1Imi aṭas i gebdan tira ɣef wayen yedṛan gar-aneɣ,
1Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled 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.
2even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word 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 seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;
4iwakken aț-țissineḍ tideț ɣef wayen i tesliḍ meṛṛa.
4that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were 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 Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
6D iḥeqqiyen i llan i sin, ḥerzen yerna ḍuɛen awal n Sidi Ṛebbi.
6They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
7Ur sɛin ara dderya, meqqṛit i sin di leɛmeṛ yerna Ilicaba ț-țiɛiqeṛt.
7But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.
8Mi d-tewweḍ nnuba n leqdic n wedrum n Zakarya di lǧameɛ iqedsen
8Now it happened, while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his division,
9akken i tella di lɛadda n lmuqedmin, gren tasɣaṛt, tṣaḥ-ed Zakarya iwakken ad ikcem ɣer wemkan iqedsen ad isseṛɣ lebxuṛ.
9according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
10Mi gella isseṛɣay lebxuṛ di lǧameɛ, lɣaci meṛṛa yeqqimen di beṛṛa deɛɛun ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi.
10The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.
11Iḍheṛ-as-d yiwen lmelk n Sidi Ṛebbi, ibedd ɣer tama tayeffust n udekkan-nni anda sseṛɣayen lebxuṛ.
11An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
12Mi t-iwala Zakarya, yedhec ikcem-it lxuf.
12Zacharias was troubled when he saw 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, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
14Aț-țfeṛḥeḍ yis, a k-yili d sebba n sseɛd ; imdanen meṛṛa ad feṛḥen s tlalit-is.
14You will have joy and gladness; and many will 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 will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.
16A d-yerr aṭas n wat Isṛail ɣer webrid n Sidi Ṛebbi.
16He will turn many of the children of Israel 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.
17He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”
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 !
18Zacharias said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well 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.
19The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.
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.
20Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you didn’t believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”
21Lɣaci-nni yețṛaǧun Zakarya deg ufrag, wehmen acuɣeṛ iɛeṭṭel deg umkan iqedsen n lǧameɛ.
21The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed 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.
22When he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.
23Mi kfan wussan n lxedma-s di lǧameɛ, Zakarya yuɣal ɣer wexxam-is.
23It happened, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house.
24Ɛeddan kra n wussan, tameṭṭut-is Ilicaba terfed tadist ; dɣa tesseḥjeb iman-is xemsa wagguren, teqqaṛ :
24After these days Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,
25Atan Sidi Ṛebbi yerra-d ddehn-is ɣuṛ-i, ikkes-iyi lɛib zdat yemdanen.
25“Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at 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.
26Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named 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 pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. 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.
28Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!”
29Meryem tedhec, tenna : D acu i d lmeɛna n imeslayen agi ?
29But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.
30Lmelk yenna-yas : Ur țțaggad ara a Meryem ! S ṛṛeḥma-s tameqqrant, Sidi Ṛebbi yextaṛ-ikem.
30The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31Atan aț-țrefdeḍ tadist, a d-tesɛuḍ aqcic, semmi-yas Ɛisa, (yeɛni : « Amsellek »)
31Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will 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.
32He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,
33Ad iḥkem ɣef tarwa n Yeɛqub i dayem, tageldit-is ur tfennu ara.
33and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.”
34Meryem tenna i lmelk-nni : Amek ara d-idṛu yid-i wayagi nekk ur nezwiǧ ara ?
34Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?”
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 ».
35The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the 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,
36Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
37imi ulac wayen iwumi ur izmir Sidi Ṛebbi.
37For everything spoken by God is possible.”
38Meryem tenna : Aql-i ț-țaqeddact n Sidi Ṛebbi, ad idṛu yid-i wayen i d-tenniḍ. Imiren Lmelk-nni yeǧǧa-ț, iṛuḥ.
38Mary said, “Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word.” The angel departed from her.
39Deg wussan-nni, Meryem tekker tṛuḥ s lemɣawla ɣer yiwet n taddart yellan deg idurar n tmurt n Yahuda.
39Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,
40Tekcem ɣer wexxam n Zakarya, tsellem ɣef Ilicaba.
40and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.
41Akken i tesla Ilicaba i sslam n Meryem, yefrawes llufan yellan di tɛebbuṭ-is ; imiren teččuṛ d Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen,
41It happened, when Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, that the baby 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.
42She called out with a loud voice, and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43D acu-yi, iwakken a d-terzef ɣuṛ-i yemma-s n Ssid-iw ?
43Why am I so favored, 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, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!
