2 Koriniti 2
1 Otira kua takoto tenei i roto i ahau, kia kaua toku hokinga atu ki a koutou e waiho i runga i te pouri.
I decided that I would not visit you again in grief;
2 Na, ki te whakapouri hoki ahau i a koutou, ko wai hoki hei whakaora i toku ngakau? ko ia anake e whakapouritia nei e ahau.
for if I cause you grief, who is there to cause me joy except those whom I have grieved?
3 A i tuhituhi atu ahau i taua mea nei ano ki a koutou, kei tae atu ahau, ka whakapouritia ahau e te hunga i tika nei ma ratou ahau e whakahari; i te u o toku whakaaro ki a koutou katoa, ko toku hari te hari o koutou katoa.
And for this very reason I wrote you, that I might not come only to be grieved by those who ought to give me joy; and because I trusted in you all, that my joy is the joy of all of you.
4 He nui hoki no te pouri, no te mamae o te ngakau, i tuhituhi atu ai ahau ki a koutou me nga roimata maha: ehara i te mea hei whakapouri i a koutou, engari kia matau ai koutou ki toku aroha e hira rawa nei ki a koutou.
For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart, through many tears; not to pain you, but to convince you of my love, my abundant love for you.
5 Mehemea na tetahi i whakapouri, ehara i te mea e whakapouri ana ia i ahau, engari i a koutou katoa; i tetahi wahi ia, e kore nei ahau e mea rawa he nui.
As to him who has been, and now is, causing pain, it is not I whom he has pained, but all of you - at least some of you (not to overstate the case).
6 E rahi ana mo taua tu tangata ko tenei whiu i whakapangia nei e te tokomaha.
Sufficient for the offender is the punishment imposed by the majority;
7 Engari rawa ia me whakarere noa iho tana e koutou, ka whakamarie i a ia, kei tupono ka horomia ia e tona pouri nui rawa.
so that now you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest he should be overwhelmed by the excess of his grief.
8 Koia ahau ka inoi ki a koutou, kia whakaukia to koutou aroha ki a ia.
So I beg you to reinstate him in your love.
9 Na konei ano hoki ahau i tuhituhi atu ai, hei whakamatau i a koutou, mehemea e ngohengohe ana koutou i nga mea katoa.
For this very purpose also I wrote you (before), that I might test you, to see if you were obedient in every respect.
10 Ko te tangata e whakarerea ai e koutou tana, ka whakarerea ano e ahau: ko taku hoki i whakarere noa ai, mehemea i pera ahau, he whakaaro ki a koutou, i whakarerea noatia e ahau i te aroaro o te Karaiti;
If you forgive the man, I forgive him, too; for whatever I have forgiven has been forgiven in the presence of Christ,
11 Kei ra rungatia mai tatou e Hatana: ehara hoki tatou i te kuware ki ana rauhanga.
for your sakes, that I may not be overreached by Satan, for I am not ignorant of his devices.
12 Na, i toku taenga ki Toroa ki te kauwhau i te rongopai o te Karaiti, a ka puare mai ki ahau tetahi kuwaha, he mea na te Ariki,
Now when I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, although a door was opened to me in the Lord,
13 Kahore he tanga mo toku wairua, he kore i kite i toku teina, i a Taituha: heoi ka poroporoaki ahau ki a ratou, ka haere ki Makeronia.
I could get no peace of mind because I failed to find Titus, my brother. So I bade them good-bye and started off for Macedonia.
14 Na, me whakawhetai ki te Atua, e mea tonu nei i a matou kia whakamanamana i roto i a te Karaiti, e whakaatu nei ma roto i a matou i te ha o tona matauranga i nga wahi katoa.
But thanks be to God, who in every place is leading me in the train of Christ’s triumph, and is making manifest through me the knowledge of him, an odor of incense everywhere.
15 He kakara pai hoki matou no te Karaiti ki te Atua, i runga i te hunga e whakaorangia ana, i runga ano i te hunga e whakangaromia ana:
I am Christ’s fragrance upwafted unto God, among those who are being saved and those who are perishing;
16 Ki tetahi he kakara no te mate ki te mate; ki tetahi he kakara no te ora ki te ora. A ko wai e tau mo enei mea?
to these latter an odor of death to death, to the former, of life to life. For such service as this, who is sufficient?
17 Kahore hoki matou e pera i te tokomaha e whakatutua nei i te kupu a te Atua: engari he pera i ta te pono, he pera i ta te Atua, e korero ana matou i te aroaro o te Atua i roto i a te Karaiti.
I am; for I am not like most, trafficking in the word of God, but rather from a sincere heart, like a man of God, I speak in Christ, in the very presence of God.
