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and they called barnabas, jupiter; and paul, mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
a huaina ana e ratou a panapa ko hupita, a paora ko merekurai, no te mea ko ia te pu korero

now israel loved joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
na i arohaina nuitia a hohepa e iharaira i ana tama katoa, no te mea ko te tama ia o tona koroheketanga: a ka hanga e ia tetahi koti purepure mona

so these three men ceased to answer job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
heoi mutu ake te whakahoki kupu a enei tangata tokotoru ki a hopa, no te mea he tika ia ki tona nei whakaaro

and he sought to see jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
i whai ia kia kite i a ihu he pehea ranei ia: heoi kihai i taea ia i te mano, he tangata poto hoki

and because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
a, no te mea kotahi ta ratou mahi, ka noho ia ki a raua, ka mahi ratou: he tui teneti hoki ta raua mahi

this he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
i korerotia ai tenei e ia, ehara i te mea he whakaaro nona ki te hunga rawakore; erangi no te mea he tahae ia, i a ia hoki te putea, ko ia hoki hei mau i nga mea i whaongia ki roto

and as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of god should immediately appear.
a, i a ratou e whakarongo ana ki enei mea, ka korerotia ano e ia tetahi kupu whakarite, no te mea e tata ana ia ki hiruharama, e mea ana hoki ratou, ko taua wa pu ano whakakitea ai te rangatiratanga o te atua

and chenaniah, chief of the levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
na ko kenania ano, ko te upoko a nga riwaiti, hei whakahua: i whakaako ano ia ki te whakahua waiata; he mohio hoki ia

and he said unto jether his firstborn, up, and slay them. but the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
a ka mea ia ki tana matamua, ki a ietere, whakatika, patua raua. heoi kihai taua tamaiti i unu i tana hoari, i te wehi; he tamariki hoki

and their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in judah: but the kingdom gave he to jehoram; because he was the firstborn.
i hoatu hoki etahi hakari nui e to ratou papa ki a ratou, he hiriwa, he koura, he taonga utu nui, he pa taiepa i hura: ko te kingitanga ia i hoatu e ia ki a iehorama; no te mea ko ia te matamua

and he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
a kawea ana ahau e ia ki reira; na ko tetahi tangata, ko tona ahua, ano he parahi ki te titiro atu, he aho muka i tona ringa, he kakaho ano hei whanganga; i te kuwaha ia e tu ana

on the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought paul down, and set him before them.
na i te aonga ake ka mea ia kia matau ki te tikanga, ki te mea i whakawakia ai ia e nga hurai, ka wewete i ona here, ka whakahau kia haere mai nga tohunga nui, me to ratou runanga katoa, a arahina iho ana a paora, whakaturia ana ki to ratou aroa ro

and god's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the lord stood in the way for an adversary against him. now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
na ka mura te riri o te atua mona i haere, a ka tu te anahera a ihowa ki te ara hei hoariri mona. a i runga ia i tona kaihe e noho ana, ko ana tangata tokorua hoki ona hoa

and he returned to be healed in jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at ramah, when he fought with hazael king of syria. and azariah the son of jehoram king of judah went down to see jehoram the son of ahab at jezreel, because he was sick.
a hoki ana ia ki ietereere kia rongoatia nga tunga i tu ai ia ki rama, i tana whawhai ki a hataere kingi o hiria. na ko te haerenga mai o ataria tama a iehorama kingi o hura kia kite i a iehorama tama a ahapa ki ietereere, e mate ana hoki ia

there was also a lot for the tribe of manasseh; for he was the firstborn of joseph; to wit, for machir the firstborn of manasseh, the father of gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had gilead and bashan.
a ko te rota tenei i te iwi o manahi; ko ia hoki te matamua a hohepa. i a makiri, i te matamua a manahi, matua o kireara, i te mea he tangata hapai pakanga ia, i a ia a kireara, a pahana

mahana is the story of a powerful rivalry between two maori families who make their living as shearers around gisborne, on the east coast of the north island, in the early 1960s.
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and he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high god ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
a aia atu ana ia i roto i nga tama a te tangata, i meinga ano tona ngakau kia rite ki o nga kararehe; i nga kaihe mohoao ano hoki tona nohoanga, he mea whangai ia ki te tarutaru, ano he kau; i maku ano tona tinana i te tomairangi o te rangi, a m ohio noa ia kei te kawana te atua, te runga rawa, ki te kingitanga tangata, e whakaritea ana hoki e ia ma tana e pai ai

and also by the hand of the prophet jehu the son of hanani came the word of the lord against baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the lord, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of jeroboam; and because he killed him.
i kawea ano e iehu poropiti tama a hanani te kupu a ihowa mo paaha ratou ko tona whare, mo te kino katoa i meatia e ia ki te aroaro o ihowa, mo tana whakapataritari i a ia ki nga mahi a ona ringa, mona i rite ki te whare o ieropoama, mo tana patu nga hoki i a ia