Maatewos 6
1 “Akka isaan isin arganiif jettanii ‘Hojii qajeelummaa’ keessan fuula namootaa duratti akka hin hojjenneef of eeggadhaa. Yoo akkas gootan abbaa keessan kan samii irraa biraa gatii hin qabaattaniitii.
Take care not to perform your religious duties in public in order to be seen by others; if you do, your Father who is in Heaven has no reward for you.
2 “Kanaafuu ati yommuu warra rakkataniif waa kennitutti akka fakkeessitoonni namoota biratti jajamuuf jedhanii manneen sagadaa keessattii fi karaa irratti godhan sana malakataan hin labsatin. Ani dhuguman isinitti hima; isaan gatii isaanii argataniiru.
Therefore, when you do acts of charity, do not have a trumpet blown in front of you, as hypocrites do in the Synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. There, I tell you, is their reward!
3 Yeroo ati rakkattootaaf waa kennitutti garuu waan harki kee mirgaa godhu, harki kee bitaa hin beekin;
But, when you do acts of charity, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
4 kunis akka kennaan kee dhoksaan taʼuuf. Abbaan kee inni waan dhoksaatti hojjetamu argu sun ifaan ifatti gatii siif kenna.
so that your charity may be secret; and your Father, who sees what is in secret, will recompense you.
5 “Isin yommuu kadhattan akka fakkeessitootaa hin taʼinaa; isaan namatti mulʼachuuf jedhanii manneen sagadaa keessaa fi golee karaa irra dhaabatanii kadhachuu jaallatuutii. Ani dhuguman isinitti hima; isaan gatii isaanii argataniiru.
And, when you pray, you are not to behave as hypocrites do. They like to pray standing in the Synagogues and at the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. There, I tell you, is their reward!
6 Ati garuu yeroo kadhattu mana keetti ol gali; balbala cufadhuutii Abbaa kee isa hin mulʼanne sana kadhadhu. Abbaan kee inni waan dhoksaatti hojjetamu argu sun ifaan ifatti gatii siif kenna.
But, when one of you prays, let him go into his own room, shut the door, and pray to his Father who dwells in secret; and his Father, who sees what is secret, will recompense him.
7 Isinis yommuu kadhattan akka ormootaa dubbii faayidaa hin qabne irra hin deddeebiʼinaa; isaan baayʼina dubbii isaaniitiin waan isaaniif dhagaʼamu seʼu.
When praying, do not repeat the same words over and over again, as is done by the Gentiles, who think that by using many words they will obtain a hearing.
8 Isin akka isaanii hin taʼinaa; abbaan keessan utuma isin hin kadhatin iyyuu waan isin barbaachisu ni beekaatii.
Do not imitate them; for God, your Father, knows what you need before you ask him.
9 “Egaa akkana jedhaa kadhadhaa: “‘Yaa Abbaa keenya kan samii irra jirtu, maqaan kee haa qulqullaaʼu;
You, therefore, should pray thus — ‘Our Father, who art in Heaven, may thy name be held holy,
10 mootummaan kee haa dhufu; fedhiin kee akkuma samii irratti taʼe sana, lafa irrattis haa taʼu.
thy Kingdom come, thy will be done — on earth, as in Heaven.
11 Buddeena keenya kan guyyuma guyyaa harʼa nuu kenni.
Give us to-day the bread that we shall need;
12 Akkuma nu warra yakka nutti hojjetaniif dhiifnu sana, atis yakka keenya nuuf dhiisi.
and forgive us our wrong-doings, as we have forgiven those who have wronged us;
13 Isa hamaa jalaa nu baasi malee qoramatti nu hin galchin.’ Mootummaan, humni, ulfinnis bara baraan kan kee ti.
and take us not into temptation, but deliver us from Evil.’
14 Yoo isin namootaaf cubbuu isaanii dhiiftan, Abbaan keessan inni samii irraas akkasuma isiniif dhiisaatii.
For, if you forgive others their offences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also;
15 Yoo isin namootaaf cubbuu isaanii dhiisuu baattan garuu, Abbaan keessanis akkasuma cubbuu keessan isiniif hin dhiisu.
but, if you do not forgive others their offences, not even your Father will forgive your offences.
16 “Isin yommuu soomtanitti akka fakkeessitootaa fuula hin dukkaneeffatinaa; isaan akka soomuutti jiran argisiifachuuf jedhanii fuula isaanii hammeessu. Ani dhuguman isinitti hima; isaan gatii isaanii argataniiru.
And, when you fast, do not put on gloomy looks, as hypocrites do who disfigure their faces that they may be seen by men to be fasting. That, I tell you, is their reward!
