3 Ay ayṯma, kkarem awim-d sebƹa n iryazen zzaywem aḏ tiȓi ṯessnem-ṯen aqaṯen mliḥ, aḏ iȓin ccuren s Arruḥ iqeddsen ḏ ȓefhameṯ. Neccin aṯen nkellef s lmuhimma-ya
Walakin kenniw, war tejjam ḥadd aḏawem iȓaɣa: A siḏiṯneɣ. Ȓaḥeqqac kenniw marra ḏ awmaṯen ɣarwem ijjen n Siḏiṯwem.
Ssenni iffeɣ ȓexbar ɣar wawmaṯen qqaren: Walakin ḏ ṣṣaḥ Ƹisa war yinni ca belli ameḥḍar-a war itmetti ca. Min inna? Inna-t ammu:
Ḏeg wussan nni ikkar Buṭrus ibedd ḏi ȓwesṭ n ȓmuminin (ḏinni can miyya u ƹicrin iḏsen) inna-asen:
Iḏen, itxeṣṣa a nexḍar ijjen n uryaz zeg yinni tuɣa iǧan akiḏneɣ marra ȓweqṯ nni wami Siḏiṯneɣ Ƹisa itaḏef iteffeɣ xaneɣ.
Nnan-as: "Qa neccin issekk-aneɣ-d Kurninyus ijjen n uƹaskari ḏ ameqqran n arrumanus. Netta ḏ ijjen n uryaz nican iteggweḏ Arebbi, tweqqaren-ṯ marra ȓqum n Ayṯ-Israʼil. Inna-as ijjen n lmalak n Arebbi: Sekk ɣar Buṭrus, aḏ d yas ɣar ṯeddarṯ nnec aḏas ṯṣennṭeḏ min ḏac ɣa yini."
Ssekken akiḏsen ṯabrat-a nnan-asen: "Ay ayṯmaṯneɣ war iǧin ca zi Ayṯ-Israʼil ig izeddɣen ḏi Wanṭakya ḏ Surya ḏ lʼiqlim n Kilikya, netseǧam xawem neccin iy iǧan ḏ arrusul ḏ imeqqranen n jmaƹeṯ n ȓmuminin.
Ayṯmaṯneɣ iy iǧan ḏi ṯendint n Ikunya ḏ Listra ssiwȓen mliḥ x Timutawus.
Ccuren s Arruḥ iqeddsen marra iḏsen, bḏan ssawaȓen s lluɣaṯ war iǧin bu nsen amecnaw mammec ḏasen yuca Arruḥ aḏ ssiwȓen.
Yusa-d ɣari ḏinni ijjen qqaren-as Anas. Netta ḏayes ddin, itṭaƹa i ccariƹa. Ssawaȓen xas mliḥ marra israʼiliyen iy zeddɣen ḏi Dimaceq. Ibedd-d zzaṯi inna-ayi: Ay uma Cawul, ȓexxu aḏ tḏewȓeḏ aḏ twaȓiḏ! Ȓexddenni genfiɣ twaȓiɣ netta.
Nufa ḏinni ȓebƹaḍ n ayṯmaṯneɣ, ƹarḍen-aneɣ a neqqim akiḏsen sebƹiyyam. Amenni iy nuweḍ ɣar ṯendint n Ruma.
Kkaren ṯenƹac nni n arrusul smunen marra imeḥḍaren nnan-asen: "Neccin arrusul maci maƹqul a nesmeḥ ḏeg wawaȓ n Arebbi bac a nefreq lmuƹawana.
Iƹjeb-asen ȓḥaȓ i marra jmaƹeṯ. Kkaren ixḍaren ijjen n uryaz qqaren-as Stifan, netta iccur s lʼiman ḏ Arruḥ iqeddsen. Ixḍaren Filippas ḏ Brukurus ḏ Nikanur ḏ Timun ḏ Parminas ḏ Nikulas zeg Wanṭakya, tuɣa isȓem netta ḏi ddin n Ayṯ-Israʼil.
Sebƹa-ya n ṣṣaḥaba qeddmen-ṯen ɣar arrusul, ẓẓuǧen xasen sersen xasen ifassen nsen baraken-ṯen.
Wami d arrin ȓexbar ayṯmaṯneɣ, uwin-ṯ ɣar Qayṣariya ssenni ssekken-ṯ ɣar ṯendint n Ṭarsus.
Ijjen immuc-as s ufus n Arruḥ iqeddsen bac aḏ issiweȓ s lḥikma. Ijjen immuc-as awaȓ n ṯusna s ufus n Arruḥ-a wanita.
Menbaƹd, iƹni xmi iy d ɣa awḍeɣ nec, ataf aḏ d ssekkeɣ yinni iy ɣa ṯsejjlem ḏi ṯebraṯin belli ḏaysen ttiqeṯ aḏ raḥen aḏ awin ṣṣaḏaqa-ya iy ṯesmunem ɣar ṯendint n Lquds.
War skareṯ ca s ccreb ig itawin ɣar lmadella n ssekra; Lla, ccarem s Arruḥ iqeddsen.
Labud aḏ tiȓi maƹrufa s lḥasanaṯ nnes iƹni meȓa ṯrebba ṯarwa nnes, treḥḥab s inewjiwen, ṯsiȓiḏ iḍaren n ṣṣaliḥin, tƹawan yinni itzeyyaren, ṯḏeffar marra ṯimesȓayin ṯiṣebḥanin.
Marra ṯimuca ṯiṣebḥanin ḏ lhadiyaṯ ikemȓen tekkent-id zeg ujenna, tasent-id zi Arebbi Babas n nnur. Netta war itbeddiȓ ca am ṯiȓi nni ig igguren.
Amma Dimitriyus cehhḏen xas mliḥ qaƹ iwḏan waxxa uȓa ḏ lḥaqiqa ṯcehheḏ xas s yixef nnes. Axas narni waxxa ḏ chaḏeṯ nneɣ u kenniw ṯessnem belli chaḏeṯ nneɣ neccin ḏ ṣṣaḥ.