Matthew 1

1 ¹Dis na di genealogy of Jesus Christ, di son of David, di son of Abraham: ^a a v1 Matthew take family record open di New Testament, to show sey Jesus na di heir wey dem don promise tey-tey for Abraham and David — di pikin wey inside am every Covenant promise of our Papa come true. ²Abraham na di papa of Isaac, Isaac na di papa of Jacob, and Jacob na di papa of Judah and im brodas. ³Judah na di papa of Perez and Zerah for Tamar belle, Perez na di papa of Hezron, and Hezron na di papa of Ram. ⁴Ram na di papa of Amminadab, Amminadab na di papa of Nahshon, and Nahshon na di papa of Salmon. ⁵Salmon na di papa of Boaz for Rahab belle, Boaz na di papa of Obed for Ruth belle, and Obed na di papa of Jesse, ⁶and Jesse na di papa of David di king. David na di papa of Solomon for di wife of Uriah belle, ⁷Solomon na di papa of Rehoboam, Rehoboam na di papa of Abijah, and Abijah na di papa of Asa. ⁸Asa na di papa of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat na di papa of Joram, and Joram na di papa of Uzziah. ⁹Uzziah na di papa of Jotham, Jotham na di papa of Ahaz, and Ahaz na di papa of Hezekiah. ¹⁰Hezekiah na di papa of Manasseh, Manasseh na di papa of Amon, and Amon na di papa of Josiah, ¹¹and Josiah na di papa of Jeconiah and im brodas, for di time wey dem carry dem go exile for Babylon.

¹²Afta di exile for Babylon, Jeconiah na di papa of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel na di papa of Zerubbabel. ¹³Zerubbabel na di papa of Abiud, Abiud na di papa of Eliakim, and Eliakim na di papa of Azor. ¹⁴Azor na di papa of Zadok, Zadok na di papa of Achim, and Achim na di papa of Eliud. ¹⁵Eliud na di papa of Eleazar, Eleazar na di papa of Matthan, and Matthan na di papa of Jacob, ¹⁶and Jacob na di papa of Joseph, di husband of Mary—na Mary wey born Jesus, di one wey dem dey call Christ.

¹⁷So all di generations from Abraham reach David: na fourteen generations; from David reach di exile for Babylon: na fourteen generations; from di exile for Babylon reach Christ: na fourteen generations.

Di Papa Send Im Pikin

¹⁸Na dis way Jesus Christ take born: im mama Mary don promise to marry Joseph, but bifor dem come together, dem find sey she don get belle through the Holy Spirit. ^b b v18 For dat time, betrothal na bond wey get law behind am, e serious reach marriage — na why to end am need proper divorce, even bifor di couple come stay together. ¹⁹Bikos Joseph, im husband, na correct-and-holy man wey no wan shame am for public, e come decide sey e go divorce am for quiet-quiet. ^c c v19 For Jewish custom, betrothal get law behind am — to break am need proper divorce proceeding. ²⁰As Joseph dey tink dis tin, one angel of Oga appear to am for dream: “Joseph, son of David, no fear to take Mary as your wife—di pikin wey dey inside am na from the Holy Spirit. ²¹She go born a son; call im name Jesus, bikos e go save im people from dem sins.”

²²All dis tin happen so dat wetin our Papa talk through di prophet go come true: ²³“Look, di virgin go get belle and born a son, and dem go call im name Immanuel” (wey mean, “our Papa dey wit us”).

²⁴Joseph wake up, e come do wetin di angel of Oga command am, e take Mary as im wife. ²⁵But e no touch am until she born a son, and e call im name Jesus.