マタイの福音書 6
1 汝ら見られんために己が義を人の前にて行はぬやうに心せよ。然らずば、天にいます汝らの父より報を得じ。
“When you do your good deeds, make certain that you do not do them when other people are watching so that they may see you [and think highly of you]. If [you do good deeds merely in order that other people may think highly of you, God], your Father who is in heaven, will not give you any reward.
2 さらば施濟をなすとき、僞善者が人に崇められんとて會堂や街にて爲すごとく、己が前にラッパを鳴すな。誠に汝らに告ぐ、彼らは既にその報を得たり。
So, whenever you give something to the poor, do not [announce it as people announce something that they want other people to know about] by playing a [fanfare] on a trumpet [MET]. That is what the hypocrites do (in the synagogues/in the Jewish meeting places) and on the main roads in order that people might [see what they do and] praise them. Keep this in mind: [People praise those hypocrites], [but] that is the [only] reward they will receive!
3 汝は施濟をなすとき、右の手のなすことを左の手に知らすな。
Instead [of doing as they do], when you give something to the poor, do not let other people know that you are doing that [MET].
4 是はその施濟の隱れん爲なり。さらば隱れたるに見たまふ汝の父は報い給はん。
In that way, you will be giving to the poor secretly. [As a result God], your Father who observes [you] while no one else sees [you], will reward you.
5 なんぢら祈るとき、僞善者の如くあらざれ。彼らは人に顯さんとて、會堂や大路の角に立ちて祈ることを好む。誠に汝らに告ぐ、かれらは既にその報を得たり。
Also when you pray, do not do what the hypocrites do. They like to stand in the Jewish meeting places and on the corners of the main streets to pray, in order that other people will see them [and think highly of them]. Keep this in mind: [People praise them, but] that is the [only] reward they will get.
6 なんぢは祈るとき、己が部屋にいり、戸を閉ぢて隱れたるに在す汝の父に祈れ。さらば隱れたるに見 給ふなんぢの父は報い給はん。
But as for you, when you pray, go into your private room and close the door in order to pray to [God], your Father, whom no one can see. He observes you where no one else observes you, and he will reward you.
7 また祈るとき、異邦人の如くいたづらに言を反復すな。彼らは言 多きによりて聽かれんと思ふなり。
When you pray, do not repeat words many times as the people who do not know God do [when they pray. They repeat meaningless words] because they think that if they use many words, their gods will listen to them and give them [what they ask for].
8 さらば彼らに效ふな、汝らの父は求めぬ前に、なんぢらの必要なる物を知りたまふ。
Do not [repeat words] as they do, because [God] your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
9 この故に汝らは斯く祈れ。「天にいます我らの父よ、願はくは御名の崇められん事を。
So pray [things] like this: Father, [you who are] in heaven, we [(exc)] desire that you be honored/revered {that people honor/revere you}.
10 御國の來らんことを。御意の天のごとく地にも行はれん事を。
We [(exc)] desire that people let you rule [over their lives]. We(exc) want [people who live] on the earth to do what you desire, as those who live in heaven [do what you want them to do].
11 我らの日用の糧を今日もあたへ給へ。
Give us [(exc)] each day the food [SYN] that we [(exc) need for] that day.
12 我らに負債ある者を我らの免したる如く、我らの負債をも免し給へ。
Forgive our sins just like we [(exc)] have forgiven the people who sin against us [(exc)].
13 我らを嘗試に遇はせず、惡より救ひ出したまへ」
Do not let us(exc) do wrong things when we(exc) are tempted {someone or something tempts us}, and rescue us [(exc)] when Satan the evil one tempts us to do evil things.”
14 汝 等もし人の過失を免さば、汝らの天の父も汝らを免し給はん。
“[Forgive the people who sin against you], because, if you forgive other people, [God], your Father who is in heaven, will forgive your [sins].
15 もし人を免さずば、汝らの父も汝らの過失を免し給はじ。
But if you do not forgive other people, neither will God forgive your sins.”
16 なんぢら斷食するとき、僞善者のごとく、悲しき面容をすな。彼らは斷食することを人に顯さんとて、その顏 色を害ふなり。誠に汝らに告ぐ、彼らは既にその報を得たり。
“When you abstain from eating food [in order to please God], do not look sad as the hypocrites look. They make their faces appear sad in order that people will see that they are abstaining from food [and will think highly of them]. Keep this in mind: [People will think highly of those people for that], but [that is the only] reward those people will get!
17 なんぢは斷食するとき、頭に油をぬり、顏をあらへ。
Instead, [each of] you, when you abstain from food, should comb your hair and wash your face [as usual],
18 これ斷食することの人に顯れずして、隱れたるに在す汝の父にあらはれん爲なり。さらば隱れたるに見たまふ汝の父は報い給はん。
in order that other people will not notice that you are fasting [because you will look as you always do]. But [God], your Father, whom no one can see, [will observe that you are abstaining from food. God] your Father sees [you] even though no one else sees [you], and he will reward you.”
19 なんぢら己がために財寶を地に積むな、ここは蟲と錆とが損ひ、盜人うがちて盜むなり。
“Do not [selfishly] accumulate large quantities of money and material goods for yourselves on [this] earth, because [the earth is where everything is destroyed. For example], on earth termites ruin things, and things rust, and thieves enter [buildings] and steal things.
