Matayo
1: 1 Igitabo cy'igisekuru cya Yesu Kristo, mwene Dawidi, mwene
Aburahamu.
1: 2 Aburahamu yabyaye Isaka; Isaka yabyaye Yakobo; Yakobo yabyaye Yuda kandi
abavandimwe be;
1: 3 Yuda abyara Farasi na Zara wa Tamari; na Fares yabyaye Esrom; na
Esrom yabyaye Aramu;
1: 4 Aramu abyara Aminadabu; Aminadab yabyaye Naasson; Naasoni arabyara
Salmon;
1: 5 Salmon yabyaye Booz w'i Rakabu; Booz yabyaye Obed wa Rusi; na Obed
yabyaye Yese;
1: 6 Yese yabyaye Dawidi umwami; Umwami Dawidi amubyara Salomo
uwo yari umugore wa Uriya;
1: 7 Salomo abyara Robowamu; Roboamu yabyaye Abia; Abiya yabyaye Asa;
1: 8 Asa abyara Yosefu; Yosefu yabyaye Yoramu; Yoramu yabyaye Oziya;
1: 9 Oziya yabyaye Yowatamu; Yowatamu yabyaye Achazi; Achazi arabyara
Ezekiyasi;
1:10 Ezekiya yabyaye Manase; Manase yabyaye Amoni; Amoni arabyara
Yosiya;
1:11 Yosiya yabyaye Yekoniya na barumuna be, igihe bari bameze
bajyanwa i Babiloni:
1:12 Bamaze kuzanwa i Babiloni, Yekoniya yabyaye Salatiyeli; na
Salathiel yabyaye Zorobabeli;
1:13 Zorobabeli abyara Abiud; Abiud yabyaye Eliyakimu; Eliyakimu arabyara
Azor;
1 Azori yabyaye Sadoki; Sadoki yabyaye Akimu; Akimu yabyaye Eliyudi;
1:15 Eliyudi yabyaye Eleyazari; Eleyazari yabyaye Matani; Matani arabyara
Yakobo;
1:16 Yakobo yabyaye Yozefu umugabo wa Mariya, ari we wavutse Yesu, uwo
yitwa Kristo.
Ibisekuruza byose kuva kuri Aburahamu kugeza kuri Dawidi ni ibisekuru cumi na bine;
kuva kuri Dawidi kugeza igihe bajyanwe i Babiloni ni cumi na bane
ibisekuruza; kandi kuva bajyanwa i Babiloni kuri Kristo
ibisekuru cumi na bine.
1:18 Ivuka rya Yesu Kristo ryari kuri ubu bwenge: Mugihe nka nyina Mariya
yashyingiranywe na Yozefu, mbere yuko bahurira hamwe, bamusanze
umwana w'Umwuka Wera.
1:19 Hanyuma umugabo we Yosefu, kubera ko yari intabera, kandi ntashaka kumugira a
urugero rwa rubanda, yatekereje kumushyira wenyine.
1:20 Ariko atekereza kuri ibyo, dore marayika w'Uwiteka
amubonekera mu nzozi, avuga ati: Yozefu, mwene Dawidi, ubwoba
ntagutware Mariya umugore wawe, kuko ibyamutekerejweho
ni Umwuka Wera.
1:21 Azabyara umuhungu, uzamwitirire YESU: kuko
Azakiza ubwoko bwe ibyaha byabo.
1:22 Ibyo byose byakozwe, kugira ngo bisohore ibyavuzwe
Uwiteka abikesheje umuhanuzi, agira ati:
1:23 Dore inkumi izabyara, ikabyara umuhungu, kandi
bazamwita Emmanuel, bisobanurwa ngo, Imana hamwe
twe.
1:24 Yosefu azutse asinziriye akora nk'uko umumarayika wa Nyagasani yari afite
aramusaba, amujyana umugore we:
1:25 Ntiyamumenya kugeza igihe yabyariye umuhungu we w'imfura, na we
yitwa YESU.