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-'''Henry Opukahai'a''' was the first Hawaiian [[Christian]].
-An orphan, he was raised by his uncle to be a [[pagan]] priest.  He left [[Hawaii]] for New England with a friend named Thomas Hopu.  There Yale students told them about [[Jesus]] and they converted to Christianity.
-Henry studied Greek and Hebrew, and translated parts of the [[Bible]] into his native tongue.
-His memoirs sold 500,000 copies after he passed away in 1818.  He wrote:<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-03-31&view=View</ref>
-:My poor countrymen, without knowledge of the true God, and ignorant of the future world, have no Bible to read, no Sabbath.
-== References ==
-<references/>
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Opukahai'a, Henry}}
-[[Category:Religious People]]

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