¹We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

¹¶ Na tenei matou ona 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(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

²E mea ana hoki ia, No te wa manakohanga atu i whakarongo ai ahau ki a koe, awhinatia ana hoki koe e ahau i te ra o te whakaoranga: nana, tenei te wa manakohanga: nana, tenei te wa manakohanga mai; nana, tenei te ra o te whakaoranga.

³Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

³E kore hoki e hoatu e matou tetahi take e he ai, ahakoa i te aha, kei whakahengia ta matou mahi minita;

⁴But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

⁴Engari i nga mea katoa e whakakite ana i a matou, he minita na te Atua, i runga i te hua o te manawanui, i nga tukinotanga, i nga aitua, i nga rarunga,

⁵In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

⁵I nga whiunga, i nga hereheretanga, i nga ngangaretanga, i nga mauiuitanga, i nga mataaratanga, i nga nohoanga pukutanga;

⁶By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

⁶I runga i te kinokore, i te matauranga, i te manawanui, i te ngakau ngawari, i te Wairua Tapu, i te aroha tinihangakore,

⁷By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

⁷I runga i te kupu o te pono, i te kaha o te Atua, i nga mea whawhai o te tika ki matau, ki maui,

⁸By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;

⁸I rungia i te kororia, i te honorekore, i te kupu kino, i te kupu pai; me te mea he hunga tinihanga, a he hunga pono ano:

⁹As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

⁹Me te mea kahore e mohiotia, otiia e mohiotia nuitia ana; me te mea ka mate, heoi tenei ano matou te ora nei; me te mea e pakia ana, heoi kahore e whakamatea;

¹⁰As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

¹⁰Me te mea e pouri 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 kahore a matou aha, otiia kei a matou nga mea katoa.

¹¹O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.

¹¹¶ Tuwhera tonu o matou mangai ki a koutou, e nga Koriniti, kua nui to matou ngakau.

¹²Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.

¹²Ehara i te mea no matou te kuiti i a koutou, engari no o koutou ngakau te kuiti.

¹³Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.

¹³Na, hei utu e rite ana, he kupu tenei naku ki aku tamariki, kia whakanuia ano hoki koutou.

¹⁴Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

¹⁴Kei iokatia ketia koutou ki te hunga whakaponokore: no hea hoki te whakahoatanga o te tika raua ko te tutu? no hea hoki te huihuinga tahitanga o te marama ki te pouri?

¹⁵And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

¹⁵Ko ehea mea a te Karaiti i huihuia ki a Periara? na tehea wahi ranei i huanga ai te tangata whakapono ki te tangata whakaponokore?

¹⁶And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

¹⁶A kei hea he tatanga mo te whare tapu o te Atua ki nga whakapakoko? he whare tapu hoki koutou no te Atua ora; ko ta te Atua hoki tena i mea ai, ka noho ahau i roto i a ratou, ka haereere ahau i roto i a ratou; a ko ahau hei Atua mo ratou, ko rat ou hoki hei iwi maku.

¹⁷Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

¹⁷Mo konei, Puta mai i roto i a ratou, kia motu ke, e ai ta te Ariki. Kaua hoki e pa ki te mea poke; a ka riro mai koutou i ahau;

¹⁸And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

¹⁸Ko ahau ano hoki hei Matua mo koutou, ko koutou hoki hei tama hei tamahine ki ahau, e ai ta te Ariki Kaha Rawa.