1 Timothy 3 in Akateko

1 Ja' jun xa k'ane oj waltoj e ach ti' an, caw yel. Ta ey mac chi yoche chi oc yilomal yet creyenteal, watx' jun mulnail chi yoche eb chi yun tu'.

2 Oj waltoj tzet sowalil chi el sbeybalnen eb chi oc yin jun opsio tu'. C'am ojab bey chi el yunen junoj tzet yetal man watx' oj eb, yet watx' c'am tzet chi ske' yak'le queja yin eb. Sowalil junne ojab yistil eb. Tec'an ojab c'al chi yute sna'bal eb, yak' ojab c'al cuenta sba eb. Sowalil ojab watx' c'al chi yute sbeybal eb sattaj yet animail, ak'om posada ojab eb. Watx' ojab chi yute scuyon eb yet creyenteal eb.

3 Man ojab uq'uem an oj eb. Man ojab mak'wawom oj eb. Manchej ak'wi ganar tumin eb yin tzet man watx' oj. Watx' ojab sc'ul eb. Man ojab ak'om jowal oj eb. Man ojab asanne oj yin ak'o ganar tumin ey oc sna'bal eb.

4 Watx' ojab yak'on cuenta sba eb yul sna, yet watx' jijyom ojab c'al yuninal eb tet, c'al yet watx' ey ojab yel oc apnoj eb yul sat yuninal tu'.

5 Ja' mac man yotaj oj tzet chi yute yak'on cuenta sba eb yul sna, ¿tumi chi ske' yak'on cuenta yiglesia Dios eb?

6 Ja' eb unin creyente to, c'am to chi ske' yale oc yopiso eb, yutol ey smey chi yi' can a sba eb. Ta chi yi' can a sba eb, ey smey chi ale oc scastigo eb, jaxca jix utele naj diablo.

7 Ja' eb ey oc yopiso, sowalil ojab watx' chi yute sbeybal eb sattaj eb man creyente oj, yet watx' c'am chi buchle eb, c'al yet watx', c'am chi ey q'uey eb yul syal naj diablo.

8 Tol chi wal pax toj e ach tzet sowalil chi el sbeybalnen eb diácono. Sowalil watx' ojab chi yute sbeybal sattaj eb yet animail. Man ojab caab oj sna'bal eb. Man ojab uq'uem an oj eb. Manchej ak'wi ganar tumin eb yin tzet man watx' oj.

9 Sowalil caw chi yaoc sna'bal eb yin wan cuybanil ak'bil e on yu Dios, wan bey chi kaoc cu c'ul. Yetoj pax oj, sowalil ojab chi yak' cuenta sba eb yetoj sna'bal.

10 Il wej sbeybal eb chi oc diáconoal tu' babel, ta c'am spenail eb chi ilchai, chi ske' yale oc yopiso eb.

11 Ja'c'ala' pax eb ix ix chi oc yopsio, sowalil watx' ojab chi yute sbeybal eb ix sattaj yet animail. Man ojab alom k'umale oj eb. Sowalil tec'an ojab chi yute sna'bal eb. Yetoj pax oj, jijyom ojab c'al chi yute sba eb ix yin masanil tzet yetal.

12 Ja' eb diácono, junne ojab yistil jun jun eb. Watx' ojab yak'on cuenta sba tet eb yuninal, c'al wan xa eb yul sna.

13 Ta watx' yak'on eb diácono tu' yin yopiso, miman yel oc apnoj eb yul sat eb yet creyenteal. Catu' c'am chi xiw eb yaloni tol ey oc sc'ul eb yin Cristo Jesús.

14 Chin to e ach tu' yet jayeb c'u, pero yajban chin to an, chin tz'ibetoj wan chejbanil ti' e ach an.

15 Pero ta c'uxan c'am chin apni yin eyman, yuxan chin tz'ibe jun jin carta ti' e ach an, yet watx' oj ja wotajne el oj tzet chi el cu beybalnen jaon yuninal jon xa Dios ti', yutol jaonti', yiglesia jon xa Dios iquis. Ey kopiso kalon el caw yel. Catu' ey jon oc yip oj.

16 Ak'bil kotajne el yu Dios tzet utbil ye oc cu cuybanil. Caw yel, caw miman yel oc apnoj wan tzet ak'bil kotajne el yu tu'. Chi yal jaxca ti': Jix jul Dios yin mimanile jaxca yet ánima. Ja' naj Espíritu jix alon el oj, tzet utbil tol caw jichan sna'bal. Ilbil yu eb ángel, albil el sk'aneal tet wan xa nacionlaj. Ey eb yul yiban k'inal ti' jix yaoc sc'ul yin. Yetoj pax oj, jix i'le pax a satcan, ẍi yul jun cu cuybanil ti'.