¹I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

¹Ad iniɣ : eɛni Sidi Ṛebbi inkeṛ agdud-is ? Xaṭi ! Imi nekk s yiman-iw n wat Isṛail, si dderya n Sidna Ibṛahim, seg wedrum n Benyamin.

²God didn’t reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:

²Sidi Ṛebbi ur yenkiṛ ara agdud-is i gextaṛ si zik. Ur teẓrim ara d acu i d-qqaṛent tira iqedsen, asmi i geccetka nnbi Ilyas i Sidi Ṛebbi ɣef wat Isṛail ? Yenna :

³“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.” 1 Kings 19:10,14

³ A Sidi Ṛebbi ! Nɣan lenbiya i d ceggɛeḍ, hudden idekkanen anda i k-d-țqeddimen lɣaci iseflawen, anagar nekk i d yeqqimen yerna țnadin a yi-nɣen !

⁴But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” 1 Kings 19:18

⁴Lameɛna atah wamek i s-d-yerra Sidi Ṛebbi : Xtaṛ-aɣ-ed i yiman-iw sebɛa alaf n yergazen ur nseǧǧed ara zdat lmeṣnuɛ Baɛl.

⁵Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

⁵Akka daɣen, di lweqt-agi i deg nella tura, llan kra seg wat Isṛail i geṭṭfen deg-s, d wid i gextaṛ Sidi Ṛebbi, s ṛṛeḥma-ines.

⁶And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

⁶Mačči ɣef ddemma n lefɛayel-nsen i ten-yextaṛ meɛna s ṛṛeḥma-ines. Neɣ m'ulac ma yella s lefɛayel i gțextiṛi Sidi Ṛebbi, ṛṛeḥma-ines ur tețțusemma ara d ṛṛeḥma.

⁷What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.

⁷Amek ihi ? Ayen i nudan wat Isṛail ur t-wwiḍen ara, anagar wid i gextaṛ Sidi Ṛebbi i t-yewwḍen ; ma d wiyaḍ qquṛen wulawen-nsen.

⁸According as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.” Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10

⁸Akken yura di tektabt iqedsen : Sidi Ṛebbi yeqfel lɛeqliya-nsen, allen-nsen ur țwalint ara, i meẓẓuɣen-nsen ur sellen ara, ar ass-agi.

⁹David says, “Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.

⁹Ula d Sidna Dawed yenna : Imensi n tmeɣṛiwin-nsen a sen-yuɣal ț-țasraft anda ara ɣlin, d acebbak ara d-yesseɣlin. fell-asen lɛiqab uklalen

¹⁰Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Bow down their back always.” Psalm 69:22,23

¹⁰ A d-yeɣli ṭṭlam ɣef wallen-nsen iwakken ur țwalin ara, lqedd-nsen ad yeknu i dayem !

¹¹I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

¹¹Acu ara d-iniɣ ihi ? Eɛni at Isṛail ɣlin iwakken ur țțuɣalen ara a d kkren ? Xaṭi ! Lameɛna s tuccḍa-nsen i wwḍen leǧnas nniḍen ɣer leslak. D annect-agi i d-issekkren tismin i wat Isṛail.

¹²Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?

¹²Ma yella tuccḍa-nsen tesserbeḥ at ddunit, teṣṣaweḍ-iten ɣer leslak, ma yella lexsaṛa-nsen tewwi-d rrbeḥ i yegduden nniḍen, ihi acḥal meqqṛet lbaṛaka ara d-iffɣen seg-sen m'ara d-uɣalen ɣer webrid n Sidi Ṛebbi, iwakken ad țțuselken.

¹³For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;

¹³Nekk i d-ițwaceggɛen d ṛṛasul i leǧnas ur nelli ara n wat Isṛail, fkiɣ aṭas n lqima i ccɣel-agi i yi-d ițțunefken

¹⁴if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.

¹⁴iwakken ma yella wamek, a d ssekkreɣ tismin i watmaten-iw n wat Isṛail, ahat ad țțuselken kra deg-sen.

¹⁵For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?

¹⁵Axaṭer ma yella aɛzal n wat Isṛail isemṣalaḥ leǧnas nniḍen akk-d Sidi Ṛebbi, acu ara yedṛun ihi m'ara d-uɣalen nutni ɣer webrid n Sidi Ṛebbi ? Ad yili am akken d ḥeggu i d-ḥyan si ger lmegtin !

¹⁶If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.

¹⁶ Ma yella awren i tețqeddimem i Sidi Ṛebbi yeṣfa, ula d arukti yeṣfa ; ma yella izuṛan n ttejṛa ṣeḥḥan, ifurkawen daɣen ad ilin ṣeḥḥan.

¹⁷But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree;

¹⁷Akka i tedṛa d wat Isṛail : kra n tṣedwa țwagezment si tzemmurt, kečč a win ur nelli ara n wat Isṛail, yellan d aḥeccad, tețwaleqmeḍ deg umkan-nsent ; ma yella tețțekkiḍ deg izuṛan n tzemmurt d zzit-is,

¹⁸don’t boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.

