1Imi aṭas i gebdan tira ɣef wayen yedṛan gar-aneɣ, 2akken i ɣ-t-id ɛawden wid yellan d inigan si tazwara, iwalan kullec s wallen-nsen ; uɣalen d iqeddacen n wawal n Sidi Ṛebbi. 3Steqsaɣ ula d nekk akken ilaq ɣef wayen akk yedṛan seg wass amezwaru, ufiɣ d ayen yelhan a k-t-id aruɣ a Tawfilus, 4iwakken aț-țissineḍ tideț ɣef wayen i tesliḍ meṛṛa.

5Di zzman n Hiṛudus, agellid n tmurt n Yahuda, yella yiwen n lmuqeddem si tejmaɛt n Abya, isem-is Zakarya. Tameṭṭut-is Ilicaba, seg izuṛan n Haṛun. 6D iḥeqqiyen i llan i sin, ḥerzen yerna ḍuɛen awal n Sidi Ṛebbi. 7Ur sɛin ara dderya, meqqṛit i sin di leɛmeṛ yerna Ilicaba ț-țiɛiqeṛt.

8Mi d-tewweḍ nnuba n leqdic n wedrum n Zakarya di lǧameɛ iqedsen 9akken i tella di lɛadda n lmuqedmin, gren tasɣaṛt, tṣaḥ-ed Zakarya iwakken ad ikcem ɣer wemkan iqedsen ad isseṛɣ lebxuṛ. 10Mi gella isseṛɣay lebxuṛ di lǧameɛ, lɣaci meṛṛa yeqqimen di beṛṛa deɛɛun ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi. 11Iḍheṛ-as-d yiwen lmelk n Sidi Ṛebbi, ibedd ɣer tama tayeffust n udekkan-nni anda sseṛɣayen lebxuṛ. 12Mi t-iwala Zakarya, yedhec ikcem-it lxuf. 13Lmelk-nni yenna yas -ed : Ur țțagad ara a Zakarya, ayen i tessutreḍ ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi yețwaqbel. Tameṭṭut-ik Ilicaba ad a k-d-tesɛu aqcic, a s-tsemmiḍ Yeḥya. 14Aț-țfeṛḥeḍ yis, a k-yili d sebba n sseɛd ; imdanen meṛṛa ad feṛḥen s tlalit-is. 15Ad yesɛu ccan d ameqqran ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi, a d-iččaṛ d Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen si tɛebbuṭ n yemma-s, ur itess ccṛab, ur itess ayen nniḍen isekkṛen. 16A d-yerr aṭas n wat Isṛail ɣer webrid n Sidi Ṛebbi. 17Ad ilḥu s leɛnaya n Sidi Ṛebbi, s ṛṛuḥ ț-țezmert n nnbi Ilyas. Ad issemlil imawlan d warraw-nsen, a d-yerr wid ijehlen ɣer webrid n iḥeqqiyen, akken ad iheggi i Sidi Ṛebbi agdud ara t-iḍuɛen.

18Zakarya yenna i lmelk : Amek ara ɛeqleɣ belli ayen akka i d-tenniḍ ț-țideț ? Nekk d amɣaṛ, ula ț-țameṭṭut-iw meqqṛet di leɛmeṛ ! 19Lmelk-nni yerra-yas-d : Nekk d Jebrayil, d aqeddac n Sidi Ṛebbi ; usiɣ-ed s ɣuṛ-es iwakken a k-d-awiɣ lexbaṛ-agi n lxiṛ. 20Lameɛna imi ur tumineḍ ara s yimeslayen-iw atan aț-țeggugmeḍ, ur d-ițeffeɣ ara wawal seg yimi-k alamma d asmi ara d-yedṛu wannect-agi. Meɛna ḥṣu belli ayen akka i k-d-nniɣ ad yedṛu deg wass-is.

21Lɣaci-nni yețṛaǧun Zakarya deg ufrag, wehmen acuɣeṛ iɛeṭṭel deg umkan iqedsen n lǧameɛ. 22Mi d-iffeɣ, yeggugem, ur izmir ara a d-yessufeɣ awal ; lɣaci-nni fehmen belli iweḥḥa-yas-ed kra Sidi Ṛebbi. Yebda ițwehhi-yasen-d s ifassen-is, yeqqim d agugam. 23Mi kfan wussan n lxedma-s di lǧameɛ, Zakarya yuɣal ɣer wexxam-is.

