Matthew · Chapter 1

[ edit] The boke of þe generacioun of Jheſu Criſt, þe ſone of Dauyd, þe ſone of Abraham. Abraham gendride Yſaac. Yſaac forſoþe bigate Jacob. Jacob forſoþe bigate Judas and his breþeren. Judas forſoþe bigate Phares and Zaram, of Thamar. Phares forſoþe bigate Eſrom. Eſrom forſoþe bigate Aram. Aram forſoþe bigate Amynadab. Amynadab forſoþe bigate Naſon. Naſon forſoþe bigate Salmon. Salmon forſoþe bigate Booz, of Raab. Booz forſoþe bigate Obeþ, of Ruþ. Obeþ forſoþe bigate Geſſe. Jeſſe forſoþe bigate Dauiþ þe kyng. Dauiþ forſoþe kyng bigate Salomon, of þat womman þat was Uries wyf. Salomon forſoþe bigate Roboam. Roboam forſoþe bigat Abias. Abias forſoþe bigate Aſa. Aſa forſoþe bigate Joſophat.

Joſophat forſoþe bigate Joram. Joram forſoþe bigate Oſias. Oſias forſoþe bigate Joaþan. Joaþan forſoþe bigate Achaz. Achaz forſoþe bigate Ezechie. Ezechie forſoþe bigate Manaſſes. Manaſſes forſoþe bigate Amon. Amon forſoþe bigate Joſias. Joſias forſoþe bigate Jechonyas and his breþeren, in to tranſmigracyoun of Babiloyne. And after þe tranſmygracyoun of Babiloyne, Jechonias bigate Salatiel. Salatiel forſoþe bigate Zorobabel. Zorobabel forſoþe begate Abyut. Abyut forſoþe bygate Eliachim. Eliachym forſoþe bigate Aſor. Aſor forſoþe bigate Sadoc. Sadoc forſoþe bygate Achym. Achym forſoþe bygate Elyut. Elyut forſoþe bygate Eleaſar. Eleaſar forſoþe bigate Maþan. Maþan forſoþe bigate Jacob.

Jacob forſoþe bigate Joſeph, þe huſbond of Marie, of whiche Marie Jeſus is born, þat is clepid Criſt. And ſo alle generaciouns from Abraham til to Dauiþ ben fourtene generaciouns, and fro Dauiþ vnto tranſmygracioun of Babiloyne ben fourtene generaciouns, and from þe tranſmygracioun of Babiloyne vnto Criſt ben fourtene generaciouns. Forſoþ þe generacioun of Criſt was þus. Whane Marie, his modir, was ſpouſid to Joſeph, bifore þat þei ſhulden come to gidre, ſhe is foundun hauynge in þe wombe of þe Holy Goſt. Joſeph forſoþe, hir huſbond, when he was iuſt man, or riȝtful, and wolde not pupliche hir, or lede hir ferþer, wolde priuyly forſake hire.

Soþely hym þenkynge þeſe þingus, lo! þe angel of þe Lord aperide in ſleepe, or ſweuen, to hym, ſayinge, Joſeph, þe ſone of Dauyd, nyl þou drede to take Marie, þi wyf; forſoþe þat þing þat is born in hire is of þe Holy Gooſt. Soþely ſhe ſhal bere a ſone, and þou ſhalt clepe his name Jeſus; for he ſhal make his peple ſaif fro her ſynnes. Forſoþe al þis þing was don, þat it ſhulde be fulfillid, þat þing þat was ſeid by a prophete, ſeiynge, Loo! a virgyne ſhal haue in wombe, and ſhe ſhal bere a ſone, and his name ſhal be clepid Emanuel, þat is interpretid, or expounid, God wiþ us.

Soþely Joſeph ryſynge vp fro ſleep, did as þe angel of þe Lord comaundide hym, and toke his wijf; and he knewe hir nat, til ſhe had boren hir firſt bygoten ſone, and clepide his name Jheſus.