Matthieu 1
1 Livre de la généalogie de Jésus-Christ, fils de David, fils d'Abraham.
[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].
2 Abraham est devenu le père d'Isaac. Isaac est devenu le père de Jacob. Jacob est le père de Juda et de ses frères.
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.
3 Juda engendra Pérez et Zérach par Tamar. Pérez est le père de Hezron. Hetsron engendra Ram.
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.
4 Ram engendra Amminadab. Amminadab engendre Nahshon. Nachschon engendre Salmon.
Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
5 Salmon engendra Boaz par Rahab. Boaz engendra Obed de Ruth. Obed est le père de Jessé.
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.
6 Jessé engendra le roi David. Le roi David engendra Salomon par celle qui avait été la femme d'Urie.
Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon. [Solomon’s mother was previously married to] Uriah.
7 Salomon engendra Roboam. Roboam engendra Abija. Abija engendra Asa.
Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asaph.
8 Asa devint le père de Josaphat. Josaphat est le père de Joram. Joram engendre Ozias.
Asaph was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram. Jehoram was an ancestor of Uzziah.
9 Ozias est le père de Jotham. Jotham est le père d'Achaz. Achaz engendre Ézéchias.
Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
10 Ézéchias est le père de Manassé. Manassé est le père d'Amon. Amon engendre Josias.
Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah.
11 Josias est le père de Jéchonias et de ses frères au moment de l'exil à Babylone.
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.
12 Après l'exil à Babylone, Jéchonias devint le père de Shealtiel. Shealtiel engendra Zerubbabel.
After the Babylonians took the Israelites to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the grandfather of Zerubbabel.
13 Zorobabel est devenu le père d'Abiud. Abiud est le père d'Eliakim. Éliakim est père d'Azor.
Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim.
14 Azor engendra Zadok. Zadok engendra Achim. Achim engendre Éliud.
Eliakim was the father of Azor. Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Akim.
15 Éliud est père d'Éléazar. Éléazar engendra Matthan. Matthan engendra Jacob.
Akim was the father of Eliud. Eliud was the father of Eleazar. Eleazar was the father of Matthan. Matthan was the father of Jacob.
16 Jacob engendra Joseph, époux de Marie, de laquelle est né Jésus, appelé Christ.
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.
17 Ainsi, toutes les générations depuis Abraham jusqu'à David sont de quatorze générations; depuis David jusqu'à l'exil à Babylone, quatorze générations; et depuis la déportation à Babylone jusqu'au Christ, quatorze générations.
[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].
18 Voici comment s'est déroulée la naissance de Jésus-Christ: Après les fiançailles de Marie, sa mère, avec Joseph, avant qu'ils ne se rencontrent, elle fut trouvée enceinte par l'Esprit Saint.
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.
19 Joseph, son mari, étant un homme juste, et ne voulant pas en faire un exemple public, avait l'intention de la répudier secrètement.
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.
20 Mais comme il pensait à ces choses, voici qu'un ange du Seigneur lui apparut en songe, et dit: « Joseph, fils de David, ne crains pas de prendre pour femme Marie, car ce qui a été conçu en elle vient de l'Esprit Saint.
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.
21 Elle donnera naissance à un fils. Tu lui donneras le nom de Jésus, car c'est lui qui sauvera son peuple de ses péchés. »
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’].”
22 Or, tout cela est arrivé afin que s'accomplisse ce qui a été annoncé par le Seigneur par le prophète, en disant,
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:
23 « Voici, la vierge sera enceinte, et donnera naissance à un fils. On lui donnera le nom d'Emmanuel, » qui est, selon l'interprétation, « Dieu avec nous ».
“Listen, a virgin will become pregnant and will give birth to a son. They will call him Emmanuel.” Emmanuel means ‘God is with us’.
24 Joseph se leva de son sommeil, fit ce que l'ange du Seigneur lui avait ordonné, et prit sa femme pour lui;
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.
25 et il ne la connut sexuellement que lorsqu'elle eut donné naissance à son fils premier-né. Il lui donna le nom de Jésus.
But he did not have sexual relations with her until she had given birth to a son. And [Joseph] named him Jesus.
