Matayo
1 Yai mukanda ya ke tubila luzingu* ya Yezu Kristu,* mwana ya Davidi,+ mwana ya Abrahami:+
2 Abrahami butaka Izaki;+
Izaki butaka Yakobi;+
Yakobi butaka Yuda+ ti bampangi na yandi;
3 Yuda butaka Peresi ti Zera+ mpi mama na bo vandaka Tamare;
Peresi butaka Esroni;+
Esroni butaka Rami;+
4 Rami butaka Aminadabi;
Aminadabi butaka Nashoni;+
Nashoni butaka Salmoni;
5 Salmoni butaka Boazi mpi mama ya Boazi vandaka Rahabi;+
Boazi butaka Obedi mpi mama ya Obedi vandaka Ruti;+
Obedi butaka Yese;+
6 Yese butaka ntotila Davidi. +
Davidi butaka Salomo mpi mama ya Salomo+ vandaka nkento ya Uria;
7 Salomo butaka Rehoboami;+
Rehoboami butaka Abiya;
Abiya butaka Aza;+
8 Aza butaka Yehoshafati;+
Yehoshafati butaka Yehorami;+
Yehorami butaka Uziya;
9 Uziya butaka Yotami;+
Yotami butaka Ahazi+
Ahazi butaka Ezekiasi;+
10 Ezekiasi butaka Manase;+
Manase butaka Amoni;+
Amoni butaka Yoziasi;+
11 Yoziasi+ butaka Yekonia+ ti bampangi na yandi na nsungi yina bo nataka Bayuda na Babilone.+
12 Na nima ya nsungi yina bo nataka Bayuda na Babilone, Yekonia butaka Shealtiele;
Shealtiele butaka Zorobabele;+
13 Zorobabele butaka Abiudi;
Abiudi butaka Eliakimi;
Eliakimi butaka Azore;
14 Azore butaka Zadoki;
Zadoki butaka Akimi;
Akimi butaka Eliudi;
15 Eliudi butaka Eleazare;
Eleazare butaka Matani;
Matani butaka Yakobi;
16 Yakobi butaka Yozefi bakala ya Maria, yina butaka Yezu,+ ya bo ke bingaka Kristu.+
17 Ebuna, bandonga yonso ya bantu katuka na Abrahami tii na Davidi vandaka 14; katuka na Davidi tii na ntangu yina bo nataka Bayuda na Babilone, bandonga ya bantu 14; katuka ntangu yina bo nataka Bayuda na Babilone tii na Kristu, bandonga ya bantu 14.
18 Yai mutindu Yezu Kristu butukaka. Na ntangu yina Yozefi pesaka Maria, mama na yandi, dilaka ya makwela, Maria monaka nde yandi kele na divumu na ngolo ya mpeve santu*+ na ntwala nde bo kwelana. 19 Kansi, sambu Yozefi, bakala na yandi, vandaka muntu ya lunungu mpi zolaka ve kupesa yandi nsoni na meso ya bantu, yandi bakaka lukanu ya kufwa makwela ti yandi na kinsweki.+ 20 Kansi, ntangu yandi manisaka kuyindula mambu yai, wanzio ya Yehowa* monanaka na yandi na ndosi mpi tubilaka yandi nde: “Yozefi, mwana ya Davidi, kuwa boma ve na kukwela Maria* sambu yandi me baka divumu yina na ngolo ya mpeve santu.+ 21 Yandi ta buta mwana-bakala, mpi nge fwete pesa yandi zina Yezu,*+ sambu yandi ta gulusa bantu na yandi na masumu na bo.”+ 22 Mambu yai yonso salamaka kibeni sambu na kulungisa mambu yina Yehowa* tubaka na nzila ya mbikudi na yandi nde: 23 “Tala! Mwense ta baka divumu, ta buta mwana-bakala, mpi bo ta pesa yandi zina Emanuele,”+ yina kana bo balula yo, yo ke tendula, “Nzambi Kele ti Beto.”+
24 Ebuna, Yozefi telamaka na mpongi mpi salaka mutindu wanzio ya Yehowa* songaka yandi, mpi yandi tulaka nkento na yandi na nzo. 25 Kansi, yandi vukisaka ve nitu ti yandi tii kuna yandi butaka mwana-bakala;+ mpi Yozefi pesaka yandi zina Yezu.+