¹Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,

¹Di temdint n Qiṣarya, yella yiwen wergaz iwumi qqaṛen Kurnilyus, d lqebṭan n yiwet n terbaɛt isem-is « tarbaɛt n Selyan ».

²a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.

²Am nețța am wexxam-is ḍuɛen Sidi Ṛebbi ; ițseddiq i igellilen, yerna am iḍ am ass yezga ideɛɛu ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi.

³At about the ninth hour of the day 3:00 PM , he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God coming to him, and saying to him, “Cornelius!”

³Yiwen wass, leǧwahi n tlata n tmeddit, iweḥḥa-yas-ed Sidi Ṛebbi, iwala yiwen lmelk ikcem-ed ɣuṛ-es yenna-yas-d : A Kurnilyus !

⁴He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, “What is it, Lord?” He said to him, “Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.

⁴Kurnilyus yerfed allen-is ɣuṛ-es, tekcem-it tugdi, ițergigi, yerra-yas : D acu, a Sidi ? Lmelk yenna-yas-d : Sidi Ṛebbi yeqbel taẓallit-ik akk-d lewɛadi i tețțakeḍ i imeɣban ;

⁵Now send men to Joppa, and get Simon, who is surnamed Peter.

⁵Tura ceggeɛ irgazen ɣer temdint n Jafa, ɣer Semɛun, win iwumi qqaṛen Butṛus, iwakken a d-yas.

⁶He lodges with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the seaside. TR adds “This one will tell you what it is necessary for you to do.” ”

⁶A t-tafeḍ ɣer yiwen wergaz i gxeddmen deg uɣerruz, ula d nețța isem-is Semɛun ; axxam-is yezga-d ɣef rrif n lebḥeṛ.

⁷When the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those who waited on him continually.

⁷Mi gṛuḥ lmelk-nni i s-d-ihedṛen, Kurnilyus yessawel i sin seg iqeddacen-is akk-d yiwen uɛeskṛi n terbɛat-is i gellan d argaz iḍuɛen Sidi Ṛebbi.

⁸Having explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.

⁸iḥka-yasen-d ayen akk yedṛan; dɣa iceggeɛ-iten ɣer temdint n Jafa.

⁹Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about noon.

⁹Azekka-nni, mi qṛib ad awḍen wid i gceggeɛ Kurnilyus ɣer temdint n Jafa, Buṭrus yuɣ-it lḥal yuli ɣef ssḍeḥ iwakken ad idɛu ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi, aț-țili d leǧwahi n tnac n wass,

¹⁰He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance.

¹⁰yeṭṭef-it laẓ yebɣa ad yečč. Llan țheggin-as-ed lqut, taswiɛt kan iweḥḥa-yas-ed Sidi Ṛebbi ;

¹¹He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,

¹¹iwala igenni yeldi, yiwet lḥaǧa icuban ɣer tẓeṛbit tameqqrant icudden si ṛebɛa tɣemmaṛ, tețṣubbu-d ɣer lqaɛa.

¹²in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the sky.

¹²Llan deg-s lewḥuc at ṛebɛa idaṛṛen n mkul ṣṣifa, wid iteddun ɣef wuɛebbuḍ, akk-d yefṛax n igenni s mkul ṣṣifa.

¹³A voice came to him, “Rise, Peter, kill and eat!”

¹³Yesla i yiwen n ṣṣut yenna yas-d : A Buṭrus, ekker ! Ezlu teččeḍ !

¹⁴But Peter said, “Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.”

¹⁴Lameɛna Butṛus yenna-yas : Ala a Sidi, di leɛmeṛ-iw ur ččiɣ ayen iḥeṛmen neɣ ayen ur neṣfi.

¹⁵A voice came to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean.”

¹⁵Sṣut-nni inṭeq-ed tikkelt tis snat yenna-yas-d : Ayen iḥseb Sidi Ṛebbi d leḥlal, ur k-id-iṣaḥ ara a t-tḥesbeḍ d leḥṛam !

¹⁶This was done three times, and immediately the vessel was received up into heaven.

¹⁶Ayagi, iweḥḥa-yas-t-id Sidi Ṛebbi tlata n tikkal ; imiren kan, lḥaǧa-nni tețwarfed ɣer igenni.

¹⁷Now while Peter was very perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon’s house, stood before the gate,

¹⁷Akken mazal Buṭrus yețxemmim ɣef lmeɛna n uweḥḥi-nni, wwḍen-d yergazen-nni i d-iceggeɛ Kurnilyus steqsayen ɣef wexxam n Semɛun.

