Mateo 6
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version
Turo tungkol sa Paglilimos
6 “Tiyakin ninyo na ang paggawa ninyo ng mabuti ay hindi pakitang-tao lamang. Kung hindi ay hindi kayo tatanggap ng gantimpala mula sa inyong Amang nasa langit. 2 Kaya't kapag nagbibigay ka sa mga dukha, huwag kang magpapatugtog ng trumpeta sa harapan mo, tulad ng ginagawa ng mga mapagkunwari sa mga sinagoga at sa mga lansangan, upang sila'y parangalan ng mga tao. Tinitiyak ko sa inyo, natanggap na nila ang kanilang gantimpala. 3 Sa halip, kapag nagbibigay ka sa mga dukha, huwag mong ipaalam sa iyong kaliwang kamay ang ginagawa ng iyong kanang kamay, 4 upang maging lihim ang iyong pagbibigay. At gagantimpalaan ka ng iyong Ama na nakakakita sa ginawa mo nang lihim.
Turo tungkol sa Pananalangin(A)
5 “Kapag kayo'y nananalangin, huwag ninyong tularan ang mga mapagkunwari; sapagkat gustung-gusto nilang tumayo at manalangin sa mga sinagoga at sa mga panulukan ng mga lansangan, upang sila'y makita ng mga tao. Tinitiyak ko sa inyo, natanggap na nila ang kanilang gantimpala. 6 Subalit kapag mananalangin ka, pumasok ka sa iyong silid, isara mo ang pintuan, at manalangin ka sa iyong Amang hindi nakikita. At gagantimpalaan ka ng iyong Ama na nakakakita sa mga lihim na bagay. 7 Kapag kayo'y nananalangin, huwag ninyong daanin sa maraming salitang walang kabuluhan na tulad ng ginagawa ng mga Hentil, sapagkat akala nila'y pakikinggan sila dahil sa dami ng kanilang sinasabi. 8 Huwag ninyo silang tularan, sapagkat alam na ng inyong Ama ang kailangan ninyo bago pa man kayo humingi. 9 Manalangin nga kayo tulad nito:
'Ama naming nasa langit,
pakabanalin nawa ang iyong pangalan.
10 'Dumating nawa ang iyong kaharian,
matupad nawa ang iyong kalooban, dito sa lupa tulad ng sa langit.
11 Bigyan mo po kami ngayon ng aming pagkain sa araw-araw.
12 Patawarin mo po kami sa aming mga pagkakautang,
kung paanong nagpatawad kami sa mga nagkakautang sa amin.
13 At huwag mo kaming pabayaan sa panahon ng pagsubok,
sa halip ay iligtas mo po kami mula sa masama.'[a]
14 Sapagkat kung pinatatawad ninyo ang iba sa kanilang mga kasalanan, patatawarin din kayo ng inyong Amang nasa langit. 15 Ngunit kung hindi kayo nagpapatawad sa mga pagkakasala ng iba, hindi rin kayo patatawarin ng inyong Ama sa inyong mga pagkakasala.
Turo tungkol sa Pag-aayuno
16 “Kapag kayo'y nag-aayuno, huwag kayong magmukhang malungkot gaya ng mga mapagkunwari, sapagkat pinalulungkot nila ang kanilang mga hitsura upang mahalata ng iba na sila ay nag-aayuno. Tinitiyak ko sa inyo, natanggap na nila ang kanilang gantimpala. 17 Sa halip, kapag ikaw ay nag-aayuno, mag-ayos ka ng buhok at maghilamos ka, 18 upang ang pag-aayuno mo ay hindi makita ng iba maliban ng iyong Amang hindi nakikita. At gagantimpalaan ka ng iyong Ama na nakakakita sa lihim.
Ang Kayamanan sa Langit(B)
19 “Huwag kayong mag-impok para sa inyong mga sarili ng mga kayamanan dito sa lupa, kung saan ang bukbok at kalawang ay sumisira at kung saan ang mga magnanakaw ay nakapanloloob at nakapagnanakaw. 20 Sa halip ay mag-impok kayo para sa inyong sarili ng mga kayamanan sa langit, kung saan ang bukbok at ang kalawang ay hindi makakapanira at kung saan ang mga magnanakaw ay hindi nakapanloloob at nakapagnanakaw. 21 Sapagkat kung saan nakalagak ang iyong kayamanan, doon din naman malalagak ang iyong puso.
