1Ay atmaten, ur xeddmet ara lxilaf ger watmaten, d ayen ur nlaq ara ad yili ɣer wid yețțamnen s Ssid-nneɣ ameqqran, Ɛisa Lmasiḥ. 2Yezmer lḥal a d-kecmen ɣer tejmaɛt-nwen sin yemdanen, yiwen d ameṛkanti yelsa llebsa ifazen yeqqen taxatemt n ddheb, wayeḍ d igellil llebsa-ines tcerreg ; 3ma yella tuzzlem ɣer umeṛkanti-nni yelsan llebsa ifazen tefkam-as lqima tennam-as : eyya-d aț-țeqqimeḍ dagi, d amkan n lɛali ; ma d igellil-nni tennam-as : kečč bedd kan dagi neɣ qqim-ed dagi ɣer iḍaṛṛen-nneɣ. 4Ma yella akka, atan txeddmem lxilaf wway gar-awen, eɛni mačči d lbaṭel i d itekken seg yir ixemmimen-nwen ? 5Ay atmaten-iw eɛzizen, ḥesset-ed : Sidi Ṛebbi yextaṛ igellilen n ddunit agi iwakken a ten-yerr d imeṛkantiyen di liman, yerna ad weṛten tagelda i gweɛɛed i wid akk i t-iḥemmlen. 6Ma d kunwi tḥeqṛem igellil ! Tqudṛem imeṛkantiyen, wid i kkun yeṭṭalamen i kkun-yeẓẓuɣuṛen ɣer yexxamen n ccṛeɛ. 7D nutni daɣen i greggmen isem eɛzizen s wayes i tneddhem ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi.

8Ma yella txeddmem ayen i d-tenna ccariɛa n Sidi Ṛebbi : ?emmel wiyaḍ am yiman-ik, d ayen yelhan i txedmem. 9Meɛna ma yella txeddmem lxilaf ger yemdanen, tdenbem yerna ccariɛa n Sidi Ṛebbi teḥkem fell-awen axaṭer tɛuṣam-ț. 10Ma yella win i gteddun deg webrid n ccariɛa, ixulef ulamma d yiwen si lumuṛat-is, ihi yerẓa akk lumuṛat n ccariɛa. 11Win i d-yennan : Ur zennu ara, yenna-d daɣen : Ur tneqqeḍ ara tamgeṛṭ. Ihi ma yella ur tezniḍ ara meɛna tenɣiḍ tamgerṭ, atan teṛẓiḍ ccariɛa n Sidi Ṛebbi. 12Ilaq aț-țeẓrem belli Sidi Ṛebbi a kkun-iḥaseb s ccariɛa-ines yețțaken tilelli ɣef kra n wayen i tețmeslayem d wayen i txeddmem ; 13Sidi Ṛebbi ur yețḥunnu ara ɣef win ur nețḥunnu ɣef wiyaḍ meɛna win yețḥunnun ɣef wiyaḍ, ur yețțagad ara ass n lḥisab.

14Ay atmaten, d acu n lfayda ara yesɛu wemdan ma yenna-d umneɣ s Ṛebbi, m'ur t-id-isbeggen ara s lecɣal-is ? Eɛni liman am wagi a t-isellek ? 15Yezmer lḥal ad yili yiwen seg watmaten neɣ si tyessetmatin xuṣṣen di llebsa, lluẓen ur sɛin ara ayen ara ččen ; 16ma yella yiwen deg-wen yenna-yasen kan : « qqimet di lehna, sseḥmut teččem aț-țeṛwum » yili nețța ur sen-yefki ara ayen ḥwaǧen, d acu n lfayda yellan deg imeslayen-agi ? 17Liman ɣer Ṛebbi akka i gella : ma yella ur t-id-sbeggnen ara lecɣal nwen, liman-agi yemmut

18Meɛna ma yenna walebɛaḍ : kečč tesɛiḍ liman ma d nekk xeddmeɣ lecɣal ; nekk a s-rreɣ i wagi : sken-iyi-d liman-inek mbla lecɣal, nekk a k-ed ssekneɣ liman-iw s lecɣal-iw yelhan. 19Tumneḍ belli yiwen n Ṛebbi kan i gellan ? d ayen yelhan ; ula d ccwaṭen umnen yis yerna țergigin seg-s. 20Teggumam aț-țfehmem ay imdanen ! Ilaq aț-țeẓrem belli liman mbla lecɣal n lɛali, ur infiɛ ara. 21Mmektit-ed Ibṛahim baba-tneɣ yețwaḥesben d aḥeqqi ɣef ddemma n lecɣal-is m'akken i d-iddem mmi-s Isḥaq a t-yezlu d asfel i Sidi Ṛebbi. 22Twalam belli liman-is d lecɣal is ddukklen, s lecɣal-is i gennekmal liman-is. 23Akka i gedṛa wayen d-nnant tira iqedsen fell-as : Ibṛahim yesɛa liman di Ṛebbi, daymi yenneḥsab d aḥeqqi ; yețțusemma d aḥbib n Ṛebbi. 24Twalam ihi ! Amdan yețban-ed d aḥeqqi zdat Sidi Ṛebbi s lecɣal yelhan mačči kan s liman-is. 25Ula d Raḥab yellan d yir tameṭṭut, tețwaḥseb ț-țaḥeqqit zdat Sidi Ṛebbi ɣef ddemma n ccɣel-nni n lɛali i texdem asm'akken i tesṭerḥeb s yemceggɛen n at Isṛail mi sen-temla abrid nniḍen ara yawin iwakken ad ṛuḥen. 26Lǧețța ur nesɛi ara Ṛṛuḥ, temmut, akken daɣen, liman ur nesɛi ara lecɣal yelhan yemmut.