¹Thou, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that [is] in Christ Jesus,

¹¶ Na, ko koe, e taku tamaiti, kia kaha i runga i te aroha noa i roto i a Ihu.

²and the things that thou didst hear from me through many witnesses, these things be committing to stedfast men, who shall be sufficient also others to teach;

²Ko nga mea hoki i rongo ra koe ki ahau i nga kaiwhakaatu tokomaha, tukua ena ki etahi tangata pono, e pai ana hei whakaako ki era atu hoki.

³thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;

³Tukua atu nga mamae ki a koe, kia rite ki te hoia pai a Ihu Karaiti.

⁴no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;

⁴Ki te whakahoia tetahi tangata, e kore ia e whakararurarutia e nga mea o te ao; kia ahuareka ai ki a ia te kaiwhakatu i a ia hei hoia.

⁵and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;

⁵Ki te whakataetae ano tetahi e kore ia e karaunatia, ki te kore e rite ki te tikanga tana whakataetae.

⁶the labouring husbandman it behoveth first of the fruits to partake;

⁶Ko te tikanga tenei, ko te kaingaki e mahi ana kia kai wawe i nga hua.

⁷be considering what things I say, for the Lord give to thee understanding in all things.

⁷Whakaaroa aku e korero nei; a ma te Ariki e homai ki a koe he ngakau mahara i nga mea katoa.

⁸Remember Jesus Christ, raised out of the dead, of the seed of David, according to my good news,

⁸¶ Kia mahara ki a Ihu Karaiti, i whakaarahia nei i te hunga mate, he uri no Rawiri, e ai ki taku rongopai:

⁹in which I suffer evil -- unto bonds, as an evil-doer, but the word of God hath not been bound;

⁹Ko te mea ano ia i pangia ai ahau e nga mamae, a hereherea noatia iho, ano he tangata mahi kino; otira e kore ta te Atua kupu e herea.

¹⁰because of this all things do I endure, because of the choice ones, that they also salvation may obtain that [is] in Christ Jesus, with glory age-during.

¹⁰Koia hoki ahau i whakaririka kau ai ki nga mea katoa he mea mo te hunga whiriwhiri; kia whiwhi ai ratou ki te ora i roto i a Karaiti Ihu, ki te kororia mutungakore ano hoki.

¹¹Stedfast [is] the word: For if we died together -- we also shall live together;

¹¹E pono ana hoki te korero, Ki te mate tahi tatou me ia, ka ora tahi ano hoki tatou me ia.

¹²if we do endure together -- we shall also reign together; if we deny [him], he also shall deny us;

¹²Ki te manawanui tatou, ka whakakingitia ngatahitia tatou me ia: ki te whakakahore tatou, ka whakakahoretia hoki tatou e ia:

¹³if we are not stedfast, he remaineth stedfast; to deny himself he is not able.

¹³Ki te kore tatou e whakapono, e mau ana ano tona pono: e kore e ahei kia whakakahore ia i a ia ano.

¹⁴These things remind [them] of, testifying fully before the Lord -- not to strive about words to nothing profitable, but to the subversion of those hearing;

¹⁴¶ Whakamaharatia ratou ki enei mea, me kauwhau i te aroaro o te Ariki, kia kaua e tautohetohe ki nga kupu huakore, ki nga mea whakaputa ke i nga kaiwhakarongo.

¹⁵be diligent to present thyself approved to God -- a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

¹⁵Kia puta tau tohe mou kia tu ki te aroaro o te Atua, he mea e manakohia ana, he kaimahi e kore e whakama, e whawha tika ana i te kupu o te pono.

¹⁶and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

¹⁶Mawehe ki i nga korero whakarihariha, teka noa: ka neke ake hoki te karakia kore o era:

¹⁷and their word as a gangrene will have pasture, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus,

¹⁷A ka kaikai ta ratou kupu, ano he mea kua kikohangatia: no ratou a Himeniu raua ko Piritu;

¹⁸who concerning the truth did swerve, saying the rising again to have already been, and do overthrow the faith of some;

¹⁸Kua he nei ki te pono, e mea ana, kua pahemo ke te aranga mai; a whakaputaia ketia ake e ratou te whakapono o etahi.

¹⁹sure, nevertheless, hath the foundation of God stood, having this seal, `The Lord hath known those who are His,' and `Let him depart from unrighteousness -- every one who is naming the name of Christ.'

¹⁹¶ E u ana ia te mau o ta te Atua turanga, ko tona hiri hoki tenei, E matau ana te Ariki ki ana ake: me tenei hoki, Kia mawehe ke i te he nga tangata katoa e whakahua ana i te ingoa o te Karaiti.

²⁰And in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth, and some to honour, and some to dishonour:

²⁰Otiia i te whare nui ehara i te mea he koura kau, he hiriwa kau ranei nga oko, tera ano etahi he mea rakau, he mea oneone; etahi hei mea honore, etahi hei mea honorekore.

²¹if, then, any one may cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified and profitable to the master -- to every good work having been prepared,

²¹Na, ki te mea te tangata i a ia kia ma i ena mea, hei oko ia mo te honore, kua oti te whakatapu, te whakapai mo a te rangatira tikanga, rite rawa mo nga mahi pai katoa.

²²and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

²²¶ Oma atu i nga hiahia taitamariki: whaia te tika, te whakapono, te aroha, te rangimarie, e koutou tahi ko te hunga e karanga ana ki te Ariki i roto i te ngakau ma.

²³and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife,

²³Araia atu ano nga uiuinga wairangi, kuware, kia mahara hoki ko aua mea hei whakatupu whawhai.

²⁴and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

²⁴Na e kore e pai kia ririhau te pononga a te Ariki; engari kia ngawari ki nga tangata katoa, kia whai ngakau ki te whakaako, kia manawanui.

²⁵in meekness instructing those opposing -- if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,

²⁵Kia whakaako marie i te hunga e totohe ana; me kore e hoatu e te Atua ki a ratou he ripeneta e whakaae ai ki te pono;

²⁶and they may awake out of the devil's snare, having been caught by him at his will.

²⁶Kia ara ake ai hoki i roto i te mahanga a te rewera te hunga i hopukia oratia e te pononga a te Ariki hei mahi i ta te Atua i pai ai.