Uthenga Wamampha wo Ukulembeka ndi Mateyu
1 Ili ndi buku la mbiri yaku* Yesu Khristu* mwana waku Davidi,+ mwana waku Abrahamu:+
2 Abrahamu wangubala Isaki;+
Isaki wangubala Yakobe;+
Yakobe wangubala Yuda+ ndi abali ŵaki;
3 Yuda wangubala Perezi ndi Zera+ ndipu nyinawu wenga Tamara;
Perezi wangubala Hezironi;+
Hezironi wangubala Ramu;+
4 Ramu wangubala Aminadabu;
Aminadabu wangubala Nashoni;+
Nashoni wangubala Salimoni;
5 Salimoni wangubala Bowazi ndipu nyina wenga Rahabi;+
Bowazi wangubala Obedi ndipu nyina wenga Ruti;+
Obedi wangubala Jese;+
6 Jese wangubala Davidi+ yo wenga fumu.
Davidi wangubala Solomoni+ ndipu nyina wenga muwolu waku Uriya;
7 Solomoni wangubala Rehobowamu;+
Rehobowamu wangubala Abiya;
Abiya wangubala Asa;+
8 Asa wangubala Yehosafati;+
Yehosafati wangubala Yehoramu;+
Yehoramu wangubala Uziya;
9 Uziya wangubala Yotamu;+
Yotamu wangubala Ahazi;+
Ahazi wangubala Hezekiya;+
10 Hezekiya wangubala Manasi;+
Manasi wangubala Amoni;+
Amoni wangubala Yosiya;+
11 Yosiya+ wangubala Yekoniya+ ndi abali ŵaki pa nyengu yo atolekanga kuluta ku Babiloni.+
12 Ŵati atoleke ku Babiloni, Yekoniya wangubala Salatiyeli;
Salatiyeli wangubala Zerubabeli;+
13 Zerubabeli wangubala Abiyudi;
Abiyudi wangubala Eliyakimu;
Eliyakimu wangubala Azoro;
14 Azoro wangubala Zadoki;
Zadoki wangubala Akimu;
Akimu wangubala Eliyudi;
15 Eliyudi wangubala Eliyazara;
Eliyazara wangubala Matani;
Matani wangubala Yakobe;
16 Yakobe wangubala Yosefi mulumu waku Mariya yo wangubala Yesu,+ yo wadanika kuti Khristu.+
17 Migonezi yosi kutuliya paku Abrahamu kufika paku Davidi yengapu 14; kutuliya paku Davidi kufika pa nyengu yo angutoleke kuluta ku Babiloni penga migonezi 14; kutuliya pa nyengu yo angutoleke kuluta ku Babiloni kufika paku Khristu penga migonezi 14.
18 Vo vinguchitika kuti Yesu Khristu wabaliki ndi ivi: Pa nyengu yo Mariya, nyina waku Yesu wangulayizgika ndi Yosefi kuti wamutongi nthengwa, wangusanirika kuti we ndi nthumbu mwa mzimu wakupaturika*+ ŵechendatorani. 19 Kweni chifukwa chakuti mulumu waki Yosefi wenga murunji ndipu wakhumbanga cha kumulengesa, wanguŵanaŵana kuti wamupati mwachisisi.+ 20 Kweni Yosefi wati waŵanaŵaniya nkhani iyi, awonani! mungelu waku Yehova* wanguza kwaku iyu mu malotu, ndipu wanguti: “Yosefi, mwana waku Davidi, ungawopanga cha kumutole kunyumba muwolu waku Mariya, chifukwa nthumbu yo we nayu nja* mzimu wakupaturika.+ 21 Iyu wazamubala mwana munthulumi ndipu uzimudani zina lakuti Yesu,*+ chifukwa wazamutaska ŵanthu ŵaki ku maubudi ngawu.”+ 22 Vosi ivi vinguchitika kuti vo Yehova* wangukambiya limu kuporote mwa mchimi waki vifiskiki. Iyu wanguti: 23 “Awonani! Mwali wamengi nthumbu ndipu wabalengi mwana munthulumi ndipu ŵanthu azakumupaska zina lakuti Emanuwelu,”+ kung’anamuwa kuti, “Chiuta We Nasi.”+
24 Pavuli paki, Yosefi wanguyuka, ndipu wanguchita nge mo mungelu waku Yehova* wangumukambiya. Iyu wangutole muwolu waki kunyumba. 25 Kweni wangugonana nayu cha mpaka wangubala mwana munthulumi+ ndipu Yosefi wangumupaska zina lakuti Yesu.+