2 Koriniti 6
1 Na tenei matou ona hoa mahi te tohe atu nei i a koutou, kia kaua e kore hua te rironga mai o te aroha noa o te Atua i a koutou;
As co-workers, however, we also beseech, that, not in vain, the favour of God, ye welcome;
2 E mea ana hoki ia, No te wa manakohanga atu i whakarongo ai ahau ki a koe, awhinatia ana hoki koe e ahau i te ra o te whakaoranga: nana, tenei te wa manakohanga: nana, tenei te wa manakohanga mai; nana, tenei te ra o te whakaoranga.
For he saith—In an approved season, have I hearkened unto thee, and, in a day of salvation, have succoured thee; —Lo! now, a well-approved season, Lo! now, a day of salvation:
3 E kore hoki e hoatu e matou tetahi take e he ai, ahakoa i te aha, kei whakahengia ta matou mahi minita;
Giving, no single, occasion of stumbling, in anything, that the ministry be not blamed;
4 Engari i nga mea katoa e whakakite ana i a matou, he minita na te Atua, i runga i te hua o te manawanui, i nga tukinotanga, i nga aitua, i nga rarunga,
But, in everything, commending ourselves as God’s ministers, —in much endurance, in tribulations, in necessities, in straits,
5 I nga whiunga, i nga hereheretanga, i nga ngangaretanga, i nga mauiuitanga, i nga mataaratanga, i nga nohoanga pukutanga;
in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in toilings, in watchings, in fastings,
6 I runga i te kinokore, i te matauranga, i te manawanui, i te ngakau ngawari, i te Wairua Tapu, i te aroha tinihangakore,
in sanctity, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in graciousness, in Holy Spirit,
7 I runga i te kupu o te pono, i te kaha o te Atua, i nga mea whawhai o te tika ki matau, ki maui,
in love unfeigned, in discourse of truth, in power of God; through the weapons of righteousness on the right hand and left,
8 I rungia i te kororia, i te honorekore, i te kupu kino, i te kupu pai; me te mea he hunga tinihanga, a he hunga pono ano:
through glory and dishonour, through bad report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true,
9 Me te mea kahore e mohiotia, otiia e mohiotia nuitia ana; me te mea ka mate, heoi tenei ano matou te ora nei; me te mea e pakia ana, heoi kahore e whakamatea;
as unknown, and yet well-known, as dying, and lo! we live, as disciplined, and yet not put to death,
10 Me te mea e pouri ana, heoi e hari tonu ana; me te mea e rawakore ana, heoi e mea ana i te tokomaha kia whai taonga; me te mea kahore a matou aha, otiia kei a matou nga mea katoa.
as grieving, yet, ever, rejoicing, as destitute, yet making, many, rich, as holding, nothing, and yet firmly holding, all things.
11 Tuwhera tonu o matou mangai ki a koutou, e nga Koriniti, kua nui to matou ngakau.
Our mouth, is opened unto you, O Corinthians! our heart, hath become enlarged:
12 Ehara i te mea no matou te kuiti i a koutou, engari no o koutou ngakau te kuiti.
Ye are not straitened in us, but are straitened in your hearts’ affections;
13 Na, hei utu e rite ana, he kupu tenei naku ki aku tamariki, kia whakanuia ano hoki koutou.
Howbeit, by way of the like recompense—as, unto children, I speak, be enlarged, even, ye.
14 Kei iokatia ketia koutou ki te hunga whakaponokore: no hea hoki te whakahoatanga o te tika raua ko te tutu? no hea hoki te huihuinga tahitanga o te marama ki te pouri?
Be not getting diversely yoked with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship hath light with darkness?
15 Ko ehea mea a te Karaiti i huihuia ki a Periara? na tehea wahi ranei i huanga ai te tangata whakapono ki te tangata whakaponokore?
And what concord hath Christ with Beliar? Or what part hath a believer with an unbeliever?
16 A kei hea he tatanga mo te whare tapu o te Atua ki nga whakapakoko? he whare tapu hoki koutou no te Atua ora; ko ta te Atua hoki tena i mea ai, ka noho ahau i roto i a ratou, ka haereere ahau i roto i a ratou; a ko ahau hei Atua mo ratou, ko rat ou hoki hei iwi maku.
And what agreement hath a shrine of God with idols? For, we, are [the] shrine of a God, that liveth: —even as God hath said—will dwell in them, and walk, and will be their God, and, they, shall be my people.
17 Mo konei, Puta mai i roto i a ratou, kia motu ke, e ai ta te Ariki. Kaua hoki e pa ki te mea poke; a ka riro mai koutou i ahau;
Wherefore come ye forth out of their midst, and be separated, —saith [the] Lord, —and, one impure, do not touch; and, I, will give you welcome,
18 Ko ahau ano hoki hei Matua mo koutou, ko koutou hoki hei tama hei tamahine ki ahau, e ai ta te Ariki Kaha Rawa.
And will become your Father, and, ye, shall become my sons and daughters, saith [the] Lord Almighty.
