2 Coríntios 6

1 Nā, tēnei mātou ōna 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. 2 E mea ana hoki ia,

"Nō te wā manakohanga atu

i whakarongo ai ahau ki a koe,

āwhinatia ana hoki koe e ahau

i te rā o te whakaoranga."

Nanā, tēnei te wā manakohanga mai; nanā, tēnei te rā o te whakaoranga!

3 E kore hoki e hoatu e mātou tētahi take e hē ai, ahakoa i te aha, kei whakahēngia tā mātou mahi minita; 4 engari, i ngā mea katoa e whakakite ana i a mātou, he minita nā te Atua, i runga i te hua o te manawanui, i ngā tūkinotanga, i ngā aituā, i ngā rarunga, 5 i ngā whiunga, i ngā hereheretanga, i ngā ngangaretanga, i ngā māuiuitanga, i ngā mataaratanga, i ngā nohoanga pukutanga; 6 i runga i te kinokore, i te mātauranga, i te manawanui, i te ngākau ngāwari, i te Wairua Tapu, i te aroha tinihangakore, 7 i runga i te kupu o te pono, i te kaha o te Atua, i ngā mea whawhai o te tika ki matau, ki mauī, 8 i runga i te korōria, i te hōnorekore, i te kupu kino, i te kupu pai; me te mea he hunga tinihanga, ā, he hunga pono anō. 9 Me te mea kāhore e mōhiotia, otiia e mōhiotia nuitia ana; me te mea ka mate, heoi, tēnei anō mātou te ora nei; me te mea e pākia ana, heoi kāhore e whakamatea; 10 me te mea e pōuri 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 kāhore ā mātou aha, otiia, kei a mātou ngā mea katoa.

11 Tuwhera tonu ō mātou māngai ki a koutou, e ngā Koriniti, kua nui tō mātou ngākau. 12 Ehara i te mea nō mātou te kūiti i a koutou, engari, nō ō koutou ngākau te kūiti. 13 Nā, hei utu e rite ana, he kupu tēnei nāku ki āku tamariki, kia whakanuia anō hoki koutou.

He Whakatūpato ki ngā Awe o te Hunga Whakapono kore

14 Kei iokatia kētia koutou ki te hunga whakapono kore. Nō hea hoki te whakahoatanga o te tika rāua ko te tutū? Nō hea hoki te huihuinga tahitanga o te mārama ki te pōuri? 15 Ko ēhea mea a te Karaiti i huihuia ki a Periara? Nā tēhea wāhi rānei i huanga ai te tangata whakapono ki te tangata whakapono kore? 16 Ā, kei hea he tatanga mō te whare tapu o te Atua ki ngā whakapakoko? He whare tapu hoki koutou nō te Atua ora; ko tā te Atua hoki tēnā i mea ai:

"Ka noho ahau i roto i a rātou,

ka hāereere ahau i roto i a rātou;

ā, ko ahau hei Atua mō rātou,

ko rātou hoki hei iwi māku."

17 Mō konei,

"Puta mai i roto i a rātou,

kia motu kē, e ai tā te Ariki.

Kaua hoki e pā ki te mea poke;

ā, ka riro mai koutou i ahau;

18 Ko ahau anō hoki hei Matua mō koutou,

ko koutou hoki hei tama hei tamāhine ki ahau,

e ai tā te Ariki Kaha Rawa."

1 And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain 2 (for he saith,

At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee,

And in a day of salvation did I succor thee:

behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation): 3 giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed; 4 but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; 6 in pureness, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned, 7 in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, 8 by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; 9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

11 Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged. 12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections. 13 Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto my children), be ye also enlarged.

14 Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore

Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate,

saith the Lord,

And touch no unclean thing;

And I will receive you,

18 And will be to you a Father,

And ye shall be to me sons and daughters,

saith the Lord Almighty.