Mahte 6
1 Khyang hea maa, khyang he hmuha käh nami petmsawt vai. Khyanga hmuha nami bilawh üng ta khana ka nami pa naw aphu ning jah pe khaia am kya.
But take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen by them; otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.
2 Acunakyase msih mpyaki he üng nami jah petmsawt üng angdang käh nami pet vai. Ngpumim ja lama khyanga jah hmuh hmuha khyanga jah mhlünmtai vai hlawheikie hypocrite kba käh nami pawh vai. Ka ning jah mthehki, acun he cun ami ngkhengnak yah pängki he ni.
Therefore when thou doest alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Truly do I say to you, They have received their reward.
3 Cunüngpi na petmsawt üng na kut vang naw a pet cen na kut vang naw käh ksing se.
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth;
4 Na petmsawt üng anghmüa nami petmsawt vai. Acunüng, angthupa ka pi hmuh theiki nami pa naw angdanga ning jah kheng khai.
that thine alms may be in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee.
5 “Nami ktaiyü üng hypocritea kba käh ktaiyü ua! Amimi cun naw Sinakok ja lam kyuma khyanga hmuh vaia ngdüi hü u lü ktaiyüki he ni. Ka ning jah mthehki, acun he cun naw ngkhengnak yah pängki he ni.
And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites are; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Truly do I say to you, They have received their reward.
6 Acunüngpi, na ktaiyü üng na im k'um ahinaka lut lü ksawh na khaih käna, ahawia pi ve lü am hmuh theia na Pamhnama veia na ktaiyü üng ning pe khai.
But do thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and, when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee.
7 Nami ktaiyü üng am jumeikia khyang he naw ami pyen kce ami pyen be bea kba käh nami ktaiyü vai. Ami ktaiyü a saüa phäh ami mhname naw jah ngjak khaia ngaieikie.
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do; for they think that they shall be heard for the multitude of their words.
8 Acun he mäiha käh nami ve vai. Isetiüng ta i nami hlüki ti cun nami pa naw am nami tä ham üng a ksing päng ni.
Be not ye therefore like them; for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
9 Acunakyase, hikba nami ktaiyü vai: Khana vekia kami pa, na ngming ngcim naw leisawngnak yah se.
After this manner therefore pray ye: —Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name;
10 Na khaw pha law se; Na hlüei khankhawa ami pawha kba khawmdeka pi pawh u se.
thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;
11 Tuhngawi kami ei khyawh vai ei jah pe bä.
give us this day our daily bread;
12 Kami khana mkhyekatki he kami jah mhläta kba, kami mkhyekatnak pi jah mhlät bä.
and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors;
13 Mkhyekat vaia hlawhlepnaka käh jah cehpüi lü, Khawyaipaa kut üngkhyüh pi jah yung kawpi. Khaw ni, johit ja hlüngtainak he cun na kaa kya se. Amen.
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
14 Khyang hea ami ning jah mkhyekatnak nami jah mhlät üng khankhawa ka nami pa naw pi nangmia mkhyekatnak pi ning jah mhlät khai.
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you;
15 Acunüng pi khyang hea ami mkhyekatnak am nami jah mhlät üng, khana ka nami pa naw pi nami mkhyenak am ning jah mhlät khaia kyaki.
but if ye do not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
16 Ei nami jeih üng hypocrit hea kba pukseki hea mäiha nami hmai käh nami tak vai. Khyang he naw ei jeihki he ti ami jah ksing vaia ami hmai hngasaki he ni. Akcanga ka ning jah mtheh hlüki. Acun he cun ami ngkhengnak yah pängki he ni.
Moreover, when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to be fasting. Truly do I say to you, They have received their reward.
17 Ei nami jeih üng nami lu ksi am hluk u lü mthik lü nami hmaiei vai.
But do thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
18 Acunüng, khyang he naw ei nami jeih am ksing u. Nami pa angthupnaka ve lü angthup hmuh theiki däk naw angdanga ning jah khyeng khai.
that thou appear not to men to be fasting, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee.
19 Mthiek ja mkhyaa ei thei ja, mpyukei hea kpyeh thei, khawmdek khana khawhthem käh mcun ua.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where the moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
20 Mthiek ja mkhyaa am a ei thei ja mpyukei hea am ami kpyeh thei khankhaw khawh mcun ua.
but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumeth, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.
21 Isetiüng ta, khawhthem nami taknaka nami mlungmthin, nami ngainak ve khaia kyaki.
For where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also.
22 Mik cun pumsa akvai ni. Acunakyase na mik a daw üng, na pumsa avan vai khai.
The eye is the lamp of the body. If thine eye he clear, thy whole body will be in light;
23 Acunüng pi, na mik a mü üng ta na pumsa avan nghmüp päihki ni. Acunakyase, na pumsa k'uma veki akvai hin anghmüp ani üng ihlawka kyühkse khai aw?
but if thine eye be disordered, thy whole body will be in darkness. If then the light that is within thee is darkness, how great that darkness!
24 U naw pi bawi nghngiha khut am pawh khawh. Bawi mat kphya na lü; bawi mat hneng khai. Am ani üng mata pyen ngai lü, mat ksekha na khai. Nangmi pi Pamhnam ja ngui xüi ani nghngiha khut am jah mkhyawp khawh uki.
No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate one, and love the other; or else he will cleave to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25 Acunakyase, ka ning jah mtheh hlü ta, i ka ei khai, i ka aw khai, i ka suisak khai ti lü nami pumsaa phäh käh cäicing ua. Sak hin eiawka kthaka am phumah bawki aw? Pumsa hin suisaka kthaka am phumah bawki aw?
Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?
26 Khana kha he jah teng ua: mci am saw u, cang am at u, kheia pi am mcunei u. Cunüngpi nami pa khana ka naw jah mcahki ni! Kha hea kthak nami phumah bawkie am niki aw?
Behold the birds of the air, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much greater value than they?
27 Acun he nami cäicingnaka phäh a khawkum apica saülawki veki aw?
But who of you by anxious thought can add to his life one cubit?
28 Acunakyase, ivaia suisaka phäha nami cäicingki he ni? Mawkpyawnga ka he lili khyeipai he cen jah teng süm ua, ami suisak vai am khüi na u, nghmüi pi am bi u.
And why are ye anxious about raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin;
29 Ka ning jah mthehki, Sangpuxang Solamona a khawhkhyam naküt naw khyeipai matcaa ngtongtai pi am kpha.
and yet I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these.
30 Nami jumnak ngceki he aw, tuhngawi xüng lü angawi üng thikia khyeipai he pi Pamhnam naw a jah ngtongtaisak üng ta, acuna kthaka daw bawkia ning jah msuimsak khai ni.
And if God so clothes the herbage of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into an oven, will he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31 Acunakyase, i kami ei khai, i kami aw khai, i kami suisak khai? ti lü ä cäicing ua.
Therefore be not anxious, saying, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we he clothed?
32 (Ahin he cun Pamhnam am ksingki he naw ni ami suihjap khawi.) Nangmi cun khana ka nami pa naw nami hlükaw naküt cun ksingki.
For after all these things do the gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 Akcüka Pamhnama khaw ja a hlüei sui ma ua, acun käna ahin he avan ning jah pe khai.
But seek first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will also be given you.
34 Acunakyase, khawngawia phäha käh cäicing ua, khawngawi amäta phäh cäicingei khai ni. Tuhngawi na cäicingnak hin tuhngawia phäha khäk ve.
Be not then anxious about the morrow; for the morrow will be anxious about itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.
