1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s 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 one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one. 3 I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts to die together and live together. 4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

5 For even when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side. Fightings were outside. Fear was inside. 6 Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly, God, comforted us by the coming of Titus, 7 and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

8 For though I grieved you with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I see that my letter made you grieve, though just for a while. 9 I now rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you were grieved to repentance. For you were grieved in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death. 11 For behold, this same thing, that you were grieved in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vindication! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter. 12 So although I wrote to 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 revealed in you in the sight of God. 13 Therefore we have been comforted. In our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all. 14 For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth. 15 His affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers all of your obedience, how with fear and trembling you received him. 16 I rejoice that in everything I am confident 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.