Piripai 2
1 Na, ki te mea he whakamarie kei roto i a te Karaiti, ki te mea he pehi mamae to te aroha, ki te mea he whiwhinga tahitanga ki te Wairua, ki te mea he ngakau aroha, he mahi tohu,
If there is therefore any exhortation in Messiah, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Ruach, if any tender mercies and compassion,
2 Kia rite toku hari i a koutou, kia kotahi te whakaaro, kia kotahi te aroha, huihuia nga ngakau i runga i te whakaaro kotahi.
make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
3 Kei meinga tetahi mea i runga i te wehewehe, i te whakapehapeha ranei, engari i runga i te ngakau papaku, me te whakanui a tetahi i tetahi ki runga ake i a ia;
doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
4 Kaua tena o koutou na e titiro ki ona mea anake, engari me titiro ano tena, tena o koutou ki nga mea a etahi atu.
each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
5 Ko tenei hei whakaaro mo koutou, ko tera i a Karaiti Ihu:
Have this in your attitude, which was also in Messiah Yeshua,
6 Ahakoa hoki i a ia te ahua o te Atua, kihai i meinga e ia te rite ki te Atua hei taonga kapo mai;
who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
7 Engari i mea i a ia ano kia poaha, ka mau ki te ahua o te pononga, ka meinga kia rite ki te tangata;
but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.
8 A ka kitea nei tona ahua e rite ana ki to te tangata, ka whakapapaku ia i a ia, ka meinga kia ngohengohe ahakoa ki te mate, ae ra, ki te mate o te ripeka.
And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.
9 Na konei whakateiteitia ake ana ia e te Atua, a hoatu ana ki a ia te ingoa nui atu i nga ingoa katoa;
Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
10 Kia tuku ai i runga i te ingoa o Ihu nga turi katoa, o nga mea i te rangi, o nga mea i te whenua, o nga mea i raro i te whenua;
that at the name of Yeshua every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,
11 A kia whakaae nga arero katoa ko Ihu Karaiti te Ariki, hei whakakororia i te Atua Matua.
and that every tongue should confess that Yeshua the Messiah is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12 Heoi e oku teina aroha, he mea tonu ia na koutou te ngohengohe ki ahau i nga wa katoa, ehara i te mea i oku wa anake i kona, engari rawa ia inaianei i ahau kahore i kona, na whakaotia to koutou whakaoranga i runga i te wehi, i te wiri;
So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with awe and reverence.
13 Ko te Atua hoki te kaimahi i roto i a koutou o te hiahia, o te mahi, hei mea i tana i pai ai.
For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
14 I a koutou mahi katoa kaua te amuamu, te tautohetohe;
Do everything without complaining or arguing,
15 Kia kore ai koutou e whaikupuria, kia tapatahi ai, he tamariki kohakore na te Atua, i waenganui o te whakatupuranga tutu, parori ke, kei roto nei koutou i a ratou e tiaho ana hei rama i te ao;
that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
16 Kia mau pu ki te kupu o te ora; kia hari ai ahau a te ra o te Karaiti, kihai ahau i oma noa, kihai i mahi noa.
holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Messiah, that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.
17 Na, ki te ringihia ahau ki runga ki te patunga tapu, ki nga mahi a to koutou whakapono, ka hari ahau, ina ka hari tahi me koutou katoa.
Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.
18 Waihoki ko koutou, kia hari, hari tahi me ahau.
In the same way, you also rejoice, and rejoice with me.
19 Otiia e mea ana ahau i roto i te Ariki, i a Ihu, ki te tono tata atu i a Timoti ki a koutou, kia ora ai hoki toku ngakau, ina mohio ahau ki to koutou ahua.
But I hope in the Lord Yeshua to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing.
20 Kahore hoki oku tangata rite te ngakau ki tona, hei mahara pono ki a koutou mea.
For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.
21 Ko ta te katoa hoki e rapu nei, ko ta ratou ake, kahore nga mea a Ihu Karaiti.
For they all seek their own, not the things of Yeshua the Messiah.
22 Ko koutou ia e matau ana ki ona tohu, he pera tana me ta te tamaiti ki te matua, ko toku hoa ia ki te kawe haere i te rongopai.
But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.
23 Ko ia taku e mea nei kia tonoa wawetia atu, ina kite ahau i te tukunga iho ki ahau.
Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me.
24 Otiia e u ana toku whakaaro i roto i te Ariki, ka hohoro toku tae atu.
But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.
25 I ea ano ia ahau me tono atu ki a koutou a Epaporitu, toku teina, toku hoa mahi, toku hoa hoia, na koutou ia karere, he kaimahi ano hoki i nga mea i matea e ahau.
But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your emissary and servant of my need;
26 Koinga tonu hoki ia ki a koutou katoa, kanohi rawa, no te mea i rongo koutou he turoro ia.
since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.
27 He turoro ra hoki ia, tata pu ki te mate: otira i tohungia ia e te Atua; ehara ano i te mea ko ia anake, ko ahau ano hoki, kei tapiritia he pouri ki toku pouri.
For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.
28 Koia i nui rawa ai toku ngakau ki te tono atu i a ia, kia kite ai ano koutou i a ia, kia hari ai, kia taharahara iho ai hoki toku pouri.
I have sent him all the more eagerly, therefore, so that when you see him again you may rejoice, and that I may be less anxious.
29 Kia nui te hari i runga i te Ariki, ina tae atu ia; whakahonoretia ano hoki nga pera;
Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honor,
30 No te mea na te mahi ki a te Karaiti i tata ai ia ki te mate, te ihupuku ki te ora, kia rite ai i a ia nga mahi ki ahau, kihai nei i rite i a koutou.
because for the work of Messiah he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
