1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

2 Open your hearts to us: we wronged no man, we corrupted no man, we took advantage of no man. 3 I say it not to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together. 4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

5 For even when we were come into Macedonia our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. 6 Nevertheless he that comforteth the lowly, even God, comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7 and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort wherewith he was comforted in you, while he told us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced yet more. 8 For though I made you sorry with my epistle, I do not regret it: though I did regret it (for I see that that epistle made you sorry, though but for a season), 9 I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 11 For behold, this selfsame thing, that ye were made sorry after a godly sort, what earnest care it wrought in you, yea what clearing of yourselves, yea what indignation, yea what fear, yea what longing, yea what zeal, yea what avenging! In everything ye approved yourselves to be pure in the matter. 12 So although I wrote unto you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be made manifest unto you in the sight of God. 13 Therefore we have been comforted: and in our comfort we joyed the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit hath been refreshed by you all. 14 For if in anything I have gloried to him on your behalf, I was not put to shame; but as we spake all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth. 15 And his affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him. 16 I rejoice that in everything I am of good courage concerning you.

1 Na, i a tatou ka whiwhi nei ki enei kupu whakaari, e oku hoa aroha, tahuri tatou ki te horoi atu i a tatou i nga mea poke katoa o te kikokiko, o te wairua, me te whai ano ki te tino tapu i runga i te wehi ki te Atua.

2 Manako mai ki a matou; kahore a matou whakahaere he ki tetahi, kahore matou i kukume i tetahi ki te kino, kahore a matou whakapati i nga taonga a tetahi.

3 Ehara taku kupu nei i te mea hei whakatau he ki a koutou: kua mea atu na hoki ahau, kei o matou ngakau koutou mo te mate tahi, mo te ora tahi.

4 Nui atu toku maia ki te korero ki a koutou, nui atu toku whakamanamana mo koutou: ki tonu ahau i te whakamarie, hira ake toku koa i o matou matenga katoa.

5 I to matou taenga mai hoki ki Makeronia, kihai i whai okiokinga to matou kikokiko, heoi mate ana matou i nga taha katoa; i waho ko nga whawhai, i roto ko nga mataku.

6 Otira na te kaiwhakamarie o te hunga e whakaititia ana, ara na te Atua, nana matou i whakamarie, i a Taituha ka tae mai nei;

7 Ehara i te mea na tona taenga mai anake, engari na te whakamarietanga ano hoki i whakamarietia ai ia e koutou, i tana korerotanga mai ki a matou i to koutou hiahia nui, i to koutou tangi, i to koutou ngakau nui ki ahau; a ka koa rawa ahau.

8 Ahakoa hoki i whakapouritia koutou e ahau ki taku pukapuka, kahore ahau i te mea e he ana ahau, ahakoa i mahara pera i mua ra: kua kite nei hoki ahau na taua pukapuka koutou i mea kia pouri, ara pouri potopoto nei.

9 E hari ana tenei ahau, ehara i te mea mo te whakapouritanga i a koutou, engari no te mea i whakapouritia koutou a ripeneta iho: ko to koutou pouri hoki no ta te Atua, e kore noa iho ai koutou e whai he i a matou.

10 E meinga ana hoki e ta te Atua pouri he ripeneta e ora ai, he ripeneta kahore ona haku: ko ta te pouri ia o te ao e mahi ai he mate.

11 Titiro hoki, ko taua mea nei ano, ko ta te Atua whakapouritanga i a koutou, na, tana mahinga nui i roto i a koutou, ae ra, nga kupu whakatikatika i a koutou, te riri, te wehi, te hiahia, te ngakau nui, te whakapa riri! I nga mea katoa kua whakak ite nui koutou, kahore o koutou hara i tenei mea.

12 No reira, ahakoa i tuhituhi ahau ki a koutou, kahore ahau i tuhituhi atu mo te tangata nana te he, mo te tangata ranei ki a ia nei te he, engari kia whakakitea ai ki a koutou i te aroaro o te Atua te nui o to koutou matapopore ki a matou.

13 Koia matou i whai marietanga ai: a i to matou whakamarietanga hira noa ake to matou koa i te koa hoki o Taituha, no te mea kua whakahauoratia tona wairua e koutou katoa.

14 Mehemea hoki ahau i whakamanamana ki a ia ki tetahi mea a koutou, kahore ahau i meinga kia whakama; no te mea i korerotia e matou nga mea katoa ki a koutou i runga i te pono, waihoki ko to matou whakamanamana, i meinga nei e ahau i te aroaro o T aituha, kua kitea he pono.

15 A hira ake ano hoki tona ngakau aroha ki a koutou, i a ia e mahara ana ki te ngohengohe o koutou katoa, ki te wehi me te wiri i manako ai koutou ki a ia.

16 E hari ana ahau, no te mea ka marama toku whakaaro ki a koutou i nga mea katoa.