17 Ati garuu yeroo soomtu mataa kee dibadhu; fuula kees dhiqadhu.
But, when one of you fasts, let him anoint his head and wash his face,
18 Kunis akka sooma kee sana abbaa kee isa namatti hin mulʼanne malee namni hin beekneefii dha. Abbaan kee inni waan dhoksaatti hojjetamu argu sun gatii kee ifaan ifatti siif kenna.
that he may not be seen by men to be fasting, but by his Father who dwells in secret; and his Father, who sees what is secret, will recompense him.
19 “Isin iddoo itti bilii fi daanaʼoon balleessituu fi iddoo itti hattuun cabsitee hattu lafa irratti badhaadhummaa ofii keessaniif hin kuufatinaa.
Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
20 Garuu iddoo itti bilii fi daanaʼoon nyaattee hin balleessinee fi iddoo itti hattuun cabsitee hin hanne samii irratti badhaadhummaa ofii keessaniif kuufadhaa.
But store up treasures for yourselves in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal.
21 Idduma badhaadhummaan kee jiru sana garaan kees jiraatii.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22 “Iji ibsaa dhagnaa ti. Iji kee fayyaa taanaan, dhagni kee guutuun ifaan guutama.
The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is unclouded, your whole body will be lit up;
23 Yoo iji kee fayyaa hin taʼin garuu, dhagni kee guutuun ni dukkanaaʼa. Erga ifni si keessa jiru sun dukkanaaʼee, dukkanni sun hammam haa jabaatu ree!
but, if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be darkened. And, if the inner light is darkness, how intense must that darkness be!
24 “Namni gooftota lama tajaajiluu dandaʼu tokko iyyuu hin jiru. Isa tokko jibbitee isa kaan jaallattaatii; yookaan isa tokkoof of kennitee isa kaan immoo tuffatta. Isinis Waaqaa fi Maallaqa tajaajiluu hin dandeessan.
No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will attach himself to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
25 “Kanaafuu ani isinittin hima; ‘Maal nyaanna yookaan maal dhugna?’ jettanii waaʼee jireenya keessanii hin yaaddaʼinaa; yookaan ‘maal uffanna?’ jettanii waaʼee dhagna keessanii hin yaaddaʼinaa. Jireenyi nyaata hin caaluu? Dhagnis uffata hin caaluu?
That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about your life here — what you can get to eat or drink; nor yet about your body — what you can get to wear. Is not life more than food, and the body than its clothing?
26 Mee simbirroota samii ilaalaa; isaan hin facaafatan yookaan hin haammatan yookaan gombisaatti hin galfatan; taʼus Abbaan keessan inni samii irraa isaan soora. Isin immoo isaan caalaa gatii guddaa qabdu mitii?
Look at the wild birds — they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and yet your heavenly Father feeds them! And are not you more precious than they?
27 Isin keessaa namni yaaddaʼuudhaan hojjaa isaa irratti dhundhuma tokko dabalachuu dandaʼuu eenyu?
But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong his life a single moment?
28 “Isin maaliif waaʼee uffataa yaaddoftu? Daraaraawwan dirree akkamitti akka guddatan mee ilaalaa. Isaan hin dhamaʼan yookaan hin foʼan.
And why be anxious about clothing? Study the wild lilies, and how they grow. They neither toil nor spin;
29 Ani garuu isinittin hima; Solomoon iyyuu ulfina isaa hunda keessatti, akka tokkoo isaaniitti hin uffanne.
yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his splendour was not robed like one of these.
30 Isin yaa warra amantii xinnoo nana. Waaqni erga marga dirree kan harʼa jiruu fi kan bor immoo ibiddatti naqamutti iyyuu akkasitti uffisee, isinitti immoo guddaa caalchisee hin uffisuu ree?
If God so clothes even the grass of the field, which is living to-day and to-morrow will be thrown into the oven, will not he much more clothe you, O men of little faith?
31 Kanaafuu, ‘Maal nyaanna?’ yookaan ‘Maal dhugna?’ yookaan ‘Maal uffanna?’ jettanii hin yaaddaʼinaa.
Do not then ask anxiously ‘What can we get to eat?’ or ‘What can we get to drink?’ or ‘What can we get to wear?’
32 Kana hunda ormoonni iyyuu ni barbaaduutii; Abbaan keessan inni samii irraas akka wanni kun hundinuu isin barbaachisu ni beeka.
All these are the things for which the nations are seeking, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
33 Garuu duraan dursaatii mootummaa isaatii fi qajeelummaa isaa barbaadaa; wanni kun hundinuu akkasuma isiniif kennama.
But first seek his Kingdom and the righteousness that he requires, and then all these things shall be added for you.
34 Kanaafuu waaʼee boriitiif hin yaaddaʼinaa; bor ofii isaatiif ni yaaddaʼaatii. Hamminni guyyaa sanaa mataan isaa guyyicha ni gaʼa.
Therefore do not be anxious about to-morrow, for to-morrow will bring its own anxieties. Every day has trouble enough of its own.
