Mateus 6

1 "Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving * 6:1 NU reads "acts of righteousness" instead of "charitable giving" before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. 2 Therefore, when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward. 3 But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand does, 4 so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

5 "When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward. 6 But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. 7 In praying, don’t use vain repetitions as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking. 8 Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need before you ask him. 9 Pray like this:

"‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

10 Let your Kingdom come.

Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

11 Give us today our daily bread.

12 Forgive us our debts,

as we also forgive our debtors.

13 Bring us not into temptation,

but deliver us from the evil one.

For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’ * 6:13 NU omits "For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen."

14 "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

16 "Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward. 17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18 so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

19 "Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal; 21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

22 "The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

24 "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon. 25 Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

27 "Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment * 6:27 literally, cubit to his lifespan? 28 Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin, 29 yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?

31 "Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

He Whakaakoranga mō te Mahi Atawhai

1 "Kia tūpato kei mahi i tā koutou mea tika i te aroaro o ngā tāngata, hei tirohanga mā rātou; pēnei kāhore he utu ki a koutou a tō koutou Matua i te rangi.

2 "Nā, ka atawhai koe i te rawakore, aua e whakatangihia te tētere i mua i a koe, kei pērā me te hunga tinihanga i roto i ngā whare karakia, i ngā ara, kia whai korōria ai i ngā tāngata. He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, kei a rātou anō te utu mō rātou. 3 Erangi, ka atawhaitia e koe te rawakore, kei mōhio tōu mauī ki tā tōu matau e mea ai; 4 kia ngaro ai tāu atawhainga rawakore; ā, ko tōu Matua e kite nei i te wāhi ngaro, māna koe e utu."

He Whakaakoranga mō te Īnoi

5 "Ā, ka īnoi koe, kaua e pērā me te hunga tinihanga; ko tā rātou hoki e pai ai ko te īnoi tū i roto i ngā whare karakia, i ngā kokinga o ngā ara, kia kitea ai e te tangata. He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, Kei a rātou anō te utu mō rātou.

6 "Nā, ka īnoi koe, tomo atu ki tōu rūma i roto rawa, ā, nō ka kati tōu tatau, īnoi ki tōu Matua i te wāhi ngaro; ā, ko tōu Matua e kite nei i te wāhi ngaro, māna koe e utu.

7 "Nā, ka īnoi koutou, aua e whakahuatia noatia ko aua kupu anō, kei pērā me ngā tauiwi; ki tā rātou hoki mā ngā kupu maha e rangona ai rātou. 8 Nā, kei rite koutou ki a rātou; e mātau ana hoki tō koutou Matua ki ngā mea e matea ana e koutou, i te mea kīanō koutou i īnoi ki a ia.

9 "Nā, kia pēnei tā koutou īnoi:

E tō mātou Matua i te rangi:

Kia tapu tōu ingoa;

10 kia tae mai tōu rangatiratanga;

kia meatia tāu e pai ai ki runga ki te whenua

kia rite anō ki tō te rangi.

11 Hōmai ki a mātou āianei he taro mā mātou mō tēnei rā.

12 Murua ō mātou hara,

me mātou hoki e muru nei i ō te hunga e hara ana ki a mātou.

13 Aua hoki mātou e kawea kia whakawaia;

engari, whakaorangia mātou i te kino.

Nōu hoki te rangatiratanga, te kaha, me te korōria,

ake, ake.

Āmine.

14 Ki te whakarērea noatia iho hoki e koutou ngā hē o te tangata, ka whakarērea noatia iho anō o koutou e tō koutou Matua i te rangi. 15 Ā, ki te kore e whakarērea noatia iho e koutou ngā hē o ngā tāngata, e kore anō e whakarērea noatia iho ō koutou hē e tō koutou Matua."

He Whakaakoranga mō te Nohopuku

16 "Ka nohopuku hoki koutou, kei rite ki te hunga tinihanga, kaua e whakapoururu te kanohi; e whakaahua kē ana hoki rātou i ō rātou kanohi, kia kitea ai e te tangata, e nohopuku ana. He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, Kei a rātou anō te utu mō rātou. 17 Engari, ka nohopuku koe, kaukauria tōu upoko, horoia hoki tōu kanohi; 18 kei kitea koe e te tangata e nohopuku ana, erangi, e tōu Matua i te wāhi ngaro; ā, ko tōu Matua e kite nei i te wāhi ngaro, māna koe e utu."

Ngā Taonga i te Rangi

19 "Kaua e pūrangatia he taonga mō koutou ki te whenua, ki te wāhi e whakangaro ai te huhu, te waikura; ki te wāhi hoki e keri ai te tāhae, tāhae ai. 20 Erangi, pūrangatia mō koutou he taonga ki te rangi, ki te wāhi e kore ai e whakangaro te huhu, te waikura, ki te wāhi hoki e kore ai e keri te tāhae, tāhae ai. 21 Ko te wāhi hoki i ō koutou taonga, ko reira anō ō koutou ngākau."

Te Māramatanga o te Tinana

22 "Ko te kanohi te rama o te tinana. Nā, ki te ātea tōu kanohi, e mārama katoa tōu tinana. 23 Tēnā ki te kino tōu kanohi, ka pōuri katoa tōu tinana. Nā, ki te pōuri te mārama i roto i a koe, anō te nui o tēnā pōuri!"

Te Atua me ngā Taonga

24 "Kāhore he tangata e pono te mahi ki ngā rangatira tokorua; ka kino hoki ki tētahi, ka aroha ki tētahi; ka ū rānei ki tētahi, ā, ka whakahāwea ki tētahi. E kore e pono i a koutou te mahi ki te Atua, ki te taonga.

25 "Koia ahau ka mea nei ki a koutou, kaua e mānukanuka ki tō koutou ora, ki tā koutou e kai ai, ki tā koutou e inu ai; ki ō koutou tinana rānei, ki tā koutou e kākahu ai. Ehara oti te ora i te rahi atu i te kai, me te tinana i te kākahu? 26 Tirohia ngā manu o te rangi; kāhore rātou e rui, kāhore e kokoti, e kohikohi rānei ki ngā whare wīti; heoi, e whāngainga ana rātou e tō koutou Matua i te rangi. Ehara oti koutou i te mea pai ake i ērā? 27 Ko wai o koutou e taea e ia te whakaaro iho, te hono tētahi wāhi ki tōna roa, kia kotahi te whatīanga?

28 "Ā, he aha koutou i mānukanuka ai ki te kākahu? Maharatia ngā rengarenga o te whenua, te tupu; e kore nei e mahi, e kore nei anō e miro. 29 Ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, kīhai a Horomona, me tōna korōria katoa, i rite ki tētahi o ēnei te whai kākahu. 30 Ha, ki te pēnei tā te Atua whakakākahu i te tarutaru o te whenua, e tupu nei ināianei, ā, āpōpō ka makā ki te oumu, e kore ianei tāna i a koutou e rahi ake, e te hunga whakapono iti?

31 "Nā, kaua rā e mānukanuka, e mea, ‘He aha tā tātou e kai ai? He aha tā tātou e inu ai? Me whakakākahu tātou ki te aha?’ 32 Ko ēnei mea katoa nei hoki tā ngā tauiwi e rapu ai; e mātau ana hoki tō koutou Matua i te rangi e matea ana e koutou ēnei mea katoa. 33 Engari mātua rapua tōna rangatiratanga, me āna mea tika; ā, ka tāpiritia ēnei mea katoa mā koutou. 34 Nō reira, kaua e mānukanuka ki o āpōpō; mā āpōpō anō ia e mānukanuka. Kāti anō i tōna rā tōna kino."