2 Timothy 4

Preach the word

Ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koe i te aroaro o te Atua, o Karaiti Īhu hoki, māna nei e whakawā te hunga ora me te hunga mate, i te āhua o tōna putanga mai me tōna rangatiratanga, ²kauwhautia te kupu; tohea i ngā wā pai, i ngā wā kino; rīria te hē, whakahēngia iho, whakahaua, whakapaua te manawanui me te whakaako. ³Tēnei ake hoki te wā e kore ai rātou e whakarongo ki te whakaako tika; heoi, i te mea he taringa minamina ō rātou, ka apohia e rātou he kaiwhakaako e rite ana ki ō rātou nā hiahia.

⁴Ka tahuri kē ō rātou taringa i te pono, ka anga atu ki ngā kōrero tito noa. ⁵Kia mau ia koe i ngā mea katoa; tukua atu ngā mamae ki a koe; mahia te mahi a te kaikauwhau i te rongopai; whakapaua tāu mahi minita. ⁶Tēnei hoki ahau kei te ringihia, kua rite anō te wā hei haerenga mōku.

⁷Kua whawhaitia e ahau te whawhai pai, kua omakia tōku omanga, kua rite i ahau te whakapono. ⁸Kei te takoto mai mōku i ngā wā ō muri nei te karauna o te tika, e hōmai ki ahau ā taua rā e te Ariki, e te kaiwhakawā tika. He teka ki ahau anake, engari ki te hunga katoa anō hoki kua matenui ki tōna putanga mai.

I have finished the race

⁹Kia puta tōu uaua ki te haere wawe mai ki ahau; ¹⁰kua whakarērea ahau e Rīmaha, he aroha nōna ki tēnei ao, ā, haere ana ia ki Teharonika; kua riro atu a Kerekena ki Karatia, a Taituha ki Raramatia. ¹¹Ko Ruka anake kei ahau. Tēnā a Māka mauria mai hei hoa mōu; he pai hoki ia mō tāku mahi minita.

¹²Kua tonoa e ahau a Tikiku, ki Epeha. ¹³Ka haere mai koe, mauria mai te koroka i mahue atu i ahau ki Toroa, ki a Karapu, me ngā pukapuka; tēnā rawa ia ngā kirihipi. ¹⁴He maha ngā kino i meatia mai e Arehānera, e te kaimahi parāhi ki ahau. Mā te Ariki e hoatu ki a ia he utu e rite ana ki āna mahi.

¹⁵Kia tūpato hoki koe ki a ia; he rahi rawa hoki tāna totohe ki ā mātou kupu.

The Lord stood by me

¹⁶I tāku kōrerotanga tuatahi, i karo ai i ahau, kāhore he tangata hei tuarā mōku, heoi, whakarērea ake ahau e te katoa. Kaua tēnei e whakairia ki a rātou. ¹⁷I tū ia te Ariki ki tōku taha, nāna hoki ahau i whakakaha; kia whakapaua rawatia ai e ahau te kauwhau, kia rongo katoa ai ngā tauiwi. Ā, tōia mai ana ahau i roto i te māngai o te raiona. ¹⁸Tērā ahau e tōia mai e te Ariki i roto i ngā mahi kino katoa, e whakaorangia hoki tae noa ki tōna rangatiratanga i te rangi. Waiho atu i a ia te korōria ake ake. Āmine.

Final greetings

¹⁹Oha atu ki a Pirihira rāua ko Akuira, ki te hunga anō hoki o te whare o Onehipora. ²⁰I noho atu a Eratu i Koriniti; ko Toropimu i mahue atu, i ahau ki Miretu, he mate. ²¹Kia puta tōu uaua ki te haere mai i mua o te hōtoke. Tēnei te oha atu nei ki a koe a Ūpuru, a Purena, a Rinuha, a Karauria, me ngā tēina katoa.

²²Kia noho te Ariki ki tōu wairua. Kia tau te aroha noa ki a koutou.