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.