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Colbˈi ribˈ Esteban chiwchak mak comontak bˈabˈal

Xpe man nimlaj jbˈabˈalak yak ajcˈamaltak jbˈeak cristian riqˈui Kakaj Dios, xtzˈonaj re Esteban: ¿Tzˈetniˈ ri tijin tibˈijsaj chawij? xcheˈ re.

Xpe Esteban, xij: Atak kaj y atak inwinak, tatak impuch tambˈij jcholajl chawechak. Kakaj Dios ri subˈlaj nim jkˈij xwabˈaˈ ribˈ chiwch kamam Abraham cuando ajwiˈ Mesopotamia, ajquiˈ chi bˈe waˈxtak Harán y xij re jilonri: Can yeˈ awulew pach yak awechˈelxic. Y jat li man luwar ri tancˈut chawch, xcheˈ Kakaj Dios re.

Jilonli Abraham xelbˈi laj jluwrak mak aj Caldea y xeˈ waˈx Harán. Y cuando xcam jkaj Abraham, Kakaj Dios xcˈam chicch Abraham laˈ man luwar ri jbˈij Canaán, lamas watakwiˈ atak lajori. Cuando xyuk neri taˈ xjachsaj ni jun raquitz ulew laj jkˈabˈ, pero xijsajiˈ re jwiˈl Kakaj Dios chi man ulew ri, tina yeˈsajna rechak yak rijajl nen or cuando camnakchak re. Y Abraham ajquiˈ jono ralcˈwal laˈ mak kˈij li cuando xijsaj re jilonli.

Xpe Kakaj Dios, xij re Abraham: Yak awijajl nen or tina bˈe waˈxtakna li jun jalan tilmit ri maˈ jtilmitak taˈn y tina waˈxna rajwak. Claˈ tina bˈansajna cˈax rechak chiwch quejabˈ cient (400) junabˈ. In tina imbˈanna inkˈatbˈitzij chibˈak mak cristian re man tilmit li ri tijcoj ribˈak pi rajwak y rechak tina eltaknach claˈ y tina jnimirsajtak inkˈij neri, xcheˈ Kakaj Dios re Abraham.

Kakaj Dios xan jun jchomorsaˈn riqˈui Abraham re jcojic retal tioˈjl pire retal ri jchomorsaˈn ri xan. Y jwiˈliˈli cuando xqˈuisiˈy ra jcˈajol ri jbˈij Isaac, waxakibˈ (8) kˈij jqˈuisiˈy cuando xcoj retal jtioˈjl y jilon xan chic Isaac re Jacob cuando xqˈuisiˈyc, xcoj retal jtioˈjl. Y Jacob cuando xqˈuisiˈy yak cabˈlajuj (12) jcˈajol, xcoj retal jtioˈjlak y riˈtakaˈ li yak cabˈlajuj (12) jmamak yak rijajl Israel.

Yak jcˈajol Jacob li, riˈtakaˈ kamam ri xtiˈtijtak José ri jkˈunak y xcˈayajtakbˈi Egipto, pero Kakaj Dios wiˈ riqˈui José. 10 Kakaj Dios xresaj José laj jkˈabˈ cˈax y xyeˈ jnoˈj, jwiˈliˈli subˈlaj tzi xilsaj jwiˈl man faraón ri rey re Egipto. Xpe man faraón, xcoj José pi jcabˈ jbˈabˈal kˈatbˈitzij re Egipto y xjach richoch y kelen re laj jkˈabˈ.

11 Xpe jun nimlaj wiˈjal Egipto y Canaán ri lamas wiˈtak kamam, rechak taˈ chiquiˈ nen tijtijtak. 12 Cuando xta jtaquil Jacob chi wiˈ trig Egipto, xtakbˈi kamam chi jlokˈic rechak claˈ, riˈ li cuando kamam xeˈtak nabˈe bˈwelt Egipto. 13 Y cuando xeˈtak chic jcaˈmul, ajrucˈreˈ xij José rechak chi jkˈunakiˈn, riˈ re ri xcˈayajtakbˈi ojr y jilonli man faraón xretemaj nen jkaj José.

14 Ajrucˈreˈ José xtak jcˈamic Jacob ri jkaj pach yak ratz y jkˈun y juntir ralcˈwalak, oxcˈal joˈlajuj (75) ribˈilak xeˈtak Egipto. 15 Y jilonli xeˈ waˈx Jacob Egipto y claˈ xcamwiˈ pach yak jcˈajol. 16 Jcamnaklak Jacob pach José xesajtakbˈi claˈ, xeˈ muksajtak li tilmit Siquem li ra luwar ri lokˈan jwiˈl Abraham riqˈui yak jcˈajol Hamor, xcheˈ Esteban.

