¹For, indeed, concerning the ministration that [is] for the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you,

¹¶ Na, Mo te minitatanga ki te hunga tapu, kahore noa he tikanga i tuhituhi atu ai ahau ki a koutou:

²for I have known your readiness of mind, which in your behalf I boast of to Macedonians, that Achaia hath been prepared a year ago, and the zeal of you did stir up the more part,

²E mohio ana hoki ahau ki to koutou ngakau hihiko, i whakamanamanatia ai koutou e ahau ki nga tangata o Makeronia, ara ko ta Akaia kua rite noa ake i tera tau ra ano; a he tokomaha o ratou i oho i to koutou ngakau hihiri.

³and I sent the brethren, that our boasting on your behalf may not be made vain in this respect; that, according as I said, ye may be ready,

³Heoi kua tonoa atu nei e ahau nga teina, kei whakakahoretia tenei wahi o taku whakamanamana ki ta koutou mahi; kia rite ai ta koutou, kia pera ai me taku i mea ai:

⁴lest if Macedonians may come with me, and find you unprepared, we — we may be put to shame (that we say not — ye) in this same confidence of boasting.

⁴Kei tupono ka haere atu i ahau etahi o Makeronia, a ka rokohanga atu kahore ano kia rite noa ta koutou, na, ko te whakama mo matou, e kore matou e ki mo koutou, i tenei whakamanamana e kaha nei.

⁵Necessary, therefore, I thought [it] to exhort the brethren, that they may go before to you, and may make up before your formerly announced blessing, that this be ready, as a blessing, and not as covetousness.

⁵Koia ahau i whakaaro ai he tika kia whakahaua nga teina, kia haere atu ratou i mua ki a koutou, kia wawe te rite i a ratou tenei manaaki a koutou kua korerotia ra, kia noho rite, kia tu a manaaki ai, kei rite ki te mea e manawapatia ana.

⁶And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;

⁶¶ Ko taku ia tenei, He torutoru a tetahi i rui ai, he torutoru ano ana e kokoti ai; a ko te mea he maha ana i rui ai, he maha ano ana e kokoti ai.

⁷each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,

⁷Kia rite te mahi a ia tangata ki tana i whakaaro ai i roto i tona ngakau; kaua e tu a pouri, kaua e whakauaua: ko ta te Atua hoki e aroha ai, ko te tangata ringa mahorahora.

⁸and God [is] able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,

⁸E taea ano hoki e te Atua te mea kia hira nga aroha noa katoa ki a koutou; na, i te mea ka ranea na o koutou taonga i nga mea katoa i nga wa katoa, kia hira ano a koutou mahi pai katoa:

⁹(according as it hath been written, `He dispersed abroad, he gave to the poor, his righteousness doth remain to the age,`)

⁹Kia rite ai ki te mea i tuhituhia, Kua titaritaria e ia, kua hoatu e ia ki te hunga rawakore: he pumau tonu tona tika ake ake.

¹⁰and may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

¹⁰Na ma te kaihomai i te purapura ki te kaiwhakato, i te taro hoki hei kai, e homai, e mea kia maha ta koutou e whakato ai, e whakanui hoki nga hua o to koutou tika;

¹¹in every thing being enriched to all liberality, which doth work through us thanksgiving to God,

¹¹Me te hua ano o koutou taonga i nga mea katoa hei ohaoha, e puta ai i a matou nga whakawhetai ki te Atua.

¹²because the ministration of this service not only is supplying the wants of the saints, but is also abounding through many thanksgivings to God,

¹²Na tenei mahi hoki e minitatia nei i whiwhi ai te hunga tapu ki nga mea i kore i a ratou, a na reira ano i hua noa atu ai nga whakawhetai ki te Atua;

¹³through the proof of this ministration glorifying God for the subjection of your confession to the good news of the Christ, and [for] the liberality of the fellowship to them and to all,

¹³Na te mea hoki ka kitea koutou i tenei mahi minita, ka whakakororia ratou i te Atua mo koutou kua whakaae nei, kua ngohengohe nei ki te rongopai o te Karaiti, a mo to koutou pono ki a koutou ohaoha ki a ratou me te katoa;

¹⁴and by their supplication in your behalf, longing after you because of the exceeding grace of God upon you;

¹⁴I a ratou ano e inoi ana mo koutou, me te koingo ano ratou ki a koutou, he whakaaro hoki ki te aroha noa o te Atua ka nui rawa nei ki a koutou.

¹⁵thanks also to God for His unspeakable gift!

¹⁵Me whakawhetai ki te Atua mo tana mea homai noa, e kore nei e taea te korero.