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].
βιβλοσ γενεσεωσ ιησου χριστου υιου δαυιδ υιου αβρααμ
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.
αβρααμ εγεννησεν τον ισαακ ισαακ δε εγεννησεν τον ιακωβ ιακωβ δε εγεννησεν τον ιουδαν και τουσ αδελφουσ αυτου
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.
ιουδασ δε εγεννησεν τον φαρεσ και τον ζαρα εκ τησ θαμαρ φαρεσ δε εγεννησεν τον εσρωμ εσρωμ δε εγεννησεν τον αραμ
4 Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
αραμ δε εγεννησεν τον αμιναδαβ αμιναδαβ δε εγεννησεν τον ναασσων ναασσων δε εγεννησεν τον σαλμων
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.
σαλμων δε εγεννησεν τον βοοζ εκ τησ ραχαβ βοοζ δε εγεννησεν τον ωβηδ εκ τησ ρουθ ωβηδ δε εγεννησεν τον ιεσσαι
6 Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon. [Solomon’s mother was previously married to] Uriah.
ιεσσαι δε εγεννησεν τον δαυιδ τον βασιλεα δαυιδ δε ο βασιλευσ εγεννησεν τον σολομωνα εκ τησ του ουριου
7 Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asaph.
σολομων δε εγεννησεν τον ροβοαμ ροβοαμ δε εγεννησεν τον αβια αβια δε εγεννησεν τον ασα
8 Asaph was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram. Jehoram was an ancestor of Uzziah.
ασα δε εγεννησεν τον ιωσαφατ ιωσαφατ δε εγεννησεν τον ιωραμ ιωραμ δε εγεννησεν τον οζιαν
9 Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
οζιασ δε εγεννησεν τον ιωαθαμ ιωαθαμ δε εγεννησεν τον αχαζ αχαζ δε εγεννησεν τον εζεκιαν
10 Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah.
εζεκιασ δε εγεννησεν τον μανασση μανασσησ δε εγεννησεν τον αμων αμων δε εγεννησεν τον ιωσιαν
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.
ιωσιασ δε εγεννησεν τον ιεχονιαν και τουσ αδελφουσ αυτου επι τησ μετοικεσιασ βαβυλωνοσ
12 After the Babylonians took the Israelites to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the grandfather of Zerubbabel.
μετα δε την μετοικεσιαν βαβυλωνοσ ιεχονιασ εγεννησεν τον σαλαθιηλ σαλαθιηλ δε εγεννησεν τον ζοροβαβελ
13 Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim.
ζοροβαβελ δε εγεννησεν τον αβιουδ αβιουδ δε εγεννησεν τον ελιακειμ ελιακειμ δε εγεννησεν τον αζωρ
14 Eliakim was the father of Azor. Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Akim.
αζωρ δε εγεννησεν τον σαδωκ σαδωκ δε εγεννησεν τον αχειμ αχειμ δε εγεννησεν τον ελιουδ
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.
ελιουδ δε εγεννησεν τον ελεαζαρ ελεαζαρ δε εγεννησεν τον ματθαν ματθαν δε εγεννησεν τον ιακωβ
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.
ιακωβ δε εγεννησεν τον ιωσηφ τον ανδρα μαριασ εξ ησ εγεννηθη ιησουσ ο λεγομενοσ χριστοσ
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].
πασαι ουν αι γενεαι απο αβρααμ εωσ δαυιδ γενεαι δεκατεσσαρεσ και απο δαυιδ εωσ τησ μετοικεσιασ βαβυλωνοσ γενεαι δεκατεσσαρεσ και απο τησ μετοικεσιασ βαβυλωνοσ εωσ του χριστου γενεαι δεκατεσσαρεσ
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.
του δε ιησου χριστου η γεννησισ ουτωσ ην μνηστευθεισησ γαρ τησ μητροσ αυτου μαριασ τω ιωσηφ πριν η συνελθειν αυτουσ ευρεθη εν γαστρι εχουσα εκ πνευματοσ αγιου
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.
ιωσηφ δε ο ανηρ αυτησ δικαιοσ ων και μη θελων αυτην παραδειγματισαι εβουληθη λαθρα απολυσαι αυτην
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.
ταυτα δε αυτου ενθυμηθεντοσ ιδου αγγελοσ κυριου κατ οναρ εφανη αυτω λεγων ιωσηφ υιοσ δαυιδ μη φοβηθησ παραλαβειν μαριαμ την γυναικα σου το γαρ εν αυτη γεννηθεν εκ πνευματοσ εστιν αγιου
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’].”
τεξεται δε υιον και καλεσεισ το ονομα αυτου ιησουν αυτοσ γαρ σωσει τον λαον αυτου απο των αμαρτιων αυτων
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:
τουτο δε ολον γεγονεν ινα πληρωθη το ρηθεν υπο του κυριου δια του προφητου λεγοντοσ
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’.
ιδου η παρθενοσ εν γαστρι εξει και τεξεται υιον και καλεσουσιν το ονομα αυτου εμμανουηλ ο εστιν μεθερμηνευομενον μεθ ημων ο θεοσ
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.
διεγερθεισ δε ο ιωσηφ απο του υπνου εποιησεν ωσ προσεταξεν αυτω ο αγγελοσ κυριου και παρελαβεν την γυναικα αυτου
25 But he did not have sexual relations with her until she had given birth to a son. And [Joseph] named him Jesus.
και ουκ εγινωσκεν αυτην εωσ ου ετεκεν τον υιον αυτησ τον πρωτοτοκον και εκαλεσεν το ονομα αυτου ιησουν
