¹Take heed not to do your alms before men to be seen of them, otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens.

¹"Jihadharini msije mkafanya matendo yenu mema mbele ya watu kusudi mwonekane nao. La sivyo, Baba yenu aliye mbinguni hatawapeni tuzo.

²When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

²"Basi, unapomsaidia maskini, usijitangaze. Usifanye kama wanafiki wafanyavyo katika masunagogi na njiani ili watu wawasifu. Kweli nawaambieni, hao wamekwisha pata tuzo lao.

³But thou, when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does;

³Lakini wewe unapomsaidia maskini, fanya hivyo kwamba hata rafiki yako asijue ufanyalo.

⁴so that thine alms may be in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will render [it] to thee.

⁴Toa msaada wako kwa siri, na Baba yako aonaye yaliyofichika, atakutuza.

⁵And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets so that they should appear to men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

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.

⁶But *thou*, when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will render [it] to thee.

⁶Lakini wewe unaposali, ingia chumbani mwako, funga mlango, kisha umwombe Baba yako asiyeonekana. Naye Baba yako aonaye yaliyofichika, atakutuza.

⁷But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as those who are of the nations: for they think they shall be heard through their much speaking.

⁷"Mnaposali, msipayuke maneno kama watu wasiomjua Mungu. Wao hudhani kwamba Mungu atawasikiliza ati kwa sababu ya maneno mengi.

⁸Be not ye therefore like them, for your Father knows of what things ye have need before ye beg [anything] of him.

⁸Msiwe kama wao. Baba yenu anajua mnayoyahitaji hata kabla ya kumwomba.

⁹Thus therefore pray *ye*: Our Father who art in the heavens, let thy name be sanctified,

⁹Basi, hivi ndivyo mnavyopaswa kusali: Baba yetu uliye mbinguni: Jina lako litukuzwe.

¹⁰let thy kingdom come, let thy will be done as in heaven so upon the earth;

¹⁰Ufalme wako ufike. Utakalo lifanyike duniani kama mbinguni.

¹¹give us to-day our needed bread,

¹¹Utupe leo chakula chetu tunachohitaji.

¹²and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors,

¹²Utusamehe makosa yetu, kama nasi tunavyowasamehe waliotukosea.

¹³and lead us not into temptation, but save us from evil.

¹³Usitutie 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.

¹⁴For if ye forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father also will forgive you [yours],

¹⁴"Maana mkiwasamehe watu makosa yao, Baba yenu wa mbinguni atawasamehe ninyi pia.

¹⁵but if ye do not forgive men their offences, neither will your Father forgive your offences.

¹⁵Lakini msipowasamehe watu makosa yao, naye Baba yenu hatawasamehe ninyi makosa yenu.

¹⁶And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear fasting to men: verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

¹⁶"Mnapofunga, msiwe na huzuni kama wanafiki. Wao hukunja nyuso zao wapate kuonekana na watu kuwa wanafunga. Nawaambieni hakika, hao wamekwisha pata tuzo lao.

¹⁷But *thou*, [when] fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face,

¹⁷Wewe lakini unapofunga, paka kichwa chako mafuta, nawa uso wako,

¹⁸so that thou mayest not appear fasting unto men, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret shall render [it] to thee.

¹⁸ili mtu yeyote asijue kwamba unafunga, ila ujulikane tu kwa Baba yako asiyeonekana. Naye Baba yako aonaye yaliyofichika atakutuza.

¹⁹Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;

¹⁹"Msijiwekee hazina hapa duniani ambako nondo na kutu huharibu, na wezi huingia na kuiba.

²⁰but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust spoils, and where thieves do not dig through nor steal;

²⁰Jiwekeeni hazina mbinguni ambako nondo na kutu hawawezi kuiharibu, wala wezi hawaingii wakaiba.

²¹for where thy treasure is, there will be also thy heart.

²¹Maana pale ilipo hazina yako, ndipo pia utakapokuwa moyo wako.

²²The lamp of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be light:

²²"Jicho ni taa ya mwili. Kama jicho lako ni zima, mwili wako wote utakuwa katika mwanga.

²³but if thine eye be wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great the darkness!

²³Lakini 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.

²⁴No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

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.

²⁵For this cause I say unto you, Do not be careful about your life, what ye should eat and what ye should drink; nor for your body what ye should put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?

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?

²⁶Look at the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into granaries, and your heavenly Father nourishes them. Are *ye* not much more excellent than they?

²⁶Waangalieni ndege wa mwituni: hawapandi, hawavuni, wala hawana ghala yoyoye. Hata hivyo, Baba yenu wa mbinguni huwalisha. Je, ninyi si wa thamani kuliko hao?

²⁷But which of you by carefulness can add to his growth one cubit?

²⁷Ni nani miongoni mwenu kwa kuwa na wasiwasi sana anaweza kuuongeza muda wa maisha yake?

²⁸And why are ye careful about clothing? Observe with attention the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin;

²⁸"Na kuhusu mavazi, ya nini kuwa na wasiwasi? Tazameni maua ya porini jinsi yanavyostawi. Hayafanyi kazi wala hayasokoti.

²⁹but I say unto you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these.

²⁹Lakini nawaambieni, hata Solomoni mwenyewe na fahari zake zote hakupata kuvikwa vizuri kama ua mojawapo.

³⁰But if God so clothe the herbage of the field, which is to-day, and to-morrow is cast into [the] oven, will he not much rather you, O [ye] of little faith?

³⁰Ikiwa basi Mungu hulivika hivyo jani la shambani ambalo leo liko na kesho latupwa motoni, je, hatafanya zaidi kwenu ninyi? Enyi watu wenye imani haba!

³¹Be not therefore careful, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we put on?

³¹"Basi, msiwe na wasiwasi: Tutakula nini, tutakunywa nini, tutavaa nini!

³²for all these things the nations seek after; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things.

³²Maana hayo yote yanahangaikiwa na watu wasiomjua Mungu. Baba yenu wa mbinguni anajua kwamba mnahitaji vitu hivyo vyote.

³³But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.

³³Bali, zingatieni kwanza Ufalme wa Mungu na matakwa yake, na hayo mengine yote mtapewa kwa ziada.

³⁴Be not careful therefore for the morrow, for the morrow shall be careful about itself. Sufficient to the day [is] its own evil.

³⁴Basi, msiwe na wasiwasi juu ya kesho; kesho inayo yake. Matatizo ya siku moja yanawatosheni kwa siku hiyo.