Matteo 1
1 LIBRO della generazione di Gesù Cristo, figliuolo di Davide, figliuolo di Abrahamo.
[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 Abrahamo generò Isacco; ed Isacco generò Giacobbe; e Giacobbe generò Giuda, ed 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 E Giuda generò Fares, e Zara, di Tamar; e Fares generò Esrom; ed Esrom 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 Ed Aram generò Aminadab; ed Aminadab generò Naasson; e Naasson generò Salmon.
Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
5 E Salmon generò Booz, di Rahab; e Booz generò Obed, di Rut; ed 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 E Iesse generò il re Davide. E il re Davide generò Salomone, di quella [ch'era stata] di Uria.
Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon. [Solomon’s mother was previously married to] Uriah.
7 E Salomone generò Roboamo; e Roboamo generò Abia; ed Abia generò Asa.
Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asaph.
8 Ed Asa generò Giosafat; e Giosafat generò Gioram; e Gioram generò Hozia.
Asaph was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram. Jehoram was an ancestor of Uzziah.
9 E Hozia generò Ioatam; e Ioatam generò Achaz; ed Achaz generò Ezechia.
Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
10 Ed Ezechia generò Manasse; e Manasse generò Amon; ed Amon generò Giosia.
Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah.
11 E Giosia generò Ieconia, e i suoi fratelli [che furono] al [tempo del]la cattività di 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 E, dopo la cattività di Babilonia, Ieconia generò Salatiel; e Salatiel generò Zorobabel.
After the Babylonians took the Israelites to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the grandfather of Zerubbabel.
13 E Zorobabel generò Abiud; ed Abiud generò Eliachim; ed Eliachim generò Azor.
Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim.
14 Ed Azor generò Sadoc; e Sadoc generò Achim; ed Achim generò Eliud.
Eliakim was the father of Azor. Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Akim.
15 Ed Eliud generò Eleazaro; ed Eleazaro generò Mattan; e 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 E Giacobbe generò Giuseppe, marito di Maria, della quale è nato Gesù, che è nominato 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 Così tutte le generazioni, da Abrahamo fino a Davide, [son] quattordici generazioni; e da Davide fino alla cattività di Babilonia, altresì quattordici; e dalla cattività di Babilonia fino a Cristo, altresì 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 OR la natività di Gesù Cristo avvenne in questo modo. Maria, sua madre, essendo stata sposata a Giuseppe, avanti che fossero venuti a stare insieme si trovò gravida; [il che era] 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 E Giuseppe, suo marito, essendo [uomo] giusto, e non volendola pubblicamente infamare, voleva occultamente lasciarla.
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 Ma, avendo queste cose nell'animo, ecco, un angelo del Signore gli apparve in sogno, dicendo: Giuseppe, figliuol di Davide, non temere di ricever Maria, tua moglie; perciocchè, ciò che in essa è generato è dello 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 Ed ella partorirà un figliuolo, e tu gli porrai nome Gesù; perciocchè egli salverà il suo popolo da' lor 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 Or tutto ciò avvenne, acciocchè si adempiesse quello ch'era stato detto dal Signore, per lo profeta, dicendo:
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 sarà gravida, e partorirà un figliuolo, il qual sarà chiamato Emmanuele; il che, interpretato, vuol dire: 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 E Giuseppe, destatosi dal sonno, fece secondo che l'angelo del Signore gli avea comandato, e ricevette la sua moglie.
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 Ma egli non la conobbe, finchè ebbe partorito il suo figliuol primogenito. Ed ella gli pose nome Gesù.
But he did not have sexual relations with her until she had given birth to a son. And [Joseph] named him Jesus.