17 Esteban xij chic: Jilonli xkˈax junabˈ. Cuando tawem tran kˈij tran Kakaj Dios ri bˈil jwiˈl re Abraham ojr, yak kamam subˈlaj xqˈuiyantak Egipto. 18 Y xoc chic jun rey re Egipto ri taˈ xchˈobˈ jwich José. 19 Y man rey li xoc chi jbˈanic cˈax rechak yak kawinak y xyeˈ jun takon chi tijxuttak tra ralcˈwalak winak ri ajqˈuisiˈy pire ticamtak.

20 Y laˈ mak kˈij li xqˈuisiˈy Moisés, jun ral acˈl ri jor tzi xilsaj jwiˈl Kakaj Dios. Uxibˈ icˈ xqˈuitzaj jwiˈl jkaj jchuch la ja. 21 Pero cuando xresajtakbˈi la ja, xpe man jrabˈin man faraón, xcˈambˈi laj richoch pire tijqˈuitzaj chapcaˈ ricˈlal. 22 Y xtijoj Moisés chirij jnoˈjak mak aj Egipto y wiˈ mas jnoˈj chi jbˈij nen raj tijbˈij y nen raj tran.

23 Pero cuando xtzˈakat caˈwinak (40) junbˈ Moisés, xchomorsaj laj ranm xeˈ chi jsolajcak yak rijajl Israel ri jwinak. 24 Y cuando xril Moisés chi jun aj Egipto tijin tran cˈax re jun rechak yak jwinak, xeˈ chi jcolic y xcamsaj man aj Egipto. 25 Moisés riˈ chijchˈol re chi tretemajtakaˈ yak jwinak chi Kakaj Diosiˈ takowinak re chi jcolicak. Pero yak jwinak taˈ xretemajtak. 26 Laj jcabˈ kˈij chic, Moisés xril quibˈ rechak yak jwinak tijintak chi chˈoˈj, re raj roj xjacheˈ jwichak, xij rechak: Atak, awinakiˈ aybˈak, ¿nen chac tabˈan cˈax aybˈak chawibˈil aybˈak? xcheˈ Moisés rechak.

27 Xpe man ri tijin tran cˈax re jpach, xchikajbˈi Moisés y xij re: ¿Nen xatcojow pi kˈatbˈitzij chikabˈ? Y, ¿nen xatcojow chi jbˈanic kˈatbˈitzij chikabˈ? 28 ¿Miti chawaj inacamsaj chapcaˈ xabˈan re jun aj Egipto iwr? xcheˈ re Moisés.

29 Cuando xta Moisés chi jilonli xijsaj re, xelmajbˈic, xeˈ waˈx li jun jalan luwar ri jbˈij Madián, xwaˈx li jun tilmit ri maˈ jtilmit taˈn y claˈ xwaˈx quibˈ jcˈajol.

30 Y caˈwinak (40) junabˈ jtawic Moisés claˈ, xwabˈaˈ ribˈ jun ranjl Kakaj Dios ri Kajawl chiwch ri wiˈ laj jxak jkˈakˈal jun mat loˈquiej li chekej luwar, chijcˈulel man nimlaj witz ri jbˈij Sinaí. 31 Moisés subˈlaj xsaach jchˈol chi rilic, xjutun chijcˈulel, riˈ raj tran rilic nen chi kelen lal, riˈchak xta xchˈaˈw Kakaj Dios ri Kajawl, xij jilonri:

32 Iniˈ ri in jDios amam, Abraham, Isaac y Jacob, xcheˈ.

Cuando xta Moisés xchˈabˈejc, tichak querquen jwiˈl jtzakic jchˈol y taˈ chiquiˈ raj xril. 33 Y Kakaj Dios ri Kajawl xij chic re jilonri:
    Esaj axajbˈ jwiˈl man luwar ri lamas watwiˈ tosoliˈ pi we.
34     In ilaniˈ inwiˈl nen cˈax tijin tijtijtak yak walcˈwal Egipto y tantaˈ cuando tijbˈijtak chi subˈlaj cˈax tijin tijtijtak, jwiˈliˈli xinkejch chi jcolicak.
    Lajori, tzaj impuch, atintakbˈi Egipto, xcheˈ Kakaj Dios re Moisés.

