Matteo 1
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
I. NASCITA E INFANZIA DI GESU'
Ascendenti di Gesù
1 Genealogia di Gesù Cristo figlio di Davide, figlio di Abramo. 2 Abramo generò Isacco, Isacco generò Giacobbe, Giacobbe generò Giuda e i suoi fratelli, 3 Giuda generò Fares e Zara da Tamar, Fares generò Esròm, Esròm generò Aram, 4 Aram generò Aminadàb, Aminadàb generò Naassòn, Naassòn generò Salmòn, 5 Salmòn generò Booz da Racab, Booz generò Obed da Rut, Obed generò Iesse, 6 Iesse generò il re Davide.
Davide generò Salomone da quella che era stata la moglie di Urìa, 7 Salomone generò Roboamo, Roboamo generò Abìa, Abìa generò Asàf, 8 Asàf generò Giòsafat, Giòsafat generò Ioram, Ioram generò Ozia, 9 Ozia generò Ioatam, Ioatam generò Acaz, Acaz generò Ezechia, 10 Ezechia generò Manasse, Manasse generò Amos, Amos generò Giosia, 11 Giosia generò Ieconia e i suoi fratelli, al tempo della deportazione in Babilonia.
12 Dopo la deportazione in Babilonia, Ieconia generò Salatiel, Salatiel generò Zorobabèle, 13 Zorobabèle generò Abiùd, Abiùd generò Elìacim, Elìacim generò Azor, 14 Azor generò Sadoc, Sadoc generò Achim, Achim generò Eliùd, 15 Eliùd generò Eleàzar, Eleàzar generò Mattan, Mattan generò Giacobbe, 16 Giacobbe generò Giuseppe, lo sposo di Maria, dalla quale è nato Gesù chiamato Cristo.
17 La somma di tutte le generazioni, da Abramo a Davide, è così di quattordici; da Davide fino alla deportazione in Babilonia è ancora di quattordici; dalla deportazione in Babilonia a Cristo è, infine, di quattordici.
Giuseppe assume la paternità legale di Gesù
18 Ecco come avvenne la nascita di Gesù Cristo: sua madre Maria, essendo promessa sposa di Giuseppe, prima che andassero a vivere insieme si trovò incinta per opera dello Spirito Santo. 19 Giuseppe suo sposo, che era giusto e non voleva ripudiarla, decise di licenziarla in segreto. 20 Mentre però stava pensando a queste cose, ecco che gli apparve in sogno un angelo del Signore e gli disse: «Giuseppe, figlio di Davide, non temere di prendere con te Maria, tua sposa, perché quel che è generato in lei viene dallo Spirito Santo. 21 Essa partorirà un figlio e tu lo chiamerai Gesù: egli infatti salverà il suo popolo dai suoi peccati».
22 Tutto questo avvenne perché si adempisse ciò che era stato detto dal Signore per mezzo del profeta:
23 Ecco, la vergine concepirà e partorirà un figlio
che sarà chiamato Emmanuele,
che significa Dio con noi. 24 Destatosi dal sonno, Giuseppe fece come gli aveva ordinato l'angelo del Signore e prese con sé la sua sposa, 25 la quale, senza che egli la conoscesse, partorì un figlio, che egli chiamò Gesù.
Matthew 1
Complete Jewish Bible
1 This is the genealogy of Yeshua the Messiah, son of David, son of Avraham:
2 Avraham was the father of Yitz’chak,
Yitz’chak was the father of Ya‘akov,
Ya‘akov was the father of Y’hudah and his brothers,
3 Y’hudah was the father of Peretz and Zerach (their mother was Tamar),
Peretz was the father of Hetzron,
Hetzron was the father of Ram,
4 Ram was the father of ‘Amminadav,
‘Amminadav was the father of Nachshon,
Nachshon was the father of Salmon,
5 Salmon was the father of Bo‘az (his mother was Rachav),
Bo‘az was the father of ‘Oved (his mother was Rut),
‘Oved was the father of Yishai,
6 Yishai was the father of David the king.
David was the father of Shlomo (his mother was the wife of Uriyah),
7 Shlomo was the father of Rechav‘am,
Rechav‘am was the father of Aviyah,
Aviyah was the father of Asa,
8 Asa was the father of Y’hoshafat,
Y’hoshafat was the father of Yoram,
Yoram was the father of ‘Uziyahu,
9 ‘Uziyahu was the father of Yotam,
Yotam was the father of Achaz,
Achaz was the father of Hizkiyahu,
10 Hizkiyahu was the father of M’nasheh,
M’nasheh was the father of Amon,
Amon was the father of Yoshiyahu,
11 Yoshiyahu was the father of Y’khanyahu and his brothers
at the time of the Exile to Bavel.
12 After the Babylonian Exile, Y’khanyahu was the father of Sh’altiel,
Sh’altiel was the father of Z’rubavel,
13 Z’rubavel was the father of Avihud,
Avihud was the father of Elyakim,
Elyakim was the father of ‘Azur,
14 ‘Azur was the father of Tzadok,
Tzadok was the father of Yakhin,
Yakhin was the father of El’ichud,
15 El’ichud was the father of El‘azar,
El‘azar was the father of Mattan,
Mattan was the father of Ya‘akov,
16 Ya‘akov was the father of Yosef the husband of Miryam,
from whom was born the Yeshua who was called the Messiah.
17 Thus there were fourteen generations from Avraham to David,
fourteen generations from David to the Babylonian Exile,
and fourteen generations from the Babylonian Exile to the Messiah.
18 Here is how the birth of Yeshua the Messiah took place. When his mother Miryam was engaged to Yosef, before they were married, she was found to be pregnant from the Ruach HaKodesh. 19 Her husband-to-be, Yosef, was a man who did what was right; so he made plans to break the engagement quietly, rather than put her to public shame. 20 But while he was thinking about this, an angel of Adonai appeared to him in a dream and said, “Yosef, son of David, do not be afraid to take Miryam home with you as your wife; for what has been conceived in her is from the Ruach HaKodesh. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Yeshua, [which means ‘Adonai saves,’] because he will save his people from their sins.”
22 All this happened in order to fulfill what Adonai had said through the prophet,
23 “The virgin will conceive and bear a son,
and they will call him ‘Immanu El.”[a]
(The name means, “God is with us.”)
24 When Yosef awoke he did what the angel of Adonai had told him to do — he took Miryam home to be his wife, 25 but he did not have sexual relations with her until she had given birth to a son, and he named him Yeshua.
Footnotes
- Matthew 1:23 Isaiah 7:14
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