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On rey Herodes oquimictij Jacobo niman oquitzacquej Pedro

12  Ipan on tonaltin on rey Herodes opeu quintlahuelita niman quintlajyohuiltia sequimej yejhuan tlaneltocaj itech toTeco. Niman Herodes otlanahuatij ma quimictican Jacobo, icniu Juan, ican machete. Niman ica oquitac ica on hebreos ocuelitaquej on tlen oquichiu, no ocajsic niman oquitzacu Pedro. Yejhua in onochiu ipan on ilhuitl ijcuac nocua on pan yejhuan xquipia tlaxocolilistli. Saquin ijcuac yocajsiquej Pedro, ocalaquijquej ipan cárcel campa oquitemactilijquej intech najnahuitipan soldados niman on cada se nahuitipan soldado quipiaya nahui soldado. Herodes quinemiliaya quixtis ixpan on chanejquej para quiyolcuitis ijcuac yopanoc on ilhuitl pascua. Ijcon, tej, Pedro nemiya ne ipan cárcel pero on tlaneltocaquej ipampa nohueyica tzajtziliayaj itech Dios ican nochi inyojlo.

Dios oquixtij Pedro ne ipan cárcel

Sa no ipan on tlayohua, ijcuac para huajmostla Herodes quinequiya quixtis Pedro ixpan on chanejquej, Pedro cochticatca intzajlan omemej soldados. Yejhua salijticatca ican ome teposcadenas, niman on ocsequimej soldados tlajpiayaj ne carcejquiahuatenco. Niman nimantzin se ilhuicactequitquetl yejhuan toTeco ocuajtitlan ohuajnonextij, niman on cárcel oten ican tlahuijli. Quemaj on ilhuicactequitquetl ocuihuixoto Pedro inacastlan, niman oquitlachaltij. Quemaj oquijlij:

―Xmotelquetza nimantzin.

Ijcuacon on teposcadenas oxixinquej ne ipan imahuan Pedro. Quemaj on ilhuicactequitquetl oquijlij:

―Xmotlaquenti niman xquintlali mocachuan.

Ijcuac Pedro yoquichiu, on ilhuicactequitquetl oquijlij:

―Xtlali motlaquen hueyac niman xnechcuitlapanhui.

Pedro oquicuitlapanhuij on ilhuicactequitquetl, niman xquimatiya tla melahuac noso ca on tlen quichihuaya on ilhuicactequitquetl. Yejhua quinemiliaya ica quitzticatca se tlatlachalistli yejhuan quen itemicpan. 10 Oquimpanahuijquej on secan tlajpixquej, quemaj quej yejhua on ica ocan tlajpixquej. Quemaj ijcuac oajsiquej itech on tepostlatzacuilojli yejhuan tlapohui para ipan calle, on tepostlatzacuilojli san iselti otlapou. Oquisquej, niman quemaj ijcuac yoquipanahuijquej se calle, on ilhuicactequitquetl nimantzin oquitlalcahuij. 11 Ijcuacon, tej, Pedro oquimat on tlen onochiu, niman oquijtoj:

―Aman nicajsicamati ica melahuac on toTeco ocuajtitlan iilhuicactequitcau para onechmanahuico itech ipoder Herodes niman itech nochi tlen on hebreos quinemiliayaj nechchihuilisquej.

12 Niman ijcuac ocajsicamat yejhua in, oyaj ichan María, yejhuan inan Juan. Juan no itoca Marcos. Ompa miyequej on tlaneltocaquej san secan nemiya nohueyicatzajtzilijticatcaj. 13 Niman ijcuac Pedro oconteteloj on tlatzacuilyotl de on quiahuac, se ichpochtli itoca Rode oyaj para quitas aquinon. 14 Niman ijcuac oquitencac ica Pedro, sanoyej opac. Yejhua ica xoquitlatlapohuilij, yej onotlaloj ne calijtic niman oquiteijlito ica Pedro nemi ne quiahuatenco. 15 Niman oquijlijquej:

―¡Tejhua yej tiloca!

Pero yejhua quiteijliaya ica melahuac. Ijcuacon yejhuamej quijtohuayaj:

―On xejhua Pedro. Cas san iángel.

16 Chica ijcuacon Pedro oc quitetelohuaya on tlatzacuilyotl. Niman ijcuac otlatlapojquej niman oquitaquej ica yejhua, omojcatlachixquej. 17 Quemaj yejhua oquintlajtlanilij ican ima para ma ca ma nahuatican niman quemaj oquintlajtlajtohuilij quen ijqui toTeco oquixtij ne ipan cárcel. No ijqui oquimijlij:

―Yejhua in quen nopan onochiu xquinmachiltican on tocniu Jacobo niman on ocsequimej tocnihuan.