35 Onque kamam nabˈe xxutaˈtakaˈ Moisés cuando xijtak re: ¿Nen xatcojow pi kˈatbˈitzij chikabˈ? Y, ¿nen xatcojow chi jbˈanic kˈatbˈitzij chikabˈ? xcheˈtak re.

Pero Kakaj Dios xtakna pire kˈatbˈitzij chibˈak y pire ajcolol rechak cuando xwabˈaˈ ribˈ jun anjl chiwch ri wiˈ laj jxak jkˈakˈal jun mat loˈquiej. 36 Y riˈ Moisés li xesan rechak kamam Egipto y riˈ xanow nimaktak cˈutbˈi jcwinel Kakaj Dios Egipto y li Mar Quiek y li chekej luwar chiwch mak caˈwinak (40) junabˈ. 37 Y riˈ Moisés li xin rechak yak rijajl Israel: Kakaj Dios ri Kajawl tina jchaˈna jun chijxoˈlak yak awinakak pi ajkˈasal Jyolj chaxoˈlak chapcaˈ in, xcheˈ rechak.

38 Y riˈ Moisés xwaˈx xoˈlak yak rijajl Israel ri kamam li chekej luwar. Riˈ re xchˈabˈej jwiˈl anjl bˈa witz Sinaí. Riˈ re xtaw Jyolj Kakaj Dios ri tiyeˈw cˈaslemal y xij chic chike oj, xcheˈ Esteban rechak yak rijajl Israel.

39 Esteban xij chic: Pero kamam taˈ rajak xcojtak Jyolj Kakaj Dios ri tijbˈij Moisés, xxuttak Moisés, riˈ rajak roj xkˈajtak chic Egipto. 40 Xijtak re Aarón: Bˈan nicˈj katiox pi jqˈuexwach kadios pire tinabˈertak chikawch chi jcˈamic kabˈe jwiˈl taˈ ketam nen xan Moisés ri xojesanch Egipto, xcheˈtak re Aarón.

41 Jilonli xantak jun tiox richbˈal jun wacx, xcojtak pi jdiosak. Y xcamsajtak awaj pire tijsujtak re, xantak jun nimakˈij pire xcˈultak jkˈij man jtioxak ri riˈke rechak xanowtak. 42 Jwiˈliˈli xcan yeˈsajtak jwiˈl Kakaj Dios chi jcojic jkˈijak mak chˈumil pach kˈij pach icˈ pi jdiosak. Jilon chapcaˈ tijbˈij lak jwujak yak ajkˈasaltak Jyolj Kakaj Dios ojr cuando Kakaj Dios xij jilonri:

Atak rijajl Israel, taˈ xacamsajtak awaj pire xasujtak chwe, ni xasipajtak kelen chwe cuando xatwaˈxtak caˈwinak (40) junabˈ li chekej luwar.
43 Atak xawikajtakbˈi man atioxak ri jbˈij Moloc pach man chinam ri richoch man atioxak, pach man atioxak richbˈal jun chˈumil ri jbˈij Refán, ri mak tiox ri atake xatbˈanowtak pire tacojtak jkˈij.
Jwiˈliˈli atwesajtakbˈi laj atilmitak y atintaktakbˈi jilibˈi re Babilonia, xcheˈ Kakaj Dios, xcheˈ Esteban rechak.

44 Esteban xij chic: Cuando xwaˈxtak kamam li chekej luwar ojr, wiˈ jun chinam riqˈuilak ri richoch Kakaj Dios ri lamas tijcˈoltakwiˈ mak tzˈalam abˈaj ri tzˈibˈal mak lajuj Jpixbˈ Kakaj Dios chiwch. Jilon jbˈanic xantak re chapcaˈ rilic man ri xcˈutsaj chiwch Moisés jwiˈl Kakaj Dios. 45 Kamam katitˈ xcˈultak laj jkˈabˈak jmam jtitˈak man chinam li, ri richoch Kakaj Dios y aj cˈamaliˈ man chinam li jwiˈlak pach Josué cuando xmajtak man ulew lamas xesajtak mak cristian jwiˈl Kakaj Dios chiwchak pire tijachsaj man ulew rechak. Y man chinam li xwaˈxna riqˈuilak asta laˈ mak kˈij cuando xwaˈx David.