¹⁸and called and asked whether Simon, who was surnamed Peter, was lodging there.

¹⁸Mi d-wwḍen ɣer tewwurt, ssawlen, steqsan ma deg wexxam-nni i gețțili Semɛun iwumi qqaṛen Butṛus.

¹⁹While Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three Reading from TR and NU. MT omits “three” men seek you.

¹⁹Mazal Buṭrus ițxemmim ɣef wuweḥḥi-nni, mi s-d-yenna Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen : Atnaya tlata yergazen țnadin fell-ak.

²⁰But arise, get down, and go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them.”

²⁰Ur țkukru ara, kker, ddu yid-sen axaṭer d nekk i ten-id iceggɛen.

²¹Peter went down to the men, and said, “Behold, I am he whom you seek. Why have you come?”

²¹Butṛus iṣubb-ed ɣuṛ-sen, yenna yasen : Aql-i ! D nekk i d Buṭrus ! D acu akka i kkun-id-yewwin ɣuṛ-i ?

²²They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say.”

²²Nutni rran-as : D lqebṭan-nneɣ Kurnilyus, i ɣ-d iceggɛen ɣuṛ-ek ! D argaz țcekkiṛen akk wat Isṛail yerna ḥemmlen-t axaṭer d amdan aḥeqqi iḍuɛen Sidi Ṛebbi. Ibedd-ed ɣuṛ-es lmelk n Sidi Ṛebbi yenna-yas-d a d-iceggeɛ ɣuṛ-ek, a d-taseḍ ɣer wexxam-is iwakken ad isel i wayen i tesɛiḍ a s-t-id-tiniḍ.

²³So he called them in and lodged them. On the next day Peter arose and went out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.

²³Buṭrus issekcem-iten ad nsen ɣuṛ-es. Azekka-nni ikker yedda yid-sen nețța d kra n watmaten n Jafa.

²⁴On the next day they entered into Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his relatives and his near friends.

²⁴Sellazekka-nni, wwḍen ɣer temdint n Qiṣarya. Kurnilyus yețṛaǧu ten deg wexxam-is nețța d leḥbab-is akk-d imawlan-is i d-yeɛṛeḍ.

²⁵When it happened that Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell down at his feet, and worshiped him.

²⁵Akken iteddu Butṛus ad yekcem, immuger-it-id Kurnilyus ɣer tewwurt n wefrag, yeɣli ɣer idaṛṛen-is, yekna zdat-es iwakken ad isṭerḥeb yis s leqdeṛ ameqqran.

²⁶But Peter raised him up, saying, “Stand up! I myself am also a man.”

²⁶Meɛna Butṛus issekker-it-id yenna-yas : Kker fell-ak ! D amdan am kečč i lliɣ.

²⁷As he talked with him, he went in and found many gathered together.

²⁷Leḥḥun, țmeslayen armi kecmen ɣer wexxam, yufa dinna aṭas n yemdanen i gennejmaɛen.

²⁸He said to them, “You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn’t call any man unholy or unclean.

²⁸Buṭrus yenna-yasen : Yak teẓram d leḥṛam i wemdan n wat Isṛail ad ixaleḍ abeṛṛani neɣ ad ikcem ɣer wexxam-is. Lameɛna Sidi Ṛebbi yessefhem-iyi-d belli ur ilaq ara a d-nini ɣef walebɛaḍ belli ur zeddig ara neɣ ur iṣfi ara ;

²⁹Therefore also I came without complaint when I was sent for. I ask therefore, why did you send for me?”

²⁹daymi i qebleɣ a d-aseɣ mi yi-d-tessawlem. Init-iyi-d tura sebba ɣef wacu i d-tceggɛem ɣuṛ-i.

³⁰Cornelius said, “Four days ago, I was fasting until this hour, and at the ninth hour, 3:00 P. M. I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

³⁰Kurnilyus yerra-yas : Ṛebɛa wussan aya, leǧwahi n tlata n tmeddit, lliɣ deɛɛuɣ ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi deg wexxam-iw ; ataya ibedd-ed zdat-i yiwen wergaz s llebsa yețfeǧǧiǧen,

³¹and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your gifts to the needy are remembered in the sight of God.

³¹yenna-yi-d : « A Kurnilyus ! Sidi Ṛebbi yeqbel taẓallit-ik akk-d lewɛadi i tețțakeḍ i igellilen.

³²Send therefore to Joppa, and summon Simon, who is surnamed Peter. He lodges in the house of Simon a tanner, by the seaside. When he comes, he will speak to you.’

