¹¶ Na, ki te mea kua ara ngatahi koutou me te Karaiti, rapua nga mea o runga, o te wahi e noho mai nei a te Karaiti i te ringa matau o te Atua.

¹If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated,

²Kia anga atu to koutou whakaaro ki nga mea o runga, kaua ki nga mea kei te whenua.

²the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,

³Kua mate hoki koutou, a kua oti to koutou ora te huna ki a te Karaiti i roto i te Atua.

³for ye did die, and your life hath been hid with the Christ in God;

⁴I te whakakitenga mai o te Karaiti, o to tatou ora, ko reira hoki koutou whakakitea tahitia ai me ia i runga i te kororia.

⁴when the Christ — our life — may be manifested, then also we with him shall be manifested in glory.

⁵¶ Na, whakamatea o koutou wahi i runga i te whenua; te moe tahae, te poke, te minamina ki te he, te hiahia kino, me te apo, he karakia whakapakoko hoki tena.

⁵Put to death, then, your members that [are] upon the earth — whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry —

⁶He mea hoki enei e puta mai ai te riri o te Atua ki nga tamariki a te tutu.

⁶because of which things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

⁷I roto hoki koutou i enei mea e haere ana i mua, i a koutou e noho ana i roto i aua mea.

⁷in which also ye — ye did walk once, when ye lived in them;

⁸¶ Tena ko tenei whakarerea enei mea katoa; te aritarita, te riri, te mauahara, te korero kino, te korero whakarihariha, i roto i o koutou mangai.

⁸but now put off, even ye, the whole — anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking — out of your mouth.

⁹Kaua e teka tetahi ki tetahi, kua unuhia atu hoki i a koutou te tangata tawhito me ana hanga;

⁹Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices,

¹⁰Kua kakahuria nei te tangata hou, e whakahoutia nei i runga i te matauranga kia rite ki te ahua o tona kaihanga.

¹⁰and having put on the new, which is renewed in regard to knowledge, after the image of Him who did create him;

¹¹Kei reira kahore he Kariki, he Hurai ranei, he kotinga, he kotingakore ranei, he Tautangata, Haitiana, pononga, he rangatira ranei: engari ko te Karaiti te katoa, i roto ano i te katoa.

¹¹where there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, foreigner, Scythian, servant, freeman — but the all and in all — Christ.

¹²¶ Na, kia rite ki te hunga whiriwhiri a te Atua, ki te hunga tapu e arohaina ana, kakahuria iho hoki te ngakau tohu tangata, te ngawari, te ngakau papaku, te ngakau mahaki, te manawanui;

¹²Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

¹³Kia ata hanga koutou tetahi ki tetahi, me te hohou i te rongo tetahi ki tetahi, ki te mea kei tetahi he take riri ki tetahi: kia rite ki ta te Ariki i hohou nei i te rongo ki a koutou, kia pera ano hoki koutou.

¹³forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you — so also ye;

¹⁴A hei waho i enei mea katoa uhia ko te aroha, ko te tauhere tika rawa ia.

¹⁴and above all these things, [have] love, which is a bond of the perfection,

¹⁵A waiho ma te rangimarie a te Karaiti te whakahaere tikanga i roto i o koutou ngakau: i karangatia hoki koutou ki tenei i roto i te tinana kotahi; kia whakawhetai hoki koutou.

¹⁵and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.

¹⁶Kia noho nui te kupu a te Karaiti i roto i a koutou i runga i te matauranga katoa; me whakaako, me whakatupato tetahi e tetahi ki nga waiata tapu, ki nga himene, ki nga waiata wairua, me te waiata ano ki te Atua i runga i te aroha noa, i roto i o koutou ngakau.

¹⁶Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to the Lord;

¹⁷Ko nga mea katoa hoki e mea ai koutou, ko nga kupu, ko nga mahi ranei, kia meinga katoatia i runga i te ingoa o te Ariki, o Ihu, me te whakawhetai ano ki te Atua, ara ki te Matua, i roto i a ia.

¹⁷and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, [do] all things in the name of the Lord Jesus — giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

¹⁸¶ E nga wahine, kia ngohengohe ki a koutou tane ake, kia rite ai ta te Ariki tikanga.

¹⁸The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;

¹⁹E nga tane, arohaina a koutou wahine, kei kaha hoki te riri ki a ratou.

¹⁹the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

²⁰E nga tamariki, whakarongo ki o koutou matua i nga mea katoa: he mea pai hoki tenei ki te Ariki.

²⁰the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

²¹E nga matua, kei arita noa ki a koutou tamariki, kei ngakaukore ratou.

²¹the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

²²E nga pononga, kia whakarongo ki o koutou rangatira o te wahi ki te kikokiko i nga mea katoa: kaua hei ta te kanohi mahi, he whakamanawareka tangata hoki tera; engari hei runga i te ngakau tapatahi, me te wehi ano ki te Atua.

²²The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;

²³Ko nga mea katoa e mea ai koutou mahia a ngakautia, hei mea ki te Ariki, a ehara i te mea ki nga tangata;

²³and all, whatever ye may do — out of soul work — as to the Lord, and not to men,

²⁴Me te matau ano, ka homai e te Ariki ki a koutou te utu, ara te kainga: he pononga hoki koutou na te Ariki, na te Karaiti.

²⁴having known that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance — for the Lord Christ ye serve;

²⁵Ko te tangata hoki e he ana te mahi, ka whakawhiwhia ano ia ki tana he i mahi ai: kahore hoki he whakapai kanohi.

²⁵and he who is doing unrighteously shall receive what he did unrighteously, and there is no acceptance of persons.