1Ay atmaten akken ma tellam dagi meẓẓi meqqeṛ, semḥesset ed tura a wen-d-iniɣ ayen s wayes ara dafɛeɣ ɣef yiman-iw !
1Brethren and fathers, hear my defence which I now make to you.
2Mi slan iheddeṛ-asen-d s tɛibṛanit, ssusmen meṛṛa iwakken a s-slen. Dɣa yenna :
2And hearing that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more quiet; and he says,
3Nekk n wat Isṛail, ț-țideț luleɣ di temdint n Sars n tmurt n Silisya, lameɛna țțuṛebbaɣ di temdint-agi n Lquds. Lliɣ d anelmad n ccix Gamalyel s yiman-is ; yesselmed-iyi akken ilaq amek ara tebɛeɣ ccariɛa i d-ǧǧan lejdud-nneɣ. Ttabaɛeɣ seg ul-iw abrid n Sidi Ṛebbi, am kunwi ass-agi.
3*I* am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to [the] exactness of the law of [our] fathers, being zealous for God, as *ye* are all this day;
4Qehṛeɣ armi d lmut wid ittabaɛen abrid-agi ajdid n Sidna Ɛisa, am yergazen am tlawin, țțawiɣ-ten-id ɣer leḥbus țwarzen.
4who have persecuted this way unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women;
5Lmuqeddem ameqqran ț-țejmaɛt n lɛuqal atnan d inigan ma bɣan a d-cehden ; d nutni s yiman-nsen i yi-d-yefkan tibṛatin i watmaten n Dimecq, syenna a d-awiɣ țwarzen ɣer temdint n Lquds, wid akk yumnen s webrid-agi, iwakken a ten-ɛaqben.
5as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the elderhood: from whom also, having received letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus to bring those also who were there, bound, to Jerusalem, to be punished.
6Lliɣ tedduɣ deg webrid, qṛib ad awḍeɣ ɣer temdint n Dimecq. Aț-țili d țnaṣfa n wass, taswiɛt kan, yiwet n tafat tameqqrant tewwet-ed seg igenni, tețfeǧǧiǧ, tezzi-yi-d.
6And it came to pass, as I was journeying and drawing near to Damascus, that, about mid-day, there suddenly shone out of heaven a great light round about me.
7Ɣliɣ ɣer lqaɛa, sliɣ i yiwen n ṣṣut i yi-d-iqqaṛen : Caɛul, a Caɛul, acuɣeṛ i yi tețqehhiṛeḍ ?
7And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
8Nniɣ-as : Anwa-k, a Sidi ? Yenna-yi-d : Nekk d Ɛisa Anaṣari, win akken i tețqehhiṛeḍ.
8And *I* answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, *I* am Jesus the Nazaraean, whom *thou* persecutest.
9Wid yellan yid-i walan tafat-nni, lameɛna ur slin ara i ṣṣut i yi-d iheddṛen, dɣa nniɣ : Acu i tebɣiḍ a t-xedmeɣ a Sidi ?
9But they that were with me beheld the light, [and were filled with fear], but heard not the voice of him that was speaking to me.
10Sidna Ɛisa yenna-yi-d : Ekker, ṛuḥ ɣer Dimecq, dinna ara k-d-inin ayen akk ilaqen a t-txedmeḍ.
10And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Rise up, and go to Damascus, and there it shall be told thee of all things which it is appointed thee to do.
11Imi iyi-tesderɣel tafat-nni s ufeǧǧeǧ-ines, d imdukkal-iw i yi ṭṭfen afus armi wwḍeɣ ɣer Dimecq.
11And as I could not see, through the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came to Damascus.
12Yella dinna yiwen wergaz isem-is Ananyas, d argaz iḍuɛen Sidi Ṛebbi, yerna yettabaɛ ccariɛa ; at Isṛail meṛṛa izedɣen di temdint n Dimecq țcehhiden fell-as s lxiṛ.
12And a certain Ananias, a pious man according to the law, borne witness to by all the Jews who dwelt [there],
13Yusa-d ɣuṛ-i yenna-yi-d : A Caɛul a gma, Sidi Ṛebbi yerra-yak-d iẓri ! Di teswiɛt-nni, yuɣal-iyi-d yezṛi, dɣa walaɣ-t.
13coming to me and standing by me, said to me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And *I*, in the same hour, received my sight and saw him.
14Ananyas yenna-yi-d : Sidi Ṛebbi n lejdud-nneɣ yextaṛ ik aț-țissineḍ lebɣi-ines, aț-țwaliḍ s wallen-ik win yellan d Aḥeqqi, aț-țesleḍ imeslayen seg yimi-is .
14And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen thee beforehand to know his will, and to see the just one, and to hear a voice out of his mouth;
15axaṭer aț-țuɣaleḍ d inigi-ines zdat yemdanen meṛṛa ɣef wayen akk i teẓriḍ d wayen iwumi tesliḍ.
