¹The high priest said, “Are these things so?”

¹Ut li xyucua'il eb laj tij quixpatz' re laj Esteban ma yâl li yôqueb chixyebal.

²He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

²Quichak'oc laj Esteban ut quixye: -Ex cuas cuîtz'in ut lâex li nequexc'amoc be, abihomak li oc cue chixyebal. Li Dios li k'axal lok' quixc'utbesi rib chiru laj Abraham li kaxe'tônil yucua' nak cuan aran Mesopotamia nak toj mâji' naxic chi cuânc sa' li na'ajej Harán.

³and said to him, ‘Get out of your land, and from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.’ Genesis 12:1

³Quixye re: -Tat-êlk sa' li na'ajej a'in. Tâcanabeb lâ cuech'alal ut tatxic sa' jun li na'ajej li tinc'ut châcuu lâin, chan.

⁴Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land, where you are now living.

⁴Qui-el ut laj Abraham sa' li na'ajej Caldea ut cô chi cuânc sa' li na'ajej Harán. Nak ac cuan sa' li na'ajej a'an quicam lix yucua'. Ut chirix a'an li Dios quixtakla chi cuânc sa' li na'ajej li cuanquex cui' lâex anakcuan.

⁵He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he still had no child.

⁵Abanan li Dios inc'a' quixq'ue xch'och' laj Abraham aran. Chi tîc mâc'a' quixq'ue re. Abanan quixye re nak tixq'ue chok' reheb li ralal xc'ajol li te'cuânk mokon usta toj mâ jun lix coc'al cuan.

⁶God spoke in this way: that his seed would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

⁶A'an a'in li quixye li Dios re laj Abraham: -Eb lâ cualal âc'ajol te'cuânk sa' jalan tenamit mâcua' xtenamiteb. Ut sa' li tenamit a'an te'cuânk chok' rahobtesinbil môs ut xic' te'ilek' chiru câhib ciento chihab.

⁷‘I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,’ said God, ‘and after that will they come out, and serve me in this place.’ Genesis 15:13-14

⁷Ut lâin tinrakok âtin sa' xbên li tenamit a'an li te'rahobtesînk reheb lâ cualal âc'ajol. Ut nak te'êlk sa' li tenamit a'an te'c'anjelak chicuu sa' li na'ajej a'in, chan li Dios.

⁸He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

⁸Nak li Dios quixbânu li contrato riq'uin laj Abraham quixye re nak tento te'xbânu li circuncisión. Jo'can nak laj Abraham quixbânu li circuncisión riq'uin laj Isaac li ralal nak ac cuan cuakxakib cutan re. Ut laj Isaac quixbânu riq'uin laj Jacob li ralal ut jo'can ajcui' quixbânu laj Jacob riq'uineb li ralal cablaju.

⁹“The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,

⁹Eb li ralal laj Jacob c'ajo' nak que'xcakali laj José li rîtz'ineb. Jo'can nak que'xc'ayi laj José ut quic'ame' aran Egipto. Abanan nak ac cuan aran Egipto, li Dios yô chi tenk'ânc re.

¹⁰and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

¹⁰Ut a'an quitenk'an re chixcuybal li raylal li quixc'ul. Quirosobtesi ut quixq'ue xna'leb. Ut laj faraón li acuabej aran Egipto quixq'ue retal nak laj José cuan xna'leb ut quixxakab chi taklânc sa' xbên li tenamit ut sa' xbêneb ajcui' li cuanqueb sa' li rochoch.

¹¹Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.

¹¹Ut quicuan jun nimla cue'ej ut jun nimla raylal sa' eb li tenamit Egipto ut Canaán. Ut eb li kaxe'tônil yucua' inc'a' chic que'xtau xtzacaêmkeb.

¹²But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.

¹²Nak quirabi laj Jacob nak aran Egipto cuan nabal li trigo, quixtaklaheb li ralal aran chixc'ambaleb xtrigo.

¹³On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s race was revealed to Pharaoh.

¹³Nak que'côeb cui'chic xca' sut li ralal aran Egipto, laj José quixye reheb nak a'an laj José li rîtz'ineb. Ut sa' ajcui' li cutan a'an laj faraón quixnau nak laj José, a'an xcomoneb li ralal xc'ajoleb laj judío.

¹⁴Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.

¹⁴Ut chirix a'an laj José quixtakla xc'ambal lix yucua' jo'queb ajcui' li rech'alal. Chixjunileb li rech'alal cuanqueb o'laju xcâc'âl.

¹⁵Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers,

¹⁵Jo'ca'in nak côeb aran Egipto laj Jacob li kaxe'tônil yucua' ut aran quicam jo'queb ajcui' li ralal.

