| Vers | Kabyle: NT | English: King James Version |
| 1 | Mi fkan lameṛ a nerkeb lbabuṛ ɣer tmurt n Selyan, ǧǧan Bulus akk-d kra n imeḥbas nniḍen i yiwen ufesyan n terbaɛt n Qayṣer, isem-is Xulyus. | And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. |
| 2 | Nerkeb deg yiwen lbabuṛ n temdint n Adramit, ara iṛuḥen rrif n tmura n Asya ; nṛuḥ, yedda yid-nneɣ Aristaṛk yellan d amasiduni n temdint n Tiṣalunik. | And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. |
| 3 | Azekka-nni, newweḍ ɣer temdint n Sidun , Xulyus yețqadaṛen Bulus, ixdem-as lemziya, iserreḥ-as ad iṛuḥ ɣer imdukkal-is iwakken a s-d-fken ayen yeḥwaǧ. | And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. |
| 4 | Mi neqleɛ syenna, nɛedda rrif rrif n tegzirt n Qubṛus axaṭer iṣbeḥ-aɣ-d waḍu iǧehden si zdat. | And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. |
| 5 | Nezger lebḥeṛ n Silisya akk-d Bamfilya, newweḍ ɣer lmeṛṣa n Mira yellan di tmurt n Lizya. | And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. |
| 6 | Afesyan-nni yufa dinna lbabuṛ n Skandriya ara iṛuḥen ɣer tmurt n Selyan, isserkeb-aɣ deg-s. | And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein. |
| 7 | Lbabuṛ nni yewwi-yaɣ kra n wussan s țțawil ; armi neṛwa leɛtab i newweḍ ɣer tama n temdint n Knidus, imi ur aɣ-yeǧǧi ara waḍu a nqeṛṛeb, nɛedda rrif n tegzirt n Kritus, ɣer tama n Salmuni. | And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone; |
| 8 | Nkemmel rrif rrif s leɛtab, armi newweḍ ɣer yiwen wemkan isem-is « Lemraṣi icebḥen », zdat temdint n Lazaya. | And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea. |
| 9 | Nesṛuḥ aṭas n lweqt, lweqt n usafer di lebḥeṛ yuɣal yewɛeṛ aṭas, imi ass i deg țțuẓummen wat Isṛail di taggara n lexṛif iɛedda. | Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them, |
| 10 | Daymi i sen-iɛeggen Bulus yenna-yasen : Ay atmaten, ẓriɣ belli tikkelt-agi ma nkemmel aṣafeṛ-nneɣ, a d-tili lexsaṛa mačči kan i lbabuṛ d sselɛa yellan deg-s, lameɛna tezmer aț-țeglu ula yis-nneɣ. | And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives. |
| 11 | Afesyan-nni aṛumani yuɣ awal i bab n lbabuṛ akk-d win i t-inehṛen wala ad yaɣ awal i Bulus. | Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul. |
| 12 | Imi lmeṛṣa-nni ur telhi ara iwakken ad sɛeddin deg-s ccetwa, azgen ameqqran n ibeḥriyen bɣan ad ṛuḥen, iwakken ma yella wamek, ad awḍen ɣer lmeṛṣa n Finikus yellan di tegzirt n Kritus ; lmeṛṣa-yagi tqubel lǧiha taɣeṛbit, bɣan | And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north |
| 13 | Akken i d-yekker yiwen ubeḥri xfifen, ɣilen ad awḍen ɣer leqsed nsen. Refden amextaf n lbabuṛ, ṛuḥen rrif rrif n tegzirt n Kritus. | And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete. |
| 14 | Lameɛna ur tɛeṭṭel ara tekker-ed yiwet n tbuciḍant iwumi qqaṛen Erakilun i d-ikkan seg idurar n tegzirt-nni. | But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon. |
| 15 | Imi lbabuṛ ur s-izmir ara i tbuciḍant-nni, neǧǧa-t a t-yawi waḍu ɣer wanda i s-yehwa, | And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive. |
| 16 | nɛedda seddaw yiwet n tegzirt tamecṭuḥt yeddurin ɣef waḍu, isem-is Kluda. Mi ɣ-teɣli teflukt-nni n leslak, s leɛtab ameqqran i ț-id-nessuli ɣer lbabuṛ. | And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat: |
| 17 | Imi nuggad a ɣ-yawi waḍu ɣer leryuf iweɛṛen n tmurt n Libya, ncudd lbabuṛ s imurar ; nerna nṣubb-ed lbac-nni s wayes i t-yețțawi waḍu, neǧǧa iman-nneɣ a ɣ-yawi ɣer wanda yebɣa. | Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven. |
| 18 | Azekka-nni, imi mazal lebḥeṛ yenhewwal, nessenqes kra n sselɛa yellan deg-s nḍeggeṛ-iț ɣer lebḥeṛ. | And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; |
| 19 | Ass wis tlata, ixeddamen n lbabuṛ rnan ḍeggṛen sselɛa-nni i d-iqqimen. | And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship. |
| 20 | Acḥal n wussan ur d-iban yiṭij ur d-banen itran, lebḥeṛ mazal-it yerwi, ur numin ara a nțwasellek. | And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away. |
