1This is the written story of the family line of Jesus the Messiah. He is the son of David. He is also the son of Abraham.2Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah. Tamar was their mother. Perez was the father of Hezron. Hezron was the father of Ram.4Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.5Salmon was the father of Boaz. Rahab was Boaz’s mother. Boaz was the father of Obed. Ruth was Obed’s mother. Obed was the father of Jesse.6And Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon. Solomon’s mother had been Uriah’s wife.7Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asa.8Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram. Jehoram was the father of Uzziah.9Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.10Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah.11And Josiah was the father of Jeconiah and his brothers. At that time, the Jewish people were forced to go away to Babylon.12After this, the family line continued. Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.13Zerubbabel was the father of Abihud. Abihud was the father of Eliakim. Eliakim was the father of Azor.14Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Akim. Akim was the father of Elihud.15Elihud was the father of Eleazar. Eleazar was the father of Matthan. Matthan was the father of Jacob.16Jacob was the father of Joseph. Joseph was the husband of Mary. And Mary was the mother of Jesus, who is called the Messiah.17So there were 14 generations from Abraham to David. There were 14 from David until the Jewish people were forced to go away to Babylon. And there were 14 from that time to the Messiah.
Joseph accepts Jesus as his Son
18This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about. His mother Mary and Joseph had promised to get married. But before they started to live together, it became clear that she was going to have a baby. She became pregnant by the power of the Holy Spirit.19Her husband Joseph was faithful to the law. But he did not want to put her to shame in public. So he planned to divorce her quietly.20But as Joseph was thinking about this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. The angel said, ‘Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary home as your wife. The baby inside her is from the Holy Spirit.21She is going to have a son. You must give him the name Jesus. That’s because he will save his people from their sins.’22All this took place to bring about what the Lord had said would happen. He had said through the prophet,23‘The virgin is going to have a baby. She will give birth to a son. And he will be called Immanuel.’ The name Immanuel means ‘God with us.’ (Isa 7:14)24Joseph woke up. He did what the angel of the Lord commanded him to do. He took Mary home as his wife.25But he did not sleep with her until she gave birth to a son. And Joseph gave him the name Jesus.
1-2İbrahim oğlu, Davut oğlu İsa Mesih'in soy kaydı şöyledir: İbrahim İshak'ın babasıydı, İshak Yakup'un babasıydı, Yakup Yahuda ve kardeşlerinin babasıydı,3Yahuda, Tamar'dan doğan Peres'le Zerah'ın babasıydı, Peres Hesron'un babasıydı, Hesron Ram'ın babasıydı,4Ram Amminadav'ın babasıydı, Amminadav Nahşon'un babasıydı, Nahşon Salmon'un babasıydı,5Salmon, Rahav'dan doğan Boaz'ın babasıydı, Boaz, Rut'tan doğan Ovet'in babasıydı, Ovet İşay'ın babasıydı,6İşay Kral Davut'un babasıydı, Davut, Uriya'nın karısından doğan Süleyman'ın babasıydı,7Süleyman Rehavam'ın babasıydı, Rehavam Aviya'nın babasıydı, Aviya Asa'nın babasıydı,8Asa Yehoşafat'ın babasıydı, Yehoşafat Yoram'ın babasıydı, Yoram Uzziya'nın babasıydı, (Lu 3:23)9Uzziya Yotam'ın babasıydı, Yotam Ahaz'ın babasıydı, Ahaz Hizkiya'nın babasıydı,10Hizkiya Manaşşe'nin babasıydı, Manaşşe Amon'un babasıydı, Amon Yoşiya'nın babasıydı,11Yoşiya, Babil sürgünü sırasında doğan Yehoyakin'le kardeşlerinin babasıydı,12Yehoyakin, Babil sürgününden sonra doğan Şealtiel'in babasıydı, Şealtiel Zerubbabil'in babasıydı,13Zerubbabil Avihut'un babasıydı, Avihut Elyakim'in babasıydı, Elyakim Azor'un babasıydı,14Azor Sadok'un babasıydı, Sadok Ahim'in babasıydı, Ahim Elihut'un babasıydı,15Elihut Elazar'ın babasıydı, Elazar Mattan'ın babasıydı, Mattan Yakup'un babasıydı,16Yakup Meryem'in kocası Yusuf'un babasıydı. Meryem'den Mesih diye tanınan İsa doğdu.17Buna göre, İbrahim'den Davut'a kadar toplam on dört kuşak, Davut'tan Babil sürgününe kadar on dört kuşak, Babil sürgününden Mesih'e kadar on dört kuşak vardır.
İsa Mesih'in Doğumu
18İsa Mesih'in doğumu şöyle oldu: Annesi Meryem, Yusuf'la nişanlıydı. Ama birlikte olmalarından önce Meryem'in Kutsal Ruh'tan gebe olduğu anlaşıldı. (Lu 2:1)19Nişanlısı Yusuf, doğru bir adam olduğu ve onu herkesin önünde utandırmak istemediği için ondan sessizce ayrılmak niyetindeydi.20Ama böyle düşünmesi üzerine Rab'bin bir meleği rüyada ona görünerek şöyle dedi: ‹‹Davut oğlu Yusuf, Meryem'i kendine eş olarak almaktan korkma. Çünkü onun rahminde oluşan, Kutsal Ruh'tandır.21Meryem bir oğul doğuracak. Adını İsa koyacaksın. Çünkü halkını günahlarından O kurtaracak.››22Bütün bunlar, Rab'bin peygamber aracılığıyla bildirdiği şu söz yerine gelsin diye oldu:23‹‹İşte, kız gebe kalıp bir oğul doğuracak; adını İmmanuel koyacaklar.›› İmmanuel, Tanrı bizimle demektir.24Yusuf uyanınca Rab'bin meleğinin buyruğuna uydu ve Meryem'i eş olarak yanına aldı.25Ama oğlunu doğuruncaya dek Yusuf ona dokunmadı. Doğan çocuğun adını İsa koydu.