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Ingarihi: Raphael — Hiperu: רָפָאֵל — Kariki: Ραφαήλ — Koteti: Ravahl.
Ko te Anahera Rangatira a Rāwhairo tētahi o ngā anahera rangatira tapu tokowhitu e tū ana i te aroaro o te torona o te Atua, ā, e whakahōnoretia ana ia e te Hāhi Tapu hei kaiwhakaora nui, hei kaitiaki mō te hunga haere, hei kaiāwhina ngāwari mō te hunga e mate ana. Kua whakahuatia tōna ingoa i roto i te Pukapuka a Topia (tētahi o ngā pukapuka ā-ture o te Paipera Tapu, "te Kawenata Tawhito," kāore i whakaurua e te rōpū Pōtetāna ki te whakaputanga Pēruti o te Paipera). I reira ka whakaatu ia i a ia anō, ka mea, "Ko ahau a Rāwhairo te anahera, tētahi o te tokowhitu e tū ana i te aroaro o te Ariki" (Topia 12:15). Ko te tikanga o te kupu "Rāwhairo" ko "te rongoā a te Atua," ā, e karangatia ana ia e ētahi o ngā Mātua ko te anahera "e whakahari ana i ngā ngākau," nā te mea kua tonoa ia ki te takai i ngā tūnga o te tinana me te wairua.
Ka kōrero mai te Pukapuka a Topia ki a tātou i ngā merekara maha i mahia e te anahera a Rāwhairo mō Topia me tōna pāpā; ā, nā te hiranga o tēnei kōrero, ka tuhia katoatia e mātou, kia kitea ai te hiranga o te anahera a Rāwhairo i waenga i ngā ope rangi. I te wā i tonoa ai e Topia te tika, kua matapō nei, tāna tama a Topia ki tētahi haerenga roa, kīkī i te mōrearea, ki te tiki i tētahi nama, ka tonoa e te Ariki, i runga i tōna aroha, tāna anahera a Rāwhairo ki te haere i te taha o te taiohi i te āhua o te hoa haere.
I te ara ka tiakina e te anahera a Topia mai i tētahi ika nui i whai kia horomia ai ia, ka whakaakona ia ki te whakamahi i te ngākau, i te ate, me te au mō te whakaoranga. Nā te tohutohu a te anahera ka marenatia a Topia ki a Hara pono, nāna nei i peia atu e te anahera te wairua kino e whakamamae ana i a ia; ā, i te mutunga o te haerenga ka pania e te anahera ngā kanohi o Topia kaumātua, kia kite anō ai te pāpā i te māramatanga o te rangi. Kātahi ka whakaatu te anahera i a ia anō:
"Nā ka whakahoki a Topia, ka mea ki tōna pāpā: E pāpā, he aha te utu hei hoatutanga mā tāua ki a ia? He aha hoki te mea e rite ana ki āna mahi pai? Nāna ahau i tango, i whakahoki ora mai; nāna i tiki te moni i a Kāperu; nāna i whiwhi ai ahau ki taku wahine; nāna i pupuri te wairua kino i a ia; nāna i whakahari ōna mātua; nāna ahau i whakaora kei horomia e te ika; nāna anō hoki koe i mea kia kite i te māramatanga o te rangi...
Kātahi ia (te anahera a Rāwhairo) ka kōrero puku ki a rāua, ka mea: Whakapaingia te Atua o te rangi, whākina hoki ia i te aroaro o te hunga ora katoa mō ngā atawhai kua whakaaturia e ia ki a kōrua... Ko ahau, ka whakaaturia e ahau te pono ki a kōrua, e kore hoki e huna i a kōrua tētahi mea ngaro. I a kōrua e īnoi ana me te roimata, e tanu ana i te hunga mate, e waiho ana i tā kōrua kai, e huna ana i te hunga mate i roto i tō kōrua whare i te ao, e tanu ana i a rātou i te pō, i kawea e ahau tā kōrua īnoi ki te Ariki. Ā, nā te mea i manakohia kōrua e te Atua, me whakamātautau kōrua.
