Te Anahera Matua a Kāpariera

Story

I tēnei rā, ka maharatia e te Hāhi te Anahera Matua a Kāpariera te Kaikauwhau, he nui nei tōna honore ki te aroaro o te Atua. Ko ia tētahi o ngā anahera matua tokowhitu e tū ana ki mua i te torona o te Atua i te rangi, e mahi ana ki a ia, e koropiko ana ki tōna aroaro, e whakatutuki ana i tāna kupu i te wā e rongo ai rātou i te reo o tōna nui. I roto i te rārangi o ngā ope o te rangi e huaina ana i roto i te Hāhi, ko Kāpariera te tuarua i muri i te Anahera Matua a Mikaera, ā, ko tōna ingoa anō e kauwhau ana i tāna mahi minita, nā te mea ko tōna tikanga ko "Ko te Atua tōku kaha" me "te mea kaha o te Atua."

Ko Kāpariera, i runga ake i ngā mea katoa, te karere o te rongo pai. I mauria e ia he rongo pai ki ngā poropiti o te Kawenata Tawhito me te hunga tika o te Kawenata Hou, ā, i ngā wāhi katoa i puta ai ia ka kawea e ia te whakamārietanga, e tīmata ana ki ngā kupu, "Kaua e wehi." Nāna anō i whakapuaki tōna honore i tāna kōrerotanga ki a Hakaraia te tohunga i te temepara, e mea ana, "Ko Kāpariera ahau, e tū nei i te aroaro o te Atua; kua tonoa mai hoki ahau ki te kōrero ki a koe, ki te whakaatu i tēnei rongo pai ki a koe." E hāngai ana tēnei ki te kupu a te Anahera Matua a Rapaera ki a Topia, "Ko Rapaera ahau, tētahi o ngā anahera tapu tokowhitu, e whakatakoto nei i ngā inoi a te hunga tapu," me ngā Wairua tokowhitu kei mua i te torona o te Atua, e whakahuatia ana e Hoani Tapu te Mea Arohaina i tāna Whakakitenga.

Ka rongo tuatahitia te ingoa o Kāpariera i te pukapuka a Raniera te poropiti. I a Raniera e rapu ana i te tikanga o te kitenga i kitea e ia i te taha o te awa o Urai, ka rongo ia i te reo o tētahi tangata e karanga ana, e mea ana, "Kāpariera, whakamāramatia te kitenga ki tēnei tangata." Kātahi ka whakatata mai a Kāpariera ki te wāhi i tū ai a Raniera, ā, i te wehi ka hinga a Raniera ki tōna mata; engari ka pā te anahera ki a ia, ka whakaarahia ake ia kia tū, ā, ka whakaaturia ki a ia ngā mea ka puta ā muri ake nei.

I te tuarua o ngā wā, i a Raniera e inoi ana, e whāki ana i tōna hara me te hara o tōna iwi o Iharaira, "ko Kāpariera, ko te tangata i kitea e ahau i te kitenga i te tīmatanga, ka meinga kia rere tere, ka pā mai ki ahau i te wā o te whakahere o te ahiahi," ā, ka whakapuakina e ia ki a ia te poropititanga nui o ngā Wiki e Whitu Tekau, e poropiti ana mō te taenga mai o te Mēhia, te whakamutunga o te poka tikanga, me te kawenga mai o te tika mutungakore, me te whakangaromanga o te temepara me te pā tapu.

Ā, anō, ka haere a Kāpariera ki a Raniera ki te taha o te awa nui o Tikiri ki te whakaatu kua rangona āna inoi me āna nohopuku, ki te whakakite hoki i ngā mea ka puta i ngā rā whakamutunga. I roto i ēnei katoa ka mauria e te anahera matua ngā rongo whakamārie me te māramatanga ki te poropiti arohaina.

Ko ngā mea i mahia e Kāpariera i te Kawenata Tawhito, i whakatutukitia e ia i runga i te korōria nui ake i te Kawenata Hou. Ko ia te mea i haere ki a Hakaraia te tohunga i a ia e mahi ana ki te aata whakakakara, e whakaatu ana i te whakautu ki tāna inoi: "Kaua e wehi, e Hakaraia: kua rangona hoki tāu inoi; ā, ka whānau tā tāu wahine, tā Erihapeti, he tama māu, ā, ka huaina e koe tōna ingoa ko Hoani," te kaiwhakapai i mua, Hoani Kaiiriiri Tapu, e koa ai te tokomaha i tōna whānautanga.

Ā, e ono marama i muri mai ka tonoa tēnei anahera matua anō e te Atua ki tētahi pā o Kariri, ki te Wahine Meri Tapu, ā, i tana oha ki a ia ka mea ia, "Tēnā koe, e te mea kua manakohia nuitia, kei a koe te Ariki: e manaakitia ana koe i roto i ngā wāhine." Ka whakaaturia e ia ki a ia te haputanga o te Tama kotahi a te Atua, e mea ana, "Ka tae te Wairua Tapu ki a koe, ā, ka taumarumaru te kaha o te Runga Rawa ki runga i a koe: nā reira hoki ka huaina te mea tapu e whānau i a koe ko te Tama a te Atua." Nō reira i tika a Kāpariera kia kauwhau i te whānautanga o te Kaiwhakaora ki te Theotokos, ā, mā tēnei whakapuakanga ka whakatata mai te whakaoranga o te ao.