Ang Ilawan ng Katawan(C)
22 “Ang mata ang pinakatanglaw ng katawan. Kaya't kung malusog ang iyong mata, mapupuno ng liwanag ang iyong buong katawan. 23 Subalit kung masama ang iyong mata, mapupuno ng kadiliman ang iyong buong katawan. Kaya't kung ang liwanag na nasa iyo ay kadiliman, napakalaking kadiliman iyan!
Diyos o Kayamanan(D)
24 “Walang taong maaaring maglingkod sa dalawang panginoon, sapagkat kamumuhian niya ang isa at mamahalin naman ang pangalawa, o kaya'y magiging tapat siya sa isa at hindi igagalang ang pangalawa. Hindi kayo maaaring maglingkod sa Diyos at sa salapi.
Tungkol sa Pagkabalisa(E)
25 “Kaya't sinasabi ko sa inyo, huwag ninyong ikabalisa ang inyong ikabubuhay, kung ano ang inyong kakainin o kung ano ang inyong iinumin, ni ang inyong katawan, kung ano ang inyong isusuot. Hindi ba't mas mahalaga ang buhay kaysa sa pagkain, at ang katawan kaysa sa pananamit? 26 Tingnan ninyo ang mga ibon sa himpapawid! Hindi sila nagtatanim o gumagapas o nagtitipon sa kamalig, gayunma'y pinakakain sila ng inyong Amang nasa langit. Hindi ba mas mahalaga kayo kaysa kanila? 27 At sino sa inyo na dahil sa pagkabalisa ay nakapagdaragdag ng isang oras[b] sa haba ng kanyang buhay? 28 At bakit nag-aalala kayo tungkol sa pananamit? Masdan ninyo ang mga ligaw na bulaklak sa parang, lumalaki sila nang hindi naman nagpapagal ni humahabi ng tela, 29 gayunma'y sinasabi ko sa inyo na kahit si Solomon sa kanyang karangyaan ay hindi nakapagbihis nang tulad sa isa sa mga ito. 30 At kung gayon nga binibihisan ng Diyos ang damo sa parang na ngayon ay buháy ngunit bukas ay inihahagis sa kalan, kayo pa kaya ang hindi niya bihisan, kayong mahina ang pananampalataya? 31 Kaya't huwag kayong mabalisa at magtanong, ‘Ano ang aming kakainin?’ o ‘Ano ang aming iinumin?’ o ‘Ano ang isusuot namin?’ 32 Sapagkat ang mga bagay na ito ang pinagsisikapang makamtan ng mga Hentil, at nalalaman ng inyong Ama na kailangan ninyo ang mga ito. 33 Subalit pagsikapan muna ninyong matagpuan ang kaharian ng Diyos at ang kanyang katuwiran, at ang lahat ng mga bagay na ito ay idaragdag sa inyo. 34 Kaya't huwag kayong mag-alala para sa araw ng bukas, sapagkat mag-aalala ang bukas para sa kanyang sarili. Sapat na para sa buong maghapon ang mga alalahanin nito.
Footnotes
- Mateo 6:13 Ang ibang manuskrito'y may ganito Sapagkat sa iyo ang kaharian, ang kapangyarihan, at kaluwalhatian magpakailanman.
- Mateo 6:27 Sa Griyego, “makapagdaragdag ng isang siko”.
Matthew 6
New Catholic Bible
The True Practice of Religion[a]
Chapter 6
Giving Alms in Secret. 1 “Beware of performing righteous deeds before others in order to impress them. If you do so, you will receive no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 Therefore, whenever you give alms, do not trumpet your generosity, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets in order to win the praise of others. Amen, I say to you, they have already received their reward. 3 But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. 4 Your almsgiving must be done in secret. And your Father who sees everything that is done in secret will reward you.
Praying in Secret. 5 “Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may observe them doing so. Amen, I say to you, they have already received their reward. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees everything that is done in secret will reward you.
The Lord’s Prayer.[b] 7 “When you pray do not go on babbling endlessly as the pagans do, for they believe that they are more likely to be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not imitate them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
9 “This is how you should pray:
‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
10 Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
on 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 do not lead us into temptation,[c]
but deliver us from the evil one.’
