Κατα Ματθαιον 6
1 προσεχετε την ελεημοσυνην υμων μη ποιειν εμπροσθεν των ανθρωπων προσ το θεαθηναι αυτοισ ει δε μηγε μισθον ουκ εχετε παρα τω πατρι υμων τω εν τοισ ουρανοισ
“Take care not to perform your religious duties in public in order to be seen by others; if you do, your Father who is in heaven has no reward for you.
2 οταν ουν ποιησ ελεημοσυνην μη σαλπισησ εμπροσθεν σου ωσπερ οι υποκριται ποιουσιν εν ταισ συναγωγαισ και εν ταισ ρυμαισ οπωσ δοξασθωσιν υπο των ανθρωπων αμην λεγω υμιν απεχουσιν τον μισθον αυτων
Therefore, when you do acts of charity, do not have a trumpet blown in front of you, as hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets so that people will praise them. There, I tell you, is their reward!
3 σου δε ποιουντοσ ελεημοσυνην μη γνωτω η αριστερα σου τι ποιει η δεξια σου
But, when you do acts of charity, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
4 οπωσ η σου η ελεημοσυνη εν τω κρυπτω και ο πατηρ σου ο βλεπων εν τω κρυπτω αυτοσ αποδωσει σοι εν τω φανερω
so that your charity may be secret; and your Father, who sees what is in secret, will reward you.
5 και οταν προσευχη ουκ εση ωσπερ οι υποκριται οτι φιλουσιν εν ταισ συναγωγαισ και εν ταισ γωνιαισ των πλατειων εστωτεσ προσευχεσθαι οπωσ αν φανωσιν τοισ ανθρωποισ αμην λεγω υμιν οτι απεχουσιν τον μισθον αυτων
“And, when you pray, you are not to behave as hypocrites do. They like to pray standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets, so that people will see them. There, I tell you, is their reward!
6 συ δε οταν προσευχη εισελθε εισ το ταμιειον σου και κλεισασ την θυραν σου προσευξαι τω πατρι σου τω εν τω κρυπτω και ο πατηρ σου ο βλεπων εν τω κρυπτω αποδωσει σοι εν τω φανερω
But, when one of you prays, they should go into their own room, shut the door, and pray to their Father who dwells in secret; and their Father, who sees what is secret, will reward them.
7 προσευχομενοι δε μη βαττολογησητε ωσπερ οι εθνικοι δοκουσιν γαρ οτι εν τη πολυλογια αυτων εισακουσθησονται
When praying, do not repeat the same words over and over again, as is done by the Gentiles, who think that by using many words they will obtain a hearing.
8 μη ουν ομοιωθητε αυτοισ οιδεν γαρ ο πατηρ υμων ων χρειαν εχετε προ του υμασ αιτησαι αυτον
Do not imitate them; for God, your Father, knows what you need before you ask him.
9 ουτωσ ουν προσευχεσθε υμεισ πατερ ημων ο εν τοισ ουρανοισ αγιασθητω το ονομα σου
You, therefore, should pray like this – ‘Our Father, who is in heaven, may your name be held holy,
10 ελθετω η βασιλεια σου γενηθητω το θελημα σου ωσ εν ουρανω και επι τησ γησ
your kingdom come, your will be done – on earth, as in heaven.
11 τον αρτον ημων τον επιουσιον δοσ ημιν σημερον
Give us today the bread that we will need;
12 και αφεσ ημιν τα οφειληματα ημων ωσ και ημεισ αφιεμεν τοισ οφειλεταισ ημων
and forgive us our wrongdoings, as we have forgiven those who have wronged us;
13 και μη εισενεγκησ ημασ εισ πειρασμον αλλα ρυσαι ημασ απο του πονηρου οτι σου εστιν η βασιλεια και η δυναμισ και η δοξα εισ τουσ αιωνασ αμην
and take us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.’
14 εαν γαρ αφητε τοισ ανθρωποισ τα παραπτωματα αυτων αφησει και υμιν ο πατηρ υμων ο ουρανιοσ
For, if you forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father will forgive you also;
15 εαν δε μη αφητε τοισ ανθρωποισ τα παραπτωματα αυτων ουδε ο πατηρ υμων αφησει τα παραπτωματα υμων
but, if you do not forgive others their offenses, not even your Father will forgive your offenses.
16 οταν δε νηστευητε μη γινεσθε ωσπερ οι υποκριται σκυθρωποι αφανιζουσιν γαρ τα προσωπα αυτων οπωσ φανωσιν τοισ ανθρωποισ νηστευοντεσ αμην λεγω υμιν οτι απεχουσιν τον μισθον αυτων
“And, when you fast, do not put on gloomy looks, as hypocrites do who disfigure their faces so that they may be seen by people to be fasting. That, I tell you, is their reward!
