2 Tessalonicenses 2

Te Mea Kino

1 Nā, he mea tēnei nā mātou ki a koutou, e ōku tēina, mō te taenga mai a tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti, mō tō tātou huihuinga atu anō ki a ia; 2 kei hohoro te rurea o ō koutou hinengaro, kei ohorere rānei i tā te wairua, i tā te kupu, i tā te pukapuka rānei e kīia ana nā mātou, e mea ana kua tae tonu mai ināianei te rā o te Ariki. 3 Kei tinihangatia koutou i tētahi mea e te tangata. E kore hoki e tae wawe mai, kia mātua tae mai te takanga atu, kia whakakitea mai anō hoki te tangata o te hara, te tama a te whakangaro. 4 He hoariri nei ia, e whakakake ana i a ia ki runga ake i ngā mea katoa e kīia ana he Atua, e karakiatia ana; kia noho ai ia i te whare tapu o te Atua, kia whakaatu ai i a ia ko ia te Atua.

5 Kāhore rānei koutou e mahara i ahau anō i a koutou, i kōrerotia e ahau ēnei mea ki a koutou? 6 Nā, ka mātau koutou ināianei ki te mea e ārai ana, kia whakakitea mai rā anō ia a tōna tāima. 7 Nō te mea kei te mahi ināianei te mea huna o te kino, otirā, tērā tētahi kei te ārai ināianei, kia whakawāteatia rawatia anō ia. 8 Ko reira whakakitea mai ai taua tangata kino, e whakangaromia e te Ariki ki te hā o tōna māngai, e whakakāhoretia ki te putanga nui o tōna taenga mai. 9 Arā a ia pū, i rite nei tōna taenga mai ki te mahinga a Hātana, i runga i te mana, i ngā tohu, i ngā merekara teka, 10 i ngā mahi tinihanga katoa hoki o te hē, i roto i te hunga e whakangaromia ana; nō te mea kīhai i riro i a rātou te aroha o te pono, kia ora ai rātou. 11 Mō konei hoki ka tukua atu e te Atua ki a rātou he pōhēhē e mahi ana, kia whakapono ai rātou ki te teka; 12 kia tukua ai ki te hē te hunga katoa kāhore i whakapono ki te pono, i āhuareka kē ki te hē.

Kua Whiriwhirihia Koutou mō te Ora

13 Tika tonu ia kia whakawhetai atu mātou ki te Atua mō koutou i ngā wā katoa, e ōku tēina e arohaina nei e te Ariki, he mea whiriwhiri nā hoki koutou nā te Atua nō te tīmatanga rā anō mō te ora, i runga i te whakatapu a te Wairua, i runga anō i te whakapono ki te pono. 14 Ko te mea tēnā i karangatia ai koutou e ia, he mea nā tō mātou rongopai, arā kia whiwhi ki te korōria o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti. 15 Heoi, e ōku tēina, e tū koutou; kia mau ki ngā whakarerenga iho i whakaakona ai koutou e te kupu, e tā mātou pukapuka rānei.

16 Nā, mā tō tātou Ariki, mā Īhu Karaiti pū anō, mā te Atua, mā tō tātou Matua, i aroha mai nei ki a tātou, i hōmai nei i te whakamārie mutungakore, me te mea pai e tūmanakohia atu nei, he meatanga nā te aroha noa, 17 māna e whakamārie ō koutou ngākau, māna koutou e whakaū ki runga ki ngā kupu, ki ngā mahi pai katoa.

1 Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him; 2 to the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the day of the Lord is just at hand; 3 let no man beguile you in any wise: for it will not be, except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, 4 he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God. 5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6 And now ye know that which restraineth, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only there is one that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming; 9 even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie: 12 that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 14 whereunto he called you through our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 So then, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye were taught, whether by word, or by epistle of ours.

16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, 17 comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.