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On tlajtlajmatquej tlayecanquej itech tocnihuan onosentlalijquej ne Jerusalén

15  Ipan on tonaltin semej tlacamej ohualejquej ne Judea niman quinmachtiayaj on tocnihuan ica tla xquiselisquej on nescayotl ipan innacayo itoca circuncisión ijcon quen Moisés oquinnahuatij on hebreos, xhuelisquej maquisasquej. Pablo niman Bernabé sanoyej onotencuicuiquej inhuan on tlacamej ica on circuncisión. Quemaj oquinemilijquej oquintitlanquej Pablo niman Bernabé inhuan ocsequimej on yejhuan ompa nemiyaj para oyajquej ne Jerusalén niman oquinnotzatoj on apóstoles niman on yejhuan tlajtlajmatquej tlayecanquej itech tocnihuan. Ijcon, tej, nochimej quimatisquej catlejhua temachtijli yejhuan melahuac más cuajli.

On tlaneltocaquej oquintitlanquej niman chica panohuayaj ipan inregión Fenicia niman Samaria, quitetlajtlajtohuiliayaj quen ijqui on yejhuan xhebreos oquipatlaquej innemilis niman aman quitlacamatij Dios. Niman nochimej on tocnihuan paquiyaj yejhua ica in tlen quimijliayaj.

Ijcuac Pablo niman Bernabe oajsiquej ne Jerusalén, cuajli oquinselijquej on tlaneltocaquej, on apóstoles niman on tlajtlajmatquej tlayecanquej itech tocnihuan. Quemaj yejhuamej oquitetlajtlajtohuilijquej nochi on tlajtlamach tlen Dios oquichiu intechcopa yejhuamej. Ijcuacon sequimej yejhuan nopohuaj intech on fariseos on yejhuan otlaneltocacaj, ohuajnotelquetzquej niman oquijtojquej:

―On xhebreos yejhuan tlaneltocaj ica oncaj quiselisquej on nescayotl de circuncisión ipan innacayo, niman nonahuatisquej ma quitlacamatican itlanahuatil Moisés.

Quemaj onosentlalijquej on apóstoles niman on tlajtlajmatquej tlayecanquej itech tocnihuan para quimatisquej tlinon quichihuasquej yejhua ica on tlen onijtoj. Niman ijcuac sanoyej yonotencuicuiquej, ohuajnotelquetz Pedro niman oquijtoj:

―Nocnihuan, nemejhuamej nenquimatztoquej ica ye huejcahui Dios onechtlapejpenij nemotzajlan para on yejhuan xhebreos niquimijlis on cuajli tlajtojli yejhuan quitemaca temaquixtilistli para yejhuamej no ma tlaneltocacan. Niman Dios yejhuan nochi tlacatl quixmati ipan iyojlo otechpantlantilij ica no quinselia ijcuac oquititlan on iEspíritu Santo ijcon quen tejhuamej otechajtitlanilij. Niman Dios xacaj oquichicohuij nican totech yejhuan tihebreos nion yejhuamej intech on xhebreos, yej oquinyolchipau pampa otlaneltocaquej. 10 Aman, tej, ¿tlica nenquitlatlataj Dios yejhua on ica nenquintlaliliaj yejhuamej in tlaneltocaquej se tlamamajli yejhuan nion tejhuamej nion on toachtojtajhuan xtihuelij tiquitquij? 11 Yej tejhuamej, tej, ticneltocaj ica yotimaquisquej ican itetlajsojtlalis toTeco Jesús no ijqui quen yejhuamej.

12 Ijcuacon nochimej xoc onahuatquej, niman san tlacaquiyaj chica Bernabé niman Pablo quitemachiltiayaj ica on tlamahuisoltin niman milagros yejhuan Dios oquichiu intechcopa yejhuamej intzajlan on yejhuan xhebreos. 13 Ijcuac otlanquej tlajtlajtohuaj, Jacobo oquijtoj:

―Nocnihuan, xnechcaquican: 14 Simón Pedro yotechtlajtlajtohuilij quen ijqui Dios achtopa oquinnotzato on xhebreos para quintlapejpenis yejhuan notenehuasquej ican itocatzin. 15 In cuajli nesi ica tenquisa on tlen oquijcuilojcaj on tiotlajtojquej. Yejhuamej ijquin oquijcuilojcaj ipan in Yectlajcuilojli: 16 Ijcuac yopanoc yejhua in tlajtlamach, ocsejpa nihuajlas niman nicalactis quen rey se tlacatl yejhuan tehuan tlacatis intech ihuejcaconehuan David. Ijcon quen se tlacatl ocsejpa quichijchihua ical ijcuac tlaxixini, nejhua no nicchihuas para on hebreos ma quipiacan se rey,

17 para nochimej ocsequimej tlalticpactlacamej ma quitejtemocan on toTeco hasta on yejhuan xhebreos yejhuan notenehuaj ican notoca.

