Mt 1:1-16

Kitabu cha ukoo wa Yesu Kristo, mwana wa Daudi, mwana wa Ibrahimu. Ibrahimu alimzaa Isaka; Isaka akamzaa Yakobo; Yakobo akamzaa Yuda na ndugu zake; Yuda akamzaa Peresi na Zera kwa Tamari; Peresi akamzaa Esromu; Esromu akamzaa Aramu; Aramu akamzaa Aminadabu; Aminadabu akamzaa Nashoni; Nashoni akamzaa Salmoni; Salmoni akamzaa Boazi kwa Rahabu; Boazi akamzaa Obedi kwa Ruthu; Obedi akamzaa Yese; Yese akamzaa mfalme Daudi. Daudi akamzaa Sulemani kwa yule mke wa Uria; Sulemani akamzaa Rehoboamu; Rehoboamu akamzaa Abiya; Abiya akamzaa Asa; Asa akamzaa Yehoshafati; Yehoshafati akamzaa Yoramu; Yoramu akamzaa Uzia; Uzia akamzaa Yothamu; Yothamu akamzaa Ahazi; Ahazi akamzaa Hezekia; Hezekia akamzaa Manase; Manase akamzaa Amoni; Amoni akamzaa Yosia; Yosia akamzaa Yekonia na ndugu zake, wakati wa ule uhamisho wa Babeli. Na baada ya ule uhamisho wa Babeli, Yekonia akamzaa Shealtieli; Shealtieli akamzaa Zerubabeli; Zerubabeli akamzaa Abihudi; Abihudi akamzaa Eliakimu; Eliakimu akamzaa Azori; Azori akamzaa Sadoki; Sadoki akamzaa Akimu; Akimu akamzaa Eliudi; Eliudi akamzaa Eleazari; Eleazari akamzaa Matani; Matani akamzaa Yakobo; Yakobo akamzaa Yusufu mumewe Mariamu aliyemzaa YESU aitwaye Kristo.