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].
Geschlechtsregister Jesu Christi, des Sohnes Davids, des Sohnes Abrahams.
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 zeugte den Isaak, Isaak zeugte den Jakob, Jakob zeugte den Juda und seine Brüder,
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.
Juda zeugte den Phares und den Zara mit der Tamar, Phares zeugte den Esrom, Esrom zeugte den Aram,
4 Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
Aram zeugte den Aminadab, Aminadab zeugte den Nahasson, Nahasson zeugte den 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 zeugte den Boas mit der Rahab, Boas zeugte den Obed mit der Ruth, Obed zeugte den Jesse,
6 Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon. [Solomon’s mother was previously married to] Uriah.
Jesse zeugte den König David. Der König David zeugte den Salomo mit dem Weibe Urias,
7 Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asaph.
Salomo zeugte den Rehabeam, Rehabeam zeugte den Abia, Abia zeugte den Asa,
8 Asaph was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram. Jehoram was an ancestor of Uzziah.
Asa zeugte den Josaphat, Josaphat zeugte den Joram, Joram zeugte den Usia,
9 Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
Usia zeugte den Jotam, Jotam zeugte den Ahas, Ahas zeugte den Hiskia,
10 Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah.
Hiskia zeugte den Manasse, Manasse zeugte den Amon, Amon zeugte den Josia,
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.
Josia zeugte den Jechonja und dessen Brüder, zur Zeit der Übersiedelung nach Babylon.
12 After the Babylonians took the Israelites to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the grandfather of Zerubbabel.
Nach der Übersiedelung nach Babylon zeugte Jechonia den Salatiel. Salatiel zeugte den Serubbabel,
13 Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim.
Serubbabel zeugte den Abiud, Abiud zeugte den Eliakim, Eliakim zeugte den Azor,
14 Eliakim was the father of Azor. Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Akim.
Azor zeugte den Sadok, Sadok zeugte den Achim, Achim zeugte den 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 zeugte den Eleazar, Eleazar zeugte den Mattan, Mattan zeugte den 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 zeugte den Joseph, den Mann der Maria, von welcher geboren ist Jesus, der genannt wird Christus.
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].
So sind es nun von Abraham bis auf David insgesamt vierzehn Glieder; und von David bis zur Übersiedelung nach Babylon vierzehn Glieder; und von der Übersiedelung nach Babylon bis auf Christus vierzehn Glieder.
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.
Die Geburt Jesu Christi aber war also: Als seine Mutter Maria mit Joseph verlobt war, noch ehe sie zusammenkamen, erfand sich's, daß sie empfangen hatte vom heiligen Geist.
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.
Aber Joseph, ihr Mann, der gerecht war und sie doch nicht an den Pranger stellen wollte, gedachte sie heimlich zu entlassen.
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.
Während er aber solches im Sinne hatte, siehe, da erschien ihm ein Engel des Herrn im Traum, der sprach: Joseph, Sohn Davids, scheue dich nicht, Maria, dein Weib, zu dir zu nehmen; denn was in ihr erzeugt ist, das ist vom heiligen Geist.
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’].”
Sie wird aber einen Sohn gebären, und du sollst ihm den Namen Jesus geben; denn er wird sein Volk retten von ihren Sünden.
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:
Dieses alles aber ist geschehen, auf daß erfüllt würde, was von dem Herrn gesagt ist durch den Propheten, der da spricht:
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’.
«Siehe, die Jungfrau wird empfangen und einen Sohn gebären, und man wird ihm den Namen Emmanuel geben; das heißt übersetzt: Gott mit uns.»
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.
Als nun Joseph vom Schlaf erwachte, tat er, wie ihm der Engel des Herrn befohlen, und nahm sein Weib zu sich
25 But he did not have sexual relations with her until she had given birth to a son. And [Joseph] named him Jesus.
und erkannte sie nicht, bis sie den Sohn geboren hatte; und er gab ihm den Namen Jesus.
