Matayo 6
1 Bosala keba ete bosalelaka te bosembo na bino liboso ya bato, mpo ete bamona bino; soki te, bokozanga lifuti oyo Tata na bino ya Likolo abombela bino.
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
2 Tango ozali kokabela babola, kobetela yango tangwa te ndenge bato ya bilongi mibale basalaka kati na bandako ya mayangani mpe na babalabala mpo ete bato bakumisa bango. Nazali koloba na bino penza ya solo: basili kozwa lifuti na bango.
Therefore when thou doest thine 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. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
3 Kasi tango yo ozali kokabela babola, sala yango na ndenge ete loboko na yo ya mwasi eyeba ete likambo oyo loboko na yo ya mobali ezali kosala,
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
4 mpo ete likabo na yo ya mawa etikala sekele; bongo Tata na yo, oyo amonaka makambo oyo esalemaka na nkuku, akopesa yo lifuti.
That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
5 Tango bozali kosambela, bosalaka te lokola bato ya bilongi mibale oyo balingaka kosambela ya kotelema kati na bandako ya mayangani mpe na bisika oyo babalabala ekutana, mpo ete bato bamona bango. Nazali koloba na bino penza ya solo: basili kozwa lifuti na bango.
And when thou prayest, thou shalt 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 of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6 Kasi yo, soki olingi kosambela, kota na shambre na yo, kanga ekuke mpe sambela Tata na yo, oyo azali kati na esika wana ya sekele; bongo Ye, Tata na yo, oyo amonaka makambo oyo esalemaka na nkuku, akopesa yo lifuti.
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
7 Tango bozali kosambela, bozongelaka-zongelaka te maloba ndenge bapagano basalaka; pamba te bakanisaka ete Nzambe akoyanola bango soki balobi mingi.
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
8 Bosalaka lokola bango te, pamba te Tata na bino ayebi posa na bino liboso ete botalisa Ye yango.
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
9 Tala ndenge nini bosengeli kosambela: ‹ Tata na biso, Yo oyo ozali kati na Likolo; tika ete Kombo na Yo ebulisama,
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 tika ete Bokonzi na Yo eya, tika ete mokano na Yo esalema, awa na mokili ndenge esalemaka kuna na Likolo!
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Pesa biso, na mokolo ya lelo, bilei na biso ya mokolo na mokolo;
Give us this day our daily bread.
12 limbisa mabe na biso, ndenge biso mpe tolimbisi bato oyo basalaki biso mabe;
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 komema biso na komekama te, kasi kangola biso longwa na misala ya Satana; [pamba te bokonzi, nguya mpe nkembo ezali ya Yo seko na seko.] ›
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
14 Pamba te soki bolimbisi baninga, na mabe oyo basali bino, Tata na bino ya Likolo mpe akolimbisa bino;
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
15 kasi soki bolimbisi te, Tata na bino mpe akolimbisa te mabe na bino.
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
16 Tango bozali kokila bilei, bozalaka mawa-mawa te ndenge bato ya bilongi mibale basalaka; pamba te bakomisaka bilongi na bango mawa-mawa mpo na kolakisa na bato ete bazali kokila bilei. Nazali koloba na bino penza ya solo: basili kozwa lifuti na bango.
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
17 Kasi tango yo ozali kokila bilei, sukola elongi na yo malamu mpe pakola moto na yo malasi,
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
18 mpo ete moto moko te ayeba ete ozali kokila bilei, longola kaka Tata na yo, oyo amonanaka te; bongo Ye, Tata na yo, oyo amonaka makambo oyo esalemaka na nkuku akopesa yo lifuti.
That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
19 Bonduka bomengo te awa na mokili, pamba te ekoki kobeba to nselele ekoki kolia yango to mpe miyibi bakoki kobuka ndako mpo na koyiba yango.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 Kasi bonduka bomengo na bino kati na Likolo epai wapi ekoki kobeba te to nselele ekoki kolia yango te to mpe miyibi bakoki kobuka ndako te mpo na koyiba yango;
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 pamba te epai bomengo na yo ezali, kuna mpe motema na yo ekozala.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22 Miso ezali lokola mwinda ya nzoto. Soki miso na yo ezali malamu, nzoto na yo mobimba mpe ekozala kati na pole.
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
23 Kasi soki miso na yo ekufi, nzoto na yo mobimba mpe ekozala kati na molili. Bongo soki pole oyo ezali kati na yo ekomi molili, molili yango ekozala makasi penza.
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 Moto moko te akoki kosalela bankolo mibale, pamba te akoyina moko mpe akolinga mosusu to akokangama na moko mpe akoboya mosusu. Bokoki te kosalela Nzambe mpe mbongo nzela moko.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25 Yango wana, nazali koloba na bino: bomitungisaka te na tina na bomoi na bino, na komituna: tokolia nini to tokomela nini? To na tina na banzoto na bino, na komituna: Tokolata nini? Boni, bomoi eleki bilei te na tina, mpe nzoto eleki bilamba te na tina?
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26 Botala ndeke ya likolo: elonaka nkona te, ebukaka bambuma te, ebombaka bilei te kati na bibombelo; kasi Tata na bino ya Likolo aleisaka yango. Boni, bozali na motuya te koleka yango?
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
27 Nani kati na bino, na nzela ya mitungisi na ye, akoki kobakisa ata ngonga moko na molayi ya bomoi na ye?
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 Bongo mpo na nini bomitungisaka mpo na bilamba ya kolata? Botala bafololo ya bilanga ndenge ekolaka! Esalaka te mpe etongaka bilamba te;
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 nzokande, nazali koloba na bino ya solo ete ata Salomo, kati na nkembo na ye nyonso, atikalaki kolata te lokola moko kati na yango.
And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Soki Nzambe alatisaka ndenge wana matiti ya bilanga, oyo, na mokolo ya lelo, ezali na bomoi mpe, lobi, ekobwakama na moto, ekozala ndenge nini mpo na bino? Akolatisa bino te na ndenge ya kitoko koleka? Bato ya kondima moke!
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31 Yango wana, bomitungisaka te na koloba: ‹ Tokolia nini? Tokomela nini? Tokolata nini? ›
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 Biloko wana nyonso, ezali bapagano nde balukaka-lukaka yango; kasi mpo na bino, Tata na bino ya Likolo ayebi malamu ete bozali na bosenga na yango.
( For after all these things do the Gentiles seek: ) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 Bolukaka nde liboso Bokonzi ya Nzambe mpe bosembo na Ye, bongo bakobakisela bino biloko wana nyonso.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
34 Yango wana, bomitungisaka te mpo na mokolo ya lobi oyo ezali koya, pamba te mokolo yango ya lobi ekomitungisa na tina na yango moko: mokolo na mokolo ezali na pasi oyo ekoki na yango.
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
