Read 2 Koriniti 6

2 Koriniti6

¹Nā, tēnei mātou ōna hoa mahi te tohe atu nei i a koutou, kia kaua e kore hua te rironga mai o te aroha noa o te Atua i a koutou.²E mea ana hoki ia,“Nō te wā manakohanga atui whakarongo ai ahau ki a koe,āwhinatia ana hoki koe e ahaui te rā o te whakaoranga.”Nanā, tēnei te wā manakohanga mai; nanā, tēnei te rā o te whakaoranga!

³E kore hoki e hoatu e mātou tētahi take e hē ai, ahakoa i te aha, kei whakahēngia tā mātou mahi minita;⁴engari, i ngā mea katoa e whakakite ana i a mātou, he minita nā te Atua, i runga i te hua o te manawanui, i ngā tūkinotanga, i ngā aituā, i ngā rarunga,⁵i ngā whiunga, i ngā hereheretanga, i ngā ngangaretanga, i ngā māuiuitanga, i ngā mataaratanga, i ngā nohoanga pukutanga;⁶i runga i te kinokore, i te mātauranga, i te manawanui, i te ngākau ngāwari, i te Wairua Tapu, i te aroha tinihangakore,⁷i runga i te kupu o te pono, i te kaha o te Atua, i ngā mea whawhai o te tika ki matau, ki mauī,⁸i runga i te korōria, i te hōnorekore, i te kupu kino, i te kupu pai; me te mea he hunga tinihanga, ā, he hunga pono anō.⁹Me te mea kāhore e mōhiotia, otiia e mōhiotia nuitia ana; me te mea ka mate, heoi, tēnei anō mātou te ora nei; me te mea e pākia ana, heoi kāhore e whakamatea;¹⁰me te mea e pōuri ana, heoi, e hari tonu ana; me te mea e rawakore ana, heoi, e mea ana i te tokomaha kia whai taonga; me te mea kāhore ā mātou aha, otiia, kei a mātou ngā mea katoa.

¹¹Tuwhera tonu ō mātou māngai ki a koutou, e ngā Koriniti, kua nui tō mātou ngākau.¹²Ehara i te mea nō mātou te kūiti i a koutou, engari, nō ō koutou ngākau te kūiti.¹³Nā, hei utu e rite ana, he kupu tēnei nāku ki āku tamariki, kia whakanuia anō hoki koutou.

He Whakatūpato ki ngā Awe o te Hunga Whakapono kore

¹⁴Kei iokatia kētia koutou ki te hunga whakapono kore. Nō hea hoki te whakahoatanga o te tika rāua ko te tutū? Nō hea hoki te huihuinga tahitanga o te mārama ki te pōuri?¹⁵Ko ēhea mea a te Karaiti i huihuia ki a Periara? Nā tēhea wāhi rānei i huanga ai te tangata whakapono ki te tangata whakapono kore?¹⁶Ā, kei hea he tatanga mō te whare tapu o te Atua ki ngā whakapakoko? He whare tapu hoki koutou nō te Atua ora; ko tā te Atua hoki tēnā i mea ai:“Ka noho ahau i roto i a rātou,ka hāereere ahau i roto i a rātou;ā, ko ahau hei Atua mō rātou,ko rātou hoki hei iwi māku.”

¹⁷Mō konei,“Puta mai i roto i a rātou,kia motu kē, e ai tā te Ariki.Kaua hoki e pā ki te mea poke;ā, ka riro mai koutou i ahau;¹⁸Ko ahau anō hoki hei Matua mō koutou,ko koutou hoki hei tama hei tamāhine ki ahau,e ai tā te Ariki Kaha Rawa.”