¹Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can’t be saved.”

¹Kra n yemdanen i d-yusan si tmurt n Yahuda ɣer temdint n Antyuc, bɣan ad slemden atmaten, qqaṛen-asen : Ma yella ur teḍhiṛem ara am akken i d-tenna ccariɛa n Musa, ur tezmirem ara aț-țețwasellkem

²Therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord and discussion with them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas, and some others of them, to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.

²Bulus d Barnabas ur qbilen ara ayen i sselmaden yergazen-agi i d-yusan si tmurt n Yahuda dɣa yekker lxilaf ameqqran gar-asen. Ceggɛen Bulus d Barnabas akk-d kra seg-sen, ad alin ɣer ṛṛusul akk-d imeqqranen yellan di temdint n Lquds iwakken ad msefhamen ɣef temsalt-agi n ṭṭhaṛa.

³They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. They caused great joy to all the brothers. The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”

³Tajmaɛt-nni n watmaten n temdint n Antyuc tɛawen-iten deg wayen ara ḥwiǧen deg webrid-nsen ; dɣa ṛuḥen, ɛeddan si tmura n Finisya akk-d Samarya, ḥekkun di mkul amkan amek umnen s Sidna Ɛisa leǧnas ur nelli ara n wat Isṛail. Mi slan i wannect-agi, feṛḥen aṭas watmaten.

⁴When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all things that God had done with them.

⁴Mi wwḍen ɣer temdint n Lquds, tesṭerḥeb yis-sen tejmaɛt n watmaten d ṛṛusul akk-d imeqqranen n tejmaɛt ; nutni ḥkan-asen lecɣal imeqqranen i gexdem Sidi Ṛebbi gar-asen.

⁵But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”

⁵Kra si terbaɛt n ifariziyen i gumnen s Sidna Ɛisa kkren-d nnan : Ilaq aț-ḍehhṛem i watmaten ur nelli ara n wat Isṛail yerna a sen tamṛem ad tebɛen ccariɛa n Sidna Musa.

⁶The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.

⁶Dɣa ṛṛusul akk-d imeqqranen n tejmaɛt nnejmaɛen iwakken ad frun taluft-agi.

⁷When there had been much discussion, Peter rose up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that a good while ago God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the nations should hear the word of the Good News, and believe.

⁷Mi ketṛen deg wawal, ikker-ed Butṛus yenna-yasen : Ay atmaten, teẓram belli Sidi Ṛebbi yextaṛ-iyi-d gar-awen seg wass amezwaru iwakken ad beccṛeɣ lexbaṛ n lxiṛ i leǧnas ur nelli ara n wat Isṛail, akken ad amnen.

⁸God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.

⁸Sidi Ṛebbi yessnen ulawen, ibeggen-ed belli iqbel-iten imi i sen-yefka Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen am akken i ɣ-t-id-yefka i nukkni ;

⁹He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

⁹ur yexdim ara lxilaf gar-aɣ d yid-sen, imi i gṣeffa ulawen-nsen s liman ula d nutni.

¹⁰Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

¹⁰Ihi tura acuɣeṛ i tețjeṛṛibem Sidi Ṛebbi, mi tebɣam aț-țessersem ɣef tuyat n wid yumnen azaglu ur nerfid nukkni, ur rfiden lejdud-nneɣ ;

¹¹But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, TR adds “Christ” just as they are.”

¹¹lameɛna s ṛṛeḥma n Sidna Ɛisa swayes i numen, i nețțusellek am akken țțusellken ula d nutni.

¹²All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them.

¹²Akken ma llan di tejmaɛt ssusmen, dɣa smeḥsisen i Bulus d Barnabas i d-iḥekkun licaṛat d leɛǧayeb i gexdem Sidi Ṛebbi yis-sen ger leǧnas ur nelli ara n wat Isṛail.

¹³After they were silent, James answered, “Brothers, listen to me.

¹³Mi kfan ameslay, inṭeq Yeɛqub yenna-d : Ay atmaten, ḥesset-iyi-d : Tura

¹⁴Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations, to take out of them a people for his name.

¹⁴Semɛun yeḥka-d amek i d-ixtaṛ Sidi Ṛebbi si ger leǧnas si tazwara, lumma ara yeddun s yisem-is.

¹⁵This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,

¹⁵S wakka, yedṛa-d wayen i d nnan lenbiya am akken yura di tektabt iqedsen :

¹⁶‘After these things I will return. I will again build the tabernacle of David, which has fallen. I will again build its ruins. I will set it up,

¹⁶Deg ussan-nni, a d-uɣaleɣ a s-ɛiwdeɣ lebni i wexxam n Dawed ; axxam-nni yeɣlin, ad sbeddeɣ leḥyuḍ-is ihudden,

¹⁷That the rest of men may seek after the Lord; All the Gentiles who are called by my name, Says the Lord, who does all these things. Amos 9:11-12

¹⁷iwakken ayen i d-iqqimen seg imdanen akk-d leǧnas meṛṛa i geslan s yisem-iw, ad nadin ɣef Sidi Ṛebbi.

¹⁸Akka i d-yenna Sidi Ṛebbi i gxeddmen lecɣal-agi i d-ihegga si zik.

¹⁹“Therefore my judgment is that we don’t trouble those from among the Gentiles who turn to God,

¹⁹Ihi a wen-d-iniɣ : lemmer ufiɣ, ur nrennu ara aɣilif i wid ur nelli ara n wat Isṛail, i gumnen s Sidna Ɛisa.

²⁰but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood.

