Kosepele ea Matheu
1 Buka ea histori* ea Jesu Kreste* mora oa Davida.+ Davida o tsoa lelapeng la Abrahama:+
Isaka a tsoala Jakobo,+
Jakobo a tsoala Juda+ le bana babo,
3 Juda a tsoala Pereze le Zera+ ka Tamare,
Pereze a tsoala Hezrone,+
Hezrone a tsoala Rame,+
4 Rame a tsoala Aminadabe,
Aminadabe a tsoala Nashone,+
Nashone a tsoala Salmone,
5 Salmone a tsoala Boase ka Rahaba,+
Boase a tsoala Obede ka Ruthe,+
Obede a tsoala Jese,+
6 Jese a tsoala Morena Davida.+
Davida a tsoala Solomone+ ka mosali oa Uria,
Roboame a tsoala Abija,
Abija a tsoala Asa,+
Josafate a tsoala Jorame,+
Jorame a tsoala Uzia,
Jothame a tsoala Akaze,+
Akaze a tsoala Ezekiase,+
Manase a tsoala Amone,+
Amone a tsoala Josiase,+
11 Josiase+ a tsoala Jekonia+ le bana babo. Ba hlahile nakong eo Bajuda ba neng ba isoa Babilona.+
12 Ha ba se ba le Babilona, Jekonia a tsoala Shalatiele,
Shalatiele a tsoala Zorobabele,+
13 Zorobabele a tsoala Abiude,
Abiude a tsoala Eliakime,
Eliakime a tsoala Azore,
14 Azore a tsoala Tsadoke,
Tsadoke a tsoala Akime,
Akime a tsoala Eliude,
15 Eliude a tsoala Eleazare,
Eleazare a tsoala Mathane,
Mathane a tsoala Jakobo,
16 Jakobo a tsoala Josefa. Josefa e ne e le monna oa Maria ’mè oa Jesu+ ea bitsoang Kreste.+
17 Kahoo, meloko eohle e ne e eme tjena: Ho tloha ho Abrahama ho fihlela ho Davida e ne e le meloko e 14. Ho tloha ho Davida ho fihlela ha Bajuda ba isoa Babilona e le meloko e 14 ’me ho tloha ha Bajuda ba isoa Babilona ho fihlela ho Kreste e le meloko e 14.
18 Ha Jesu Kreste a tla hlaha, ho ile ha etsahala tjena: Nakong eo Josefa a neng a lebelelitse Maria, Maria o ile a ima ka moea o halalelang*+ pele ba nyalana. 19 Kaha Josefa monna oa Maria o ne a lokile ebile a sa batle ho mo hlabisa lihlong, a rera ho mo hlala ka lekunutu.+ 20 Ka mor’a hore a nahanisise ka lintho tsena, a bona lengeloi la Jehova* torong le re: “Josefa, mora oa Davida, u se ke oa tšaba ho isa Maria mosali oa hao lapeng hobane o imme ngoana eo ka moea o halalelang.+ 21 O tla tsoala mora ’me u tla mo reha Jesu*+ hobane o tla pholosa batho ba habo libeng tsa bona.”+ 22 Tsena tsohle li etsahetse ho phethahatsa mantsoe ao Jehova* a ileng a a bua ka moprofeta oa hae, ha a re: 23 “Moroetsana o tla ima ’me a tsoale mora, ba mo rehe Emanuele,”+ eo ha e fetoleloa e bolelang “Molimo o na le Rona.”+
24 Eaba Josefa oa tsoha ’me o etsa kamoo lengeloi la Jehova* le neng le mo laetse kateng, a isa mosali oa hae lapeng. 25 Empa ha aa ka a etsa thobalano le eena ho fihlela a tsoetse mora+ eaba o mo reha Jesu.+