Epata laJesus
1 Omushangwa weshikulafano lepata laJesus Kristus, omona waDavid, omona waAbraham.
2 Abraham okwa dala Isak, Isak okwa dala Jakob, Jakob okwa dala Juda novamwaxe. 3 Ndele Juda okwa dala Peres naSera kuTamar, Peres okwa dala Hesron, Hesron okwa dala Ram. 4 Ndele Ram okwa dala Aminadab, Aminadab okwa dala Nashon, Nashon okwa dala Salmon. 5 Ndele Salmon okwa dala Boas kuRahab, Boas okwa dala Obed kuRut, Obed okwa dala Isai. 6 Ndele Isai okwa dala ohamba David.
David okwa dala Salomo nomwalikadi waUria. 7 Ndele Salomo okwa dala Rehabeam, Rehabeam okwa dala Abia, Abia okwa dala Asa. 8 Ndele Asa okwa dala Josafat, Josafat okwa dala Jehoram, Jehoram okwa dala Ussia. 9 Ndele Ussia okwa dala Jotam, Jotam okwa dala Ahas, Ahas okwa dala Hiskia. 10 Ndele Hiskia okwa dala Manasse, Manasse okwa dala Amon, Amon okwa dala Josia. 11 Ndele Josia okwa dala Jekonia novamwaxe mefimbo lokutwalwa kuBabilon.
12 Ndele konima yokutwalwa kuBabilon, Jekonia okwa dala Salatiel, Salatiel okwa dala Serubbabel. 13 Ndele Serubbabel okwa dala Abiud, Abiud okwa dala Eliakim, Eliakim okwa dala Asor. 14 Ndele Asor okwa dala Sadok, Sadok okwa dala Akim, Akim okwa dala Eliud. 15 Ndele Eliud okwa dala Eliaser, Eliaser okwa dala Mattan, Mattan okwa dala Jakob. 16 Ndele Jakob okwa dala Josef, omulumenhu waMaria, Maria okwa dala Jesus, ou ha ifanwa Kristus.
17 Osho ngaha hano omapupi aeshe okudja kuAbraham fiyo okuDavid oo omulongo naane, nokudja vali kuDavid fiyo okokutwalwa kuBabilon oo omulongo naane, nokudja vali kokutwalwa kuBabilon fiyo okuKristus oo omulongo naane.
Okudalwa kwOmukulili nedina laye
18 Okudalwa kwaJesus Kristus okwa li ngaha. Maria, ina, eshi a putulwa kuJosef, okwa dimbulukiwa oye omufimba wOmhepo Iyapuki fimbo inava ya pamwe. 19 Ndele Josef, omulumenhu waye, omulumenhu omuyuki, eshi ina hala oku mu fifa ohoni, okwa diladila oku mu henga meholeko. 20 Ndelenee eshi kwa li ta diladila ngaha, tala, omweengeli wOmwene okwe mu holokela mondjodi ndele ta ti: “Josef, omona waDavid, ino tila okweeta kwoove Maria, omukainhu woye, osheshi oufimba ou e u kwete owOmhepo Iyapuki. 21 Ndele ye ota ka dala okamati, ndele to ke mu luka Jesus, osheshi Oye ta ka xupifa oshiwana shaye momatimba asho.”
22 Ndele eshi ashishe sha ningwa, opo pa wanifwe osho Omwene e shi tongifa omuxunganeki ou ta ti:
23 “Tala, okakadona taka ningi oufimba,
ndele taka dala okamati,
edina lako nali lukwe Immanuel,”
olo tali ti: Kalunga pamwe nafye.
24 Ndele Josef eshi a penduka meemhofi, okwa ninga ngaashi omweengeli wOmwene e mu lombwela, ndele okwa eta omukainhu waye kuye. 25 Ndele ye ine mu kuma fiyo a dala okamati. Ndele okwe ka luka Jesus.
The Ancestors of Jesus
(Luke 3.23-38)1 Jesus Christ came from the family of King David and also from the family of Abraham. And this is a list of his ancestors. 2-6a From Abraham to King David, his ancestors were:
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah and his brothers (Judah's sons were Perez and Zerah, and their mother was Tamar), Hezron;
Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon, Salmon, Boaz (his mother was Rahab), Obed (his mother was Ruth), Jesse, and King David.
6b-11 From David to the time of the exile in Babylonia, the ancestors of Jesus were:
David, Solomon (his mother had been Uriah's wife), Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Jehoram;
Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, Josiah, and Jehoiachin and his brothers.
12-16 From the exile to the birth of Jesus, his ancestors were:
Jehoiachin, Shealtiel, Zerubbabel, Abiud, Eliakim, Azor, Zadok, Achim;
Eliud, Eleazar, Matthan, Jacob, and Joseph, the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus, who is called the Messiah.
17 There were 14 generations from Abraham to David. There were also 14 from David to the exile in Babylonia and 14 more to the birth of the Messiah.
The Birth of Jesus
(Luke 2.1-7)18 This is how Jesus Christ was born. A young woman named Mary was engaged to Joseph from King David's family. But before they were married, she learned that she was going to have a baby by God's Holy Spirit. 19 Joseph was a good man and did not want to embarrass Mary in front of everyone. So he decided to quietly call off the wedding.
20 While Joseph was thinking about this, an angel from the Lord appeared to him in a dream. The angel said, “Joseph, the baby that Mary will have is from the Holy Spirit. Go ahead and marry her. 21 Then after her baby is born, name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
22 So the Lord's promise came true, just as the prophet had said, 23 “A virgin will have a baby boy, and he will be called Immanuel,” which means “God is with us.”
24 After Joseph woke up, he and Mary were soon married, just as the Lord's angel had told him to do. 25 But they did not sleep together before her baby was born. Then Joseph named him Jesus.
