¹ Buku la mudada wakumbandwa kwa Yesu Khristu,Mwana wa Davide,Mwana wa Aburahumu. ² Aburahaumu bakaba adada bake ba Asaya,Asaya bakaba adada bake ba Yakobe,ndipo Yakobe bakaba adada bake ba Yuda na ba mbale bake. ³ Yuda bakaba adada bake ba Perezi na Zera amama babo Atamar,Perezi bakaba adada bake ba Hezironi,Hezironi bakaba adada bake ba Ramu. ⁴ Ramu bakaba adada bake ba Aminadabu,Aminadabu bakab adada bake ba Nasoni,ndipo Nasoni bakaba adada bake ba salmoni. ⁵ Salmoni bakaba adada bake ba Bozi Amama bake Arahabi,Bozi bakaba adada bake ba Obedi, Amama bake ba Rute,Obedi bakaba adada bake ba Jese. ⁶ Jese bakaba adada bake ba fumu Davide. ⁷ Solomoni bakaba adada bake ba Rehoboamu,Rehoboamu bakaba adada bake ba Abija,Abija bakaba adada bake ba Asa. ⁸ Asa bakaba adada bake ba Jehoshaphati,JJohoshaphati kuba adada bake ba Joramu,ndipo Joramu kuba mupapi wa uziya. ⁹ Uziya bakaba adada bake ba Yotamu,Yotamu bakaba adada bake ba ahazi, Ahazi bakaba adada bake ba Hezekiya. ¹⁰ Hezekiya bakaba adada bake ba Manase,Manase bakaba adada bake ba Amoni, ndipo Amoni bakaba adada bake ba Yosiya. ¹¹ Yosiya bakaba mupapi wake ba Yokoniya na bambali bake pa nyengo iyo ba kachimbizgikila ku Babiloni. ¹² Bakati ba chimbizgikila ku chalo cha Babiloni,Yokoniya bakaba adada bake ba Satiyele wakaba mupapi wa Zerubabele. ¹³ Zerubabele bakaba adada bake ba Abiyudi.Abiyudi bakaba adada bake ba Eliyakimu, Eliyakimu bakaba adada bake ba azori, ¹⁴ Azori bakaba adada bake ba Zadoki, Zadoki bakaba adada bake ba Akimu ndipo Akimu bakaba adada bake ba Eliyudi. ¹⁵ Eliyudi bakaba adada bake ba ELiyaza ,Eliyaza bakaba adada bake ba Matani, ndipo Matani bakaba adada bake ba Yokobe. ¹⁶ Yakobe bakaba adada bake ba Yosefe musweni wa Mariya,mwene uyo wakambala Yesu,wakachemeka Khristu. ¹⁷ Mudada yose wa mumbadwe kufumila pa Aburahumu kufika pa Davide ikaba mumbadwe 14,kufumila pa Davide paka pa kuchimbizgikila ku Babiloni ukawa mumbadwe 14,ndipo kufuma pa kuchimbizgikakila ku Babiloni kufika pa nyengo ya Khristu mimbadwe 14. ¹⁸ Ku mbambika kwa Yesu Khristu kukachitika mwatheula,Amama Amariya ba kalindizgikanga kuti bazamu tolana na Yosefe,Kweni pambere ba ndatolane,Mariya waka sangika na tumbo ku pitila mukhongono ya muzimu mutuba. ¹⁹ Kwene musweni,wake Yosefe,wakaba mulunji,ndipo wakakhumbachala kumulengeska mukazi wake ku banthu. ²⁰ Apo akanganizga vinthu ivi,mungelo wa fumu waka onekela kwa iyw kutulo,wakuyoboya kuti,"Yosefe,mwna wa Davide,ungaopanga yayi,kutola Mariya kuba muboli wako,chifukwa kufikamo uko wali kufikamo khwangogo ya muzimu mutuba. ²¹ Mariya wa mbalenge mwana mwanalume ndipo mumuchemenge zina lake kuba Yesu,Pa kuti iye wa mukuponoska banthu bake kuzakwananga zawo," ²² Ivi vose vikachitika kuti wakwaneliske mazgo abo Chiuta wakyoboya kujuphila, mwa chimi, kuti, ²³ Wonani mwali wafikamo ndipo wambambenge mwana mwanalune ndipo chemekenge zina lake kuti Emanuli" - kung'amula kuti, "Chiuta wali nase." ²⁴ Yosefe wakauka kufuma mutulo nakuchita umo mungelo wa Chiuta wakamupalilila ndipo wakatola Mariya ngani Muboli wake. ²⁵ Kweni kuti wakhala naye maloyamozga chala mupaka mwana wakababika.Ndipo bakamuthya zina lake Yesu.