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Ngā oranga o ngā hunga tapu me ngā kaiwhakaatu i roto i te Hāhi Koptika Ōrthodoki
Hato Anba Reweiss | Anba Farag | Ava Tegy
I roto i te reo Pākehā: Hato Roweiss. I roto i te reo Koptika: abba Teji.
E kī ana tana Tapu Pāpa Shenouda III mō tēnei hunga tapu, kāore ia i whiwhi i tētahi tūnga tohunga, kāore hoki ia i whai i te oranga whakatupu i te āhua o te mōnaki, engari i hipa ia i te tokomaha o te hunga i mau i ngā tūnga me ngā tohu o te hāhi, i tono ai ngā pāpa tonu kia inoi mā rātou.
Tana oranga tōmua:
I whānau ia i te kāinga iti o Minyat Yamin i te takiwā o Gharbia, ki tētahi whānau rawakore. He kaiahuwhenua tana matua, ko Ihaka tōna ingoa, ko Hara te ingoa o tana whaea, ā, i tapaina ia ko Farag. Kāore i te tino mōhiotia te rā o tana whānautanga, engari i ora ia i te rautau tekau mā whā A.D. ā, i okioki ia i te 18 o Oketopa i te tau 1405 A.D.
I āwhina ia i tana matua ki ngā mahi ahuwhenua, ā, ka mutu ana te mahi o te māra, ka hoko tote ia i runga i tētahi kāmera tamariki iti. I tapaina e ia tana kāmera ko "Reweiss" (he ingoa whakaiti mō te kupu "māhunga," ras) nā te mea ka pā tana māhunga iti ki tōna rangatira. He kāmera ngāwari rawa tēnei, ki te karangahia e ia ki tōna ingoa, ka whakautu mai ia ki tana karanga; ā, e kīia ana he tino mōhio, he tino piri te kāmera ki tōna rangatira, ka hīpoki ia i a ia ki te moe ia me te kore hīpoki, ka whakaoho hoki i a ia i ngā wā o te inoi. Tērā pea ko te āhua motuhake rawa o Farag ko tana whakaiti me tana aroha, i riro ai i a ia te aroha o te kāinga katoa.
Tana wehenga atu i tōna tāone:
I noho ia i te whare o tana matua tae noa ki te rua tekau ōna tau, i taua wā ka pā mai he whakatoitoi kino ki ngā Karaitiana, he tino kino, nā te taumahatanga o taua whakatoitoi ka whakarere te matua tonu o te hunga tapu i te whakapono. Ka huna te hunga tapu i a ia ki te koraha o al-Sheikh e tata ana, kātahi ka haere ki Kairo. Nā te kaha o tana ngenge me tana hiakai ka moe ia i te huarahi, ā, ka kite ia i tana moe i ētahi tāngata tokorua e tīaho ana me te uira, nāna ia i tango ake, ka kawea ki te rangi, kātahi ka kawea ia ki roto i tētahi hāhi o te rangi. I reira ka kite ia i te ohu nui o te hunga karakia, ā, ka rongo ia i tētahi reo i roto e karanga ana ki a ia kia anga whakamua ki te whiwhi i ngā Mea Ngaro Tapu. Kātahi ka kawea ia e ngā tāngata tīaho tokorua ki te tēpu tapu, ka whiwhi ia i ngā Mea Ngaro, ā, muri iho ka whakahokia ia ki te wāhi nāna i tangohia mai ai.
Whai muri i tēnei moemoeā ka whakatika ia, ka whakawhiti i Kairo, ā, mai i reira ka piki ki Ihipa o Runga; ā, i aua wāhi ka huri ia i tana ingoa ki "Reweiss" hei whakakāhore i a ia anō. Ka tīmata ia ki te haereere i te whenua mai i Qus i te Sa'id ki Arekahanaria, ā, ka kōrero ia ki ngā tāngata katoa i tūtaki ai ia mō te whakaoranga o tō rātou wairua, me ngā roimata maha. I noho tēnei hunga tapu hei manene, e kopikopiko ana i te mata o te whenua i runga i te whakatauira i tōna Rangatira, kāore nei he wāhi mōna hei whakatakoto i tōna māhunga; ā, he tino kaha tana hiahia ki te rangi, i waiata pinepine ai ia i ngā kupu a te kaihimene: "Aue, te mate i ahau, kei Meheke nei ahau e noho manene ana, kei ngā teneti nei o Kerara toku kainga!" (Waiata 120:5).
