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1 Uwu e mulongo wa bamashali bakulukulu ba Yesu, mushukulu wa Dafeti, uyo walikuba mushukulu wa Abulahamu.
2 Abulahamu walasema Isake, nendi Isake walasema Yakobo, Nendi Yakobo walasema Yuda ne bakwabo,
3 Yuda walasema Pelesi ne Sela muli Tamala, Pelesi walasema Hesiloni, Nendi Hesiloni walasema Lamu,
4 Lamu walasema Aminadabu, nendi Aminadabu walasema Nasoni, nendi Nasoni walasema Salumoni,
5 Salumoni walasema Bowasi muli Lahabi, nendi Bowasi walasema Obedi muli Lute, nendi Obedi walasema Jesi,
6 Jesi walasema Mwami Dafeti, nendi Dafeti walasema Solomoni mu mukashi walikuba wa Uliya.
7 Solomoni walasema Lehabyamu, nendi Lehabyamu walasema Abiya, nendi Abiya walasema Asa,
8 nendi Asa walasema Yehosafati, nendi Yehosafati walasema Yolamu, nendi Yolamu walasema Usiya,
9 Usiya walasema Yotamu, Nendi Yotamu walasema Ahazi, Nendi Ahazi walasema Hezekiya,
10 nendi Hezekiya walasema Manase, nendi Manase walasema Amoni, nendi Amoni walasema Yosiya,
11 Yosiya walasema Yekoniya ne bakwabo pacindi bana Baisilayeli mpobalikumantwa busha ku Babulo.
12 Baisilayeli mpobalamantwa busha ku Babulo, Yekoniya walasema Salatiyele nendi Salatiyele walasema Zelubabele,
13 nendi Zelubabele walasema Abiyudi, Abiyudi walasema Eliyakimu nendi Eliyakimu walasema Asolo,
14 Asolo walasema Sadoki, nendi Sadoki walasema Akimu, nendi Akimu walasema Eliyudi,
15 Nendi Eliyudi walasema Eliyasala, nendi Eliyasala walasema Matani, Matani walasema Yakobo,
16 Nendi Yakobo walasema Yosefe ibendi Maliya, uyu Maliya e walasema Yesu lakwiwangeti Klistu Mupulushi Walaiwa usa.
17 Neco, kufuma pali Abulahamu kushika pali Mwami Dafeti, palikuba misemano likumi ne ina, kayi kufuma pali Mwami Dafeti kushika pacindi bana ba Isilayeli mpobalamantwa busha kuya ku Babulo, napo palikuba misemano likumi ne ina, kayi kufuma pacindi ca kumantwa busha ku Babulo kushika pacindi ca Klistu, napo palikuba misemano likumi ne ina.
18 Lino kusemwa kwa Yesu Klistu kwalenshika munshila iyi. Pacindi Maliya banyina Yesu mpobalikuba bamamikilwa kuli Yosefe. Nomba kabatana baya kumalili, Maliya walacanika ne libunda kupitila mu ngofu ya Mushimu Uswepa.
19 Yosefe walikuba muntu walulama, nkalayanda kumusebanya pantangalala, walayeya kupwisha bubambo bwa cikwati kwakubula kwishiba bantu.
20 Kaciyeya cakwinsa mungelo wa Mwami Lesa walamubonekela muciloto ne kumwambileti, “Yosefe mwanendi Dafeti kotatina kumumanta Maliya kuba mukashobe, ili libunda ndyakute ni ngofu ya Mushimu Uswepa.
21 Nakatumbuke mwana mutuloba uyo ngoshi mukatumbe lina eti Yesu, pakwinga nakapulushe bantu bakendi ku bwipishi bwabo.”
22 Ibi byalenshika kwalikuba kukwanilisha ncalamba Mwami kumushinshimi kwambeti
23 “Mulindu nakabe ne libunda ne kutumbuka mwana mutuloba uyo eti akakwiweti Emanuele, uku ekwambeti ‘Lesa uli nenjafwe’”
24 Yosefe mpwalapunduka walensa ncalamwambila mungelo wa Mwami Lesa, walamumanta Maliya kuba mukashendi.
25 Nomba nikukabeco uliya kuya nendi kumalili sobwe mpaka panyuma pakutumbuka mwana mutuloba. Yosefe walamupa Lina eti Yesu.
