¹Chenjerai kuti basa renyu rerudo musariita pamberi pevanhu kuti muonekwe navo; kana zvisakadaro hamuna mubairo kuna Baba venyu vari kumatenga.

¹`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not — reward ye have not from your Father who [is] in the heavens;

²Naizvozvo kana uchiita basa rerudo, rega kuridza hwamanda pamberi pako, sezvinoita vanyepedzeri mumasinagoge nemunzira dzemumaguta, kuti vakudzwe nevanhu. Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Vagamuchira mubairo wavo.

²whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you — they have their reward!

³Asi iwe kana uchiita basa rerudo, ruboshwe rwako ngarurege kuziva zvinoita rudyi rwako.

³`But thou, doing kindness, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth,

⁴Kuti kuita kwako basa rerudo kuve pakavanda; uye Baba vako vanoona pakavanda vachakuripira pachena.

⁴that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly.

⁵Zvino kana muchinyengetera, musava sevanyepedzeri; nekuti vanoda kunyengetera vamire mumasinagoge nepamharadzano dzenzira dzemumaguta kuti vaonekwe nevanhu. Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Vagamuchira mubairo wavo.

⁵`And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places — standing — to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

⁶Asi iwe kana uchinyengetera, pinda muimba yako yemukati; ugovhara mukova wako, unyengetere kuna Baba vako vari pakavanda; zvino Baba vako vanoona pakavanda vachakuripira pachena.

⁶`But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who [is] in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

⁷Asi kana muchinyengetera, musapamhidzira-pamhidzira zvisina maturo sevahedheni; nekuti ivo vanofunga kuti vachanzwikwa nekutaura kwavo kuzhinji.

⁷`And — praying — ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,

⁸Naizvozvo musafanana navo; nekuti Baba venyu vanoziva chamunoshaiwa, musati mavakumbira.

⁸be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him;

⁹Naizvozvo imwi nyengeterai sezvizvi: Baba vedu vari kumatenga, zita renyu ngariitwe dzvene;

⁹thus therefore pray ye: `Our Father who [art] in the heavens! hallowed be Thy name.

¹⁰ushe hwenyu ngahuuye; chido chenyu ngachiitwe panyikawo sezvachinoitwa kudenga;

¹⁰`Thy reign come: Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on the earth.

¹¹mutipei nhasi chikafu chedu chemisi yose;

¹¹`Our appointed bread give us to-day.

¹²uye mutikangamwire mhosva dzedu, sezvatinokangamwirawo vane mhosva nesu;

¹²`And forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors.

¹³uye musatipinza pakuidzwa, asi mutisunungure pakuipa. Nekuti ushe ndehwenyu, nesimba, nekubwinya kusvikira rinhi narinhi. Ameni.

¹³`And mayest Thou not lead us to temptation, but deliver us from the evil, because Thine is the reign, and the power, and the glory — to the ages. Amen.

¹⁴Nekuti kana muchikangamwira vanhu kudarika kwavo, Baba venyu vari kudenga vachakukangamwiraiwo.

¹⁴`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you — your Father who [is] in the heavens;

¹⁵Asi kana musingakangamwiri vanhu kudarika kwavo, Baba venyuwo havangakangamwiri kudarika kwenyu.

¹⁵but if ye may not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

¹⁶Uyezve kana muchitsanya, musava nezviso zvinopunyaira sevanyepedzeri; nekuti vanounyanisa zviso zvavo, kuti vaonekwe nevanhu kuti vanotsanya. Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwamuri: Vagamuchira mubairo wavo.

¹⁶`And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

¹⁷Asi iwe kana uchitsanya, zodza musoro wako, ugeze chiso chako,

¹⁷`But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,

¹⁸kuti urege kuonekwa kuvanhu kuti unotsanya, asi kuna Baba vako vari pakavanda; zvino Baba vako vanoona pakavanda, vachakuripira.

¹⁸that thou mayest not appear to men fasting, but to thy Father who [is] in secret, and thy Father, who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

¹⁹Regai kuzviunganidzira fuma panyika, pane zvifusi nengura zvinoodza, nepane mbavha dzinopaza dzichiba;

¹⁹`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

²⁰asi muzviunganidzire fuma kudenga, kusina chifusi kana ngura zvinoodza, naapo mbavha padzisingapazi dzichiba.

²⁰but treasure up to yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth disfigure, and where thieves do not break through nor steal,

²¹Nekuti pane fuma yenyu, ndipo pachavawo nemoyo yenyu.

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

²²Mwenje wemuviri iziso; naizvozvo kana ziso rako riri benyu, muviri wako wose uchazara nechiedza.

²²`The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened,

²³Asi kana ziso rako rakaipa, muviri wako wose uchazara nerima. Naizvozvo kana chiedza chiri mauri chiri rima, rima iro iguru sei!

²³but if thine eye may be evil, all thy body shall be dark; if, therefore, the light that [is] in thee is darkness — the darkness, how great!

²⁴Hapana ungashumira vatenzi vaviri; nekuti uchavenga umwe, akada umwe; kana uchanamatira umwe, akazvidza umwe. Hamungashumiri Mwari naMamona*.

²⁴`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

²⁵Naizvozvo ndinoti kwamuri: Musafunganya pamusoro peupenyu hwenyu, zvamuchadya kana zvamuchanwa, kana pamusoro pemuviri wenyu, zvamuchafuka. Upenyu hahupfuuri chikafu here, nemuviri zvipfeko?

²⁵`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

²⁶Tarirai shiri dzedenga, nekuti hadzidzvari, kana kukohwa, kana kuunganidza mumatura, asi Baba venyu vekudenga vanodzirurira. Imwi hamudzipfuuri zvikuru here?

²⁶look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

²⁷Ndiani kwamuri nekufunganya ungawedzera mbimbi imwe paurefu hwake?

²⁷`And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

²⁸Nepamusoro pezvipfeko munofungirei? Nyatsorangarirai midovatova yenyika, inokura sei, haichami, hairuki;

²⁸and about clothing why are ye anxious? consider well the lilies of the field; how do they grow? they do not labour, nor do they spin;

²⁹asi ndinoti kwamuri: Kunyange Soromoni pakubwinya kwake kose haana kupfekedzwa seimwe yeiyi.

²⁹and I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.

³⁰Zvino kana Mwari achifukidza saizvozvo uswa hwenyika, hwuripo nhasi, hunokandirwa muchoto mangwana, haangakufukidziyi nekupfuurisa here imwi verutendo ruduku?

³⁰`And if the herb of the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow is cast to the furnace, God doth so clothe — not much more you, O ye of little faith?

³¹Naizvozvo musafunganya, muchiti: Tichadyei? Kana: Tichanwei? Kana: Tichafukei?

³¹therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?

³²Nekuti izvozvi zvose vahedheni vanozvitsvaka, nekuti Baba venyu vekudenga vanoziva kuti munoshaiwa izvozvi zvose.

³²for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;

³³Asi tangai kutsvaka ushe hwaMwari, nekururama kwake, zvino izvozvi zvose zvichawedzerwa kwamuri.

³³but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

³⁴Naizvozvo musafunganyira mangwana, nekuti mangwana achazvifunganyira zvinhu zvawo. Zuva rakakwanirwa nezvakaipa zvaro.

³⁴Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day [is] the evil of it.