Matthaeus 1
1 Stammbaum Jesus Christus', des Sohnes Davids, des Sohnes Abrahams:
[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 zeugte den Isaak, Isaak aber zeugte den Jakob, Jakob aber zeugte den Juda und seine Brüder,
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 aber zeugte den Pares und den Zarah von der Thamar, Pares aber zeugte den Hesron, Hesron aber zeugte den Aram,
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 Aram aber zeugte den Aminadab, Aminadab aber zeugte den Nahesson, Nahesson aber zeugte den Salmon,
Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
5 Salmon aber zeugte den Boas von der Rahab, Boas aber zeugte den Obed von der Ruth, Obed aber zeugte den Isai,
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 Isai aber zeugte den David, den König. David aber zeugte den Salomo von der Frau des Uria,
Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon. [Solomon’s mother was previously married to] Uriah.
7 Salomo aber zeugte den Rehabeam, Rehabeam aber zeugte den Abia, Abia aber zeugte den Assa,
Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asaph.
8 Assa aber zeugte den Josaphat, Josaphat aber zeugte den Joram, Joram aber zeugte den Usia,
Asaph was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram. Jehoram was an ancestor of Uzziah.
9 Usia aber zeugte den Jotham, Jotham aber zeugte den Ahas, Ahas aber zeugte den Hiskia,
Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
10 Hiskia aber zeugte den Manasse, Manasse aber zeugte den Amos, Amos aber zeugte den Josia,
Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah.
11 Josia aber zeugte den Jechonia und seine Brüder im babylonischen Exil.
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 Nach dem babylonischen Exil aber zeugte Jechonia den Selathiel, Selathiel aber zeugte den Serubabel,
After the Babylonians took the Israelites to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the grandfather of Zerubbabel.
13 Serubabel aber zeugte den Abiud, Abiud aber zeugte den Eliakim, Eliakim aber zeugte den Asor,
Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim.
14 Asor aber zeugte den Zadok, Zadok aber zeugte den Achim, Achim aber zeugte den Eliud,
Eliakim was the father of Azor. Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Akim.
15 Eliud aber zeugte den Eleasar, Eleasar aber zeugte den Mattan, Mattan aber zeugte den Jakob,
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 Jakob aber zeugte den Joseph, den Mann der Maria, von welcher Jesus, welchen man Christus heißt, geboren ist.
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 So sind es nun im ganzen von Abraham bis David zusammen vierzehn Geschlechter, und von David bis zum babylonischen Exil vierzehn Geschlechter, und vom babylonischen Exil bis zum Christus vierzehn Geschlechter.
[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 Mit der Geburt des Jesus Christus aber verhält es sich so: Da seine Mutter Maria dem Joseph verlobt war, fand es sich, ehe sie zusammenkamen, daß sie schwanger war vom heiligen Geist.
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 aber, ihr Gatte, der ein rechtschaffener Mann war, und der sie doch nicht an den Pranger stellen wollte, gedachte sie in der Stille aufzugeben.
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 Wie er aber damit umgieng, siehe, da erschien ihm ein Engel des Herrn im Traum und sprach: Joseph, Sohn Davids, scheue dich nicht, Maria, dein Weib, zu dir zu nehmen; denn ihre Leibesfrucht ist vom heiligen Geiste.
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 Sie wird aber einen Sohn gebären, dem sollst du den Namen Jesus geben; denn er wird sein Volk erretten von ihren Sünden.
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 Das alles aber ist geschehen, damit in Erfüllung gehe, was der Herr durch das Wort des Propheten gesprochen hat:
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 Siehe, die Jungfrau wird schwanger sein und einen Sohn gebären, und sie werden ihm den Namen Immanuel geben, was in der Übersetzung heißt: Gott mit uns.
“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 Als aber Joseph vom Schlafe erwachte, that er, wie ihn der Engel des Herrn angewiesen hatte, und nahm seine Frau zu sich,
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 und er erkannte sie nicht, bis sie einen Sohn geboren hatte, und gab demselben den Namen Jesus.
But he did not have sexual relations with her until she had given birth to a son. And [Joseph] named him Jesus.
