1 N a, i a tatou ka whiwhi nei ki enei kupu whakaari, e oku hoa aroha, tahuri tatou ki te horoi atu i a tatou i nga mea poke katoa o te kikokiko, o te wairua, me te whai ano ki te tino tapu i runga i te wehi ki te Atua.

Having, then, these promises, beloved, may we cleanse ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God;

2 M anako mai ki a matou; kahore a matou whakahaere he ki tetahi, kahore matou i kukume i tetahi ki te kino, kahore a matou whakapati i nga taonga a tetahi.

receive us; no one did we wrong; no one did we waste; no one did we defraud;

3 E hara taku kupu nei i te mea hei whakatau he ki a koutou: kua mea atu na hoki ahau, kei o matou ngakau koutou mo te mate tahi, mo te ora tahi.

not to condemn you do I say, for I have said before that in our hearts ye are to die with and to live with;

4 N ui atu toku maia ki te korero ki a koutou, nui atu toku whakamanamana mo koutou: ki tonu ahau i te whakamarie, hira ake toku koa i o matou matenga katoa.

great my freedom of speech unto you, great my glory on your behalf; I have been filled with the comfort, I overabound with the joy on all our tribulation,

5 I to matou taenga mai hoki ki Makeronia, kihai i whai okiokinga to matou kikokiko, heoi mate ana matou i nga taha katoa; i waho ko nga whawhai, i roto ko nga mataku.

for also we, having come to Macedonia, no relaxation hath our flesh had, but on every side we are in tribulation, without fightings, within -- fears;

6 O tira na te kaiwhakamarie o te hunga e whakaititia ana, ara na te Atua, nana matou i whakamarie, i a Taituha ka tae mai nei;

but He who is comforting the cast-down -- God -- He did comfort us in the presence of Titus;

7 E hara i te mea na tona taenga mai anake, engari na te whakamarietanga ano hoki i whakamarietia ai ia e koutou, i tana korerotanga mai ki a matou i to koutou hiahia nui, i to koutou tangi, i to koutou ngakau nui ki ahau; a ka koa rawa ahau.

and not only in his presence, but also in the comfort with which he was comforted over you, declaring to us your longing desire, your lamentation, your zeal for me, so that the more I did rejoice,

8 A hakoa hoki i whakapouritia koutou e ahau ki taku pukapuka, kahore ahau i te mea e he ana ahau, ahakoa i mahara pera i mua ra: kua kite nei hoki ahau na taua pukapuka koutou i mea kia pouri, ara pouri potopoto nei.

because even if I made you sorry in the letter, I do not repent -- if even I did repent -- for I perceive that the letter, even if for an hour, did make you sorry.

9 E hari ana tenei ahau, ehara i te mea mo te whakapouritanga i a koutou, engari no te mea i whakapouritia koutou a ripeneta iho: ko to koutou pouri hoki no ta te Atua, e kore noa iho ai koutou e whai he i a matou.

I now do rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry to reformation, for ye were made sorry toward God, that in nothing ye might receive damage from us;

10 E meinga ana hoki e ta te Atua pouri he ripeneta e ora ai, he ripeneta kahore ona haku: ko ta te pouri ia o te ao e mahi ai he mate.

for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,

11 T itiro hoki, ko taua mea nei ano, ko ta te Atua whakapouritanga i a koutou, na, tana mahinga nui i roto i a koutou, ae ra, nga kupu whakatikatika i a koutou, te riri, te wehi, te hiahia, te ngakau nui, te whakapa riri! I nga mea katoa kua whakak ite nui koutou, kahore o koutou hara i tenei mea.

for, lo, this same thing -- your being made sorry toward God -- how much diligence it doth work in you! but defence, but displeasure, but fear, but longing desire, but zeal, but revenge; in every thing ye did approve yourselves to be pure in the matter.

12 N o reira, ahakoa i tuhituhi ahau ki a koutou, kahore ahau i tuhituhi atu mo te tangata nana te he, mo te tangata ranei ki a ia nei te he, engari kia whakakitea ai ki a koutou i te aroaro o te Atua te nui o to koutou matapopore ki a matou.

If, then, I also wrote to you -- not for his cause who did wrong, nor for his cause who did suffer wrong, but for our diligence in your behalf being manifested unto you before God --

13 K oia matou i whai marietanga ai: a i to matou whakamarietanga hira noa ake to matou koa i te koa hoki o Taituha, no te mea kua whakahauoratia tona wairua e koutou katoa.

because of this we have been comforted in your comfort, and more abundantly the more did we rejoice in the joy of Titus, that his spirit hath been refreshed from you all;

14 M ehemea hoki ahau i whakamanamana ki a ia ki tetahi mea a koutou, kahore ahau i meinga kia whakama; no te mea i korerotia e matou nga mea katoa ki a koutou i runga i te pono, waihoki ko to matou whakamanamana, i meinga nei e ahau i te aroaro o T aituha, kua kitea he pono.

because if anything to him in your behalf I have boasted, I was not put to shame; but as all things in truth we did speak to you, so also our boasting before Titus became truth,

15 A hira ake ano hoki tona ngakau aroha ki a koutou, i a ia e mahara ana ki te ngohengohe o koutou katoa, ki te wehi me te wiri i manako ai koutou ki a ia.

and his tender affection is more abundantly toward you, remembering the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye did receive him;

16 E hari ana ahau, no te mea ka marama toku whakaaro ki a koutou i nga mea katoa.

I rejoice, therefore, that in everything I have courage in you.