| 21 | Aṭas wussan i neqqim mbla lmakla ; dɣa Bulus ibedd-ed gar-asen yenna : Ay irgazen, lemmer i yi-tuɣem awal m'akken i wen-d-nniɣ : a neqqim axiṛ di lmeṛṣa n Kritus, tili ur d-tdeṛṛu ara lexsaṛa akk-d lxuf-agi ! | But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. |
| 22 | Tura ur țțagadet ara, sǧehdet iman-nwen axaṭer ula d yiwen deg-wen ur ițmețțat ; ur d-tețțili lexsaṛa anagar lbabuṛ-agi ara iɣeṛqen. | And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. |
| 23 | Iḍ iɛeddan, Sidi Ṛebbi i ɛebbdeɣ iceggeɛ-ed yiwen lmelk ibedd-ed ɣuṛ-i | For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, |
| 24 | yenna-yi-d : « a Bulus, ur țțaggad ara ! Ilaq aț-țbeddeḍ zdat Qayṣer, atan Sidi Ṛebbi a kkun isellek s kečč s wid yellan yid-ek ». | Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. |
| 25 | Sewṛet ihi ay atmaten ! Țekleɣ ɣef Ṛebbi ad idṛu am akken i d-yenna ; | Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me. |
| 26 | mbla ccekk ihi a ɣ-ḍeggṛent lemwaji ɣer yiwet n tegzirt. | Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island. |
| 27 | Iḍ wis ṛbeɛṭac, mazal aḍu yețhuccu-yaɣ ițțawi-yaɣ akkin akka ɣef lebḥeṛ Agrakal ; di țnaṣfa n yiḍ, ibeḥṛiyen ḥussen belli ur bɛiden ara ɣef lberr. | But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country; |
| 28 | Ktalen lqaɛ n lebḥeṛ s wemrar, ufan llant | And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms. |
| 29 | Imi uggaden lbabuṛ a t-id-iḥaz kra seddaw-as, ḍeggṛen ṛebɛa imextafen ɣer deffir n lbabuṛ, tqelqen melmi ara yali wass. | Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. |
| 30 | Lameɛna ixeddamen n lbabuṛ țqelliben ad rewlen ; ṣubben taflukt n leslak ɣer lebḥeṛ, steɛmilen am akken d amextaf ara ḍeggṛen ɣer zdat lbabuṛ. | And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, |
| 31 | Dɣa Bulus yenna i lqebṭan d lɛeskeṛ-is : M'ur qqimen ara yergazen-agi di lbabuṛ, ur tezmirem ara aț-țmenɛem ! S | Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved. |
| 32 | Imiren lɛeskeṛ gezmen imurar n teflukt, ǧǧan-ț aț-țeɣli ɣer lebḥeṛ. | Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off. |
| 33 | Weqbel ad yali wass, Bulus inha-ten akk ad ččen cwiṭ n lqut, yenna : Ass-agi d ass wis ṛbeɛṭac ur teɛṛiḍem lqut. | And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing. |
| 34 | Tura nhiɣ-kkun ihi aț-țeččem iwakken aț-țețțusellkem, ula d yiwen deg-wen ur s-ițṛuḥ wenẓad seg uqeṛṛuy. | Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you. |
| 35 | Mi d-yenna ayagi, iddem-ed aɣṛum, iḥmed Ṛebbi zdat-sen meṛṛa, yebḍa-t, yebda itețț. | And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat. |
| 36 | Yekkes-asen akk lxuf dɣa ččan. | Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat. |
| 38 | Mi ččan armi ṛwan, ḍeggṛen ɣer lebḥeṛ ticekkaṛin n yirden, iwakken ad yifsus lbabuṛ. | And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea. |
| 39 | Mi guli wass, ur eɛqilen ara maḍi tamurt-nni anda wwḍen. Lameɛna walan yiwen wemkan iqeṛben, iban-ed deg-s ṛṛmel, bɣan ad rren lbabuṛ ɣer dinna ma yella wamek. | And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. |
| 40 | Fsin imurar i imextafen bran asen ɣer lebḥeṛ, fsin daɣen imurar i imeqdafen s wacu nehṛen lbabuṛ ; dɣa ssulin yiwen ubeḥnuq yellan ɣer zdat n lbabuṛ iwakken a ten-yawi waḍu ɣer rrif n lebḥeṛ. | And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore. |
| 41 | Lameɛna wwḍen ɣer yiwen wemkan n ṛṛmel iwumi d-izzi lebḥeṛ ; rran ɣer dinna lbabuṛ-nni, lǧiha n zdat teḥṣel di ṛṛmel teḥbes ma d lǧiha n deffir tebda tețṛuẓu si lqewwa n lemwaji. | And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves. |
| 42 | Lɛeskeṛ bɣan ad nɣen imeḥbas-nni axaṭer uggaden a sen-rewlen s lɛum. | And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape. |
| 43 | Lqebṭan-nni i gebɣan ad isellek Bulus, ur ten-yeǧǧi ara ad xedmen lebɣi-nsen. Yefka lameṛ i wid yessnen ad ɛummen, ad ḍeggṛen iman-nsen d imezwura ɣer waman iwakken ad awḍen ɣer rrif. | But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land: |
| 44 | Ma d wiyaḍ a ten-tebɛen, ad ṭṭfen di telwiḥin neɣ deg iceqfan n lbabuṛ. S wakka, wwḍen meṛṛa ɣer rrif n lebḥeṛ di laman. | And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land. |
| 37 | And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls. |