bawu babutuka bu banata bana ba Iseli mu buvika ku tsi Babiloni.
12 Buvika bu bumana ku Babiloni,
Yekonia wubuta Salatieli ;
Salatieli wubuta Zolobabeli.
13 Zolobabeli wubuta Abuidi ;
Abuidi wubuta Eliakimi ;
Eliakimi wubuta Azoli.
14 Azoli wubuta Sadoki ;
Sadoki wubuta Akimi ;
Akimi wubuta Eliudi.
15 Eliudi wubuta Eleyazali ;
Eleyazali wubuta Matani ;
Matani wubuta Yakobi.
16 Bosi Yakobi wubuta Zozefi wuba bakala di Maliya, ngudi yi Yesu wuba tedila Klisto.
17 Diawu zitsungi zioso tona Abalahami nate Davidi zidi kumi zitsungi ziya. Tona Davidi nate thangu bana ba Iseli bayenda mu buvika ku Babiloni ; vaba kumi zitsungi ziya ; bosi tona thangu buvika nate Klisto vaba kumi zitsungi ziya.
Mbasi yisamuna mbutukulu yi Yesu
18 Tala phila yibutukila Yesu Klisto : Maliya ngudi andi ; niandi wuba nketo wuzolo kuelo kuidi Zozefi. Buna katudidi ko va nzo dikuela Maliya wubaka buemba vayi mu Pheve Yinlongo kabakila buemba beni. 19 Zozefi, bakala diodi dizola kuela Maliya, wuba mutu wusonga, wumanga kuandi kumfuisa tsoni va meso ma batu ; wubaka lukanu lu kumbotula mu kitsueki.
20 Bu kaba ku tsi mayindu mu diambu di mambu beni ; buna mbasi yi Pfumu yimmonikina mu ndozi, yinkamba :
—A Zozefi, muana Davidi ! Bika mona boma mu kuela nketo aku Maliya bila buemba buidi yandi mu Pheve Yinlongo kabakidi buawu. 21 Wela buta muana wubakala, dizina wela kumbieka Yesu : bila niandi wela kula batu bandi mu masumu mawu.
22 Mambu moso mama mavangama mu diambu di dedikisa mambu makamba Pfumu kuidi mbikudi ti :
23Luwa, ndumba yikambu zaba bakala yela ba mu buemba,
yela buta muana wubakala, dizina bela kuntedilanga
Emanueli, bu dinsundula : “Nzambi widi yeto !”
24 Zozefi bu kakotuka, wuvanga mambu moso mbasi yi Pfumu kantuma ayi wubonga Maliya mu ba nketo andi. 25 Vayi Zozefi kasia zaba nitu yi nketo andi Maliya ko nate kabuta muana wubakala, ayi wumvana dizina Yesu.
