2 Coríntios 9

Āwhinatia te Hunga Rawakore

1 Nā, mō te minitatanga ki te hunga tapu, kāhore noa he tikanga i tuhituhi atu ai ahau ki a koutou. 2 E mōhio ana hoki ahau ki tō koutou ngākau hihiko, i whakamanamanatia ai koutou e ahau ki ngā tāngata o Makeronia, arā, ko tā Akāia kua rite noa ake i tērā tau rā anō; ā, he tokomaha o rātou i oho i tō koutou ngākau hihiri. 3 Heoi, kua tonoa atu nei e ahau ngā tēina, kei whakakāhoretia tēnei wāhi o tāku whakamanamana ki tā koutou mahi; kia rite ai tā koutou, kia pērā ai me tāku i mea ai. 4 Kei tūpono, ka haere atu i ahau ētahi o Makeronia, ā, ka rokohanga atu kāhore anō kia rite noa tā koutou, nā, ko te whakamā mō mātou, e kore mātou e kī mō koutou, i tēnei whakamanamana e kaha nei. 5 Koia ahau i whakaaro ai he tika kia whakahaua ngā tēina, kia haere atu rātou i mua ki a koutou, kia wawe te rite i a rātou tēnei manaaki a koutou kua kōrerotia rā, kia noho rite, kia tū-ā-manaaki ai, kei rite ki te mea e manawapātia ana.

6 Ko tāku ia tēnei, he torutoru a tētahi i rui ai, he torutoru anō āna e kokoti ai; ā, ko te mea he maha āna i rui ai, he maha anō āna e kokoti ai. 7 Kia rite te mahi a ia tangata ki tāna i whakaaro ai i roto i tōna ngākau; kaua e tū-ā-pōuri, kaua e whakauaua. Ko tā te Atua hoki e aroha ai, ko te tangata ringa māhorahora. 8 E taea anō hoki e te Atua te mea kia hira ngā aroha noa katoa ki a koutou; nā, i te mea ka ranea nā ō koutou taonga i ngā mea katoa i ngā wā katoa, kia hira anō ā koutou mahi pai katoa. 9 Kia rite ai ki te mea i tuhituhia:

"Kua tītaritaria e ia, kua hoatu e ia ki te hunga rawakore;

he pūmau tonu tōna tika ake ake."

10 Nā, mā te kaihōmai i te purapura ki te kaiwhakatō, i te taro hoki hei kai, e hōmai, e mea kia maha tā koutou e whakatō ai, e whakanui hoki ngā hua o tō koutou tika; 11 me te hua anō ō koutou taonga i ngā mea katoa hei ohaoha, e puta ai i a mātou ngā whakawhetai ki te Atua.

12 Nā tēnei mahi hoki e minitatia nei i whiwhi ai te hunga tapu ki ngā mea i kore i a rātou, ā, nā reira anō i hua noa atu ai ngā whakawhetai ki te Atua. 13 Nā te mea hoki ka kitea koutou i tēnei mahi minita, ka whakakorōria rātou i te Atua mō koutou kua whakaae nei, kua ngohengohe nei ki te rongopai o te Karaiti, ā, mō tō koutou pono ki ā koutou ohaoha ki a rātou me te katoa; 14 i a rātou anō e īnoi ana mō koutou, me te kōingo anō rātou ki a koutou, he whakaaro hoki ki te aroha noa o te Atua ka nui rawa nei ki a koutou. 15 Me whakawhetai ki te Atua mō tāna mea hōmai noa, e kore nei e taea te kōrero!

1 For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: 2 for I know your readiness, of which I glory on your behalf to them of Macedonia, that Achaia hath been prepared for a year past; and your zeal hath stirred up very many of them. 3 But I have sent the brethren, that our glorying on your behalf may not be made void in this respect; that, even as I said, ye may be prepared: 4 lest by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be put to shame in this confidence. 5 I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion.

6 But this I say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 7 Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work: 9 as it is written,

He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor;

His righteousness abideth for ever.

10 And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness: 11 ye being enriched in everything unto all liberality, which worketh through us thanksgiving to God. 12 For the ministration of this service not only filleth up the measure of the wants of the saints, but aboundeth also through many thanksgivings unto God; 13 seeing that through the proving of you by this ministration they glorify God for the obedience of your confession unto the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution unto them and unto all; 14 while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, long after you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you. 15 Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.