Results for kokonga translation from Maori to English

kokonga pukapuka
construction corner

ko te kohatu i kapea e nga kaihanga, kua meinga hei upoko mo te kokonga
the stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.

i whakaukia ona turanga ki runga ki te aha? na wai hoki i whakatakoto tona kohatu kokonga
whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

ko ia te kohatu i whakakahoretia na e koutou, e nga kaihanga, a kua meinga nei hei mo te kokonga
this is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

he pai ke te noho i te kokonga o te tuanui, i te noho tahi me te wahine ngangare i roto i te whare mahorahora
it is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

he mea hanga ki runga ki te turanga o nga apotoro ratou ko nga poropiti, ko ihu karaiti ano hei tino kamaka mo te kokonga
and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, jesus christ himself being the chief corner stone;

ina kotia e koutou nga hua o to koutou whenua, kaua e kotia rawatia nga kokonga o tau mara, kaua ano hoki e hamua nga toenga o au hua
and when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.

kua whakakuaretia nga rangatira o toana, kua tinihangatia nga rangatira o nopa; pohehe iho a ihipa i a ratou, ko ratou na ano te kohatu o te kokonga o nga iwi o reira
the princes of zoan are become fools, the princes of noph are deceived; they have also seduced egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.

a, kia rite a matou tama i to ratou taitamarikitanga ki nga mahuri e tupu ake ana; a matou tamahine hoki ki nga kohatu kokonga, whakapaipai rawa, no te whare rangatira te tauira
that our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

no roto i a ia te putanga ake o te kohatu o te kokonga, no roto i a ia te whao, no roto i a ia te kopere mo te tatauranga, no roto i a ia nga kaiakiaki katoa, rupeke, rupeke
out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.

he marae kei nga kokonga e wha o te marae, he mea karapoti mai, e wha tekau nga whatianga te roa, e toru tekau te whanui: ko enei e wha i nga kokonga, rite tonu te nui
in the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure.

mo reira tera wahi o te karaipiture, na, ka whakatakotoria e ahau ki hiona te tino kamaka o te kokonga, he mea whiriwhiri, he mea utu nui, a, ko te tangata e whakapono ana ki a ia e kore e tukua kia whakama
wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, behold, i lay in sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

na ko te kupu tenei a te ariki, a ihowa, nana, tenei ahau te whakatakoto nei i te kohatu ki hiona hei turanga, he kohatu kua oti te whakamatautau, mo te kokonga, he mea utu nui, he turanga u: ko te tangata e whakapono ana e kore e potatutatu
therefore thus saith the lord god, behold, i lay in zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.