Matthew 1
1 The book of the generacioun of Jhesu Crist, the sone of Dauid, the sone of Abraham.
A genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham:
2 Abraham bigat Isaac. Isaac bigat Jacob. Jacob bigat Judas and hise britheren.
Abraham begot Isaac, then Isaac begot Jacob, then Jacob begot Judah and his brothers;
3 Judas bigat Fares and Zaram, of Tamar. Fares bigat Esrom.
then Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, then Perez begot Hezron, then Hezron begot Ram;
4 Esrom bigat Aram. Aram bigat Amynadab. Amynadab bigat Naason. Naason bigat Salmon.
then Ram begot Amminadab, then Amminadab begot Nahshon, then Nahshon begot Salmon;
5 Salmon bigat Booz, of Raab. Booz bigat Obeth, of Ruth. Obeth bigat Jesse. Jesse bigat Dauid the king.
then Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, then Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, then Obed begot Jesse,
6 Dauid the king bigat Salamon, of hir that was Vries wijf.
then Jesse begot David the king. Then King David begot Solomon by her who was of Uriah,
7 Salomon bigat Roboam. Roboam bigat Abias.
then Solomon begot Rehoboam, then Rehoboam begot Abijah, then Abijah begot Asa;
8 Abias bigat Asa. Asa bigat Josaphath. Josaphath bigat Joram. Joram bigat
then Asa begot Jehoshaphat, then Jehoshaphat begot Joram, then Joram begot Uzziah;
9 Osias. Osias bigat Joathan. Joathan bigat Achaz. Achaz bigat Ezechie.
then Uzziah begot Jotham, then Jotham begot Ahaz, then Ahaz begot Hezekiah;
10 Ezechie bigat Manasses. Manasses bigat Amon.
then Hezekiah begot Manasseh, then Manasseh begot Amon, then Amon begot Josiah;
11 Amon bigat Josias. Josias bigat Jeconyas and his britheren, in to the transmygracioun of Babiloyne.
then Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers about the time of the Babylonian captivity.
12 And aftir the transmygracioun of Babiloyne, Jeconyas bigat Salatiel. Salatiel bigat Zorobabel.
After the Babylonian captivity Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, then Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel;
13 Zorobabel bigat Abyut. Abyut bigat Eliachym. Eliachym bigat Asor.
then Zerubbabel begot Abiud, then Abiud begot Eliakim, then Eliakim begot Azor;
14 Asor bigat Sadoc. Sadoc bigat Achym.
then Azor begot Zadok, then Zadok begot Achim, then Achim begot Eliud;
15 Achym bigat Elyut. Elyut bigat Eleasar. Eleasar bigat Mathan.
then Eliud begot Eleazar, then Eleazar begot Matthan, then Matthan begot Jacob;
16 Mathan bigat Jacob. Jacob bigat Joseph, the hosebonde of Marye, of whom Jhesus was borun, that is clepid Christ.
then Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom was begotten Jesus, who is called Christ.
17 And so alle generaciouns fro Abraham to Dauid ben fourtene generacions, and fro Dauid to the transmygracioun of Babiloyne ben fourtene generaciouns, and fro the transmygracioun of Babiloyne to Crist ben fourtene generaciouns.
So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David until the Babylonian captivity are fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian captivity until the Christ are fourteen generations.
18 But the generacioun of Crist was thus. Whanne Marie, the modir of Jhesu, was spousid to Joseph, bifore thei camen togidere, she was foundun hauynge of the Hooli Goost in the wombe.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they joined together, she was found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
19 And Joseph, hir hosebonde, for he was riytful, and wolde not puplische hir, he wolde priueli haue left hir.
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man and not wanting to humiliate her publicly, decided to repudiate her secretly.
20 But while he thouyte thes thingis, lo! the aungel of the Lord apperide `in sleep to hym, and seide, Joseph, the sone of Dauid, nyle thou drede to take Marie, thi wijf; for that thing that is borun in hir is of the Hooli Goost.
But while he pondered these things, wow, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream saying: “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to receive Mary as your wife, because that which has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
21 And she shal bere a sone, and thou shalt clepe his name Jhesus; for he schal make his puple saaf fro her synnes.
And she will give birth to a Son and you will call His name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
22 For al this thing was don, that it schulde be fulfillid, that was seid of the Lord bi a prophete, seiynge, Lo!
Now all this happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet should be fulfilled, namely:
23 a virgyn shal haue in wombe, and she schal bere a sone, and thei schulen clepe his name Emanuel, that is to seie, God with vs.
“Behold, the virgin will become pregnant and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel”, which being translated is, ‘God with us’.
24 And Joseph roos fro sleepe, and dide as the aungel of the Lord comaundide hym, and took Marie, his wijf;
Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as that angel of the Lord commanded him and received his wife,
25 and he knew her not, til she hadde borun her firste bigete sone, and clepide his name Jhesus.
but did not know her until she had given birth to her son, the firstborn. And he called His name JESUS.