14 If you forgive others for the wrongs they have done, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.
16 Fasting in Secret.[d]“Whenever you fast, do not assume a gloomy expression like the hypocrites who contort their faces so that others may realize that they are fasting. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that the fact that you are fasting will not be obvious to others but only to your Father who is hidden. And your Father who sees everything that is done in secret will reward you.
19 Treasures in Heaven.[e]“Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where they will be destroyed by moth and rust and where thieves break in and steal. 20 Rather, store up treasure for yourselves in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves cannot break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart also be.
22 The Lamp of the Body.[f]“The eyes are the lamp of the body. If your eyes are sound, your whole body will be filled with light. 23 However, if your eyes are diseased, your whole body will be in darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great will that darkness be!
24 God and Money.“No one can serve two masters. For you will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.[g]
25 Seek First the Kingdom of God.[h]“Therefore, heed my words. Do not be concerned about your life and what you will have to eat or drink, or about your body and what you will wear. Surely life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
26 “Gaze upon the birds in the sky. They do not sow or reap or store in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of far greater value than they? 27 Can any of you through worrying add a single moment to your span of life?
28 “And why are you concerned about what you are to wear? Consider the lilies of the field and how they grow. They neither labor nor spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his royal splendor was clothed like one of these. 30 If God so clothes the grass of the field, which grows today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will he not all the more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 “Therefore, stop being anxious about such things. Do not say: ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 These are things that are of concern to the Gentiles. Your heavenly Father is fully aware of all your needs. 33 Rather, seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
34 “So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will take care of itself. Each day has enough troubles of its own.
Footnotes
- Matthew 6:1 Almsgiving (vv. 2-4), prayer (vv. 5-15), and fasting (vv. 16-18) are characteristics of the Jewish religion, or of the “righteous.” Jesus does not teach other practices but is concerned with the spirit of our religious acts so that they may lead to God’s presence and bring the joy of being children of God. Believers do not vaunt themselves or make a show of their religion; they listen to God. True religion is authentic spiritual life rather than spectacle and confusion or human respect.
- Matthew 6:7 In response to a request from his disciples to teach them to pray (see Lk 11:1), Jesus entrusts them with the fundamental Christian prayer, the Our Father. It is also called the Lord’s Prayer because it comes to us from the Lord Jesus, the master and model of prayer. The Lord’s Prayer constitutes the summary of the whole Gospel, lies at the center of the Scriptures, and is the most perfect of prayers. The object of the first three petitions is the glory of the Father: the sanctification of his name, the coming of the kingdom, and the fulfillment of his will. The four others present our wants to him: they ask that our lives be nourished, healed of sin, and made victorious in the struggle of good over evil.
- Matthew 6:13 Temptation: in the New Testament, temptation is a test in which Satan tries to destroy the believer. Consequently, it cannot be attributed to God. God, however, can give the strength and means of overcoming it: this is the meaning of the petition. The Semitic expression “do not lead us into” is therefore to be understood as meaning “do not allow us to enter into or succumb to temptation” (see Mt 26:41; 1 Tim 6:9).
- Matthew 6:16 Fasting is an action that evinces a desire to live more closely in the disinterested service of God; this produces profound joy. The sole fast prescribed by the Mosaic Law was that of the Day of Atonement (see Lev 16:31), but in later Judaism fasting became a regular practice (see Didache 9:1).
- Matthew 6:19 In this and the two following texts Jesus is responding to the faulty side of our way of thinking and acting. In order to affirm the primacy of God so simply and surely, we must live unceasingly in the presence of the Father. Those who guard their inner freedom, the desire for light, understand Jesus. But it is impossible to be open to God when desire for possessions has become the motivating force of one’s life.
- Matthew 6:22 Those with good vision can readily direct their bodily movements. Similarly, those who utilize the prophetic vision of Christ can direct their way to God.
- Matthew 6:24 Money: literally, “Mammon” (an Aramaic word), a personification of wealth.
- Matthew 6:25 Jesus warns us against making real human needs the object of overly anxious cares and thus becoming enslaved by them. The remedy for such an attitude is to seek first God’s kingdom and to show confidence in God’s providence.
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version, Copyright © Philippine Bible Society 2009.