15for thou shalt be a witness for him to all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
16Tura d acu i tețṛaǧuḍ ? Kker aț-tețwaɣeḍseḍ, aț-țizdigeḍ seg ddnubat-ik m'ara tedɛuḍ s yisem-is.
16And now why lingerest thou? Arise and get baptised, and have thy sins washed away, calling on his name.
17Asmi uɣaleɣ ɣer temdint n Lquds, yiwen n wass lliɣ țẓallaɣ deg wefrag n lǧameɛ iqedsen, iweḥḥa-yi-d Sidi Ṛebbi,
17And it came to pass when I had returned to Jerusalem, and as I was praying in the temple, that I became in ecstasy,
18walaɣ Sidna Ɛisa yenna-yi-d : Ffeɣ s lemɣawla si temdint n Lquds, axaṭer ur qebblen ara ayen s wayes ara tcehdeḍ fell-i.
18and saw him saying to me, Make haste and go quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
19Nniɣ : A Sidi, ssnen-iyi ! Sran s yiman nsen belli ttabaɛeɣ si lǧameɛ ɣer wayeḍ wid yumnen yis-ek iwakken a ten-erreɣ ɣer lḥebs ad țewten.
19And *I* said, Lord, they themselves know that *I* was imprisoning and beating in every synagogue those that believe on thee;
20Ula d Stifan inigi-inek, mi ssuzlen idammen-is lliɣ dinna, qebleɣ at nɣen yerna ɛusseɣ leḥwayeǧ n wid i t-yenɣan.
20and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was shed, I also myself was standing by and consenting, and kept the clothes of them who killed him.
21Dɣa Sidi Ṛebbi yenna-yi-d : Ṛuḥ a k-ceggɛeɣ ɣer lebɛid ɣer wat leǧnas ur nelli ara n wat Isṛail.
21And he said to me, Go, for *I* will send thee to the nations afar off.
22Smeḥsisen-as armi d awal-agi imiren ɛeggḍen nnan : Ekkset si ddunit argaz am wagi ! Ur t-țaǧǧat ara ad yidir !
22And they heard him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a one as that from the earth, for it was not fit he should live.
23Țɛeggiḍen, ṭeggiṛen leḥwayeǧ nsen, ssafagen aɣebbaṛ ɣer igenni.
23And as they were crying, and throwing away their clothes, and casting dust into the air,
24Lqebṭan n Ṛuman yumeṛ ad skecmen Bulus ɣer lbeṛj, a t-ewten s ujelkkaḍ ( s ucelliṭ ) iwakken ad issinen sebba ɣef wacu țɛeggiḍen fell-as.
24the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, saying that he should be examined by scourging, that he might ascertain for what cause they cried thus against him.
25Mi t-cudden s tɣeggadin, Bulus yenna i lqebṭan yellan dinna : Eɛni iserreḥ-awen lqanun aț țewtem aṛumani s ujelkkaḍ uqbel ad iɛeddi di ccṛeɛ ?
25But as they stretched him forward with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood [by], Is it lawful for you to scourge a man [who is] a Roman and uncondemned?
26Ɣef yimeslayen-agi, lqebṭan-nni iṛuḥ ɣer wemdebbar ameqqran yenna-yas : Ḥader aț-țewteḍ argaz-agi ! D aṛumani !
26And the centurion, having heard it, went and reported it to the chiliarch, saying, What art thou going to do? for this man is a Roman.
27Amdebbar ameqqran mi d-yusa ɣer Bulus, yenna-yas : Ț-țideț kečč d aṛumani ? Ih, d aṛumani i lliɣ !
27And the chiliarch coming up said to him, Tell me, Art *thou* a Roman? And he said, Yes.
28Amdebbar ameqqran yenna : Nekk aṭas n yedrimen i fkiɣ iwakken ad uɣaleɣ d aṛumani. Bulus yerra-yas : Nekk, seg wasmi i d-luleɣ i rseɣ di lekwaɣeḍ d aṛumani.
28And the chiliarch answered, *I*, for a great sum, bought this citizenship. And Paul said, But *I* was also [free] born.
29Imiren widak i d-ikkren a t wten, ṭṭaxṛen-as. Lqebṭan ameqqran s yiman-is yuggad mi geẓra Bulus d aṛumani yerna icudd-it.
29Immediately therefore those who were going to examine him left him, and the chiliarch also was afraid when he ascertained that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
30Azekka-nni, imi i gebɣa ad yissin wemdebbar ameqqran ɣef wacu i d-ccetkan fell-as wat Isṛail, iserreḥ i Bulus, yumeṛ i lmuqedmin akk-d usqamu n ccṛeɛ ad nnejmaɛen. Dɣa yewwi-d Bulus isbedd-it-id zdat-nsen.
30And on the morrow, desirous to know the certainty [of the matter] why he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and having brought Paul down set him before them.