1 BUKU la kubadwa kwa Yesu Kristu, mwana wa Davide, mwana wa Abrahamu.
2 Abrahamu anabala Isake; ndi Isake anabala Yakobo; ndi Yakobo anabala Yuda ndi abale ace;
3 ndi Yuda anabala Farese ndi Zara mwa Tamare; ndi Farese anabala Ezronu; ndi Ezronu anabala Aramu;
4 ndi Aramu anabala Aminadabu; ndi Aminadabu anabala Naasoni; ndi Naasoni anabala Salimoni;
5 ndi Salimoni anabala Boazi mwa Rahabe; ndi Boazi anabala Obede mwa Rute; ndi Obede anabala Jese;
6 ndi Jese anabala Davide mfumuyo.Ndipo Davide anabala Solomo mwa mkazi wa Uriya;
7 ndi Solomo anabala Rehabiamu; ndi Rehabiamu anabala Abiya; ndi Abiya anabala Asa;
8 ndi Asa anabala Yosafate; ndi Yosafate anabala Yoramu; ndi Yoramu anabala Uziya;
9 ndi Uziya anabala Yotamu; ndi Yotamu anabala Ahazi; ndi Ahazi anabala Hezekiya;
10 ndi Hezekiya anabala Manase; ndi Manase anabala Amoni; ndi Amoni anabala Yosiya;
11 ndi Yosiya anabala Yekoniya ndi abale ace pa nthawi yakutengedwa kunka ku Babulo.
12 Ndipo pambuyo pace pa kutengedwako ku Babulo, Yekoniya anabala Salatieli; ndi Saiatieli anabala Zerubabele;
13 ndi Zerubabele anabala Abiyudi; ndi Abiyudi anabala Eliyakimu; ndi Eliyakimu anabala Azoro;
14 ndi Azoro anabala Sadoki; ndi Sadoki anabala Akimu; ndi Akimu anabala Eliyudi;
15 ndi Eliyudi anabala Eleazara; ndi Eleazara anabala Matani; ndi Matani anabala Yakobo;
16 ndi Yakobo anabala Yosefe, mwamuna wace wa Mariya, amene Yesu, wochedwa Kristu, anabadwa mwa iye.
17 Motero mibadwo yonse kuyambira pa Abrahamu kufikira kwa Davide ndiyo mibadwo khumi ndi inai; ndi kuyambira pa Davide kufikira pa kutengedwa kunka ku Babulo mibadwo khumi ndi inai; ndi kuyambira pa kutengedwa kunka ku Babulo kufikira kwa Kristu mibadwo khumi ndi inai.
18 Ndipo kubadwa kwace kwa Yesu Kristu kunali kotere: Amai wace Mariya anapalidwa ubwenzi ndi Yosefe, koma asanakomane iwowo, anapezedwa iye ali ndi pakati mwa Mzimu Woyera.
19 Koma Yosefe, mwamuna wace, anali wolungama, ndiponso sanafuna kunyazitsa iye, nayesa m'mtima kumleka iye m'tseri,
20 Koma pakusinkhasinkha iye zinthu izi, onani, mngelo wa Ambuye anaonekera kwa iye m'kulota, nanena, Yosefe, mwana wa Davide, usaope kudzitengera wekha Mariya mkazi wako; pakuti ico colandiridwa mwa iye ciri ca Mzimu Woyera.
21 Ndipo adzabala mwana wamwamuna, ndipo udzamucha dzina lace Yesu; pakuti Iyeyo adzapulumutsa anthu ace ku macimo ao.
22 Ndipo zonsezi zinakhala kuti cikacitidwe conenedwa ndi Ambuye mwa mneneri, ndi kuti,
23 Onani namwali adzaima,Nadzabala mwana wamwamuna,Ndipo adzamucha dzina lace, Emanueli;ndilo losandulika, Mulungu nafe.
24 Ndipo Yosefe anauka tulo tace, nacita monga anamuuza mngelo wa Ambuye, nadzitengera yekha mkazi wace;
25 ndipo sanamdziwa iye kufikira atabala rriwana wace; namucha dzina lace Yesu.