2 Coríntios 7

1 Nā, i a tātou ka whiwhi nei ki ēnei kupu whakaari, e ōku hoa aroha, tahuri tātou ki te horoi atu i a tātou i ngā mea poke katoa o te kikokiko, o te wairua, me te whai anō ki te tino tapu i runga i te wehi ki te Atua.

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2 Manako mai ki a mātou; kāhore ā mātou whakahaere hē ki tētahi, kāhore mātou i kukume i tētahi ki te kino, kāhore ā mātou whakapati i ngā taonga a tētahi. 3 Ehara tāku kupu nei i te mea hei whakatau hē ki a koutou. Kua mea atu nā hoki ahau, kei ō mātou ngākau koutou mō te mate tahi, mō te ora tahi. 4 Nui atu tōku māia ki te kōrero ki a koutou, nui atu tōku whakamanamana mō koutou; kī tonu ahau i te whakamārie, hira ake tōku koa i ō mātou matenga katoa.

5 I tō mātou taenga mai hoki ki Makeronia, kīhai i whai okiokinga tō mātou kikokiko, heoi, mate ana mātou i ngā taha katoa; i waho ko ngā whawhai, i roto ko ngā mataku. 6 Otirā, nā te kaiwhakamārie o te hunga e whakaititia ana, arā nā te Atua, nāna mātou i whakamārie, i a Taituha ka tae mai nei; 7 ehara i te mea nā tōna taenga mai anake, engari, nā te whakamārietanga anō hoki i whakamārietia ai ia e koutou, i tāna kōrerotanga mai ki a mātou i tō koutou hiahia nui, i tō koutou tangi, i tō koutou ngākau nui ki ahau; ā, ka koa rawa ahau.

8 Ahakoa hoki i whakapōuritia koutou e ahau ki tāku pukapuka, kāhore ahau i te mea e hē ana ahau, ahakoa i mahara pērā i mua rā. Kua kite nei hoki ahau nā taua pukapuka koutou i mea kia pōuri, arā, pōuri potopoto nei. 9 E hari ana tēnei ahau, ehara i te mea mō te whakapōuritanga i a koutou, engari, nō te mea i whakapōuritia koutou ā rīpenetā iho. Ko tō koutou pōuri hoki nō tā te Atua, e kore noa iho ai koutou e whai hē i a mātou. 10 E meinga ana hoki e tā te Atua pōuri he rīpenetā e ora ai, he rīpenetā kāhore ōna haku; ko tā te pōuri ia o te ao e mahi ai he mate. 11 Titiro hoki, ko taua mea nei anō, ko tā te Atua whakapōuritanga i a koutou, nā, tāna mahinga nui i roto i a koutou, āe rā, ngā kupu whakatikatika i a koutou, te riri, te wehi, te hiahia, te ngākau nui, te whakapā riri! I ngā mea katoa kua whakakite nui koutou, kāhore ō koutou hara i tēnei mea.

12 Nō reira, ahakoa i tuhituhi ahau ki a koutou, kāhore ahau i tuhituhi atu mō te tangata nāna te hē, mō te tangata rānei ki a ia nei te hē, engari, kia whakakitea ai ki a koutou i te aroaro o te Atua te nui o tō koutou matapopore ki a mātou. 13 Koia mātou i whai mārietanga ai.

Ā, i tō mātou whakamārietanga hira noa ake tō mātou koa i te koa hoki o Taituha, nō te mea kua whakahauoratia tōna wairua e koutou katoa. 14 Mehemea hoki ahau i whakamanamana ki a ia ki tētahi mea a koutou, kāhore ahau i meinga kia whakamā; nō te mea i kōrerotia e mātou ngā mea katoa ki a koutou i runga i te pono, waihoki ko tō mātou whakamanamana, i meinga nei e ahau i te aroaro o Taituha, kua kitea he pono. 15 Ā, hira ake anō hoki tōna ngākau 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. 16 E hari ana ahau, nō te mea ka mārama tōku whakaaro ki a koutou ngā mea katoa.

1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

2 Open your hearts to us: we wronged no man, we corrupted no man, we took advantage of no man. 3 I say it not to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together. 4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

5 For even when we were come into Macedonia our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. 6 Nevertheless he that comforteth the lowly, even God, comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7 and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort wherewith he was comforted in you, while he told us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced yet more. 8 For though I made you sorry with my epistle, I do not regret it: though I did regret it (for I see that that epistle made you sorry, though but for a season), 9 I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 11 For behold, this selfsame thing, that ye were made sorry after a godly sort, what earnest care it wrought in you, yea what clearing of yourselves, yea what indignation, yea what fear, yea what longing, yea what zeal, yea what avenging! In everything ye approved yourselves to be pure in the matter. 12 So although I wrote unto you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be made manifest unto you in the sight of God. 13 Therefore we have been comforted: and in our comfort we joyed the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit hath been refreshed by you all. 14 For if in anything I have gloried to him on your behalf, I was not put to shame; but as we spake all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth. 15 And his affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him. 16 I rejoice that in everything I am of good courage concerning you.