1 N a te Karaiti i wewete te here i a tatou: na reira kia u te tu, kei mau hoki ki roto ki te ioka pononga.

¶ Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free and do not be entangled again with the yoke of slavery.

2 N ana, tenei ahau, a Paora te mea nei ki a koutou, Ki te kotia koutou, e kore koutou e whai pai i a te Karaiti.

Behold, I, Paul, say unto you that if ye become circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

3 H e whakaatu tuarua tenei naku ki nga tangata katoa e kotia ana, kua mau ratou i te ture kia mahia katoatia.

For I testify again to every man that becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

4 K ua wehea atu koutou i a te Karaiti, e te hunga e whakatikaia ana e te ture, kua taka iho koutou i runga i te aroha noa.

Ye are empty of the Christ, whosoever of you that justify yourselves by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

5 K o tatou hoki, na te Wairua ta tatou tatari ki te tika e tumanakohia atu nei, e ahu mai nei i te whakapono:

For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

6 I roto hoki i a Karaiti Ihu kahore o te kotinga wahi, kahore o te kotingakore; engari ko te whakapono e mahi ana i runga i te aroha.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything nor uncircumcision, but faith which works by charity.

7 I pai ta koutou oma; na wai koutou i whakaware, i kore ai koutou e rongo ki te pono?

Ye did run well; who hindered you that ye should not trust in the truth?

8 E hara tenei whakaaro i te mea na te kaikaranga i a koutou.

This persuasion does not come of him that called you.

9 H e iti te rewena, rewenatia ake te puranga katoa.

A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

10 E whakapono ana ahau ki a koutou i roto i te Ariki, e kore e rere ke o koutou whakaaro: ko te kaiwhakararu ia i a koutou, ahakoa ko wai, mana ano tona whakawakanga e pikau.

I have confidence in you through the Lord that ye will not be otherwise minded, but he that troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.

11 M e ahau ano, e oku teina, ki te mea he kauwhau tonu nei taku i te kotinga, he aha ahau ka whakatoia tonutia ai? penei kua kore to te ripeka tutukitanga waewae.

And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? Then is the offence of the cross ceased.

12 P ai kau ki ahau me i motuhia atu te hunga e whakararu na i a koutou.

I even desire that those who trouble you would cut themselves off.

13 K ua karangatia nei hoki koutou, e oku teina, ki te tikanga herekore; kaua ia ta koutou tikanga herekore e waiho hei whakaoho i te kikokiko, engari me mahi koutou tetahi ki tetahi i runga i te aroha.

¶ For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only do not use liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by charity serve one another.

14 E takoto topu ana hoki te ture katoa i roto i te kupu kotahi, ara, Kia aroha koe ki tou hoa tata, ano ko koe.

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

15 K i te ngau ia koutou, ki te kai tetahi i tetahi, kia tupato kei pareho tetahi i tetahi.

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye are not consumed one of another.

16 K o taku kupu ia tenei, Haere i roto i te Wairua, a e kore e whakaritea e koutou te hiahia o te kikokiko.

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

17 E hiahia ana hoki te kikokiko tika ke i te Wairua, me te Wairua tika ke i te kikokiko: e whawhai ana hoki enei tetahi ki tetahi: te taea nga mea i hiahia ai koutou.

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary the one to the other, so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

18 K i te arahina ia koutou e te Wairua, kahore koutou i raro i te ture.

But if ye are led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

19 N a e kitea ana nga mahi a te kikokiko, ara he moe tahae, he poke, he hiahia taikaha,

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

20 H e karakia whakapakoko, he makutu, he pakanga, he totohe, he hae, he riri, he wawahi, he wehewehe, he titore,

idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

21 H e hao, he haurangi, he kakai, me nga mea e rite ana ki enei: me korero wawe e ahau enei mea ki a koutou, me pera me taku i korero ai i mua, ko te hunga e mahi ana i nga mea penei, e kore e whiwhi ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua.

envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; which I denounce, as I have also told you in time past that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 K o te hua ia o te Wairua, he aroha, he hari, he rangimarie, he manawanui, he ngawari, he ngakau pai, he whakapono,

But the fruit of the Spirit is this: Charity, joy, peace, tolerance, gentleness, goodness, faith,

23 H e ngakau mahaki, he ngakau kua taea te pehi: kahore he ture e riria ai enei mea.

meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

24 K o te hunga ia o te Karaiti, kua ripekatia e ratou te kikokiko, me ona hihiritanga, me ona hiahia.

For those that are of the Christ have crucified the flesh with its affections and lusts.

25 K i te mea e ora ana tatou i roto i te Wairua, kia haere ano tatou i roto i te Wairua.

If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

26 K ei whaia e tatou te kororia huakore, te whakapataritari tetahi ki tetahi, te hae tetahi ki tetahi.

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.