²⁰Lameɛna a sen-naru tabṛaț iwakken ad ṭṭixṛen ɣef wučči n weksum immezlen i lmeṣnuɛat d ssadat. Ad ttixṛen daɣen i yir tikli, i wučči n lmal immurḍsen akk-d tissit n idammen,

²¹For Moses from generations of old has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”

²¹axaṭer si zzman aqdim llan yemdanen ițbecciṛen ccariɛa n Musa di mkul tamdint, yerna mkul ass n westeɛfu qqaṛen taktabt-is di leǧwameɛ n wat Isṛail.

²²Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers. The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”

²²Ihi ṛṛusul, imeqqranen n tejmaɛt akk-d watmaten meṛṛa walan belli d ṛṛay yelhan ma yella xtaṛen-d kra n watmaten si gar-asen, iwakken a ten-ceggɛen ɣer temdint n Antyuc nutni d Bulus akk-d Barnabas. Xtaṛen Yuda, ițusemman Barsaba akk-d Silas ; d irgazen i țqadaṛen watmaten.

²³They wrote these things by their hand: “The apostles, the elders, and the brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: greetings.

²³Fkan asen tabṛaț i deg uran : Ay atmaten ur nelli ara n wat Isṛail, i gzedɣen di temdinin n Antyuc, n Surya akk-d Silisya, țsellimen-d fell-awen ṛṛusul akk-d imeqqranen n tejmaɛt akk-d watmaten n temdint n Lquds.

²⁴Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, ‘You must be circumcised and keep the law,’ to whom we gave no commandment;

²⁴Nesla belli kra n watmaten-nneɣ ṛuḥen-d ɣuṛ-wen mbla ma nefka-yasen lameṛ, rwin-kkun s yimeslayen-nsen, skecmen-awen ccekk.

²⁵it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

²⁵Tura mi nemcawaṛ, neqsed s yiwen ṛṛay a d-nextiṛ kra n watmaten, ara wen-nceggeɛ nutni d watmaten nneɣ eɛzizen Bulus d Barnabas ;

²⁶men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁶nutni i gsebblen tudert nsen ɣef yisem n Sidna Ɛisa Lmasiḥ. +

²⁷We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.

²⁷Nceggeɛ-awen ihi Yuda akk-d Silas ara wen-d-yeṣṣiwḍen s yiman nsen imeslayen-agi :

²⁸For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay no greater burden on you than these necessary things:

²⁸Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen akk-d nukkni, nwala d ayen yelhan m'ur nḥettem ara fell-awen ayen nniḍen sennig wayen ilaqen,

²⁹that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell.”

²⁹yeɛni aț-țettixṛem i wučči n iseflawen yemmezlen i lmeṣnuɛat, i tissit n idammen, i lmal yemmuṛdsen d zzna. D ayen yelhan ma tḥudrem iman-nwen ɣef wannect-agi. Qqimet di lehna.

³⁰So, when they were sent off, they came to Antioch. Having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter.

³⁰Imiren wid-nni yețwaxtaṛen ǧǧan atmaten di lehna, ṛuḥen ɣer temdint n Antyuc. Dinna jemɛen-d atmaten, fkan-asen tabṛaț-nni.

³¹When they had read it, they rejoiced over the encouragement.

³¹Mi ț-id-ɣṛan, feṛḥen aṭas s lewṣayat yellan deg-s d yimeslayen i ten-isǧehden.

³²Judas and Silas, also being prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers with many words, and strengthened them.

³²Yuda d Silas iwumi yețțunefk a d-țxebbiṛen s ɣuṛ Sidi Ṛebbi, nhan atmaten-nni, sǧehden-ten s waṭas n yimeslayen.

³³After they had spent some time there, they were sent back with greetings from the brothers to the apostles.

³³Mi sɛeddan dinna kra n wussan, serrḥen-asen watmaten ad uɣalen di lehna ɣer wid i ten-id-iceggɛen ;

³⁴ Some manuscripts add: But it seemed good to Silas to stay there.

³⁴ma d Silas iɛǧeb-as lḥal yebɣa ad yernu kra n wussan dinna.

³⁵But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.

³⁵Bulus d Barnabas qqimen di temdint-agi n Antyuc , sselmaden, țbecciṛen awal n Sidi Ṛebbi nutni d waṭas n watmaten nniḍen.

³⁶After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”

³⁶Mi ɛeddan kra n wussan, Bulus yenna-yas i Barnabas : Eyya a nuɣal a nesteqsi ɣef watmaten yellan di temdinin anda nbecceṛ awal n Sidi Ṛebbi, iwakken a nẓer amek i țilin.

³⁷Barnabas planned to take John, who was called Mark, with them also.

³⁷Barnabas yebɣa ad yawi yid-sen Yuḥenna ițusemman Maṛqus,

³⁸But Paul didn’t think that it was a good idea to take with them someone who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and didn’t go with them to do the work.

³⁸lameɛna Bulus ur yeqbil ara ad awin yid-sen win akken i ten yeǧǧan di tmurt n Bamfilya, yerna ur ten-iɛawen ara di ccɣel-nsen.

³⁹Then the contention grew so sharp that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark with him, and sailed away to Cyprus,

³⁹Ikker yiwen lxilaf gar-asen armi mfaṛaqen. Barnabas yewwi yid-es Maṛqus, rekben di lbabuṛ ɣer tegzirt n Qubṛus,

⁴⁰but Paul chose Silas, and went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of God.

⁴⁰ma d Bulus yextaṛ Silas ad iddu yid-es. Atmaten n tejmaɛt wekklen-t i ṛṛeḥma n Sidi Ṛebbi, dɣa iṛuḥ.

⁴¹He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the assemblies.

⁴¹Yekka-d nețța d Silas si tmura n Surya akk-d Silisya, isseǧhad tijmaɛin n watmaten.