¹What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?

¹D acu ara d-nini ihi ɣef Sidna Ibṛahim, jeddi-tneɣ ? Amek i tedṛa yid-es ?

²For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God.

²Lemmer yețwaḥseb d aḥeqqi s lxiṛ yexdem, tili yesɛa sebba s wayes ara izuxx, meɛna ur yezmir ara ad izuxx zdat Sidi Ṛebbi.

³For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Genesis 15:6

³Akken yura di tira iqedsen : Sidna Ibṛahim yețkel ɣef Ṛebbi, daymi i gețwaḥseb d aḥeqqi .

⁴Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.

⁴Axeddam yuklal lexlaṣ-is, lexlaṣ ines ur s-ițwaḥseb ara d lemziya meɛna d lḥeqq-is.

⁵But to him who doesn’t work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.

⁵Akken daɣen win ur nețkil ara ɣef lxiṛ i gxeddem, meɛna yețkel ɣef Ṛebbi i gețțarran amednub d aḥeqqi, ad yețwaḥseb d aḥeqqi ɣef ddemma n liman-is.

⁶Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,

⁶Akka i gessefra Sidna Dawed ɣef wemdan i gḥețțeb Sidi Ṛebbi d aḥeqqi mbla ma yemmuqel ɣer lefɛayel-is :

⁷“Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

⁷ D iseɛdiyen wid iwumi țwasemḥent seyyat-nsen, iwumi țwamḥan ddnubat -nsen !

⁸Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin.” Psalm 32:1-2

⁸ D aseɛdi wemdan iwumi ur iḥsib ara Sidi Ṛebbi ddnub-is !

⁹Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.

⁹Lfeṛḥ-agi, yella i wid iḍehṛen kan neɣ yella daɣen i wid ur neḍhiṛ-ara ? Nenna-d belli : Ṛebbi iḥseb Sidna Ibṛahim d aḥeqqi ɣef ddemma n liman-ines.

¹⁰How then was it counted? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

¹⁰Melmi ițwaḥseb Sidna Ibṛahim d aḥeqqi, uqbel ad yeḍheṛ neɣ armi geḍheṛ ? Mačči armi geḍheṛ meɛna uqbel !

¹¹He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.

¹¹?ṭhaṛa tusa-yas-ed d țbut, d ccama i d-isbeggnen belli Sidi Ṛebbi yerra-t d aḥeqqi ɣef ddemma n liman-ines uqbel ad yeḍheṛ. S wakka Sidna Ibṛahim yuɣal d jedd n wid akk yumnen, i gețwaḥesben d iḥeqqiyen ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi ɣas ur ḍhiṛen ara.

¹²He is the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.

¹²Yella daɣen d jedd n wid akk iḍehṛen, ur nețkil ara ɣef ṭṭhaṛa-nsen kan meɛna tebɛen lateṛ-is, sɛan liman i gesɛa uqbel ad yeḍheṛ.

¹³For the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world wasn’t through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

¹³Ayen akk i gewɛed Sidi Ṛebbi d lweṛt di ddunit i Sidna Ibṛahim akk-d dderya n dderya-s, ur s-t-iwɛid ara imi i getbeɛ ccariɛa, meɛna imi i gețkel fell-as. Daymi i t-yeḥseb Sidi Ṛebbi d aḥeqqi.

¹⁴For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect.

¹⁴Lemmer d wid ittabaɛen ccariɛa ara iweṛten, iwumi ihi liman, iwumi lweɛd n Sidi Ṛebbi.

¹⁵For the law works wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.

¹⁵Axaṭer d ccariɛa i d-ițawin urrif n Ṛebbi, lemmer ulac ccariɛa ur d-tețțili ara tṛuẓi n ccariɛa.

¹⁶For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

¹⁶Lweɛd i d-yefka Sidi Ṛebbi i Sidna Ibṛahim, yebna ɣef liman iwakken ad yili d lemziya, ad țekkin deg-s dderya n dderya-s mačči d wid kan yessnen ccariɛa lameɛna wid akk yumnen am nețța, yuɣal d jeddi-tneɣ nukni akk s wid yumnen.

¹⁷As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” Genesis 17:5 This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.

¹⁷Am akken yura di Tawṛat n Sidna Musa : Sbeddeɣ-k iwakken aț-țiliḍ d jedd n waṭas n leǧnas. Yuɣal d jeddi-tneɣ zdat Ṛebbi s wayes i gumen, i d-iḥeggun lmegtin, i d-ixelqen ayen ur nelli ara.

¹⁸Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So will your seed be.” Genesis 15:5

¹⁸?as akken ur d-iqqim usirem, Sidna Ibṛahim yuṛǧa s lețkal d ameqqran armi yuɣal d jedd n waṭas n yegduden akken i s-yenna Sidi Ṛebbi : Akka ara tili dderya n dderya-k.

¹⁹Without being weakened in faith, he didn’t consider his own body, already having been worn out, (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

¹⁹Liman n Sidna Ibṛahim ur yenqis ara ɣas akken qṛib ad issiweḍ meyya iseggasen, iwala iman-is dayen ur yezmir ara ad isɛu dderya, yerna tameṭṭut-is Saṛa teǧǧa-ț dderya.

²⁰Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn’t waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,

²⁰Yețkel ɣef Sidi Ṛebbi, ur t-yekcim ara ccekk ɣef wayen i s-yewɛed. D liman yesɛa i t-isǧehden, s wakka i gețḥemmid Sidi Ṛebbi Bab n tezmert.

²¹and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.

²¹Yețkel belli Sidi Ṛebbi yezmer a s-d-yefk ayen i s-yewɛed.

²²Therefore it also was “reckoned to him for righteousness.” Genesis 15:6

²²?ef wannect-agi i t-yeḥseb Sidi Ṛebbi d aḥeqqi.

²³Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone,

²³Mačči fell-as kan i gura di tira iqedsen : Yețwaḥseb d aḥeqqi,

²⁴but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead,

²⁴lameɛna fell-aɣ ula d nukni, imi numen s win i d-isseḥyan Ɛisa Ssid nneɣ si ger lmegtin.

²⁵who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.

²⁵Yețțunefk ad immet ɣef ddemma n ddnubat nneɣ, isseḥya-t-id Sidi Ṛebbi si ger lmegtin iwakken a nuɣal d iḥeqqiyen.