¹Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,

¹Ur ilaq ara a neqqim kan deg wayen nelmed di tazwara ɣef wawal n Lmasiḥ. Ilaq-aɣ a neddu ɣer zdat a nesnekmal almud-nneɣ, mbla ma nɛawed-ed i lsas s wadda ɣef wayen yeɛnan : nndama ɣef lecɣal n diri i gețțawin ɣer lmut, liman di Sidi Ṛebbi,

²of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

²ayen yeɛnan aɣḍas akk-d țrusi n ifassen, ḥeggu n lmegtin neɣ lḥisab aneggaru.

³This will we do, if God permits.

³D ayen ara nexdem ma iserreḥ-aɣ Sidi Ṛebbi.

⁴For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

⁴Ma d wid i d-yusan ɣer tafat, i gessefhem Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen, i gɛerḍen lbaṛakat n Ṛebbi,

⁵and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,

⁵lbenna n wawal-is akk-d tezmert n ddunit i d-iteddun,

⁶and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.

⁶ma yella ṭṭaxṛen i webrid n Ṛebbi ulamek ara d-uɣalen imi țɛawaden asemmeṛ i Mmi-s n Ṛebbi, sseɣlayen di lqima-s zdat yemdanen.

⁷For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it, and brings forth a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God;

⁷Akal yeṛwan aman i d-yețțaken lerẓaq i wid i t-izerɛen, lbaṛaka n Sidi Ṛebbi tețrusu-d fell-as.

⁸but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

⁸Meɛna ma yella yefka-d isennanen d ubuneqqaṛ, d akal ur nesɛi azal, ad ițwanɛel yerna qṛib a s-ceɛlen times.

⁹But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this.

⁹?as ma nețmeslay-ed akka a wid eɛzizen, nețkel fell-awen d abrid yelhan i tewwim, d win ara kkun isellken.

¹⁰For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

¹⁰Sidi Ṛebbi d bab n lḥeqq, ur itețțu ara lecɣal-nwen d leḥmala nwen ɣef ddemma n yisem-is akk-d lxiṛ i mazal txeddmem-t i watmaten di liman.

¹¹We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,

¹¹Nebɣa ihi yal yiwen deg-wen ad iṭṭef deg webrid-agi alamma ț-țaggara iwakken aț-țawḍem ɣer wayen i tessaramem.

¹²that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.

¹²Ur țțilit ara d imeɛdazen meɛna ɛandet wid iweṛten s liman d ṣṣbeṛ nsen lweṛt i gewɛed Sidi Ṛebbi.

¹³For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,

¹³Asmi i gefka Sidi Ṛebbi lɛahed i Sidna Ibṛahim, yeggul s yixef-is, axaṭer ulac win yellan sennig-es,

¹⁴saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.” Genesis 22:17

¹⁴dɣa yenna : Gulleɣ a k-barkeɣ, ad sseftiɣ dderya-k.

¹⁵Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

¹⁵Akka ihi Sidna Ibṛahim yeṣbeṛ yuṛǧa armi i t-id-yewweḍ wayen i s-yewɛed Sidi Ṛebbi.

¹⁶For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

¹⁶Imdanen țgallan s wayen i ten-yugaren, s limin i ferrun tilufa ;

¹⁷In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;

¹⁷daymi i geggul Sidi Ṛebbi i wid ara iweṛten ayen i sen-yewɛed, iwakken a d-ibeggen belli ur yețbeddil ara ṛṛay.

¹⁸that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.

¹⁸Lɛahed-agi i d-yefka Sidi Ṛebbi akk-d limin i geggul d ayen ur nețbeddil yerna ur yezmir ara a ten-inkkeṛ. Ma d nukni yeddurin ɣuṛ-es, d annect-agi i ɣ-isseǧhaden a neṭṭef mliḥ deg usirem i ɣ-d ițțunefken.

¹⁹This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;

¹⁹Asirem-agi d ayen yeṭṭfen tudert-nneɣ am umextaf ( tnejga ) yeṭṭfen lbabuṛ, yețɛedday akkin i leḥjab ɣer wemkan iqedsen,

²⁰where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

²⁰anda akken yekcem Ssid-nneɣ Ɛisa d amezwaru, ɣef ddemma-nneɣ yuɣal d lmuqeddem ameqqran i dayem akken yella Malxisadeq.