Fresh Translation of Matthew 1

The Lord wanted me to translate Matthew 1 this morning for my devotions. Can't say I understand why, but here it is. All names have been rendered in their original Hebrew/Aramaic forms, and some words have been added to bring out and clarify the meaning of certain words in the Greek. 

Matthew 1

     The Book of the Genesis of Yeshua the Christ Bar-David Bar-Avraham.

     Avraham fathered Yitzchak, and Yitzchak fathered Ya’akov, and Ya’akov fathered Y’hudah and his brothers, and Y’hudah fathered Peretz and Zerach from Tamar, and Peretz fathered Chetzron, and Chetzron fathered Ram, and Ram fathered Amminadav, and Amminadav fathered Nachshon, and Nachshon fathered Salmon, and Salmon fathered Bo’az from Rachav, and Bo’az fathered Oved from Rut, and Oved fathered Yishai, and Yishai fathered David haMelech.

     And David fathered Shlomo from she belonging to Uriyah, and Shlomo fathered Rechav’am, and Rechav’am fathered Aviyah, and Aviyah fathered Asa, Asa fathered Y’hoshaphat, and Y’hoshaphat fathered Yoram, and Yoram fathered Uziyahu, and Uziyahu fathered Yotam, and Yotam fathered Achaz, and Achaz fathered Chizkiyahu, and Chizkiyahu fathered M’nasheh, and M’nasheh fathered Amon, and Amon fathered Yoshiyahu, and Yoshiayahu fathered Y’khanyahu and his brothers upon the Babylonian deportation.

     And with the Babylonian deportation Y’khanyahu fathered Sh’altiel, and Sh’altiel fathered Z’rubavel, and Z’rubavel fathered Av’ichud, and Av’ichud fathered Elyakim, and Elyakim fathered Azur, and Azur fathered Tzadok, and Tzadok fathered Yakhin, and Yakhin fathered El’ichud, and El’ichud fathered El’azar, and El’azar fathered Mattan, and Mattan fathered Ya’akov, and Ya’akov fathered Yosef, the man of Maryam, from which woman was born Yeshua who is being said to be the Christ.

     All the generations then from Avraham until David are fourteen generations, and from David until the Babylonian deportation are fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian deportation until the Christ are fourteen generations.

     And the genesis of Yeshua the Christ was in this way. With His mother Maryam being betrothed to Yosef, before their coming together she was found holding something in the belly from the Holy Spirit. Yet Yosef her man, being in his right mind and not wishing to make a show of her, preferred to unbind her from himself secretly. Yet with his taking these things to heart, look, an angel of the Lord in line with a dream shined forth to him telling him, “Yosef Bar-David, you shouldn’t be afraid to receive Maryam from her father to be your woman; because the thing within her is fathered from the Holy Spirit. And she will bring a Son into the world, and you will call His name, ‘Yeshua,’ because He will rescue His people from their malfunctioning behaviors. And this whole thing has happened so that the thing spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled saying, ‘Look, the virgin will hold something in the belly and will bring a son into the world, and they will call His name ‘Immanu’el’, which is translated, ‘God with us.’” And being roused from the sleep, Yosef did like the angel of the Lord posted him and received his woman from her father, and didn’t become familiar with her until where she brought a Son into the world; and he called His name, “Yeshua.”