1 O tira kua takoto tenei i roto i ahau, kia kaua toku hokinga atu ki a koutou e waiho i runga i te pouri.

But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.

2 N a, 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 make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?

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 I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

4 H e 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 out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

5 M ehemea 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.

But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

6 E rahi ana mo taua tu tangata ko tenei whiu i whakapangia nei e te tokomaha.

Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.

7 E ngari 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 contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

8 K oia ahau ka inoi ki a koutou, kia whakaukia to koutou aroha ki a ia.

Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.

9 N a konei ano hoki ahau i tuhituhi atu ai, hei whakamatau i a koutou, mehemea e ngohengohe ana koutou i nga mea katoa.

For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.

10 K o 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;

To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;

11 K ei ra rungatia mai tatou e Hatana: ehara hoki tatou i te kuware ki ana rauhanga.

lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

12 N a, 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,

Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,

13 K ahore 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 had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.

14 N a, 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.

Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

15 H e 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:

For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

16 K i 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 the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

17 K ahore 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.

For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.