Praise Yahuah

1:1The book of the genealogy of Yahusha ha’Mashiaḥ, Bĕn of Dawiḏ, Bĕn of Aḇraham:

1:2Aḇraham brought forth Yitsḥaq, and Yitsḥaq brought forth Ya‘aqoḇ, and Ya‘aqoḇ brought forth Yahuḏah and his brothers.

1:3And Yahuḏah brought forth Perets and Zeraḥ by Tamar, and Perets brought forth Ḥetsron, and Ḥetsron brought forth Ram.

1:4And Ram brought forth Amminaḏaḇ, and Amminaḏaḇ brought forth Naḥshon, and Naḥshon brought forth Salmon.

1:5And Salmon brought forth Bo‘az by Raḥaḇ, and Bo‘az brought forth Oḇĕḏ by Ruth, and Oḇĕḏ brought forth Yishai.

1:6And Yishai brought forth Dawiḏ the sovereign, and Dawiḏ the sovereign brought forth Shelomoh by Uriyah’s wife.

1:7And Shelomoh brought forth Reḥaḇ’am, and Reḥaḇ’am brought forth Aḇiyah, and Aḇiyah brought forth Asa.

1:8And Asa brought forth Yahoshaphat, and Yahoshaphat brought forth Yoram, and Yoram brought forth Uzziyah.

1:9And Uzziyah brought forth Yotham, and Yotham brought forth Aḥaz, and Aḥaz brought forth Ḥizqiyahu.

1:10And Ḥizqiyahu brought forth Menashsheh, and Menashsheh brought forth Amon, and Amon brought forth Yoshiyahu.

1:11And Yoshiyahu brought forth Yeḵonyah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Baḇel.

1:12And after the exile to Baḇel, Yeḵonyah brought forth She‘alti’ĕl, and She‘alti’ĕl brought forth Zerubbaḇel.

1:13And Zerubbaḇel brought forth Aḇihuḏ, and Aḇihuḏ brought forth Elyaqim, and Elyaqim brought forth Azor.

1:14And Azor brought forth Tsaḏoq, and Tsaḏoq brought forth Aqim, and Aqim brought forth Elihuḏ.

1:15And Elihuḏ brought forth El‘azar, and El‘azar brought forth Mattan, and Mattan brought forth Ya‘aqoḇ.

1:16And Ya‘aqoḇ brought forth Yosĕph the husband of Miryam, of whom was born Yahusha who is called Mashiaḥ.

1:17So all the generations from Aḇraham to Dawiḏ were fourteen generations, and from Dawiḏ until the exile to Baḇel were fourteen generations, and from the exile to Baḇel until Mashiaḥ were fourteen generations.

1:18And the birth of Yahusha ha’Mashiaḥ was as follows: After His mother Miryam was engaged to Yosĕph, before they came together, she was found to be pregnant from the Ruaḥ ha’Qodesh.

1:19And Yosĕph her husband, being righteous, and not wanting to make a show of her, had in mind to put her away secretly.

1:20But while he thought about this, see, a messenger of Yahuah appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Yosĕph, son of Dawiḏ, do not be afraid to take Miryam as your wife, for that which is in her was brought forth from the Ruaḥ ha’Qodesh.

1:21“And she shall give birth to a Bĕn, and you shall call His Name Yahusha for He shall save His people from their sins.”

1:22And all this came to be in order to fill what was spoken by Yahuah through the naḇi, saying,

1:23“See, a maiden shall conceive, and she shall give birth to a Bĕn, and they shall call His Name Immanu’ĕl,” which translated, means, “Ĕl with us.”

1:24And Yosĕph, awaking from his sleep, did as the messenger of Yahuah commanded him and took his wife,

1:25but knew her not until she gave birth to her Bĕn, the first-born. And he called His Name Yahusha.

2:1And Yahusha having been born in Bĕyth Leḥem of Yahuḏah in the days of Hĕrodĕs the sovereign, see, Magi from the East came to Yerushalayim,

2:2saying, “Where is He who has been born Sovereign of the Yahuḏim? For we saw His star in the East and have come to do reverence to Him.”

2:3And Hĕrodĕs the sovereign, having heard, was troubled, and all Yerushalayim with him.

2:4And having gathered all the chief kohenim and scribes of the people together, he asked them where ha’Mashiaḥ was to be born.

2:5And they said to him, “In Bĕyth Leḥem of Yahuḏah, for thus it has been written by the naḇi,

2:6‘But you, Bĕyth Leḥem, in the land of Yahuḏah, you are by no means least among the rulers of Yahuḏah, for out of you shall come a Ruler who shall shepherd My people Yisra’ĕl.’ ”

2:7Then Hĕrodĕs, having called the Magi secretly, learned exactly from them what time the star appeared.

2:8And having sent them to Bĕyth Leḥem, he said, “Go and search diligently for the Child, and when you have found Him, bring back word to me, so that I too might go and do reverence to Him.”

2:9And having heard the sovereign, they went. And see, the star which they had seen, in the East went before them, until it came and stood over where the Child was.

2:10And seeing the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

2:11And coming into the house, they saw the Child with Miryam His mother, and fell down and did reverence to Him, and opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

2:12And having been warned in a dream that they should not return to Hĕrodĕs, they departed for their own country by another way.

2:13And when they had left, see, a messenger of Yahuah appeared to Yosĕph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the Child and His mother, and flee to Mitsrayim, and remain there until I bring you word, for Hĕrodĕs is about to seek the Child to destroy Him.”

2:14And rising up, he took the Child and His mother by night and departed for Mitsrayim,

2:15and remained there until the death of Hĕrodĕs, to fill what was spoken by Yahuah through the naḇi, saying, “Out of Mitsrayim I have called My Bĕn.”

2:16Then Hĕrodĕs, having seen that he was fooled by the Magi, was greatly enraged, and he sent forth and slew all the male children in Bĕyth Leḥem and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learnt from the Magi.

2:17Then was filled what was spoken by Yirmeyahu the naḇi, saying,

2:18“A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and weeping, and great mourning Raḥĕl weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted, because they were no more.”

2:19And Hĕrodĕs having died, see, a messenger of Yahuah appeared in a dream to Yosĕph in Mitsrayim,

2:20saying, “Arise, take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Yisra’ĕl, for those seeking the life of the Child are dead.”

2:21And rising up, he took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Yisra’ĕl.

2:22But hearing that Arḵelaos was reigning over Yahuḏah instead of his father Hĕrodĕs, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he departed to the parts of Galil,

2:23and came and dwelt in a city called Natsareth – thus to fill what was spoken by the neḇi’im, “He shall be called a Natsarene.”