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].
Detta är Jesu Kristi, Davids sons, Abrahams sons, släkttavla.
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.
Abraham födde Isak, Isak födde Jakob, Jakob födde Judas och hans bröder;
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.
Judas födde Fares och Sara med Tamar, Fares födde Esrom, Esrom födde Aram;
4 Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
Aram födde Aminadab, Aminadab födde Naasson, Naasson födde Salmon;
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.
Salmon födde Boes med Rakab, Boes födde Jobed med Rut, Jobed födde Jessai;
6 Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon. [Solomon’s mother was previously married to] Uriah.
Jessai födde David, konungen, David födde Salomo med Urias' hustru;
7 Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asaph.
Salomo födde Roboam, Roboam födde Abia. Abia födde Asaf;
8 Asaph was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram. Jehoram was an ancestor of Uzziah.
Asaf födde Josafat, Josafat födde Joram, Joram födde Osias;
9 Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
Osias födde Joatam, Joatam födde Akas, Akas födde Esekias;
10 Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah.
Esekias födde Manasses, Manasses födde Amos, Amos födde Josias;
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.
Josias födde Jekonias och hans bröder, vid den tid då folket blev bortfört i fångenskap till Babylonien.
12 After the Babylonians took the Israelites to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the grandfather of Zerubbabel.
Sedan folket hade blivit bortfört i fångenskap till Babylonien, födde Jekonias Salatiel, Salatiel födde Sorobabel;
13 Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim.
Sorobabel födde Abiud, Abiud födde Eljakim, Eljakim födde Asor;
14 Eliakim was the father of Azor. Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Akim.
Asor födde Sadok, Sadok födde Akim, Akim födde Eliud;
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.
Eliud födde Eleasar, Eleasar födde Mattan, Mattan födde Jakob;
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.
Jakob födde Josef, Marias man, och av henne föddes Jesus, som kallas Kristus.
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].
Så utgöra släktlederna från Abraham intill David tillsammans fjorton leder, och från David intill dess att folket blev bortfört i fångenskap till Babylonien fjorton leder, och från det att folket blev bortfört i fångenskap till Babylonien intill Kristus fjorton leder.
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.
Med Jesu Kristi födelse gick det så till. Sedan Maria, hans moder, hade blivit trolovad med Josef, befanns hon, förrän de kommo tillsammans, vara havande av helig ande.
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.
Nu var Josef, hennes man, en rättsinnig man och ville icke utsätta henne for vanära; därför beslöt han att hemligen skilja sig från henne.
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.
Men när han hade fått detta i sinnet, se, då visade sig i drömmen en Herrens ängel för honom och sade: »Josef, Davids son, frukta icke att taga till dig Maria, din hustru; ty det som är avlat i henne är av helig ande.
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’].”
Och hon skall föda en son, och honom skall du giva namnet Jesus, ty han skall frälsa sitt folk ifrån deras synder.»
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:
Allt detta har skett, för att det skulle fullbordas, som var sagt av Herren genom profeten som sade:
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’.
»Se, jungfrun skall bliva havande och föda en son, och man skall giva honom namnet Emmanuel» (det betyder Gud med oss).
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.
När Josef hade vaknat upp ur sömnen, gjorde han som Herrens ängel hade befallt honom och tog sin hustru till sig.
25 But he did not have sexual relations with her until she had given birth to a son. And [Joseph] named him Jesus.
Och han kände henne icke, förrän hon hade fött en son; och honom gav han namnet Jesus. Jämför hebr. jeschuá, som betyder frälsning.
