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

¹ “Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

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

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.

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

³ But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand does,

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

⁴ so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

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

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.

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 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.

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

⁷ In praying, don’t use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

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

⁸ Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.

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

⁹ Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

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

¹⁰ Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

¹¹mutipei nhasi chikafu chedu chemisi yose;

¹¹ Give us today our daily bread.

¹²uye mutikangamwire mhosva dzedu, sezvatinokangamwirawo vane mhosva nesu;

¹² Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

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

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. NU omits “For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.” ’

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

¹⁴ “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

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

¹⁵ But if you don’t 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 “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.

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

¹⁷ But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;

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

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.

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

¹⁹ “Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

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

²⁰ but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

²¹Nekuti pane fuma yenyu, ndipo pachavawo nemoyo yenyu.

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

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 your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

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

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!

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

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.

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

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?

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

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?

²⁷Ndiani kwamuri nekufunganya ungawedzera mbimbi imwe paurefu hwake?

²⁷ “Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment literally, cubit to his lifespan?

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

²⁸ Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,

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

²⁹ yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

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

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?

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

³¹ “Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’

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

³² For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

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

³³ But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

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

³⁴ Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.