¹And I decided this to myself, not again to come in sorrow unto you,

¹¶ Otira kua takoto tenei i roto i ahau, kia kaua toku hokinga atu ki a koutou e waiho i runga i te pouri.

²for if I make you sorry, then who is he who is making me glad, except he who is made sorry by me?

²Na, ki te whakapouri hoki ahau i a koutou, ko wai hoki hei whakaora i toku ngakau? ko ia anake e whakapouritia nei e ahau.

³and I wrote to you this same thing, that having come, I may not have sorrow from them of whom it behoved me to have joy, having confidence in you all, that my joy is of you all,

³A i tuhituhi atu ahau i taua mea nei ano ki a koutou, kei tae atu ahau, ka whakapouritia ahau e te hunga i tika nei ma ratou ahau e whakahari; i te u o toku whakaaro ki a koutou katoa, ko toku hari te hari o koutou katoa.

⁴for out of much tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that ye might be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you.

⁴He nui hoki no te pouri, no te mamae o te ngakau, i tuhituhi atu ai ahau ki a koutou me nga roimata maha: ehara i te mea hei whakapouri i a koutou, engari kia matau ai koutou ki toku aroha e hira rawa nei ki a koutou.

⁵And if any one hath caused sorrow, he hath not caused sorrow to me, but in part, that I may not burden you all;

⁵¶ Mehemea na tetahi i whakapouri, ehara i te mea e whakapouri ana ia i ahau, engari i a koutou katoa; i tetahi wahi ia, e kore nei ahau e mea rawa he nui.

⁶sufficient to such a one is this punishment, that [is] by the more part,

⁶E rahi ana mo taua tu tangata ko tenei whiu i whakapangia nei e te tokomaha.

⁷so that, on the contrary, [it is] rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may be swallowed up;

⁷Engari rawa ia me whakarere noa iho tana e koutou, ka whakamarie i a ia, kei tupono ka horomia ia e tona pouri nui rawa.

⁸wherefore, I call upon you to confirm love to him,

⁸Koia ahau ka inoi ki a koutou, kia whakaukia to koutou aroha ki a ia.

⁹for, for this also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether in regard to all things ye are obedient.

⁹Na konei ano hoki ahau i tuhituhi atu ai, hei whakamatau i a koutou, mehemea e ngohengohe ana koutou i nga mea katoa.

¹⁰And to whom ye forgive anything — I also; for I also, if I have forgiven anything, to whom I have forgiven [it], because of you — in the person of Christ — [I forgive it,]

¹⁰Ko te tangata e whakarerea ai e koutou tana, ka whakarerea ano e ahau: ko taku hoki i whakarere noa ai, mehemea i pera ahau, he whakaaro ki a koutou, i whakarerea noatia e ahau i te aroaro o te Karaiti;

¹¹that we may not be over-reached by the Adversary, for of his devices we are not ignorant.

¹¹Kei ra rungatia mai tatou e Hatana: ehara hoki tatou i te kuware ki ana rauhanga.

¹²And having come to Troas for the good news of the Christ, and a door to me having been opened in the Lord,

¹²¶ Na, i toku taenga ki Toroa ki te kauwhau i te rongopai o te Karaiti, a ka puare mai ki ahau tetahi kuwaha, he mea na te Ariki,

¹³I have not had rest to my spirit, on my not finding Titus my brother, but having taken leave of them, I went forth to Macedonia;

¹³Kahore he tanga mo toku wairua, he kore i kite i toku teina, i a Taituha: heoi ka poroporoaki ahau ki a ratou, ka haere ki Makeronia.

¹⁴and to God [are] thanks, who at all times is leading us in triumph in the Christ, and the fragrance of His knowledge He is manifesting through us in every place,

¹⁴Na, me whakawhetai ki te Atua, e mea tonu nei i a matou kia whakamanamana i roto i a te Karaiti, e whakaatu nei ma roto i a matou i te ha o tona matauranga i nga wahi katoa.

¹⁵because of Christ a sweet fragrance we are to God, in those being saved, and in those being lost;

¹⁵He kakara pai hoki matou no te Karaiti ki te Atua, i runga i te hunga e whakaorangia ana, i runga ano i te hunga e whakangaromia ana:

¹⁶to the one, indeed, a fragrance of death to death, and to the other, a fragrance of life to life; and for these things who is sufficient?

¹⁶Ki tetahi he kakara no te mate ki te mate; ki tetahi he kakara no te ora ki te ora. A ko wai e tau mo enei mea?

¹⁷for we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity — but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we do speak.

¹⁷Kahore hoki matou e pera i te tokomaha e whakatutua nei i te kupu a te Atua: engari he pera i ta te pono, he pera i ta te Atua, e korero ana matou i te aroaro o te Atua i roto i a te Karaiti.