Aȓqwiyaḏ smaren iwḏan min iƹna Lmasiḥ

Zeg wami nemserqa ṯwarat ṯangarut, min teƹna rḥajeṯ icijjin atcekkaḏ?

Min teƹna rḥajeṯ icisxeyqan simanaya, i min ṯeḥḏajiḏ ḥuma aḏitwaḥesen rḥar?

Min tƹnant ṯimsrayin i tḥḏajan iwḏan gi lmujtamaƹ ineḵ? Muxas ɣa negg anƹawn ayawya gi min itxessan mixef nmhawaḍ?

Min teƹna ṯiɣuri ṯangarut zeg wami nemserqa? Min nermeḏ x Siḏi Arebbi ḏ iwḏan?

Gu mserqi aneggaru, cek ṯqerreḏ atebqeḏ min ṯremḏeḏ. Min ṯeggiḏ i mux iƹḏa?

Ugmi ṯcarkeḏ cin ḥajeṯ zgi ṯɣuri ṯangarut? Mux istajben?

Necnin nḥeded attas n l'iḥtiyajat gu mserqi aneggaru. Nxetet ḥuma anlebba l'iḥtiyajat. Mux iƹḏa?

Ruxa, awaḥiṯ anseǧ i ijjen ṯɣuri ḏ jḏiḏ zgi Arebbi...

¹⁹ Ḏ ṯa ḏ chaḏeṯ n Yaḥya wami ɣares d ssekken israʼiliyen can n ȓfuqaha ḏ can n ccurfa n Ayṯ-Lawi zi ṯendint n Lquds ḥima aṯ sseqsan nnan-as min ṯeƹniḏ cek? ²⁰ Yaḥya war inkar ca ixef nnes, iƹtaref-asen inna-asen: "Nec war ǧiɣ ca ḏ Lmasiḥ." ²¹ Nnan-as: "Y min ṯeƹniḏ, ma ḏ nnabi Ilyas?" Inna-asen: "Maci ḏ nec." Nnan-as: "Cek, ma ḏ nnabi iy qqaren aḏ d yas?" Inna-asen: "Lla." ²² Nnan-as: "Y cek, min ṯeƹniḏ? Ḥima a naf min ɣa nini i yinni iy ḏaneɣ d issekken, min ṯeqqareḏ x yixef nnec?" ²³ Yarra xasen s wawaȓ n nnabi umi qqaren Icaƹya inna qbeȓ: "Nec ḏ ṯmijja itȓaɣan ḏi ȓexȓa ṯeqqar: Swejḏeṯ abriḏ nican i Siḏi Arebbi." ²⁴ Yinni iy ɣares d issekken niṯni zi ȓḥizeb n ifarrisiyen. ²⁵ Nnan-as: "Meȓa cek war ṯeǧiḏ ca ḏ Lmasiḥ niɣ ḏ Ilyas niɣ ḏ nnabi iy d ɣa yasen, mayemmi cek tṭehhareḏ i yiwḏan s waman?" ²⁶ Indeq-d Yaḥya inna-asen: "Nec tṭehhareɣ i yiwḏan s waman, walakin ḏanita ijjen ḏi ȓwesṭ nwem war ṯ ṯessinem ca. ²⁷ Ḏ netta iy d ɣa yasen menbaƹd i nec, war sḏihiǧeɣ aḏas fesyeɣ uȓa ḏ ifiȓan n ṯsiȓa nnes." ²⁸ Marra manaya iwqeƹ ḏeg ubilaj n Bayt Ƹanya ajemmaḍ i yiɣzar n Lʼurdun mani ig itṭehhar Yaḥya i yiwḏan s waman. ²⁹ Ṯiwecca nnes Yaḥya itwaȓa Ƹisa iggur-d ɣares, inna: "Xzarzeṯ, ḏ win ḏ Izmar n Arebbi iy ɣa ikksen ȓmuƹṣiyeṯ x yiwḏan marra. ³⁰ Ḏ win iy xef tuɣa ssiwȓeɣ nniɣ-awem: Aḏ d yas menbaƹd i nec ijjen n uryaz, walakin netta imɣar xafi minzi tuɣaṯ qbeȓ ma aḏ iȓiɣ nec. ³¹ Tuɣa nec s yixef inu war ṯ ssineɣ ca min iƹna, walakin usiɣ-d aḏ ṭehhareɣ i yiwḏan s waman ḥima aḏasen d iban netta i Ayṯ-Israʼil." ³² Yaḥya icheḏ xas inna: "Ẓriɣ Arruḥ n Arebbi ihwa-d zeg ujenna igga am yijjen n ṯeḏbirṯ ṯmars x Ƹisa. ³³ Tuɣa nec war ṯ ssineɣ ca min iƹna, walakin ḏ Arebbi iy ḏayi d issekken aḏ ṭehhareɣ i yiwḏan s waman, netta inna-ayi: Wenni ɣa ṯeẓreḏ ihwa-d xas Arruḥ imars xas, ḏ netta iy ɣa iṭehharen i yiwḏan s Arruḥ iqeddsen. ³⁴ Nec ẓriɣ manaya s yixef inu, cehhḏeɣ xas belli netta ḏ Mmis n Arebbi." ³⁵ Ṯiwecca nnes ƹaweḏ ibedd ḏinni Yaḥya ak ṯnayen n imeḥḍaren nnes. ³⁶ Wami yufa Ƹisa iƹḏu ssenni inna-asen: "Xzarem, ḏ win ḏ Izmar iy d issekk Arebbi." ³⁷ Kkaren ṯnayen nni n imeḥḍaren wami ḏas sȓin issawaȓ x Ƹisa, ḏfaren-ṯ.