45?-țaseɛdit kemm yumnen s wayen i m-d-yenna Sidi Ṛebbi !
45Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!”
46Meryem tenna : Taṛwiḥt-iw teḥmed Sidi Ṛebbi,
46Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord.
47ul-iw yeččuṛ d lfeṛḥ imi d nețța i d amsellek-iw,
47My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
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 at the humble state of his handmaid. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.
49imi Sidi Ṛebbi Bab n tezmert, yexdem yis-i ayen issewhamen. Isem-is d imqeddes.
49For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.
50 Ṛṛeḥma-s tețdum si lǧil ɣer lǧil ɣef wid akk i t-iḍuɛen.
50His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.
51Isken-ed tazmert n yiɣil-is, isseɛṛeq iberdan i wid yețzuxxun ;
51He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
52 yessers-ed imeqqranen seg imukan eɛlayen, yerfed wid yețwaḥeqṛen ;
52He has put down princes from their thrones. And has 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. He has sent the rich away empty.
54 Isellek tarwa n wat Isṛail yellan d iqeddacen-is, ur ițțu ara Ṛṛeḥma-s,
54He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,
55i gewɛed i Sidna Ibṛahim d warraw-is i dayem akken i t-yenna i lejdud-nneɣ.
55As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his seed forever.”
56Meryem teqqim ɣer Ilicaba azal n tlata wagguren d wamek i tuɣal ɣer taddart-is.
56Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house.
57Yewweḍ-ed lweqt i deg ara d-tarew Ilicaba, tesɛa-d aqcic.
57Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she brought forth a son.
58Imawlan-is d lǧiran-is feṛḥen aṭas mi slan s ṛṛehma i d-issers fell-as Sidi Ṛebbi.
58Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards 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.
59It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.
60Dɣa tenṭeq-ed yemma-s tenna-yasen : Xaṭi ! A s-nsemmi Yeḥya !
60His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called John.”
61Nnan-as : Ula d yiwen deg wedrum-nwen ur yesɛi isem-agi.
61They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”
62Steqsan baba-s s uwehhi amek yebɣa ad isemmi i mmi-s.
62They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.
63Issuter asen-d talwiḥt, yura-yasen-d deg-s : « Yeḥya i d isem-is ». Dɣa wehmen meṛṛa.
63He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” They all marveled.
64Imiren kan iserreḥ yiles-is, yebda iheddeṛ, yețḥemmid Ṛebbi ițcekkiṛ-it.
64His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.
65Imezdaɣ n lǧiha-nni meṛṛa wehmen, tɛeǧǧben. Deg idurar n tmurt n Yahuda țmeslayen akk ɣef wayen yedṛan.
65Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.
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.
66All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” The hand of the Lord was with him.
67Zakarya, baba-s n weqcic-nni, iččuṛ d Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen, icar-ed s imeslayen-agi :
67His father, Zacharias, 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.
68“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and worked redemption for his people;
69Yefka-yaɣ-d yiwen wemsellek d ameqqran seg izuṛan n Sidna Dawed aqeddac-is,
69and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
70am akken i t-id-ixebbeṛ Sidi Ṛebbi si zzman iɛeddan, seg yimi n lenbiya iqedsen :
70(as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),
71Ad yili d amsellek ara ɣ-imenɛen seg yiɛdawen-nneɣ, si ger ifassen n wid akk i ɣ-ikeṛhen.
71salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us;
72Isbeggen ṛṛeḥma-s i lejdud-nneɣ, yemmekta-d lemɛahda-s iqedsen
72to show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,
73i gefka i jeddi-tneɣ Sidna Ibṛahim.
73the oath which he spoke to Abraham, our father,
74M'ara nețțusellek seg ufus n yeɛdawen-nneɣ, a neɛbed Sidi Ṛebbi mbla lxuf,
74to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,
75s lḥeqq, s ṭṭaɛa d wannuz deg wussan n ddunit-nneɣ meṛṛa.
75In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
76Ma d kečč a mmi, aț-țețțusemmiḍ d nnbi n Sidi Ṛebbi eɛlayen axaṭer aț-țedduḍ zdat-es iwakken aț-țheggiḍ iberdan-is,
76And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,
77aț-țesfehmeḍ agdud-is ɣef leslak n Sidi Ṛebbi s leɛfu n ddnubat-nsen.
77to give knowledge of salvation 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.
78because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn from on high will visit us,
79 Tafat-is a d-tecṛeq ɣef wid yellan di ṭṭlam n lmut, ad aɣ-yawi deg webrid n lehna.
79to shine on those who sit in darkness and 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.
80The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.