马太福音 1
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
耶稣基督的家谱
1 耶稣基督——大卫的后裔、亚伯拉罕的后代——他的家谱：
从亚伯拉罕到大卫
2 亚伯拉罕生以撒，
以撒生雅各，
雅各生犹大和他的兄弟们，
3 犹大与塔玛尔生法勒斯和谢拉，
法勒斯生希斯仑，
希斯仑生亚兰，
4 亚兰生亚米拿达，
亚米拿达生拿顺，
拿顺生撒门，
5 撒门与瑞荷生波阿斯，
波阿斯与路得生俄备得，
俄备得生耶西，
6 耶西生大卫王。
从大卫到迁徙巴比伦
大卫[a]与乌利亚的妻子生所罗门，
7 所罗门生罗波安，
罗波安生亚比雅，
亚比雅生亚撒，
8 亚撒生约沙法，
约沙法生约兰，
约兰生乌西亚，
9 乌西亚生约坦，
约坦生亚哈斯，
亚哈斯生希西家，
10 希西家生玛拿西，
玛拿西生阿蒙，
阿蒙生约西亚，
11 在被迫迁徙巴比伦的时候，
约西亚生耶哥尼雅和他的兄弟们。
从迁徙巴比伦到基督
12 被迫迁徙巴比伦以后，
耶哥尼雅生撒拉铁，
撒拉铁生所罗巴伯，
13 所罗巴伯生亚比玉，
亚比玉生以利亚敬，
以利亚敬生亚所，
14 亚所生撒督，
撒督生亚金，
亚金生以律，
15 以律生以利亚撒，
以利亚撒生玛坦，
玛坦生雅各，
16 雅各生约瑟，就是玛丽亚的丈夫，
那称为基督的耶稣是由玛丽亚所生的。
17 这样，从亚伯拉罕到大卫的各世代，一共有十四代；从大卫到被迫迁徙巴比伦的时候，也有十四代；从被迫迁徙巴比伦的时候到基督，又有十四代。
基督降生
18 耶稣基督的诞生是这样的：耶稣的母亲玛丽亚已经许配给约瑟，在他们成婚[b]以前，玛丽亚就由圣灵怀了孕。 19 她的丈夫约瑟是个义人，不愿意公开羞辱她，想要暗中把她休了。
20 约瑟思考这些事以后，忽然主的一位天使在约瑟梦中显现，说：“大卫的后裔约瑟，不要怕迎娶玛丽亚做你的妻子，因为她里面所怀的是由圣灵而来的。 21 玛丽亚将要生一个儿子，你要给他起名叫耶稣，因为他将要把自己的子民从他们的罪孽中拯救出来。”
22 不过这整个事的发生，是为要应验主藉着先知所说的话：
23 “看哪，那童贞女要怀孕，她要生一个儿子，
人们将称他的名为以马内利。”[c]——
“以马内利”翻译出来就是“神与我们同在”。
24 约瑟从梦中醒过来，就依照主的天使所吩咐他的去做，把他的妻子迎娶过来， 25 只是在她生儿子[d]以前，一直没有与她同房。约瑟给孩子起名叫耶稣。
馬太福音 1
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
耶穌基督的家譜
1 耶穌基督是亞伯拉罕的子孫、大衛的後裔，以下是祂的家譜：
2 亞伯拉罕生以撒，
以撒生雅各，
雅各生猶大和他的兄弟，
3 猶大和她瑪生法勒斯和謝拉，
法勒斯生希斯崙[a]，
希斯崙生蘭，
4 蘭生亞米拿達，
亞米拿達生拿順，
拿順生撒門，
5 撒門和喇合生波阿斯，
波阿斯和路得生俄備得，
俄備得生耶西，
6 耶西生大衛王。
大衛和烏利亞的妻子生所羅門，
7 所羅門生羅波安，
羅波安生亞比雅，
亞比雅生亞撒，
8 亞撒生約沙法，
約沙法生約蘭，
約蘭生烏西雅，
9 烏西雅生約坦，
約坦生亞哈斯，
亞哈斯生希西迦，
10 希西迦生瑪拿西，
瑪拿西生亞們，
亞們生約西亞，
11 約西亞生耶哥尼雅和他的兄弟，
那時以色列人被擄往巴比倫。
12 被擄到巴比倫以後，
耶哥尼雅生撒拉鐵，
撒拉鐵生所羅巴伯，
13 所羅巴伯生亞比玉，
亞比玉生以利亞敬，
以利亞敬生亞所，
14 亞所生撒督，
撒督生亞金，
亞金生以律，
15 以律生以利亞撒，
以利亞撒生馬但，
馬但生雅各，
16 雅各生約瑟。
約瑟就是瑪麗亞的丈夫，
那被稱為基督[b]的耶穌就是瑪麗亞生的。
17 這樣，從亞伯拉罕到大衛共有十四代，從大衛到被擄至巴比倫也是十四代，從被擄至巴比倫到基督降生也是十四代。
耶穌的降生
18 以下是耶穌基督降生的經過。
耶穌的母親瑪麗亞和約瑟訂了婚，還沒有成親就從聖靈懷了孕。 19 約瑟是個義人，不願公開地羞辱她，便決定暗中和她解除婚約。 20 他正在考慮這事的時候，主的一位天使在夢中向他顯現，說：「大衛的後裔約瑟，不要怕，把瑪麗亞娶過來，因為她所懷的孕是從聖靈來的。 21 她將生一個兒子，你要給祂取名叫耶穌[c]，因為祂要把自己的子民從罪惡中救出來。」
22 這一切應驗了主藉著先知所說的話： 23 「必有童貞女懷孕生子，祂的名字要叫以馬內利，意思是『上帝與我們同在』。」 24 約瑟醒來，就遵從主的天使的吩咐和瑪麗亞結婚， 25 只是在她生下孩子之前沒有與她同房。約瑟給孩子取名叫耶穌。
Matthew 1
EasyEnglish Bible
The ancestors of Jesus Christ
1 This is a list of the ancestors of Jesus Christ. Jesus was from the family of King David. David was from the family of Abraham.[a]
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac.
