Mathayo 1
1 Echitabho cho luganda lwa Yesu Kristo omwana wa Daudi omwana wa
[This is] the record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, the descendant of [King] David and of Abraham, [from whom all we Jews have descended].
2 Ibrahimu; Ibrahimu aliga esemwene Isaka na Isaka esemwene Yakobo na Yakobo alisemwene Yuda na bhamula bhabho.
Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob was the father of Judah and Judah’s [older and younger] brothers.
3 Yuda aliga ali esemwene Peresi na Sera ku Tamari Peresi ali esemwene waHezroni na Hezroni ali esemwene wa Ramu,
Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah, [and their mother] was Tamar. Perez was the father of Hezron. Hezron was the father of Ram.
4 Ramu aliga ali semwene Aminadabu. Aminadabu alisemwene Nashoni. Nashoni alisemwene Salimoni.
Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
5 Salimoni alisemwene wa Boazi ku Rahabu, Bohazi alisemwene wa Obedi ku Ruth, Obedi alisemwene Yese.
Salmon and his wife Rahab, [a non-Jewish woman], were the parents of Boaz. Boaz was the father of Obed. [Obed’s mother was] Ruth, [another non-Jewish woman]. Obed was the father of Jesse.
6 Yese alisemwene omkama Daudi. Daudi aliga alisemwene Selemani ku mugasi wa Huria.
Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon. [Solomon’s mother was previously married to] Uriah.
7 . Sulemani aliga alisemwene Rehoboamu, Rehobohamu alisemwene wa Abiya, Abiya alisemwene wa Asa.
Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asaph.
8 Asa aliga alisemwene wa Yehoshafati, Yehoshafati alisemwene wa Yoramu, na Yoramu alisemwene wa Uzia.
Asaph was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram. Jehoram was an ancestor of Uzziah.
9 Uzia aliga alisemwene wa Yothamu, Yothamu alisemwene wa Ahazi, Ahazi alisemwene wa Hezekia.
Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
10 Hezekia aliga alisemwene wa Manase, Manase alisemwene wa Amoni na Amoni alisemwene Yosia
Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah.
11 Yosia aligaesemwene Yekonia na bhamula bhabho omwanya gunu bhagegelwe okusilwa Babeli.
Josiah was the grandfather of Jeconiah and Jeconiah’s brothers. [They lived] at the time when the [Babylonian army] took the Israelites as captives to the [country of] Babylon.
12 Omwanya gunu bhaliga bhamalile ogegwa okuja Babeli, Yekonia aliga alisemwene Shatieri, Shatieri aliga ali jaji wabhona Zelubabeli.
After the Babylonians took the Israelites to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the grandfather of Zerubbabel.
13 Zerubabeli aliga alisemwene Abiudi, Abiudi alisemwene wa Eliakimu, na Eliakimu ali semwene wa Azori.
Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim.
14 Azori aliga alisemwene Zadoki, Zadoki alisemwene Akimu, na Akimu alisemwene Eliudi.
Eliakim was the father of Azor. Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Akim.
15 Eliudi aliga alisemwene Elieza, Elieza ali esemwene Matani na Matani alisemwene Yakobo.
Akim was the father of Eliud. Eliud was the father of Eleazar. Eleazar was the father of Matthan. Matthan was the father of Jacob.
16 Yakobo aliga alisemwene Yusufu omulume wa Mariamu unu kusoka kumwene Yesu ebhuhye unu katogwa Kristo.
Jacob was the father of Joseph. Joseph was Mary’s husband, and Mary was Jesus’ mother. Jesus is the one who is called {whom we call} the Messiah.
17 Jinyibhulo jona okusoka ku Ibrahimu okukinga ku Daudi jaliga nyibhulo ekumi nena, okusoka ku Daudi okukinga okugegwa okuja Babeli ni nyibhulo ekumi nena, no kusoka anu bhagegibhwe okuja Babeli okukinga ku Kristo ni nyibhulo ekumi nena.
[As you can calculate, I have grouped Jesus’] ancestors [as follows: ] There was [a succession of] 14 of them from [the time when] Abraham [lived] to [the time when King] David [lived]. There was [a succession of] 14 of them from [the time when] David [lived] to [the time when] the [Israelites were taken] {[the Babylonian army took the Israelites]} away to Babylon. There was [a succession of] 14 of them from [the time when the Israelites were taken] {[the Babylonian army took the Israelites]} away to Babylon until [the time when] the Messiah [was born].
18 Okwibhulwa kwa Yesu Kristo kwaliga kulikutya, nyila wae, Mariamu aliga nasandwa na Yusufu, akatungu bhachali kubhonana chi mubhili nabhonekana ati alinainda kubhutulo bhwo mwoyo mwelu.
This is [the account of what happened just before] Jesus Christ was born. Mary, his mother, {had publicly promised Joseph that she would marry him} had been publicly promised to marry Joseph. Before they began to sleep together, [Mary] realized that she was pregnant. [It was the power of] the Holy Spirit that had caused her to become pregnant.
19 Omulume wae Yusufu aliga munu mulengelesi atendele kumuswasha abhwelu. Alamuye okubhusiga obhuko obhwo kwo bhwitebhe.
Joseph, her [future] husband, was a man who obeyed God’s commands. [One of those commands was that men must divorce women who had acted immorally. So when Joseph learned that Mary was pregnant, he assumed that she was pregnant as a result of her acting immorally]. So he decided to break the engagement. But because he did not want to shame her publicly, he decided to do it privately.
20 Anu aliga acheganilisha ingulu ya magambo ago, Maraika wa Nyamuanga namubhonekela mu chiloto naika, Yusufu mwende Daudi utajakubhaya okumugega Mariamu kuti mugasi wao kulwokubha inda inu alinayo ni kulwo bhuturo bhwo Mwoyo mweru.
While he was seriously considering this, much to his surprise, in a dream he saw an angel whom the Lord [had sent]. The angel said, “Joseph, descendant of [King] David, do not be afraid that [you(sg) would be doing wrong if you(sg) would marry] Mary. Instead, [begin to treat her] as your wife, because the Holy Spirit, [not a man], has caused her to be pregnant.
21 Kaja okwibhula omwana we chilume umubhilikile lisina lyae Yesu, kulwokubha niwe kaja okubhachungula abhanu bhae ne bhibhibhi byebwe
She will give birth to a son. Since it is he who will cause that his people will be saved from [the guilt of] their having sinned, name [the baby] Jesus, [which means ‘the Lord saves people’].”
22 Gona ganu gasokana okukumisha jinu jaikilwe na Nyamuanga ku njila yo mulagi naika,
All this happened as a result of what the Lord told the prophet [Isaiah to write long ago about what was going to happen]. This is what Isaiah wrote:
23 Lola omuyala aligega inda no kwibhula omwana mulume na bhalimubhilikila lisina lyae Imanuel insonga yendemo Nyamuanga amwi neswe.
“Listen, a virgin will become pregnant and will give birth to a son. They will call him Emmanuel.” Emmanuel means ‘God is with us’.
24 Yusufu emukile okusoka muntilo nakola kutyo Malaika wa Nyamuanga kutyo amulagilie na amugegele kuti mugasi wae.
When Joseph got up from sleep, he did what the angel whom the Lord [had sent] commanded him to do. He took [Mary] home to be his wife.
25 Kulwejo nolo jabhee kutyo atamamile nage katungu kone okukinga ao ebhulie omwana we chilume namubhilikila lisina lyae Yesu.
But he did not have sexual relations with her until she had given birth to a son. And [Joseph] named him Jesus.
