Mateu 6

¹Chenjerai kuti murege kuita kururama kwenyu pamberi pavanhu, kuti muvonekwe navo. Kana madaro hamuna mubairo kuna Baba venyu vari kudenga.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.

²Zvino kana uchipa varombo zvipo, rega kuridza hwamanda pamberi pako sezvinoita vanyengeri mumasinagoge nomunzira dzomumusha kuti vakudzwe navanhu. Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri vapiwa mubairo wavo.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.

³Asi iwe kana uchipa zvipo, ruvoko rwako rworuboshwe ngarurege kuziva chinoitwa norudyi rwako.But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

⁴Kuti kupa kwakwo kuve pakavanda. Ipapo Baba vako vanovona pakavanda vachakupa mubairo, panovonekwa navose.That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

⁵Kana muchinyengetera, musava savanyengeri nokuti vanofarira kunyengetera vamire mumasinagoge napamharadzano dzenzira dzomumusha kuti vavonekwe navanhu. Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri vapiwa mubairo wavo.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.

⁶Asi iwe kana uchinyengetera, pinda muimba yako yomukati. Kana wazarira mukova wako, unyengetere kuna Baba vako vari pakavanda. Zvino baba vako vanovona pakavanda vachakupa mubairo panovonekwa navose.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.

⁷Pakunyengetera kwenyu musapamhidza zvisina maturo savahedheni nokuti ivo vanofunga kuti vachanzwikwa nokutaura kwavo kuzhinji.But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

⁸Naizvozvo musafanana navo nokuti Baba venyu vanoziva zvamunoshaiwa, musati makumbira kwavari.Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

⁹Zvino imi nyengeterai kudai, Baba vedu vari kudenga, Zita renyu ngariitwe dzvene.After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

¹⁰Vushe bwenyu ngabwuvuye. Kuda kwenyu ngakuitwe panyika sezvakunoitwa kudenga.Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

¹¹Mutipei nhasi zvokudya zvedu zvinotiringana.Give us this day our daily bread.

¹²Mutikanganwire mhosva dzedu sezvatinokanganwiravo vane mhosva nesu.And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

¹³Regai kutiisa pakuidzwa, asi mutirwire panezvakaipa. Nokuti vushe ndohwenyu, nesimba nokuhwinya nokusingaperi. Ameni.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.

¹⁴Nokuti kana muchikanganwira vanhu kudarika kwavo, Baba venyu vari kudenga vachakukanganwiraivo.For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

¹⁵Asi kana musingakanganwiri vanhu kudarika kwavo, Baba venyu havangakukanganwirii vo kudarika kwenyu.But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

¹⁶Kana muchizvinyima zvokudya, regai kuva nechiso chinopunyaira savanyengeri nokuti vanoipisa zviso zvavo, vavonekwe navanhu kuti vanozvinyima zvokudya. Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri vapiwa mubairo wavo.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.

¹⁷Asi iwe kana uchizvinyima zvokudya zodza musoro wako, ushambe chiso chako,But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

¹⁸kuti urege kuvonekwa navanhu kuti unozvinyima zvokudya, asi naBaba vako vari pakavanda zvino Baba vako vanovona pakavanda, vachakupa mubairo panovonekwa navose.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.

¹⁹Regai kuzvivunganidzira fuma panyika pane zvipfunho nengura zvinopedza napane mbavha dzinopaza dzichiba.Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

²⁰Asi muzvivunganidzire fuma kudenga pasine zvipfunho nengura zvinopedza, pasina mbavha dzinopaza dzichiba.But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

²¹Nokuti panefuma yako, nomoyo wako uchavapovo.For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

²²Mwenje womuviri iziso. Zvino kana ziso rako rakanaka, muviri wako wose uchavhenekerwa.The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

²³Asi kana ziso rako rose rakaipa, muviri wako wose uchava nerima. Zvino kana chiedza chiri mauri riri rima, rima iro iguru sei!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!

²⁴Hapana munhu ungabatira vatenzi vaviri nokuti uchavenga mumwe, akada mumwe. Kana uchanamatira mumwe akazvidza mumwe. Hamungabatiri Mwari nefuma.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.

²⁵Saka ndinoti kwamuri, regai kufunganya pamusoro povupenyu bwenyu muchiti ndichadyei kana ndichamwei? Kana pamusoro pomuviri wenyu muchiti ndichafukeiko? Vupenyu habwupfuvuri zvokudya here? Kana muviri haupfuvuri zvokufuka here?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?

²⁶Tarirai shiri dzokudenga hadzidzvari, hadzicheki, hadzivunganidziri mumatura, asi Baba venyu vokudenga vanodzipa zvokudya. Imi hamudzipfuvuri zvikuru here?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?

²⁷Ndianiko kwamuri ungawedzera kubiti* rimwe pavurefu hwake nokufunganya?Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

²⁸Munofunganyireiko pamusoro pezvokufuka? Fungai maruva ebundo, kumera kwawo, haabati, haaruki.And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

²⁹Asi ndinoti kwamuri kunyange naSoromoni pakubwinya kwake kwose haana kushongedzwa serimwe rawo.And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

³⁰Zvino kana Mwari achifukidza saizvozvo vuswa hwebundo hwuripo nhasi, hwuchakandirwa muchoto mangwana, haangakufukidziyi nokupfuurisa imi vokutenda kuduku here?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?

³¹Naizvozvo musafunga muchiti tichadyei? Kana tichamwei? Kana tichafukeiko?Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

³²Nokuti vahedheni vanotsvaka izvozvi zvose. Nokuti Baba venyu vokudenga vanoziva kuti munoshaiwa izvozvo zvose.(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

³³Asi tangai kutsvaka vushe hwaMwari nokururama kwake, izvozvi zvose zvichawedzerwa kwamuri.But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

³⁴Naizvozvo musafunganya pamusoro pezvamangwana nokuti mangwana achazvifunganyira zvawo. Zuva rimwe nerimwe rinokwanirwa nenhamo yaro.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.