1Si zik llan lenbiya n lekdeb ger lɣaci, akken daɣen ara d-kkren gar-awen wid ara kkun-iɣuṛṛen s uselmed-nsen. A d-skecmen tamusni-nsen n lekdeb d usexṛeb, ad nekṛen ula d amsellek i ten-id-icufɛen ; s wakka ara d-sseɣlin ɣef yiman-nsen tawaɣit ur bnin fell-as.
1But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also among you false teachers, who shall bring in by the bye destructive heresies, and deny the master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction;
2Ɣas akken ffɣen i webrid, aṭas ara ten-iḍefṛen, ɣef ddemma-nsen ara ițwargem webrid n tideț ;
2and many shall follow their dissolute ways, through whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed.
3a ten-yawi ṭṭmeɛ, a wen kellxen s imeslayen n lekdeb ; meɛna nnger-nsen ur ițɛeṭṭil ara, tawaɣit tețṛaǧu-ten.
3And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not.
4Teẓram belli Sidi Ṛebbi ur iḥunn ara ɣef lmalayekkat yeffɣen i webrid, meɛna iḍeggeṛ-iten ɣer tesraft lqayen n ṭṭlam anda țwaqnent, țṛaǧunt lḥisab.
4For if God spared not [the] angels who had sinned, but having cast them down to the deepest pit of gloom has delivered them to chains of darkness [to be] kept for judgment;
5Ur iḥunn ara daɣen ɣef yemdanen n zzman aqdim asm' akken i sen-d iceggeɛ lḥemla n waman i lɣaci amcum ; issemneɛ seg-sen anagar Sidna Nuḥ ițbecciṛen lḥeqq n Sidi Ṛebbi, akk-d sebɛa n yemdanen yid-es.
5and spared not [the] old world, but preserved Noe, [the] eighth, a preacher of righteousness, having brought in [the] flood upon [the] world of [the] ungodly;
6Iɛuqeb timdinin n Sudum d Gumuṛ, issenger-itent, isxeḍ-itent s tmes, yerra-tent d iɣed ; ifka-d ayagi d lemtel i yemcumen iwakken ad ẓren d acu i ten-ițṛaǧun.
6and having reduced [the] cities of Sodom and Gomorrha to ashes, condemned [them] with an overthrow, setting [them as] an example to those that should [afterwards] live an ungodly life;
7Issemneɛ anagar Luṭ yellan d aḥeqqi, yemmuɣbnen ɣef yir lecɣal n lɣaci amcum yellan di zzman-is.
7and saved righteous Lot, distressed with the abandoned conversation of the godless,
8Argaz-agi aḥeqqi ițɛicin gar-asen, itețț-it wul-is ɣef ayen i gsell d wayen țwalint wallen-is yal ass, ɣef yir tikli nsen d yir lecɣal-nsen.
8(for the righteous man through seeing and hearing, dwelling among them, tormented [his] righteous soul day after day with [their] lawless works,)
9S wakka Sidi Ṛebbi yeẓra amek ara isellek di teswiɛin iweɛṛen imdanen i gțeklen fell-as ; ma d imcumen a ten-yerr ɣer rrif i lɛiqab i d-iteddun ass n lḥisab.
9[the] Lord knows [how] to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep [the] unjust to [the] day of judgment [to be] punished;
10Ad iɛaqeb widak-nni i gxeddmen lefsad, ițnadin anagar lebɣi n tnefsit-nsen, imi ur țțaken ara lqima i lhiba n Sidi Ṛebbi. Ur țqadaṛen ara, qebbḥen, ur uggaden ara ad regmen ula d lmalayekkat.
10and specially those who walk after the flesh in [the] lust of uncleanness, and despise lordship. Bold [are they], self-willed; they do not fear speaking injuriously of dignities:
11Ma d lmalayekkat yesɛan lqeḍra ț-țezmert sennig wid yesselmaden lekdeb, ur sen-țarrant ara rregmat zdat Sidi Ṛebbi.
11when angels, who are greater in might and power, do not bring against them, before the Lord, an injurious charge.
12Meɛna imdanen-agi țɛicin am lmal n lexla, lhan kan i ṣṣyada, ur țxemmimen ara, reggmen ayen ur ssinen ; ad ɣlin di tesraft n ddnubat nsen, ad mmuṛdsen akken ițmuṛdus lmal.
12But these, as natural animals without reason, made to be caught and destroyed, speaking injuriously in things they are ignorant of, shall also perish in their own corruption,
13D lbaṭel zerɛen ara d-megren, țțafen lfeṛḥ-nsen mi xeddmen ɛinani lebɣi n tnefsit-nsen. Sčuṛen d lɛib akk-d lḥecma, yerna m' ara qqimen yid-wen ɣer lmakla, ur țsetḥin ara s lehduṛ-nsen d ukellex-nsen.
13receiving [the] reward of unrighteousness; accounting ephemeral indulgence pleasure; spots and blemishes, rioting in their own deceits, feasting with you;
14Sṭamaɛen anagar yir tilawin iwakken ad znun yid-sent ; ur ɛeggun ara di ddnubat i xeddmen, țɣuṛṛun imdanen ur neǧhid ara di liman, ččuṛen d ṭṭmeɛ, ț-țarwa n deɛwessu.
14having eyes full of adultery, and that cease not from sin, alluring unestablished souls; having a heart practised in covetousness, children of curse;
15Sǧan abrid n lewqam, ɛeṛqen mi tebɛen abrid i gewwi Belɛam mmi-s n Biɛuṛ i gḥemmlen ad yerbeḥ idrimen s lexdeɛ.
15having left [the] straight way they have gone astray, having followed in the path of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved [the] reward of unrighteousness;
16Lameɛna iḥeccem-it Sidi Ṛebbi, mi d-issenṭeq ɣuṛ-es taɣyult tagugamt s ṣṣut n wemdan ; s wakka i t-iḥbes, iwakken ur ițkemmil ara di yir ccɣel-is.
16but had reproof of his own wickedness -- [the] dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the folly of the prophet.
17Imdanen-agi am tliwa iqquṛen, am usigna y
17These are springs without water, and mists driven by storm, to whom the gloom of darkness is reserved [for ever].
21Axiṛ-asen i yemdanen-agi lemmer ur ssinen ara abrid n lḥeqq, wala imi i t-ssnen uɣalen ṭṭaxṛen i lameṛ iqedsen i sen-d-ițțucegɛen s ɣuṛ Sidi Ṛebbi.
18For [while] speaking great highflown words of vanity, they allure with [the] lusts of [the] flesh, by dissoluteness, those who have just fled those who walk in error,
22Yedṛa yid-sen am akken yella di lemtul : Ițțuɣal weqjun ɣer iriran-is ; qqaṛen daɣen : Ilef iwumi ssarden, yuɣal imiren kan ad ixnunes deg waluḍ.
19promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is subdued, by him is he also brought into slavery.
20For if after having escaped the pollutions of the world through [the] knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, again entangled, they are subdued by these, their last state is worse than the first.
21For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known [it] to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
22But that [word] of the true proverb has happened to them: [The] dog [has] turned back to his own vomit; and, [The] washed sow to [her] rolling in mud.