Mattityahu 6
6
1Be careful that you don't practice your tzedakah (charity giving) before Bnei Adam in order to varf (show off, flaunt) to be seen by Bnei Adam; for then you have no sachar (reward) with your Av shbaShomayim.
2Therefore, whenever you contribute tzedakah, don't blow the shofar before you, as the tzevuim (hypocrites) do in the shuls and in the streets, in order that they may receive kavod (glory) from Bnei Adam. Omein, truly I say to you, they have their sachar (reward).
3But when you contribute tzedakah, do not let your left hand have da'as (knowledge) of what your right hand is doing,
4so that your tzedakah may be nistar (hidden, in secret), and your Av HaRoeh b'seter (Father, the One seeing in secret)#6:4 His sachar (reward) will give you.
5And whenever you daven (pray), do not be as the tzevuim (hypocrites); for they love to stand and daven in the shuls and on the street corners so that they may be seen by an audience. Omein, truly I say to you, they have their sachar.
6But you, whenever you daven, enter into the secret place, your secret cheder, and, having shut your door, offer tefillos to your Av Asher b'Seter (Father Who is in Secret), and your Av haRoeh b'seter (Father the One seeing in secret)#6:6 His sachar will give you.
7But when you daven, do not babble on and on maarich (extended, long winded) and vacuously and without kavvanah (heartfelt direction, intention) like the Goyim. For the Goyim think that in their verbosity their techinnah will be heard.
8Therefore, nisht azoi (not so)! Be different, for your Av has daas (knowledge) of what things you have need before you ask Him.
9Therefore, when you offer tefillos, daven like this, in this manner: Avinu shbaShomayim (Our Father in heaven), yitkadash shmecha (hallowed be your Name).
10Tavo malchutechah (Thy Kingdom come) Ye'aseh rtzonechah (Thy will be done) kmoh vaShomayim ken ba'aretz (on earth as it is in heaven).
11Es lechem chukeinu ten lanu hayom (Give us today our daily bread),
12u-slach lanu es chovoteinu kaasher salachnu (and forgive us our debts as we forgive) gam anachnu lachayaveinu (also our debtors).
13V'al tvi'einu lidey nisayon (And lead us not into temptation),#6:13 Mt 26:41 ki im chaltzeinu min harah (but deliver us from evil).#6:13 Ki l'chah hamamlachah (for thine is the Kingdom) vhagvurah (and the power) vhatiferet (and the glory) l'olmei olamim (forever). Omein
14For if you give men mechila (pardon, forgiveness) for their chattaim (sins), so also your Av sh'baShomayim will give selicha (forgiveness) to you.
15But if you do not give men mechila (forgiveness), neither will your chattaim receive selicha from your Av.
16And whenever you undergo a tzom (fast), don't be like the sullen tzevuim (hypocrites), for they disfigure their faces to parade their tzom (fast). Omein, truly I say to you, they have received their sachar (reward).
17But when you undergo a tzom, anoint your rosh with shemen and wash your face,
18so that your tzom is concealed from Bnei Adam but not from your Av Asher b'Seter (Father Who is in Secret). And your Av HaRoeh b'seter (Father the One seeing in secret) will give you sachar.
19Do not store up for yourselves otzarot (treasures) on haaretz, where moth and rust destroy and where ganavim (thieves) break in and steal.
20But zahmlet aich (collect for yourselves) otzarot (treasures) in Shomayim, where neither moth nor rust destroys; neither do ganavim break in and steal.
21For where your otzar is, there also will be your lev.
22The eye is the menorah of the basar. Therefore, if your eye is unblurred, then your whole basar will be lighted.
23But if yours is the ayin horo, your kol is choshech; if ohr choshech, great choshech!
24No one is able to serve two adonim (masters). For either he will have sinah (hatred) for the one and ahavah (love) for the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve Hashem and Mammon (Money).
25Therefore, I say to you, Do not have a LEV ROGEZ#6:25 LEV ROGEZ in verses 25, 27, 31, 34, see Dt 28:65 (anxious heart) about your life, what you might wear or what you might drink, nor for your basar, what you might put on. Is not life more than okhel (food) and basar more than malbush (clothing)?
26Look to the OPH HASHOMAYIM#6:26 Job 35:11 (birds of heaven), for they do not sow nor reap nor gather into storehouses, and your Av shbaShomayim feeds them. Are you yourselves not worth more than they?
27And who among you by a LEV ROGEZ is able to add to his life span one cubit?
28And why have a LEV ROGEZ (anxious heart) about malbush (clothing)? Observe the lilies of the field, how they grow. They do not labor nor spin.
29But I say to you that not even Sh'lomo HaMelech in all his kavod (glory) was clothed as one of these.
30And if Hashem thus clothes the grass of the field that exists today and tomorrow is thrown into a furnace, how much more will he clothe you, you ones of little emunah?
31Therefore, do not have a LEV ROGEZ, saying, What might we eat? or What might we drink? or With what might we clothe ourselves?
32For all these things the Goyim strive. For your Av shbaShomayim bavorn (anticipates) that you need all these things.
33But seek first the Malchut Hashem and the Tzidkat Hashem, and all these things will be added to you.
34Therefore, do not have a LEV ROGEZ for tomorrow, for makhar (tomorrow) will care for itself. Each day has enough tzoros of its own.
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Mattithyahu (Matthew) 6
6
1“Beware of doing your kind deeds before men, in order to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in the heavens.
2“Thus, when you do a kind deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do, in the congregations and in the streets, to be praised by men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.
3But when you do a kind deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
4so that your kind deed shall be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret shall Himself reward you openly.
5“And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the congregations and on the corners of the streets, to be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.
6But you, when you pray, go into your room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place. And your Father who sees in secret shall reward you openly.
7“And when praying, do not keep on babbling like the nations. For they think that they shall be heard for their many words.
8Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
9“This, then, is the way you should pray: ‘Our Father who is in the heavens, let Your Name be set-apart,
10let Your reign come, let Your desire be done on earth as it is in heaven.
11Give us today our daily bread.
12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13‘And do not lead us into trial,# Mat. 26:41 but deliver us from the wicked one – because Yours is the reign and the power and the esteem, forever. Amĕn.’
14“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father shall also forgive you.
15But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither shall your Father forgive your trespasses.
16“And when you fast, do not be sad-faced like the hypocrites. For they disfigure their faces so that they appear to be fasting to men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.
17But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
18so 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 shall reward you openly.
19“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
21For where your treasure is, there your heart shall be also.
22“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, all your body shall be enlightened.
23But if your eye is evil,#This is a Hebrew idiom – a good eye means to be generous, while an evil eye means to be stingy. all your body shall be darkened. If, then, the light that is within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
24No one is able to serve two masters, for either he shall hate the one and love the other, or else he shall cleave to the one and despise the other. You are not able to serve Elohim and mammon.#Personification of wealth.
25“Because of this I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you shall eat or drink, or about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than the food and the body more than the clothing?
26Look at the birds of the heaven, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into storehouses, yet your heavenly Father does feed them. Are you not worth more than they?
27“And which of you by worrying is able to add one cubit to his life’s span?
28So why do you worry about clothing? Note well the lilies of the field, how they grow. They neither toil nor spin,
29and I say to you that even Shelomoh in all his esteem was not dressed like one of these.
30“But if Elohim so clothes the grass of the field, which exists today, and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more you, O you of little belief?
31Do not worry then, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
32“For all these the nations seek for. And your heavenly Father knows that you need all these.
33But seek first the reign of Elohim, and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.
34“Do not, then, worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow shall have its own worries. Each day has enough evil of itself.
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