17 συ δε νηστευων αλειψαι σου την κεφαλην και το προσωπον σου νιψαι
But, when one of you fasts, they should anoint their head and wash their face,
18 οπωσ μη φανησ τοισ ανθρωποισ νηστευων αλλα τω πατρι σου τω εν τω κρυπτω και ο πατηρ σου ο βλεπων εν τω κρυπτω αποδωσει σοι
so that they may not be seen by people to be fasting, but by their Father who dwells in secret; and their Father, who sees what is secret, will reward them.
19 μη θησαυριζετε υμιν θησαυρουσ επι τησ γησ οπου σησ και βρωσισ αφανιζει και οπου κλεπται διορυσσουσιν και κλεπτουσιν
“Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
20 θησαυριζετε δε υμιν θησαυρουσ εν ουρανω οπου ουτε σησ ουτε βρωσισ αφανιζει και οπου κλεπται ου διορυσσουσιν ουδε κλεπτουσιν
But store up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal.
21 οπου γαρ εστιν ο θησαυροσ υμων εκει εσται και η καρδια υμων
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22 ο λυχνοσ του σωματοσ εστιν ο οφθαλμοσ εαν ουν ο οφθαλμοσ σου απλουσ η ολον το σωμα σου φωτεινον εσται
The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is unclouded, your whole body will be lit up;
23 εαν δε ο οφθαλμοσ σου πονηροσ η ολον το σωμα σου σκοτεινον εσται ει ουν το φωσ το εν σοι σκοτοσ εστιν το σκοτοσ ποσον
but, if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be darkened. And, if the inner light is darkness, how intense must that darkness be!
24 ουδεισ δυναται δυσιν κυριοισ δουλευειν η γαρ τον ενα μισησει και τον ετερον αγαπησει η ενοσ ανθεξεται και του ετερου καταφρονησει ου δυνασθε θεω δουλευειν και μαμωνα
No one can serve two masters, for either they will hate one and love the other, or else they will attach themselves to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
25 δια τουτο λεγω υμιν μη μεριμνατε τη ψυχη υμων τι φαγητε και τι πιητε μηδε τω σωματι υμων τι ενδυσησθε ουχι η ψυχη πλειον εστιν τησ τροφησ και το σωμα του ενδυματοσ
“This is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about your life – what you can get to eat or drink, or about your body – what you can get to wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26 εμβλεψατε εισ τα πετεινα του ουρανου οτι ου σπειρουσιν ουδε θεριζουσιν ουδε συναγουσιν εισ αποθηκασ και ο πατηρ υμων ο ουρανιοσ τρεφει αυτα ουχ υμεισ μαλλον διαφερετε αυτων
Look at the wild birds – they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and yet your heavenly Father feeds them! Aren’t you more precious than they?
27 τισ δε εξ υμων μεριμνων δυναται προσθειναι επι την ηλικιαν αυτου πηχυν ενα
But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong their life a single moment?
28 και περι ενδυματοσ τι μεριμνατε καταμαθετε τα κρινα του αγρου πωσ αυξανει ου κοπια ουδε νηθει
And why be anxious about clothing? Study the wild lilies, and how they grow. They neither toil nor spin;
29 λεγω δε υμιν οτι ουδε σολομων εν παση τη δοξη αυτου περιεβαλετο ωσ εν τουτων
yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his splendor was not robed like one of these.
30 ει δε τον χορτον του αγρου σημερον οντα και αυριον εισ κλιβανον βαλλομενον ο θεοσ ουτωσ αμφιεννυσιν ου πολλω μαλλον υμασ ολιγοπιστοι
If God so clothes even the grass of the field, which is living today and tomorrow will be thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?
31 μη ουν μεριμνησητε λεγοντεσ τι φαγωμεν η τι πιωμεν η τι περιβαλωμεθα
Do not then ask anxiously ‘What can we get to eat?’ or ‘What can we get to drink?’ or ‘What can we get to wear?’
32 παντα γαρ ταυτα τα εθνη επιζητει οιδεν γαρ ο πατηρ υμων ο ουρανιοσ οτι χρηζετε τουτων απαντων
All these are the things for which the nations are seeking, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
33 ζητειτε δε πρωτον την βασιλειαν του θεου και την δικαιοσυνην αυτου και ταυτα παντα προστεθησεται υμιν
But first seek his kingdom and the righteousness that he requires, and then all these things will be added for you.
34 μη ουν μεριμνησητε εισ την αυριον η γαρ αυριον μεριμνησει τα εαυτησ αρκετον τη ημερα η κακια αυτησ
Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own anxieties. Every day has trouble enough of its own.
