Matthew 1: literal translation

1 The bible¹ of the genesis² of Jesus³ Christ⁴, son of David⁵, son of Abraham⁶.
² Abraham gave the gene⁷ to Isaac⁸. Isaac gave the gene to Jacob⁹. Jacob gave the gene to Judah¹⁰ and his brothers¹¹. ³ Judah gave the gene to Perez¹² and Zerah¹³ from Tamar¹⁴. Perez gave the gene to Hezron¹⁵. Hezron gave the gene to Ram¹⁶. ⁴ Ram gave the gene to Amminadab¹⁷. Amminadab gave the gene to Nahshon¹⁸. Nahshon gave the gene to Salmon¹⁹. ⁵ Salmon gave the gene to Boaz²⁰ from Rahab²¹. Boaz gave the gene to Obed²² from Ruth²³. Obed gave the gene to Jesse²⁴. ⁶ Jesse gave the gene to David²⁵ the king²⁶. David gave the gene to Solomon²⁷ from Uriah's²⁸ her. ⁷ Solomon gave the gene to Rehoboam²⁹. Rehoboam gave the gene to Abijah³⁰. Abijah gave the gene to Asa³¹. ⁸ Asa gave the gene to Jehoshaphat³². Jehoshaphat gave the gene to Joram³³. Joram gave the gene to Uzziah³⁴. ⁹ Uzziah gave the gene to Jotham³⁵. Jotham gave the gene to Ahaz³⁶. Ahaz gave the gene to Hezekiah³⁷. ¹⁰ Hezekiah gave the gene to Manasseh³⁸. Manasseh gave the gene to Amos³⁹. Amos gave the gene to Josiah⁴⁰.
¹¹ Josiah gave the gene to Jeconiah⁴¹ and his brothers during the resettlement⁴² to Babylon. ¹² After the resettlement to Babylon Jeconiah gave the gene to Shealtiel⁴³. Shealtiel gave the gene to Zerubbabel⁴⁴. ¹³ Zerubbabel gave the gene to Abiud⁴⁵. Abiud gave the gene to Eliakim⁴⁶. Eliakim gave the gene to Azor⁴⁷. ¹⁴ Azor gave the gene to Zadok⁴⁸. Zadok gave the gene to Achim⁴⁹. Achim gave the gene to Eliud⁵⁰. ¹⁵ Eliud gave the gene to Eleazar⁵¹. Eleazar gave the gene to Matthan⁵². Matthan gave the gene to Jacob. ¹⁶ Jacob gave the gene to Joseph, the man⁵³ of Mary, out of whom was born Jesus, the One being called Christ. ¹⁷ So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David until the resettlement to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the resettlement to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
¹⁸ Of Jesus Christ the genesis thus has been. Mary, his mother, was engaged to Joseph. Before coming together⁵⁴ them, it was discovered in belly⁵⁵ she is having⁵⁶ out of the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹ Joseph, her man, being righteous and not willing⁵⁷ her to expose, wills to untie⁵⁸ her away latently⁵⁹. ²⁰ At this his impassioning⁶⁰, behold, an angel of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, Joseph, son of David, not you should fear to receive Mary as your woman⁶¹, because what is it in her is from the Holy Spirit. ²¹ She will bear a son, and you will call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. ²² This whole⁶² became⁶³ to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet⁶⁴, saying, ²³ Behold, the virgin will have⁶⁵ in belly and will bear a son, and they will call his name Immanuel⁶⁶, which is translated, with us God⁶⁷. ²⁴ When Joseph woke up from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had prescribed⁶⁸ him and received his woman, ²⁵ and knew her not until she brought forth a son, and he called his name Jesus.

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¹ In the original, Βίβλος, meaning scroll. As the word is understandable without translation, we present the Hellenism here and throughout.
² In the original, γένεσις, which means creation, generation. Since the original word 'genesis' has become ingrained in English culture, we present it as Hellenism.
³ In the original, Ἰησοῦς; the transcription, Iesous.
⁴ Χριστός - Christos.
⁵ Δαυίδ - David.
⁶ Ἀβραάμ - Abraam. Abraham אַבְרָהָם in the Old Testament.
⁷ The word from the original ἐγέννησεν (begot) comes from γένος (birth, gene). Therefore, we translate it as: gave birth to/gave gene.
⁸ Ἰσαάκ - Isaak. Yitschaq יִצְחָק in OT.
⁹ Ἰακὼβ - Iakob. Yaaqob יַעֲקֹב in OT.
¹⁰ Ἰούδας - Ioudas. Yehudah יְהוּדָה in OT.
¹¹ ἀδελφοὺς - brothers. "Philadelphia" translates to "brotherly love" in Greek.
¹² Φαρές - Phares. Perets פֶרֶץ in OT.
¹³ Ζαρά - Zara. Zerach זֶרַח in OT.
