Kosepele ya Matheu
1 Buka ya histori* ya Jesu Kreste* mora wa Davida.+ Davida o tswa lelapeng la Abrahama:+
Isaka a tswala Jakobo,+
Jakobo a tswala Juda+ le bana babo,
3 Juda a tswala Pereze le Zera+ ka Tamare,
Pereze a tswala Hezrone,+
Hezrone a tswala Rame,+
4 Rame a tswala Aminadabe,
Aminadabe a tswala Nashone,+
Nashone a tswala Salmone,
5 Salmone a tswala Boase ka Rahaba,+
Boase a tswala Obede ka Ruthe,+
Obede a tswala Jese,+
6 Jese a tswala Morena Davida.+
Davida a tswala Solomone+ ka mosadi wa Uria,
Roboame a tswala Abija,
Abija a tswala Asa,+
Josafate a tswala Jorame,+
Jorame a tswala Uzia,
Jothame a tswala Akaze,+
Akaze a tswala Ezekiase,+
Manase a tswala Amone,+
Amone a tswala Josiase,+
11 Josiase+ a tswala Jekonia+ le bana babo. Ba hlahile nakong eo Bajuda ba neng ba iswa Babilona.+
12 Ha ba se ba le Babilona, Jekonia a tswala Shalatiele,
Shalatiele a tswala Zorobabele,+
13 Zorobabele a tswala Abiude,
Abiude a tswala Eliakime,
Eliakime a tswala Azore,
14 Azore a tswala Tsadoke,
Tsadoke a tswala Akime,
Akime a tswala Eliude,
15 Eliude a tswala Eleazare,
Eleazare a tswala Mathane,
Mathane a tswala Jakobo,
16 Jakobo a tswala Josefa. Josefa e ne e le monna wa Maria mme wa Jesu+ ya bitswang Kreste.+
17 Ka hoo, meloko yohle 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 iswa Babilona e le meloko e 14 mme ho tloha ha Bajuda ba iswa 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 lebeleditse Maria, Maria o ile a ima ka moya o halalelang*+ pele ba nyalana. 19 Ka ha Josefa monna wa Maria o ne a lokile ebile a sa batle ho mo hlabisa dihlong, a rera ho mo hlala ka lekunutu.+ 20 Ka mora hore a nahanisise ka dintho tsena, a bona lengeloi la Jehova* torong le re: “Josefa, mora wa Davida, o se ke wa tshaba ho isa Maria mosadi wa hao lapeng hobane o imme ngwana eo ka moya o halalelang.+ 21 O tla tswala mora mme o tla mo reha Jesu*+ hobane o tla pholosa batho ba habo dibeng tsa bona.”+ 22 Tsena tsohle di etsahetse ho phethahatsa mantswe ao Jehova* a ileng a a bua ka moprofeta wa hae, ha a re: 23 “Morwetsana o tla ima mme a tswale mora, ba mo rehe Emanuele,”+ eo ha e fetolelwa e bolelang “Modimo o na le Rona.”+
24 Yaba Josefa o a tsoha mme o etsa ka moo lengeloi la Jehova* le neng le mo laetse ka teng, a isa mosadi wa hae lapeng. 25 Empa ha a ka a etsa thobalano le yena ho fihlela a tswetse mora+ yaba o mo reha Jesu.+