1 Koriniti 4
1 Me penei i te whakaaro o te tangata ki a matou na, he kaimahi na te Karaiti, he tuari hoki no nga mea ngaro a te Atua.
Let people look on us as Christ’s servants, and as stewards of the hidden truths of God.
2 Na hei konei ko te mea o te tuari e matenuitia ana, kia kitea he tangata pono ia.
Now what we look for in stewards is that they should be trustworthy.
3 Ki ahau ia he mea nohinohi rawa kia whai kupu koutou moku, te tangata ranei; kahore nei hoki aku kupu moku ano.
But it weighs very little with me that I am judged by you or by any human tribunal. No, I do not even judge myself;
4 Kahore hoki ahau i matau ki tetahi aha oku; heoi e kore tena e ai hei whakatika moku: otira ko te Ariki hei whai kupu moku.
for, though I am conscious of nothing against myself, that does not prove me innocent. It is the Lord who is my judge.
5 Na reira kaua e whakawakia wawetia tetahi mea, kia tae mai ra ano te Ariki, mana e whakamarama nga mea huna o te pouri, e whakakite hoki nga whakaaro o nga ngakau; hei reira ia tangata whakamoemititia ai e te Atua.
Therefore do not pass judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes. He will throw light on what is now dark and obscure, and will reveal the motives in people’s minds; and then everyone will receive due praise from God.
6 Na ko enei mea, e oku teina, naku i huri mai te ahua ki a maua ko Aporo, he whakaaro ki a koutou: kia ai maua hei whakaako i a koutou, kia kaua te whakaaro e hipa atu i te mea i tuhituhia; kia kaua tetahi o koutou e whakapehapeha mo tetahi ki run ga atu i tetahi.
All this, friends, I have, for your sakes, applied to Apollos and myself, so that, from our example, you may learn to observe the precept – “Keep to what is written,” that none of you may speak boastfully of one teacher to the disparagement of another.
7 Ko wai kei te mea kia rere ke koe? ko tehea mea hoki au ehara i te mea hoatu ki a koe? Na he mea i hoatu ki a koe, he aha koe ka whakamanamana ai, me te mea nei ehara i te mea hoatu?
For who makes any one of you superior to others? And what have you that was not given you? But if you received it as a gift, why do you boast as if you had not?
8 Kua makona ke na hoki koutou, kua hua ke o koutou taonga, kua kingi koutou ahakoa motu mai matou: ae ra, e pai ana ki ahau kia kingi tonu koutou, kia kingi tahi ai tatou.
Are you all so soon satisfied? Are you so soon rich? Have you begun to reign without us? Would indeed that you had, so that we also might reign with you!
9 Ki toku whakaaro hoki kua waiho matou, nga apotoro, e te Atua mo muri rawa, ano he hunga mo te mate: kua meinga hoki matou hei matakitakinga ma te ao, ma nga anahera, a ma nga tangata.
For, as it seems to me, God has exhibited us, the apostles, last of all, as people doomed to death. We are made a spectacle to the universe, both to angels and to people!
10 Ko matou he kuware mo ta te Karaiti, ko koutou ia he hunga whai whakaaro i roto i a te Karaiti; ko matou he ngoikore, ko koutou ia he hunga kaha; to koutou he kororia, to matou ia he honorekore.
We, for Christ’s sake, are fools, but you, by your union with Christ, are people of discernment. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honoured, but we are despised.
11 Tae tonu mai ki tenei haora nei e matekai ana matou, e matewai ana, e haere tahanga ana, e kurua ana, kahore hoki o matou kainga tumau:
To this very hour we go hungry, thirsty, and naked; we are beaten; we are homeless;
12 E mauiui ana matou, ko o matou ringa ake hei mahi: e taunutia ana, manaaki tonu matou; e whakatoia ana, whakaririka kau matou:
we work hard, toiling with our own hands. We meet abuse with blessings, we meet persecution with endurance,
13 Ka korerotia kinotia, ka whakangawari atu matou: kua meinga matou kia rite ki te paru rukenga o te ao, ki te para o nga mea katoa, taea noatia tenei ra.
we meet slander with gentle appeals. We have been treated as the scum of the earth, the vilest of the vile, to this very hour.
14 Kahore ahau i te tuhituhi atu i enei mea kia whakama ai koutou, engari hei whakatupato i a koutou, i aku tamariki aroha.
It is with no wish to shame you that I am writing like this; but to warn you as my own dear children.
15 No te mea ahakoa whiwhi koutou i nga kaiwhakaako tekau mano i roto i a te Karaiti, kahore i tokomaha o koutou matua; he whanau hoki koutou naku i roto i a Karaiti Ihu i runga i te rongopai.
Though you may have thousands of instructors in the faith of Christ, yet you have not many fathers. It was I who, through union with Christ Jesus, became your father by means of the good news.
16 Koia ahau ka tohe nei ki a koutou, kia rite ta koutou ki taku.
Therefore I entreat you – Follow my example.
17 Na reira i tonoa atu ai e ahau ki a koutou a Timoti, taku tama aroha, tama pono i roto i te Ariki, mana koutou e whakamahara ki oku ara i roto i a te Karaiti, ki taku e whakaako nei i nga wahi katoa i roto i nga hahi katoa.
This is my reason for sending Timothy to you. He is my own dear faithful child in the Master’s service, and he will remind you of my methods of teaching the faith of Christ Jesus – methods which I follow everywhere in every church.
18 Na ko etahi e whakapehapeha ana, e mea ana e kore ahau e haere atu ki a koutou.
Some, I hear, are puffed up with pride, thinking that I am not coming to you.
19 Otira e kore e roa ka haere atu ahau ki a koutou, ki te pai te Ariki; a hei reira, ehara i te kupu, engari ko te kaha o te hunga e whakapehapeha ana, taku e titiro ai.
But come to you I will, and that soon, if it please the Lord; and then I will find out, not what words these people use who are so puffed up, but what power they possess;
20 No te mea ehara te rangatiratanga o te Atua i te kupu, engari he kaha.
for the kingdom of God is based, not on words, but on power.
21 Ko tehea ta koutou e pai ai? kia haere atu ahau ki a koutou me te whiu, i runga ranei i te aroha me te wairua mahaki?
What do you wish? Am I to come to you with a rod, or in a loving and gentle spirit?
