2 Corinthians 12
1 It behooves me to glory, indeed it is not profitable, I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
Ehara hoki i te pai kia whakamanamana ahau; heoi me neke atu ahau ki nga putanga, ki nga whakakitenga mai a te Ariki.
2 I knew a man in Christ, fourteen years ago, whether in the body, I know not; whether out of the body, I know not, such a one having been caught up even to the third heaven.
E matau ana ahau ki tetahi tangata i roto i a te Karaiti, ka tekau ma wha enei tau, i roto ranei i te tinana, kahore ahau e matau; i waho ranei o te tinana, kahore ahau e matau: ko te Atua te matau ana; kahakina atu ana taua tangata ki te tuatoru ra ano o nga rangi.
3 And I knew such a man, whether in the body, or out of the body, I know not; God knows,
Heoi matau tonu ahau ki taua tangata, i roto ranei i te tinana, i waho ranei o te tinana, kahore ahau e matau: ko te Atua te matau ana;
4 that he was caught up to Paradise, and heard unutterable words, which it is impossible for a man to speak.
Kahakina atu ana ia ki Pararaiha, a rongo ana i nga mea e kore e taea te korero, e kore ano e tika kia korerotia e te tangata.
5 Concerning such a one I will glory: but concerning myself I will not glory, except in my infirmities.
Ka whakamanamana ahau ki taua tangata: otiia e kore ahau e whakamanamana ki ahau ake, engari ki oku ngoikoretanga.
6 For if I shall wish to glory, I will not be a fool; for I speak the truth: but I fear, lest some one may consider with reference to me above what he sees me, or hears from me.
Ki te hiahia hoki ahau kia whakamanamana, e kore ahau e wairangi; ka korero tonu ahau i te mea pono: heoi ka waiho e ahau, kei nui atu ta tetahi e whakaaro ai ki ahau i tana e kite nei i ahau, i tana ranei e rongo ai ki ahau.
7 And that I may not be exalted by the abundance of revelations, a thorn was given unto me in the flesh, the messenger of Satan that he may buffet me, in order that I may not be exalted.
Na, i te tino nui rawa o nga whakakitenga mai, he mea kei kake rawa ake ahau, kua homai ki ahau he koikoi i te kikokiko, he anahera na Hatana hei kuru i ahau, kia kaua ai ahau e kake rawa.
8 Three times I called on the Lord concerning this, that it may depart from me.
E toru aku inoinga ki te Atua mo tenei mea kia neke atu i ahau.
9 And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore most delightfully I will glory the more in my infirmities, in order that the power of Christ may abide on me.
A kua mea mai ia ki ahau, E ranea ana toku atawhai hei mea mou: mana tonu hoki toku kaha i runga i te ngoikore. Na pai rawa atu ki ahau te whakamanamana ki oku ngoikore, kia ai ai te kaha o te Karaiti hei taupoki moku.
10 Therefore I delight in infirmities, in insults, in difficulties, in persecutions, and in tight places, for Christ's sake: for when I am without strength, then I am dynamite.
Mo reira ahuareka tonu ahau ki nga ngoikoretanga, ki nga tukinotanga, kinga aitua, ki nga whakatoinga, ki nga rarunga, mo te Karaiti; i ahau hoki e ngoikore ana ko reira ahau kaha ai.
11 I have become a fool: you did compel me. For I ought to be commended by you: for I am not inferior to the very chief of the apostles, if indeed I am nothing.
Na kua wairangi ahau: he kaha mo ta koutou ki ahau: i tika ke hoki ma koutou ahau e whakapai: kahore hoki ahau i hoki iho i nga tino apotoro i te aha, i te aha, ahakoa ra he kahore noa iho ahau nei.
12 For indeed the signs of the apostleship are wrought in me in all patience, in miracles and in wonders and in dynamites.
He pono i mahia i roto i a koutou nga tohu o te apotoro, pau rawa ano hoki te manawanui, i runga i nga tohu, i nga mea whakamiharo, i nga merekara.
13 For what is that in which you are inferior to other churches, except that I did not burden you? forgive me this wrong.
He aha koia te mea i iti iho ai koutou i era atu hahi, ko tenei anake pea, ko toku korenga e taimaha ki a koutou? whakarerea noatia iho tenei he oku.
14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not spare: for I do not seek yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up treasures for the parents, but the parents for the children,
Na, ko te tuatoru tenei o nga wa ka takatu nei ahau ki te haere atu ki a koutou: e kore ano koutou e pehia e ahau ki tetahi mea maku; ehara hoki i te mea ko ta koutou taku e rapu nei, engari ko koutou: na ehara ma nga tamariki te whakapuranga ta onga ma nga matua, engari ma nga matua ma nga tamariki.
15 But I will most delightfully spend and be spent for your souls. If the more abundantly I love you am I loved the less?
Na ka tino pai ahau ki te whakapau i aku, kia whakapaua hoki ahau i te meatanga mo o koutou wairua. Mehemea i hira ake toku aroha ki a koutou, e hoki iho ranei te aroha moku?
16 But let it he so, I did not burden you; but, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
Heoi ra, kihai ahau i whakataimaha i a koutou; engari i toku koroke, hopukina ana koutou e ahau ki te tinihanga.
17 Which one of those whom I sent unto you, did I fleece you through him?
I meinga ranei e ahau tetahi o te hunga i tonoa atu e ahau ki a koutou hei whakapati i a koutou taonga moku?
18 I called Titus, and sent the brother along with him: whether did Titus defraud you? did we not walk by the same Spirit? did we not in the same tracks?
I whakahaua atu e ahau a Taituha, i tonoa atu hoki tetahi teina hei hoa mona. I whakapati ranei a Taituha i a koutou taonga mona? he teka ianei i runga i te Wairua kotahi ta maua haere? he teka ranei i haere tahi maua ko aua tapuwae ra ano?
19 For a long time you were thinking that I am apologizing to you. We speak before God in Christ; but all things, beloved, are for your edification.
Tenei koutou te mahara nei i enei wa katoa he whakatikatika mo matou ta matou ki a koutou. I te aroaro o te Atua e korero ana matou i roto i a te Karaiti: otiia ko enei mea katoa, e oku hoa aroha, hei pai mo koutou, hei hanga mo te whare.
20 For I fear lest, having come, I may not find you as I wish, and may not be found by you as you wish; lest perhaps strife, jealousy, animosities, selfseekings, calumniations, eavesdroppings, inflations, outfallings, are among you;
E wehi ana hoki ahau, kei rokohanga atu koutou e ahau, ina tae atu, kahore e rite ki taku e pai nei, kei kitea hoki ahau e koutou, kahore e rite ki ta koutou e pai ai: kei rokohanga atu he whawhai, he hae, he riri, he totohe, he ngautuara, he ko muhumuhu, he whakaputa, he tutu;
21 lest, I again having come, my God will humble me before you, and I will mourn over many of those having previously committed sins, and not having repented over the uncleanness and the fornication and debauchery which they have done.
Kei whakaititia ahau e toku Atua i o koutou aroaro, ina tae atu ano ahau, a kei tokomaha hoki e tangihia e ahau o te hunga i hara i mua, a kahore ano i ripeneta mo te poke, mo te moepuku, mo te hiahia taikaha, i mahia nei e ratou.
