Matthew 6 (BWC)

1“Kengeleni, mwilakita ubulungami pa menso ya bantu bambi pakuti bamimone, pantu ngamwakita ifyo tamwakapokelele kilambu kuli Wisinwe wa mumulu.“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

2“Eikyo kansi ilyo mwapela ikintu kumubusu, mwilasabankanya ngafintu bamumbimunda bakita muma sinagogi na mumisebo. Bakita ifi pakuti abantu babalumbanye. Ndemyeba ukuti balipokelela kale ikilambu ikyakumanina.So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

3Lelo lintu mulepela, mwileka ukuboko kwenu ukwa kukuso kwisibe ifilekita ukuboko kwa kukulyo.But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

4Pakuti ukupela kwenu kube ukwa munkama kabili na Wisinwe uumona munkama akamilambula.”so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

5“Lintu mulepepa, mwilaba nga babumbimunda abatemwa ukwiminina mumisebo na muma Sinagogi, pakuti babamone kubantu. Ndemyeba nati balipokelela ikilambu kyabo mukukumanina.And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

6Lelo ilyo mulepepa, ingileni mukyumba kyenu mwisaleko ikiibi nokupepa kuli Wisinwe usimoneka. Kabili na Wisinwe umona ifyamunkama akamilambula.But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

7“Kabili ngamulepepa mwilabomfya amasiwi ayengi ayabula ubuyo ngafintu Abena Fyalo bakita. Batontonkanya ukuti Lesa elo engomfwa amapepo.And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.

8Mwiba ngabena, pantu Wisinwe alisiba fintu mufwaya lintu tamulamulomba.Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

9Ifi nomba efyo mufwile ukupepa: ‘Mwe Taata wesu uwamumulu, isina lyenu likindikwe,So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.

10ubufumu bwenu bwise, ubufwayo bwenu bukitwe pesonde ngamumulu.Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

11Tupeleni lelo ikyakulya kyesu ikya kila busiku.Give us this day our daily bread.

12Tweleleni fintu twalufyanya, ngafintu twelela abatulufyanya.And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

13Mwitutwala mukwesiwa ukukalamba, lelo mututule kufyabipa.’And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’

14Pantu ngamuleelela bambi fintu bamilufyanya, na Wisinwe mumulu nao akamyelela.For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

15Lelo ngatamuleelela bambi, na Wisinwe takamyelele fintu mwalufyanya.But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.

16“Elo mulefunga, mwilaikala inkumbabulili ngafintu babumbimunda bakita. Balekelesya imimonekele yabo pakweba ati abantu bonse babamone ati balefunga. Ndemyeba ikinekine nati bena balipoka ikilambu kyabo kyonse.When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

17Lelo lintu mulefunga, mulesamba kumenso nokusuba amafuta mu mutwe,But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

18pakuti abantu bambi belaisiba ukuti mulefunga. Kanofye Wisinwe eka usimoneka. Kabili Wisinwe uumona fintu mukita munkama akamilambula.so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

19“Mwilasungila ifyuma fyenu pesonde apo ubuswa nenkuutu fingonaula, kabili apo abaŋo bengengila no kwiba.Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

20Lelo Sungileni ifipao fyenu mumulu umo ubuswa nenkutu teti syonaule kabili nabaŋo teti bengile nokwiba.But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

21Pantu umutima wenu ukaba ukwaba ifyuma fyenu.For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

22“Ilinso elampi lyamubili. Amenso yobe ngayatuntulu ninsi umubili obe onse uli mulubuuto.The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.

23Lelo amenso yobe ngateyatuntulu, umubili obe ukaba mumfimfi. Ngakyakuti ulubuto muli webo nimfimfi, ninsi nimfimfi yakipesya mano!But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

24“Takuli umuntu uwingaba umusya wabasikulu babili, kuti apatapo umo nokutemwapo umbi, kuti anakilapo umo nokufupulapo umbi. Tekuti upyungile fyonse pamo, Lesa nolupiya.No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

25“Eikyo ndimukumyeba ukuti, mwilasakamana pabwikasi bwenu, fintu mukalya nafintu mukanwa, nangu pansalu syamubili wenu. Busye ubwikasi bwenu tabwakila ifyakulya? Kabili busye umubili tawakila insalu?Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

26Lolesyeni pafyoni fyamulwelele, ifisilima, tafisombola nangu ukusungila mumatala, lelo Wisinwe wamumulu alafiliisya! Busye tamwakindamapo ukukila ifyoni?Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

27Ninani pali mwebo uwingalundapo insiku pamulandu wakusakamana?Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

28“Nikinsi musakamanina pansalu? Lolesyeni pamaluba ya mumpanga fintu yakula, tayabomba nangu ukuipangila ifyakufwala.And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.

29Lelo ndemyeba nati, Nemfumu Solomoni nobunonshi bwakwe bonse tatalile fwikwapo ngalimo pali aya maluba.Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

30Ngakyakuti Lesa eufwika ifyani fyamumpanga, ifyakuti lelo epofili mailo fyaposwa mumulilo tekuti amifwike ukukishapo, mwe bantu bakitetekelo kinono?If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

31“Eikyo mwilasakamana nokuipusya ukuti: ‘Busye nkalya insi? Busye nkanwa insi? Nangu busye nkafwala kinsi?’Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’

32Pantu ifi, efyo abenafyalo bafwaya, lelo Wisinwe wamumulu alisiba ukuti mulakabila fyonse ifi fintu.For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

33Lelo intansi fwayeni Ubufumu bwamumulu Nobulungami bwabuko, kabili nafyonse ifi ifyasyala akamipeela.But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

34Eikyo mwilasakamikwa pabusiku bwa mailo, ubwamailo bukaisakamana ubwine. Kila busiku bwalikwata isakamiko lyabuko.Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.

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