2 Coríntios 8

Te Ohaoha Karaitiana

1 Nā, he whakarite atu tēnei nā mātou ki a koutou, e ōku tēina, i te aroha noa o te Atua kua hōmai nei ki ngā hāhi o Makeronia; 2 ahakoa he nui te whakamātautauranga a ngā mate, whakaputaina nuitia ana mai e te nui o tō rātou koa, i roto i tō rātou tino rawakoretanga, ngā tahua o tā rātou manaaki. 3 Ko ahau hei kaiwhakaatu, hihiko tonu rātou ki te tāpae i ngā mea i taea e rātou, āe rā, i ngā mea anō kīhai i taea e rātou; 4 me te nui o tā rātou tohe ki a mātou, kia manako mātou ki tēnei aroha noa, kia uru tahi hoki ki te mahi ki te hunga tapu. 5 Kīhai hoki rātou i pērā me tā mātou i whakaaro ai, engari i te tuatahi tuku ana rātou i a rātou anō ki te Ariki, ki a mātou hoki i runga i tā te Atua i pai ai. 6 Koia mātou i whakahau ai i a Taituha, nāna hoki tēnā mahi i tīmata, māna anō e whakaoti tēnei aroha noa hoki i roto i a koutou. 7 Nā, e hua nā i a koutou ngā mea katoa, te whakapono, te whai kupu, te mātauranga, te whakaaro hōhonu, me tō koutou aroha anō ki a mātou, kia hua anō hoki tēnei mahi aroha noa a koutou.

8 Ehara tāku i te kōrero ā-ture, engari he mea i te kakama o ērā atu, hei whakamātautau anō i te pono o tō koutou aroha. 9 E mātau ana hoki koutou ki te aroha noa o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti, arā, i a ia e whai taonga ana, whakarawakoretia iho ana ia, he whakaaro ki a koutou, kia whai taonga ai koutou i tōna rawakoretanga.

10 Ā, ka hoatu nei ahau i tōku whakaaro mō tēnei. He mea pai hoki tēnei mō koutou, ko koutou nā te tuatahi ki te tīmata i tērā tau, ehara i te mea ko te mahi anake, engari ko te hiahia anō hoki. 11 Nā, ināianei whakaotia hoki te mahi; i hihiko nā te whakaaro i mua, kia whai otinga hoki i roto i tō koutou kaha. 12 Ki te mea hoki kei konā te ngākau hihiko, ka whakaaroa ko ngā mea i te tangata, hāunga ngā mea kāhore i a ia.

13 Ehara tāku kōrero i tēnei, kia māmā ai ētahi, ā, ko koutou kia taimaha, 14 engari kia taurite; ko ngā mea a koutou i hira i tēnei wā hei mea mō tō rātou hapa, ā, ko ngā mea a rātou e hira hei mea mā koutou ina hapa; kia rite ai. 15 Kia pērā me te mea i tuhituhia, "Ko te tangata i nui tāna whakaemi kāhore he tuhene; ko te tangata i nohinohi tāna kīhai i hapa."

Ko Taituha me Ōna Hoa

16 Otiia, me whakawhetai atu ki te Atua, nāna nei i hōmai ki roto ki te ngākau o Taituha taua kakama mō koutou. 17 I tahuri mai hoki ia ki tā mātou whakahau; he nui nō tōna kakama i hihiko ai ia ki te haere atu ki a koutou. 18 Ā, nā mātou i tono tahi atu me ia te teina, kua pakū nei ki ngā hāhi katoa te whakamoemiti ki a ia i roto i te rongopai; 19 ā, ehara i te mea ko tērā anake, engari i whiriwhiria anō hoki ia hei hoa haere mō mātou, ki te kawe i tēnei aroha noa e mahia nei e mātou hei whakakorōria mō te Ariki, hei whakakite hoki i tō mātou hihiko.

20 Me te tūpato anō, kei whai kupu tētahi tangata ki a mātou mō ēnei taonga maha e whakahaerea nei e mātou; 21 e whakaaro ana hoki mātou ki ngā mea rangatira, ehara i te mea i te aroaro anake o te Ariki, engari i te aroaro anō o ngā tāngata.

22 Ā, kua tonoa atu anō e mātou hei hoa mō rāua tō mātou teina, kua maha nei ō mātou kitenga i tōna uaua i ngā mea maha, heoi nui kē atu tōna uaua ināianei, nā te nui o te ū o tōna whakaaro ki a koutou. 23 Ki te ui tētahi mō Taituha ko ia tōku hoa, he hoa mahi nōku ki a koutou; ki te ui rānei mō ō mātou tēina, he karere rātou nā ngā hāhi, he korōria nō te Karaiti. 24 Nā, whakakitea e koutou ki a rātou i te aroaro o ngā hāhi te tohu o tō koutou aroha, o tā mātou whakamanamana hoki mō koutou.

1 Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which hath been given in the churches of Macedonia; 2 how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. 3 For according to their power, I bear witness, yea and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord, 4 beseeching us with much entreaty in regard of this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the saints: 5 and this, not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God. 6 Insomuch that we exhorted Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace also. 7 But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all earnestness, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also. 8 I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love. 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich. 10 And herein I give my judgment: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to make a beginning a year ago, not only to do, but also to will. 11 But now complete the doing also; that as there was the readiness to will, so there may be the completion also out of your ability. 12 For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according as a man hath, not according as he hath not. 13 For I say not this that others may be eased and ye distressed; 14 but by equality: your abundance being a supply at this present time for their want, that their abundance also may become a supply for your want; that there may be equality: 15 as it is written, He that gathered much had nothing over; and he that gathered little had no lack.

16 But thanks be to God, who putteth the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus. 17 For he accepted indeed our exhortation; but being himself very earnest, he went forth unto you of his own accord. 18 And we have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the gospel is spread through all the churches; 19 and not only so, but who was also appointed by the churches to travel with us in the matter of this grace, which is ministered by us to the glory of the Lord, and to show our readiness: 20 avoiding this, that any man should blame us in the matter of this bounty which is ministered by us: 21 for we take thought for things honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. 22 And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he hath in you. 23 Whether any inquire about Titus, he is my partner and my fellow-worker to you-ward; or our brethren, they are the messengers of the churches, they are the glory of Christ. 24 Show ye therefore unto them in the face of the churches the proof of your love, and of our glorying on your behalf.