²Yers-ed fell-awen Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen asmi i tumnem ? Rran-as : Leɛmeṛ nesli s Ṛṛuḥ-agi iqedsen.

¹And it came to pass, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper districts, came to Ephesus, and finding certain disciples,

³Yenna-yasen : Anwa aɣḍas i-s-tețwaɣeḍsem ihi ? Rran-as : S weɣḍas n Yeḥya.

²he said to them, Did ye receive [the] Holy Spirit when ye had believed? And they [said] to him, We did not even hear if [the] Holy Spirit was [come].

⁴Bulus yenna-yasen : Yeḥya yesseɣḍes wid akk iqeblen ad beddlen tikli, yeqqaṛ i wegdud ad amnen s win ara d-yasen deffir-es, yeɛni s Sidna Ɛisa.

³And he said, To what then were ye baptised? And they said, To the baptism of John.

⁵Mi slan i yimeslayen-agi, țwaɣeḍsen s yisem n Sidna Ɛisa.

⁴And Paul said, John indeed baptised [with] the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him that was coming after him, that is, on Jesus.

⁶Akken yessers Bulus ifassen-is fell-asen, ikcem-iten Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen, bdan heddṛen s tutlayin ur nețwassen ara, yerna țcaren-d ayen i sen-d-yusan s ɣuṛ Sidi Ṛebbi.

⁵And when they heard that, they were baptised to the name of the Lord Jesus.

⁷Imdanen-agi ad ilin di tnac yid-sen.

⁶And Paul having laid [his] hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

⁸Dɣa Bulus ikcem ɣer lǧameɛ n wat Isṛail. Azal n tlata wagguren ițmeslay yid-sen, ițqenniɛ-iten iwakken ad amnen s wayen yeɛnan tagelda n Sidi Ṛebbi.

⁷And all the men were about twelve.

⁹Lameɛna kra deg-sen yeqquṛ wul-nsen ugin ad amnen, rnan kkaten deg webrid n Sidna Ɛisa zdat lɣaci. Mi gwala annect-agi, Bulus iṭṭaxeṛ-asen, yewwi yid-es inelmaden, isselmad-iten kull ass deg wexxam n yiwen wergaz isem-is Tiranus.

⁸And entering into the synagogue, he spoke boldly during three months, reasoning and persuading [the things] concerning the kingdom of God.

¹⁰Yeqqim dinna sin iseggasen armi imezdaɣ meṛṛa n tmurt n Asya, ama d at Isṛail ama d iyunaniyen, slan i wawal n Sidi Ṛebbi.

⁹But when some were hardened and disbelieved, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, he left them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

¹¹Sidi Ṛebbi ixeddem lbeṛhanat imeqqranen s ifassen n Bulus ;

¹⁰And this took place for two years, so that all that inhabited Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

¹²lɣaci wwḍen armi srusun ɣef yimuḍan ula ț-țimucwaṛin neɣ iceṭṭiḍen yennulen Bulus, dɣa imuḍan ḥellun, wid akk yețțumelken țeffɣen ten leǧnun.

¹¹And God wrought no ordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,

¹³Kra iseḥḥaren n wat Isṛail, ileḥḥun seg wemkan ɣer wayeḍ, ɛerden ad ssuffɣen leǧnun seg wid yețwamelken, qqaṛen-asen : S yisem n Sidna Ɛisa, win akken i gețbecciṛ Bulus, effɣet seg-es !

¹²so that even napkins or aprons were brought from his body [and put] upon the sick, and the diseases left them, and the wicked spirits went out.

¹⁴Widak ixeddmen annect-agi llan di sebɛa yid-sen, d arraw n Ciba yellan d yiwen si lmuqedmin imeqqranen n at Isṛail.

¹³And certain of the Jewish exorcists also, who went about, took in hand to call upon those who had wicked spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preaches.

¹⁵Lǧen-nni yerra-yasen-d : Ɛisa ssneɣ-t, ssneɣ daɣen anwa i d Bulus, ma d kunwi d acu-kkun ?

¹⁴And there were certain [men], seven sons of Sceva, Jewish high priest, who were doing this.

¹⁶Argaz-nni i gezdeɣ lǧen, izḍem fell-asen yekkat-iten armi rewlen seg wexxam d iɛeryanen, yerna jerḥen.

