¹But [as] fellow-workmen, we also beseech 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 says, I have listened to thee in an accepted time, and I have helped thee in a day of salvation: behold, now [is the] well-accepted time; behold, now [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 manner of offence in anything, 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 everything commending ourselves as God's ministers, in much endurance, in afflictions, in necessities, in straits,

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 prisons, in riots, 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 longsuffering, 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 arms of righteousness on the right hand and 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 deceivers, 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 well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as disciplined, 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 grieved, but always rejoicing; as poor, but enriching many; 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 is opened to you, Corinthians, our heart is expanded.

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 affections;

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

¹³but for an answering recompense, (I speak as to children,) let *your* heart also expand itself.

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

¹⁴Be not diversely yoked with unbelievers; for what participation [is there] between righteousness and lawlessness? or what fellowship of 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 consent of Christ with Beliar, or what part for a believer along 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 of God's temple with idols? for *ye* are [the] living God's temple; according as God has said, I will dwell among them, and walk among [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be to me a 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 the midst of them, and be separated, saith [the] Lord, and touch not [what is] unclean, 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 I will be to you for a Father, and 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.