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 Christ
(Luke 3.23-38)1 This is the list of the ancestors of Jesus Christ, a descendant of David, who was a descendant of Abraham.
2-6a From Abraham to King David, the following ancestors are listed: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah and his brothers; then Perez and Zerah (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 when the people of Israel were taken into exile in Babylon, the following ancestors are listed: David, Solomon (his mother was the woman who 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 time after the exile in Babylon to the birth of Jesus, the following ancestors are listed: Jehoiachin, Shealtiel, Zerubbabel, Abiud, Eliakim, Azor, Zadok, Achim, Eliud, Eleazar, Matthan, Jacob, and Joseph, who married Mary, the mother of Jesus, who was called the Messiah.
17 So then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, and fourteen from David to the exile in Babylon, and fourteen from then to the birth of the Messiah.
The Birth of Jesus Christ
(Luke 2.1-7)18 This was how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. His mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they were married, she found out that she was going to have a baby by the Holy Spirit. 19 Joseph was a man who always did what was right, but he did not want to disgrace Mary publicly; so he made plans to break the engagement privately. 20 While he was thinking about this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take Mary to be your wife. For it is by the Holy Spirit that she has conceived. 21 She will have a son, and you will name him Jesus—because he will save his people from their sins.”
22 Now all this happened in order to make come true what the Lord had said through the prophet, 23 “A virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and he will be called Immanuel” (which means, “God is with us”).
24 So when Joseph woke up, he married Mary, as the angel of the Lord had told him to. 25 But he had no sexual relations with her before she gave birth to her son. And Joseph named him Jesus.
