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1:1
Βίβλος γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ υἱοῦ Δαυεὶδ υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ.
Liber generationis Jesu Christi filii David, filii Abraham.
መጽሐፈ ልደቱ ለእግዚእነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ወልደ ዳዊት ወልደ አብርሃም።
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
1:2
Ἀβραὰμ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰσαάκ, Ἰσαὰκ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰακώβ, Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰούδαν καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ,
Abraham genuit Isaac. Isaac autem genuit Jacob. Jacob autem genuit Judam, et fratres ejus.
አብርሃም ወለዶ ለይስሐቅ ወይስሐቅኒ ወለዶ ለያዕቆብ ወያዕቆብኒ ወለደ ይሁዳሃ ወአኀዊሁ።
Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers.
1:3
Ἰούδας δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Φάρες καὶ τὸν Ζάρα ἐκ τῆς Θαμάρ, Φάρες δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἑσρώμ, Ἑσρὼμ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἀράμ,
Judas autem genuit Phares, et Zaram de Thamar. Phares autem genuit Esron. Esron autem genuit Aram.
ወይሁዳኒ ወለደ ፋሬስሃ ወዛራሃ እምትእማር ወፋሬስኒ ወለደ ኤስሮምሃ ወኤስሮምኒ ወለደ አራምሃ።
Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram.
1:4
Ἀρὰμ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἀμιναδάβ, Ἀμιναδὰβ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ναασσών, Ναασσὼν δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Σαλμών,
Aram autem genuit Aminadab. Aminadab autem genuit Naasson. Naasson autem genuit Salmon.
ወአራምኒ ወለደ አሚናዳብሃ ወአሚናዳብኒ ወለደ ነአሶንሃ ወነአሶንኒ ወለደ ሰልሞንሃ።
Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon.
1:5
Σαλμὼν δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Βόες ἐκ τῆς Ῥαχάβ, Βόες δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰωβὴδ ἐκ τῆς Ῥούθ, Ἰωβὴδ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰεσσαί,
Salmon autem genuit Booz de Rahab. Booz autem genuit Obed ex Ruth. Obed autem genuit Jesse. Jesse autem genuit David regem.
ወሰልሞንኒ ወለደ ቡኤዝሃ እምራኬብ ወቡኤዝኒ ወለደ ኢዮቤድሃ እምነ ሩት ወኢዮቤድኒ ወለደ እሴይሃ።
Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse.
1:6
Ἰεσσαὶ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Δαυεὶδ τὸν βασιλέα. Δαυεὶδ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Σολομῶνα ἐκ τῆς τοῦ Οὐρίου,
David autem rex genuit Salomonem ex ea quae fuit Uriae.
ወእሴይኒ ወለደ ዳዊትሃ ንጉሠ ወዳዊትኒ ንጉሥ ወለደ ሰሎሞንሃ እምነ ብእሲተ ኦርዮ።
Jesse became the father of King David. David the king became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.
1:7
Σολομὼν δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ῥοβοάμ, Ῥοβοὰμ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἀβιά, Ἀβιὰ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἀσάφ,
Salomon autem genuit Roboam. Roboam autem genuit Abiam. Abias autem genuit Asa.
ወሰሎሞንኒ ወለደ ሮብዓምሃ ወሮብዓምኒ ወለደ አብያሃ ወአብያኒ ወለደ አሳፍሃ።
Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.
1:8
Ἀσὰφ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰωσαφάτ, Ἰωσαφὰτ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰωράμ, Ἰωρὰμ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ὀζείαν,
Asa autem genuit Josophat. Josophat autem genuit Joram. Joram autem genuit Oziam.
ወአሳፍኒ ወለደ ኢዮሳፍጥሃ ወኢዮሳፍጥኒ ወለደ ኢዮራምሃ ወኢዮራምኒ ወለደ ዖዝያንሃ ዘተሰምየ አዛርያስ።
Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah.
1:9
Ὀζείας δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰωαθάμ, Ἰωαθὰμ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἀχάζ, Ἀχὰζ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἑζεκίαν,
Ozias autem genuit Joatham. Joatham autem genuit Achaz. Achaz autem genuit Ezechiam.
ወዖዝያንኒ ወለደ ኢዮአታምሃ ወኢዮአታምኒ ወለደ አካዝሃ ወአካዝኒ ወለደ ሕዝቅያስሃ።
Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah.
1:10
Ἑζεκίας δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Μανασσῆ, Μανασσῆς δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἀμώς, Ἀμὼς δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰωσείαν,
Ezechias autem genuit Manassen. Manasses autem genuit Amon. Amon autem genuit Josiam.
