1Imi aṭas i gebdan tira ɣef wayen yedṛan gar-aneɣ,
1Forasmuch as many have undertaken to draw up a relation concerning the matters fully believed among us,
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.
2as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and attendants on the Word have delivered them to us,
3Steqsaɣ ula d nekk akken ilaq ɣef wayen akk yedṛan seg wass amezwaru, ufiɣ d ayen yelhan a k-t-id aruɣ a Tawfilus,
3it has seemed good to *me* also, accurately acquainted from the origin with all things, to write to thee with method, most excellent Theophilus,
4iwakken aț-țissineḍ tideț ɣef wayen i tesliḍ meṛṛa.
4that thou mightest know the certainty of those things in which thou hast been instructed.
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.
5There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abia, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
6D iḥeqqiyen i llan i sin, ḥerzen yerna ḍuɛen awal n Sidi Ṛebbi.
6And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
7Ur sɛin ara dderya, meqqṛit i sin di leɛmeṛ yerna Ilicaba ț-țiɛiqeṛt.
7And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in years.
8Mi d-tewweḍ nnuba n leqdic n wedrum n Zakarya di lǧameɛ iqedsen
8And it came to pass, as he fulfilled his priestly service before God in the order of his course,
9akken i tella di lɛadda n lmuqedmin, gren tasɣaṛt, tṣaḥ-ed Zakarya iwakken ad ikcem ɣer wemkan iqedsen ad isseṛɣ lebxuṛ.
9it fell to him by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter into the temple of the Lord to burn incense.
10Mi gella isseṛɣay lebxuṛ di lǧameɛ, lɣaci meṛṛa yeqqimen di beṛṛa deɛɛun ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi.
10And all the multitude of the people were praying without at the hour of incense.
11Iḍheṛ-as-d yiwen lmelk n Sidi Ṛebbi, ibedd ɣer tama tayeffust n udekkan-nni anda sseṛɣayen lebxuṛ.
11And an angel of [the] Lord appeared to him, standing on the right of the altar of incense.
12Mi t-iwala Zakarya, yedhec ikcem-it lxuf.
12And Zacharias was troubled, seeing [him], and fear fell upon him.
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.
13But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy supplication has been heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
14Aț-țfeṛḥeḍ yis, a k-yili d sebba n sseɛd ; imdanen meṛṛa ad feṛḥen s tlalit-is.
14And he shall be to thee joy and rejoicing, and many shall rejoice at his birth.
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.
15For he shall be great before [the] Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with [the] Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
16A d-yerr aṭas n wat Isṛail ɣer webrid n Sidi Ṛebbi.
16And many of the sons of Israel shall he turn to [the] Lord their God.
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.
17And *he* shall go before him in [the] spirit and power of Elias, to turn hearts of fathers to children, and disobedient ones to [the] thoughts of just [men], to make ready for [the] Lord a prepared people.
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 !
18And Zacharias said to the angel, How shall I know this, for *I* am an old man, and my wife advanced in years?
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.
19And the angel answering, said to him, *I* am Gabriel, who stand before God, and I have been sent to speak to thee, and to bring these glad tidings to thee;
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.
20and behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, till the day in which these things shall take place, because thou hast not believed my words, the which shall be fulfilled in their time.
21Lɣaci-nni yețṛaǧun Zakarya deg ufrag, wehmen acuɣeṛ iɛeṭṭel deg umkan iqedsen n lǧameɛ.
21And the people were awaiting Zacharias, and they wondered at his delaying in the temple.
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.
22But when he came out he could not speak to them, and they recognised that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he was making signs to them, and continued dumb.
23Mi kfan wussan n lxedma-s di lǧameɛ, Zakarya yuɣal ɣer wexxam-is.
23And it came to pass, when the days of his service were completed, he departed to his house.
24Ɛeddan kra n wussan, tameṭṭut-is Ilicaba terfed tadist ; dɣa tesseḥjeb iman-is xemsa wagguren, teqqaṛ :
24Now after these days, Elizabeth his wife conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,
25Atan Sidi Ṛebbi yerra-d ddehn-is ɣuṛ-i, ikkes-iyi lɛib zdat yemdanen.
25Thus has [the] Lord done to me in [these] days in which he looked upon [me] to take away my reproach among men.
26Aggur wis sețța, Sidi Ṛebbi iceggeɛ-d lmelk Jebrayil ɣer taddart n Naṣaret, di tmurt n Jlili.
26But in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent of God to a city of Galilee, of which [the] name [was] Nazareth,
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.
27to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name [was] Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name [was] Mary.
28Ikcem lmelk ɣuṛ-es yenna-yas : Sslam fell-am a tin iburek Sidi Ṛebbi ! Sidi Ṛebbi yella yid-em.
28And the angel came in to her, and said, Hail, [thou] favoured one! the Lord [is] with thee: [blessed art *thou* amongst women].
29Meryem tedhec, tenna : D acu i d lmeɛna n imeslayen agi ?
