¹Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?

¹D acekkeṛ i nebɣa a d-ncekkeṛ iman-nneɣ mi d-nenna imeslayen agi ? Eɛni neḥwaǧ ula d nukni a wen-nawi tibṛatin n lewṣaya neɣ a tent-id-nawi s ɣuṛ-wen am akken xeddmen kra n yemdanen ?

²You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men;

²Tabṛaț-nneɣ, d kunwi s yiman nwen ; ț-țabṛaț yuran deg ulawen nneɣ, tețwassen yerna ɣṛan-ț akk yemdanen.

³being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.

³Iban belli tabṛaț-agi yura-ț Lmasiḥ s yiman-is mi wen-d nbecceṛ lexbaṛ n lxiṛ ; mačči s lmidad i ț-yura lameɛna s Ṛṛuḥ n Ṛebbi yeddren, mačči ɣef teblaḍin n wezṛu i ț-ijerred lameɛna deg ulawen-nwen.

⁴Such confidence we have through Christ toward God;

⁴Lețkal-agi i nesɛa deg wayen i d-nenna, yekka-d s ɣuṛ Sidi Ṛebbi, s Lmasiḥ.

⁵not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;

⁵Ur nezmir ara a d-nini belli d nukni i gxeddmen ccɣel-agi s tezmert-nneɣ lameɛna d Sidi Ṛebbi i ɣ-d-ițțaken tazmert deg wayen akk i nxeddem.

⁶who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

⁶D nețța i ɣ-d-ifkan tazmert s wayes i nuɣal d iqeddacen n leɛqed ajdid . Leɛqed-agi ur d-yekki ara seg wayen yuran di ccariɛa lameɛna s ɣuṛ Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen. Axaṭer ccariɛa tețțawi ɣer lmut, ma d Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen yețțak-ed tudert.

⁷But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away:

⁷Ccariɛa yețwajerden ɣef teblaḍin n wezṛu tesban-ed tamanegt n Sidi Ṛebbi deg udem n Sidna Musa, yețfeǧǧiǧ wudem-is almi ur zmiren ara wat Isṛail ad muqlen ɣuṛ-es ; ɣas akken, afeǧǧeǧ-nni ur ițdum ara.

⁸won’t service of the Spirit be with much more glory?

⁸Ma yella ccariɛa i gețțawin ɣer lmut tban-ed s lɛaḍima am tin, acḥal ihi ara tili meqqṛet tmanegt i d-yewwi Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen i d-ițakken tudert !

⁹For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.

⁹Ma yella leqdic ɣef ccariɛa yețțawin ɣer lmut yesɛa ccan, acḥal meqqeṛ akteṛ ccan n leqdic ɣef Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen i gețțarran imdanen d iḥeqqiyen.

¹⁰For most certainly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.

¹⁰Nezmer a d-nini : anda ara d tban tmanegt icceɛceɛen zik-nni zdat tin n tura ? Tuɣal d ulac !

¹¹For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.

¹¹Ma yella ayen ur nețdum ara yesɛa ccan, acḥal ihi i t-yugar di ccan wayen yețdumun.

¹²Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,

¹²?ef ddemma n wusirem-agi, i nesɛa lețkal d ameqqran ;

¹³and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel wouldn’t look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.

¹³nukni ur nelli ara am Sidna Musa yețɣummun udem-is iwakken ur țwalin ara wat Isṛail lɛaḍima-nni ur nețdum ara.

¹⁴But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.

¹⁴Ar ass-a qquṛen iqeṛṛay-nsen, gguman ad fehmen ; imi leḥjab-nni ur yekkis ara m'ara d-ɣṛen di tira iqedsen n leɛqed aqdim, axaṭer leḥdjab-agi itekkes anagar s Ɛisa Lmasiḥ.

¹⁵But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.

¹⁵Ar ass-a, leḥjab-agi ițɣummu ulawen-nsen m'ara qqaṛen ccariɛa n Musa ;

¹⁶But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

¹⁶meɛna m'ara d-yuɣal wul n wemdan ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi, leḥjab-nni itekkes ;

¹⁷Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

¹⁷axaṭer Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen, d Ṛṛuḥ n Sidi Ṛebbi. Anda yella Ṛṛuḥ n Sidi Ṛebbi, tella tlelli.

¹⁸But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.

¹⁸Nukni ur nesɛi ara leḥjab ɣef wudmawen-nneɣ, tamanegt n Sidi Ṛebbi tețban-ed deg-nneɣ am akken di lemri, Sidi Ṛebbi yețbeddil-aɣ dayem iwakken a necbu ɣuṛ-es s tmanegt yețnernin.