¹I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

¹Nekk yellan d aqeddac n Lmasiḥ, a kkun-nhuɣ ihi aț-țeddum akken yebɣa Sidi Ṛebbi mi wen-d-issawel.

²with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;

²Ddut s lḥenna d wannuz akk-d ṣṣbeṛ, țemyawit wway gar-awen s lmaḥibba.

³being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

³Ḥeṛset iman-nwen aț-țeṭṭfem di tdukkli n Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen, s lehna wway gar-awen.

⁴There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;

⁴Yiwet n lǧețța kan akk-d yiwen n Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen i gellan, am akken daɣen i wen-d-issawel Sidi Ṛebbi ɣer yiwen usirem kan.

⁵one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

⁵Yiwen kan i d Ssid-nneɣ, yiwen n liman akk-d yiwen n weɣḍas i gellan,

⁶one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.

⁶yiwen n Ṛebbi kan i gellan, d nețța i d baba-tneɣ meṛṛa ; yella sennig kullec, yella ger yemdanen meṛṛa, yella daɣen deg-sen meṛṛa.

⁷But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

⁷Meɛna mkul yiwen deg-nneɣ tețțunefk-as-d ṛṛeḥma n Sidi Ṛebbi s wakken yella umur i s-d-yefka Lmasiḥ.

⁸Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.” Psalm 68:18

⁸Akken yura di tira iqedsen+ : Mi yuli ɣer igenwan, + yewwi yid-es imeḥbas, ifka-d tikciwin i yemdanen.+ +

⁹Now this, “He ascended,” what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?

⁹D acu i d lmeɛna : « Yuli ɣer igenni ? » Ayagi, yeɛni : uqbel ad yali Lmasiḥ ɣer igenni, iṣubb ɣer imukan lqayen n ddaw tmurt.

¹⁰He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.

¹⁰D win akken iṣubben, i gulin daɣen ɣer igenwan iwakken ad yeɛmeṛ ddunit meṛṛa ;

¹¹He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds or, pastors and teachers;

¹¹d nețța i d-ifeṛqen tukciwin i yemdanen : kra yefka-yasen ad ilin d ṛṛusul, kra d lenbiya, kra nniḍen ad beccṛen lexbaṛ n lxiṛ, wiyaḍ d imeksawen n tejmaɛt n imasiḥiyen neɣ d wid yesselmaden agdud n Sidi Ṛebbi.

¹²for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;

¹²S tukciwin-agi, Sidna Ɛisa ad iheggi wid yextaṛ Sidi Ṛebbi, ad sɛun tazmert s wayes ara xedmen ccɣel i sen-d-ifka iwakken aț-țegmu tejmaɛt n watmaten yellan d lǧețța n Lmasiḥ ;

¹³until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

¹³s wakka a ndukkel deg yiwen n liman akk-d yiwet n tmusni ɣef wayen yeɛnan Mmi-s n Sidi Ṛebbi, alamma nuɣal d imeqqranen di liman, imiren s tdukli-nneɣ a naweḍ ɣer lekmal yellan di Lmasiḥ.

¹⁴that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

¹⁴S wakka ur nețɣimi ara d arrac imeẓyanen i țțawint lemwaji, i gekkat waḍu ɣer mkul lǧiha, iwumi țkellixen yemdanen s tḥila-nsen d uselmed-nsen.

¹⁵but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

¹⁵Meɛna m'ara d-nini tideț s lmaḥibba, a nennerni di kullec di tikli-nneɣ akk-d Lmasiḥ yellan d aqeṛṛuy n tejmaɛt n watmaten.

¹⁶from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

¹⁶Lǧețța tebna s leɛḍam i cuddent lemfaṣel yal yiwen deg umkan-is ; s Lmasiḥ i tețțimɣuṛ tețnerni di lmaḥibba m'ara xeddmen leɛḍam ccɣel-nsen akken ilaq.

¹⁷This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,

¹⁷Atah ihi wayen i d-nniɣ d wayen i d-qqaṛeɣ s yisem n Lmasiḥ : ur țɛicit ara am wid ur nessin ara Sidi Ṛebbi, imi nutni ttabaɛen ixemmimen-nsen ur nesɛi lmeɛna.

¹⁸being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts;

¹⁸Lefhama-nsen iɣumm-iț ṭṭlam, sbeɛden iman-nsen ɣef tudert i d ițțak Sidi Ṛebbi axaṭer jehlen, qquṛen wulawen-nsen.

¹⁹who having become callous gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

¹⁹Ur țsetḥin ur țneḥcamen, xeddmen anagar leɛṛuṛ yerna ur sɛin ara leqniɛa.

²⁰But you did not learn Christ that way;

²⁰Meɛna kunwi, mačči d ayagi i tlemdem ɣef wayen yeɛnan Lmasiḥ.

²¹if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:

²¹Ma yella d ṣṣeḥ teslam yis yerna slemden awen tideț yeɛnan Lmasiḥ,

²²that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

²²eǧǧet ihi tikli d lɛeqliyat-nwen tiqdimin i ssefsadent ccehwat-nni yețɣuṛṛun,

²³and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

²³iwakken aț-țesɛum lefhama tajdiṭ i d-yețțak Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen ;

²⁴and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

²⁴aț-țuɣalem d imdanen ijdiden akken yella di lebɣi n Sidi Ṛebbi, iwakken aț-țeddum deg webrid n lḥeqq akk-d ṣṣfa i ɣer tessufuɣ tideț.

²⁵Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

²⁵Daymi, xḍut i lekdeb, ilaq mkul yiwen deg-wen ad immeslay s tideț i lɣiṛ-is, axaṭer d leɛḍam n yiwet n lǧețța i nella.

²⁶“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Psalm 4:4 Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

²⁶Ma yella terfam ur dennbet ara, ilaq a wen-yekkes wurrif uqbel ad yeɣli yiṭij ;

²⁷neither give place to the devil.

²⁷ur țțaǧat ara abrid i Cciṭan ad ikcem ulawen nwen.

²⁸Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

²⁸Win yellan yețțakar ilaq ad yeǧǧ tukerḍa, ad ixdem s iɣallen-is iwakken a d-isewweṛ aɣṛum-is s leḥlal, s wakka ad izmir ad iɛiwen wid yeḥwaǧen.

²⁹Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

²⁹Ur ilaq ara a d-iffeɣ yir wawal seg imi nwen, meɛna init-ed kan imeslayen iṣelḥen s wayes ara sfaydin wid ara sen-islen yerna ad nnernin di liman.

³⁰Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

³⁰Ur sseḥzanet ara Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen, axaṭer yis i kkun-iḍbeɛ Sidi Ṛebbi i wass i deg ara innekmal leslak-nwen.

³¹Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

³¹Ekkset si gar-awen : ddɣel, taɛdawit, zzɛaf, urrif, leɛyaḍ, rregmat d wayen akk n diri.

³²And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

³²Ilit d iḥninen msamaḥet wway gar-awen, akken i wen-isemmeḥ Sidi Ṛebbi s Lmasiḥ.