¹⁵But the wicked spirit answering said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; but *ye*, who are ye?

¹⁷At Isṛail akk-d iyunaniyen meṛṛa izedɣen tamdint n Ifasus slan s wayagi, ikcem-iten meṛṛa lxuf, ḥemmden isem n Sidna Ɛisa.

¹⁶And the man in whom the wicked spirit was leaped upon them, and having mastered both, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

¹⁸Aṭas seg wid i gumnen, usan-d ad qiṛṛen zdat wiyaḍ, ḥkan-d ayen xedmen.

¹⁷And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who inhabited Ephesus, and fear fell upon all of them, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

¹⁹Aṭas seg wid yellan xeddmen ssḥur, wwin-d tiktabin-nsen s wayes xeddmen ssḥur, sseṛɣen-tent zdat medden. Ufan belli azal n xemsin alef n twiztin i d ssuma-nsent.

¹⁸And many of those that believed came confessing and declaring their deeds.

²⁰S wakka i gewweḍ wawal n Sidi Ṛebbi ɣer mkul amkan, ițnerni s tezmert n Sidi Ṛebbi.

¹⁹And many of those that practised curious arts brought their books [of charms] and burnt them before all. And they reckoned up the prices of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

²¹Mi gɛedda wayagi akk, Bulus yeqsed ad iṛuḥ ɣer temdint n Lquds, ad iɛeddi si tmura n Masidunya akk-d Akaya ; ixemmem deg iman-is yenna : « M'ara awḍeɣ ɣer dinna, ilaq-iyi daɣen ad ṛuḥeɣ ɣer temdint n Ṛuma.»

²⁰Thus with might the word of the Lord increased and prevailed.

²²Iceggeɛ ɣer tmurt n Masidunya sin seg imɛawnen-is, Timuti d Irastus ; ma d nețța yerna kra n wussan di tmurt n Asya.

²¹And when these things were fulfilled, Paul purposed in his spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, After I have been there I must see Rome also.

²³Di lweqt-nni, ɣef ddemma n webrid n Sidi Ṛebbi ikker ccwal d ameqqran di temdint n Ifasus.

²²And having sent into Macedonia two of those ministering to him, Timotheus and Erastus, he remained himself awhile in Asia.

²⁴Yella yiwen uḥeddad isem-is Dimitriyus, iṣenneɛ s lfeṭṭa leǧwameɛ imecṭaḥ i d-yețmettilen lǧameɛ n Artimis, yesserbeḥ aṭas ixeddamen-is.

²³And there took place at that time no small disturbance about the way.

²⁵Isnejmaɛ-iten nutni d wid i gxeddmen lfeṭṭa am nețța, yenna yasen : Ay atmaten ! Teẓram belli rrbeḥ-nneɣ itekk-ed si lxedma-agi ;

²⁴For a certain [man] by name Demetrius, a silver-beater, making silver temples of Artemis, brought no small gain to the artisans;

²⁶teẓram yerna teslam daɣen ɣef Bulus-agi issamnen aṭas n lɣaci di temdint n Ifasus d waṭas n tmura n Asya. Yessamen lɣaci, yewwi-ten d webrid-is mi sen-iqqaṛ : « Iṛebbiten agi ițwaxedmen s ifassen n wemdan mačči d iṛebbiten n tideț » ;

²⁵whom having brought together, and those who wrought in such things, he said, Men, ye know that our well-living arises from this work,

²⁷ur nuggad ara kan aț-țeɣli ṣṣenɛa-nneɣ, lameɛna nuggad ad sseɣlin lqima i lǧameɛ n Artimis tameqqrant, taṛebbiț-nneɣ, qṛib a s-kksen lɛaḍima s wayes tețwaɛbed di tmurt n Asya d ddunit meṛṛa.

²⁶and ye see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great crowd, not only of Ephesus, but almost of all Asia, saying that they are no gods which are made with hands.

²⁸Mi slan i lehduṛ-agi, ikcem-iten wurrif, bdan țɛeggiḍen : Ț-țameqqrant Artimis, taṛebbiț n at Ifasus !

