¹Paul, prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timotheus the brother, to Philemon the beloved and our fellow-workman,

¹¶ Na Paora, na te herehere a Karaiti Ihu, na to taua teina hoki, na Timoti, ki ta maua e aroha nei, ki to maua hoa mahi, ki a Pirimona,

²and to the sister Apphia and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the assembly which [is] in thine house.

²Ki a Apia hoki, ko to maua tuahine, ki to maua hoa hoia, ki a Arakipu, ki te hahi hoki i tou whare:

³Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.

³Kia tau te aroha noa ki a koutou, me te rangimarie, he mea na te Atua, na to tatou Matua, na te Ariki hoki, na Ihu Karaiti.

⁴I thank my God, always making mention of thee at my prayers,

⁴Tenei ahau te whakawhetai atu nei ki toku Atua, mau tonu toku mahara ki a koe i aku karakiatanga:

⁵hearing of thy love and the faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints,

⁵He rongo noku ki tou aroha, ki tou whakapono ki te Ariki, ki a Ihu, a ki te hunga tapu katoa;

⁶in such sort that thy participation in the faith should become operative in the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in us towards Christ [Jesus].

⁶Mo te whakahoatanga mai o tou whakapono kia whai mana, i runga i te matauranga ki nga pai katoa i roto i a koutou, he mea ki a Karaiti Ihu.

⁷For we have great thankfulness and encouragement through thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

⁷He nui hoki to matou koa, marie ana hoki te ngakau i tou aroha, no te mea e ora ana nga ngakau o te hunga tapu i a koe, e toku teina.

⁸Wherefore having much boldness in Christ to enjoin thee what is fitting,

⁸¶ Heoi ahakoa he nui toku maia i roto i a te Karaiti ki te whakatakoto atu i te mea tika ki a koe,

⁹for love's sake I rather exhort, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also prisoner of Jesus Christ.

⁹Na te aroha ke taku ka inoi atu nei, ara taku, ta te koroheke, ta Paora, he herehere nei inaianei na Ihu Karaiti;

¹⁰I exhort thee for *my* child, whom I have begotten in [my] bonds, Onesimus,

¹⁰He kupu tenei naku ki a koe mo taku tamaiti, mo Onehimu, he mea whanau naku i ahau nei i te herehere:

¹¹once unserviceable to thee, but now serviceable to thee and to me:

¹¹I mua, kahore tetahi mea pai ana ki a koe; inaianei ia, kua whai pai koe i a ia, ahau ano hoki.

¹²whom I have sent back to thee: [but do *thou* receive] him, that is, *my* bowels:

¹²Kua whakahokia atu nei ia e ahau, tona tinana tonu, ko toku manawa ake ia.

¹³whom *I* was desirous of keeping with myself, that for thee he might minister to me in the bonds of the glad tidings;

¹³I mea ano ahau kia puritia ia ki ahau, hei whakakapi mou ki te mahi ki ahau i roto i nga mekameka o te rongopai:

¹⁴but I have wished to do nothing without thy mind, that thy good might not be as of necessity but of willingness:

¹⁴Otira kahore nei tau kupu, kihai ahau i pai kia meatia tetahi mea; kei riro whakauaua mai tou pai; engari i roto ano i te ngakau.

¹⁵for perhaps for this reason he has been separated [from thee] for a time, that thou mightest possess him fully for ever;

¹⁵Ko te mea ano pea tenei i motuhia mai ai ia i a koe mo tetahi wa, kia mau pu ai ia i a koe ake ake;

¹⁶not any longer as a bondman, but above a bondman, a beloved brother, specially to me, and how much rather to thee, both in [the] flesh and in [the] Lord?

¹⁶Ehara i te mea hei pononga ia i enei wa, engari tera atu i te pononga, he teina i nui rawa ai toku aroha, tera ia e nui rawa atu tou, i te kikokiko, i te Ariki ano hoki.

¹⁷If therefore thou holdest me to be a partner [with thee], receive him as me;

¹⁷Na, ki te mea kua waiho ahau hei hoa mou, manako mai ki a ia me te mea ko ahau.

¹⁸but if he have wronged thee anything or owe anything [to thee], put this to my account.

¹⁸Ki te mea ia kua he ia ki tetahi mea au, kei a ia ranei tetahi mea au, waiho mai maku tena e whakaaro;

¹⁹*I* Paul have written [it] with mine own hand; *I* will repay [it]: that I say not to thee that thou owest even thine own self also to me.

¹⁹He tuhituhi tenei naku, na Paora, na toku ringaringa ake, maku e whakautu; na kahore aku meatanga atu ki a koe, tera ano taku taonga kei a koe, ko koe ano.

²⁰Yea, brother, *I* would have profit of *thee* in [the] Lord: refresh my bowels in Christ.

²⁰Ae ra, e toku teina, kia whai pai ahau i a koe i roto i te Ariki: kia ora toku ngakau i roto i te Ariki.

²¹Being confident of thine obedience, I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say.

²¹He u no toku whakaaro ki a koe ka ngohengohe, i tuhituhi atu ai ahau ki a koe, e mohio ana hoki, tera e nui atu tau e mea ai i taku e korero atu nei.

²²But withal prepare me also a lodging; for I hope that I shall be granted to you through your prayers.

²²Tenei ano hoki, kia rite mai i a koe tetahi whare moku: e mea ana hoki ahau tera e mana a koutou inoi, a ka tukua atu ahau kia a koutou.

²³Epaphras salutes thee, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus;

²³Tenei te oha atu nei ki a koe a Epapara, toku hoa herehere i roto i a Karaiti Ihu,

²⁴Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-workmen.

²⁴Ratou tahi ko Maka, ko Aritaku, ko Rimaha, ko Ruka, oku hoa mahi.

²⁵The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with your spirit.

²⁵Kia tau te aroha noa o to tatou Ariki, o Ihu Karaiti ki o koutou wairua. Amine.