UMateyu
1:1 Incwadi yomlibo wokuzalwa kukaYesu Kristu, unyana kaDavide, unyana kaDavide
UAbraham.
1:2 UAbraham wazala uIsake; uIsake ke wazala uYakobi; uYakobi wazala uYuda no
abazalwana bakhe;
1:3 uYuda wazala uFares noZara ngoTamare; uFares wazala uEsrom; kwaye
uEsrom wazala ama-Aram;
1:4 uAram wazala uAminadabhi; uAminadabhi wazala uNashon; ke uNashon wazala
Islamoni;
1:5 uSalmon wazala uBhohazi ngoRakabhi; uBhohazi wazala uObhedi ngoRute; kunye no-Obhedi
wazala uYese;
1:6 uYese wazala uDavide ukumkani; uDavide ukumkani wazala uSolomon kuyo
umkaUriya;
1:7 uSolomon wazala uRehobhoham; uRehobhoham wazala uAbhiya; uAbhiya wazala uAsa;
1:8 uAsa wazala uYoshafati; uYoshafati wazala uYoram; uYoram wazala u-Oziya;
1:9 u-Oziya wazala uYotam; uYotam wazala uAhazi; wazala uAhazi
uHezekiya;
1:10 uHezekiya wazala uManase; uManase wazala uAmon; waza uAmon wazala
uYosiya;
1:11 uYosiya wazala uYekoniya nabazalwana bakhe, malunga nexesha lokufa kwabo.
bathinjelwe eBhabheli.
1:12 Emveni ke kokufuduselwa kwabo eBhabhilon, uYekoniya wazala uSalatiyeli; kwaye
uSalatiyeli wazala uTsorubhabheli;
1:13 uTsorubhabheli wazala uAbhihudi; uAbhihudi wazala uEliyakim; wazala uEliyakim
iAzore;
1:14 uAzore wazala uTsadoki; uTsadoki wazala uAkim; uAkim wazala uElihudi;
1:15 uElihudi wazala uElazare; uElazare wazala uMatan; wazala uMatan
uYakobi;
1:16 uYakobi wazala uYosefu indoda kaMariya, ekuthe ngaye kwazalwa uYesu
ubizwa ngokuba nguKristu.
1:17 Zonke izizukulwana ngoko, ezithabathela kuAbraham zizise kuDavide, zizizukulwana ezilishumi elinazine;
nezithabathela kuDavide zizise ekufuduselweni kwabo eBhabhilon, zilishumi elinane
izizukulwana; nokususela ekufuduselweni kwabo eBhabhilon kuye kuKristu
izizukulwana ezilishumi elinesine.
1:18 Ke kaloku ukuzalwa kukaYesu Kristu kwaye kungolu hlobo, xa wayenjengoMariya unina
waye egane uYosefu, bengekahlangani, wafunyanwa enayo
umntwana woMoya oyiNgcwele.
1:19 Ke uYosefu indoda yakhe, eyindoda elilungisa, engathandi ukumenza umfazi
Publick umzekelo, wayenqwenela ukumala ngasese.
1:20 Akubon' ukuba uyazicinga ezi zinto, naso isithunywa sikaYehova
wabonakala kuye ephupheni, esithi, Yosefu, nyana kaDavide, yoyika
ukuba angamzekeli uMariya umkakho, ngenxa yoko wakukhawulayo
kungoMoya oyiNgcwele.
1:21 Uya kuzala unyana ke, umbize ngegama elinguYesu;
uya kubasindisa abantu bakhe ezonweni zabo.
1:22 Ke kaloku konke oku kwenzeke, ukuze kuzaliseke okwathethwayo
iNkosi ngomprofeti, esithi,
1:23 Yabonani, intombi le iya kumitha, izale unyana, ize
baya kumbiza ngegama elinguEmanuweli, oko kukuthi ngentetho evakalayo, uThixo unaye
thina.
1:24 Uthe ke uYosefu, evukile ebuthongweni, wenza njengoko sakwenzayo isithunywa seNkosi
Wambizela kuye, wamthabathela kuye umkakhe;
1:25 Akamazi wada wazala unyana wakhe wamazibulo;
wathi igama lakhe nguYesu.