¹Deg ussan-nni, yeffeɣ-ed yiwen n lqanun s ɣuṛ Qayṣeṛ ameqqran ; yefka lameṛ ad țțujerrden imezdaɣ meṛṛa yellan di tmura-ines.

¹But it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census should be made of all the habitable world.

²Ajerred-agi amezwaru yedṛa asmi yella Kirinyus d lḥakem n tmurt n Surya.

²The census itself first took place when Cyrenius had the government of Syria.

³Imdanen meṛṛa ṛuḥen ad țțujerden mkul yiwen di taddart n lejdud-is.

³And all went to be inscribed in the census roll, each to his own city:

⁴Yusef yellan seg izuṛan n Sidna Dawed, yuli ula d nețța si taddart n Naṣaret n tmurt n Jlili ɣer Bitelḥem, taddart n lejdud-is yellan di tmurt n Yahuda.

⁴and Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the city Nazareth to Judaea, to David's city, the which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

⁵Iṛuḥ ad ițțujerred nețța ț-țxedibt-is Meryem yellan s tadist.

⁵to be inscribed in the census roll with Mary who was betrothed to him [as his] wife, she being great with child.

⁶Mi ten-yuɣ lḥal dinna, yewweḍ-d lweqt i deg ara terbu ( tarew ) Meryem.

⁶And it came to pass, while they were there, the days of her giving birth [to her child] were fulfilled,

⁷Tesɛa-d mmi-s amenzu, tețțel-it, tessegen-it di lmedwed, imi ur ufin ara amkan deg wexxam n yemsafren.

⁷and she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him up in swaddling-clothes and laid him in the manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

⁸Di tmurt-nni, llan imeksawen ițnusun di lexlawi, țɛassan lmal-nsen deg yiḍ.

⁸And there were shepherds in that country abiding without, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

⁹Ataya lmelk n Sidi Ṛebbi iḍheṛ-asen-d, tamanegt n Sidi Ṛebbi tecceɛceɛ tezzi-yasen-d, ikcem-iten lxuf d ameqqran.

⁹And lo, an angel of [the] Lord was there by them, and [the] glory of [the] Lord shone around them, and they feared [with] great fear.

¹⁰Lmelk yenna-yasen : Ur țțagadet ! Aql-i wwiɣ-awen-d lexbaṛ lxiṛ ara isfeṛḥen wugdud meṛṛa.

¹⁰And the angel said to them, Fear not, for behold, I announce to you glad tidings of great joy, which shall be to all the people;

¹¹Ass-agi di taddart n Sidna Dawed, ilul-awen-d yiwen wemsellek, d nețța i d Lmasiḥ n Sidi Ṛebbi !

¹¹for to-day a Saviour has been born to you in David's city, who is Christ [the] Lord.

¹²Atan wamek ara t-tɛeqlem : aț-țafem llufan yețțel, yeṭṭes di lmedwed.

¹²And this is the sign to you: ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes, and lying in a manger.

¹³Imiren kan, ț-țirebbaɛ n lmalayekkat i d-yernan ɣer lmelk nni, cennunt țḥemmident Sidi Ṛebbi, qqaṛent :

¹³And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying,

¹⁴Lḥemd i Sidi Ṛebbi deg imukan eɛlayen, lehna di ddunit ɣef yemdanen eɛzizen fell-as.

¹⁴Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good pleasure in men.

¹⁵Akken uɣalent lmalayekkat-nni ɣer yigenni, imeksawen nnan wway gar-asen : Kkret a nṛuḥet ɣer Bitelḥem, a nẓer ayen i gedṛan, d wayen akka s wayes i ɣ-d-ixebbeṛ Sidi Ṛebbi.

¹⁵And it came to pass, as the angels departed from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, Let us make our way then now as far as Bethlehem, and let us see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.

¹⁶Imiren kan ṛuḥen, ufan dinna Meryem d Yusef akk-d llufan-nni yeṭṭes di lmedwed.

¹⁶And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger;

¹⁷Mi walan aqcic-nni, ḥkan-d wayen i sen-d-yenna lmelk fell-as.

¹⁷and having seen [it] they made known about the country the thing which had been said to them concerning this child.

¹⁸Wid akk yeslan s wayen i d-ḥkan imeksawen-nni, dehcen.

¹⁸And all who heard [it] wondered at the things said to them by the shepherds.

¹⁹Meryem teḥrez imeslayen-nni deg wul-is, tețxemmim fell-asen.

¹⁹But Mary kept all these things [in her mind], pondering [them] in her heart.