²⁷Now not only there is danger for us that our business come into discredit, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be counted for nothing, and that her greatness should be destroyed whom the whole of Asia and the world reveres.

²⁹Tețțucewwel akk temdint, lɣaci uzzlen ɣer wexxam n umezgun, seddan yid-sen Gayus akk-d Aristark yellan d imasiduniyen, d iṛfiqen n Bulus, ițṣafaṛen yid-es.

²⁸And having heard [this], and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great [is] Artemis of the Ephesians.

³⁰Bulus yebɣa ad ikcem di tlemmast n lɣaci-nni, lameɛna ugin-as inelmaden.

²⁹And the [whole] city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord to the theatre, having seized and carried off with [them] Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, fellow-travellers of Paul.

³¹Ula d kra n lḥukkam imeqqranen n tmurt n Asya yellan d imdukkal-is, ceggɛen ɣuṛ-es iwakken a t-ḥellelen ur ițṛuḥ ara ɣer wexxam n umezgun.

³⁰But Paul intending to go in to the people, the disciples suffered him not;

³²Anejmaɛ-nni yexṛeb, kra țɛeggiḍen akka, wiyaḍ akken nniḍen yerna aṭas deg-sen ur ẓrin ara acu i d sebba n unejmaɛ-nni.

³¹and some of the Asiarchs also, who were his friends, sent to him and urged him not to throw himself into the theatre.

³³At Isṛail sbedden-d Alixandru ad immeslay i lɣaci. Iwehha-yasen ufus-is ad ssusmen, iwakken a d-ihdeṛ,

³²Different persons therefore cried out some different thing; for the assembly was tumultuous, and the most did not know for what cause they had come together.

³⁴lameɛna mi t-ɛeqlen n wat Isṛail i gella, bdan țɛeggiḍen meṛṛa ɣef tikkelt azal n snat sswayeɛ : Ț-țameqqrant Artimis n at Ifasus !

³³But from among the crowd they put forward Alexander, the Jews pushing him forward. And Alexander, beckoning with his hand, would have made a defence to the people.

³⁵Lameɛna lamin n temdint ihedden lɣaci, yenna-yasen : Ay at Ifasus, anwa ur neẓri ara belli tamdint n Ifasus ț-țaɛessast n lǧameɛ Artimis tameqqrant akk-d lmeṣnuɛ-ines i d-iɣlin seg igenni ?

³⁴But, recognising that he was a Jew, there was one cry from all, shouting for about two hours, Great [is] Artemis of the Ephesians.

³⁶Imi ayagi yiwen ur yezmir a t-yenkeṛ, ilaq ihi aț-țhennim iman-nwen, ur xeddmet acemma s tuffɣa n leɛqel !

³⁵And the townclerk, having quieted the crowd, said, Ephesians, what man is there then who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of Artemis the great, and of the [image] which fell down from heaven?

³⁷Axaṭer irgazen-agi i d-tewwim ur ukiren lǧameɛ, ur rgimen Artimis taṛebbiț-nneɣ.

³⁶These things therefore being undeniable, it is necessary that ye should be calm and do nothing headlong.

³⁸Ihi ma yella Dimitriyus d imdukkal-is sɛan sebba n uccetki ɣef yiwen, llan wussan n ccṛeɛ am akken llan lḥukkam ara ten-icaṛɛen , ad ṛuḥen ad ccetkin fell-asen.

³⁷For ye have brought these men, [who are] neither temple-plunderers, nor speak injuriously of your goddess.

³⁹Ma yella wayen nniḍen i tessuturem deg-sen, ad ḥekmen fell-asen deg unejmaɛ zdat lḥukkam.

³⁸If therefore Demetrius and the artisans who [are] with him have a matter against any one, the courts are being held, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another.

⁴⁰Atan nuggad ad ccetkin fell-aɣ ɣef wayen yedṛan ass-agi imi ulac sebba ara nefk ɣef wunejmaɛ-agi. Mi gfukk ameslay, iserreḥ i lɣaci, yefra unejmaɛ.

³⁹But if ye inquire anything concerning other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.

⁴⁰For also we are in danger to be put in accusation for sedition for this [affair] of to-day, no cause existing in reference to which we shall be able to give a reason for this concourse.

⁴¹And having said these things, he dismissed the assembly.