Tana mahi whakatupu:
I mahi ia i tētahi oranga tino taikaha me te uaua me te whakamamae i te tinana. He kaihākari ia, he iti noa tana kai, he kai tino māmā noa iho; he kākahu noa tana hei hīpoki i tana noho tahanga, ka waiho te toenga o tana tinana kia takoto kau, kia pā ki te wera o te raumati me te makariri o te hōtoke, ā, i tēnei āhua i rite ia ki a Hoani Kaiiriiri.
I haereere ia i ngā whenua o Ihipa, ā, ina tomo ia ki tētahi tāone ka mahi ia ki ōna ringaringa kia whiwhi ai i ngā mea hei whāngai i a ia, ā, ka hoatu te toenga hei oha. He maha ngā wā ka hoatu e te hunga aroha ki a ia ngā kākahu ātaahua me te moni me ngā koha, engari ka whakakāhore ia i aua mea.
Kāore ia i ngata noa ki te oranga rawakore anake, engari i whakapau ia i tana oranga ki te hākari me te inoi. E kīia ana mōna ka hākari ia mō ngā rā e rua, e toru me te kore wāwāhi, ā, i tētahi wā ka hākari ia mō ngā rā tekau mā tahi haere tonu. He kaha tonu ia ki te Whakawhitiwhitinga tapu, ā, ka whiwhi ia i ngā Mea Ngaro tapu me te wehi me te wiri; ā, he maha ngā wā ka whakaatu ia i te āhua koikoi i te wā o te whakawhiti, nā tana whakaaro mō tana kore tika.
I te wā i pātaihia ia mō tēnei āhua koikoi, ka whakahoki ia: "Kāore tētahi e tika ana ki te whiwhi i ēnei Mea Ngaro tapu, engari ko te tangata anake e mā ana, e wātea ana ōna wāhi o roto me ngā kōpū o tō tātou Wahine a Meri te mā, i tika ai kia mau i a ia a te Karaiti i roto i tōna kōpū." Tērā pea nā te mea kua whakatuwhera e te Atua tana kite ā-wairua, kia kite ai ia i te korōria o te Atua e tau ana ki runga i ngā Mea Ngaro tapu i te wā o te whakatapunga i roto i te wāhi tapu, e tīaho ana me te kanapa kāore e taea te whakaahua.
I homai ki a ia e te Atua he maha ngā whakakitenga ā-wairua, ā, i mahi merekara hoki ia, ā, koia te take o te ripeneta a te tokomaha. I tētahi wā ka kī ia kua kite ia i ngā Kerupima me ngā Herapima e tū ana i te taha o te wai iriiri, e rere haere ana i te taha o te tamaiti me te koa.
I mahi ia ki te tātari witi kia hoatu he oha ki ngā rawakore. Ka huna ia i a ia ki te noho mokemoke i te whare o tētahi wahine ko "Umm Yaqub" (te whaea o Hēkopa) i Kairo, ā, ka hiakai ana ia ka hoatu e ia he taro. Engari ka mau ia i ētahi papapa mākū, ka kainga, ā, ka pōuri te wahine. Ka mea ia ki a ia: "He aha tō ngākau e pōuri ai mō taku kai i te papapa, kāore i te taro, engari kāore koe e pōuri mō ngā hara o te tangata? Kāore koe e mōhio he mate ki te wairua te hara, engari ko te papapa ka tautoko i te tinana i ngā āhuatanga katoa? Ā, ki te mamae te tinana ki te iti nei, koia kia mutu ai tana hara."
Ana haerenga ā-wairua:
I tutuki i a ia te tūnga tiketike o te "rerenga" (te nukunuku wāhi), kia haere ai ia i ngā tawhiti nui i roto i te wā poto rawa, kia tomo ai ki ngā wāhi e kati ana ngā kūwaha. I tētahi wā ka kawea ia ki Asyut, ka hoki mai i roto i te haora kotahi, i oti ai i a ia tētahi mahi atawhai; ā, i tētahi wā anō ka kawea ia ki Hiria ki te āwhina i tētahi tangata e raru ana. I homai hoki e te Atua ki a ia te mōhio ki ngā mea ngaro huna. He tangata whakakāhore ia i a ia anō, ka whakakāhore tonu ia i tōna ake ingoa, ka tapaina ia i a ia anō ki te ingoa o tana kāmera.
