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₁Nanku umlibo wokuzalwa kukaYesu Krestu, unyana kaDavide, unyana ka-Abraham.

₂UAbraham wazala uIsake; uIsake wazala uYakobi; uYakobi wazala uJuda nabantakwabo; ₃uJuda wazala uPerezi noZera, abanina wabo unguTamare; uPerezi wazala uHezeron; uHezeron wazala uAram; ₄uAram wazala uAminadabhi; uAminadabhi wazala uNashon; uNashon wazala uSalman; ₅uSalman wazala uBhowazi, onina unguRahabhi; uBhowazi wazala uObhedi, onina unguRute; uObhedi wazala uJese; ₆uJese wazala uDavide ukumkani.

UDavide wazala uSolomon, onina wayengumka-Uriya; ₇uSolomon wazala uRewobhowam; uRewobhowam wazala uAbhiya; uAbhiya wazala uAsa; ₈uAsa wazala uYoshafati; uYoshafati wazala uYoram; uYoram wazala u-Uziya; ₉u-Uziya wazala uYotam; uYotam wazala uAhazi; uAhazi wazala uHezekiya; ₁₀uHezekiya wazala uManase; uManase wazala uAmon; uAmon wazala uYosiya; ₁₁uYosiya wazala uJoyakin nabantakwabo ngemihla yokufuduselwa kwabo eBhabheli.

₁₂Emva kokufuduselwa kwabo eBhabheli uJoyakin wazala uShalatiyeli; uShalatiyeli wazala uZerubhabheli; ₁₃uZerubhabheli wazala uAbhihudi; uAbhihudi wazala uEliyakim; uEliyakim wazala uAzore; ₁₄uAzore wazala uZadoki; uZadoki wazala uAkim; uAkim wazala uElihudi; ₁₅uElihudi wazala uElazare; uElazare wazala uMatan; uMatan wazala uYakobi; ₁₆uYakobi wazala uJosefu, umyeni kaMariya, unina kaYesu, lo kuthiwa *nguKrestu.

₁₇Izizukulwana bezilishumi elinane ukususela kuAbraham kuye kuDavide; zilishumi elinane ukususela kuDavide kuye ekufuduselweni kwabo eBhabheli; zikwalishumi elinane ukususela ekufuduselweni kwabo eBhabheli kuye ekuzalweni kukaKrestu.

₁₈Ukuzalwa kukaYesu Krestu kwakungolu hlobo: UMariya, unina, wayesendela kuJosefu, bengekatshati, kwabonakala ukuba uMoya oyiNgcwele wenze ukuba abe nzima. ₁₉Ke uJosefu, umyeni wakhe, wayelilungisa, engafuni ukumhlaza uMariya, waza wazimisela ukumala ngasese. ₂₀Esazicinga ezi zinto, naso isithunywa seNkosi sibonakala kuye ephupheni, sisithi: “Josefu, nyana kaDavide, sukoyika ukumthatha uMariya abe ngumfazi wakho, kuba oko akukhawuleyo kungoMoya oyiNgcwele. ₂₁Úya kuzala unyana, ùmthiye igama *elinguYesu, kuba nguye oya kubasindisa abantu bakhe ezonweni zabo.”

₂₂Konke oku kwênzeka ukuze lizaliseke ilizwi leNkosi elathethwa *ngumshumayeli, esithi: ₂₃“Niyabona, intombi le iya kumitha, izale unyana, abizwe ngokuba nguImanuweli” (oko kukuthi “uThixo unathi”).

₂₄Akuvuka ebuthongweni uJosefu, wênza njengoko isithunywa seNkosi besitshilo kuye, wamthatha uMariya, waba ngumfazi wakhe; ₂₅kodwa akahlangananga naye de wamzala unyana wakhe. UJosefu ke wamthiya igama elinguYesu.