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I tēnei rā ka okioki a Hato Bishoy, te tangata e whakahōnoretia ana tana maharatanga, te whetū o te koraha. I whānau ia ki tētahi tāone ko Shansa te ingoa i Ihipa, ā, tokoono ōna tuākana. I kite tōna whaea i tētahi anahera i roto i te kitenga e kī ana ki a ia, "E mea ana te Ariki ki a koe, Homai ki a Au tētahi o āu tamariki hei mahi ki a Au." Ka whakahoki ia, "E te Ariki, tangohia tēnā e pai ai koe." Ka mau te anahera ki te ringa o Anba Bishoy, he tūpuhi ia, he ngoikore tōna tinana.
Ka mea tōna whaea ki te anahera, "E taku Ariki, tangohia tētahi kaha hei mahi ki te Ariki." "Ko tēnei te tangata kua whiriwhiria e te Ariki," ka whakahoki te Anahera. Nō muri mai, ka haere a Hato Bishoy ki te koraha o Shiheet, ā, ka whakatūria hei monaki e te ringa o Anba Bemwah (Bamouyah), nāna anō i whakatū a Hato Hoani "Yehness" te Poto hei monaki. I tino whawhai a Hato Bishoy i runga i te whakapau noa me ngā karakia maha i tau ai ki a ia te tika kia kite i te Ariki, i a te Karaiti.
Ka puta mai te Emepara a Constantine ki a ia i roto i tētahi kitenga, e kī ana, "Mehemea i mōhio au ki te nui o te honore o ngā monaki, kua whakarērea e au taku rangatiratanga, ā, kua riro hei monaki." Ka mea a Hato Bishoy ki a ia, "Kua peia e koe te karakia a ngā tauiwi, ā, kua whakanuia e koe te whakapono Karaitiana, ā, kāore anō te Karaiti i hoatu tētahi mea ki a koe?" Ka whakahoki te Emepara a Constantine ki a ia, "He maha ngā koha kua hoatu e te Ariki ki a au, engari kāore tētahi o aua koha e rite ki te honore o ngā monaki." I ōna rā ka puta mai tētahi kaumātua whakapau noa i te maunga o Ansena, i rongonui mō tana tika, ā, he tini ngā tāngata i huihui ki a ia.
Engari ka kotiti kē atu ia i te whakapono pono, ā, ka whakapohehetia ia e te rewera. I whakaako ia kāore he Wairua Tapu, ā, he tini i tinihangatia e ana kōrero. Ka rongo a Anba Bishoy mōna, ka haere ia ki a ia me tētahi kete i raranga, e toru ōna taringa. I tana toronga ki te kaumātua me ōna kaiwhai, ka pātai rātou ki a ia he aha i hanga ai e ia ngā taringa e toru mō te kete.
Ka whakahoki ia, "He Tokotoru tōku, ā, ko ngā mea katoa e mahia ana e au, ka rite ki te Tokotoru." Ka mea rātou ki a ia, "Nā, kei te tūturu rānei tētahi mea e kīia ana ko te Wairua Tapu?" Kātahi ia ka tīmata ki te whakamārama ki a rātou i roto i ngā Karaipiture Tapu, i te Kawenata Tawhito me te Kawenata Hou. I whakaatu ia ki a rātou ko te Wairua Tapu tētahi o ngā Tangata e toru o te Tokotoru. Ka whakaae rātou, ā, ka hoki rātou ki te whakapono pono. Kātahi ia ka hoki ki tōna whare monaki i te koraha o Scete (Shiheet).
I te whakaekenga o ngā tauiwi taua ki te koraha, ka mahue i a ia, ka noho ia ki te maunga o Ansena, ā, ka okioki ia ki reira. I muri i te mutunga o te wā o te whakatoinga, ka kawea e rātou tōna tinana me te tinana o Hato Paora o Tamouh ki tōna whare monaki i te koraha o Shiheet. Kia tau āna inoi ki a tātou. Āmine.
2. Te Matenga o Hato Piroou rāua ko Hato Athom. I tēnei rā anō ka mate hei kaiwhakaatu pono a Hato Piroou rāua ko Hato Athom. I whānau ēnei Hato tokorua ki te tāone o "Sonbat", nā ngā mātua Karaitiana e tika ana, e aroha ana ki ngā mahi tika me ngā mahi atawhai. Ko Hoani te ingoa o tō rāua matua, ko Meri te ingoa o tō rāua whaea. He kiri mā a Hato Piroou, he makawe pīpī, he roa te tinana, he karu kikorangi. Ko Hato Athom, he roa te tinana, he kiri mā, he karu pango, he pāhau mangu.