I te kaha o ētahi ki te tono kia mōhio ki tōna ingoa tūturu, ka kī ia ki a rātou "Teji aflillu," arā, "Teji te pōrangi"; ā, ko te mea whakamīharo ko te Hāhi i roto i ana inoi e tapa ana i a ia ki tēnei ingoa tonu, "Teji." I hiahia ia kia haere atu anō ki te whakakāhore i a ia anō, nā ka haere ia i ngā huarahi me tōna tinana e takoto kau ana me tōna māhunga kāore i hīpokina, ā, ka noho ia ki tētahi whare iti o ngā rau nīkau, kia moe rānei ki te taha o te huarahi.
He maha ngā wā ka pā ki a ia nā tēnei āhua oranga rerekē te tāwai a te tangata me ā rātou whakaeke ki a ia, te patu, te kanga, te tuwha ki runga i a ia, me te aki ki ngā kōhatu. Ā, ka oho ana tōna wairua ki te whakahē i ēnei whakahāwea, ka kōrero ia ki a ia, ka mea: "Kei hea ahau ina whakaritea ki te kaiwhakaatu a Hato Hōri me ngā mea katoa i mau ai ia, ki a Hoani Kaiiriiri rānei, nāna nei i tapahia tōna māhunga e Herora?
Kei hea te mea i pā ki ahau ina whakaritea ki ngā mamaetanga i pā ki ngā kaiwhakaatu?" Ā, nā te maha o ngā mamaetanga i pā ki a ia, ka huna ia i a ia ki ngā wāhi tawhiti, ka wehe atu i te tangata mō ngā marama maha, i whakapaua e ia ki ngā inoi kaha me ngā hākari mutunga kore. Ā, ka titiro te Atua ki te whakaiti o tōna ngākau, tana aroha, me te kaha o tana whakapono: nā ka puta te Ariki a te Karaiti ki a ia e rima ngā wā me te korōria kāore e taea te kōrero, ā, i tētahi o aua wā ka kōrero ia ki a ia he māngai ki te taringa.
Mā ēnei whakakitenga ka māia ia, ka tū pakari ki ngā mamaetanga katoa, ka noho puku i te kōrero.
Ngā whakamārietanga a te Atua i waenga i ngā mamaetanga:
I rongo te Hatāna a Barquq mōna, ā, ka hiahia kia kite i a ia.
Ā, i te wā i whakatoia e te Emir Sudun a Pāpa Matiu, ka karangahia e ia a Anba Reweiss, ka tīmata ki te ui ki a ia mō tana oranga me ana mahi, engari kāore ia i whakahoki kupu ki a ia. Ka whakahau ia kia patua ia ki ngā whiunga e whā rau o te rākau kia rere ai tōna toto, i te wā e noho puku ana ia. Ka kawea ia e ngā hōia i ngā huarahi, e patu ana i a ia, e tuwha ana ki runga i a ia, e kume ana i ngā makawe o tōna māhunga me tōna pāhau, ā, i noho puku tonu ia; kātahi ka maka ia me tana ākonga ki te whare herehere. Ka puta te Ariki o te korōria ki a rāua tokorua, ka whakaora i a rāua; ā, i te wā i tono ngā Koptika i mauheretia, e waru te tokomaha, kia inoi ia mō rātou, ka tae mai te Pāpa ki a rātou i taua rā tonu me te whakahau mō tō rātou tukunga.
