24 Ṣafi rewwḥen yinni issekk Yaḥya, Ƹisa ibḏa issawaȓ x Yaḥya iqqar-asen i ȓɣaci nni: "Minxef ṯeffɣem aḏ teẓrem ḏi ȓexȓa? Ma ɣar yij uɣanim ithezza-ṯ arriḥ? Lla!
Tuɣa aḥenjir itemɣar itejhiḏ s arruḥ nnes. Izeddeɣ ḏi ȓexȓa aȓ wami d imeḍhar i Ayṯ-Israʼil.
Ḥanin ḏ Qiyafa niṯni ḏ arruyas n ȓfuqaha. Ḏi ȓweqṯ nni yusa-d wawaȓ n Arebbi i Yaḥya mmis n Zakariya ḏi ȓexȓa.
Ssaƹḏ n yinni war ḏayi itcekkin ca."
Meȓa lla, minxef ṯeffɣem aḏ teẓrem? Ma ḏ ijjen n uryaz yareḍ arruḍ ḏ aṣebḥan? Lla, yinni iy ɣar iǧa warruḍ ḏ aṣebḥan tƹicen mliḥ tiȓin ḏi ȓquṣur n izeǧiḏen!
Yarra xasen s wawaȓ n nnabi umi qqaren Icaƹya inna qbeȓ: "Nec ḏ ṯmijja itȓaɣan ḏi ȓexȓa ṯeqqar: Swejḏeṯ abriḏ nican i Siḏi Arebbi."
Amenni war netɣimi ca ḏ iḥenjiren tawint-aneɣ ȓemwaj tarrant-aneɣ. Niɣ ḏ arriḥ itṣuḍ xaneɣ ikessi-yaneɣ ssa ḏ ssa s kuȓ arriḥ zaƹma n useȓmeḏ u s ṯeḥraymiṯ ḏ ixarwiḍen n iryazen ḏ min tciṭṭinen.
Iṯarrasen-a niṯni ḏ ȓaƹnaṣeȓ bȓa yaman ḏ ṯayyuṯ iy ṯneddeh lƹaṣifa waha. Niṯni ṯetwassewjeḏ-asen ijjen n ṯaǧest ḏ ṯabercant aṭṭas.
Iḏen ay imƹizzen inu, kenniw ṯessnem manaya, ḥḍaṯ ixef nwem bac war kenniw itawi ca lɣalaṭ n lmufsidin aḏ d tewḍam zi dsas nwem.