¹ Incwadi yokuzalwa kukaJesu Kristu , indodana kaDavide , indodana ka - Abrahama. ² U-Abrahama wazala u -Isaka, u-Isaka wazala uJakobe , uJakobe wazala uJuda nabafowabo; ³ uJuda wazala oFaresi noZara kuTamari , uFaresi wazala u -Esiromu, u- Esiromu wazala u-Aramu; ⁴ u-Aramu wazala u -Aminadaba, u-Aminadaba wazala uNasoni , uNasoni wazala uSalimoni; ⁵ uSalimoni wazala uBowasi kuRakhabi, uBowasi wazala u-Obede kuRuthe, u- Obede wazala uJesayi; ⁶ uJesayi wazala uDavide, inkosi. UDavide wazala uSolomoni kumka-Uriya; ⁷ uSolomoni wazala uRobowamu , uRobowamu wazala u -Abiya, u-Abiya wazala u-Asafa; ⁸ u-Asafa wazala uJosafati , uJosafati wazala uJoramu , uJoramu w azala u - Oziya; ⁹ u-Oziya wazala uJothamu , uJothamu wazala u -Akazi, u-Akazi wazala uHezekiya; ¹⁰ uHezekiya wazala uManase , uManase wazala u -Amoni, u-Amoni wazala uJosiya; ¹¹ uJosiya wazala uJekoniya nabafowabo ngesikhathi sokuthunjelwa eBabiloni. ¹² Kwathi emva kokuthunjelwa eBabiloni uJekoniya wazala uSalatiyeli , uSalatiyeli wazala uZorobabeli; ¹³ uZorobabeli wazala u -Abiyudi, u-Abiyudi wazala u -Eliyakimi, u-Eliyakimi wazala u-Azori; ¹⁴ u-Azori wazala uSadoki , uSadoki wazala u -Akimi, u-Akimi wazala u- Eliyudi; ¹⁵ u-Eliyudi wazala u -Eleyazare, u-Eleyazare wazala uMathani , uMathani wazala uJakobe; ¹⁶ uJakobe wazala uJosefa , indoda kaMariya , azalwa nguye uJesu othiwa uKristu. ¹⁷ Zinjalo-ke izizukulwane zonke ezisukela ku -Abrahama ziye kuDavide , ziyizizukulwane eziyishumi nane ; nezisukela kuDavide ziye ekuthunjelweni eBabiloni ziyizizukulwane eziyishumi nane ; nezisukela ekuthunjelweni eBabiloni ziye kuKristu ziyizizukulwane eziyishumi nane. Ukuzalwa kukaJesu (Luk. 1:26; 2:1) ¹⁸ Ukuzalwa kukaJesu Kristu kwaba nje : unina uMariya esemiselwe uJosefa , bengakahlangani wafunyanwa ekhulelwe ngoMoya oNgcwele. ¹⁹ Kepha uJosefa indoda yakhe engumuntu olungileyo , engathandi ukumthela ihlazo, wayefuna ukumlahla ngasese. ²⁰ Esazindla ngalokho, bheka, ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala kuye nge phupho, ithi: Josefa, ndodana kaDavide , ungesabi ukumthatha uMariya umkakho , ngokuba lokho akukhulelweyo kungoMoya oNgcwele. ²¹ Uzakuzala indodana , uyiqambe igama lokuthi uJesu , ngokuba nguye oyakusindisa abantu bakhe ezonweni zabo. ²² Lokhu konke kwenzeka ukuba kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa yiNkosi ngomprofethi ukuthi: ²³ Bheka, intombi iyakukhulelwa , izale indodana ; bayakuyiqamba igama lokuthi u-Emanuweli, okungukuthi ngokuhunyushwa uNkulunkulu unathi . ²⁴ UJosefa esevukile ebuthongweni wenza njengalokho imyal ile ingelosi yeNkosi, wamthatha umkakhe; ²⁵ akaze aya kuye , waze wazibula ngendodana ; wayiqamba igama lokuthi uJesu.