Nā kua tonoa nei ahau e te Ariki ki te whakaora i a koe, ki te whakaora hoki i a Hara tāu hunaonga i te rewera. Ko ahau hoki ko Rāwhairo te anahera, tētahi o te tokowhitu e tū ana i te aroaro o te Ariki. Nā, i tō rāua rongonga i āna kōrero, ka ohomauri rāua, ka takoto whakatakapū ki te whenua, ka wiri. Nā ka mea te anahera ki a rāua: Kia tau te rangimārie ki a kōrua; kaua e wehi, nā te mea i ahau i a kōrua, i mahi ahau i runga i te hiahia o te Atua; whakapaingia ia, whakamoemititia hoki. He pono i kitea e kōrua e kai ana, e inu ana ahau i a kōrua;
engari he kai kāore e kitea, he wai kāore e kitea e te tangata, tāku e whiwhi nei. Nā kua tae ki te wā e hoki ai ahau ki tērā nāna nei ahau i tono mai; engari whakapaingia te Atua, korerotia hoki āna merekara katoa." (Topia 12:2-20)
E whakaatu ana tēnei kōrero ātaahua ki a tātou i te mana o te īnoitanga a ngā anahera me tō rātou aroha ki te tangata, nā te mea i noho roa ia me Topia kia āwhinatia ai, kia whakaorangia ai, kia tiakina ai ia i tōna haerenga; ā, i kai ia, i inu i mua i a rātou, nā reira kāore a Topia i mōhio he anahera ia i tonoa mai e te Atua, tae noa ki te wā i whakaatu ai te anahera a Rāwhairo i a ia anō, kei mataku a Topia i tōna āhua. Nā konei ka ako te Hāhi i te kawenga o ngā anahera tapu i ā tātou īnoi me ō tātou roimata, pēnei i te whakakakara hauaitu, ki te aroaro o te torona o te Runga Rawa, ā, e mahi huna ana rātou ki ngā tangata whakapono e haere ana i te tika. Nā reira ka rapua e te hunga whakapono te īnoitanga a Rāwhairo mō te hunga mate me te hunga e mamae ana, mō te hunga e haere tawhiti atu ana i te kāinga, me ngā whare e raruraru ana i ngā mahanga a te hoariri.
Ka whakamaharatia ia e te Hāhi Koteti i te toru o ngā rā o te Marama Iti (te Nasi), ā, he kōrero rongonui tana mō Hata Anaroniki, i haere mai i Roma motuhake ki te hanga whare karakia ki tōna ingoa i Arehanaria, nā te mea i āwhina te anahera a Rāwhairo i a ia i tana īnoitanga ki a ia. Kua oati ia ki te hanga whare karakia ki tōna ingoa i ngā rā o Pāpa Theophilus, nāna nei i whakatutuki tana hiahia, ā, i whakawahia e ia āna tama tokorua hei pīhopa mō tō rāua tapu (ka kōrerotia tēnei merekara i roto i te taipitopito i te Synaxarium o te Hāhi — synaxarion — i te Synaxarium o te tekau mā waru o ngā rā o te marama o Babah).
He Whakakororia mō te Anahera Kororia a Rāwhairo:
"I puta mai tēnei hata, 'Anaroniki,' i Roma me āna tama tokorua, ā, i haere mai ki Arehanaria, ki tō tātou pāpā a Hata Anba Theophilus, ka mea pēnei: Kua puta mai ahau i tōku pā, e tōku pāpā tapu, ki Arehanaria me taku tama; engari kāore anō ahau kia rongo i te ingoa o Rāwhairo, te rangatira o ngā anahera, i te pā o Arehanaria... Nā te mea he pono kua whiriwhiria e te Atua ngā anahera rangatira tokowhitu i roto i ngā tikanga katoa... ko Mikaere, te mea nui i waenga i ngā anahera rangatira, ko ia te tuatahi i waenga i ngā anahera...
me Kāperiera hoki, te kaikauwhau whiriwhiri, ko ia te tuarua i roto i ngā tikanga katoa... E whakanuia ana a Mikaere, e whakahōnoretia ana a Kāperiera... engari ko Rāwhairo hoki kāore ahau i mōhio... Hōmai ki ahau te mana, e tōku pāpā tapu, ki te hanga whare karakia i runga i te ingoa o Rāwhairo. Nā ka whiwhi ia i tāna i tono ai ki te Ariki, ā, ko āna tama tokorua i meinga e ia hei pīhopa. Ko te whakamāramatanga o tōu ingoa kei roto i ngā waha o te hunga whakapono; E te Atua o Rāwhairo, āwhinatia mātou.
Nā te īnoitanga (Pukapuka o te Whakamoemiti ā-Tau) a te anahera a Rāwhairo, e te Ariki, hōmai ki a mātou te murunga o ō mātou hara."
Nā konei ka noho tonu te Anahera Rangatira tapu a Rāwhairo ki te tū i te aroaro o te Ariki hei kaimahi whakaora, hei kaitiaki pono, e whakaara ana i ngā īnoi a te hunga whakapono, e tiki iho ana i ngā atawhai a te Atua ki runga i te hunga mate, te hunga pōuri, me te hunga haere. Kia tau tōna īnoitanga ki a tātou. Āmine.
* Tirohia hoki: Ngā ingoa o ngā whare karakia i runga i te ingoa o te anahera a Rāwhairo, te kaiwhakahari ngākau, i Īhipa