29But she, [seeing] [the angel], was troubled at his word, and reasoned in her mind what this salutation might be.
30Lmelk yenna-yas : Ur țțaggad ara a Meryem ! S ṛṛeḥma-s tameqqrant, Sidi Ṛebbi yextaṛ-ikem.
30And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;
31Atan aț-țrefdeḍ tadist, a d-tesɛuḍ aqcic, semmi-yas Ɛisa, (yeɛni : « Amsellek »)
31and behold, thou shalt conceive in the womb and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus.
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.
32*He* shall be great, and shall be called Son of [the] Highest; and [the] Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father;
33Ad iḥkem ɣef tarwa n Yeɛqub i dayem, tageldit-is ur tfennu ara.
33and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for the ages, and of his kingdom there shall not be an end.
34Meryem tenna i lmelk-nni : Amek ara d-idṛu yid-i wayagi nekk ur nezwiǧ ara ?
34But Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, since I know not a man?
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 ».
35And the angel answering said to her, [The] Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and power of [the] Highest overshadow thee, wherefore the holy thing also which shall be born shall be called Son of God.
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,
36And behold, Elizabeth, thy kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her that was called barren:
37imi ulac wayen iwumi ur izmir Sidi Ṛebbi.
37for nothing shall be impossible with God.
38Meryem tenna : Aql-i ț-țaqeddact n Sidi Ṛebbi, ad idṛu yid-i wayen i d-tenniḍ. Imiren Lmelk-nni yeǧǧa-ț, iṛuḥ.
38And Mary said, Behold the bondmaid of [the] Lord; be it to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
39Deg wussan-nni, Meryem tekker tṛuḥ s lemɣawla ɣer yiwet n taddart yellan deg idurar n tmurt n Yahuda.
39And Mary, rising up in those days, went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah,
40Tekcem ɣer wexxam n Zakarya, tsellem ɣef Ilicaba.
40and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elizabeth.
41Akken i tesla Ilicaba i sslam n Meryem, yefrawes llufan yellan di tɛebbuṭ-is ; imiren teččuṛ d Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen,
41And it came to pass, as Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with [the] Holy Spirit,
42tɛeggeḍ tenna : A Meryem, tețțubarkeḍ ger tilawin meṛṛa, ițțubarek daɣen win yellan di tɛebbuṭ-im.
42and cried out with a loud voice and said, Blessed [art] *thou* amongst women, and blessed the fruit of thy womb.
43D acu-yi, iwakken a d-terzef ɣuṛ-i yemma-s n Ssid-iw ?
43And whence [is] this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44Akken kan i sliɣ i sslam-im, llufan yellan di tɛebbuṭ-iw yefrawes s lfeṛḥ.
44For behold, as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the babe leaped with joy in my womb.
45?-țaseɛdit kemm yumnen s wayen i m-d-yenna Sidi Ṛebbi !
45And blessed [is] she that has believed, for there shall be a fulfilment of the things spoken to her from [the] Lord.
46Meryem tenna : Taṛwiḥt-iw teḥmed Sidi Ṛebbi,
46And Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord,
47ul-iw yeččuṛ d lfeṛḥ imi d nețța i d amsellek-iw,
47and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour.
48axaṭer iwala-yi-d nekk taqeddact-is tameɣbunt ur nesɛi azal. Sya d asawen si lǧil ɣer lǧil a yi-qqaṛen : « ț-țaseɛdit »,
48For he has looked upon the low estate of his bondmaid; for behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
49imi Sidi Ṛebbi Bab n tezmert, yexdem yis-i ayen issewhamen. Isem-is d imqeddes.
49For the Mighty One has done to me great things, and holy [is] his name;
50 Ṛṛeḥma-s tețdum si lǧil ɣer lǧil ɣef wid akk i t-iḍuɛen.
50and his mercy [is] to generations and generations to them that fear him.
51Isken-ed tazmert n yiɣil-is, isseɛṛeq iberdan i wid yețzuxxun ;
51He has wrought strength with his arm; he has scattered haughty [ones] in the thought of their heart.
52 yessers-ed imeqqranen seg imukan eɛlayen, yerfed wid yețwaḥeqṛen ;
52He has put down rulers from thrones, and exalted the lowly.
53 yesseṛwa-yasen leṛẓaq i wid yelluẓen, ma d imeṛkantiyen yerra-ten ifassen d ilmawen.
53He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent away the rich empty.
54 Isellek tarwa n wat Isṛail yellan d iqeddacen-is, ur ițțu ara Ṛṛeḥma-s,
54He has helped Israel his servant, in order to remember mercy,
55i gewɛed i Sidna Ibṛahim d warraw-is i dayem akken i t-yenna i lejdud-nneɣ.
55(as he spoke to our fathers,) to Abraham and to his seed for ever.
56Meryem teqqim ɣer Ilicaba azal n tlata wagguren d wamek i tuɣal ɣer taddart-is.
56And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her house.
57Yewweḍ-ed lweqt i deg ara d-tarew Ilicaba, tesɛa-d aqcic.
