2 Timoti
1:1 Na Paora, na te apotoro a Ihu Karaiti i pai ai te Atua, i runga i ta te Karaiti
kupu whakaari mo te ora i roto ia Karaiti Ihu,
1:2 Ki a Timoti, ki taku tamaiti aroha: Kia tau te aroha noa, te mahi tohu, me te rangimarie, he mea na te Atua
Matua me Karaiti Ihu to matou Ariki.
1:3 E whakawhetai ana ahau ki te Atua, e mahi nei ahau ki a ia no oku tupuna i runga i te hinengaro ma;
mau tonu toku maharahara ki a koe i aku inoinga i te po, i te ao;
1:4 Nui atu toku hiahia kia kite ia koe, i ahau e mahara ana ki ou roimata, kia ora ai ahau
ki tonu i te hari;
1:5 Ka hoki ake nei toku mahara ki te whakapono tinihangakore i roto i a koe, ara
I noho tuatahi i roto i tou tupuna wahine, ia Roihi, i tou whaea hoki, ia Unihi; a ko ahau
i u na hoki tera i roto i a koe.
1:6 Koia ahau ka whakamahara nei i a koe, kia whakaungia ano e koe te mea homai noa a te Atua;
kei roto na i a koe na te whakapanga atu o oku ringaringa.
1:7 Kahore hoki i homai e te Atua ki a tatou te wairua o te wehi; engari mo te kaha, mo te aroha,
me te ngakau pai.
1:8 Na kei whakama koe ki te whakaatu i to tatou Ariki, i ahau ranei
tona herehere: engari kia uru tahi koe ki nga mate o te rongopai
i runga i te kaha o te Atua;
1:9 Nana tatou i whakaora, nana hoki tatou i karanga ki te karangatanga tapu, ehara i te mea e rite ana
a tatou mahi, engari i runga i tana ake whakaaro, i tana aroha noa, i homai nei
tatou i roto ia Karaiti Ihu i mua atu o te ao,
1:10 Inaianei ia kua whakakitea mai nei i te putanga mai o to tatou Kaiwhakaora, o Ihu Karaiti.
nana nei i whakakore te mate, nana hoki i kawe mai te ora me te matekore ki te marama
na roto i te evanelia:
1:11 A meinga ana ahau hei kaikauwhau mo taua mea, hei apotoro, hei kaiwhakaako
nga Tauiwi.
1:12 Ko te mea hoki tenei i pangia ai ahau e enei mea: otira kahore ahau
whakama: e matau ana hoki ahau ki taku i whakapono ai, a e u ana toku whakaaro ko ia tenei
ka taea e ahau te pupuri i taku i tuku atu ai ki a ia a taea noatia taua ra.
1:13 Kia mau ki te tauira mo nga kupu tika i rongo ra koe ki ahau, puritia i runga i te whakapono
me te aroha i roto ia Karaiti Ihu.
1:14 Ko te mea pai i tukua ra ki a koe, me pupuri e te Wairua Tapu
e noho nei i roto i a tatou.
1:15 E matau ana koe ki tenei, kua mawehe ke atu te hunga katoa i Ahia
ahau; no ratou a Paikeru raua ko Heremokeni.
1:16 Kia tohungia e te Ariki nga tangata o te whare o Onehipora; he maha hoki tona oranga ngakau
ki ahau, a kihai i whakama ki toku mekameka.
1:17 A, ia ia i Roma, i ata rapu marietia ahau e ia, a kitea ana
ahau.
1:18 Ma te Ariki e tuku ki a ia kia kite i te mahi tohu a te Ariki a taua ra.
e mohio ana ano koe ki te maha o ana mahi minitatanga ki ahau i Epeha
tino pai.