¹⁸ur ilaq ara aț-țḥeqṛeḍ tiseḍwa-nni yețwagezmen. ?ader iman-ik ɣef zzux, axaṭer mačči d kečč i geṭṭfen aẓar meɛna d aẓar i k-iṭṭfen.

¹⁹You will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.”

¹⁹A d-tiniḍ ihi : « țwagezment kra n tṣedwa iwakken ad țțuleqmeɣ nekkini ».

²⁰True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;

²⁰Ayagi ț-țideț ; nutni țwagezmen axaṭer ur uminen ara, ma d kečč teṭṭfeḍ amkan-nsen imi tumneḍ. ?ader iman-ik ɣef zzux, aggad Sidi Ṛebbi axiṛ-ik !

²¹for if God didn’t spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.

²¹Axaṭer akken i gegzem tiseḍwa n laṣel n tzemmurt iwakken a k-ileqqem fell-as, i gezmer a k-igzem ula d kečč.

²²See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.

²²Meyyez ihi acḥal ḥnin Sidi Ṛebbi, acḥal daɣen yewɛeṛ : yewɛeṛ ɣer wid yeɣlin, ma d kečč d aḥnin ɣuṛ-ek ma teṭṭfeḍ di leḥnana-ines, neɣ m'ulac aț-țețwagezmeḍ ula d kečč.

²³They also, if they don’t continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

²³Ula d at Isṛail m'ur kemmlen ara di leǧhel-nsen, zemren ad țțuleqmen, axaṭer Sidi Ṛebbi yezmer a ten ileqqem, a ten-yerr ɣer tzemmurt nsen.

²⁴For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

²⁴Ma yella kečč i d-ițwagezmen seg uḥeccad, tețțuleqmeḍ ɣef tzemmurt n lɛali ɣas akken d aḥeccad i telliḍ, acḥal ihi i sen-ishel i nutni yellan ț-țiṣeḍwa n tzemmurt iwakken ad uɣalen ad țțuleqmen ɣef tzemmurt-nsen.

²⁵For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,

²⁵Ur bɣiɣ ara ay atmaten aț țețwaffer fell-awen lbaḍna-agi, iwakken ur tḥețțbem ara iman-nwen d wid yessnen. Kra seg wat Isṛail, sseɣṛen ulawen-nsen ɣef wawal n Sidi Ṛebbi yerna akka ara kemmlen di taɣaṛt-nsen alamma yewweḍ leslak i leǧnas meṛṛa.

²⁶and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, “There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

²⁶Imiren ad țțuselken wat Isṛail irkul asmi ara d-yedṛu wayen i d-nnant tira iqedsen : A d-iffeɣ umsellek seg wedrar n Siyun, a sen-yekkes i warraw n Yeɛqub lekfeṛ-nsen ;

²⁷This is my covenant to them, when I will take away their sins.” Isaiah 59:20-21; 27:9; Jeremiah 31:33-34

²⁷ ț-țagi i d lemɛahda ara xedmeɣ yid-sen m'ara sen-kkseɣ ddnubat-nsen .

²⁸Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.

²⁸?ef wayen yeɛnan lexbaṛ n lxiṛ, at Isṛail uɣalen d iɛdawen n Ṛebbi, ma d kunwi tesfaydim-d deg wayagi. Meɛna ma nemmuqel ɣer lxetyaṛ n Sidi Ṛebbi, iḥemmel-iten ɣef ddemma n lejdud-nsen.

²⁹For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

²⁹Axaṭer Sidi Ṛebbi ur ineddem ara ɣef wid yextaṛ neɣ deg wayen i d-yețțak.

³⁰For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,

³⁰Zik-nni tellam tɛuṣam Sidi Ṛebbi, lameɛna tețțunefk-awen-d ṛṛeḥma-ines i kunwi imi i t-ɛuṣan wat Isṛail,

³¹even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy.

³¹akken daɣen ara sen-d tețțunefk ula i nutni i t-iɛuṣan tura, ṛṛeḥma i wen-d-ițțunefken i kunwi.

³²For God has shut up all to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all.

³²Axaṭer Sidi Ṛebbi yeǧǧa imdanen meṛṛa a t-ɛaṣin iwakken a sen-d-yefk daɣen meṛṛa ṛṛeḥma-ines.

³³Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

³³Acḥal lqayit, acḥal meqqṛit leɛqel ț-țmusni n Sidi Ṛebbi ! Anwa i gzemren ad yissin lḥekmat-ines neɣ ad ifhem iberdan-is ?

³⁴“For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?” Isaiah 40:13

³⁴Akken yura di tira iqedsen : Anwa i geṣṣawḍen ad yissin ixemmimen n Sidi Ṛebbi neɣ anwa i gzemren ad idebbeṛ fell-as ?

³⁵“Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?” Job 41:11

³⁵ Anwa i s-yefkan kra d amezwaru iwakken ad yeṛǧu a s-t-id-yerr ?

³⁶For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.

³⁶Kullec yekka-d s ɣuṛ-es, kullec yella-d yis, kullec d ayla-s. I nețța lɛaḍima si lǧil ɣer lǧil, amin !