Chapitre 1
1 Nekk yellan d ameqqran n tejmaɛt, i Gayus, eɛzizen fell-i, i ḥemmleɣ s tideț.
2 Ay aḥbib-iw, ssarameɣ ṣṣeḥa-inek bxiṛ i tella, am tikli-inek deg webrid n Sidi Ṛebbi.
3 Feṛḥeɣ aṭas asm’akken i d-usan watmaten, mi d-ḥkan ɣef tideț yellan deg-k, d wamek i teṭṭfeḍ di tideț-agi s wul-ik.
4 Ulac lfeṛḥ ara yecbun m’ara sleɣ s warraw-iw teddun di tideț.
5 A win eɛzizen, d ayen yelhan i txedmeḍ seg wul yeṣfan i watmaten, ɣas d ibeṛṛaniyen i llan ;
6 ḥkan-d zdat n tejmaɛt ɣef leḥmala-inek. ayen yelhan daɣen ma terniḍ tɛawneḍ-ten s wayen i tzemreḍ iwakken ad kemmlen abrid-nsen ;
7 axaṭer ɣef ddemma n yisem n Lmasiḥ i ṛuḥen, yerna ugin ad qeblen lemɛawna n wid ur numin ara s Sidi Ṛebbi.
8 Ilaq-aɣ ihi a nesṭerḥeb yerna a nɛiwen imdanen yecban wigi, iwakken a nili d iqeddacen ara yemɛawanen yid-sen ɣef ddemma n tideț.
9 Uriɣ kra yimeslayen i tejmaɛt, meɛna Diutrif iḥemmlen ad idebbeṛ ɣef wiyaḍ, yegguma a ɣ-d-iḥess ur aɣ-yeḥsib ara.
10 Daymi m’ara n-aseɣ ɣuṛ-wen a d-sbeggneɣ akk ayen ixeddem ! Iheddeṛ fell-aneɣ yir imeslayen akk-d lekdub, ula d atmaten yugi ad yesṭerḥeb yis-sen, wid yebɣan ad sṭerḥben yis-sen, yețțaggi-yasen yerna yessufuɣ-iten si tejmaɛt.
11 Ay aḥbib, ur țɛanad ara wid ixeddmen cceṛ meɛna ɛaned wid ixeddmen lxiṛ. Win ixeddmen ayen yelhan, n Ṛebbi ; ma d win ixeddmen cceṛ ur yessin ara Ṛebbi.
12 Ma d Dimitriyus țcekkiṛen-t akk medden, yerna tideț tețban-ed deg-s, ula d nukni nenna-t-id yerna teẓriḍ ayen i d-neqqaṛ ț-țideț.
13 Aṭas i mazal a k-t-id-iniɣ lameɛna ur bɣiɣ ara a k-t-id-aruɣ di tebṛaț.
14 Ssarameɣ qṛib a nemẓer iwakken a nehḍer.
15 Qqim di lehna ! Atmaten meṛṛa țsellimen-d fell-ak. Ula d kečč sellem ɣef watmaten akk, mkul yiwen s yisem-is.