NgokukaMathewu 1

1 ¹Lolu luhlu lozalo lukaJesu Khristu, indodana kaDavide, indodana ka-Abhrahama: ^a a v1 UMathewu uvula iThestamente Elisha ngohlu lozalo lomndeni ukubonisa ukuthi uJesu uyindlalifa eyayithenjisiwe kudala ka-Abhrahama noDavide — indodana okugcwaliseka kuyo zonke izithembiso zesivumelwano zikaBaba wethu. ²U-Abhrahama wazala u-Isaka, u-Isaka wazala uJakobe, uJakobe wazala uJuda nabafowabo. ³UJuda wazala uPheresi noZera kuThamari, uPheresi wazala uHesironi, uHesironi wazala uRamu. ⁴URamu wazala u-Aminadaba, u-Aminadaba wazala uNashoni, uNashoni wazala uSalimoni. ⁵USalimoni wazala uBhowazi kuRahabi, uBhowazi wazala u-Obede kuRuthe, u-Obede wazala uJese, ⁶uJese wazala uDavide inkosi. UDavide wazala uSolomoni kumka-Uriya, ⁷USolomoni wazala uRehabowamu, uRehabowamu wazala u-Abiya, u-Abiya wazala u-Asa. ⁸U-Asa wazala uJehoshafati, uJehoshafati wazala uJoramu, uJoramu wazala u-Uziya. ⁹U-Uziya wazala uJothamu, uJothamu wazala u-Ahazi, u-Ahazi wazala uHezekiya. ¹⁰UHezekiya wazala uManase, uManase wazala u-Amoni, u-Amoni wazala uJosiya, ¹¹uJosiya wazala uJekoniya nabafowabo, ngesikhathi sokuthunjelwa eBhabhiloni.

¹²Emva kokuthunjelwa eBhabhiloni, uJekoniya wazala uShealitiyeli, uShealitiyeli wazala uZerubabeli. ¹³UZerubabeli wazala u-Abhiyudi, u-Abhiyudi wazala u-Eliyakimi, u-Eliyakimi wazala u-Azori. ¹⁴U-Azori wazala uZadoki, uZadoki wazala u-Akimi, u-Akimi wazala u-Eliyudi. ¹⁵U-Eliyudi wazala u-Eliyazari, u-Eliyazari wazala uMathani, uMathani wazala uJakobe, ¹⁶uJakobe wazala uJosefa, umyeni kaMariya — kwakunguMariya okwazalwa kuye uJesu, obizwa ngokuthi uKhristu.

¹⁷Ngakho zonke izizukulwane kusukela ku-Abhrahama kuze kufike kuDavide ziyizizukulwane eziyishumi nane; kusukela kuDavide kuze kufike ekuthunjelweni eBhabhiloni ziyizizukulwane eziyishumi nane; kusukela ekuthunjelweni eBhabhiloni kuze kufike kuKhristu ziyizizukulwane eziyishumi nane.

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¹⁸Ukuzalwa kukaJesu Khristu kwenzeka kanje: unina uMariya wayethembisene noJosefa, kodwa bengakahlangani, watholakala ekhulelwe ngoMoya oNgcwele. ^b b v18 Ukuthembisana ngalezo zinsuku kwakuyisibopho esisemthethweni, esibucayi njengomshado — yingakho ukukuqeda kwakudinga isehlukaniso esisemthethweni, ngisho ngaphambi kokuba izithandani zihlalisane. ¹⁹Ngenxa yokuthi uJosefa, umyeni wakhe, wayelungile engafuni ukumhlazisa obala, wanquma ukumhlukanisa ngasese. ^c c v19 Ngesiko lamaJuda, ukuthembisana kwakusemthethweni — ukukwephula kwakudinga inqubo yesehlukaniso esisemthethweni. ²⁰UJosefa esacabanga ngalokhu, ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala kuye ephusheni: “Josefa, ndodana kaDavide, ungesabi ukumthatha uMariya abe ngumkakho — umntwana okhulelwe kuye uvela kuMoya oNgcwele. ²¹Uzakuzala indodana; umethe igama uthi uJesu, ngokuba uyakusindisa abantu bakhe ezonweni zabo.”

²²Konke lokhu kwenzeka ukuze kugcwaliseke lokho uBaba wethu ayekukhulume ngomprofethi: ²³“Bheka, intombi izakukhulelwa ibelethe indodana, bayiqambe igama bathi u-Emanuweli” (okuchaza ukuthi, “uBaba wethu unathi”).

²⁴UJosefa waphaphama, wenza njengokuba ingelosi yeNkosi yayimyalile, wamthatha uMariya waba ngumkakhe. ²⁵Akazange alale naye waze wabeletha indodana, wayetha igama wathi uJesu.