Mātiu 1
1 Ko e tohi ʻoe tupuʻanga ʻo Sisu Kalaisi, ko e ʻAlo ʻo Tevita, ko e ʻAlo ʻo ʻEpalahame.
[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 Naʻe tupu ʻia ʻEpalahame ʻa ʻAisake; pea tupu ʻia ʻAisake ʻa Sēkope; pea tupu ʻia Sēkope ʻa Siuta mo hono kāinga;
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 Pea tupu ʻia Siuta ʻa Felesi mo Sala ʻia Tema; pea tupu ʻia Felesi ʻa ʻEsilome; pea tupu ʻia ʻEsilome ʻa ʻElame;
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 Pea tupu ʻia ʻElame ʻa ʻAminatape; pea tupu ʻia ʻAminatape ʻa Naasoni; pea tupu ʻia Naasoni ʻa Salimone;
Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
5 Pea tupu ʻia Salimone ʻa Poasi ʻia Lehapi; pea tupu ʻia Poasi ʻa ʻOpeti ʻia Lute; pea tupu ʻia ʻOpeti ʻa Sese;
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 Pea tupu ʻia Sese ʻa Tevita ko e tuʻi; pea tupu ʻia Tevita ko e tuʻi ʻa Solomone, ʻiate ia [naʻe mali] mo ʻUlia;
Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon. [Solomon’s mother was previously married to] Uriah.
7 Pea tupu ʻia Solomone ʻa Lopoame; pea tupu ʻia Lopoame ʻa ʻApaia; pea tupu ʻia ʻApaia ʻa ʻEsa;
Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asaph.
8 Pea tupu ʻia ʻEsa ʻa Siosafate; pea tupu ʻia Siosafate ʻa Siolame; pea tupu ʻia Siolame ʻa ʻUsaia;
Asaph was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram. Jehoram was an ancestor of Uzziah.
9 Pea tupu ʻia ʻUsaia ʻa Siotame; pea tupu ʻia Siotame ʻa ʻEhasi; pea tupu ʻia ʻEhasi ʻa Hesekaia;
Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
10 Pea tupu ʻia Hesekaia ʻa Manase; pea tupu ʻia Manase ʻa ʻEmone; pea tupu ʻia ʻEmone ʻa Siosaia;
Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah.
11 Pea tupu ʻia Siosaia ʻa Sekonaia mo hono kāinga, ʻo feʻunga mo e kuonga naʻe fetuku ai ʻakinautolu ki Papilone:
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 Pea hili hono fetuku ʻakinautolu ki Papilone, pea tupu ʻia Sekonaia ʻa Saletili; pea tupu ʻia Saletili ʻa Solopēpeli;
After the Babylonians took the Israelites to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the grandfather of Zerubbabel.
13 Pea tupu ʻia Solopēpeli ʻa ʻApaiuta; pea tupu ʻia ʻApaiuta ʻa ʻElaiakimi; pea tupu ʻia ʻElaiakimi ʻa ʻEsoa;
Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim.
14 Pea tupu ʻia ʻEsoa ʻa Sētoki; pea tupu ʻia Sētoki ʻa ʻAkemi; pea tupu ʻia ʻAkemi ʻa ʻElaiuti;
Eliakim was the father of Azor. Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Akim.
15 Pea tupu ʻia ʻElaiuti ʻa ʻEliesa; pea tupu ʻia ʻEliesa ʻa Matani; pea tupu ʻia Matani ʻa Sēkope;
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 Pea tupu ʻia Sēkope ʻa Siosefa ko e husepāniti ʻo Mele, ʻaia ne ne fāʻeleʻi ʻa Sisu, ʻoku ui ko Kalaisi.
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 Pea ko e toʻutangata kotoa pē meia ʻEpalahame ʻo aʻu kia Tevita ko e toʻutangata ʻe hongofulu ma fā; pea meia Tevita ʻo aʻu ki he fetuku ki Papilone ko e toʻutangata ʻe hongofulu ma fā; pea mei he fetuku ki Papilone ʻo aʻu ki he Kalaisi ko e toʻutangata ʻe hongofulu ma fā.
[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 Pea naʻe pehē ʻae ʻaloʻi ʻo Sisu Kalaisi: Kuo fakanofo ʻene faʻē ko Mele kia Siosefa, pea teʻeki ai te na feʻiloaki, kae ʻiloange, kuo feitama ia ʻi he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni.
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 Pea ko Siosefa ko hono husepāniti, ko e tangata angatonu, pea naʻe ʻikai ʻi hono loto ke talaki fakahā ia, ka naʻa ne tokanga ke tukuange fakafufū pe ia.
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 Kae lolotonga ʻene fifili ki he ngaahi meʻa ni, ʻiloange, kuo hā mai kiate ia ha ʻāngelo ʻae ʻEiki ʻi he misi, ʻo ne pehē, “Siosefa, foha ʻo Tevita, ʻoua te ke manavahē ke maʻu ʻa Mele ko ho uaifi: he ko ia kuo fakatupu ʻiate ia ʻoku mei he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni.
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 Pea te ne fāʻeleʻi ʻae tama, pea te ke ui hono huafa, ko SISU: ko ia ia te ne fakamoʻui hono kakai mei heʻenau ngaahi angahala.”
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 Pea naʻe fai ʻeni kotoa pē koeʻuhi ke fakamoʻoni ʻaia naʻe folofolaʻaki ʻe he ʻEiki ʻi he palōfita, ʻo pehē,
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 “Vakai, ʻe feitama ʻae tāupoʻou, pea ʻe fāʻeleʻi ʻae tama, pea ʻe ui hono huafa, ko ʻImanuela:” ko hono ʻuhinga “Ko e ʻOtua ʻiate kitautolu.”
“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 Pea kuo tuʻu hake ʻa Siosefa mei he mohe, pea fai ʻe ia ʻo hangē ko e fekau ʻae ʻāngelo ʻae ʻEiki kiate ia, ʻo ne ʻomi ʻa hono uaifi:
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 Ka naʻe ʻikai te na feʻiloaki kaeʻoua ke ʻaloʻi ʻe ia ʻa ʻene ʻuluaki tama: pea ne ui hono huafa ko SISU.
But he did not have sexual relations with her until she had given birth to a son. And [Joseph] named him Jesus.