Quemaj oquis niman oyaj ne ica ocsecan.

18 Ne ipan cárcel, ijcuac otlanes, sanoyej onajcomanquej on soldados pampa xquimatiyaj tlinon onochiu ihuan Pedro. 19 Herodes otlanahuatij ma quitejtemotij, pero xohuel oquinextijquej. Yejhua ica oquinyolcuitij on soldados niman quemaj otlanahuatij ma quinmictican. Quemaj Herodes oquis ne Judea niman oyaj ne Cesarea campa onocau quesqui tonaltin.

Herodes omic

20 Herodes cualaniya intech on tlacamej yejhuan chantiyaj ipan on huejhueyican intoca Tiro niman Sidón. Yejhua ica on chanejquej Tiro niman Sidón onocajquej san se tlajtojli niman oyajquej itech Herodes. Pero achtoj oquinoamigarojquej niman oquitlaquejquej se tlacatl itoca Blasto yejhuan hueyi tlayecanqui catca ichan on rey Herodes. Quemaj oyajquej itech Herodes niman oquitlajtlanilijquej ma ca sa ma quintlahuelita. Ijquin oquitlajtlanilijquej, pampa yejhuamej quiseliayaj tlacuajli yejhuan quisaya ipan on región de on rey. 21 Quemaj ipan se tonajli Herodes oquitlalij para tlajtos inhuan on chanejquej ne Tiro niman Sidón. Niman quemaj ipan on tonajli onotlaquentij ica on tlaquentli yejhuan san reyes ica notlaquentiaj. Quemaj ohuajnotlalito ipan inesehuilpan campa tequihuajti niman oquinnotz on tlacamej ican se cualtzin tenojnotzalistli. 22 Quemaj on tlacamej opejquej tzajtzij:

―¡Yejhua in yejhuan tlajtohua xan yacaj tlacatl, yej se dios!

23 Herodes oquiselij inyectenehualis on tlacamej quen Dios yesquia. Yejhua ica nimantzin se ilhuicactequitetl yejhuan toTeco ocuajtitlan ocastigaroj ican ocuilimej niman opeu quicuaj hasta ijqui omic, pampa yejhua xocueyijilij Dios.

24 Pero on itlajtoltzin toTeco nochayajtiaya niman noteijliaya nochihuiyan.

25 Ijcuac Bernabé niman Saulo otlanquej intequiu ne Jerusalén, ohuajnocuepquej. Niman no ocuajhuicaquej Juan yejhuan no itoca Marcos.

Peter’s Miraculous Escape From Prison

12 It was about this time that King Herod(A) arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. He had James, the brother of John,(B) put to death with the sword.(C) When he saw that this met with approval among the Jews,(D) he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread.(E) After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.(F)

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.(G)

The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains,(H) and sentries stood guard at the entrance. Suddenly an angel(I) of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.(J)

Then the angel said to him, “Put on your clothes and sandals.” And Peter did so. “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,” the angel told him. Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision.(K) 10 They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself,(L) and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.

11 Then Peter came to himself(M) and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me(N) from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.”

12 When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark,(O) where many people had gathered and were praying.(P) 13 Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the door.(Q) 14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed(R) she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, “Peter is at the door!”

15 “You’re out of your mind,” they told her. When she kept insisting that it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”(S)

16 But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished. 17 Peter motioned with his hand(T) for them to be quiet and described how the Lord had brought him out of prison. “Tell James(U) and the other brothers and sisters(V) about this,” he said, and then he left for another place.

18 In the morning, there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter. 19 After Herod had a thorough search made for him and did not find him, he cross-examined the guards and ordered that they be executed.(W)

Herod’s Death

Then Herod went from Judea to Caesarea(X) and stayed there. 20 He had been quarreling with the people of Tyre and Sidon;(Y) they now joined together and sought an audience with him. After securing the support of Blastus, a trusted personal servant of the king, they asked for peace, because they depended on the king’s country for their food supply.(Z)

21 On the appointed day Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. 22 They shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man.” 23 Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel(AA) of the Lord struck him down,(AB) and he was eaten by worms and died.

24 But the word of God(AC) continued to spread and flourish.(AD)

Barnabas and Saul Sent Off

25 When Barnabas(AE) and Saul had finished their mission,(AF) they returned from[a] Jerusalem, taking with them John, also called Mark.(AG)

Footnotes

  1. Acts 12:25 Some manuscripts to