- Incwadi yomlibo wokuzalwa kukaYesu Kristu, unyana kaDavide, unyana ka-Abraham.
- UAbraham wazala uIsake; uIsake ke wazala uYakobi; uYakobi wazala uYuda nabazalwana bakhe;
- uYuda wazala uPeretse noZera ngoTamare; uPeretse wazala uHetseron; uHetseron wazala uAram;
- uAram wazala uAminadabhi; uAminadabhi wazala uNashon; uNashon wazala uSalemon;
- uSalemon wazala uBhohazi ngoRahabhi; uBhohazi wazala uObhede ngoRute; uObhede wazala uYese;
- uYese wazala uDavide ukumkani. UDavide ke ukumkani wazala uSolomon ngobengumkaUriya;
- uSolomon wazala uRehabheham; uRehabheham wazala uAbhiya; uAbhiya wazala uAsa;
- uAsa wazala uYoshafati; uYoshafati wazala uYoram; uYoram wazala u-Uziya;
- u-Uziya wazala uYotam; uYotam wazala uAhazi; uAhazi wazala uHezekiya;
- uHezekiya wazala uManase; uManase wazala uAmon; uAmon wazala uYosiya;
- uYosiya wazala uYekoniya nabazalwana bakhe ngexesha lokufuduselwa kwabo eBhabhilon.
- Emveni ke kokufuduselwa kwabo eBhabhilon, uYekoniya wazala uSalatiyeli; uSalatiyeli wazala uZerubhabheli;
- uZerubhabheli wazala uAbhihudi; uAbhihudi wazala uEliyakim; uEliyakim wazala uAzore;
- uAzore wazala uTsadoki; uTsadoki wazala uYakin; uYakin wazala uElihudi;
- uElihudi wazala uElazare; uElazare wazala uMatan; uMatan wazala uYakobi;
- uYakobi ke wazala uYosefu, indoda kaMariya, ekuthe ngaye kwazalwa uYesu, okuthiwa nguKristu.
- Zonke izizukulwana ngoko, ezithabathela kuAbraham zizise kuDavide, zizizukulwana ezilishumi elinazine; nezithabathela kuDavide zizise ekufuduselweni kwabo eBhabhilon, zizizukulwana ezilishumi elinazine; nezithabathela ekufuduselweni kwabo eBhabhilon zizise kuKristu, zizizukulwana ezilishumi elinazine.
- Ke kaloku ukuzalwa kukaYesu Kristu kwaye kungolu hlobo: Kwathi, akubon ukuba unina uMariya useleganelwe uYosefu, bengekahlangani, wafunyanwa emithi ngoMoya oyiNgcwele.
- Wathi ke uYosefu indoda yakhe, engolilungisa, engathandi ukumhlaza ekuhleni, wanga angamala ngasese.
- Akubon ukuba uyazicinga ezi zinto, naso isithunywa seNkosi sibonakala kuye ephupheni, sisithi, Yosefu, nyana kaDavide, musa ukoyika ukumthabathela kuwe uMariya, umfazi wakho; kuba oko kukhawulweyo phakathi kwakhe kungoMoya oyiNgcwele.
- Uya kuzala unyana ke, umbize ngegama elinguYesu; kuba yena eya kubasindisa abantu bakhe ezonweni zabo.
- Ke kaloku oku konke kwenzeke, ukuze kuzaliseke okwathethwayo yiNkosi ngomprofeti, isithi,
- Yabonani, intombi le iya kumitha izale unyana, Bambize ngegama elinguImanuweli, oko kukuthi ngentetho evakalayo, uThixo unathi.
- Wathi ke uYosefu, evukile ebuthongweni, wenza ngoko besimmisele ngako isithunywa seNkosi, wamthabathela kuye umfazi wakhe;
- waza ke akamazi, wada wazala unyana wakhe wamazibulo; wambiza ke ngegama elinguYesu.
