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I te kāinga o Salam, i te takiwā o Abnoub i te porowini o Asyut i Ihipa-o-Runga, i whānau mai i te toru o ngā rā o Ākuhata i te tau 1923 he tamaiti, ko Nazir Gayed Roufail tōna ingoa, i wehea e te Atua mai i te kōpū o tōna whaea hei mahi mā tana Hāhi tapu. I whakatipuhia ia i roto i te karakia, ā, mai i tōna tamarikitanga i mura te aroha ki a te Karaiti i roto i tōna ngākau, nā reira, i a ia e tamaiti tonu ana, i mahi pono ia i roto i te kaupapa o ngā Kura Rātapu, e whakaako ana i ngā tamariki o tōna iwi ki te ara o te whakaoranga.
I tana otinga o āna akoranga, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te tohu mātauranga hītori mai i te whare wānanga, engari kāore ngā mea o tēnei ao i taea te whakamākona i te wairua e hiakai ana ki te Atua. I tomo ia ki te Kāreti Teōrana Koptik Ōrthodokoha, i tatau ia i waenga i ōna kaiako, ā, i tipu ia i roto i te mātauranga o ngā Karaipiture Tapu. Engari nā te karanga o te koraha i kukume ia i a ia, pērā i tana kukumetanga i ngā mātua nui i mua i a ia.
I te tekau mā waru o ngā rā o Hūrae i te tau 1954 i whakarere ia i te ao, ā, i tomo ia ki te Whare Mōnaki o te Wahine Tapu Hāmārie e mōhiotia ana ko Deir al-Suryan i te koraha o Wadi al-Natrun, i tango ia i te kākahu anahera me te ingoa Antonios al-Suryani. I reira i tuku katoa ia i a ia ki te īnoi, ki te nohopuku, me te mahi, ā, i whakaritea ia ki runga i te whare pukapuka tawhito o te whare mōnaki, i reira i whakatika ai ia i ōna tuhinga-ā-ringa utu nui. Kātahi, i te hiahia ki te āhua hōhonu ake, i wehe atu ia ki tētahi ana i hahua e ia ki ōna ake ringa, tawhiti mai i te whare mōnaki, ā, i noho ia ki reira hei tangata mokemoke mō ētahi ono tau, i roto i te īnoi me te whakaaroaro kāore e mutu, e whawhai ana ki ngā hiahia kino me te kōrero ki te Atua i roto i te wahangū o te koraha.
I te tau 1962 i karangahia ia e te Pāpa tapu Cyril VI mai i tana mokemoke, ā, i whakapā ia i ōna ringa ki runga i a ia, i whakatohungahia ia hei pīhopa mō te akoranga Karaitiana me te tumuaki o te kāreti teōrana, ā, i hoatu ki a ia te ingoa Shenouda i muri i te arikimanataraita nui o ngā Koptik. Hei hēpara whakaako i ringihia e ia a ia anō mō ngā taiohi, ā, i tini haere te tokomaha o ngā ākonga i raro i tana tiaki.
I muri i te moenga o te Pāpa Cyril VI, i tau te rota o te torona āpōtoro o Hato Māka ki runga i a ia, ā, i te tekau mā whā o ngā rā o Noema i te tau 1971 i whakanohoia ia hei Pāpa kotahi rau tekau mā whitu o Arekahanaria. Mō neke atu i te whā tekau tau i tiaki ia i te kāhui o te Karaiti me te ngākau o te matua. I whakaako ia i te iwi i ia wiki, i kohi i ngā mano hei whakarongo ki te kupu a te Atua; i tito ia i neke atu i te kotahi rau pukapuka mō te whakapono me te oranga wairua o te Hāhi, he maha i whakamāoritia ki ngā reo o ngā iwi; i whakatohunga ia i ngā tekau pīhopa me ngā rau tohunga, ā, i whakatō ia i ngā hāhi me ngā whare mōnaki puta noa i te whenua, kia kaua ngā tāngata whakapono Koptik kua marara ki tāwāhi e noho hēpara-kore.
Kāore te hēpara pai e oma i te rā o te whakamātautau. I roto i tētahi wā o te raru i mauheretia te Pāpa, i puritia hoki ia i te taratahi ki te whare mōnaki, e mau ana i te whakamātautau me te manawanui, e tuku ana i a ia anō ki te Atua; ā, i muri i ngā tau o tana whakamātautau i whakahokia ia ki tōna torona me tōna iwi, nāna ia i pōwhiri mai i runga i te koa nui. Tae noa ki ōna rā whakamutunga i mahi tonu ia, ahakoa kua tūpuhi i te māuiui me te koroheketanga, hei matua aroha tonu ki āna tamariki.
I moe ia i roto i te Ariki i te tekau mā whitu o ngā rā o Māehe i te tau 2012, arā ko te waru o Baramhat, i muri i tana tiakitanga i te Hāhi o Arekahanaria mō ētahi whā tekau tau me te whā marama. He tini whakaharahara i tangi mō tō rātou matua, ā, i runga i tana ake hiahia i takotoria tōna tinana ki te Whare Mōnaki o Hato Bishoy i Wadi al-Natrun, tata ki ngā kōiwi o ngā mātua o te koraha i arohaina e ia.
Mā āna īnoi me tana manaaki e noho ki a tātou. Āmine.