Deg wuseggas wis xemseṭṭac n tgeldit n Qayṣer Tibeṛyus, llan ṛebɛa lḥekkam di tmurt n Falisṭin. Bunṭus Bilaṭus d lḥakem n tmurt n Yahuda, Hiṛudus Antifas yeḥkem ɣef tmurt n Jlili, Filbas gma-s n Hiṛudus, ɣef tmura n Iturya akk-
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Di lweqt-nni, ?ennan akk-d Qayif llan d lmuqedmin imeqqranen. Awal n Sidi Ṛebbi ițwaxebbeṛ-as-ed i Yeḥya, mmi-s n Zakarya, deg unezṛuf.
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Iṛuḥ ițnadi timura i d-izzin i wasif n Urdun, yețberriḥ yeqqaṛ : Beddlet tikli, uɣalet-ed ɣer webrid, aset-ed aț-țețwaɣeḍsem iwakken Sidi Ṛebbi a wen-isemmeḥ ddnubat-nwen !
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Akken i d-ițțuxebeṛ di tektabt n nnbi Iceɛya : ?-țaɣect n win ițɛeggiḍen deg wunezṛuf : Heggit abrid n Sidi Ṛebbi, ssemsawit iberdan-is !
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Iɣezṛan, idurar ț-țɣaltin ad uɣalen d izuɣaṛ ! Iberdan iɛewjen ad țțuseggmen, wid ixesṛen ad qeɛden .
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Imdanen meṛṛa ad ẓren leslak n Sidi Ṛebbi.
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Yeḥya yeqqaṛ i lɣaci i d-ițțasen iwakken ad țwaɣeḍsen deg waman : A ccetla n yizerman, anwa i kkun-isfaqen belli tzemrem aț- țrewlem i lɛiqab i d-iteddun ?
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Deg wayen akk txeddmem, sbeggnet-ed belli ṣfan wulawen nwen ! Ur qqaṛet ara kan deg yiman-nwen : jeddi-tneɣ d Sidna Ibṛahim, axaṭer a wen-iniɣ : seg idɣaɣen-agi, Sidi Ṛebbi yezmer a d-issufeɣ dderya i Ibṛahim.
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Ațan ihi tcaquṛt thegga ɣer izuṛan n ttjuṛ, yal ttejṛa ur d-nețțak ara lfakya lɛali, aț-țețwagzem, aț-țețwaḍeggeṛ ɣer tmes.
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Lɣaci steqsan-t nnan-as : D acu i ɣ-ilaqen a t-nexdem ihi ?
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Yerra-yasen : Win yesɛan sin iqendyaṛ ad yefk yiwen i win ur nesɛi ara ; win yesɛan ayen ara yečč, ad yefk i win ur nesɛi ara.
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Usan-d ula d imekkasen itețțen ayla n medden iwakken ad țwaɣeḍsen deg wasif, nnan-as : A Sidi, i nukkni yellan d imekkasen n tebzert ( leɣṛama ) d acu ara nexdem ?
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Yenna-yasen : Ur țnadit ara sennig wayen i d-yenna lqanun.
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Iɛeskṛiwen daɣen steqsan-t : I nukkni, d acu ara nexdem ? Yerra-yasen : Ur xeddmet ara lbaṭel, ur țțaṭṭafet ara tajɛelt, setqenɛet kan s lexlaṣ nwen.
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Yuɣ lḥal lɣaci meṛṛa llan țṛaǧun qqaṛen deg ulawen-nsen : Ahat d nețța i d Lmasiḥ !
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Yeḥya yenna-yasen : Nekk sseɣḍaseɣ-kkun deg waman, meɛna a d-yas win yesɛan tazmert akteṛ-iw ; ur uklaleɣ ara ad fsiɣ ula d lexyuḍ n warkasen-is. Nețța a kkun-isseɣḍes s Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen ț-țmes.
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Yeṭṭef tazzart deg wufus-is, ad yessizdeg tirect deg wennar-is, a d-ijmeɛ irden ɣer yikufan, ma d alim a t-isseṛɣ di tmes ur nxețți.
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Yeḥya ițbecciṛ i lɣaci lexbaṛ n lxiṛ, inehhu-ten s waṭas n yimeslayen nniḍen.
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Yesseḍlem ula d agellid Hiṛudus, yeqqaṛ-as : mačči d lḥeqq fell-ak aț-țaɣeḍ Hiṛudyad tameṭṭut n gma-k ! Ilumm-it daɣen ɣef lecɣal nniḍen n diri i gxeddem.
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Hiṛudus ikemmel di txeṣṣarin-is, yessekcem Yeḥya ɣer lḥebs !
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Mi țwaɣeḍsen lɣaci deg waman, Sidna Ɛisa yețwaɣḍes ula d nețța. Akken i gdeɛɛu ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi, igenni yeldi-d,
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Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen yers-ed fell-as s ṣṣifa icuban titbirt. Yiwet n taɣect tekka-d seg yigenni tenna-d : Kečč, d mmi eɛzizen, deg-k i gella lfeṛḥ-iw.
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Mi gebda Sidna Ɛisa aselmed, ad yili yesɛa tlatin iseggasen di leɛmeṛ-is. ?er yemdanen yella : d mmi-s n Yusef atnan lejdud-is : Heli,
