Matthew 1
1 [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].
Yesu Kristu kaweriti mwiwuka gwa Dawudi na mwiwuka gwa Aburahamu. Ayi ndo walanga ya ukowu wakuwi,
2 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.
Aburahamu kamwiwuliti Isaka na Isaka kamwiwuliti Yakobu na Yakobu kamwiwuliti Yuda na walongu wakuwi,
3 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.
Yuda kamwiwuliti Peresi na Zera mawu gwawu kaweriti Tamari na Peresi kamwiwuliti Hesironi na Hesironi kamwiwuliti Rami,
4 Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
Rami kamwiwuliti Aminadabu na Aminadabu kamwiwuliti Nashoni na Nashoni kamwiwuliti Salumoni
5 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.
na Salumoni kamwiwuliti Boazi mawu gwakuwi kaweriti Rahabu, Boazi na Rutu waweriti walera wa Obedi na Obedi kamwiwuliti Yese.
6 Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon. [Solomon’s mother was previously married to] Uriah.
Na Yese kamwiwuliti Mfalumi Dawudi na Dawudi kamwiwuliti Selemani mawu gwakuwi kaweriti mdala gwa Uriya,
7 Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asaph.
Selemani kamwiwuliti Rehobowamu na Rehobowamu kamwiwuliti Abiya na Abiya kamwiwuliti Asa.
8 Asaph was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram. Jehoram was an ancestor of Uzziah.
Asa kamwiwuliti Yehoshafati na Yehoshafati kamwiwuliti Uziya
9 Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
na Uziya kamwiwuliti Yosamu na Yosamu kamwiwuliti Ahazi na Ahazi kamwiwuliti Hezekiya.
10 Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah.
Hezekiya kamwiwuliti Manasi na Manasi kamwiwuliti Amoni na Amoni kamwiwuliti Yosiya
11 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.
na Yosiya kamwiwuliti Yekoniya na walongu wakuwi. Ashi shiweriti shipindi Wayawudi pawawajegiti kugenda muluhamiru Babiloni.
12 After the Babylonians took the Israelites to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the grandfather of Zerubbabel.
Pa Wayawudi kuwatola kugenda muluhamiru Babiloni na Yekoniya kamwiwuliti Sheatiyeli na Sheatiyeli kamwiwuliti Zerubabeli,
13 Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim.
Zerubabeli kamwiwuliti Abiyudi na Abiyudi kamwiwuliti Eliyakimu na Eliyakimu kamwiwuliti Azori.
14 Eliakim was the father of Azor. Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Akim.
Azori kamwiwuliti Sadoki na Sadoki kamwiwuliti Akimu na Akimu kamwiwuliti Eliwudi.
15 Akim was the father of Eliud. Eliud was the father of Eleazar. Eleazar was the father of Matthan. Matthan was the father of Jacob.
Eliwudi kamwiwuliti Eleyazari na Eliyazari kamwiwuliti Matati na Matati kamwiwuliti Yakobu.
16 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.
Yakobu kamwiwuliti Yosefu, mpalu gwa Mariya mawu gwakuwi Yesu yawamshema Kristu.
17 [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].
Su kuweriti na nyiwuku lilongu na msheshi kwanjira Aburahamu mpaka Dawudi na nyiwuku lilongu na msheshi kwanjira Dawudi mpaka Wayawudi pawawalopoliti kugenda Babiloni na nyiwuku lilongu na msheshi kwanjira pawawatoliti lopola mpaka shipindi sha Kristu.
18 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.
Hangu ndo Yesu Kristu ntambu yakiwukiti, Mariya mawu gwakuwi Yesu kaweriti kahetitwi na Yosefu. Kumbiti pamberi pa kulikala pamuhera gambira mpalu na mdala, kawonikaniti kana yinda kwa uwezu wa Rohu Mnanagala.
19 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.
Yosefu mpalu gwakuwi kaweriti kamfiriziya Mlungu, kafiriti ndiri kumlanguziya kwa wantu kuwera kana vidoda, Hangu kafiriti kumleka kwa bada.
20 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.
Pakaweriti kankali kankulihola hangu, ntumintumi gwa kumpindi gwa Mtuwa kamulawira mukulota na kumgambira, “Yosefu mwana gwa Dawudi, nagutira kumtola Mariya kaweri mdala gwaku. Mana kana yinda kwa uwezu wa Rohu Mnanagala.
21 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’].”
Hakamwiwuli mwana mpalu, nagwenga hagumshemi Yesu, toziya yomberi ndo hakawalopoziyi wantu kulawa muvidoda vyawu.”
22 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:
Vinu, vyoseri avi vilawira su viweri nakaka visoweru vyakatakuliti Mtuwa kupitira mbuyi gwa Mlungu,
23 “Listen, a virgin will become pregnant and will give birth to a son. They will call him Emmanuel.” Emmanuel means ‘God is with us’.
“Mwali hakaweri na yinda, hakamwiwuli mwana mpalu na womberi hawamshemi litawu lyakuwi Imanuweri.” Mana yakuwi, “Mlungu kapamuhera na twenga”.
24 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.
Su, Yosefu pakimkiti mumpota katenditi gambira vyakamgambiriti ulii ntumintumi gwa kumpindi gwa Mtuwa, kamtola mdala gwakuwi ukaya.
25 But he did not have sexual relations with her until she had given birth to a son. And [Joseph] named him Jesus.
Kumbiti Yosefu waliwoniti ndiri na Mariya mpaka pakamwiwuliti mwana mpalu. Yosefu kamupananiti mwana litawu Yesu.