57But the time was fulfilled for Elizabeth that she should bring forth, and she gave birth to a son.
58Imawlan-is d lǧiran-is feṛḥen aṭas mi slan s ṛṛehma i d-issers fell-as Sidi Ṛebbi.
58And her neighbours and kinsfolk heard that [the] Lord had magnified his mercy with her, and they rejoiced with her.
59Mi wwḍen tmanya n wussan ɣef weqcic-nni, usan-d a s-sḍehṛen, bɣan a s-semmin s yisem n baba-s : Zakarya.
59And it came to pass on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called it after the name of his father, Zacharias.
60Dɣa tenṭeq-ed yemma-s tenna-yasen : Xaṭi ! A s-nsemmi Yeḥya !
60And his mother answering said, No; but he shall be called John.
61Nnan-as : Ula d yiwen deg wedrum-nwen ur yesɛi isem-agi.
61And they said to her, There is no one among thy kinsfolk who is called by this name.
62Steqsan baba-s s uwehhi amek yebɣa ad isemmi i mmi-s.
62And they made signs to his father as to what he might wish it to be called.
63Issuter asen-d talwiḥt, yura-yasen-d deg-s : « Yeḥya i d isem-is ». Dɣa wehmen meṛṛa.
63And having asked for a writing-table, he wrote saying, John is his name. And they all wondered.
64Imiren kan iserreḥ yiles-is, yebda iheddeṛ, yețḥemmid Ṛebbi ițcekkiṛ-it.
64And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue, and he spake, blessing God.
65Imezdaɣ n lǧiha-nni meṛṛa wehmen, tɛeǧǧben. Deg idurar n tmurt n Yahuda țmeslayen akk ɣef wayen yedṛan.
65And fear came upon all who dwelt round about them; and in the whole hill-country of Judaea all these things were the subject of conversation.
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.
66And all who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, What then will this child be? And [the] Lord's hand was with him.
67Zakarya, baba-s n weqcic-nni, iččuṛ d Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen, icar-ed s imeslayen-agi :
67And Zacharias his father was filled with [the] Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,
68Ad ițțubarek Sidi Ṛebbi, Illu n wat Isṛail imi d-yerra ddehn-is ɣer wegdud-is iwakken a t-isellek.
68Blessed be [the] Lord the God of Israel, because he has visited and wrought redemption for his people,
69Yefka-yaɣ-d yiwen wemsellek d ameqqran seg izuṛan n Sidna Dawed aqeddac-is,
69and raised up a horn of deliverance for us in the house of David his servant;
70am akken i t-id-ixebbeṛ Sidi Ṛebbi si zzman iɛeddan, seg yimi n lenbiya iqedsen :
70as he spoke by [the] mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began;
71Ad yili d amsellek ara ɣ-imenɛen seg yiɛdawen-nneɣ, si ger ifassen n wid akk i ɣ-ikeṛhen.
71deliverance from our enemies and out of the hand of all who hate us;
72Isbeggen ṛṛeḥma-s i lejdud-nneɣ, yemmekta-d lemɛahda-s iqedsen
72to fulfil mercy with our fathers and remember his holy covenant,
73i gefka i jeddi-tneɣ Sidna Ibṛahim.
73[the] oath which he swore to Abraham our father,
74M'ara nețțusellek seg ufus n yeɛdawen-nneɣ, a neɛbed Sidi Ṛebbi mbla lxuf,
74to give us, that, saved out of the hand of our enemies, we should serve him without fear
75s lḥeqq, s ṭṭaɛa d wannuz deg wussan n ddunit-nneɣ meṛṛa.
75in piety and righteousness before him all our days.
76Ma d kečč a mmi, aț-țețțusemmiḍ d nnbi n Sidi Ṛebbi eɛlayen axaṭer aț-țedduḍ zdat-es iwakken aț-țheggiḍ iberdan-is,
76And *thou*, child, shalt be called [the] prophet of [the] Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of [the] Lord to make ready his ways;
77aț-țesfehmeḍ agdud-is ɣef leslak n Sidi Ṛebbi s leɛfu n ddnubat-nsen.
77to give knowledge of deliverance to his people by [the] remission of their sins
78Axaṭer Ṛebbi-nneɣ d aḥnin, s Ṛṛeḥma-ines a d-icṛeq fell-aɣ tafat-is am tin n yiṭij seg yigenwan.
78on account of [the] bowels of mercy of our God; wherein [the] dayspring from on high has visited us,
79 Tafat-is a d-tecṛeq ɣef wid yellan di ṭṭlam n lmut, ad aɣ-yawi deg webrid n lehna.
79to shine upon them who were sitting in darkness and in [the] shadow of death, to guide our feet into [the] way of peace.
80Aqcic-nni ițțimɣuṛ yețnerni di leɛqel. Iɛac deg unezṛuf armi d ass i deg i d-ibeggen iman-is i wat Isṛail.
80-- And the child grew and was strengthened in spirit; and he was in the deserts until the day of his shewing to Israel.