Ma-thi-ơ 6
New Vietnamese Bible
Việc Thiện
6 “Các con hãy thận trọng về việc công đức[a] của mình, đừng phô trương cho người ta thấy, nếu không, các con sẽ không được Cha các con ở trên trời ban thưởng.
2 Vì thế, khi con bố thí, đừng thổi kèn trước mặt thiên hạ[b] như phường đạo đức giả thường làm trong hội đường và ngoài phố để được người ta khen ngợi. Thật, Ta bảo các con, họ đã nhận đủ phần thưởng của mình rồi. 3 Nhưng khi con bố thí, đừng cho tay trái biết tay phải làm gì, để việc từ thiện của con được giữ kín; 4 và Cha con là Đấng thấy trong nơi kín nhiệm, sẽ thưởng cho con.”
Sự Cầu Nguyện(A)
5 “Khi các con cầu nguyện, đừng như bọn đạo đức giả, vì họ thích đứng cầu nguyện trong hội đường hay nơi quảng trường[c] cho người ta thấy. Thật, Ta bảo các con, họ đã nhận đủ phần thưởng của mình rồi. 6 Riêng phần con, khi cầu nguyện, hãy vào phòng riêng đóng cửa lại, cầu nguyện với Cha con, là Đấng ở trong nơi kín nhiệm và Cha con, là Đấng thấy trong nơi kín nhiệm, sẽ thưởng cho con. 7 Khi cầu nguyện đừng lặp đi lặp lại như người ngoại, vì họ tưởng cầu nhiều lời sẽ được nhậm. 8 Vậy, đừng bắt chước họ, vì Cha biết các con cần gì trước khi các con cầu xin.
9 Các con hãy cầu nguyện như thế này:
‘Lạy Cha chúng con ở trên trời,
Danh Cha được tôn thánh,
10 Nước Cha được đến,
Ý Cha được nên,
Ở đất như ở trời.
11 Xin cho chúng con hôm nay thức ăn đủ ngày.[d]
12 Xin tha tội[e] cho chúng con,
Như chính chúng con cũng tha kẻ mắc tội với chúng con.
13 Xin đừng để chúng con sa vào chước cám dỗ
Nhưng cứu chúng con khỏi Kẻ Ác.’[f]
14 Nếu các con tha tội cho người ta, thì Cha các con ở trên trời cũng sẽ tha cho các con. 15 Nếu các con không tha tội cho người ta, Cha các con cũng sẽ không tha tội các con.”
Vấn Đề Kiêng Ăn
16 “Khi các con kiêng ăn, đừng để mặt mày bơ phờ như phường đạo đức giả, vì họ làm mặt buồn để người ta thấy họ kiêng ăn. Thật, Ta bảo các con, họ đã nhận đủ phần thưởng của mình rồi. 17 Nhưng khi kiêng ăn, hãy xức dầu trên đầu, rửa mặt, để không ai biết con đang kiêng ăn 18 chỉ riêng Cha con, là Đấng ở nơi kín nhiệm, sẽ thấy và thưởng cho con.”
Kho Báu Trên Trời(B)
19 “Các con đừng tích trữ của cải dưới đất là nơi mối mọt và gỉ sét làm hủy hoại và kẻ trộm khoét vách lấy đi. 20 Nhưng hãy tích trữ của cải các con ở trên trời là nơi mối mọt không thể hủy hoại và kẻ trộm cũng không khoét vách lấy được. 21 Vì của cải các con ở đâu, lòng các con cũng ở đó.”
Ánh Sáng Của Thân Thể(C)
22 “Mắt là đèn của thân thể. Vì thế, nếu mắt con tốt, thì cả thân thể sẽ sáng láng. 23 Nếu mắt con xấu, cả thân thể sẽ tối tăm. Vậy nếu ánh sáng ở trong con chỉ là tối tăm, thì sự tối tăm ấy còn lớn là dường nào!”
