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I te tekau mā rua o ngā rā o te marama manaaki o Paona, ka pupuri te Hāhi Tapu i te hākari kanapa o te Anahera Rangatira nui a Mikaera, te rangatira o ngā ope o te rangi me te kaiwawao mō te iwi katoa o te tangata. Ko tōna ingoa anō, i te reo o ngā Hīperu, he pātai e whakamā ai te hunga whakakake, e whakamārie ai te hunga iti: "Ko wai te rite ki te Atua?" Ko Mikaera hoki te tuatahi o ngā anahera rangatira tokowhitu e tū ana ki mua i te Runga Rawa, te upoko o ngā mana kore-tinana, te kaihāpai o te kara o te Kīngi o te korōria.
E tū tonu ana ia ki mua i te torona o te Atua, e tuku tonu ana ki a Ia te korōria me ngā herupima me ngā herapima, e whakaeke ana ki te Runga Rawa ngā īnoi me ngā tūmanako a te hunga whakapono i runga i te whenua, pērā i te mea kua tuhituhia he anahera e tuku ana i ngā īnoi a te hunga tapu ki runga i te aata koura kei mua i te torona, Whakakitenga 8:3.
E whakapuaki ana te Hāhi Tapu i tēnei: kua whakaritea a Mikaera nui e te Atua ki runga i te iwi o tana taonga tuku iho, hei kaitiaki mataara i whakaritea ki runga i ngā iwi o te hunga whakapono. I kite hoki a Raniera poropiti i a ia, ā, ka huaina e ia ko "Mikaera, ko tētahi o ngā tino rangatira," nāna i haere mai ki te āwhina i te whawhai o te rangi, Raniera 10:13; ā, ka huaina anō ia ko "te rangatira nui e tū ana mō ngā tamariki a tōu iwi," Raniera 12:1. Nā reira ka kite te Hāhi i roto i a ia i te kaiwawao tere o te Hāhi o te Karaiti, te kaiwhakamārie o te hunga mamae, me te kaiārahi i ngā wairua e wehe atu ana ki te wāhi o te okiokinga.
E whakapuaki ana te Karaipiture Tapu i tana mahi nui whakaharahara mai i te tīmatanga. I te tūnga o Hohua tama a Nunu ki mua i ngā taiepa o Heriko, ka puta te Anahera Rangatira a Mikaera ki a ia hei tangata me te hoari kua unuhia ki tōna ringa, me te whakakaha i a ia, me te kī, "Kāhore; engari he rangatira ahau nō te ope o Ihowā, kua tae mai nei," Hohua 5:14. Nā ka tapapa a Hohua ki te whenua, ka koropiko, nō te mea he tapu te wāhi i tū ai ia. Mā tēnei āwhina o te rangi i taka ai te pā kaha o Heriko ki ngā ringa o te iwi o te Atua, ā, i te whawhai a Hohua i muri mai, ka tū tonu te rā i te rangi kia oti ra anō te wikitōria. Nā reira ka whakaae te Hāhi ko Mikaera te rangatira o ngā ope o Ihowā, te kaiāwhina tere o te hunga tika, me te whakawehi o ngā rewera.
E whakaatu ana hoki a Hura te āpōtoro tapu i tōna mana, e kōrero ana i te pēheatanga o "Mikaera, te anahera rangatira, i tana tautohetohe ki te rēwera mō te tinana o Mōhi, kīhai ia i maia ki te whakapae kino ki a ia, engari i mea, Mā te Ariki koe e riri," Hura 1:9. Mā konei ka ako te Hāhi i te ngākau mahaki o te anahera rangatira nui, ahakoa tōna kaha nui, e whakapae ana i ngā mana katoa ki te Ariki anake. Ā, i te kitenga a Hoani te Karaipiture, ko Mikaera me āna anahera i whawhai ki te tarakona me āna anahera, me te whakataka i taua nakahi tawhito, arā ko te rēwera, kia kore ai ia e whakawai anō i ngā iwi, Whakakitenga 12:7. Nā reira ka rere te hunga whakapono ki tana whakamarumaru i ngā mahanga katoa a te hoariri.
I ngā rā o te Emepara whakapono a Constantine te Nui, e pōuri tonu ana ngā tāngata o Arehanaria i te karakia ki ngā whakapakoko. I taua rā tonu i waia rātou ki te whakahōnore i tētahi whakapakoko kore-ora, i whakatūria tana āhua me tana temepara i ngā wā o mua, me te tuku ki a ia ngā patunga tapu me ngā koha. Heoi anō, ka kauwhautia e te hēpara o te tāone te kupu o te pono ki te iwi, me te whakaatu ki a rātou i te wairangi o te koropiko ki ngā mea i hangaia e ngā ringa o te tangata, kāhore nei e nekeneke, e whakaaro, e whakaora rānei.
Nō te hurihanga o ngā ngākau o te iwi ki te Atua ora, ka turakina e te patereaka tapu taua whakapakoko, ka whakamākia tana temepara, ā, ka whakatapua hei whare karakia i runga i te ingoa whakahōnore o te Anahera Rangatira a Mikaera. Ka whakahau ia kia tukua e te iwi ki te hunga pōhara me te hunga rawakore ngā mea katoa i tukua e rātou ki te whakapakoko i mua, hei korōria mō te Atua, ā, kia whakanuia i tēnei rā te hākari o te rangatira nui o te rangi. Nā konā ka meinga te wāhi he ana o te hē i mua, hei whare īnoi, ā, ko te ingoa i poke i ngā rewera i mua, ka whakatapua e ngā whakamoemiti a te rangatira o ngā ope o te rangi.
Nā tēnei take ka whakaritea e te Hāhi o te Karaiti te tekau mā rua o ngā rā o ia marama Kopti hei whakamaharatanga tūturu mō te Anahera Rangatira whakahōnore a Mikaera, kia maumahara ai te hunga whakapono ki tana wawao kore-mutunga me tana tiaki ngākau aroha mō ngā tamariki a te tangata. Ko te mea nui rawa, ka pupuritia tana hākari me te kororia nui i te tekau mā rua o Paona, i te wā e waia ana te awa o Īhipa ki te ngawhā mō te whakamākūkū i te whenua, ā, ka īnoi te hunga whakapono i tana manaaki ki runga i ngā māra me ngā hua. I ana hākari ka huihui te hunga whakapono mō te Karakia Tapu, ka whakarite tēpu o te atawhai mō te hunga pōhara, me te īnoi i tana whakamarumaru ki runga i ō rātou wairua me ō rātou whenua.
Nā reira me rere tātou ki raro i ngā parirau o tēnei anahera rangatira nui, e koa nei mō te kaihara kotahi e ripeneta ana, Ruka 15:10, nāna nei i tonoa atu ki te minita mō te hunga e riro ai te whakaoranga, Hīperu 1:14. Mā te wawao a te Anahera Rangatira nui a Mikaera, te kaihāpai o te kara o te Kīngi o te korōria, me ngā īnoi e tukua tonutia ana e ia ki mua i te torona o te Atua, hei whakamarumaru me te āwhina mō tātou katoa. Mā tana wawao tātou e ārahi. Āmine.