He maha ngā wā ka toro atu ia ki ngā whare o te hunga whakapono, ka kōrero ki a rātou mō ngā mea ka puta ā meake nei, ka whakatūpato i a rātou mō ngā kino me ngā mate ka pā ki a rātou. Ko te hunga tapu he tangata o te wā kotahi me te Pāpa nui a Anba Matiu Tuatahi, te 87, ā, he hononga tata tōna ki a ia. I tētahi wā ka mau te Emir Yalbugha i te Pāpa me tētahi rōpū Karaitiana, ā, i te taenga mai o tana ākonga ki a Anba Reweiss me te kōrero ki a ia i te mea i pā ki te Pāpa, ka poropiti ia ki a ia ka whakaora te Wahine a te Wāhine i a ia. Ā, i pērā tonu te āhua, nā tētahi o ngā emir he hoariri ki taua emir i whakaeke, i wāwāhi i ngā kūwaha o te whare herehere, ā, ka mauria mai te Pāriaka me ōna hoa, ka mau hoki i te Emir Yalbugha, ka mauheretia, ka patua kia mate.
Tana māuiui me tana okiokinga:
I hīraina e Anba Reweiss tana whawhai mā te mau i tētahi māuiui kino me te manawanui, i tapaina ai ia ko te Hopa hou. He iwa tau tana māuiui me te kore mutu, ā, i noho ia i tēnei wā katoa ki te moenga, e noho puku ana, kāore e kōrero ki tētahi, e mau ana me te manawanui whakamīharo. I whakapaua e ia ēnei tau ki te aue me te tangi me te inoi mō te hunga hara e haere mai ana ki a ia, ā, ka whakaora ia i ngā tūroro e toro mai ana ki a ia i te wā e mamae ana ia anō i te māuiui.
Ā, i te wā i mōhio ai ia kua tata tana mutunga, ka manaaki ia i ana ākonga takitahi, ka whakawakawa i tōna tinana ki te wai, e tohu ana i ōna wāhanga katoa mai i te tihi o tōna māhunga ki ngā kapu o ōna waewae ki te tohu o te Rīpeka.
Ka tono ia i tō tātou Wahine a Meri te Wāhine i te haora o tana okiokinga, ā, ka whakaae ia ki tana tono, e ai ki tētahi o ana ākonga, nāna i kī: "I taua haora ka kite ahau i tētahi wahine e tīaho ana me te rā, e noho ana i te taha o tēnei matua, ā, nāna i tango te wairua manaaki o taua tangata e ai ki tana tono." Ko tana wehenga atu i te 21 o Baba, te whakamaharatanga o te Wahine a te Wāhine, ā, ka tanumia ia i te taha o tōna hāhi i Deir al-Khandaq (te takiwā o Anba Reweiss o ēnei rā).
Te mahi a te Atua i a ia i muri i tana okiokinga:
I te waru o ngā rā i muri i tana tanumanga ka tāhaetia tōna tinana, nā ka puta ia ki ana ākonga, ka whakaatu ki a rātou i te āhua tūturu o ngā mea, ā, ka whakahokia e rātou ki tōna urupā mō te wā tuarua. He maha ngā mea whakamīharo i rere mai i tōna tinana, ā, nā tēnei i whakawai tētahi rōpū o te hunga whakapono kia neke i tōna tinana ki Deir Shahran i al-Ma'sara, nā ka mauria i runga i tētahi waka i te Naera. Engari i tō rātou haere ki te whare mōnaki i kī rā, ka oho ngā hau kaha me ngā tūpuhi nui ki a rātou, tata ana ka totohu rātou, nā ka kaha rātou ki te whakahoki anō i te tinana ki tōna urupā.
Ā, i tēnei whakatupuranga (te rautau rua tekau) ka ngana tētahi tangata ko Armanius Bey Hanna te ingoa, te kaitiaki o te Pāriakatanga, ki te whakahou i te urupā o te hunga tapu, ā, ka whakahau ia kia turakina kia hangaia anō e ia ki te āhua hou. Engari tata kau te kaimahi ki te tō i tana mātika ki runga i te urupā, ka mate tana ringa matau, ka karanga ia mō te āwhina; nā ka haere mai te tohunga o te hāhi, ka inoi mōna, kia hoki ai tana ringa ki te nekeneke. Mai i taua wā ka waiho te urupā kia pērā tonu, ā, ko ta rātou mahi anake he hanga urupā mākara ki runga i a ia, me te kore neke i te tinana.
Tirohia hoki: ngā ingoa o ngā hāhi i whakatapua ki te hunga tapu a Anba Reweiss | Ava Tegy i Ihipa, me Hato Horomona te ākonga a Anba Reweiss