Chúa Và Tiền Tài(D)
24 “Không ai có thể làm tôi hai chủ, vì sẽ ghét chủ này mà thương chủ kia, hoặc sẽ trọng chủ này mà khinh chủ kia. Các con không thể phục vụ cả Đức Chúa Trời lẫn tiền tài.”[g]
Vấn Đề Lo Lắng(E)
25 “Vì thế Ta bảo các con: Đừng lo lắng cho cuộc sống, lo mình sẽ ăn gì, uống gì, hay thân thể mình sẽ mặc gì. Mạng sống chẳng quý hơn đồ ăn và thân thể chẳng quý hơn quần áo sao? 26 Hãy xem loài chim trời, chúng chẳng gieo, chẳng gặt, cũng chẳng tồn kho tích trữ, nhưng Cha các con ở trên trời vẫn nuôi chúng. Các con không quý hơn loài chim sao? 27 Có ai trong các con nhờ lo lắng mà có thể thêm cho đời mình một khoảnh khắc nào không?[h]
28 Còn việc ăn mặc, sao các con lo lắng mà làm chi? Hãy xem hoa huệ ngoài đồng mọc thế nào. Chúng không phải làm việc khổ nhọc, cũng chẳng kéo chỉ, 29 nhưng Ta bảo các con, dầu vua Sa-lô-môn sang trọng đến đâu, cũng không thể mặc đẹp bằng một trong các hoa huệ kia. 30 Một loài hoa dại ngoài đồng, nay còn, mai bị ném vào lò lửa, mà Đức Chúa Trời mặc cho chúng như thế, còn các con không quý hơn để Ngài chu cấp quần áo cho sao, hỡi những kẻ ít đức tin? 31 Vậy, đừng lo lắng mà hỏi rằng chúng ta sẽ ăn gì, uống gì hay là mặc gì? 32 Vì tất cả những điều này, người ngoại vẫn tìm kiếm và Cha các con ở trên trời biết các con cần tất cả những điều ấy. 33 Nhưng trước hết, hãy tìm kiếm Nước Đức Chúa Trời và sự công chính của Ngài, và Ngài sẽ ban thêm cho các con mọi điều ấy nữa. 34 Thế thì, đừng lo sợ cho ngày mai, vì ngày mai sẽ lo cho ngày mai. Nỗi lao phiền trong ngày cũng đủ quá rồi!”
Footnotes
- 6:1 Nt: Công chính
- 6:2 Ctd: khua chiêng gióng trống
- 6:5 Nt: góc phố
- 6:11 Ctd: hằng ngày
- 6:12 Ctd: xin tha nợ chúng tôi
- 6:13 Ctd: điều ác
- 6:24 Nt: Ma-mô-na. Tiếng Aramaic chỉ tài sản, tiền của được thần thánh hóa
- 6:27 Nt: nghĩa đen là đơn vị đo lường khoảng nửa mét. Ở đây có thể là dùng với ý nghĩa thời gian
Matthew 6
New King James Version
Do Good to Please God
6 “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 Therefore, (A)when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 3 But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret (B)will Himself reward you [a]openly.
The Model Prayer(C)
5 “And when you pray, you shall not be like the [b]hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 6 But you, when you pray, (D)go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you [c]openly. 7 And when you pray, (E)do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. (F)For they think that they will be heard for their many words.
8 “Therefore do not be like them. For your Father (G)knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. 9 In this (H)manner, therefore, pray:
(I)Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your (J)name.
10 Your kingdom come.
(K)Your will be done
On earth (L)as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our (M)daily bread.
12 And (N)forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
13 (O)And do not lead us into temptation,
But (P)deliver us from the evil one.
[d]For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
14 (Q)“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But (R)if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Fasting to Be Seen Only by God
16 “Moreover, (S)when you fast, do not be like the [e]hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 17 But you, when you fast, (T)anoint your head and wash your face, 18 so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you [f]openly.
Lay Up Treasures in Heaven(U)
19 (V)“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 (W)but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
The Lamp of the Body(X)
22 (Y)“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is [g]good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is [h]bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
You Cannot Serve God and Riches
24 (Z)“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. (AA)You cannot serve God and [i]mammon.
Do Not Worry(AB)
25 “Therefore I say to you, (AC)do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 (AD)Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one [j]cubit to his [k]stature?
28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not [l]arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But (AE)seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Footnotes
- Matthew 6:4 NU omits openly
- Matthew 6:5 pretenders
- Matthew 6:6 NU omits openly
- Matthew 6:13 NU omits the rest of v. 13.
- Matthew 6:16 pretenders
- Matthew 6:18 NU, M omit openly
- Matthew 6:22 Clear, or healthy
- Matthew 6:23 Evil, or unhealthy
- Matthew 6:24 Lit., in Aram., riches
- Matthew 6:27 About 18 inches
- Matthew 6:27 height
- Matthew 6:29 dressed
Matthew 6
King James Version
6 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Matthew 6
American Standard Version
6 Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.
2 When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4 that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.
5 And when ye pray, ye 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 of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward. 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee. 7 And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8 Be not therefore like unto them: for [a]your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. 11 Give us this day [b]our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from [c]the evil one. [d] 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; 18 that thou be not seen of men to fast, but of thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall recompense thee.
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not [e]break through nor steal: 21 for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also. 22 The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness! 24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 25 Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment? 26 Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto [f]the measure of his life? 28 And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31 Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Footnotes
- Matthew 6:8 Some ancient authorities read God your Father.
- Matthew 6:11 Greek our bread for the coming day. Or, our needful bread
- Matthew 6:13 Or, evil
- Matthew 6:13 Many authorities, some ancient, but with variations, add For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
- Matthew 6:20 Greek dig through.
- Matthew 6:27 Or, his stature
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