24Ɛeddan kra n wussan, tameṭṭut-is Ilicaba terfed tadist ; dɣa tesseḥjeb iman-is xemsa wagguren, teqqaṛ : 25Atan Sidi Ṛebbi yerra-d ddehn-is ɣuṛ-i, ikkes-iyi lɛib zdat yemdanen.

26Aggur wis sețța, Sidi Ṛebbi iceggeɛ-d lmelk Jebrayil ɣer taddart n Naṣaret, di tmurt n Jlili. 27Iceggeɛ-it-id ɣer yiwet n tlemẓit i gexḍeb yiwen wergaz isem-is Yusef, yellan seg izuṛan n Sidna Dawed. Tilemẓit-agi isem-is Meryem. 28Ikcem lmelk ɣuṛ-es yenna-yas : Sslam fell-am a tin iburek Sidi Ṛebbi ! Sidi Ṛebbi yella yid-em. 29Meryem tedhec, tenna : D acu i d lmeɛna n imeslayen agi ? 30Lmelk yenna-yas : Ur țțaggad ara a Meryem ! S ṛṛeḥma-s tameqqrant, Sidi Ṛebbi yextaṛ-ikem. 31Atan aț-țrefdeḍ tadist, a d-tesɛuḍ aqcic, semmi-yas Ɛisa, (yeɛni : « Amsellek ») 32Ad yesɛu ccan d ameqqran, ad ițțusemmi Mmi-s n Sidi Ṛebbi ɛlayen. Sidi Ṛebbi a t-yerr d agellid akken i t-yella Sidna Dawed, yiwen si lejdud-is. 33Ad iḥkem ɣef tarwa n Yeɛqub i dayem, tageldit-is ur tfennu ara. 34Meryem tenna i lmelk-nni : Amek ara d-idṛu yid-i wayagi nekk ur nezwiǧ ara ? 35Lmelk yerra-yas : Atan a d-yers fell-am Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen ; tazmert n Sidi Ṛebbi ɛlayen a kem-tɣumm am tili, daymi aqcic-agi imqeddes ara d-ilalen ad ițțsemmi « Mmi-s n Ṛebbi ». 36Ilicaba i m-ițțilin, ula d nețțat ațan s tadist a d-tesɛu aqcic ɣas akken meqqṛet di leɛmeṛ. Tin akken iwumi semman tiɛiqeṛt, ațan deg waggur wis sețța, 37imi ulac wayen iwumi ur izmir Sidi Ṛebbi. 38Meryem tenna : Aql-i ț-țaqeddact n Sidi Ṛebbi, ad idṛu yid-i wayen i d-tenniḍ. Imiren Lmelk-nni yeǧǧa-ț, iṛuḥ.

39Deg wussan-nni, Meryem tekker tṛuḥ s lemɣawla ɣer yiwet n taddart yellan deg idurar n tmurt n Yahuda. 40Tekcem ɣer wexxam n Zakarya, tsellem ɣef Ilicaba. 41Akken i tesla Ilicaba i sslam n Meryem, yefrawes llufan yellan di tɛebbuṭ-is ; imiren teččuṛ d Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen, 42tɛeggeḍ tenna : A Meryem, tețțubarkeḍ ger tilawin meṛṛa, ițțubarek daɣen win yellan di tɛebbuṭ-im. 43D acu-yi, iwakken a d-terzef ɣuṛ-i yemma-s n Ssid-iw ? 44Akken kan i sliɣ i sslam-im, llufan yellan di tɛebbuṭ-iw yefrawes s lfeṛḥ. 45?-țaseɛdit kemm yumnen s wayen i m-d-yenna Sidi Ṛebbi !

46Meryem tenna : Taṛwiḥt-iw teḥmed Sidi Ṛebbi,

47ul-iw yeččuṛ d lfeṛḥ imi d nețța i d amsellek-iw,

48axaṭer iwala-yi-d nekk taqeddact-is tameɣbunt ur nesɛi azal. Sya d asawen si lǧil ɣer lǧil a yi-qqaṛen : « ț-țaseɛdit »,

49imi Sidi Ṛebbi Bab n tezmert, yexdem yis-i ayen issewhamen. Isem-is d imqeddes.

50 Ṛṛeḥma-s tețdum si lǧil ɣer lǧil ɣef wid akk i t-iḍuɛen.

