¹And working together also we call upon [you] that ye receive not in vain the grace of God —

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;

²for He saith, `In an acceptable time I did hear thee, and in a day of salvation I did help thee, lo, now [is] a well-accepted time; lo, now, a 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.

³in nothing giving any cause of offence, that the ministration may 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 everything recommending ourselves as God`s ministrants; in much patience, in tribulations, 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 insurrections, 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;

⁶in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in 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,

⁷in the word of truth, in the power of God, through the armour of the righteousness, on the right 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,

⁸through glory and dishonour, through evil report and good report, as leading astray, and 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 recognized; as dying, and lo, we live; as chastened, and not put to death;

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, and always rejoicing; as poor, and making many rich; as having nothing, and 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.

¹¹Our mouth hath been open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart hath been enlarged!

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

¹²ye are not straitened in us, and 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.

¹³and [as] a recompense of the same kind, (as to children I say [it],) be ye enlarged — also ye!

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

¹⁴Become not yoked with others — unbelievers, for what partaking [is there] to righteousness and lawlessness?

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 fellowship to light with darkness? and what concord to Christ with Belial? or what part to a believer with an unbeliever?

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 to the sanctuary of God with idols? for ye are a sanctuary of the living God, according as God said — `I will dwell in them, and will walk among [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 ye forth out of the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and an unclean thing do not touch, and I — 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 I will be to you for a Father, and ye — ye shall be to Me for 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.