Mattheüs 1
1 Geschiedboek van Jesus Christus, zoon van David, zoon van Abraham.
[This is] the record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, the descendant of [King] David and of Abraham, [from whom all we Jews have descended].
2 Abraham won Isaäk. Isaäk won Jakob. Jakob won Juda en zijn broeders.
Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob was the father of Judah and Judah’s [older and younger] brothers.
3 Juda won Fares en Zara bij Tamar. Fares won Esron. Esron won Aram.
Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah, [and their mother] was Tamar. Perez was the father of Hezron. Hezron was the father of Ram.
4 Aram won Amminadab. Amminadab won Naässon. Naässon won Salmon.
Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
5 Salmon won Boöz bij Rachab. Boöz won Obed bij Rut. Obed won Jesse. Jesse won koning David.
Salmon and his wife Rahab, [a non-Jewish woman], were the parents of Boaz. Boaz was the father of Obed. [Obed’s mother was] Ruth, [another non-Jewish woman]. Obed was the father of Jesse.
6 David won Sálomon bij de vrouw van Urias.
Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon. [Solomon’s mother was previously married to] Uriah.
7 Sálomon won Róboam. Róboam won Abias. Abias won Asaf.
Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asaph.
8 Asaf won Jósafat. Jósafat won Joram. Joram won Ozias.
Asaph was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram. Jehoram was an ancestor of Uzziah.
9 Ozias won Jóatam. Jóatam won Achaz. Achaz won Ezekias.
Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
10 Ezekias won Manasses. Manasses won Amon. Amon won Josias.
Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah.
11 Josias won Jekonias en zijn broeders omstreeks de tijd der wegvoering naar Babylon.
Josiah was the grandfather of Jeconiah and Jeconiah’s brothers. [They lived] at the time when the [Babylonian army] took the Israelites as captives to the [country of] Babylon.
12 En na de wegvoering naar Babylon won Jekonias Salátiël. Salátiël won Zoróbabel.
After the Babylonians took the Israelites to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the grandfather of Zerubbabel.
13 Zoróbabel won Abióed. Abióed won Eljakim, Eljakim won Azor.
Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim.
14 Azor won Sadok. Sadok won Achim. Achim won Elióed.
Eliakim was the father of Azor. Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Akim.
15 Elióed won Eleazar. Eleazar won Matan. Matan won Jakob.
Akim was the father of Eliud. Eliud was the father of Eleazar. Eleazar was the father of Matthan. Matthan was the father of Jacob.
16 Jakob won Josef, den man van Maria, uit wie Jesus geboren is, die Christus genoemd wordt.
Jacob was the father of Joseph. Joseph was Mary’s husband, and Mary was Jesus’ mother. Jesus is the one who is called {whom we call} the Messiah.
17 Tezamen dus zijn er van Abraham tot David veertien geslachten, en van David tot de wegvoering naar Babylon veertien geslachten, en van de wegvoering naar Babylon tot den Christus veertien geslachten.
[As you can calculate, I have grouped Jesus’] ancestors [as follows: ] There was [a succession of] 14 of them from [the time when] Abraham [lived] to [the time when King] David [lived]. There was [a succession of] 14 of them from [the time when] David [lived] to [the time when] the [Israelites were taken] {[the Babylonian army took the Israelites]} away to Babylon. There was [a succession of] 14 of them from [the time when the Israelites were taken] {[the Babylonian army took the Israelites]} away to Babylon until [the time when] the Messiah [was born].
18 De geboorte van Jesus Christus geschiedde aldus. Toen Maria zijn moeder verloofd was met Josef, werd zij, voordat ze gingen samenwonen, in gezegende toestand bevonden van den Heiligen Geest.
This is [the account of what happened just before] Jesus Christ was born. Mary, his mother, {had publicly promised Joseph that she would marry him} had been publicly promised to marry Joseph. Before they began to sleep together, [Mary] realized that she was pregnant. [It was the power of] the Holy Spirit that had caused her to become pregnant.
19 Daar Josef, haar man, een rechtvaardige was, en haar niet te schande wilde maken, besloot hij, in stilte van haar te scheiden.
Joseph, her [future] husband, was a man who obeyed God’s commands. [One of those commands was that men must divorce women who had acted immorally. So when Joseph learned that Mary was pregnant, he assumed that she was pregnant as a result of her acting immorally]. So he decided to break the engagement. But because he did not want to shame her publicly, he decided to do it privately.
20 Terwijl hij met die gedachte omging, zie, daar verscheen hem in een droom een engel des Heren, en sprak: Josef, zoon van David, vrees niet, Maria, uw vrouw, tot u te nemen; want wat in haar is geboren, is van den Heiligen Geest.
While he was seriously considering this, much to his surprise, in a dream he saw an angel whom the Lord [had sent]. The angel said, “Joseph, descendant of [King] David, do not be afraid that [you(sg) would be doing wrong if you(sg) would marry] Mary. Instead, [begin to treat her] as your wife, because the Holy Spirit, [not a man], has caused her to be pregnant.
21 Ze zal een zoon baren, en ge zult Hem Jesus noemen; want Hij zal zijn volk verlossen van hun zonden.
She will give birth to a son. Since it is he who will cause that his people will be saved from [the guilt of] their having sinned, name [the baby] Jesus, [which means ‘the Lord saves people’].”
22 Dit alles is geschied, opdat vervuld zou worden wat de Heer gesproken heeft door den profeet, die zegt:
All this happened as a result of what the Lord told the prophet [Isaiah to write long ago about what was going to happen]. This is what Isaiah wrote:
23 "Zie, de maagd zal ontvangen, en een zoon baren; en men zal Hem Emmánuel noemen"; dat is vertaald: God met ons.
“Listen, a virgin will become pregnant and will give birth to a son. They will call him Emmanuel.” Emmanuel means ‘God is with us’.
24 Toen Josef uit de slaap was ontwaakt, deed hij zoals de engel des Heren hem had bevolen; en hij nam zijn vrouw tot zich.
When Joseph got up from sleep, he did what the angel whom the Lord [had sent] commanded him to do. He took [Mary] home to be his wife.
25 Maar hij bekende haar niet, totdat zij een zoon had gebaard; en hij noemde Hem Jesus.
But he did not have sexual relations with her until she had given birth to a son. And [Joseph] named him Jesus.
