16 Ḏi ȓweqṯ nni ɣarsen ijjen n umeḥbus maƹruf qqaren-as Barabas.
Ḏi mkuȓ Ȓƹiḏ Ameqqran inum lḥakem iḍeǧeq-asen-d i yijjen n umeḥbus ƹlaḥsab wenni ixes ccaƹb.
Wami munen yiwḏan, isseqsa-ṯen lḥakem Bilaṭus inna-asen: "Manwen iy ṯexsem aḏawem d rxuɣ, ma i Barabas niɣ i Ƹisa wenni umi qqaren Lmasiḥ?"
Ijjen n umeḥbus qqaren-as Barabas ggin-ṯ ḏi ȓeḥbes ak yinni itḥerraben ḍed i ȓmexzen minzi nɣin ijjen n bnaḏem ḏi ȓfawḏa.
Iḍȓeq-d i wenni iǧan ḏi ȓeḥbes x ssabab n ȓfawḍa ḏ ljarima n ȓmewṯ, isellem-asen Ƹisa ḥima aḏas ggen min xsen.
Ƹeyyḍen s jjheḏ nnan: "War d ḍeǧeq ca i wanita, ḍȓeq-aneɣ-d i Barabas!" Tuɣa Barabas ḏ aqeṭṭaƹ ibriḏen.
Wenni iǧan ƹaḍim ḏ ṣṣaliḥ ṯenkarem-ṯ, wenni iǧan ḏ ameḥbus ḏ lmujrim ṯettarem xas i Bilaṭus aḏawem d itwaḍȓeq.
Waxxa ssnen Arebbi iḥekkem xasen s ȓmewṯ x yinni iteggen ṯimesȓayin-a, niṯni kkaren teggen-ṯent. Ktar zi manaya, reṭṭan x yinni iy ṯent iteggen.
Siwḍem-asen sȓam i Andruni ḏ Yunyas ȓeḥbab inu, yinni tuɣa akiḏi ḏi ȓeḥbes. Niṯni maƹrufin jar arrusul, umnen zi Lmasiḥ qbeȓ ma aḏ amneɣ nec.