51Isken-ed tazmert n yiɣil-is, isseɛṛeq iberdan i wid yețzuxxun ;

52 yessers-ed imeqqranen seg imukan eɛlayen, yerfed wid yețwaḥeqṛen ;

53 yesseṛwa-yasen leṛẓaq i wid yelluẓen, ma d imeṛkantiyen yerra-ten ifassen d ilmawen.

54 Isellek tarwa n wat Isṛail yellan d iqeddacen-is, ur ițțu ara Ṛṛeḥma-s,

55i gewɛed i Sidna Ibṛahim d warraw-is i dayem akken i t-yenna i lejdud-nneɣ.

56Meryem teqqim ɣer Ilicaba azal n tlata wagguren d wamek i tuɣal ɣer taddart-is.

57Yewweḍ-ed lweqt i deg ara d-tarew Ilicaba, tesɛa-d aqcic. 58Imawlan-is d lǧiran-is feṛḥen aṭas mi slan s ṛṛehma i d-issers fell-as Sidi Ṛebbi.

59Mi wwḍen tmanya n wussan ɣef weqcic-nni, usan-d a s-sḍehṛen, bɣan a s-semmin s yisem n baba-s : Zakarya. 60Dɣa tenṭeq-ed yemma-s tenna-yasen : Xaṭi ! A s-nsemmi Yeḥya ! 61Nnan-as : Ula d yiwen deg wedrum-nwen ur yesɛi isem-agi. 62Steqsan baba-s s uwehhi amek yebɣa ad isemmi i mmi-s. 63Issuter asen-d talwiḥt, yura-yasen-d deg-s : « Yeḥya i d isem-is ». Dɣa wehmen meṛṛa. 64Imiren kan iserreḥ yiles-is, yebda iheddeṛ, yețḥemmid Ṛebbi ițcekkiṛ-it. 65Imezdaɣ n lǧiha-nni meṛṛa wehmen, tɛeǧǧben. Deg idurar n tmurt n Yahuda țmeslayen akk ɣef wayen yedṛan. 66Wid akk yeslan imeslayen-nni, ḥerzen-ten deg wulawen-nsen, qqaṛen : d acu ara d-iffeɣ weqcic-agi ? Axaṭer s tideț afus n Sidi Ṛebbi yella fell-as.

67Zakarya, baba-s n weqcic-nni, iččuṛ d Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen, icar-ed s imeslayen-agi :

68Ad ițțubarek Sidi Ṛebbi, Illu n wat Isṛail imi d-yerra ddehn-is ɣer wegdud-is iwakken a t-isellek.

69Yefka-yaɣ-d yiwen wemsellek d ameqqran seg izuṛan n Sidna Dawed aqeddac-is,

70am akken i t-id-ixebbeṛ Sidi Ṛebbi si zzman iɛeddan, seg yimi n lenbiya iqedsen :

71Ad yili d amsellek ara ɣ-imenɛen seg yiɛdawen-nneɣ, si ger ifassen n wid akk i ɣ-ikeṛhen.

72Isbeggen ṛṛeḥma-s i lejdud-nneɣ, yemmekta-d lemɛahda-s iqedsen

73i gefka i jeddi-tneɣ Sidna Ibṛahim.

74M'ara nețțusellek seg ufus n yeɛdawen-nneɣ, a neɛbed Sidi Ṛebbi mbla lxuf,

75s lḥeqq, s ṭṭaɛa d wannuz deg wussan n ddunit-nneɣ meṛṛa.

76Ma d kečč a mmi, aț-țețțusemmiḍ d nnbi n Sidi Ṛebbi eɛlayen axaṭer aț-țedduḍ zdat-es iwakken aț-țheggiḍ iberdan-is,

77aț-țesfehmeḍ agdud-is ɣef leslak n Sidi Ṛebbi s leɛfu n ddnubat-nsen.

78Axaṭer Ṛebbi-nneɣ d aḥnin, s Ṛṛeḥma-ines a d-icṛeq fell-aɣ tafat-is am tin n yiṭij seg yigenwan.

79 Tafat-is a d-tecṛeq ɣef wid yellan di ṭṭlam n lmut, ad aɣ-yawi deg webrid n lehna.

80Aqcic-nni ițțimɣuṛ yețnerni di leɛqel. Iɛac deg unezṛuf armi d ass i deg i d-ibeggen iman-is i wat Isṛail.