18 Ijcon quijtohua toTeco yejhuan oquitemachiltij in tlajtlamach desde ne ye huejcahui.

19 'Yejhua ica, tej, niquijtohua ica xcuajli para tiquimpajsolosquej on xhebreos yejhuan cajcahuaj on inachtojtlaneltoc para quitlacamatij Dios. 20 Yej san ma tiquintlajcuilhuican para ma ca quicuasquej on nacatl yejhuan yacaj quihuenchihua intech on tlamachijchijhualtin itajtzitzihuan, ma ca yacaj ahuilnemis, niman ma ca cuasquej innacayo on yolquej yejhuan san noquechmictiaj, niman no ma ca cuasquej yestli. 21 Ijcon, tej, ma tiquinmijlican in pampa ye huejcahui hasta aman ye ticmatztoquej ica ijqui ipan cada pueblo nemij yejhuamej yejhuan quitecaquistiliaj itlanahuatil Moisés, niman nemij on yejhuan quinomachtiaj cada sábado ipan intiopan on hebreos.

22 Quemaj on apóstoles niman on tlajtlajmatquej tlayecanquej itech tocnihuan, ihuan nochi on tlaneltocaquej ne ipan on tiopan, oquinemilijquej ica cuajli yes para quintlapejpenisquej sequimej tlacamej intech niman quintitlanisquej ne Antioquía ihuan Pablo niman Bernabé. Yejhuamej in oquitlapejpenijquej Judas, yejhuan no itoca catca Barsabás, niman Silas. Yejhuamej in omemej tlacamej hueyixticatcaj intzajlan on tocnihuan. 23 Niman inhuan oquititlanquej yejhua in tlajcuilolamatl:

Tejhuamej tiapóstoles, niman titlajtlajmatquej tlayecanquej itech tocnihuan, niman tejhuamej titeicnihuan temechontlajpalohuaj nemochimej tocnihuan xhebreos yejhuan chantij ne Antioquía niman yejhuan chantij ipan on inregión Siria niman Cilicia. 24 Ticaquij ica totzajlan oquisquej sequimej tlacamej yejhuan xican totlanahuatil oyajquej niman yomechnojnotzatoj. Yejhuamej mechonpajsolohuaj ican intlajtol niman yomechtlamachilispolojquej, pampa yomechijlijquej nonequi nenquiselisquej on nescayotl itoca circuncisión ipan nemonacayo niman nonequi nenquitlacamatisquej itlanahuatil Moisés.

25 Yejhua ica san secan cuajli otitlanemilijquej ica cuajli para tiquintlapejpenisquej sequimej tlacamej yejhuan totzajlan quisaj para mechontasquej. Yejhuamej yahuij san secan inhuan in totlajsojcaicnihuan Bernabé niman Pablo

26 yejhuan innemilis yoquitlalijquej ipan peligro san ipampa toTeco Jesucristo.

27 Ijcon, tej, tiquintitlanij Judas niman Silas on yejhuan no ijqui mechmachiltisquej ica yejhua in tlen temechtlajcuilhuiyaj.

28 On Espíritu Santo oquinemilij niman tejhuamej no oticnemilijquej ica cuajli yes para xitlaj ocse más tlamamajli temechmacasquej, yej san yejhua in tlajtlamach tlen más polijticaj:

29 Ma ca xcuacan innacayo on yolquej yejhuan yoquinhuenchijquej intech on tlamachijchijhualtin tetajtzitzihuan; no ijqui ma ca xcuacan yestli nion innacayo on yolquej yejhuan san noquechmictiaj, niman ica ma ca yacaj ahuilnemis. Tla nenquitlacamatisquej yejhua in, cuajli nenquichihuasquej. Xyolsejtiacan nemejhuamej.

30 Quemaj yejhuamej on yejhuan oquintitlanquej oajsiquej ne Antioquía, niman ijcuac yoquinsentlalijquej on tlaneltocaquej, oquinmacaquej on tlajcuilolamatl. 31 Niman ijcuac on tocnihuan oquinomachtijquej on tlajcuilolamatl, sanoyej opacquej ipampa on yoltlalilistli yejhuan oquiselijquej. 32 Quemaj Judas niman Silas, yejhuan no tiotlajtojquej, sanoyej oquinyolejquej niman oquinyolchicajquej on tocnihuan ican miyec tlajtojli. 33 Niman ijcuac ompa nemiyaj canaj quesqui tonajli, on tocnihuan ne Antioquía ononahuatiquej. Oquinnequilijquej ican yolsehuilistli ma nocuepacan intech on yejhuan oquintitlanquej. 34 Pero Silas oquitlalij iyojlo para nocahuas ne Antioquía. 35 Pablo niman Bernabé no onocajquej ne Antioquía campa inhuan miyequej ocsequimej temachtiayaj niman quiteijliayaj itlajtol toTeco.