46 David jor tzi xilsaj jwiˈl Kakaj Dios, re xtzˈonaj chi tiyeˈsaj luwar re tran jun tzˈetel ja lamas tiwaˈxwiˈ Kakaj Dios ri jDios Jacob. 47 Pero taˈ xyeˈsaj luwar re xan. Riˈ Salomón ri jcˈajol xanow jwaˈx man ja li. 48 Pero Kakaj Dios lecj taˈ tiwaˈx li jun ja ri bˈanalke laˈ jkˈabˈak cristian chapcaˈ xcan jtzˈibˈaj ajkˈasal Jyolj Kakaj Dios ojr cuando Kakaj Dios xij jilonri:

49 Caj tzˈakatke tran pire lamas incubˈarwiˈ chi uxlan y ulew xike tran pire jluwr wakan.
Taˈ ni jun ja atcwintak chi jbˈanic pi we y taˈ jun inluwr aacˈlak lamas inuxlanwiˈ.
50 Jwiˈl laˈyiˈ inkˈbˈ bˈanalwiˈ caj pach ulew inwiˈl, xcheˈ Kakaj Dios.

51 Atak, subˈlaj atak jip, jilon axicnak y awanmak chapcaˈ rechak yak ri taˈ tijcojtak Jyolj Kakaj Dios, takˈattak jwich Lokˈlaj Jsantil Kakaj Dios.

Atak atake nicˈ riqˈui amamak ojr. 52 Juntir yak ajkˈasaltak Jyolj Kakaj Dios xansajiˈ cˈax rechak jwiˈl yak amamak. Rechak xcamsajtak ri tibˈintak chi tina pena jun ri sucˈul ranm. Y cuando xyuk Kakaj Jesús jun winak ri sucˈul ranm, xajachtak pi cˈax y xacamsajtak.

53 Atak xijsajiˈ Jpixbˈ Kakaj Dios chawechak ri xyeˈsaj re Moisés jwiˈl yak anjl, pero taˈ xacojtak, xcheˈ Esteban rechak.

Jcamic Esteban

54 Mak comontak jbˈabˈalak yak rijajl Israel cuando xtatak chi jilonli xijsaj rechak, subˈlaj xkuchˈuchˈuj reeak jwiˈl retzalak chi jtaic jyolj Esteban. 55 Pero Esteban nojsaliˈ ranm laˈ Lokˈlaj Jsantil Kakaj Dios, xnaˈtun lecj y xrilbˈi jkˈakˈal jnimal jkˈij Kakaj Dios y xrilbˈi Kakaj Jesucristo waˈl laj jpaach Kakaj Dios.

56 Ajrucˈreˈ Esteban xij: Iltak impuch lecj, twil in xteriˈ caj. In tijin twil Jcˈajol Kakaj Dios ri xwux pi cristianil waˈl laj jpaach Kakaj Dios, xcheˈ rechak.

57 Rechak xtzˈapij jxicnak y subˈlaj cow xchˈejejtak y juntir nicˈ jwichak xpetak chi jchapic Esteban. 58 Xresajtakbˈi Jerusalén. Ajrucˈreˈ xcholtak jcamsaj chi abˈaj. Y mak ri xkˈabˈantak tzij chirij xrokxaˈnijtak ritzˈikak ri tijkˈuˈjtak riqˈui jun cˈojol winak ri jbˈij Saulo. 59 Y cuando tijintak chi jcamsaj Esteban chi abˈaj, Esteban xchˈaˈw riqˈui Kakaj Dios, xij: Kaj Jesús ri Wajawl, cˈul insantil, xcheˈ.

60 Ajrucˈreˈ xxucar y cow xchˈejejc, xij: ¡At Wajawl, cuy jmacak, ma yeˈ riqˈui awanm ri tijin trantak chwe! xcheˈ.

Xijmaj jilonli jwiˈl, xcamc.

Stephen’s Speech to the Sanhedrin

Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”

To this he replied: “Brothers and fathers,(A) listen to me! The God of glory(B) appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Harran.(C) ‘Leave your country and your people,’ God said, ‘and go to the land I will show you.’[a](D)

“So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Harran. After the death of his father, God sent him to this land where you are now living.(E) He gave him no inheritance here,(F) not even enough ground to set his foot on. But God promised him that he and his descendants after him would possess the land,(G) even though at that time Abraham had no child. God spoke to him in this way: ‘For four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated.(H) But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come out of that country and worship me in this place.’[b](I) Then he gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision.(J) And Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him eight days after his birth.(K) Later Isaac became the father of Jacob,(L) and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.(M)

“Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph,(N) they sold him as a slave into Egypt.(O) But God was with him(P) 10 and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of Pharaoh king of Egypt. So Pharaoh made him ruler over Egypt and all his palace.(Q)

11 “Then a famine struck all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.(R) 12 When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our forefathers on their first visit.(S) 13 On their second visit, Joseph told his brothers who he was,(T) and Pharaoh learned about Joseph’s family.(U) 14 After this, Joseph sent for his father Jacob and his whole family,(V) seventy-five in all.(W) 15 Then Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.(X) 16 Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a certain sum of money.(Y)

17 “As the time drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly increased.(Z) 18 Then ‘a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt.’[c](AA) 19 He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our ancestors by forcing them to throw out their newborn babies so that they would die.(AB)

20 “At that time Moses was born, and he was no ordinary child.[d] For three months he was cared for by his family.(AC) 21 When he was placed outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.(AD) 22 Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians(AE) and was powerful in speech and action.

