¹Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.

¹¶ Na konei, i te mea kei a matou tenei mahi minita, i te mea ka tohungia nei matou, kahore matou e ngakaukore;

²But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

²Engari kua whakarerea e matou nga mea huna o te whakama, kore ake matou e haere i runga i te tinihanga, kahore hoki e maminga ki te kupu a te Atua: ka waiho ia ko te whakapuakanga o te pono hei whakaatu i to matou pai ki te hinengaro tangata i te aroaro o te Atua.

³Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish;

³Na, ki te mea he mea hipoko ta matou rongopai, he mea hipoki ki te hunga e whakangaromia ana:

⁴in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

⁴I roto nei i a ratou te atua o tenei ao, e whakamatapo ana i nga whakaaro o te hunga kore whakapono, kei whitingia ratou e te marama o te rongopai o te kororia o te Karaiti, ko ia nei te ahua o te Atua.

⁵For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake;

⁵He teka hoki ko matou te kauwhautia nei e matou, engari ko Karaiti Ihu hei Ariki, a ko matou nei hei pononga ma koutou, he whakaaro ki a Ihu.

⁶seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” Genesis 1:3 who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

⁶Ko te Atua hoki nana nei i ki te marama kia whiti i roto i te pouri, kua whiti ki roto ki o matou ngakau, hei homai i te marama o te matauranga o te kororia o te Atua i te mata o Ihu Karaiti.

⁷But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.

⁷Ko tenei taonga ia o matou kei roto i te oko oneone, kia kiia ai te kaha nui whakaharahara no te Atua, ehara hoki i a matou;

⁸We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;

⁸¶ E akina ana matou i nga taha katoa, heoi kahore e pau te whakaaro; e raruraru ana, heoi kahore e ngakaukore;

⁹pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

⁹E whakatoia ana, heoi kahore i whakarerea; e taia ana ki raro, heoi kahore i whakangaromia;

¹⁰always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

¹⁰E mau tonu ana hoki te matenga o Ihu ki o matou tinana, i a matou e haereere nei; kia marama ai to Ihu ora i roto i o matou tinana.

¹¹For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.

¹¹Ko matou hoki e ora nei, e tukua tonutia ana ki te mate mo te whakaaro ki a Ihu, kia marama ai hoki to Ihu ora i roto i o matou kikokiko matemate.

¹²So then death works in us, but life in you.

¹²Na ko te mate te mahi ana i roto i a matou, ko te ora ia i roto i a koutou.

¹³But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” Psalm 116:10 We also believe, and therefore also we speak;

¹³Otira, i te mea kei a matou taua wairua ra ano o te whakapono, te mea i tuhituhia ra, i whakapono ahau, koia ahau i korero ai; whakapono ana ano matou, koia hoki matou ka korero nei;

¹⁴knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.

¹⁴E matau ana hoki matou, tera te kaiwhakaara o te Ariki, o Ihu, e whakaara ano hoki i a matou me Ihu, e whakatu ngatahi ano i a matou me koutou.

¹⁵For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

¹⁵Hei painga hoki ki a koutou na mea katoa, kia waiho ai ma te aroha noa, e whakanuia nei e te tokomaha, e whakawhetai, kia hira rawa ai te kororia o te Atua.

¹⁶Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

¹⁶Koia hoki tatou te ngakaukore ai; heoi ahakoa haere iho tatou ki te pirau, ara to waho tangata, e whakahoutia ana ano to roto i tenei ra, i tenei ra.

¹⁷For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

¹⁷Ko to tatou mamae mama nei hoki, rangitahi kau nei, hei whakawhiwhi i a tatou kia tino nui haere rawa atu te taimaha o te kororia, he mea mau tonu;

¹⁸while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

¹⁸I a tatou kahore nei e titiro ki nga mea e kitea ana, engari ki nga mea kahore e kitea: he mea nonaianei noa hoki nga mea e kitea ana; he mea mau tonu ia nga mea kahore e kitea.