²⁰Mi uɣalen imeksawen-nni, țḥemmiden țcekkiṛen Sidi Ṛebbi ɣef wayen slan d wayen ẓran, imi ufan kullec akken i sen-d-ițțuxebbeṛ.

²⁰And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all things which they had heard and seen, as it had been said to them.

²¹Yewweḍ-ed wass wis tmanya i deg ara s-sḍehṛen i weqcic-nni ; semman-as Ɛisa, isem-nni i s-yefka lmelk uqbel ad yili di tɛebbuṭ n yemma-s.

²¹And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus, which was the name given by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb.

²²Asmi wwḍen ṛebɛin wussan ɣef tlalit n weqcic-nni, Yusef d Meryem wwin-t ɣer temdint n Lquds iwakken ad ițțuqeddem i Sidi Ṛebbi,

²²And when the days were fulfilled for their purifying according to the law of Moses, they brought him to Jerusalem to present [him] to the Lord

²³akken yura di ccariɛa n Sidna Musa : yal aqcic amenzu, ilaq ad ițțuqeddem i Sidi Ṛebbi.

²³(as it is written in the law of [the] Lord: Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),

²⁴Yerna ṛuḥen iwakken ad fken d asfel snat n tmilliwin neɣ sin yetbiren imeẓyanen akken yella di ccariɛa n Sidna Musa.

²⁴and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of [the] Lord: A pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons.

²⁵Di temdint n Lquds yella yiwen wergaz isem-is Semɛun. Argaz-agi d aḥeqqi, iḍuɛ Sidi Ṛebbi, yețṛaǧu amsellek n wat Isṛail, Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen yețțili yid-es.

²⁵And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was just and pious, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and [the] Holy Spirit was upon him.

²⁶Iweḥḥa-yas-ed belli ur ițmețțat ara alamma yeẓra Lmasiḥ n Sidi Ṛebbi.

²⁶And it was divinely communicated to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death before he should see [the] Lord's Christ.

²⁷Ṛṛuḥ n Sidi Ṛebbi iwelleh Semɛun ad iṛuḥ ɣer lǧameɛ iqedsen.Atnaya kecmen-d Yusef d Meryem, wwin-d llufan-nni iwakken ad xedmen wayen i d-tenna ccariɛa n Musa fell-as.

²⁷And he came in the Spirit into the temple; and as the parents brought in the child Jesus that they might do for him according to the custom of the law,

²⁸Semɛun yeṭṭef aqcic-nni ger ifassen-is, iḥmed Sidi Ṛebbi yenna :

²⁸*he* received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

²⁹Tura a Sidi Ṛebbi ɣas ad mmteɣ aql-i di lehna imi amsellek i ɣ-tweɛdeḍ,

²⁹Lord, now thou lettest thy bondman go, according to thy word, in peace;

³⁰yewweḍ-ed yerna walaɣ-t s wallen-iw :

³⁰for mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

³¹win akken i theggaḍ i leǧnas meṛṛa,

³¹which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;

³²d nețța ara yessalin ccan n wat Isṛail agdud-ik, ara yilin ț-țafat ara d-icceɛceɛen ula ɣef leǧnas nniḍen.

³²a light for revelation of [the] Gentiles and [the] glory of thy people Israel.

³³Baba-s d yemma-s n weqcic-nni tɛeǧǧben ɣef wayen i d-qqaṛen fell-as.

³³And his father and mother wondered at the things which were said concerning him.

³⁴Semɛun iburek-iten, yenna i Meryem, yemma-s n weqcic-nni : Atan weqcic-agi ad yili i kra seg wat Isṛail d sebba n tuccḍa, ma d wiyaḍ a ten-id-yerr ɣer webrid. ?ef ddemma-s ara yili lxilaf ger yemdanen ;

³⁴And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Lo, this [child] is set for the fall and rising up of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against;

³⁵s wakka ara d-banen ixemmimen n diri deg wulawen, ma d kemm aț-țejreḥ tasa-m, am akken tețwet s ujenwi.

³⁵(and even a sword shall go through thine own soul;) so that [the] thoughts may be revealed from many hearts.

