¹Ay atmaten, ur xeddmet ara lxilaf ger watmaten, d ayen ur nlaq ara ad yili ɣer wid yețțamnen s Ssid-nneɣ ameqqran, Ɛisa Lmasiḥ.

¹My brethren, do not have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [Lord] of glory, with respect of persons:

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 ;

²for if there come unto your synagogue a man with a gold ring in splendid apparel, and a poor man also come in in vile apparel,

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.

³and ye look upon him who wears the splendid apparel, and say, Do thou sit here well, and say to the poor, Do thou stand there, or sit here under my footstool:

⁴Ma yella akka, atan txeddmem lxilaf wway gar-awen, eɛni mačči d lbaṭel i d itekken seg yir ixemmimen-nwen ?

⁴have ye not made a difference among yourselves, and become judges having evil thoughts?

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.

⁵Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him?

⁶Ma d kunwi tḥeqṛem igellil ! Tqudṛem imeṛkantiyen, wid i kkun yeṭṭalamen i kkun-yeẓẓuɣuṛen ɣer yexxamen n ccṛeɛ.

⁶But *ye* have despised the poor [man]. Do not the rich oppress you, and [do not] *they* drag you before [the] tribunals?

⁷D nutni daɣen i greggmen isem eɛzizen s wayes i tneddhem ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi.

⁷And [do not] *they* blaspheme the excellent name which has been called upon you?

⁸Ma yella txeddmem ayen i d-tenna ccariɛa n Sidi Ṛebbi : ?emmel wiyaḍ am yiman-ik, d ayen yelhan i txedmem.

⁸If indeed ye keep [the] royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well.

⁹Meɛna ma yella txeddmem lxilaf ger yemdanen, tdenbem yerna ccariɛa n Sidi Ṛebbi teḥkem fell-awen axaṭer tɛuṣam-ț.

⁹But if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

¹⁰Ma yella win i gteddun deg webrid n ccariɛa, ixulef ulamma d yiwen si lumuṛat-is, ihi yerẓa akk lumuṛat n ccariɛa.

¹⁰For whoever shall keep the whole law and shall offend in one [point], he has come under the guilt of [breaking] all.

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.

¹¹For he who said, Thou shalt not commit adultery, said also, Thou shalt not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become transgressor of [the] law.

¹²Ilaq aț-țeẓrem belli Sidi Ṛebbi a kkun-iḥaseb s ccariɛa-ines yețțaken tilelli ɣef kra n wayen i tețmeslayem d wayen i txeddmem ;

¹²So speak ye, and so act, as those that are to be judged by [the] law of liberty;

¹³Sidi Ṛebbi ur yețḥunnu ara ɣef win ur nețḥunnu ɣef wiyaḍ meɛna win yețḥunnun ɣef wiyaḍ, ur yețțagad ara ass n lḥisab.

¹³for judgment [will be] without mercy to him that has shewn no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.

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 ?

¹⁴What [is] the profit, my brethren, if any one say he have faith, but have not works? can faith save him?

¹⁵Yezmer lḥal ad yili yiwen seg watmaten neɣ si tyessetmatin xuṣṣen di llebsa, lluẓen ur sɛin ara ayen ara ččen ;

¹⁵Now if a brother or a sister is naked and destitute of daily food,

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 ?

¹⁶and one from amongst you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled; but give not to them the needful things for the body, what [is] the profit?

¹⁷Liman ɣer Ṛebbi akka i gella : ma yella ur t-id-sbeggnen ara lecɣal nwen, liman-agi yemmut

¹⁷So also faith, if it have not works, is dead by itself.

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.

¹⁸But some one will say, *Thou* hast faith and *I* have works. Shew me thy faith without works, and *I* from my works will shew thee my faith.

¹⁹Tumneḍ belli yiwen n Ṛebbi kan i gellan ? d ayen yelhan ; ula d ccwaṭen umnen yis yerna țergigin seg-s.

¹⁹*Thou* believest that God is one. Thou doest well. The demons even believe, and tremble.

²⁰Teggumam aț-țfehmem ay imdanen ! Ilaq aț-țeẓrem belli liman mbla lecɣal n lɛali, ur infiɛ ara.

²⁰But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

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.

²¹Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

²²Twalam belli liman-is d lecɣal is ddukklen, s lecɣal-is i gennekmal liman-is.

²²Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and that by works faith was perfected.

²³Akka i gedṛa wayen d-nnant tira iqedsen fell-as : Ibṛahim yesɛa liman di Ṛebbi, daymi yenneḥsab d aḥeqqi ; yețțusemma d aḥbib n Ṛebbi.

²³And the scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and he was called Friend of God.

²⁴Twalam ihi ! Amdan yețban-ed d aḥeqqi zdat Sidi Ṛebbi s lecɣal yelhan mačči kan s liman-is.

²⁴Ye see that a man is justified on the principle of works, and not on the principle of faith only.

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.

²⁵But was not in like manner also Rahab the harlot justified on the principle of works, when she had received the messengers and put [them] forth by another way?

²⁶Lǧețța ur nesɛi ara Ṛṛuḥ, temmut, akken daɣen, liman ur nesɛi ara lecɣal yelhan yemmut.

²⁶For as the body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.