³²Ceggeɛ ɣer temdint n Jafa ɣerSemɛun ițusemman Butṛus iwakken a d-yas ; a t-tafeḍ ɣer yiwen i gxeddmen igelman, ula d nețța isem-is Semɛun ; axxam-is yezga-d ɣef rrif n lebḥeṛ.

³³Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God to hear all things that have been commanded you by God.”

³³Imiren ceggɛeɣ-en ɣuṛ-ek ; tanemmirt-ik imi d-tusiḍ. Tura ihi aql-aɣ akk dagi zdat Sidi Ṛebbi iwakken a nsel s ɣuṛ-ek, ayen akk i k-d-yumeṛ Sidi Ṛebbi a ɣ-t-id-tiniḍ.

³⁴Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;

³⁴Butṛus yebda ameslay yenna : Armi ț-țura i fehmeɣ belli ț-țideț, Sidi Ṛebbi ur ixeddem ara lxilaf ger yemdanen.

³⁵but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.

³⁵ Lameɛna di mkul lǧens, yal amdan i t-yețḍuɛun, ixeddmen ayen yellan d lḥeqq, iɛǧeb-as i Ṛebbi i gellan d Illu n yemdanen meṛṛa ; teslam belli iceggeɛ-ed awal-is i wat Isṛail, ibecceṛ-asen-d lehna s Ɛisa Lmasiḥ.

³⁶The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all—

³⁷Ahat teslam s wayen yedṛan di tmurt n Yahuda meṛṛa ; yebda-d si tmurt n Jlili seg wasmi ițbecciṛ Yeḥya aɣeṭṭas, aɣḍas n waman.

³⁷you yourselves know what happened, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;

³⁸Teslam s Ɛisa Anaṣari amek i t-iččuṛ Sidi Ṛebbi s tezmert akk-d Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen, amek i gteddu seg umkan ɣer wayeḍ, ixeddem lxiṛ, amek isseḥlay wid akk i gemlek Cciṭan, axaṭer Sidi Ṛebbi ițțili yid-es.

³⁸even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

³⁹Aql-aɣ d inigan n wayen akk i gexdem di tmurt n wat Isṛail ț-țemdint n Lquds anda i t-nɣan mi t-semmṛen ɣef wumidag,

³⁹We are witnesses of everything he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they also TR omits “also” killed, hanging him on a tree.

⁴⁰meɛna ass wis tlata Sidi Ṛebbi isseḥya-t-id si ger lmegtin ; yefka-yas tazmert s wayes i d-isbeggen iman-is,

⁴⁰God raised him up the third day, and gave him to be revealed,

⁴¹mačči i yemdanen meṛṛa meɛna i nukkni kan i gextaṛ Sidi Ṛebbi a nili d inagan-is ; nukkni yeččan, yeswan yid-es mi d-iḥya si ger lmegtin.

⁴¹not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen before by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

⁴²Sidna Ɛisa iweṣṣa-yaɣ a nbecceṛ i yemdanen meṛṛa, belli d nețța i gextaṛ Sidi Ṛebbi iwakken ad iḥaseb wid yeddren akk-d wid yemmuten.

⁴²He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.

⁴³Lenbiya akk cehden-d fell-as belli kra n win ara yamnen yis, a s-țwaɛeffun ddnubat-is s yisem-is.

⁴³All the prophets testify about him, that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins.”

⁴⁴Urɛad ifuk Buṭrus ameslay mi d-yers Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen ɣef wid akk yellan dinna, i gesmeḥsisen i wawal n Sidi Ṛebbi.

⁴⁴While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word.

⁴⁵Wid i geddan d Butṛus, yellan d at Isṛail yumnen s Lmasiḥ, dehcen, wehmen imi d-yețțunefk Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen ula i wid ur nelli ara n wat Isṛail.

⁴⁵They of the circumcision who believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was also poured out on the Gentiles.

⁴⁶Axaṭer sellen-asen heddṛen yerna țḥemmiden Sidi Ṛebbi s tutlayin ur nețwassen ara. Dɣa Butṛus yenna :

⁴⁶For they heard them speaking in other languages and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,

⁴⁷Eɛni nezmer a nḥeṛṛem seg weɣḍas deg waman wid iwumi i d-yețțunefk Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen am nukkni ?

⁴⁷“Can any man forbid the water, that these who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we should not be baptized?”

⁴⁸Dɣa Yefka lameṛ ad țwaɣeḍsen s yisem n Sidna Ɛisa Lmasiḥ ; imiren ḥellelen-t ad yeqqim yid-sen kra n wussan.

⁴⁸He commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay some days.