20 なんぢら己がために財寶を天に積め、かしこは蟲と錆とが損はず、盜人うがちて盜まぬなり。
Instead, do [deeds that will please God. Your doing such deeds will be like] storing treasures in heaven [MET]. [Nothing perishes in heaven]. In heaven no termites ruin [things], nothing rusts, and thieves do not enter buildings and steal.
21 なんぢの財寶のある所には、なんぢの心もあるべし。
[Remember that] the things [that you think are the most] valuable are [the things that] you will be constantly concerned about [MET]. [So if you want to be storing treasures in heaven], you [need to be] constantly thinking [about God and heaven], [instead of your earthly possessions].”
22 身の燈火は目なり。この故に汝の目ただしくば、全身あかるからん。
“Your eyes are [like] a lamp [MET] for your body, because they enable you to see things. So if your eyes are healthy, you are able to see everything well [MET]. [Similarly, if you are generous with your money and other possessions, you will be able to know much of what God wants you to know] [MET].
23 されど汝の目あしくば、全身くらからん。もし汝の内の光、闇ならば、その闇いかばかりぞや。
But if your eyes are bad, you are not able to see things well. And if that continues, the time will come when you will not be able to see at all. You will be in complete darkness [MET]. [Similarly, if you continue to be greedy, you will be in spiritual darkness. If all that your eyes can see and your mind can think about involves your greedily desiring material possessions, all that you do will be evil] [MET].”
24 人は二人の主に兼ね事ふること能はず、或はこれを憎み彼を愛し、或はこれに親しみ彼を輕しむべければなり。汝ら神と富とに兼ね事ふること能はず。
“No one is able to serve two [different] bosses [at the same time]. If [he tried to do that], he would dislike one of them and love the other one, or he would be loyal to one of them and despise the other one [DOU]. [Similarly], you cannot [devote your life to] worshipping God and [worshipping] money and material goods [at the same time].”
25 この故に我なんぢらに告ぐ、何を食ひ、何を飮まんと生命のことを思ひ煩ひ、何を著んと體のことを思ひ煩ふな。生命は糧にまさり、體は衣に勝るならずや。
“Because [you should be concerned about what God thinks is important and not about material goods, I] tell you that you should not worry about [things that you need in order to] live. [Do not worry] about whether you will have [enough food] to eat, and [something] to drink, or [enough] clothes to wear. It is important to have [sufficient] food [and drink] and clothing, but the way you conduct your lives is much more important [RHQ].
26 空の鳥を見よ、播かず、刈らず、倉に收めず、然るに汝らの天の父は、これを養ひたまふ。汝らは之よりも遙に優るる者ならずや。
Look at the birds. They do not plant [seeds, and they do not] harvest [crops] and gather them into barns. [But they always have food to eat because God], your Father who is in heaven, provides food for them. And you are certainly worth a lot more than birds [RHQ]! [So you can be assured that God will supply what you need!]
27 汝らの中たれか思ひ煩ひて身の長 一尺を加へ得んや。
(None of you can, just by worrying, [add time to your life]./Can any of you, just by worrying, [add time to your life]?) [RHQ] [You cannot] add [even] one minute to your life! [So you should not worry about things such as food and clothing!]
28 又なにゆゑ衣のことを思ひ煩ふや。野の百合は如何にして育つかを思へ、勞せず、紡がざるなり。
You should also not worry about [whether you will have enough] clothes [to wear] [RHQ]. Think about the way flowers [grow] in the fields. They do not work [to earn money], and they do not make their own clothes.
29 されど我なんぢらに告ぐ、榮華を極めたるソロモンだに、その服裝この花の一つにも及かざりき。
But I tell you that even though [King] Solomon, who [lived long ago], [wore very beautiful clothes], his clothes were not as beautiful as one of those [flowers].
30 今日ありて明日 爐に投げ入れらるる野の草をも、神はかく裝ひ給へば、まして汝らをや、ああ信仰うすき者よ。
God makes the wild plants very beautiful, [but they grow] in the field [for only a short time]. One day they grow, and the next day they are thrown into an oven {someone [cuts them and] throws them into an oven} [to be burned to make heat for baking bread. But you are more important to God than wild plants are, and you live much longer]. So (God will certainly provide clothes for you who [live a long time but] trust him so little!/will not God surely very adequately clothe you, [who live a long time but] trust him so little?) [RHQ]
31 さらば何を食ひ、何を飮み、何を著んとて思ひ煩ふな。
Because of God’s caring for you, do not worry and say, ‘Will we have anything to eat?’ or ‘Will we have anything to drink?’ or ‘Will we have clothes to wear?’ [RHQ]
32 是みな異邦人の切に求むる所なり。汝らの天の父は、凡てこれらの物の汝らに必要なるを知り給ふなり。
Those who do not know God are always worrying about things like that. But God, your Father who is in heaven, knows that you need all those things, [so you should not worry about them].
33 まづ神の國と神の義とを求めよ、さらば凡てこれらの物は汝らに加へらるべし。
Instead, the most important thing you should be concerned about is to let [God] completely direct your life, and to strive [to live] righteously. [If you do that], all the things that you [need] will be given to you {God will give you all the things [that you need]}.
34 この故に明日のことを思ひ煩ふな、明日は明日みづから思ひ煩はん。一日の苦勞は一日にて足れり。
So [each day] do not be worried about what will happen to you the next day, because [when] that day [PRS] comes, [you] will be concerned about [what happens during] that day. You will have enough to be concerned about each day. [So do not worry ahead of time].”