ወሕዝቅያስኒ ወለደ ምናሴሃ ወምናሴኒ ወለደ አሞጽሃ ወአሞጽኒ ወለደ ኢዮስያስሃ።
Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah.
1:11
Ἰωσείας δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰεχονίαν καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς μετοικεσίας Βαβυλῶνος.
Josias autem genuit Jechoniam, et fratres ejus in transmigratione Babylonis.
ወኢዮስያስኒ ወለደ ኢኮንያንሃ ወአኀዊሁ አመ ፍልሰተ ባቢሎን።
Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
1:12
μετὰ δὲ τὴν μετοικεσίαν Βαβυλῶνος Ἰεχονίας ἐγέννησεν τὸν Σαλαθιήλ, Σαλαθιὴλ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ζοροβάβελ,
Et post transmigrationem Babylonis : Jechonias genuit Salathiel. Salathiel autem genuit Zorobabel.
ወእምድኅረ ፍልሰተ ባቢሎን ኢኮንያንኒ ወለደ ሰላትያልሃ ወሰላትያልኒ ወለደ ዘሩባቤልሃ።
After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel.
1:13
Ζοροβάβελ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἀβιούδ, Ἀβιοὺδ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἐλιακείμ, Ἐλιακεὶμ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἀζώρ,
Zorobabel autem genuit Abiud. Abiud autem genuit Eliacim. Eliacim autem genuit Azor.
ወዘሩባቤልኒ ወለደ አብዩድሃ ወአብዩድኒ ወለደ ኤልያቄምሃ ወኤልያቄምኒ ወለደ አዛርሃ።
Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim. Eliakim became the father of Azor.
1:14
Ἀζὼρ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Σαδώκ, Σαδὼκ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἀχείμ, Ἀχεὶμ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἐλιούδ,
Azor autem genuit Sadoc. Sadoc autem genuit Achim. Achim autem genuit Eliud.
ወአዛርኒ ወለደ ሳዶቅሃ ወሳዶቅኒ ወለደ አኪምሃ ወአኪምኒ ወለደ ኤልዩድሃ።
Azor became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Achim. Achim became the father of Eliud.
1:15
Ἐλιοὺδ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἐλεάζαρ, Ἐλεάζαρ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Μαθθάν, Μαθθὰν δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰακώβ,
Eliud autem genuit Eleazar. Eleazar autem genuit Mathan. Mathan autem genuit Jacob.
ወኤልዩድኒ ወለደ አልዓዛርሃ ወአልዓዛርኒ ወለደ ማትያንሃ ወማትያንኒ ወለደ ያዕቆብሃ።
Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob.
1:16
Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰωσὴφ τὸν ἄνδρα Μαρίας, ἐξ ἧς ἐγεννήθη Ἰησοῦς ὁ λεγόμενος Χριστός.
Jacob autem genuit Joseph virum Mariae, de qua natus est Jesus, qui vocatur Christus.
ወያዕቆብኒ ወለደ ዮሴፍሃ ፈኃሪሃ ለማርያም ዘእምኔሃ ተወልደ እግዚእ ኢየሱስ ዘተሰምየ ክርስቶስ።
Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
1:17
Πᾶσαι οὖν αἱ γενεαὶ ἀπὸ Ἀβραὰμ ἕως Δαυεὶδ γενεαὶ δεκατέσσαρες, καὶ ἀπὸ Δαυεὶδ ἕως τῆς μετοικεσίας Βαβυλῶνος γενεαὶ δεκατέσσαρες, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς μετοικεσίας Βαβυλῶνος ἕως τοῦ Χριστοῦ γενεαὶ δεκατέσσαρες.
Omnes itaque generationes ab Abraham usque ad David, generationes quatuordecim : et a David usque ad transmigrationem Babylonis, generationes quatuordecim : et a transmigratione Babylonis usque ad Christum, generationes quatuordecim.
ወኵሎንኬ እንከ ትውልድ እምአብርሃም እስከ ዳዊት ትውልድ ዐሠርቱ ወአርባዕቱ። ወእምዳዊት እስከ ፍልሰተ ባቢሎን ትውልድ ዐሠርቱ ወአርባዕቱ ወእምፍልሰተ ባቢሎን እስከ ክርስቶስ ትውልድ ዐሠርቱ ወአርባዕቱ ወኵሎንኬ ትውልድ እምአብርሃም እስከ ክርስቶስ ትውልድ አርብዓ ወክልኤቱ።
So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.
1:18
Τοῦ δὲ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἡ γένεσις οὕτως ἦν. μνηστευθείσης τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ Μαρίας τῷ Ἰωσήφ, πρὶν ἢ συνελθεῖν αὐτοὺς εὑρέθη ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα ἐκ πνεύματος ἁγίου.
