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 grief.

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 grieve, who is he then that shall make me glad, but the same who is grieved 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 grief from those 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 how much more charity I have towards 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 me grief, he has not grieved me, but in part, that I may not put a burden on you all.

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

Sufficient to such a one is this reprehension, 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 too much grief.

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

Therefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your charity 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 I wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are 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 I forgave 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 deceive us, for we do not ignore 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,

¶ Having come to Troas for the gospel of the Christ, even though a door was opened unto me in 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 did not find Titus my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went from there 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, who always causes us to triumph in the Christ and makes 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 those that are saved and in those 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, false merchandisers of the word of God, but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.