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].
Ishitabu ishashikholo isha Yesu Klisiti umwana wa Daudi, umwana wa Ibrahimu.
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.
U Ibrahimu ahali yise wa Isaka, Uisaka ahali yise wa Yakobo, u Yakobo ahali yise wa Yuda na bhaholo bhakwe.
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.
U Yuda ahali yise wa Peresi nu Sera hwa Tamari, Peresi yise wa Hezeroni, u Hezeroni yise wa Ramu.
4 Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
U Ramu ahali yise wa Aminadabu, u Aminadabu ahali yise wa Nshoni, u Nashoni yise wa Salimoni.
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.
U Salimoni ahali yise wa Boazi hwa Rahabu, u Boazi yise wa Obedi hwa Ruth, U Obedi yise wa Yese,
6 Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon. [Solomon’s mother was previously married to] Uriah.
u Yese ahali yise wa mfalume u Daudi. U Daudi ahali yise wa Sulemani hwa nshi wa Uria.
7 Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asaph.
Usulemani ahali yise wa Rehoboamu, u Rehoboamu yise wa Abiya, u Abiya yise wa Asa.
8 Asaph was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram. Jehoram was an ancestor of Uzziah.
U Asa ahali yise wa Yehoshafati, u Yehoshafati yise wa Yoramu, u Yoramu yise wa Uzia.
9 Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
U Uzia ahali yise wa Yothamu, u Yothamu yise wa Ahazi, u Ahazi yise wa Hezekia.
10 Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah.
U Hezekia ahali yise wa Manase, u Manase yise wa Amoni u Amoni yise wa Yosia.
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.
U Yosia ahali yise wa Yekonia na kaka bhakwe lwebhahegwaga abhale hu Babeli.
12 After the Babylonians took the Israelites to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the grandfather of Zerubbabel.
Baada ya hwegwe abhale hu Babeli, u Yekonia ahali yise wa Shatieli, u Shatieli ahali mwizukulu wa Zerubabeli.
13 Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim.
u Zerubabeli ahali yise wa Abiudi, u Abiudi yise wa Eliakimu, u Eliakimu yise wa Azori.
14 Eliakim was the father of Azor. Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Akim.
U Azori ahali yise wa Zadoki, u Zadoki yise wa Akimu u Akimu yise wa Eliudi.
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.
U Eliudi ahali yise wa Elieza, u Elieza yise wa Matani u Matani yise wa Yakobo.
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.
U Yakobo ahali yise wa Yusufu unume wa Mariamu, yehwamwene u Yesu ahapapwilwe, yahwitwa Klisiti.
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].
Impapo zyonti afume hwa Ibrahimu hadi hwa Daudi zyahali impapo kumi na nne, afume hwa Daudi hadi hwegwe abhale hwa Babeli impapo kumi na nne, na afume ahwegwe afume hu Babeli hadi hwa Klisiti impapo kumi na nne.
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.
Apapwe hwa Yesu Klisiti hwahali ishi. Unyina wakwe u Mariamu, ahazinjiwilwe nu Yusufu, ishi shebhasili alolane ahaloleshe aje alinivyanda hwa mpepo umfinjile.
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.
Unume wakwe u Yusufu, ahali muntu wi lyoli zaga ahauzaga hukenyesye hubhantu. Ahamuye ahwimilisye husili.
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.
Nahasibhaga ahusu amamba iga, uwantumi uwa ngumbhi ahamfumiiye hunjozi, ahaga, “Yusufu mwana wa Daudi, usahogope humweje u Mariamu unshi waho pipo ulwanda lwali nalwo lufumiline nu Mepo umfinjile.
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’].”
Abhapape umwana unsahala ubhalunkwize itawa lyakwe yu Yesu, papo anzahubhokole abhantu bhakwe ni dhambi zyabho.”
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:
Gonti gahafumiye aje nkezibhombeshe zyezyayangwile nu gosi hwidala lya kuwa aje,
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’.
“Enya, u bikira ahayibha ni vyanda ahayipapa umwana uwishilume itawa lyakwe abhahukwizye yu Imanueli” — imaana yakwe, “Ungulubhi ali natwi.”
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.
U Yusufu ahadamushe mutulo na bhombe ndeshe abhantumi ngosi she bhahamuzizye na ahamwejile unshi wakwe.
25 But he did not have sexual relations with her until she had given birth to a son. And [Joseph] named him Jesus.
Hata shinisho, sagahagonile nawo mpaka lwahapapa umwana uwishilume ahankwizya itawa lyakwe yu Yesu.