³⁶Tella daɣen yiwet n tmeṭṭut isem-is ?anna, meqqṛet di leɛmeṛ, ula d nețțat si lenbiya, d yelli-s n Fanwil n wedrum n Azir. Seg wasmi i tedda ț-țislit, tɛac d wergaz is sebɛa n yiseggasen

³⁶And there was a prophetess, Anna, daughter of Phanuel, of [the] tribe of Asher, who was far advanced in years, having lived with [her] husband seven years from her virginity,

³⁷dɣa teǧǧel. Di leɛmeṛ-is ṛebɛa utmanyin n yiseggasen. Am yiḍ am ass ur teṭṭixiṛ si lǧameɛ iqedsen, tɛebbed Sidi Ṛebbi, tețțuẓum, tețẓalla.

³⁷and herself a widow up to eighty-four years; who did not depart from the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers;

³⁸Ula d nețțat tewweḍ-ed di teswiɛt-nni, teḥmed Sidi Ṛebbi, theddeṛ ɣef weqcic-nni i wid akk yețṛaǧun leslak n temdint n Lquds.

³⁸and she coming up the same hour gave praise to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who waited for redemption in Jerusalem.

³⁹Mi fukken imawlan n Ɛisa ayen akk i d-tenna ccariɛa n Sidi Ṛebbi, uɣalen ɣer taddart-nsen Naṣaret yellan di tmurt n Jlili.

³⁹And when they had completed all things according to the law of [the] Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own city Nazareth.

⁴⁰Aqcic-nni yețțimɣuṛ yețnerni di tmusni, lbaṛaka n Sidi Ṛebbi tella fell-as.

⁴⁰And the child grew and waxed strong [in spirit], filled with wisdom, and God's grace was upon him.

⁴¹Imawlan n Sidna Ɛisa țṛuḥun mkul aseggas ɣer temdint n Lquds iwakken ad sɛeddin Tafaska n izimer n leslak.

⁴¹And his parents went yearly to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover.

⁴²Asmi yesɛa Ɛisa tnac yiseggasen, yedda akk-d imawlan-is ɣer temdint n Lquds, akken tella di lɛadda n lɛid.

⁴²And when he was twelve years old, and they went up [to Jerusalem] according to the custom of the feast

⁴³Mi tɛedda Tafaska, lɣaci țțuɣalen ɣer yexxamen-nsen, ma d Ɛisa yeqqim di temdint Lquds, imawlan-is ur d-wwin ara s lexbaṛ,

⁴³and had completed the days, as they returned, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, and his parents knew not [of it];

⁴⁴ɣilen yedda-d ț-țerbaɛt nniḍen. Lḥan ass kamel dɣa bdan țqelliben fell-as. Steqsan wid akk i sen-yețțilin d wid meṛṛa ssnen,

⁴⁴but, supposing him to be in the company that journeyed together, they went a day's journey, and sought him among their relations and acquaintances:

⁴⁵lameɛna ur t-ufin ara. Uɣalen ɣer temdint n Lquds iwakken ad qellben fell-as.

⁴⁵and not having found him they returned to Jerusalem seeking him.

⁴⁶Ass wis tlata, ufan-t di lǧameɛ iqedsen yeqqim ger lecyux, ismeḥsis asen, isteqsay-iten.

⁴⁶And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers and hearing them and asking them questions.

⁴⁷Wid akk i s isellen wehmen di lefhama-s d wayen i d-ițarra i yesteqsiyen-nsen.

⁴⁷And all who heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

⁴⁸Mi t-walan imawlan-is, qqimen wehmen, dɣa tenna-yas yemma-s : A mmi, acuɣeṛ i ɣ-txedmeḍ akka ? Nekk d baba-k neṛwa aḥebbeṛ, acḥal i nqelleb fell-ak !

⁴⁸And when they saw him they were amazed: and his mother said to him, Child, why hast thou dealt thus with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee distressed.

⁴⁹Nețța yenna-yasen : Acuɣeṛ i tețqellibem fell-i ? Eɛni ur teẓrim ara ilaq-iyi ad xedmeɣ lecɣal n baba ?

⁴⁹And he said to them, Why [is it] that ye have sought me? did ye not know that I ought to be [occupied] in my Father's business?

⁵⁰Lameɛna nutni ur fhimen ara ayen i sen-d-yenna.

⁵⁰And they understood not the thing that he said to them.

⁵¹Ɛisa yedda d imawlan-is ɣer temdint n Naṣaret, yețțaɣ-asen awal. Yemma-s teḥrez annect-agi meṛṛa deg wul-is.

⁵¹And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and he was in subjection to them. And his mother kept all these things in her heart.

⁵²Ɛisa ițțimɣuṛ, yetɛeqqil ; eɛziz ɣer Ṛebbi, eɛziz ɣer yemdanen.

⁵²And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men.