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 you perform not your religious duties before men, in order to be observed by them; otherwise you will obtain no reward from your Father who 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.
When, therefore, you give alms, do not proclaim it by sound of trumpet, as the hypocrites do, in the assemblies and in the streets, that they may be extolled by men. Indeed, I say to you, they have received 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 you, when you give alms, let not your left hand know what your right hand does;
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 your alms may be in secret; and your Father, to whom nothing is secret, will himself recompense you.
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 you pray, be not like the hypocrites, who affect to pray standing in the assemblies, and at the corners of the streets, that men may observe them. Indeed, I say to you, they have received 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 you, when you would pray, retire to your closet; and having shut the door, pray to your Father; and your Father, to whom, though he is unseen himself, nothing is secret, will recompense you.
7 Tango bozali kosambela, bozongelaka-zongelaka te maloba ndenge bapagano basalaka; pamba te bakanisaka ete Nzambe akoyanola bango soki balobi mingi.
And in prayer, use not a multiplicity of words as the Pagans do, who think that using many words will gain them acceptance.
8 Bosalaka lokola bango te, pamba te Tata na bino ayebi posa na bino liboso ete botalisa Ye yango.
Imitate them not; for your Father knows what things you want, before you ask him.
9 Tala ndenge nini bosengeli kosambela: ‹ Tata na biso, Yo oyo ozali kati na Likolo; tika ete Kombo na Yo ebulisama,
Thus, therefore, pray you: Our Father, who art in heaven, thy name be hallowed;
10 tika ete Bokonzi na Yo eya, tika ete mokano na Yo esalema, awa na mokili ndenge esalemaka kuna na Likolo!
thy Reign come; thy will be done upon earth, as it is in heaven;
11 Pesa biso, na mokolo ya lelo, bilei na biso ya mokolo na mokolo;
give us to-day our daily bread;
12 limbisa mabe na biso, ndenge biso mpe tolimbisi bato oyo basalaki biso mabe;
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 preserve us from evil.
14 Pamba te soki bolimbisi baninga, na mabe oyo basali bino, Tata na bino ya Likolo mpe akolimbisa bino;
For if you forgive others 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 you forgive not others 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 you fast, look not dismal, as the hypocrites, who disfigure their faces, that men may observe that they fast. Indeed, I say to you, they have their reward.
17 Kasi tango yo ozali kokila bilei, sukola elongi na yo malamu mpe pakola moto na yo malasi,
But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your 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 your fasting may not appear to men, but to your Father; and your Father, to whom, though he is unseen himself, nothing is secret, will recompense you.
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.
Amass not for yourselves treasure upon the earth, where moths and rust may consume it, or thieves breaking in may steal it.
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 provide for yourselves treasure in heaven, where are neither moths nor rust to consume it, nor thieves to break in and steal it.
21 pamba te epai bomengo na yo ezali, kuna mpe motema na yo ekozala.
For where your treasure is, your heart will also be.
22 Miso ezali lokola mwinda ya nzoto. Soki miso na yo ezali malamu, nzoto na yo mobimba mpe ekozala kati na pole.
The eye is the lamp of the body. If, therefore, your eye be sound, your whole body will be enlightened;
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 your eye be distempered, your whole body will be dark. And if even the light which is in you be darkness, how great will the darkness be!
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.
A man can not serve two masters; for either he will hate one, and love the other; or at least he will attend to one, and neglect the other. You 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 charge you, be not anxious about your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor about your body, what you shall wear. Is not life a greater gift than food; and the body more 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?
Observe the fowls of heaven. They neither sow nor reap. They have no storehouse; but your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you much more valuable than they?
27 Nani kati na bino, na nzela ya mitungisi na ye, akoki kobakisa ata ngonga moko na molayi ya bomoi na ye?
Besides, which of you can, by his anxiety, prolong his life one hour?
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 are you anxious about raiment? Mark the lilies of the field. How do they grow? They toil not: they spin not.
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.
Yet I affirm that even Solomon in all his glory, was not equally adorned with 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!
If, then, God so array the herbage, which to-day is in the field, and to-morrow will be cast into the oven, will he not much more array you, O you distrustful!
31 Yango wana, bomitungisaka te na koloba: ‹ Tokolia nini? Tokomela nini? Tokolata nini? ›
Therefore say not anxiously, (as the heathens do, ) What shall we eat; or what shall we drink; or with what 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 your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
33 Bolukaka nde liboso Bokonzi ya Nzambe mpe bosembo na Ye, bongo bakobakisela bino biloko wana nyonso.
But seek first the kingdom of God and the righteousness required by him; and all these things shall be superadded to 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.
Be not then anxious about the morrow: the morrow will be anxious about itself. Sufficient for every day is its own trouble.