¹⁶and they were brought back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.

¹⁶Lix bakeleb que'c'ame' Siquem ut que'muke' sa' li na'ajej li quixlok' laj Abraham riq'uineb li ralal xc'ajol laj Hamor.

¹⁷“But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

¹⁷C'ajo' nak yôqueb chi q'uiânc li ralal xc'ajol laj Israel aran Egipto nak ac yô chi cuulac xk'ehil nak te'isîk sa' li tenamit a'an jo' quiyechi'îc re laj Abraham xban li Dios.

¹⁸until there arose a different king, who didn’t know Joseph.

¹⁸Ut qui-oc jalan chic acuabej ut a'an inc'a' quixnau ru laj José chi moco quixnau chanru lix na'leb nak quicuan.

¹⁹The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.

¹⁹Li acuabej a'an quixsic' xyâlal chanru nak tixbânu raylal reheb li kaxe'tônil yucua'. Quixrahobtesiheb nak quixtakla xcamsinquileb li coc' têlom li te'yo'lâk re nak inc'a' chic te'tâmk li ralal xc'ajoleb.

²⁰At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.

²⁰Sa' eb li cutan a'an quiyo'la laj Moisés. Li c'ula'al a'an raro xban li Kâcua'. Ut oxib po quiq'uiresîc xbaneb lix na' xyucua'.

²¹When he was thrown out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son.

²¹Abanan quicuulac xk'ehil nak quicanabâc chak sa' li nima' ut lix rabin laj faraón quixococ re, re târûk tâcolek'. Quixc'am chok' re ut quixq'uiresi jo' tz'akal re.

²²Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.

²²Laj Moisés quixtzol rib jo' neque'xtzol ribeb laj Egipto. Ut cuan xna'leb chi âtinac ut chixbânunquil li châbil na'leb.

²³But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” , the children of Israel.

²³Nak ac xbânu li ca'c'âl chihab, qui-ala sa' xch'ôl xic chirilbaleb laj Israel li rech tenamitil.

²⁴Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.

²⁴Nak quiril jun reheb yô chi saq'uec' xban jun aj Egipto, quixcol sa' ruk'. Quixchap laj Egipto ut quixcamsi. Chi jo'ca'in quixq'ue rêkaj li quixbânu re li rech tenamitil.

²⁵He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand.

²⁵Laj Moisés quixc'oxla nak eb li rech tenamitil te'xq'ue retal nak a'an li tâc'anjelak chiru li Dios re xcolbaleb. Abanan eb a'an inc'a' que'xq'ue retal.

²⁶“The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, ‘Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’

²⁶Cuulajak chic laj Moisés quixtau cuib laj Israel yôqueb chi pletic. Quixk'useb re te'xcanab xch'e'bal rib. Quixye reheb: -Lâex êcomon êrib. ¿C'a'ut nak yôquex chixpletinquil êrib? chan reheb.

²⁷But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

²⁷Ut li jun li yô chi sac'oc re li jun chic quixtiquisi laj Moisés ut quixye re: -¿Ani xq'uehoc âcue chi taklânc ut chi rakoc âtin sa' kabên?

²⁸Do you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’ Exodus 2:14

²⁸¿Ma tâcuaj tinâcamsi lâin jo' nak xacamsi laj Egipto ecuêr? chan re laj Moisés.

²⁹Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.

²⁹Nak quirabi li c'a'ru quixye, laj Moisés quixucuac ut quiêlelic. Cô chi cuânc sa' li na'ajej Madián li moco tz'akal xtenamit ta. Nak cuan aran, que'yo'la cuib li ralal.

³⁰“When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

³⁰Ac xnume' chic ca'c'âl chihab roquic sa' li chaki ch'och' a'an, nak quiril jun tôn li q'uix yô xxamlel nach' riq'uin li tzûl Sinaí. Ut sa' li xam a'an quixc'utbesi rib jun li ángel chiru.

³¹When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came to him,

³¹Ut laj Moisés c'ajo' nak quisach xch'ôl chirilbal ut quinach'oc riq'uin re târil chi us. Quirabi xyâb xcux li Kâcua' nak quixye:

³²‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Exodus 3:6 Moses trembled, and dared not look.

³²-Lâin li Kâcua' Dios li que'xlok'oni chak lâ xe'tônil yucua'. Lâin li Dios li que'xlok'oni chak laj Abraham, laj Isaac, ut laj Jacob, chan. Ut laj Moisés nasicsot xban xxiu ut inc'a' chic quixcuy rilbal.

³³The Lord said to him, ‘Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.