E ai ki te kōrero tuku iho a ngā Hāhi āpōtoro o te Rāwhiti me te Hauāuru, ko Kāpariera anō te anahera i whakapuaki i te rongo pai ki ngā hēpara i te Whānautanga. I a rātou e tiaki ana i ā rātou kāhui i te pō, ka tae mai te anahera a te Ariki ki a rātou, ā, ka tiaho te korōria o te Ariki ki tā rātou taha, ā, ka tino wehi rātou; engari ka mea ia, "[Kaua e wehi: nā, he kaikawe ahau ki a koutou i te rongo pai o te hari nui, ka puta nei ki te iwi katoa.

Nō te mea kua whānau ki a koutou i tēnei rā, i te pā o Rāwiri, he Kaiwhakaora, ko te Karaiti, ko te Ariki](/mi/bible/maori/luke/2/10-11)." Ā, e mōhiotia ana nā Kāpariera i ārahi ngā tāngata mātauranga o te Rāwhiti mā te whetū ki Peterehema, ā, i muri ka whakatūpato i a rātou i roto i te moe kia kaua e hoki ki a Herora, nā reira i haere ai rātou ki tō rātou ake whenua mā tētahi atu ara. E whakamoemiti ana te Hāhi Koptika ki a ia i āna doxology, e karanga ana ki a ia "tēnei mea tino kaha, te anahera matua a Kāpariera, nāna i kawe te rongo pai ki ngā hēpara."

Mō ngā mea katoa kua mahia e te Atua mā tātou mā roto i tēnei anahera matua honore, tāna kauwhau i te Kaiwhakaora, tāna whakamārie i ngā poropiti, tāna tū ki mua i te torona, me tāna whakatakoto i ngā inoi a te hunga tapu, e tika ana kia whakahōnore, kia whakaute tātou i a ia, kia tono hoki i tāna whakawhitinga inoi. Kia tau tāna whakawhitinga inoi ki a tātou. Āmine.

Hymn

This hymn is a best-effort translation provided for meaning — not the original poetic text, and its wording may differ from the original.

Tēnā koe, e Kāpariera,

te rangatira o ngā ope o te rangi,

e tū ana i runga i te whakaute katoa

ki te aroaro o te Ariki o ngā Mana.

Ko te tuarua koe i tō tūnga

i waenga i ngā rārangi o te rangi,

he nui tāu whakawhitinga inoi,

e mau tonu ana i ngā wā katoa.

Ko tōu ingoa, e Kāpariera,

ka whakamāoritia ko "te mana o te Atua,"

e tū ana ki te aroaro o Emanuera,

e kauwhau ana i te Tama a te Atua.

E mea ana a Rāwiri mā te Wairua,

"Ka noho te anahera a te Atua

ki te taha o te hunga e wehi ana ki a ia,

ā, ka whakaora i a rātou i ngā wehi."

I te toru tekau o Baramhat,

he maharatanga utu nui,

ā, i te tekau mā toru o Paona,

ka mau tātou ki tāu hākari i runga i te koa.

I puta koe ki a Raniera,

e whakaatu mārama ana ki a ia

i te Kaiwhakaora o ngā wā katoa,

e whakapakari ana i te wairua i roto i a ia.

Ko Hakaraia anō hoki,

i whakaatu koe ki a ia mō Hoani,

i koa ia i te kitenga,

me Erihapeti tana wahine.

Ko tāu maharatanga kei ō mātou ngākau;

i te rua tekau mā rua

o tō mātou marama tuawhā

ka mau tātou ki te hākari i runga i te hari.

I mauria mai e koe te rongo pai

mai i te Ariki, i tō tātou Atua,

ki a Meri te Wahine

mō te whānautanga o tō tātou Kaiwhakaora.

I whakaatu koe ki ngā hēpara,

i runga i te koa utu nui,

i te whānautanga o te Tama a te Atua,

te Kaiwhakaora pono.

Korōria ki te Atua i runga rawa,

ā, ki runga i te whenua te rangimārie,

me te whakaaro pai ki ngā tāngata,

nā reira i hōrapatia te rangimārie.

"Ka kitea e koutou he tamaiti

e takoto ana i te whare kararehe,

me tōna whaea te Wahine,

he mea takai ki ngā kākahu."

Mā te whānautanga o tō tātou Kaiwhakaora

ka koa a Arama;

ka whakawhetai mātou ki a koe, e tō mātou anahera,

i tētahi hākari pēnei.

Tēnā koe, e Kāpariera,

te kaikawe i te rongo korōria nui,

i te whakatapunga o te hāhi tuatahi

i runga i Maunga Naqloun.

I te rua tekau mā ono o Paona,

ka mau ngā tāngata whakapono ki tāu hākari,

ki ngā whakatupuranga katoa,

e te mea arohaina, e te mea ahurei.

E tata ana koe i ngā mate,

ka inoi koe mō te iwi,

ka tono koe mā ngā karakia

mō ia momo tangata.

E te mea wairua,

e kākahuria ana ki te mārama,

ko ā mātou karakia me ā mātou tono

ka kawea ake e koe i runga i te hari katoa.

Ko te whakamāoritanga o tōu ingoa kei ngā waha

o ngā tāngata whakapono katoa;

ka mea katoa rātou, "E te Atua o te anahera a Kāpariera,

āwhinatia mātou katoa."