23 “When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his own people, the Israelites. 24 He saw one of them being mistreated by an Egyptian, so he went to his defense and avenged him by killing the Egyptian. 25 Moses thought that his own people would realize that God was using him to rescue them, but they did not. 26 The next day Moses came upon two Israelites who were fighting. He tried to reconcile them by saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why do you want to hurt each other?’

27 “But the man who was mistreating the other pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?(AF) 28 Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’[e] 29 When Moses heard this, he fled to Midian, where he settled as a foreigner and had two sons.(AG)

30 “After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai. 31 When he saw this, he was amazed at the sight. As he went over to get a closer look, he heard the Lord say:(AH) 32 ‘I am the God of your fathers,(AI) the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’[f] Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.(AJ)

33 “Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.(AK) 34 I have indeed seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to set them free. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’[g](AL)

35 “This is the same Moses they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’(AM) He was sent to be their ruler and deliverer by God himself, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36 He led them out of Egypt(AN) and performed wonders and signs(AO) in Egypt, at the Red Sea(AP) and for forty years in the wilderness.(AQ)

37 “This is the Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your own people.’[h](AR) 38 He was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel(AS) who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors;(AT) and he received living words(AU) to pass on to us.(AV)

39 “But our ancestors refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.(AW) 40 They told Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who led us out of Egypt—we don’t know what has happened to him!’[i](AX) 41 That was the time they made an idol in the form of a calf. They brought sacrifices to it and reveled in what their own hands had made.(AY) 42 But God turned away from them(AZ) and gave them over to the worship of the sun, moon and stars.(BA) This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets:

“‘Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings
    forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel?
43 You have taken up the tabernacle of Molek
    and the star of your god Rephan,
    the idols you made to worship.
Therefore I will send you into exile’[j](BB) beyond Babylon.

44 “Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the covenant law(BC) with them in the wilderness. It had been made as God directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.(BD) 45 After receiving the tabernacle, our ancestors under Joshua brought it with them when they took the land from the nations God drove out before them.(BE) It remained in the land until the time of David,(BF) 46 who enjoyed God’s favor and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.[k](BG) 47 But it was Solomon who built a house for him.(BH)

48 “However, the Most High(BI) does not live in houses made by human hands.(BJ) As the prophet says:

49 “‘Heaven is my throne,
    and the earth is my footstool.(BK)
What kind of house will you build for me?
says the Lord.
    Or where will my resting place be?
50 Has not my hand made all these things?’[l](BL)

51 “You stiff-necked people!(BM) Your hearts(BN) and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! 52 Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute?(BO) They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him(BP) 53 you who have received the law that was given through angels(BQ) but have not obeyed it.”

The Stoning of Stephen

54 When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious(BR) and gnashed their teeth at him. 55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit,(BS) looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.(BT) 56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open(BU) and the Son of Man(BV) standing at the right hand of God.”

57 At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, 58 dragged him out of the city(BW) and began to stone him.(BX) Meanwhile, the witnesses(BY) laid their coats(BZ) at the feet of a young man named Saul.(CA)

59 While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”(CB) 60 Then he fell on his knees(CC) and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.”(CD) When he had said this, he fell asleep.(CE)

Footnotes

  1. Acts 7:3 Gen. 12:1
  2. Acts 7:7 Gen. 15:13,14
  3. Acts 7:18 Exodus 1:8
  4. Acts 7:20 Or was fair in the sight of God
  5. Acts 7:28 Exodus 2:14
  6. Acts 7:32 Exodus 3:6
  7. Acts 7:34 Exodus 3:5,7,8,10
  8. Acts 7:37 Deut. 18:15
  9. Acts 7:40 Exodus 32:1
  10. Acts 7:43 Amos 5:25-27 (see Septuagint)
  11. Acts 7:46 Some early manuscripts the house of Jacob
  12. Acts 7:50 Isaiah 66:1,2