¹ Ḏi ȓiyyam nni azeǧiḏ Qayṣar Agusṭus yuca lʼamar aḏ ḥesben marra imezḏaɣ n ṯmura iy ḏi iḥkem. ² Aḥsab-a amezwaru iwqeƹ wami iḥkem Kurinus ḏi ṯmurṯ n Surya. ³ Ruḥen marra iwḏan ḥima aḏ sejjlen, kuȓ ijjen iruḥ ɣar ubilaj nnes.
⁴ Igaƹƹeḏ Yusef zi ṯmurṯ n Ljalil zeg ubilaj n Naṣira iruḥ ɣar ṯmurṯ n Yahuḏiya ɣar ubilaj n Dawed wenni umi qqaren Bayt Laḥm minzi netta zi ddurriṯ n Dawed ḏ ȓeḥbab nnes. ⁵ Igaƹƹeḏ ḏinni aḏ isejjel netta ḏ Maryam ṯenni iy keḏ igga zzujiya, nettaṯ aqat s uƹeddis. ⁶ Wami uwḍen ḏinni, ṯuweḍ-d ȓweqṯ nnes ḥima aḏ tarew. ⁷ Ṯurew mmis amenzu ṯseḥnunneḍ-iṯ ṯeggi-ṯ ḏi ȓmeḏweḏ minzi war ufin bu umcan ḏi ṯeddarṯ n imsafaren.
⁸ Tuɣa ḏinni aȓ jjiheṯ nni imeksawen ḥeṭṭan ṯiḥimeriwin nsen s ǧiȓeṯ. ⁹ Ṯusa-d ijjen n lmalaʼika n Siḏ Arebbi ṯbedd-d ɣarsen, itceƹciƹ nnur n lƹaḍama n Siḏ Arebbi inneḍ-d xasen ggwḏen aṭṭas. ¹⁰ Ṯenna-asen lmalaʼika nni: "War teggwḏem ca. Aqa nec tbeccareɣ-kenniw s yijjen n ȓexbar imɣar aṭṭas azzayes ifareḥ marra ccaƹb. ¹¹ Ixȓeq-d nhara ḏeg ubilaj n Dawed wenni iy kenniw ɣa isnejmen, netta ḏ Siḏiṯneɣ Lmasiḥ. ¹² Kenniw aḏ tafem ijjen n lƹalama aḏ tafem ijjen n useymi iḥnunneḍ iṭṭeṣ ḏi ȓmeḏweḏ." ¹³ Ƹlaɣafla meḍharen-d ak lmalaʼika nni aṭṭas n imezḏaɣ n ujenna ḥemmḏen Arebbi qqaren:
¹⁴ "Lƹaḍama i Arebbi Yuƹȓan,
ḏ ȓehna n yinni ḏi ṯmurṯ mixef irḍa."
¹⁵ Wami ruḥent lmalaʼikaṯ nni ƹeqbent ɣar ujenna, ssiwȓen imeksawen nni jarasen nnan: "Yallahet a nraḥeṯ ɣar Bayt Laḥm a nẓer manaya ig iweqƹen min xaneɣ issiweȓ Siḏi Arebbi."
¹⁶ Ruḥen ḏeɣya ufin Maryam ḏ Yusef ḏ useymi nni iṭṭeṣ ḏi ȓmeḏweḏ. ¹⁷ Wami ṯ ufin ḏinni, kkaren xbaren iwḏan min ḏasen ṯenna lmalaʼika nni x uḥenjir-a. ¹⁸ Marra wenni itsȓan itƹejjeb ḏeg wawaȓ nni iy ḏasen nnan imeksawen. ¹⁹ Amma Maryam, ṯxemmeȓ marra ṯimesȓayin-a ḏeg wuȓ nnes txemmam ḏaysent. ²⁰ Ssenni ƹeqben imeksawen nni semɣaren Arebbi ḥemmḏen-ṯ x marra min sȓin ḏ min ẓrin, ufin ṯimesȓayin nni weqƹent nican amecnaw mamc ḏasen ṯenna lmalaʼika nni.
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