰but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

²⁰Ut xbên cua quinch'olob xyâlal chiruheb li cuanqueb Damasco ut Jerusalén. Chirix a'an quinch'olob xyâlal chiruheb laj judío li cuanqueb Judea, jo' ajcui' chiruheb li mâcua'eb aj judío. Quinye reheb nak tento te'yot'ek' xch'ôleb te'xjal xc'a'uxeb ut te'xk'axtesi ribeb re li Dios ut te'xbânu li us jo' xc'ulubeb li ac xe'pâban.

²¹For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple, and tried to kill me.

²¹Sa' xc'aba' a'an nak quine'xchap eb laj judío sa' li templo ut que'raj raj incamsinquil.

²²Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,

²²Abanan lâin tenk'anbilin xban li Dios toj chalen anakcuan. Yôquin chixch'olobanquil li yâl chirix li c'a'ru tâc'ulmânk. Ninch'olob xyâlal chiruheb chixjunileb, li cuanqueb xcuanquil jo' ajcui' li mâc'a'eb xcuanquil. Mâc'a' junak aq'uil na'leb yôquin chixyebal. Li yôquin chixyebal, a'an ajcui' li que'xch'olob xyâlal eb li profeta ut laj Moisés.

²³how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles.”

²³Que'xye nak tento tâcamsîk li Cristo, laj Colonel li yechi'inbil xban li Dios, abanan a'an li xbên li tâcuaclîk cui'chic chi yo'yo sa' xyânkeb li camenak ut tixch'olob xyâlal li evangelio reheb laj judío jo'queb ajcui' li mâcua'eb aj judío, chan laj Pablo.

²⁴As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”

²⁴Nak laj Pablo yô chi âtinac chi jo'can re xcolbal rib, laj Festo quixjap re chixyebal: -Lôc âcuu lâat, Pablo. K'axal nabal li tzoloc xabânu ut a'an yô chi lôcobresînc âcuu, chan.

²⁵But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.

²⁵Ut laj Pablo quixye re: -At Festo, k'axal nim âcuanquil. Lâin moco lôc ta cuu. Li c'a'ru yôquin chixyebal âcue, a'an tz'akal yâl.

²⁶For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a corner.

²⁶Li rey Agripa naxnau chixjunil li c'a'ak re ru a'in. Jo'can nak yôquin chi âtinac chiru chi mâc'a' inxiu. A'an naxnau chixjunil a'in xban nak moco quic'ulman ta chi mukmu, chan.

²⁷King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”

²⁷Ut laj Pablo quixye re li rey Agripa: -At rey Agripa, ¿ma nacapâb li c'a'ru que'xtz'îba li profeta? Lâin ninnau nak nacapâb, chan laj Pablo.

²⁸Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”

²⁸Li rey Agripa quichak'oc ut quixye re: -Riq'uin li c'a'ru xaye xak'unobresin inch'ôl. Ca'ch'in chic mâ xinpâban âban, chan.

²⁹Paul said, “I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these bonds.”

²⁹Ut laj Pablo quixye: -Xq'ue taxak âcue li Dios nak tatpâbânk lâat jo' eb ajcui' chixjunileb li yôqueb chi abînc cue anakcuan. Usta ch'a'aj chêru, usta inc'a', texpâbânk taxak jo' nak xinpâban lâin, abanan inc'a' raj texbaq'uek' riq'uin cadena, jo' nak bac'bôquin lâin, chan.

³⁰The king rose up with the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.

³⁰Ut nak quirake' chixyebal li âtin a'in, que'cuacli li rey ut lix Berenice jo' ajcui' laj Festo ut eb li que'c'ojla chixc'atk.

³¹When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”

³¹Ut nak yôqueb chi êlc sa' li na'ajej a'an, que'xye chi ribileb rib: -Li cuînk a'in mâc'a' xmâc. Mâc'a' junak mâc xbânu re tâcamsîk chi moco re cuânk sa' tz'alam, chanqueb.Ut laj Agripa quixye re laj Festo: -Târûk raj rach'abanquil li cuînk a'in cui ta inc'a' xtz'âma nak târakok âtin li acuabej César sa' xbên, chan li rey Agripa.

³²Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

³²Ut laj Agripa quixye re laj Festo: -Târûk raj rach'abanquil li cuînk a'in cui ta inc'a' xtz'âma nak târakok âtin li acuabej César sa' xbên, chan li rey Agripa.