Mathayo 6
1 “Jihadharini msije mkafanya matendo yenu mema mbele ya watu kusudi mwonekane nao. La sivyo, Baba yenu aliye mbinguni hatawapeni tuzo.
"Be careful not to do your good deeds in the sight of men, in order to be observed by them. If you do, you have no reward with your heavenly Father.
2 “Basi, unapomsaidia maskini, usijitangaze. Usifanye kama wanafiki wafanyavyo katika masunagogi na njiani ili watu wawasifu. Kweli nawaambieni, hao wamekwisha pata tuzo lao.
"And whatever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and streets, in order that men may praise them. In solemn truth I tell you they already have their reward in full.
3 Lakini wewe unapomsaidia maskini, fanya hivyo kwamba hata rafiki yako asijue ufanyalo.
"But when you give alms, do not let your right hand know what your left is doing,
4 Toa msaada wako kwa siri, na Baba yako aonaye yaliyofichika, atakutuza.
"so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
5 “Mnaposali, msifanye kama wanafiki. Wao hupenda kusimama na kusali katika masunagogi na katika pembe za njia ili watu wawaone. Kweli nawaambieni, hao wamekwisha pata tuzo lao.
"And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the corners of the avenues, in order that men may see them. In solemn truth I tell you that they have their reward in full.
6 Lakini wewe unaposali, ingia chumbani mwako, funga mlango, kisha umwombe Baba yako asiyeonekana. Naye Baba yako aonaye yaliyofichika, atakutuza.
"But you, when you pray, go into your own room and shut your door; pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
7 “Mnaposali, msipayuke maneno kama watu wasiomjua Mungu. Wao hudhani kwamba Mungu atawasikiliza ati kwa sababu ya maneno mengi.
"While praying do not say the same words over and over again, as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that by their much speaking they will gain attention.
8 Msiwe kama wao. Baba yenu anajua mnayoyahitaji hata kabla ya kumwomba.
"Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
9 Basi, hivi ndivyo mnavyopaswa kusali: Baba yetu uliye mbinguni: Jina lako litukuzwe.
"So pray in this way. "Our Father who art in heaven, May thy name be hallowed,
10 Ufalme wako ufike. Utakalo lifanyike duniani kama mbinguni.
thy kingdom come, and thy will be done, On earth, as in heaven.
11 Utupe leo chakula chetu tunachohitaji.
Give us today our bread for the day before us;
12 Utusamehe makosa yetu, kama nasi tunavyowasamehe waliotukosea.
And forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors;
13 Usitutie katika majaribu, lakini utuokoe na yule Mwovu. is Baadhi ya makala za zamani zina; Kwa kuwa ufalme ni wako, na nguvu, na utukufu, hata milele. Amina.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the Evil One; For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory. Amen.
14 “Maana mkiwasamehe watu makosa yao, Baba yenu wa mbinguni atawasamehe ninyi pia.
"For if you forgive men their offenses against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you also;
15 Lakini msipowasamehe watu makosa yao, naye Baba yenu hatawasamehe ninyi makosa yenu.
"but if you do not forgive men your offenses, neither will your heavenly Father forgive you your offenses.
16 “Mnapofunga, msiwe na huzuni kama wanafiki. Wao hukunja nyuso zao wapate kuonekana na watu kuwa wanafunga. Nawaambieni hakika, hao wamekwisha pata tuzo lao.
"When you fast, do not look downcast like the hypocrites; for they disfigure their faces so that it may be apparent to men that they are fasting. In solemn truth I tell you, they already have received their reward.
17 Wewe lakini unapofunga, paka kichwa chako mafuta, nawa uso wako,
"But when one of you fasts, let him anoint his head and wash his face,
18 ili mtu yeyote asijue kwamba unafunga, ila ujulikane tu kwa Baba yako asiyeonekana. Naye Baba yako aonaye yaliyofichika atakutuza.
"so that he may not appear to men to be fasting, but to his Father who is in secret; and his Father who sees in secret will reward him.
19 “Msijiwekee hazina hapa duniani ambako nondo na kutu huharibu, na wezi huingia na kuiba.
"Store up for yourselves no treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
20 Jiwekeeni hazina mbinguni ambako nondo na kutu hawawezi kuiharibu, wala wezi hawaingii wakaiba.
"but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.
21 Maana pale ilipo hazina yako, ndipo pia utakapokuwa moyo wako.
"For wherever your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22 “Jicho ni taa ya mwili. Kama jicho lako ni zima, mwili wako wote utakuwa katika mwanga.
"The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore if your eye is sound, your whole body will be well lighted;
23 Lakini ikiwa jicho lako ni bovu, mwili wako wote utakuwa katika giza. Basi, ikiwa mwanga ulioko ndani yako ni giza, basi, hilo ni giza la kutisha mno.
"but if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be darkened. If then the very light within you is darkness, how dense is that darkness!
24 “Hakuna mtu awezaye kutumikia mabwana wawili. Maana atamchukia mmoja na kumpenda huyo wa pili; au ataambatana na mmoja na kumdharau huyo mwingine. Hamwezi kumtumikia Mungu na mali pamoja.
"No slave can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will pay heed to the one and despise the other. You cannot be the slaves both of God and of gold.
25 “Ndiyo maana nawaambieni, msiwe na wasiwasi juu ya chakula na kinywaji mnavyohitaji ili kuishi, wala juu ya mavazi mnayohitaji kwa ajili ya miili yenu. Je, maisha ni chakula tu au zaidi? Na mwili, je, si zaidi ya mavazi?
"For this reason I say to you, do not be anxious about your life, inquiring what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor yet for your body, inquiring what you shall wear. Is not your life more than its food, and your body than its clothing?
26 Waangalieni ndege wa mwituni: hawapandi, hawavuni, wala hawana ghala yoyoye. Hata hivyo, Baba yenu wa mbinguni huwalisha. Je, ninyi si wa thamani kuliko hao?
"Behold! the birds in the sky! They neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them; and are not you worth more than they?
27 Ni nani miongoni mwenu kwa kuwa na wasiwasi sana anaweza kuuongeza muda wa maisha yake?
"Which one of you by being anxious is able to add even one cubit to his stature?
28 “Na kuhusu mavazi, ya nini kuwa na wasiwasi? Tazameni maua ya porini jinsi yanavyostawi. Hayafanyi kazi wala hayasokoti.
"Why be anxious then about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin.
29 Lakini nawaambieni, hata Solomoni mwenyewe na fahari zake zote hakupata kuvikwa vizuri kama ua mojawapo.
"But I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory was robed like one of these.
30 Ikiwa basi Mungu hulivika hivyo jani la shambani ambalo leo liko na kesho latupwa motoni, je, hatafanya zaidi kwenu ninyi? Enyi watu wenye imani haba!
"If God then so clothes the grass of the field, which blooms today, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, you of little faith?
31 “Basi, msiwe na wasiwasi: Tutakula nini, tutakunywa nini, tutavaa nini!
"Then do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’"
32 Maana hayo yote yanahangaikiwa na watu wasiomjua Mungu. Baba yenu wa mbinguni anajua kwamba mnahitaji vitu hivyo vyote.
"For all these are things that the Gentiles are eagerly seeking; for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of them all.
33 Bali, zingatieni kwanza Ufalme wa Mungu na matakwa yake, na hayo mengine yote mtapewa kwa ziada.
"But continue to seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
34 Basi, msiwe na wasiwasi juu ya kesho; kesho inayo yake. Matatizo ya siku moja yanawatosheni kwa siku hiyo.
"Do not then be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own anxieties. Enough for each day are its own troubles."