Isaac was the father of Jacob.
Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.
3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah. Tamar was their mother.
Perez was the father of Hezron.
Hezron was the father of Ram.
4 Ram was the father of Amminadab.
Amminadab was the father of Nahshon.
Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
5 Salmon was the father of Boaz. Rahab was his mother.
Boaz was the father of Obed. Ruth was his mother.
Obed was the father of Jesse.
6 Jesse was the father of King David.
David was Solomon's father. Solomon's mother was the wife of Uriah.
7 Solomon was the father of Rehoboam.
Rehoboam was the father of Abijah.
Abijah was the father of Asa.
8 Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat.
Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram.
Jehoram was the father of Uzziah.
9 Uzziah was the father of Jotham.
Jotham was the father of Ahaz.
Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
10 Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh.
Manasseh was the father of Amon.
Amon was the father of Josiah.
11 Josiah was the father of Jeconiah and his brothers.
This was at the time when the Israelites' enemies took them away to Babylon.
12 Here is a list of Jesus' ancestors who lived after that time:
Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel.
Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.
13 Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud.
Abiud was the father of Eliakim.
Eliakim was the father of Azor.
14 Azor was the father of Zadok.
Zadok was the father of Akim.
Akim was the father of Eliud.
15 Eliud was the father of Eleazar.
Eleazar was the father of Matthan.
Matthan was the father of Jacob.
16 Jacob was the father of Joseph.
Joseph married Mary. Mary was the mother of Jesus. Jesus is the one who is called Christ, the Messiah.[b]
17 So then, there were 14 generations from Abraham to David. There were another 14 generations from David to the time they took the Israelite people away to Babylon. Then there were 14 generations from that time until Jesus, the Messiah, was born.[c]
Jesus is born
18 This is how Jesus Christ was born. His mother's name was Mary. She had promised to marry a man called Joseph. Then she discovered that she was pregnant. This happened before they started to live together. It was the Holy Spirit that caused this to happen to her. 19 Joseph was a good man. He wanted to do what was right. He did not want her to become ashamed in front of people. So he decided to stop their marriage secretly.[d] 20 He thought about what he should do. Then an angel came from the Lord God to see him. The angel came to Joseph while he was dreaming. The angel said, ‘Joseph, you who are from the family of King David, take Mary home as your wife. Do not be afraid to do that. The baby that is growing inside her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 Mary's baby will be a boy. He will save his people from their sins.[e] Because of that, you must give him the name “Jesus”.’
22 The Lord God had given a message about this to one of his prophets long ago. Now that message would become true. 23 The prophet had said, ‘A young woman who has never had sex will have a baby boy. People will call her son Immanuel.’ This name means ‘God is with us’.
24 Then Joseph woke up from his sleep. He did what God's angel had said to him. He married Mary and he took her to his home. 25 Joseph did not have sex with Mary until after the baby boy was born. He said that the boy's name should be Jesus.
Footnotes
- 1:1 Jesus was a descendant of Abraham. Abraham was the ancestor of all the Israelite people. We can read about Abraham in Genesis 12—25. Jesus was also a descendant of Judah, one of Jacob's sons. Later, the descendants of Judah were called Jews. Jesus was also a descendant of King David. We can read about King David in 1 Samuel 16—31 and in 2 Samuel.
- 1:16 ‘Christ’ and ‘Messiah’ both mean someone that God has chosen to be a special king. ‘Christ’ is the Greek word. ‘Messiah’ is the Hebrew word.
- 1:17 The names of all their ancestors were very important to the Jews. Then they knew that they were Jews. The list shows that Jesus was in the same family as Abraham, Judah, Joshua and David. They were his ancestors. Matthew records Jesus' ancestors as far as Joseph. Jesus was Mary's son, but he was not Joseph's son. Matthew explains this in the next verses. But, when Joseph married Mary, he became the father of Jesus by the law.
- 1:19 Joseph thought that Mary had had sex with another man. When two Jewish people had promised to marry each other, it was not easy to stop the marriage. Joseph could have told people in a public place that Mary had done something wrong. This would stop the marriage. The law said that they should then kill Mary. But Joseph wanted to be kind to Mary. Then the angel told him that Mary had not done anything wrong, so he should marry her.
- 1:21 Jesus saves people from God's punishment for the wrong things that they have done.
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