¹Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

²Țwaɣeḍsen meṛṛa di tagut-nni akk-d lebḥeṛ mi ddan d Sidna Musa,

²and were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

³ččan meṛṛa seg yiwen lqut n Sidi Ṛebbi,

³and all ate the same spiritual food;

⁴swan meṛṛa si lɛinseṛ n Sidi Ṛebbi i d-iteffɣen seg wezṛu iteddun yid-sen ; azṛu-agi, d Lmasiḥ.

⁴and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.

⁵Ɣas akken, aṭas seg-sen ur neɛǧib ara i Sidi Ṛebbi ; daymi i ten-tesseɣli lmut yiwen yiwen mi teddun deg unezṛuf.

⁵However with most of them, God was not well pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

⁶Ayen akken yedṛan yid-sen yeqqim-ed d lemtel i nukni, iwakken ur neṭṭamaɛ ara ayen n diri am akken i t-ṭṭamaɛen nutni.

⁶Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

⁷Ur țțilit ara am wid iɛebbden ssadaț akken xeddmen kra seg-sen, axaṭer am akken yura di tira iqedsen : Yeqqim wegdud ad yečč ad isew, mi gfukk yekker ad yezhu, ad yecḍeḥ.

⁷Neither be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.” Exodus 32:6

⁸Ur ilaq ara daɣen a nxeddem leɛṛuṛ akken xeddmen kra seg-sen ; daymi deg yiwen n wass, lmut tečča tlata uɛecrin alef deg-sen.

⁸Neither let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.

⁹Ur ilaq ara a njeṛṛeb Sidi Ṛebbi akken i xedmen kra seg-sen, dɣa qqsen-ten izerman mmuten.

⁹Neither let us test the Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.

¹⁰Ur ilaq ara daɣen aț-țesmermugem ɣef wiyaḍ akken i smermugen kra deg-sen armi i ten-issenger lmelk n lmut.

¹⁰Neither grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished by the destroyer.

¹¹Timsalin-agi akk i sen-yedṛan, qqiment-ed d lemtel, uran-tent di tektabin, iwakken a nelmed nukni ițɛicin di taggara n lweqt.

¹¹Now all these things happened to them by way of example, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

¹²Ihi win iḥesben iman-is ibedd, ad iɛass iman-is ur iɣelli ara !

¹²Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he doesn’t fall.

¹³Ayen akk s wayes i tețwajeṛbem, d ayen iwumi yezmer wemdan. Sidi Ṛebbi d bab n lḥeqq, ur yețɛemmid ara aț-țenɛețțabem sennig n tezmert nwen ; lameɛna m'ara tețwajeṛbem, a wen-d-yefk tazmert s wayes ara tṣebṛem d wamek ara teffɣem si tegniț n leɛtab.

¹³No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

¹⁴A wid eɛzizen fell-i, xḍut i weɛbad n ssadaț.

¹⁴Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

¹⁵Țmeslayeɣ awen-d am akken țmeslayen i wid ifehmen ; meyyzet kunwi s yiman nwen ɣef wayen i d-qqaṛeɣ.

¹⁵I speak as to wise men. Judge what I say.

¹⁶Taqbuct n lbaṛaka i ɣef nețḥemmid Sidi Ṛebbi, eɛni ur aɣ-tecrik ara d idammen n Lmasiḥ ? Neɣ aɣṛum i nbeṭṭu, ur aɣ-yecrik ara d lǧețța n Lmasiḥ ?

¹⁶The cup of blessing which we bless, isn’t it a sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, isn’t it a sharing of the body of Christ?

¹⁷Imi yiwen n weɣṛum kan i gellan, ula d nukni nuɣal d yiwet n lǧețța ɣas akken deg waṭas yid-nneɣ i nella, axaṭer ntețț meṛṛa seg yiwen n weɣṛum.

¹⁷Because there is one loaf of bread, we, who are many, are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf of bread.

¹⁸Walit at Isṛail : wid itețțen seg weksum n iseflawen s weɛbad-nsen, eɛni ur criken ara d wemkan-nni anda i zellun iseflawen ?

