OrthJBC - Matthew - 6

6:1  "Be careful that you don't practice your tzedakah before bnei Adam in order to varf (show off) to be seen by bnei Adam; for then you have no sachar (reward) with your Av sh'baShomayim.

6:2  Therefore, whenever you contribute tzedakah, don't blow the shofar before you, as the tzevu'im (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.

6:3  But when you contribute tzedakah, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

6:4  so that your tzedakah may be in secret, and your Av haRo'eh b'seter (Father the One seeing in secret) will give you sachar (reward) b'seter (in secret). REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH TEACHES HIS TALMIDIM HOW TO DAVEN

6:5  And whenever you daven, do not be as the tzevu'im (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.

6:6  But 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 haRo'eh b'seter (Father the One seeing in secret) will give you sachar.

6:7  But when you daven, do not babble on and on maarich (long-winded) and vacuously and without kavanah like the Goyim. For the Goyim think that in their verbosity their techinnah (prayers of supplication) will be heard.

6:8  Therefore, be nisht azoi (not so); for your Av has da'as (knowledge) of what things you have need before you ask him.

6:9  Therefore, when you offer tefillos, daven like this: THE MOSHIACH'S TEFILLAH `Avinu sh'baShomayim` (`Our Father in heaven`), `yitkadash shmecha` (`hallowed be your Name`).

6:10  `Tavo malchutechah` (`Thy Kingdom come`) `Ye'aseh r'tzonechah` (`Thy will be done`) `k'moh vaShomayim ken ba'aretz` (`on earth as it is in heaven`).

6:11  `Es lechem chukeinu ten lanu hayom` (`Give us today our daily bread`),

6:12  `u-s'lach lanu es chovoteinu ka'asher salachnu` (`and forgive us our debts`) gam anachnu lachayaveinu` (`as we also have forgiven our debtors`).

6:13  `V'al t'vieinu lidey nisayon` (`And lead us not into temptation` [Mt.26:41]) `ki im chaltzeinu min harah` (`but deliver us from evil [or the evil one]`). [`Ki l'chah hamamlachah` (`for thine is the Kingdom`) `v'hagvurah` (`and the power`) v'hatiferet` (`and the glory`) `l'olmey olamim` (`forever`). `Omein`]. MOSHIACH'S CONDITION FOR SELICHOT (PRAYERS FOR FORGIVENESS) TO BE ANSWERED

6:14  For if you give men mechila (forgiveness) for their chata'im (sins), so also your Av sh'baShomayim will give selicha (forgiveness) to you.

6:15  But if you do not give men mechila (forgiveness), neither will your chata'im receive selicha from your Av. REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH ON UNDERGOING A TZOM (FAST)

6:16  And whenever you undergo a tzom (fast), don't be as the sullen tzevu'im (hypocrites), for they disfigure their faces to parade their tzom (fast). Omein, truly I say to you, they have received their sachar.

6:17  But when you undergo a tzom, anoint your rosh with shimmen (oil) and wash your face,

6:18  so that your tzom is concealed from bnei Adam but not from your Av Asher b'Seter (Father Who is in Secret), and your Av haRo'eh b'seter (Father the One seeing in secret) will give you sachar. REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH ON OTZAROT IN SHOMAYIM

6:19  Do not store up for yourselves otzarot (treasures) on ha'aretz, where moth and rust destroy and where ganavim (thieves) break in and steal.

6:20  But avekshtel (store up) for yourselves otzarot (treasures) in Shomayim, where neither moth nor rust destroys, neither do ganavim break in and steal.

6:21  For where your otzar (treasure) is, there also will be your lev (heart).

6:22  The eye is the menorah of the basar. Therefore, if your eye is unblurred, then your whole basar will be lighted.

6:23  But if yours is the 'ayin horo (evil eye), your whole basar will be in choshech (darkness).

6:24  No one is able to serve two adonim (masters). For either he will have sin'ah (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).

6:25  Therefore, I say to you, Do not have a LEV ROGEZ (anxious heart, [DEVARIM 28:65]) 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)? SHATZ UP (EVALUATE) YOUR WORTH IN THE ESTIMATION OF HASHEM!

6:26  Look to the OF HASHOMAYIM (`birds of heaven,`IYOV 35:11), for they do not sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and your Av sh'baShomayim feeds them. Are you yourselves not worth more than they?

6:27  And who among you by a LEV ROGEZ (DEVARIM 28:65) is able to add to his life-spand one cubit?

6:28  And 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.

6:29  But I say to you that not even Sh'lomo in all his kavod was clothed as one of these.

6:30  And if Hashem thus clothes the grass of the field that exists today and tomorrow is thrown into an oven, how much more will he clothe you, you ones of little emunah.

6:31  Therefore,do not have a LEV ROGEZ (DEVARIM 28:65), saying, `What might we eat?` or `What might we drink?` or `With what might we clothe ourselves?`

6:32  For all these things the Goyim strive for. For your Av sh'baShomayim bavorn (anticipates, realizes and resolves in advance) that you need all these things.

6:33  But seek first the Malchut Hashem and his Tzidkat Hashem, and all these things will be added to you.

6:34  Therefore, do not have a LEV ROGEZ (DEVARIM 28:65) for tomorrow, for makhar (tomorrow) will care for itself. Each day has enough tsimmes (difficulties) of its own."