¹Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,

¹Nekk, Bulus yellan di lḥebs ɣef ddemma n Ɛisa Lmasiḥ, akk-d d gma-tneɣ Timuti, i kečč a Filimun eɛzizen, amdakkel-nneɣ di leqdic,

²to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:

²i weltma-tneɣ Abya, i Arxibus aṛfiq-nneɣ di lecɣal n Lmasiḥ akk-d tejmaɛt i gețțilin deg wexxam-ik ;

³Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³ṛṛeḥma ț-țalwit a wen-d-tețțunefkent s ɣuṛ Sidi Ṛebbi baba-tneɣ akk-d Ssid-nneɣ Ɛisa Lmasiḥ.

⁴I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,

⁴Mkul m'ara dɛuɣ ɣer Ṛebbi țmektayeɣ-k-id, țḥemmideɣ Sidi Ṛebbi fell-ak ;

⁵hearing of your love, and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;

⁵axaṭer sliɣ ɣef liman-ik meqṛen di Sidna Ɛisa Lmasiḥ akk-d leḥmala i tesɛiḍ ɣer yemqedsen meṛṛa.

⁶that the fellowship of your faith may become effective, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.

⁶Ssutureɣ di Ṛebbi iwakken a d tesbeggneḍ liman-inek di Lmasiḥ s lecɣal yelhan, yerna aț-țɛeqleḍ ayen meṛṛa i ɣ-yelhan i nukni deg webrid n Lmasiḥ.

⁷For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

⁷Feṛḥeɣ, yethedden wul-iw ɣef ddemma n leḥmala-inek axaṭer yis-ek a gma theddnen wulawen n yemqedsen.

⁸Therefore though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,

⁸?as Lmasiḥ iserreḥ-iyi iwakken ad ḍebbṛeɣ fell-ak ɣef wayen i glaq aț-țxedmeḍ,

⁹yet for love’s sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

⁹bɣiɣ axiṛ a k-ssutreɣ s leḥmala imi nekk Bulus yellan d amɣaṛ yerna tura d ameḥbus ɣef ddemma n Ɛisa Lmasiḥ,

¹⁰I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus, Onesimus means “useful.”

¹⁰A k-ḥelleleɣ ɣef ddemma n gma-tneɣ Unizim, i guɣalen d mmi axaṭer wwiɣ-t-id ɣer webrid n Lmasiḥ dagi di lḥebs.

¹¹who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.

¹¹Zik ur k-yenfiɛ ara, meɛna tura infeɛ-aɣ di sin am kečč am nekk.

¹²I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

¹²Nețța yeɛzizen ɣuṛ-i aṭas, atan a k-t-in-erreɣ ihi.

¹³whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

¹³Acḥal bɣiɣ ad iqqim dagi ɣuṛ-i iwakken ad iyi-iqdec deg umkan-ik, m'akka țwaḥebseɣ ɣef ddemma n lexbaṛ n lxiṛ.

¹⁴But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.

¹⁴Meɛna ur bɣiɣ ara ad xedmeɣ ayagi mbla ṛṛay-ik, iwakken ayen ara yi-txedmeḍ n wayen yelhan ur t-txeddmeḍ ara s uḥettem, lameɛna a t-txedmeḍ s wul-ik d lebɣi-k.

¹⁵For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while, that you would have him forever,

¹⁵Anwi yeẓran ? Ahat yemfaṛaq yid-ek i kra n lweqt kan iwakken asm'ara temlilem ur tețțuɣalem ara aț-țemfaṛaqem,

¹⁶no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

¹⁶imiren ur yețțili ara d akli meɛna axiṛ n wakli imi guɣal d yiwen seg watmaten eɛzizen, abeɛda ɣuṛ-i, ilaq ad yiɛziz fell-ak akteṛ imi tura mačči d aqeddac-ik kan i gella, meɛna d gma-tneɣ di Lmasiḥ.

¹⁷If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.

¹⁷Ma yella ț-țidet tḥesbeḍ-iyi d aḥbib-ik tḥemmleḍ-iyi, sṭerḥeb yis am akken ara tesṭerḥbeḍ yis-i.

¹⁸But if he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, put that to my account.

¹⁸Ma yella iḍlem-ik neɣ tețțalaseḍ-as lḥaǧa, ḥaseb-iyi-d nekkini.

¹⁹I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides).

¹⁹Uriɣ-ak-n ayagi s ufus-iw : « d nekk Bulus ara k-ixellṣen deg wayen i s-tețțalaseḍ » yerna mbla ma smektaɣ-k-id belli d nekk i k-id yewwin ɣer webrid n leslak.

²⁰Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.

²⁰A gma, xdem-iyi lemziya-agi ɣef ddemma n Ssid-nneɣ Ɛisa Lmasiḥ akken ad yethedden wul-iw di Lmasiḥ.

²¹Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.

²¹Uriɣ-ak-n tabṛaț-agi imi țekleɣ ad iyi-taɣeḍ awal, yerna ẓriɣ aț-țxedmeḍ nnig wayen i k-n-ssutreɣ.

²²Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

²²Heggit-iyi taxxamt, axaṭer ssarameɣ ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi qṛib a-yi-n yerr ɣuṛ-wen akken i s- tessuturem kull-as di tẓallit-nwen.

²³Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,

²³Gma-tneɣ Ibafras, yețțuḥebsen yid-i ɣef ddemma n Lmasiḥ yețsellim fell-ak aṭas.

²⁴as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

²⁴?sellimen-d daɣen fell-ak atmaten ixeddmen yid-i : Maṛqus, Arisṭark, Dimas akk-d Luqa.

²⁵The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

²⁵Ṛṛeḥma n Ssid-nneɣ Ɛisa Lmasiḥ aț-țili fell-awen.