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 men this wyse esteme vs eve as the ministers of Christ and disposers of ye secretes of God.
2 Na hei konei ko te mea o te tuari e matenuitia ana, kia kitea he tangata pono ia.
Furthermore it is requyred of the disposers that they be founde faithfull.
3 Ki ahau ia he mea nohinohi rawa kia whai kupu koutou moku, te tangata ranei; kahore nei hoki aku kupu moku ano.
With me is it but a very smal thinge that I shuld be iudged of you ether of (mans daye) No I iudge not myn awne selfe.
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.
I know nought by my selfe: yet am I not therby iustified. It is the Lorde that iudgeth me.
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.
Therfore iudge no thinge before the tyme vntill the Lorde come which will lighten thinges that are hyd in darcknes and ope the counsels of the hertes. And then shall every man have prayse of 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.
These thinges brethre I have described in myn awne person and Apollos for youre sakes that ye myght learne by vs that no man coute of him selfe beyonde that which is above written: that one swell not agaynst another for eny mans cause.
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 preferreth the? What hast thou that thou hast not receaved? Yf thou have receaved it why reioysest thou as though thou haddest not receaved it?
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.
Now ye are full: now ye are made rych: ye raygne as kinges with out vs: and I wold to god ye dyd raygne that we might raygne 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.
Me thinketh that God hath set forth vs which are Apostles for the lowest of all as it were me appoynted to deeth. For we are a gasyngestocke vnto the worlde and to ye angels and to men.
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 are foles for Christes sake and ye are wyse thorow Christ. We are weake and ye are stroge. Ye are honorable and 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:
Eve vnto this daye we honger and thyrst and are naked and are boffetted wt fistes and have no certayne dwellinge place
12 E mauiui ana matou, ko o matou ringa ake hei mahi: e taunutia ana, manaaki tonu matou; e whakatoia ana, whakaririka kau matou:
and laboure workinge with oure awne hondes. We are revysed and yet we blesse. We are persecuted and suffer it.
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 are evyll spoken of and we praye. We are made as it were the filthynes of the worlde the ofscowringe of all thinges even vnto this tyme.
14 Kahore ahau i te tuhituhi atu i enei mea kia whakama ai koutou, engari hei whakatupato i a koutou, i aku tamariki aroha.
I write not these thinges to shame you: but as my beloved sonnes I warne you.
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.
For though ye have ten thousande instructours in Christ: yet have ye not many fathers. In Christ Iesu I have begotten you thorowe ye gospell.
16 Koia ahau ka tohe nei ki a koutou, kia rite ta koutou ki taku.
Wherfore I desyre you to folowe me.
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.
For this cause have I sent vnto you Timotheus which is my deare sonne and faithfull in the Lorde which shall put you in remembrauce of my wayes which I have in Christ eve as I teache every where in all congregacios.
18 Na ko etahi e whakapehapeha ana, e mea ana e kore ahau e haere atu ki a koutou.
Some swell as though I wolde come no more at 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 I will come to you shortely yf God will: and will knowe not ye wordes of the which swell but ye power:
20 No te mea ehara te rangatiratanga o te Atua i te kupu, engari he kaha.
for ye kyngdome of God is not in wordes but in 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 will ye? Shall I come vnto you with a rodde or els in love and in the sprete of mekenes?
