Results for he kuri tera translation from Maori to English

he kuri ahau
i am a dog

ka hoki mai ratou i te ahiahi, kei te tau, ano he kuri, taiawhiotia ana e ratou te pa
they return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

i te ahiahi tukua ratou kia hoki, tukua ratou kia tau, ano he kuri, kia taiawhio ratou i te pa
and at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

he whai i a wai i puta mai ai te kingi o iharaira? ko wai tenei te arumia nei e koe? he kuri mate, he puruhi
after whom is the king of israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

na ka mea te pirihitini ki a rawiri, he kuri ahau i haere mai ai koe me nga tokotoko ki ahau? na, kanga iho a rawiri e te pirihitini ki ona atua
and the philistine said unto david, am i a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? and the philistine cursed david by his gods.

ko ona tutei, he matapo katoa, kahore e mohio; he kuri reokore katoa ratou, e kore e tau; he momoe, he takoto, e matenui ana ki te moe
his watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

ae ra, he kuri apo kai ratou, kahore rawa e makona; he hepara enei e kore e ngoto te matauranga; anga katoa ana ratou ki tona ara, ki tona ara, ki te mea taonga mona i tona wahi, i tona wahi
yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.