²⁶ Usin-d ɣar Yaḥya nnan-as: "A Lmuƹallim, wenni tuɣa akiḏec iǧan ajemmaḍ i yiɣzar n Lʼurdun u cek ṯcehḏeḏ xas, netta itṭehhar i yiwḏan s waman gguren ɣares marra." ²⁷ Inna-asen Yaḥya: "War izemmar bnaḏem aɣares ṯiȓi can ṯmesȓayṯ meȓa war ḏas d tusi ca zi Arebbi. ²⁸ Kenniw s yixef nwem ṯcehḏem qa nniɣ-awem: Nec war ǧiɣ ca ḏ Lmasiḥ; Lla, twassekkeɣ-d qbeȓ i netta. ²⁹ Wenni ɣar ṯeǧa ṯsȓiṯ, netta ḏ muȓay. Awzir n muȓay iƹni wenni itbeddan zzaṯes itsȓa-yas, netta ifarreḥ aṭṭas i wawaȓ n muȓay. Ammu uȓa ḏ nec farḥeɣ aṭṭas. ³⁰ U labud netta aḏ imɣar, nec aḏ neqṣeɣ."

Ruxa, cin ḥed axdiƹaweḏ lmeqteƹa s wawaren ines, ameḵnaw itƹawaḏit i cin umdukkar iƹamas isiseǧen. Janaɣ aṯnƹawen mara ittu cin ḥajeṯ niɣ yanu ci slxata'. Mara yuqaƹ manaynni mumkin anseqsa "mani ṯufiḏ manaynni gi ṯiɣuri?"

Min ḏanaɣ ṯsermeḏ ṯiɣuri-ya x Siḏi Arebbi, x tbiƹaṯ ines, ḏ min itegg?

Min nremmeḏ x iwḏan, zagsen ixf nneɣ, zgi ṯɣuri-ya?

Min nremmeḏ zgi ṯɣuri-ya necnin ka qada?

Muxas atebqeḏ lḥaqiqa n Siḏi Arebbi zgi ṯɣuri-ya gi ṯuḏarṯ ineḵ simana-ya? Man rxeḏmeṯ ḏ rḥajeṯ itxeṣṣaḵ ateggeḏ?

Min iƹna wa migi atcarkeḏ lḥaqiqa zgi ṯɣuri qber ma anemserqa ṯwarat nedden? Ma ṯesneḏ cin iwḏan nedden i yazun aḏektacfen awar n Siḏi Arebbi gi application-na maṯalan amux necnin?

Mixef ididqarab ankemmer amserqi-ya, janex anqarer mermi anemserqa ṯwarat nedden ḏ min iƹna wa axan isehren amserqi idigguran.

Ntcajaƹ'ic atsejleḏ nuqat x min tenniḏ ateggeḏ ḏ atƹawḏeḏ atesriḏ i ṯiɣuri-ya gi riyam qber amserqi idigguran. Wenni igisgguran izemma aḏicarek ṯiɣuri ḏ tira nix ḏ awar mara cin ḥed waɣasci. Mixef naggur, awaḥiṯ anseqsa Siḏi Arebbi aḏaniƹawen.