³³Ut quixye li Kâcua' re: -Isi lâ xâb châcuok xban nak li na'ajej cuancat cui', a'an santil na'ajej.

³⁴I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.’ Exodus 3:5,7-8,10

³⁴Relic chi yâl lâin yôquin chirilbal li raylal li yôqueb chixc'ulbal lin tenamit li cuanqueb Egipto. Ut yôquin ajcui' chirabinquil nak yôqueb xk'okonquil ribeb xban li raylal. Jo'can nak xinchal chixcolbaleb sa' ruk'eb laj Egipto. Abi li tinye âcue. Tatintakla Egipto, chan li Kâcua' re laj Moisés.

³⁵“This Moses, whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

³⁵Laj Moisés, a'an li que'xtz'ektâna laj Israel nak que'xye: -¿Ani xq'uehoc âcue chi taklânc ut chi rakoc âtin? chanqueb. A'an li quitaklâc chixtenk'anquileb laj Israel ut chixcolbaleb. Quitaklâc xban li Kâcua' nak li ángel quixc'utbesi rib chiru sa' li jun tôn chi q'uix yô xxamlel.

³⁶This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.

³⁶Laj Moisés, a'an li qui-isin reheb Egipto. Nabal li milagro ut li sachba ch'ôlej quixbânu aran Egipto ut sa' li Caki Palau. Chiru ca'c'âl chihab quic'amoc be chiruheb sa' li chaki ch'och'.

³⁷This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. TR adds “You shall listen to him.” ’ Deuteronomy 18:15

³⁷A'an laj Moisés li quiyehoc chak re a'in reheb laj Israel: -Li Kâcua' lê Dios tixq'ue junak profeta sa' êyânk sic'bil ru xban jo' lâin. Êcomon ajcui' lâex. Chebânu chixjunil li c'a'ru tixye êre, chan.

³⁸This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us,

³⁸A'an li quicuan rochbeneb laj Israel nak que'xch'utub ribeb sa' li chaki ch'och'. Quicuan rochbeneb li kaxe'tônil yucua' ut rochben ajcui' li ángel li quiâtinac riq'uin sa' li tzûl Sinaí nak quixye re li râtin li Dios li naq'uehoc yu'am re nak a'an chic tâyehok ke lâo.

³⁹to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

³⁹Abanan eb li kaxe'tônil yucua' inc'a' que'raj xpâbanquil li c'a'ru quixye. Que'xtz'ektâna ban ut que'raj raj suk'îc cui'chic Egipto.

⁴⁰saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.’ Exodus 32:1

⁴⁰Que'xye re laj Aarón: -Yîb kadios re te'c'amok be chiku. Inc'a' nakanau c'a'ru xc'ul chak laj Moisés li qui-isin chak ke Egipto. ¿C'a'ru aj e nak yôko chiroybeninquil? chanqueb li kaxe'tônil yucua'.

⁴¹They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.

⁴¹Jo'can nak que'xyîb riq'uin oro xjalam ûch jun li cuacax ut que'mayejac chiru. C'ajo' nak que'saho' sa' xch'ôleb chirilbal lix dioseb li que'xyîb riq'uin ruk'eb. Ut que'xbânu jun li nink'e re xlok'oninquil.

⁴²But God turned, and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, This idiom could also be translated “host of heaven,” or “angelic beings,” or “heavenly bodies.” as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

⁴²Jo'can nak li Kâcua' Dios quixcanabeb xjuneseb. Quixcanabeb chixlok'oninquil li chahim li cuan chiru choxa. Ut quitz'akloc ru li tz'îbanbil chak najter xbaneb li profeta nak que'xye: Lâex aj Israel, ¿ma quexmayejac ta bi' chak chicuu lâin nak yôquex chak chi numec' sa' li chaki ch'och' chiru ca'c'âl chihab?

⁴³You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship. I will carry you away Amos 5:25-27 beyond Babylon.’

⁴³¿Ma mâcua' ta bi' lê yîbanbil dios Moloc ut Renfán quelok'oni? Lâex queyîb li jalam ûch a'in re têlok'oni. Jo'can nak texincanab re nak jalan tenamit tânumtâk sa' êbên ut texc'amek' chi najt sa' jun li na'ajej li cuan jun pac'al li tenamit Babilonia, chan li Kâcua'. (Amós 5:25-27)

⁴⁴“Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen;

⁴⁴Eb li kaxe'tônil yucua' que'xyîb ajcui' chak li tabernáculo nak yôqueb chak chi numec' sa' li chaki ch'och' ut aran xocxo li chak'rab. Que'xyîb jo' li retalil li quic'ute' chiru laj Moisés xban li Dios.

