¹Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

¹¶ E nga tamariki, kia ngohengohe ki o koutou matua i roto i te Ariki: ko te mea tika hoki tenei.

²“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

²Whakahonoretia tou papa me tou whaea; ko te ture tuatahi tenei i runga i te kupu whakaari,

³“that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.” Deuteronomy 5:16

³Kia hua ai te pai ki a koe, kia roa ai hoki tou noho i te whenua.

⁴You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

⁴Me koutou hoki, e nga matua, kei whakapataritari i a koutou tamariki kia riri; engari whakatupuria ake ratou i runga i te whakaako, i te whakatupato a te Ariki.

⁵Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;

⁵E nga pononga, kia ngohengohe ki o koutou rangatira o te wahi ki te kikokiko, me te wehi, me te wiri, i runga i te ngakau tapatahi, ano ki a te Karaiti;

⁶not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

⁶Kaua hei ta te kanohi mahi, hei whakamanawareka tangata noa; engari hei ta nga pononga a te Karaiti, e mahi a ngakau ana i ta te Atua i pai ai;

⁷with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;

⁷Kia mahi i runga i te whakaaro pai, ano ki te Ariki, kahore ki te tangata:

⁸knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.

⁸Kia matau hoki, ko te pai e mea ai te tangata, ka whakawhiwhia mai ano ia ki tenei e te Ariki, ahakoa pononga, ahakoa rangatira.

⁹You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

⁹E nga rangatira, kia pera ano hoki ta koutou ki a ratou; kati te whakawehi: kia matau hoki ko to koutou Ariki me to ratou kei te rangi; kahore hoki ana whakapai kanohi.

¹⁰Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

¹⁰¶ Heoi, kia kaha i roto i te Ariki, i te mana hoki o tona kaha.

¹¹Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

¹¹Kakahuria iho nga mea whawhai katoa a te Atua, kia taea ai e koutou nga mahi tinihanga a te rewera te tu ki te riri.

¹²For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

¹²Ehara hoki ta tatou i te pakanga ki te kikokiko, ki nga toto, engari ki nga rangatiratanga, ki nga mana, ki nga ariki o te pouri o tenei ao, ki nga taua wairua kino o nga wahi i te rangi.

¹³Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

¹³Mo konei kia mau ki nga mea whawhai katoa a te Atua, kia taea ai e koutou te tu atu ki te riri i te ra kino, a ka poto i a koutou nga mea katoa te mahi, kia tu.

¹⁴Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

¹⁴E tu ra, he mea whitiki o koutou hope ki te pono, kakahuria iho ano hoki ko te tika hei pukupuku;

¹⁵and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace;

¹⁵Herea iho te rongopai o te rangimarie hei hu mo o koutou waewae, kia takatu ai;

¹⁶above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.

¹⁶Mo waho i enei mea katoa e mau ki te whakapono hei whakangungu rakau, e taea ai e koutou te tinei nga matia muramura katoa a te wairua kino.

¹⁷And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word from Greek rhema, which means spoken word of God;

¹⁷E mau hoki ki te ora hei potae, ki te hoari hoki a te Wairua, ara ki te kupu a te Atua.

¹⁸with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

¹⁸Kia pau te inoi me te tohe, me inoi i nga wa katoa i roto i te Wairua, kia mataara hoki koutou ki taua mea, me te u tonu ki te tohe mo te hunga tapu katoa;

¹⁹on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,

¹⁹¶ Moku ano hoki, kia homai he kupu ki ahau, kia maia ai te puaki o toku mangai, ki te whakaatu i te mea ngaro, ara i te rongopai;

²⁰for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

²⁰Ko tana karere nei ahau, he mea mekameka; kia maia ai ahau ki taua korero, kia rite ai taku korero ki te mea i tika.

²¹But that you also may know my affairs, how I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make known to you all things;

²¹Na, kia matau ai koutou ki akau mea, ki aku mahi, ma Tikiku e whakaatu nga mea katoa ki a koutou, he teina aroha nei ia, he minita pono i roto i te Ariki.

²²whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts.

²²Mo reira i tonoa atu ai ia e ahau ki a koutou, kia matau ai koutou ki to matou ahua, a kia whakamarietia ai e ia o koutou ngakau.

²³Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

²³Kia tau ki nga teina te rangimarie, te aroha, me te whakapono, he mea na te Atua Matua, na te Ariki hoki, na Ihu Karaiti.

²⁴Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love. Amen.

²⁴Kia tau te aroha noa ki te hunga katoa e aroha ana, he aroha parakore, ki to tatou Ariki, ki a Ihu Karaiti. Amine.