Matteo 1
1 Genealogia di Gesù Cristo figlio di Davide, figlio di Abramo.
[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 Abramo generò Isacco, Isacco generò Giacobbe, Giacobbe generò Giuda e i suoi fratelli,
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 Giuda generò Fares e Zara da Tamar, Fares generò Esròm, Esròm generò 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 generò Aminadàb, Aminadàb generò Naassòn, Naassòn generò Salmòn,
Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
5 Salmòn generò Booz da Racab, Booz generò Obed da Rut, Obed generò Iesse,
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 Iesse generò il re Davide. Davide generò Salomone da quella che era stata la moglie di Urìa,
Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon. [Solomon’s mother was previously married to] Uriah.
7 Salomone generò Roboamo, Roboamo generò Abìa, Abìa generò Asàf,
Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asaph.
8 Asàf generò Giòsafat, Giòsafat generò Ioram, Ioram generò Ozia,
Asaph was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram. Jehoram was an ancestor of Uzziah.
9 Ozia generò Ioatam, Ioatam generò Acaz, Acaz generò Ezechia,
Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
10 Ezechia generò Manasse, Manasse generò Amos, Amos generò Giosia,
Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah.
11 Giosia generò Ieconia e i suoi fratelli, al tempo della deportazione in Babilonia.
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 Dopo la deportazione in Babilonia, Ieconia generò Salatiel, Salatiel generò Zorobabèle,
After the Babylonians took the Israelites to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the grandfather of Zerubbabel.
13 Zorobabèle generò Abiùd, Abiùd generò Elìacim, Elìacim generò Azor,
Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim.
14 Azor generò Sadoc, Sadoc generò Achim, Achim generò Eliùd,
Eliakim was the father of Azor. Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Akim.
15 Eliùd generò Eleàzar, Eleàzar generò Mattan, Mattan generò Giacobbe,
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 Giacobbe generò Giuseppe, lo sposo di Maria, dalla quale è nato Gesù chiamato Cristo.
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 La somma di tutte le generazioni, da Abramo a Davide, è così di quattordici; da Davide fino alla deportazione in Babilonia è ancora di quattordici; dalla deportazione in Babilonia a Cristo è, infine, di quattordici.
[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 Ecco come avvenne la nascita di Gesù Cristo: sua madre Maria, essendo promessa sposa di Giuseppe, prima che andassero a vivere insieme si trovò incinta per opera dello Spirito Santo.
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 Giuseppe suo sposo, che era giusto e non voleva ripudiarla, decise di licenziarla in segreto.
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 Mentre però stava pensando a queste cose, ecco che gli apparve in sogno un angelo del Signore e gli disse: «Giuseppe, figlio di Davide, non temere di prendere con te Maria, tua sposa, perché quel che è generato in lei viene dallo Spirito Santo.
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 Essa partorirà un figlio e tu lo chiamerai Gesù: egli infatti salverà il suo popolo dai suoi peccati».
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 Tutto questo avvenne perché si adempisse ciò che era stato detto dal Signore per mezzo del profeta:
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 Ecco, la vergine concepirà e partorirà un figlio che sarà chiamato Emmanuele, Dio con noi.
“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 Destatosi dal sonno, Giuseppe fece come gli aveva ordinato l'angelo del Signore e prese con sé la sua sposa,
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 la quale, senza che egli la conoscesse, partorì un figlio, che egli chiamò Gesù.
But he did not have sexual relations with her until she had given birth to a son. And [Joseph] named him Jesus.
