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Matewu 1
1 Buku dzra tinxaka ta Yesu Kriste, n’wana Davhida, n’wana Abrahamu:
2 Abrahamu abeleki Izaki;
kutani Izaki abeleka Yakobe;
Yakobe abeleka Yuda ni vamakwavu;3 Yuda abeleka Perezi na Zera,
lavahumiki akhuzrini dzra Tamari;
Perezi abeleka Hesroni;
Hesroni abeleka Aramu;4 Aramu abeleka Aminadabe;
Aminadabe abeleka Nasoni;
Nasoni abeleka Salmoni;5 Salmoni abeleka Bowazi, lwahumiki akhuzrini dzra Rahabi;
Bowazi abeleka Obede, lwahumiki akhuzrini dzra Ruti;
Obede abeleka Yese.6 Yese abeleka Hosi Davhida;
Davhida abeleka Salomoni, lwahumiki akhuzrini dzra nsati wa Uriya;7 Salomoni abeleka Rehobowamu;
Rehobowamu abeleka Abiya;
Abiya abeleka Asa;8 Asa abeleka Yehosofati;
Yehosofati abeleka Yehoramu;
Yehoramu abeleka Uziya;9 Uziya abeleka Yotamu;
Yotamu abeleka Akazi;
Akazi abeleka Hezekiya;10 Hezekiya abeleka Manase;
Manase abeleka Amoni;
Amoni abeleka Yosiya;11 Yosiya abeleka Yekoniya ni vamakwavu hi nkama lowu vayisrayele vayisiwiki ha wone Babilona.
12 Antsrhaku ka kuyisiwa Babilona, Yekoniya abeleka Selatiyele;
Selatiyele abeleka Zerubabele;13 Zerubabele abeleka Abiyudi;
Abiyudi abeleka Eliyakimi;
Eliyakimi abeleka Azori;14 Azori abeleka Zadoki;
Zadoki abeleka Akimi;
Akimi abeleka Eliyudi;15 Eliyudi abeleka Eliyazari;
Eliyazari abeleka Matani;
Matani abeleka Yakobe;16 Yakobe abeleka Yosefa, nuna wa Mariya, lwaviki mamana wa Yesu, lwavitaniwaka Kriste.
17 Xilesvo, tinxaka hinkwatu kusukela ku Abrahamu kuyatlhasa ku Davhida afa tili khume ni mune wa tone; kusukela ku Davhida kuyatlhasa ankameni lowu vayisrayele vayisiwiki ha wone Babilona, khume ni mune wa tinxaka; kusukela ankameni lowu vayisrayele vayisiwiki ha wone Babilona kuyatlhasa ku Kriste, khume ni mune wa tinxaka.
18 Kutani mabelekiwela ya Yesu Kriste mayencekisi xilesvi: Antsrhaku ka loko mamana wakwe, Mariya, abutiwile hi Yosefa, akumi khuzri hi kola ka moya lowa kuxwenga, na vangasihanya kun’we.
19 Kambe, lesvi nuna wakwe, Yosefa, afaka alulamile ni lesvi afaka angajuli kumudanisa avhanwini, afa apimisa kumutsrhika axihundleni.
20 Kambe, kutiloko apimisi lesvo, ohumeleliwa hi ntsrumi ya Yehovha anozrweni, yiku: “Yosefa, n’wana Davhida, ungachave kutitekela nkataku, Mariya, uyahanya naye, hikusa khuzri ledzri anga nadzru dzripfela ku moya lowa kuxwenga.
21 Atabeleka n’wana wa jaha. Utamuchula Yesu, hikusa atahuluxa tiko dzrakwe asvidohweni sva dzrone.”
22 Kutani lesvi hinkwasvu sviyencekile akuva kuhetiseka lesvihlayiwiki hi Yehovha hi kutizrisa muprofeta wakwe, aku:
23 “Lavisani! Mun’we wa nhwanyana atakuma khuzri, abeleka jaha. Kutani vatamuchula Emanwele (lesvi, loko svindzrulutiwa hi lidzrimi dzrin’wana, sviliki “Xikwembu Nkulukumba a na hine”).”
24 Kutani Yosefa apfuka avuzrongweni ayencisa xilesvi ntsrumi ya Yehovha yimuleletisiki xisvone; ateka nkatakwe ayahanya naye.
25 Kambe angayetlelanga naye ako aphuluka n’wana wa jaha; kutani amuchula vito dzra Yesu.