¹ Mulala gwa Yesu-Kristo, mugala Daudi, mugala Abrahamu. ² Abrahamu anyabuta Isaka; Isaka anyabuta Yakobo; Yakobo anyabuta Yuda nya bene wabo; ³ Yuda anyabuta nya Tamari Peresi na Zera; Peresi anyabuta Esromu; Esromu anyabuta Aramu; ⁴ Aramu anyabuta Aminadabu; Aminadabu anyabuta Nashoni; Nashoni anyabuta Boazi wa Rahabu; Boazi anyabuta Obedi wa Ruti; Obedi anyabuta Yese, ⁵ Yese anyabuta Daudi. Mufame Daudi anyabuta Sulemani ku mukazi wa Uri; ⁷ Sulemani anyabuta Rehoboamu; Rehoboamu anyabuta Abiya; Abiya anyabuta Asa; ⁸ Asa anyabuta Yehoshafati; Yehoshafati anyabuta; Yehoshafati anyabuta Yoramu; Yoramu anabuta Uzia; ⁹ zia anyabuta Yotamu; Yotamu anyabuta Ahazi; Ahazi anyabuta Hezekia; ¹⁰ Hezekiya anyabuta Manase anyabuta Amoni; Amoni anyabuta Yosia; ¹¹ Yosia anyabuta Yekonia nya bene wabo, bishazi byu lushago lwi Babeli. ¹² Hanyuma lyu lushago lwi Babeli, Yekonia anyabuta Shealtieli, Shealtieli anyabuta Zerobali, ¹³ Zorababeli anyabuta Abihudi; Abihudi anyabuta Eliakimu, Aliakimu anyabuta Azori; ¹⁴ Azori anyabuta Sadoki; Sadoki anyabuta Akimu; Akimu anyabuta Eliudi; ¹⁵ Eliudi anyabuta Eliazari, Eliazari anyabuta Matani; Matani anyabuta Yakobo; ¹⁶ Yakobo anyabuta Yusufum iba wa Mariamu ukabuta Yesu ubuziwe Kristo. ¹⁷ Hali mibuto ikumi nine yoshi kutondera Abrahamu kuhika Daudi, kuondera Daudi kuhika lushago lwi babeli gindi kumi nine. ¹⁸ kukuno ko kubutwa kwa Yesu-Kristo kukaba, Mariamu, nina, ali tizizwe nya Yusufu, anishanga alizimi, ku buhashe buMutima mwerum batanyalama haguma nga mushosi nyu mukazi. ¹⁹ Yusufu, iba, ali mundu wu kuli atanyalisimire amwereshe shoni, anyatwa luhango lu ku mujanda kambishamira nyaliye. ²⁰ Ali ki gwet'agasalira, Muganda wa Nahano anyamushoshokera mu kiroto, nyu kudeta:bYusufu, mugala Daudim utobohe kugonda Mariamu, mukagom kulya izim'agwete lili ku buhashe bu Mutima mweru; ²¹ Agabuta mwana mutabanam ugijimuha izina lyage ye Yesu; yu giji kulula bandu bage mwa mabi gabo. ²² Yuko koshi kukahika lyo kazi byo Nahano akabwira balagu kube: ²³ Lolekezagye, ulya utashubagi manya bashosi agahek'izimi, nyu kubuta mwana mutabana, bagiji muhal'izina lya Emmanuel, ko kudeta Mungu kuguma na nyetu. ²⁴ Yusufu mu kubyuka anyagira byo muganda wa Nahano akamubwira, anyanga mukage. ²⁵ Tya taka mumanyanya kiri lusiku lugama kuhikira bishazi akabuta mugala, ya kahal'izina lya Yesu.