Umlibo Wokuzalwa KukaYesu Krestu
Iindaba ezilungileyo ezibonisa uYesu njengoKumkani owathenjiswayo, inzaliseko yoMthetho nabaProfeti. Ziqulethe intshumayelo yaseNtabeni noMyalelo oMkhulu.
1 1Nguwo lo umlibo wokuzalwa kukaYesu Krestu, unyana kaDavide, unyana ka-Abraham: a a v1 UMatewu uvula iTestamente eNtsha ngomlibo wosapho ukubonisa ukuba uYesu uyindlalifa eyayithenjisiwe kudala ka-Abraham noDavide — uNyana ekuzaliseka kuye wonke umnqophiso kaBawo wethu. 2UAbraham wazala uIsake, uIsake uyise kaYakobi, uYakobi uyise kaYuda nabazalwana bakhe. 3UYuda wazala uPeretse noZera kuTamare, uPeretse wazala uHetseron, waza uHetseron wazala uRam. 4URam wazala uAminadabhi, uAminadabhi uyise kaNashon, uNashon uyise kaSalemon. 5USalemon wazala uBhohazi kuRahabhi, uBhohazi wazala uObhedi kuRute, waza uObhedi wazala uYese, 6waza uYese wazala uDavide ukumkani. UDavide wazala uSolomon ngomfazi ka-Uriya, 7USolomon wazala uRehabheham, uRehabheham uyise ka-Abhiya, uAbhiya uyise ka-Asa. 8UAsa wazala uYehoshafati, uYehoshafati wazala uYoram, waza uYoram wazala u-Uziya. 9U-Uziya wazala uYotam, uYotam uyise ka-Ahazi, uAhazi uyise kaHezekiya. 10UHezekiya wazala uManase, uManase uyise ka-Amon, uAmon uyise kaYosiya, 11waza uYosiya wazala uYekoniya nabazalwana bakhe, ngexesha lokuthinjelwa eBhabhilon.
12Emva kokuthinjelwa eBhabhilon, uYekoniya wazala uSalatiyeli, waza uSalatiyeli wazala uZerubhabheli. 13UZerubhabheli wazala uAbhihudi, uAbhihudi uyise ka-Eliyakim, uEliyakim uyise ka-Azore. 14UAzore wazala uTsadoki, uTsadoki wazala uAkim, waza uAkim wazala uElihudi. 15UElihudi wazala uElazare, uElazare uyise kaMatan, uMatan uyise kaYakobi, 16waza uYakobi wazala uYosefu, indoda kaMariya— nguMariya lo awazalwa nguye uYesu, obizwa ngokuba nguKrestu.
17Ngoko ke zonke izizukulwana ezithabathela kuAbraham zisa kuDavide: zizizukulwana ezilishumi elinane; ezithabathela kuDavide zisa ekuthinjelweni eBhabhilon: zizizukulwana ezilishumi elinane; ezithabathela ekuthinjelweni eBhabhilon zisa kuKrestu: zizizukulwana ezilishumi elinane.
UBawo Uthuma UNyana Wakhe
18Ke ukuzalwa kukaYesu Krestu kwenzeka ngolu hlobo: unina uMariya wayeganelwe uYosefu, kodwa bengekahlangani, wafunyanwa emithi ngoMoya oyiNgcwele. b b v18 Ukuganana ngaloo mihla kwakusisibophelelo esisemthethweni, sinzima ngokungangomtshato — yiyo loo nto ukwaphula kwako kwakufuna ukwahlukana okusemthethweni, nkqu nangaphambi kokuba isibini sihlalisane. 19Kuba uYosefu, indoda yakhe, wayelilungisa, engafuni kumhlazisa esidlangalaleni, wagqiba kwelokuba amahlukanise ngasese. c c v19 Ngokwesiko lamaYuda, ukuganana kwakusisibophelelo esisemthethweni — ukwaphula kwako kwakufuna inkqubo esemthethweni yokwahlukana. 20Wathi esacinga ngale nto uYosefu, kwabonakala kuye isithunywa seNkosi ephupheni, sathi: “Yosefu, nyana kaDavide, musa ukoyika ukuthabatha uMariya abe ngumkakho—umntwana okhawulwe kuye uvela kuMoya oyiNgcwele. 21Uya kuzala unyana; umthiye igama elinguYesu, kuba uya kubasindisa abantu bakhe ezonweni zabo.”
22Oku konke kwenzeka ukuze kuzaliseke oko uBawo wethu wakuthethayo ngomprofeti, esithi: 23“Yabona, intombi iya kukhawula izale unyana, baze bamthiye igama elinguImanuweli” (okuthetha ukuthi, “uBawo wethu unathi”).
24Waphaphama uYosefu, wenza njengoko samwiselayo umthetho isithunywa seNkosi, wamthabatha uMariya waba ngumkakhe. 25Akazange abe nazilalo naye, wada wazala unyana; waza wamthiya igama elinguYesu.
