en_tn/mat/01/18.md

## translationWords

* [[en:tw:holyspirit]]
* [[en:tw:jesus]]
* [[en:tw:josephnt]]
* [[en:tw:mary]]
* [[en:tw:righteous]]

## translationNotes

* This begins an account of the events leading up to the birth of Jesus. If your language has a way to show a change of topics, you should use it here.
* **Mary was engaged to marry Joseph ** - "was promised to marry" (UDB) or "was committed to marry." Parents normally arranged the marriages of their children.
* **before they came together** - This euphemism means "before they had sexual relations." (See: [[en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_euphemism]])
* **she was found to be pregnant** - "they realized that she was going to have a baby" (See: [[en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_activepassive]])
* **by the Holy Spirit** - The Holy Spirit had enabled Mary to have a baby.
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00			`## translationWords`

			`* [[en:tw:holyspirit]]`
			`* [[en:tw:jesus]]`
			`* [[en:tw:josephnt]]`
			`* [[en:tw:mary]]`
			`* [[en:tw:righteous]]`

			`## translationNotes`

			`* This begins an account of the events leading up to the birth of Jesus. If your language has a way to show a change of topics, you should use it here.`
Changes for tN version 2 2016-02-24 00:20:38 +00:00			`* Mary was engaged to marry Joseph - "was promised to marry" (UDB) or "was committed to marry." Parents normally arranged the marriages of their children.`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00			`* before they came together - This euphemism means "before they had sexual relations." (See: [[en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_euphemism]])`
			`* she was found to be pregnant - "they realized that she was going to have a baby" (See: [[en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_activepassive]])`
			`* by the Holy Spirit - The Holy Spirit had enabled Mary to have a baby.`