Christi autem generatio sic erat : cum esset desponsata mater ejus Maria Joseph, antequam convenirent inventa est in utero habens de Spiritu Sancto.
ወለእግዚእነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ከመዝ ውእቱ ልደቱ ወሶበ ተፍኅረት እሙ ማርያም ለዮሴፍ ዘእንበለ ይትቃረቡ ተረክበት ፅንስተ እመንፈስ ቅዱስ።
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
1:19
Ἰωσὴφ δὲ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς, δίκαιος ὢν καὶ μὴ θέλων αὐτὴν δειγματίσαι, ἐβουλήθη λάθρᾳ ἀπολῦσαι αὐτήν.
Joseph autem vir ejus cum esset justus, et nollet eam traducere, voluit occulte dimittere eam.
ወዮሴፍሰ ፈኃሪሃ እስመ ጻድቅ ውእቱ ኢፈቀደ ይክሥታ አላ መከረ ጽሚተ ይኅድጋ።
Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.
1:20
ταῦτα δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐνθυμηθέντος ἰδοὺ ἄγγελος κυρίου κατ’ ὄναρ ἐφάνη αὐτῷ λέγων, Ἰωσὴφ υἱὸς Δαυείδ, μὴ φοβηθῇς παραλαβεῖν Μαρίαμ τὴν γυναῖκά σου, τὸ γὰρ ἐν αὐτῇ γεννηθὲν ἐκ πνεύματός ἐστιν ἁγίου·
Haec autem eo cogitante, ecce angelus Domini apparuit in somnis ei, dicens : Joseph, fili David, noli timere accipere Mariam conjugem tuam : quod enim in ea natum est, de Spiritu Sancto est.
ወእንዘ ዘንተ ይኄሊ ናሁ አስተርአዮ መልአከ እግዚአብሔር በሕልም እንዘ ይብል ኦ ዮሴፍ ወልደ ዳዊት ኢትፍራህ ነሢኦታ ለማርያም ፍኅርትከ እስመ ዘይትወለድ እምኔሃ እመንፈስ ቅዱስ ውእቱ።
But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take to yourself Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
1:21
τέξεται δὲ υἱὸν καὶ καλέσεις τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦν, αὐτὸς γὰρ σώσει τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν.
Pariet autem filium : et vocabis nomen ejus Jesum : ipse enim salvum faciet populum suum a peccatis eorum.
ወትወልድ ወልደ ወትሰምዮ ስሞ ኢየሱስሃ እስመ ውእቱ ያድኅኖሙ ለሕዝቡ እምኀጢአቶሙ።
She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”
1:22
τοῦτο δὲ ὅλον γέγονεν ἵνα πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ κυρίου διὰ τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος,
Hoc autem totum factum est, ut adimpleretur quod dictum est a Domino per prophetam dicentem :
ወዝ ኵሉ ዘኮነ ከመ ይትፈጸም ዘተብህለ እምኀበ እግዚአብሔር በነቢይ እንዘ ይብል።
Now all this has happened that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
1:23
ἰδοὺ ἡ παρθένος ἐν γαστρὶ ἕξει καὶ τέξεται υἱόν, καὶ καλέσουσιν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἐμμανουήλ, ὅ ἐστιν μεθερμηνευόμενον μεθ’ ἡμῶν ὁ θεός.
Ecce virgo in utero habebit, et pariet filium : et vocabunt nomen ejus Emmanuel, quod est interpretatum Nobiscum Deus.
«ናሁ ድንግል ትፀንስ፤ ወትወልድ ወልደ ወይሰመይ ስሙ አማኑኤል » ዘበትርጓሜሁ እግዚአብሔር ምስሌነ።
“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel,” which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”
1:24
ἐγερθεὶς δὲ Ἰωσὴφ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου ἐποίησεν ὡς προσέταξεν αὐτῷ ὁ ἄγγελος κυρίου καὶ παρέλαβεν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ·
Exsurgens autem Joseph a somno, fecit sicut praecepit ei angelus Domini, et accepit conjugem suam.
ወተንሢኦ ዮሴፍ እምንዋሙ ገብረ በከመ አዘዞ መልአከ እግዚአብሔር ወነሥኣ ለማርያም ፍኅርቱ።
Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself;
1:25
καὶ οὐκ ἐγίνωσκεν αὐτὴν ἕως οὗ ἔτεκεν υἱόν· καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦν.
Et non cognoscebat eam donec peperit filium suum primogenitum : et vocavit nomen ejus Jesum.
ወኢያእመራ እስከ አመ ወለደት ወልደ ዘበኵራ ወጸውዑ ስሞ ኢየሱስሃ።
and didn’t know her sexually until she had given birth to her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.
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