1 N a 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;

And working together also we call upon that ye receive not in vain the grace of God --

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 acceptable time I did hear thee, and in a day of salvation I did help thee, lo, now a well-accepted time; 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;

in nothing giving any cause of offence, that the ministration may be not blamed,

4 E ngari 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 recommending ourselves as God's ministrants; in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses,

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 insurrections, in labours, 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 pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,

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 the word of truth, in the power of God, through the armour of the righteousness, on the right and on the 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 evil report and good report, as leading astray, and true;

9 M e 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 recognized; as dying, and lo, we live; as chastened, and not put to death;

10 M e 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 sorrowful, and always rejoicing; as poor, and making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.

11 T uwhera tonu o matou mangai ki a koutou, e nga Koriniti, kua nui to matou ngakau.

Our mouth hath been open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart hath been enlarged!

12 E hara i te mea no matou te kuiti i a koutou, engari no o koutou ngakau te kuiti.

ye are not straitened in us, and ye are straitened in your bowels,

13 N a, hei utu e rite ana, he kupu tenei naku ki aku tamariki, kia whakanuia ano hoki koutou.

and a recompense of the same kind, (as to children I say,) be ye enlarged -- also ye!

14 K ei 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?

Become not yoked with others -- unbelievers, for what partaking to righteousness and lawlessness?

15 K o 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 fellowship to light with darkness? and what concord to Christ with Belial? or what part to 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 to the sanctuary of God with idols? for ye are a sanctuary of the living God, according as God said -- `I will dwell in them, and will walk among, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people,

17 M o 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 the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and an unclean thing do not touch, and I -- I will receive you,

18 K o ahau ano hoki hei Matua mo koutou, ko koutou hoki hei tama hei tamahine ki ahau, e ai ta te Ariki Kaha Rawa.

and I will be to you for a Father, and ye -- ye shall be to Me for sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.'