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the Archangel

Of the Seven Archangels

Te Anahera Matua a Sarathielthe Archangel

E maharatia ana a Sarathiel te Anahera Matua i roto i ngā waiata whakamoemiti Koputi hei tētahi o ngā anahera matua tapu tokowhitu.

The Story

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Ka whakahuatia te ingoa o Sarathiel (e tuhia ana hoki ko Saraphiel) i roto i te toxologia Koputi o ngā ope rangi i waenganui i ngā anahera matua tapu tokowhitu e tū ana i mua i te torona o te Atua: Mikaera, Kapariera, Rāpaera, Huriera, Herakiera, Sarathiel, me Anaaniera. I roto i te tikanga Koputi Ōrotoko, ko ēnei tokowhitu ngā rangatira nui o ngā mana kāore he tinana, ngā wairua minita e tonoa ana e te Atua ki te mahi mā te hunga ka riro mai te whakaoranga.

Content

Ka homai e te Karaipiture te tirohanga whānui o tēnei rōpū anahera. I kite a Hato Hoani i "ngā anahera tokowhitu e tū ana i te aroaro o te Atua" (Whakakitenga 8:2 (Revelation 8:2)), ā, e kī ana te Pukapuka a Tōpia i te anahera matua a Rāpaera e kī ana ko ia "tētahi o ngā anahera tapu tokowhitu, e kawe ana i ngā īnoi a te hunga tapu, e haere ana ki roto, ki waho hoki i te aroaro o te korōria o te Mea Tapu" (Tōpia 12:15 (Tobit 12:15)). E mōhio ana te Hāhi e uru ana a Sarathiel ki tēnei tohu teitei anō, he mura nō te ahi rangi, ko tōna ingoa, pērā i ngā ingoa o ōna teina anahera matua, ka mutu ki te kupu e kī ana "nō te Atua" — nō te mea kāore he mea ake o ngā anahera tapu, engari ka ora rātou ki a Ia anake nāna rātou i hanga.

Ko te mahi a ngā anahera matua he whakakorōria i te Runga Rawa me te kore mutunga, he kawe i ngā īnoi a te hunga whakapono ki mua i tōna torona, me te tonoa hei karere, hei kaitiaki hoki mō te whakaoranga o te tangata. I roto i te heteni Koputi ka īnoi te Hāhi ki te Ariki kia homai te murunga hara mā ngā wawaotanga o ngā anahera matua tapu me ngā tohu rangi; i roto i tēnei īnoi ka whakaarahia te ingoa o Sarathiel me ōna teina. Kei waenganui ia i te hunga kaha o te kaha, e mahi ana i ngā whakahau a te Ariki, e whakarongo ana ki te reo o tāna kupu (Waiata 103:20 (Psalms 103:20)), ā, ka tiaki ia i ngā tamariki o te Hāhi hei pononga pono o te whakaaro a te Atua.

Nā tēnei take kāore te Hāhi e pupuri i tētahi kōrero whenua motuhake mō Sarathiel, pērā i tāna mahi mō ngā hunga tapu me ngā kaiwhakaatu mate, engari ka maumahara ki a ia i roto i te ritenga karakia me ngā toxologia hei tētahi o ngā anahera matua tokowhitu e titiro ana ki te mata o te Matua. Nā konei ko tōna maharatanga he whakaaturanga karakia: ina whakamoemititia ngā ope rangi i roto i ngā īnoi a te Hāhi Koputi Ōrotoko, ka whakahuatia a Sarathiel i waenganui i ngā rangatira tapu e minita ana i mua i te Atua, e wawao ana mō tōna iwi. I te whakahōnore o te Hīnakitenga (Synaxarium) i ngā tohu anahera e minita ana i te torona o te korōria, ka īnoi te hunga whakapono i ā rātou īnoi, kia mā te wawaotanga o ēnei wairua manaakitia rātou e tiakina ai i ngā mahanga katoa, ā, ka ārahina i te mutunga ki te rangatiratanga o te rangi.

Kia tau tāna wawaotanga ki a mātou. Āmine.

Titles

Archangel of the Lord

Of the Seven Standing Before God

Messenger of the Most High

Of the Heavenly Hosts

Servant of the Divine Presence

Doxology · salutations to the Archangel

The Hymn

A best-effort translation for meaning — not the original poetic text.

Kia tau te rangimārie ki a koe, e te Anahera Matua a Sarathiel, anahera matua o ngā ope mārama.

E maharatia ana koe e te Hāhi me Mikaera, me Kapariera, me Rāpaera, me Huriera, me Herakiera, me Anaaniera i roto i te whakamoemiti o ngā tohu rangi.

Inoi mō mātou ki mua i te Ariki, kia homai e Ia te murunga hara.

Tiakina mātou i roto i te wehi o te Atua, i roto hoki i te mātauranga o āna whakahau.

E te pononga o te mea ngaro tapu, e tū ana i mua i te torona,

wawaohia te iwi o te Karaiti, kia ora rātou i roto i te rangimārie me te hari.