¹For concerning the ministration which [is] for the saints, it is superfluous my writing 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 know your readiness, which I boast of as respects you to Macedonians, that Achaia is prepared since a year ago, and the zeal [reported] of you has stimulated the mass [of the brethren].

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.

³But I have sent the brethren, in order that our boasting about you may not be made void in this respect, in order that, as I have said, ye may be prepared;

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 haply, if Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, *we*, that we say not *ye*, may be put to shame in this confidence.

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.

⁵I thought it necessary therefore to beg the brethren that they would come to you, and complete beforehand your fore-announced blessing, that this may be ready thus as blessing, and not as got out of you.

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.

⁶But this [is true], he that sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that sows in [the spirit of] blessing shall reap also in blessing:

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 according as he is purposed in his heart; not grievingly, or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

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.

⁸But God is able to make every gracious gift abound towards you, that, having in every way always all-sufficiency, 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:

⁹according as it is written, He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor, his righteousness remains for ever.

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.

¹⁰Now he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating shall supply and make abundant your sowing, 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;

¹¹enriched in every way unto all free-hearted liberality, which works 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 is not only filling up the measure of what is lacking to the saints, but also abounding by 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;

¹³they glorifying God through the proof of this ministration, by reason of your subjection, by profession, to the glad tidings of the Christ, and your free-hearted liberality in communicating towards them and towards 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 in their supplication for you, full of ardent desire for you, on account of the exceeding grace of God [which is] 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 [be] to God for his unspeakable free gift.

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