¹⁸Consider Israel according to the flesh. Don’t those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?

¹⁹Eɛni bɣiɣ a d-iniɣ belli asfel nni i zellun i ssadaț neɣ ssadaț-nni i țɛebbiden, sɛan lqima ? Xaṭi !

¹⁹What am I saying then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

²⁰Meɛna ayen akka i zellun, zellun-t i leǧnun mačči i Ṛebbi ; nekk ur bɣiɣ ara aț-țcerkem akk-d leǧnun.

²⁰But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God, and I don’t desire that you would have fellowship with demons.

²¹Ur tezmirem ara aț-țeswem si teqbuct n Sidi Ṛebbi ma yella tețțessem si țeqbuct n leǧnun ; ur tezmirem ara daɣen aț-țeččem seg weɣṛum n Sidi Ṛebbi ma yella tețțețțem seg weɣṛum n leǧnun.

²¹You can’t both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can’t both partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.

²²Eɛni nebɣa a nejreḥ ul n Sidi Ṛebbi a d-neskker tismin-is ? Tɣilem tazmert-nneɣ teɣleb tazmert-is ?

²²Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

²³Llan wid i d-iqqaṛen : kullec d leḥlal fell-aɣ ; ț-țideț, lameɛna ur aɣ-yenfiɛ ara kullec. Kullec yețțusemmeḥ-aɣ a t-nexdem, meɛna mačči d kullec i ɣ-yesnernayen di liman.

²³“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up.

²⁴Ur țnadit ara ɣef nnfeɛ-nwen kan kunwi, meɛna nadit ɣef nnfeɛ n wiyaḍ.

²⁴Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.

²⁵Tzemrem aț-țeččem kra n wayen i gețnuzun di ssuq mbla asteqsi, mbla ma tḥebbṛem,

²⁵Whatever is sold in the butcher shop, eat, asking no question for the sake of conscience,

²⁶axaṭer ddunit d wayen akk yellan deg-s d ayla n Sidi Ṛebbi.

²⁶for “the earth is the Lord’s, and its fullness.” Psalm 24:1

²⁷Ma yeɛṛeḍ-ikkun walebɛad ur numin ara s Lmasiḥ, ma tṛuḥem, ččet s neyya mbla asteqsi seg wayen akk ara wen-d-issers.

²⁷But if one of those who don’t believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience.

²⁸Lameɛna ma yella win i wen-d yennan : ayagi yețțunefk d asfel i ssadaț, ur tețțet ara imi i kkun-id ixebbeṛ iwakken ad yethedden wul nwen.

²⁸But if anyone says to you, “This was offered to idols,” don’t eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience. For “the earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness.”

²⁹Mačči ɣef neyya-nwen i d-nniɣ akka, lameɛna ɣef neyya n win i kkun-iɛerḍen. Ihi, acimi ara ǧǧeɣ wayeḍ ad idebbeṛ deg ixemmimen-iw ?

²⁹Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other’s conscience. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

³⁰Ma yella ḥemdeɣ Sidi Ṛebbi ɣef wayen i tețțeɣ, acimi ara ǧǧeɣ iman-iw ad wwten deg-i ɣef lqut i ɣef ḥemdeɣ Sidi Ṛebbi ?

³⁰If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced for that for which I give thanks?

³¹Ama teččam neɣ teswam, neɣ kra n wayen ara txedmem, xedmet-eț i tmanegt n Sidi Ṛebbi.

³¹Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

³²Ur țțilit ara d sebba n uɣelluy ama i wat Isṛail, ama i iyunaniyen, ama i tejmaɛt n Sidi Ṛebbi,

³²Give no occasions for stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;

³³am akken xeddmeɣ nekk, țnadiɣ a wen-ɛeǧbeɣ meṛṛa di kullec, ur țqellibeɣ ara ɣef nnfeɛ-inu, meɛna țqellibeɣ ɣef nnfeɛ n umur ameqqran deg-wen iwakken ad țwaselken.

³³even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.