I te toru tekau tau o Piroou, ā, e rua tekau mā whitu tau o Athom, i haere tonu rāua ki te hāhi i te wā o ngā miha, ā, i mau tonu ki te hoatu atawhai me te whakawhare i ngā tauhou. I te whakaohonga o te whakatoinga ki ngā Karaitiana, ka mau rāua i ētahi taonga, ā, ka haere ki te tāone o El-Farma ki te hokohoko ki reira. Ka kitea e rāua te tinana o tētahi Hato ko "Noua" te ingoa me ētahi hōia. Ka hokona e rāua te tinana mai i a rātou ki te hiriwa, ka whakatakotoria te tinana ki tētahi urupā māpere i tō rāua ake whare.
Ka whakairihia e rāua tētahi rama hinu ki mua i a ia, ā, he maha ngā merekara i puta mai i te tinana. I whakaaroaro ngā Hato tokorua ki te horihori o te ao, me ngā manaakitanga o pararaiha. Ka tohatohaina e rāua ā rāua moni ki ngā rawakore, ka haere ki Arehanaria, ā, ka whākī i te Karaiti ki mua i te Kāwana. I whakamamaetia rāua e ia mā te patu me te whiu kia maringi rā anō ō rāua toto ki te whenua. Ka whakairihia rāua e ia, ka tahuna te ahi ki raro i a rāua. Ka tae mai te Anahera a te Ariki, ka tangohia rāua ki raro, ka whakaorangia ō rāua patunga. Kātahi ka tukua rāua e te Kāwana ki El-Farma.
I te kitenga o te Kāwana o El-Farma i tō rāua maia me te ātaahua o tō rāua āhua, ka tohaina e ia ki a rāua te karakia ki ngā whakapakoko. I tā rāua whakakāhoretanga, ka unuhia e ia ngā whao o ō rāua ringa me ō rāua waewae. Kātahi ka whakanohoia rāua e ia ki ngā tūmou rino, ka tahuna te ahi ki raro i a rāua. I taua wā ka mate te wahine a te Kāwana, ā, ka tono ia ki ngā Hato tokorua kia murua e rāua tāna i mahi ai ki a rāua. Ka inoi rāua ki te Atua mōna, ā, ka whakaarahia ia e te Atua mai i te mate. Ka whakapono te Kāwana me te hunga katoa i a ia.
Ka tukua e ia ngā Hato tokorua, ā, ka hoki rāua ki tō rāua tāone "Sonbat". Ka hoatu e rāua ki ngā rawakore ngā toenga o ā rāua moni. Ka hoatu e rāua te tinana o Hato Noua ki tētahi tangata tika ko Sarabamon te ingoa. Ka tono rāua ki a ia kia whakairihia e ia tētahi rama hinu ki mua i a ia i ngā wā katoa. Kātahi ka haere rāua ki te Kāwana, ka whākī i te Karaiti. Ka whakahau ia kia patua rāua, kia toia rāua i te tāone kia maringi rā anō ō rāua toto ki te whenua. Ka mau tētahi wahine turi, wahangū i ētahi o aua toto, ka pania ki ōna taringa me tōna arero. Inamata ka whakaorangia ia.
Ka whakakorōria ia i te Ariki, i a te Karaiti, ā, ka whākī i a Ia. Ka whakahau te Kāwana kia poutoa ō rātou katoa māhunga. Ka whiwhi rātou katoa i te karauna o te matenga pono. I konei a Sarabamon te tangata tika, me ētahi tāngata o Sonbat. Ka mau rātou i ngā tinana o ngā Hato tokorua, ka takaia, ka kawea ki tō rāua tāone. I hangaia tētahi hāhi mō rāua, i whakatakotoria ki reira ō rāua tinana me te tinana o Hato Noua. I kīia kei te hāhi o Hato Barbara i Kairo Tawhito ināianei ō rāua tinana. Kia tau ā rātou inoi ki a tātou, Āmine.
3. Te Matenga o Hato Balanah, te Pirihi. I tēnei rā anō ka mate hei kaiwhakaatu pono a Hato Balanah te pirihi. Nō te tāone o Bara ia, o te paihi o Sakha. I tana rongonga i te whakatoinga o te hunga whakapono me te patunga o ngā Hato, ka tohatohaina e ia āna moni katoa ki ngā rawakore me ngā kaupore. Kātahi ka haere ia ki "Antinoe" (Ansena), ā, ka whākī i te Ariki, i a te Karaiti, ki mua i te kāwana. I whakamamaetia nuitia a Hato Balanah e ia mā ngā momo whakamamae rerekē, kia tukua rā anō e ia tōna wairua ki ngā ringa o te Ariki. Kia tau āna inoi ki a tātou, Āmine.
