¹¶ Ko taku kupu tenei ki a koe i te aroaro o te Atua, o Karaiti Ihu hoki, mana nei e whakawa te hunga ora me te hunga mate, i te ahua o tona putanga mai me tona rangatiratanga,

¹I do fully testify, then, before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is about to judge living and dead at his manifestation and his reign --

²Kauwhautia te kupu; tohea i nga wa pai, i nga wa kino; riria te he, whakahengia iho, whakahaua, whakapaua te manawanui me te whakaako.

²preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching,

³Tenei ake hoki te wa e kore ai ratou e whakarongo ki te whakaako tika; heoi, i te mea he taringa minamina o ratou, ka apohia e ratou he kaiwhakaako e rite ana ki o ratou na hiahia.

³for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers -- itching in the hearing,

⁴Ka tahuri ke o ratou taringa i te pono, ka anga atu ki nga korero tito noa.

⁴and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.

⁵Kia mau ia koe i nga mea katoa; tukua atu nga mamae ki a koe; mahia te mahi a te kaikauwhau i te rongopai; whakapaua tau mahi minita.

⁵And thou -- watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,

⁶Tenei hoki ahau kei te ringihia, kua rite ano te wa hei haerenga moku.

⁶for I am already being poured out, and the time of my release hath arrived;

⁷Kua whawhaitia e ahau te whawhai pai, kua omakia toku omanga, kua rite i ahau te whakapono:

⁷the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,

⁸Kei te takoto mai moku i nga wa o muri nei e karauna o te tika, e homai ki ahau a taua ra e te Ariki, e te kaiwhakawa tika: he teka ki ahau anake, engari ki te hunga katoa ano hoki kua matenui ki tona putanga mai.

⁸henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord -- the Righteous Judge -- shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.

⁹¶ Kia puta tou uaua ki te haere wawe mai ki ahau:

⁹Be diligent to come unto me quickly,

¹⁰Kua whakarerea ahau e Rimaha, he aroha nona ki tenei ao, a haere ana a ki Teharonika; kua riro atu a Kerekena ki Karatia, a Taituha ki Raramatia.

¹⁰for Demas forsook me, having loved the present age, and went on to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia,

¹¹Ko Ruka anake kei ahau. Tena a Maka mauria mai hei hoa mou; he pai hoki ia mo taku mahi minita.

¹¹Lukas only is with me; Markus having taken, bring with thyself, for he is profitable to me for ministration;

¹²Kua tonoa e ahau a Tikiku ki Epeha.

¹²and Tychicus I sent to Ephesus;

¹³Ka haere mai koe, mauria mai te koroka i mahue atu i ahau ki Toroa, ki a Karapu, me nga pukapuka; tena rawa ia nga kirihipi.

¹³the cloak that I left in Troas with Carpus, coming, bring thou and the books -- especially the parchments.

¹⁴He maha nga kino i meatia mai e Arehanera, e te kaimahi parahi ki ahau: ma te Ariki e hoatu ki a ia he utu e rite ana ki ana mahi:

¹⁴Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil; may the Lord repay to him according to his works,

¹⁵Kia tupato hoki koe ki a ia; he rahi rawa hoki tana totohe ki a matou kupu.

¹⁵of whom also do thou beware, for greatly hath he stood against our words;

¹⁶¶ I taku korerotanga tuatahi, i karo ai i ahau, kahore he tangata hei tuara moku, heoi whakarerea ake ahau e te katoa. Kaua tenei e whakairia ki a ratou.

¹⁶in my first defence no one stood with me, but all forsook me, (may it not be reckoned to them!)

¹⁷I tu ia te Ariki ki toku taha, nana hoki ahau i whakakaha; kia whakapaua rawatia ai e ahau te kauwhau, kia rongo katoa ai nga tauiwi: a toia mai ana ahau i roto i te mangai o te raiona.

¹⁷and the Lord stood by me, and did strengthen me, that through me the preaching might be fully assured, and all the nations might hear, and I was freed out of the mouth of a lion,

¹⁸Tera ahau e toia mai e te Ariki i roto i nga mahi kino katoa, e whakaorangia hoki tae noa ki tona rangatiratanga i te rangi: waiho atu i a ia te kororia ake ake. Amine.

¹⁸and the Lord shall free me from every evil work, and shall save [me] -- to his heavenly kingdom; to whom [is] the glory to the ages of the ages! Amen.

¹⁹Oha atu ki a Pirihira raua ko Akuira, ki te hunga ano hoki o te whare o Onehipora.

¹⁹Salute Prisca and Aquilas, and Onesiphorus' household;

²⁰I noho atu a Eratu i Koriniti: ko Toropimu i mahue atu i ahau ki Miretu, he mate.

²⁰Erastus did remain in Corinth, and Trophimus I left in Miletus infirm;

²¹Kia puta tou uaua ki te haere mai i mua o te hotoke. Tenei te oha atu nei ki a koe a Upuru, a Purena, a Rinuha, a Karauria, me nga teina katoa.

²¹be diligent to come before winter. Salute thee doth Eubulus, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

²²Kia noho te Ariki ki tou wairua, Kia tau te aroha noa ki a koutou.

²²The Lord Jesus Christ [is] with thy spirit; the grace [is] with you! Amen.