⁴⁵which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David,

⁴⁵Eb li kaxe'tônil yucua' que'xc'ul li muhebâl a'in. Ut nak laj Josué quic'amoc be chiruheb chi pletic, que'xc'am li muhebâl chirixeb. Ut que'rêchani lix ch'och'eb li mâcua'eb aj judío nak li Dios quirisi chiruheb li kaxe'tônil yucua' li xic' que'iloc reheb. Li muhebâl a'an quic'anjelac sa' eb li cutan a'an toj chalen nak quicuan laj David chok' rey.

⁴⁶who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.

⁴⁶Laj David quixbânu li c'a'ru quiraj li Dios, ut li Dios quisaho' xch'ôl riq'uin. Quixtz'âma chiru li Dios nak tixyîb li templo bar te'xlok'oni cui' li Dios li quixlok'oni laj Jacob.

⁴⁷But Solomon built him a house.

⁴⁷Abanan mâcua' laj David quiyîban re li templo. Laj Salomón, a'an li quiyîban re.

⁴⁸However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,

⁴⁸Quixyîb li templo usta li nimajcual Dios inc'a' nacuan sa' junak cab yîbanbil xban cuînk jo' quixye chak li profeta Isaías nak quixye chi jo'ca'in:

⁴⁹‘heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?’ says the Lord; ‘or what is the place of my rest?

⁴⁹Li choxa, a'an li na'ajej li ninc'ojla cui' ut li ruchich'och', a'an xna'aj li cuok. ¿C'a'ru chi ochochil târûk têyîb chok' cue? Ut, ¿bar cuan lin na'aj li tinhilânk cui'?

⁵⁰Didn’t my hand make all these things?’ Isaiah 66:1-2

⁵⁰¿Ma mâcua' ta bi' lâin xinyîban re chixjunil li c'a'ru cuan? chan li Kâcua'. (Isa. 66:1-2)

⁵¹“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.

⁵¹Lâex inc'a' nequetau xyâlal. K'axal cau êch'ôl. Chanchanex li inc'a' neque'pâban re li Dios. Junelic nequek'etk'eti êrib chiru li Santil Musik'ej jo' que'xbânu lê xe'tônil yucua'.

⁵²Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.

⁵²¿Ma cuan ta bi' junak profeta inc'a' quirahobtesîc xbaneb lê xe'tônil yucua'? ¿Ma inc'a' ta bi' que'xcamsiheb li que'ch'oloban chak resil lix c'ulunic li jun li Tîc Xch'ôl, li quek'axtesi lâex chi camsîc?

⁵³You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn’t keep it!”

⁵³Lâex quec'ul li chak'rab li quixq'ue êre li ángel, abanan inc'a' nequebânu li c'a'ru naxye, chan laj Esteban.

⁵⁴Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.

⁵⁴Nak que'rabi li c'a'ru yô chixyebal laj Esteban, c'ajo' nak que'josk'o'. Que'xc'uxuxi li ruch re xbaneb xjosk'il.

⁵⁵But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

⁵⁵Ut laj Esteban nujenak chi Santil Musik'ej. Qui-iloc sa' choxa ut quiril lix nimajcual lok'al li Dios ut quiril li Jesús sa' xnim uk' li Dios.

⁵⁶and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

⁵⁶Quixye: -Ilomak. Teto li choxa nak nacuil ut li C'ajolbej cuan chi xnim uk' li Dios, chan.

⁵⁷But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord.

⁵⁷Ut eb li tenamit xic' que'rabi li quixye ut que'xtz'ap lix xiqueb ut que'xjap reheb chi cau xban xjosk'ileb ut jun xiquiqueb sa' xbên nak que'xchap.

⁵⁸They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

⁵⁸Que'risi laj Esteban sa' li tenamit. Ut eb li oqueb re chi cutuc re chi pec, que'xcanab li rak'eb chi rok jun li sâj cuînk aj Saulo xc'aba'.

⁵⁹They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

⁵⁹Nak yôqueb chixcutbal chi pec, laj Esteban yô chi tijoc ut quixye: -At Kâcua' Jesús, c'ul lin musik'.-Quixcuik'ib rib, quixjap re chi cau ut quixye: -At Kâcua', mâq'ue li mâc a'in sa' xbêneb.- Ut nak quixye a'an, quicam.

⁶⁰He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.

⁶⁰Quixcuik'ib rib, quixjap re chi cau ut quixye: -At Kâcua', mâq'ue li mâc a'in sa' xbêneb.- Ut nak quixye a'an, quicam.