¹ Buku lokubarwa ka Jesu kristu, mwana waDavhidhi, mwana waAbrahama. ² Abrahama wakabala Isaka, naIsaka wakabala Jakobe, naJakobe wakabala Judha novanukuna vake; ³ NaJudha wakabala Farezi naZara Waakaita na Tamari, naFarezi wakabala Hezironi, naHezironi wakabalaAramu; ⁴ NaAroni wakabala Aminadhabhi, naAminadhabhi wakabala Nasoni, naNasoni wakabala Salimini; ⁵ naSalomoni wakabala Bhoasi waakaita na Rahabi, naBhoasi wakabala Obhedhi waakaita na Rute, naObhedhi wakabala Jesi, ⁶ naJesi wakabala Dhavhidhi uhani akanga arimambo. NaDhavhidhi mambo akabala Solomoni nomukadji anga ari waUria. ⁷ NaSolomoni wakabala Rebhoamu, naRebhoamu wakabala Abhia, naAbhia wakabala Asa. ⁸ na Asa wakabala Jehoshafati, naJehoshafati wakabala Jeramu, naJeramu wakabala Uzia. ⁹ NaUzia wakabala Jetamu, naJetamu wakabala Ahazi, naAhazi wakabala Hezekia. ¹⁰ NaHezekia wakabala Manase, naManase wakabala Amoni, naAmoni wakabala Josia, ¹¹ naJosia wakabala Jakonia novanukuna vake, panguva yokutorwa kuyenda Bhabhiloni. ¹² kumasure kokutorwa kuyenda Bhabhiloni, Jekonia wakabala Saratieri, naSaratieri wakabala Zerubhabheri. ¹³ NaZerubaberi wakabala Abhiudhi, naAbhiudhi wakabala Eliakim, naEliakim wakabala Azo; ¹⁴ naAzo wakabala Zadoki, naZadoki wakabala Akimu, naAkimu wakabala Eriudhi; ¹⁵ NaEliudhi wakabala Eliazari, naEliazari wakabala Matani, naMatani wakabala Jakobe, ¹⁶ naJakobe wakabala Josefa, mwamuna waMaria, uyani akabala Jesu anozwi Kristu. ¹⁷ nomaitire ese kubva kunaAbrahama kuguma kuna Dhavhidhi, yaka ita gumi nomakumalongomuna, kubvira kuna davidhi zamara muhutongui kuno gumi nomalongomuna omarudzi; nokuvira kuhutonghiwo bhabhiloni zamara kuna kristu. ¹⁸ Kubarwa kaJesu Kristu kakadai: Maria, amake vainga aemeserwa Josefa, vasati vadivana, ena wakaoneka anomimba yoMweya Wakachena. ¹⁹ NaJosefa mwamuna wake, ngokuti wainga ari munhu akanaka, asingadi kumudanisa, waida kuti amulambe zwakavandika. ²⁰ Paanga esilangaridja, ngilosi yaaMambo yakaoneka kaari nokulota yesiti: “Josefa, mwana waDhavhidhi, usatya kutola Maria mukadji wako, nokuti mimba iyo yaanayo ngeyoMweya Wakachena. ²¹ Unozobala mukomana; neyewe unozodudja zina lake kuti Jesu nokuti ndiyena anozoponesa vanhu vake kubva kuzvishaishi zvavo”. ²² Zvese izvi zvakaitika kuti zvizadjisike izvo zvakaveketwa ndiMambo kompamusolo pomuprofeti eiti: ²³ itchaita mhandara inozoita mimba, nekuzo bala mwana we mukomana, navo vanozodudja zina lake kuti Emanueri” riunoti, “Mwari unesu”. ²⁴ Josefa pakamuka kudva muhope, wakaita kudai ngokuvudja gongilosi yaMambo, wakatola mukadji wake. ²⁵ Naye aato kuidivana naye metsa wakabala mwanakomana; naye wakadudja zita lake kuti Jesu.