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but he is short and parsuris
ko piripi te tama a māhaki rāua ko himiona, engari e noho ana ia i te whanganui-a-tara

the holiday is short and good.
ka kaukau i ngā wai wera. ka hīkoi i ngā ngahere.

they change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
ko te po kua meinga e ratou hei ao; ko te marama, e ki ana ratou, e tata tonu ana ki te pouri

that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
he poto te wa e whakamanamana ai te tangata kino, a ko te hari o te tangata atuakore he wheriko kau

but this i say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
ko taku kupu ia tenei, e oku teina, e tutata ana te wa: heoi inaianei tera e rite te hunga whai wahine ki te hunga kahore nei a ratou