검색어: whakawhanau (마오리어 - 영어)

nau ia ahau i whakawhanau mai i roto i te kopu, i mea hoki kia tumanako, i ahau i nga u o toku whaea
but thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when i was upon my mother's breasts.

na ka mea te kingi o ihipa ki nga wahine whakawhanau i nga wahine a nga hiperu; ko te ingoa o tetahi ko hipera, ko te ingoa hoki o tetahi ko pua
and the king of egypt spake to the hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was shiphrah, and the name of the other puah:

ka pehea tau kupu ina whakanohoia e ia ou hoa ki runga ake i a koe hei mahunga, nau na hoki ratou i ako hei rangatira, hei ariki mou? e kore ianei koe e mau pu i te mamae, ano he wahine e whakawhanau ana
what wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?

i ki ia, e whakawhanau korua i nga wahine a nga hiperu, a ka kite i a ratou i runga i nga kumete, ki te mea he tamaiti tane, whakamatea; he kotiro ia, kia ora tena
and he said, when ye do the office of a midwife to the hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

ka rite ki te patiri, e whakawhaiti nei i nga pi, ehara i a ia i whakawhanau, he pera te tangata e whiwhi ana ki te taonga, a kahore i tika mana; i waenganui o ona ra ka mahue ia i a ratou, a wairangi noa iho ia i tona mutunga iho
as the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.