Pablo niman Bernabé onoxexelojquej

36 Ipan quesqui tonajli Pablo oquijlij Bernabé:

―Ocsejpa tiahuij ticominnotzaj on tocnihuan yejhuan chantij ne ipan nochi on huejhueyican campa oticteijlijquej on itlajtol toTeco, para tiquitasquej quen nemij.

37 Bernabé quinequiya ma cuicacan Juan, yejhuan no itoca Marcos. 38 Pero Pablo quinemiliaya xcuajli para cuicasquej pampa ne Panfilia onoxelojca intech niman xoyaj inhuan ne ipan on tequitl. 39 San ipampa Marcos xonotencaquej niman yejhua ica onoxexelojquej. Bernabé ocuicac Marcos niman ocajsiquej inojhui ipan barco para Chipre. 40 Niman Pablo oquitlapejpenij Silas. Quemaj on tocnihuan oquintemactilijquej ipan itetlajsojtlalis toTeco, niman Pablo ihuan Silas oyajquej. 41 Yejhuamej opanoquej ne Siria niman Cilicia, niman ompaca quinyolchicajtiayaj on yejhuan tlaneltocaj.

The Council at Jerusalem

15 Certain people(A) came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers:(B) “Unless you are circumcised,(C) according to the custom taught by Moses,(D) you cannot be saved.” This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem(E) to see the apostles and elders(F) about this question. The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia(G) and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted.(H) This news made all the believers very glad. When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and elders, to whom they reported everything God had done through them.(I)

Then some of the believers who belonged to the party(J) of the Pharisees(K) stood up and said, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to keep the law of Moses.”(L)

The apostles and elders met to consider this question. After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: “Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.(M) God, who knows the heart,(N) showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them,(O) just as he did to us. He did not discriminate between us and them,(P) for he purified their hearts by faith.(Q) 10 Now then, why do you try to test God(R) by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke(S) that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear? 11 No! We believe it is through the grace(T) of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”

12 The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the signs and wonders(U) God had done among the Gentiles through them.(V) 13 When they finished, James(W) spoke up. “Brothers,” he said, “listen to me. 14 Simon[a] has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles.(X) 15 The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written:

16 “‘After this I will return
    and rebuild David’s fallen tent.
Its ruins I will rebuild,
    and I will restore it,
17 that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,
    even all the Gentiles who bear my name,
says the Lord, who does these things’[b](Y)
18     things known from long ago.[c](Z)

19 “It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols,(AA) from sexual immorality,(AB) from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.(AC) 21 For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”(AD)

The Council’s Letter to Gentile Believers

22 Then the apostles and elders,(AE) with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch(AF) with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas,(AG) men who were leaders among the believers. 23 With them they sent the following letter:

The apostles and elders, your brothers,

To the Gentile believers in Antioch,(AH) Syria(AI) and Cilicia:(AJ)

Greetings.(AK)

24 We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said.(AL) 25 So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul— 26 men who have risked their lives(AM) for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas(AN) to confirm by word of mouth what we are writing. 28 It seemed good to the Holy Spirit(AO) and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: 29 You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.(AP) You will do well to avoid these things.

Farewell.

30 So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they gathered the church together and delivered the letter. 31 The people read it and were glad for its encouraging message. 32 Judas and Silas,(AQ) who themselves were prophets,(AR) said much to encourage and strengthen the believers. 33 After spending some time there, they were sent off by the believers with the blessing of peace(AS) to return to those who had sent them. [34] [d] 35 But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, where they and many others taught and preached(AT) the word of the Lord.(AU)

Disagreement Between Paul and Barnabas

36 Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns(AV) where we preached the word of the Lord(AW) and see how they are doing.” 37 Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark,(AX) with them, 38 but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them(AY) in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work. 39 They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus, 40 but Paul chose Silas(AZ) and left, commended by the believers to the grace of the Lord.(BA) 41 He went through Syria(BB) and Cilicia,(BC) strengthening the churches.(BD)

Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:14 Greek Simeon, a variant of Simon; that is, Peter
  2. Acts 15:17 Amos 9:11,12 (see Septuagint)
  3. Acts 15:18 Some manuscripts things’— / 18 the Lord’s work is known to him from long ago
  4. Acts 15:34 Some manuscripts include here But Silas decided to remain there.