Matayo 1

Ba sekuruza ba Yesu

1 Uru ni urukurikirane rwa ba sekuruza ba Yesu ari we Kristo, yakomotse kuri Dawidi wo mu ruvyaro rwa Aburahamu:

2 Aburahamu yavyaye Isaka,

Isaka yavyaye Yakobo,

Yakobo yavyaye Yuda n’abandi bavukana,

3 Yuda yavyaye Peresi na Zera kuri Tamari,

Peresi yavyaye Hezironi,

Hezironi yavyaye Ramu,

4 Ramu yavyaye Aminadabu,

Aminadabu yavyaye Nahashoni,

Nahashoni yavyaye Salimoni,

5 Salimoni yavyaye Bowazi kuri Rahabu,

Bowazi yavyaye Obedi kuri Rusi,

Obedi yavyaye Isayi,

6 hanyuma Isayi avyara umwami Dawidi.

Dawidi na we yavyaye Salomo, amuvyara kuri Batisheba yahora ari muka Uriya,

7 Salomo yavyaye Rehobowamu,

Rehobowamu yavyaye Abiya,

Abiya yavyaye Asa,

8 Asa yavyaye Yehoshafati,

Yehoshafati yavyaye Yehoramu,

Yehoramu yavyaye Uziya,

9 Uziya yavyaye Yotamu,

Yotamu yavyaye Ahazi,

Ahazi yavyaye Hezekiya,

10 Hezekiya yavyaye Manase

Manase yavyaye Amoni,

Amoni yavyaye Yosiya,

11 hanyuma Yosiya avyara Yekoniya n’abo bavukana igihe bajanwa kuba abanyagano i Babiloni.

12 Bamaze kuva mu buja i Babiloni,

Yekoniya yavyaye Shalutiyeli,

Shalutiyeli yavyaye Zerubabeli,

13 Zerubabeli yavyaye Abiyudi,

Abiyudi yavyaye Eliyakimu,

Eliyakimu yavyaye Azori,

14 Azori yavyaye Sadoki,

Sadoki yavyaye Akimu,

Akimu yavyaye Elihudi,

15 Elihudi yavyaye Eliyazeri,

Eliyazeri yavyaye Matani,

Matani yavyaye Yakobo,

16 hanyuma Yakobo avyara Yosefu, umugabo wa Mariya, nyina wa Yesu ari we Kristo.

17 Ni ukuvuga ko habayeho urukurikirane rw’imiryango cumi n’ine kuva kuri Aburahamu gushika kuri Dawidi; n’iyindi cumi n’ine kuva kuri Dawidi gushika igihe bajanwa kuba abanyagano i Babiloni; hongera haba urundi rukurikirane rw’imiryango cumi n’ine kuva bagarutse bavuye mu buja gushika kuri Kristo.