¹⁴ Θάμαρ - Thamar. Tamar תָּמָר in OT.
¹⁵ Ἑσρώμ - Hesrom. Chetsron חֶצְרוֹן in OT.
¹⁶ Ἀράμ - Aram. Ram רָם in OT.
¹⁷ Ἀμιναδάβ - Aminadab. Amminadab עַמִּינָדָב in OT.
¹⁸ Ναασσών - Naasson. Nachshon נַחְשׁוֹן in OT.
¹⁹ Σαλμών - Salmon. Salmon שַׂלְמוֹן in OT.
²⁰ Βοόζ - Boos. Boaz בֹּעַז in OT.
²¹ Ῥαχάβ - Rhachab. Rachab רָחָב in OT.
²² Ὠβήδ - Obed. Obed עוֹבֵד in OT.
²³ Ῥούθ - Rhouth. Ruth רוּת in OT.
²⁴ Ἰεσσαί - Iessai. Yishay יִשַׁי in OT.
²⁵ Δαυίδ - David. David דָּוִד in OT.
²⁶ βασιλεύς - king. As the word 'Basileus' exists in the English language, we present this Hellenism in the translation.
²⁷ Σολομών - Solomon. Shelomoh שְׁלמֹה in OT.
²⁸ Οὐρίας - Ourias. Uwriyah איּרִיָּה in OT.
²⁹ Ῥοβοάμ - Rhoboam. Rechabam רְחַבְעָם in OT.
³⁰ Ἀβιά - Abia. Abiyyah אֲבִיָּה in OT.
³¹ Ἀσάφ - Asaph. Asaph אָסָף in OT.
³² Ἰωσαφάτ - Iosaphat. Yehoshaphat יְהוֹשָׁפָט in OT.
³³ Ἰωράμ - Ioram. Yoram יוֹרָם in OT.
³⁴ Ὀζίας - Ozias. Uzziyyah עֻזִּיָּה in OT.
³⁵ Ἰωάθαμ - Ioatham. Yotham יוֹתָם in OT.
³⁶ Ἄχαζ - Achaz. Achaz אָחָז in OT.
³⁷ Ἑζεκίας - Hezekias. Chizqiyyah חִזְקִיָּה in OT.
³⁸ Μανασσῆς - Manasses. Menashsheh מְנַשֶּׁה in OT.
³⁹ Ἀμώς - Amos. Amots אָמוֹץ in OT.
⁴⁰ Ἰωσίας - Iosias. Yoshiyyah יאֹשִׁיָּה in OT.
⁴¹ Ἰεχονίας - Iechonias. Yekonyah יְכָנְיָה in OT.
⁴² μετοικεσία = meta + oikos, a change of abode.
⁴³ Σαλαθιήλ - Salathiel. Shealtiel שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל in OT.
⁴⁴ Ζοροβάβελ - Zorobabel. Zerubbabel זְרֻבָּבֶל in OT.
⁴⁵ Ἀβιούδ - Abioud. Abihud אֲבִיהוּד in OT.
⁴⁶ Ἐλιακείμ - Eliakim. Elyaqim אֶלְיָקִים in OT.
⁴⁷ Ἀζώρ - Azor. Azzur עַזּוּר in OT.
⁴⁸ Σαδώκ - Sadok. Tsadoq צָדוֹק in OT.
⁴⁹ Ἀχείμ - Achim.
⁵⁰ Ἐλιούδ - Elioud.
⁵¹ Ἐλεάζαρ - Eleazar.
⁵² Ματθάν - Matthan.
⁵³ ἀνδρός - a man, husband. The word 'andr' in English is already used as a root in words such as 'andrology' and 'android.'
⁵⁴ συνέρχομαι = συν (together) + έρχομαι (to come).
⁵⁵ γαστήρ - the belly.
⁵⁶ In the original, it is not written that she was pregnant or had a child; in the original, it is stated that she simply had something, from the Holy Spirit.
⁵⁷ θέλω - to will. From it, θέλημα - will. "Your will be done" (Matthew 6:10).
⁵⁸ ἀπολύω = ἀπο (away) + λύω (untie).
⁵⁹ In the original, λάθρᾳ.
⁶⁰ ἐνθυμέομαι = ἐν (in) + θυμός (passion).
⁶¹ γυνή - a woman, wife. The word 'gyne' in English is already used as a root in 'gynecology'.
⁶² ὅλος - whole. And 'all' is πάντας.
⁶³ γίνομαι - to become.
⁶⁴ προφήτης.
⁶⁵ In the original, conception is not mentioned, only that she will have something.
⁶⁶ Ἐμμανουήλ - Emmanouel. Immanuel עִמָּנוּאֵל in OT.
⁶⁷ 'God with us' is more common, but in the original it is written exactly 'with us God'.
⁶⁸ προστάσσω = προσ (toward) + τάσσω (to draw up in order, arrange).