1 Teharonika 2
1 E matau ana hoki koutou, e oku teina, ki to matou haerenga atu ki a koutou, ehara i te mea i kore tikanga;
For ye yourselves know, brethren, that our coming among you hath not been in vain;
2 Heoi mate ana matou i mua ra, tukinotia ana i Piripai, e matau na koutou, otira maia tonu matou i roto i to tatou Atua ki te korero i te rongopai o te Atua ki a koutou i roto i te uaua nui.
but after we had suffered before and had been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict.
3 Ko ta matou whakahauhau na hoki, ehara i te mea na te tinihanga, na te poke ranei, ehara ano hoki i te mea hangareka.
For our teaching is not from error, nor from impurity, nor in guile;
4 Engari, ka pai nei te Atua kia tukua ki a matou te rongopai, ka pera ta matou korero; ehara i te mea kia whakamanawarekatia te tangata, engari te Atua, e whakamatautau nei i o tatou ngakau.
but as we have been regarded by God as worthy to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who trieth our hearts.
5 Kahore hoki matou i kitea e korero ana i te kupu whakapati, e matau na ano hoki koutou, e huna ana ranei i te ngakau apo; ko te Atua te kaititiro mai.
For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;
6 Kihai ano matou i rapu kororia i te tangata, i a koutou ranei, i era atu ranei, ahakoa i tika matou, he apotoro nei na te Karaiti, kia mea he tangata whai tikanga matou.
nor from men sought we glory, either from you, or from others; though we might have used authority as apostles of Christ.
7 Engari i ngawari matou i waenganui i a koutou, i rite ki te kaiatawhai e whakaahuru ana i ana tamariki ake.
But we were gentle in the midst of you, even as a nurse cherisheth her own children;
8 Pera tonu to matou matenui ki a koutou, ehara i te mea ko te rongopai anake o te Atua ta matou i pai ai kia hoatu ki a koutou, engari ko o matou ake wairua, i te mea kua aroha nui matou ki a koutou.
so having a strong affection for you, we were willing to impart to you, not only the gospel of God, but also our own souls, because ye became dear to us.
9 E mahara ana hoki koutou, e oku teina, ki ta matou mahi, ki to matou mauiui: mahi ana matou i te po, i te ao, kei taimaha ki tetahi o koutou, kauwhautia ana hoki e matou te rongopai o te Atua ki a koutou.
For ye remember, brethren, our labor and toil, how laboring night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.
10 Ko koutou nga kaititiro, ko te Atua hoki, ki te tapu, ki te tika, ki te kore he o ta matou whakahaere ki a koutou e whakapono na.
Ye are witnesses, and so is God, how holily, and righteously, and unblamably we conducted ourselves toward you that believe;
11 A e matau ana ano koutou ki ta matou mahi ki tetahi, ki tetahi o koutou, pera i ta te matua ki ana tamariki ake, te whakahauhau, te whakahihiri i a koutou, te tohutohu,
as ye know how we exhorted, and encouraged, and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
12 Mo ta koutou haere kia rite ki ta te Atua, nana nei koutou i karanga ki tona rangatiratanga, ki tona kororia.
that ye should walk in a manner worthy of God, who is calling you to his own kingdom and glory.
13 Mo konei matou ka whakawhetai tonu nei ki te Atua, no te mea i to koutou tahuritanga ki te kupu a te Atua i rongo ra koutou ki a matou, ehara i te mea he tahuri no koutou ki te kupu tangata, engari ki te kupu a te Atua, ko ia pu na hoki ia e mah i na i roto i a koutou, i te hunga e whakapono na.
And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received the word of God which ye heard from us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also is powerfully working in you that believe.
14 Kua whai na hoki koutou, e oku teina, i te tauria a nga hahi a te Atua i Huria i roto i a Karaiti Ihu: ko o koutou matenga hoki i nga tangata o to koutou ake iwi kua rite ki o era matenga i nga Hurai;
For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; for ye also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, as they have from the Jews;
15 Na ratou hoki i whakamate te Ariki, a Ihu, me nga poropiti, a i pana matou ki waho; kahore a ratou whakamanawareka ki te Atua, a he hoariri ratou no nga tangata katoa.
who both killed the Lord Jesus, and the prophets, and drove us out, and please not God, and set themselves against all men,
16 E arai mai ana i a matou kei korero ki nga tauiwi kia ora ai, he mea tenei e tutuki ai o ratou hara i nga wa katoa; otira ka whakapaua rawatia te riri ki a ratou.
hindering us from speaking to the gentiles that they may be saved, —to fill up their sins always! But the wrath is come upon them to the end.
17 Ko matou ia, e oku teina, he iti nei te wahi kua wehea mai nei matou i a koutou, ko nga tinana, kahore te ngakau, hira rawa to matou takare kia kite i to koutou kanohi, nui atu te hiahia.
But we, brethren, having been bereaved of you for a short time, separated in body, not in heart, used the greater endeavors with much earnestness to see your face.
18 No reira, i te whai kia tae atu ki a koutou, ko ahau, ko Paora, i tuatahi, a i tuarua; heoi na Hatana matou i whakaware.
Wherefore we purposed to come to you, that is, I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
19 He aha hoki ta matou e tumanako atu ai, e hari ai, he aha oti te karauna e whakamanamana ai matou? He teka ianei ko koutou i te aroaro o to tatou Ariki, o Ihu Karaiti, a tona taenga mai?
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Is it not even ye, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at his coming?
20 Ko koutou hoki to matou kororia, to matou hari.
For ye are our glory and joy.