4. Te Matenga o Hato Epime (Pimanon). I tēnei rā anō ka mate hei kaiwhakaatu pono a Hato Epime (Pimanon) (Bima). Ko ia te rangatira o te kāinga o "Panokleus" o te takiwā o El-Bahnasa. He whai rawa ia, he tangata atawhai ki ngā rawakore. Ka puta mai te Ariki, a te Karaiti, ki a ia i roto i tētahi kitenga, ka mea ki a ia, "Whakatika, haere ki te Kāwana, ka whākī i Tōku Ingoa, nō te mea kei reira tētahi karauna kua rite mōu." I tana ohonga ake i tana moe, ka tohatohaina e ia āna moni katoa ki ngā rawakore me ngā kaupore. Kātahi ka inoi ia, ka haere ki El-Bahnasa, ā, ka whākī i te Ariki, i a te Karaiti.
I tana whākīnga ko ia te rangatira o te kāinga, ka pātai te Kāwana ki a ia mō ngā oko o te hāhi i tana tāone, ā, ka tohaina e ia ki a ia te karakia ki ngā whakapakoko. Ka whakahoki a Hato Bima ki a ia, e kī ana, "E kore au e hoatu ki a koe ngā oko, ā, mō te karakia ki ngā whakapakoko, ka karakia anake au ki taku Ariki, ki a Ihu Karaiti." Ka whakahau te Kāwana kia poutoa tōna arero, kia whakamamaetia ia mā te pēhanga me te tahunga ahi. Engari ka whakaorangia ia e te Ariki. Kātahi ka tukua ia e te Kāwana ki Arehanaria, ka herea ki reira.
He tuahine tō Julius El-Akfahsi (te kaituhi o ngā kōrero o ngā Hato) i mau e tētahi wairua kino. Ka inoi tēnei Hato mōna, ā, ka whakaorangia ia. Ka horapa te kōrero mō tēnei merekara, ā, he tini i whakapono. Ka riri te Kāwana, ā, ka whakamamaetia e ia te Hato mā te pēhanga me te unuhi i ōna whao. Ka whakakahangia ia e te Ariki, ka whakaorangia. I te ngenge o te Kāwana ki te whakamamae i a ia, ka tukua ia ki Ihipa o Runga. Ka poutoa ia ki reira, ā, ka whiwhi i te karauna o te matenga pono. Ka kawea e ngā kaimahi o Julius El-Akfahsi tōna tinana ki tana tāone. Kia tau āna inoi ki a tātou, Āmine.
5. Te Haerenga o Cyrus (Karas), tuākana o te Emepara a Theodosius. I tēnei rā anō ka okioki a [Hato Cyrus (Karas)](/mi/saint/st-karas-the-anchorite). Ko ia te tuākana o te Emepara a Theodosius te Nui. I tino mōhio tēnei Hato ki te horihori o te ao me tōna āhua poto noa. Ka mahue i a ia ōna taonga katoa, ā, ka puta haere ia kāore he wāhi e haere ai. Ka arataki te Atua i a ia ki te Koraha o Roto o te Hauāuru, i noho ai ia mō ngā tau maha, ko ia anake, kāore i kite i te tangata, i te kararehe rānei. I te koraha o Shiheet (Scete) tētahi pirihi tapu ko Bamwa (Pimwah) te ingoa, nāna i takai te tinana o Hato Hilaria.
I hiahia tēnei matua kia kite i tētahi o ngā pononga a te Karaiti, ngā taupua. Ka āwhinatia ia e te Ariki kia tae ia ki te koraha o roto, ā, ka kite ia i te tini o ngā Hato. I kōrero ia mō tōna ingoa, me te take i tae mai ai ia ki te koraha. Engari ka pātai a Hato Pimwah ki ia tangata, "Kei reira tētahi e noho ana atu rā anō ki te koraha o roto?" Ka whakahoki rātou ki a ia, "Āe." Ka haere tonu ia kia tae rā anō ki a Hato Karas, te whakamutunga o rātou.
Ka karanga a Hato Karas ki a ia mai i roto i tōna whare noho, "Nau mai, Anba Pimwah, te pirihi o Shiheet." Ka tomo a Anba Pimwah ki tōna whare noho, ā, i muri i ngā mihi, ka pātai a Hato Karas ki a ia mō ngā kōrero o te ao, o ngā kāwana, o te hunga whakapono. I te pō, ka inoi a Hato Karas mō te wā roa, kātahi ka tūturi ia ki te whenua, ā, ka tukua e ia tōna wairua ki ngā ringa o te Ariki. Ka tanumia ia e Anba Pimwah ki tōna koroka, kātahi ka hoki ia me te whakakorōria i te Atua, me te kōrero ki te katoa mō te Hato me tana whawhai. Kia tau āna inoi ki a tātou, ā, kia korōria ki te Atua ake ake, Āmine.