Hato Timoti te Āpotorothe Apostle

Nō te taenga mai o Hato Paora te Āpotoro ki te kauwhau i te Rongopai ki Raihitara, ka rongo a Timoti i tāna whakaako, ka kite hoki i ngā tohu whakamīharo i mahia e te Atua mā ōna ringa. Ka whakapono ia, ka iriiria, ka whakarērea e ia te karakia a tōna pāpā ki ngā whetū me te ture a tōna whaea, ka piri ki te ara o te Karaiti. Mai i taua hāora ka noho ia hei ākonga arohaina nā Hato Paora, e whai ana i a ia i roto i ōna haerenga, e uru tahi ana ki ōna mahi me ōna mamae āpotoro.

I te tau o te aroha noa o te Ariki, ka whakapātia e Hato Paora ōna ringa ki runga i a ia, ka whakatūria ia hei pīhopa mō te pā o Epeha me ngā pā e karapoti ana. Ka kauwhautia e Timoti te kupu ki reira me te māia, ka huri i te tini mai i ngā whakapakoko ki te Atua ora, ka iriiri i a rātou i runga i te ingoa o te Tokotoru Tapu.

I tuhituhi a Hato Paora ki a ia e rua ngā pukapuka, kī tonu i ngā tohutohu matua, e ako ana ki a ia kia tūpato ki a ia anō me te whakaako, kia mau tonu ki aua mea, nā te mea ki te pērā ia ka whakaorangia e ia a ia anō me te hunga e whakarongo ana ki a ia. I akona anō ia e ia mō te kōwhiri i ngā pīhopa, i ngā pirīhi, i ngā rīkona, me ngā pouaru, ka whakatūpato hoki i a ia ki ngā kaiwhakaako teka me te whakapā ohorere i ngā ringa.

Kāore i mutu i a Timoti te riri ki te kore whakapono o ngā Hurai me ngā Kariki, nā konei ka hae rātou ki a ia. Ka huihui rātou ki a ia, ka whiua kinotia ia kia tukua rā anō e ia tōna wairua, ka riro i a ia te karauna o te matenga whakapono i te pā o Epeha. Ka tangohia e te hunga whakapono tōna tinana tapu, ka tanumia me te whakahōnore. I muri i ētahi tau ka mauria ōna kōiwi mai i Epeha ki Konutānitinopa, ka whakatakotoria ki te Whare Karakia o ngā Āpotoro.

Ka whakanui te Hāhi Koputi i tōna matenga whakapono i te rua tekau mā toru o te marama o Toba, me te kawenga o ōna kōiwi i te rua tekau mā whitu o Toba. Kia tau ana īnoi me tāna manaaki ki a tātou. Āmine.