The Ancestors of Jesus Christ
(Luke 3.23-38)
The Mighty Saviour
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.
Yeesu Kiristu bonsuŋolu saataroo
(Luka 3:23-38)1 Ñiŋ ne mu Yeesu Kiristu* bonsuŋolu saataroo ti, meŋ mu Mansa Dawuda koomalankoo ti aniŋ Iburayima koomalankoo.
2 Iburayima le ye Isiyaaka wuluu, Isiyaaka ye Yaakuba wuluu, Yaakuba le ye Yahuuda wuluu, aniŋ a baadinkewolu. 3 Yahuuda le ye Peresi niŋ Sera wuluu, mennu baamaa mu Tamara ti. Peresi le ye Hesironi wuluu, Hesironi ye Ramu wuluu. 4 Ramu le ye Amminadabu wuluu, Amminadabu ye Nasoni wuluu, Nasoni ye Salimoni wuluu. 5 Salimoni le ye Bowasi wuluu, meŋ baamaa mu Rahabu ti, aduŋ Bowasi le ye Obedi wuluu, meŋ baamaa mu Ruti ti. Obedi le ye Yese wuluu. 6 Yese ye Mansa Dawuda wuluu.
Dawuda le ye Sulemani wuluu, meŋ baamaa mu nuŋ Uriya la musoo ti. 7 Sulemani le ye Rehobowamu wuluu, Rehobowamu ye Abiya wuluu, Abiya ye Asa wuluu. 8 Asa le ye Yehosafati wuluu, Yehosafati ye Yoramu wuluu, Yoramu ye Usiya wuluu. 9 Usiya le ye Yotamu wuluu, Yotamu ye Ahasi wuluu, Ahasi ye Hesekiya wuluu. 10 Hesekiya le ye Manase wuluu, Manase ye Amoni wuluu, Amoni ye Yosiya wuluu. 11 Yosiya le ye Yekoniya wuluu aniŋ a baadinkewolu jamaanoo meŋ na, ì taata mutoo kono Babiloni.
12 Mutoo ñiŋ koolaa, Yekoniya ye Seyalitiyeli wuluu, Seyalitiyeli ye Serubabeli wuluu. 13 Serubabeli le ye Abiyudi wuluu, Abiyudi ye Eliyakimu wuluu, Eliyakimu ye Asori wuluu. 14 Asori le ye Sadoki wuluu, Sadoki ye Akimu wuluu, Akimu ye Eliyudi wuluu. 15 Eliyudi le ye Eleyasa wuluu, Eleyasa ye Matani wuluu, Matani ye Yankuba wuluu. 16 Yankuba le ye Yusufa wuluu, meŋ mu Mariyaama keemaa ti. Mariyaama le ye Yeesu wuluu, ì ka a fo meŋ ye Kiristu.
17 Bituŋ, ka bo Iburayima jamaanoo la ka taa Dawuda jamaanoo kaŋ, wo kaañanta jamaani taŋ niŋ naani le fee. Ka bo Dawuda jamaanoo la ka taa jamaanoo meŋ na, ì taata mutoo kono Babiloni, wo fanaa mu jamaani taŋ niŋ naani le ti. Aduŋ ka bo ì la mutoo la ka naa Kiristu la waatoo la, wo fanaa taata kaañaŋ jamaani taŋ niŋ naani le fee.
Yeesu Kiristu la wuluwo
(Luka 2:1-7)18 Yeesu Kiristu wuluuñaa keta teŋ ne: A baamaa Mariyaama be looriŋ Yusufa le ye ka a futuu. Janniŋ ì be kafu la, a naata je ko, konoo le be a la ka bo niŋ Noora Kuliŋo la. 19 A keemaa Yusufa meŋ mu moo tilindiŋo ti, maŋ lafi ka a malundi jamaa kono. Bituŋ a ye feeroo siti ka a bula kulloo kono. 20 Bari kabiriŋ a be ñiŋ kuwo miira kaŋ, Maariyo la malaayikoo fintita a kaŋ siiboo kono, a ko a ye ko, “Yusufa, Dawuda dinkewo, kana sila ka Mariyaama futuu, kaatu diŋo meŋ be a kono, wo sotota ka bo niŋ Noora Kuliŋo le la. 21 A be dinkewo le wuluu la, aduŋ i si a toolaa Yeesu la, kaatu ate le be a la moolu kiisandi la ka bo ì la junuboolu kono.”
22 Ñiŋ bee keta le ka Maariyo la kumoo timmandi, annabiyomoo ye meŋ fo ko:
23 “A juubee, sunkutoo be konoo taa la,
aduŋ a be dinkewo le wuluu la.
Ì be a kumandi la Immanuweli le la,
meŋ kotoo mu ‘Alla be ntolu fee le.’ ”
24 Kabiriŋ Yusufa kuninta siinoo la, a ye Maariyo la malaayikoo la kumoo le muta. Bituŋ a naata Mariyaama katandi, 25 bari a maŋ a loŋ musu ti fo kabiriŋ a ye a dinkee foloo wuluu. Yusufa ye a toolaa Yeesu la.
