1Ilaq a ɣ-ḥesben yemdanen belli d iqeddacen kan n Lmasiḥ i nella, d wid i gwekkel Sidi Ṛebbi i wessefhem n lbaḍna-ines. 2Acu i nețṛaǧu deg win i nwekkel ɣef lḥaǧa ? Nețṛaǧu a nețkel fell-as ! 3Nekk, ur iyi-d-tewqiɛ ara ma yella tesḍelmem-iyi kunwi neɣ ma isseḍlem-iyi ccṛeɛ n yemdanen ; nekk daɣen ur sḍelmeɣ ara iman-iw, 4ɣas akken ur iyi-isseḍlem ara wul-iw, mačči d ayagi ara d-isbeggnen belli d aḥeqqi i lliɣ, axaṭer d Sidi Ṛebbi ara yi-ḥasben. 5Daymi ur țḥasabet ara uqbel lweqt, uqbel tuɣalin n Ssid-nneɣ ; d nețța ara d-isbeggnen s tafat-is ayen yeffren di ṭṭlam, ara d-ibeggnen daɣen ayen yeffren deg wulawen. Imiren yal yiwen ad isɛu ccan yuklal ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi.

6Ay atmaten, ayen akka i d-nniɣ fell-i akk-d Abulus nniɣ-t-id iwakken aț-țfehmem lmeɛna n lemtel-agi : « Ur țɛeddit ara akkin i tilas n wayen yuran » ; ilaq yiwen ur ixeddem lxilaf ger yemdanen, iwakken ad izuxx s yiwen deg-sen. 7Ihi anwa i k-yessulin ccan sennig wiyaḍ ? Acu ur k-d-nekki ara s ɣuṛ Ṛebbi deg wayen akk tesɛiḍ ? Imi d nețța i k-d-yefkan, acuɣeṛ i tețcekkiṛeḍ iman-ik am akken mačči s ɣuṛ-es i k-d-yekka ?

8Atan teṛwam yakan, tuɣalem d imeṛkantiyen ! Tuɣalem d imḍebbṛen mbla nukni, acḥal bɣiɣ lemmer ț-țideț tzemrem i yiman-nwen iwakken a nḍebbeṛ s tdukli ! 9Nukni yellan d imceggɛen n Lmasiḥ, yefka-yaɣ Ṛebbi imukan ineggura ; aql-aɣ am wid ibuṣan, am wid i tețɛassa lmut, tfeṛṛeǧ deg-nneɣ ddunit meṛṛa, am lmalayekkat, am yemdanen. 10Nukni d imehbal ɣef ddemma n Lmasiḥ, ma d kunwi d iɛeqliyen di tikli-nwen akk-d Lmasiḥ ! Nukni nefcel, kunwi tesɛam tazmert ; nukni nețwaḥqeṛ ma d kunwi tesɛam ccan ! 11Ar tura, aql-aɣ neqqim i laẓ d fad, neɛra, nețwet, nețmenṭar si tama ɣer tayeḍ ; 12nețɛețțib iman nneɣ a nexdem iwakken a d-nawi aɣṛum-nneɣ s ifassen-nneɣ. M'ara ɣ-reggmen nukni nețbarak-iten, m'ara ɣ-țqehhiṛen nukni nețțawi-yasen, 13m'ara d-inin ayen n diri fell-aneɣ nenehhu-ten. Ar tura ḥesben-aɣ am iḍumman n ddunit, am ineggura n yemdanen.

14Ur wen-d-uriɣ ara ayagi iwakken a kkun-sneḥcameɣ, meɛna iwakken a kkun-sfehmeɣ am arraw iw i ḥemmleɣ. 15Ɣas ma llan ɛecṛa alaf yemdanen i kkun isselmaden deg webrid n Lmasiḥ, yiwen n baba-twen kan i tesɛam di Lmasiḥ, imi d nekk i kkun-id-yewwin ɣer webrid n Lmasiḥ s Lexbaṛ n lxiṛ. 16A kkun-weṣṣiɣ ihi aț-țeddum am akken ddiɣ nekkini. 17Ɣef wayagi i wen-ceggɛeɣ Timuti, mmi eɛzizen di Lmasiḥ, iḍuɛen Sidi Ṛebbi iwakken a wen-d-yesmekti amek i leḥḥuɣ deg webrid n Lmasiḥ, akken i t-sselmadeɣ di mkul tajmaɛt n watmaten. 18Kra deg-wen ikcem-iten zzux, ɣilen ur n-țṛuḥuɣ ara a kkun-ẓreɣ ? 19Meɛna ma yebɣa Sidi Ṛebbi, qṛib a n-aseɣ ɣuṛ-wen. Ad ẓreɣ widak-agi yețzuxxun, mačči d imeslayen-nsen kan iwumi ara ḥesseɣ meɛna ad waliɣ ayen iwumi izemren. 20Axaṭer tazmert n tgeldit n Sidi Ṛebbi mačči d imeslayen kan ara ț-id-isbeggnen, meɛna d lecɣal. 21D acu i tebɣam ? A n-aseɣ ɣuṛ wen s uɛekkaz, neɣ s wul yeččuṛen d leḥmala akk-d leḥnana ?