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I whānau a Hata Verena i roto i tētahi whare Karaitiana rangatira i te whenua o Tepa i Ihipa-o-Runga, te rohe i homai ki te Hāhi te tini o ōna mātyr me ōna tāngata noho-whakaiti. E kīia ana ko tōna ake ingoa, ko te tikanga ko "te purapura pai" rānei ko "te hua pai," ā, i tipu ake ia e whakapaipaihia ana ki te ngākau-mā, te purotu, me te wehi ki te Atua. I akona ia ki te whakapono e te Pīhopa tapu a Chaeremon (Sherimon), nāna ia i ako ki te ara o te Karaiti, ā, i iriiri i a ia, nō reira mai i tōna tamarikitanga i kākahuria ia ki te aroha noa o te Ariki.
He whanaunga a Verena nō ngā hōia o te Ope Hōia o Tepa, taua rōpū hōia Karaitiana nō te Tepa i karangahia ki te mahi mō te emepaea, ā, i tukua ki ngā whenua hauāuru o Rhaetia, ko Huiterangi (Switzerland) tērā i ēnei rā. Pērā i te tikanga, i whai ētahi o ngā wāhine i te ope hōia ki te taka kai me te tiaki i te hunga tāora, ā, ko te wahine whakapaingia a Verena, he mōhio ki ngā mahi whakaora o tōna whenua tupu, i haere ia i waenga i a rātou hei nēhi, e tuku ana i ōna ringaringa ki ngā mahi atawhai.
Nō te whākīnga o te rangatira tapu a Hata Maurice rāua ko Hata Victor me ngā hōia katoa o te Ope Hōia o Tepa i te Karaiti, me tā rātou whakakāhore ki te whakahere ki ngā whakapakoko, ā, i patua rātou, i riro mai i a rātou te karauna o te mātyrtanga, kāore a Hata Verena i hoki ki Ihipa. Engari, i whiriwhiri ia kia noho tonu i taua whenua kē hei manene mō te Karaiti, e awhi ana i te noho mokemoke me te oranga noho-whakaiti. I noho ia i te tuatahi e tata ana ki Solothurn, ā, muri iho i roto i tētahi ana e tata ana ki te tāone o Zurich, e ū tonu ana ki te nohopuku, te mataara, me te īnoi tūmau. He kai anake tāna ko te mahi a ōna ake ringaringa.
Mai i tōna wāhi mokemoke i puta ia ki te mahi mō te iwi i roto tonu i te pōuri o te whakapono-whakapakoko. I nēhia e ia te hunga māuiui, i takai i ō rātou tūnga, ā, i runga i te māia nui i tiaki ia i te hunga repera i mataku ai ētahi ki te whakatata atu. I akona e ia te iwi ki te mā me te tiaki i te tinana, ā, i kawea rātou ki te mōhiotanga o te Atua pono mā āna kupu me te tauira o tōna noho tapu. I hoatu e ia he taro ki te hunga rawakore, ā, i āta tiaki ia i ngā kōtiro taiohi, e ārahi ana i a rātou ki te ngākau-mā o te tinana me te wairua, ā, he tokomaha i kawea ki te Karaiti mā roto i a ia.
I whakakororiatia e te Atua tāna pononga wahine ki te maha o ngā merekara, ā, ko ngā rangatira whakapono-whakapakoko, i raruraru i a ia, i maka i a ia ki te whare herehere. I reira, i te wā i whakamātauria ai tōna wairua, i puta a Hata Maurice ki a ia, ā, i whakakaha i a ia i roto i te whakapono, nā konā i tiakina ai ia, i tukuna noatia ai. Whai muri i tōna tukunga i haere tonu ia i āna mahi, e haereere ana, e whakaako ana, e ārahi ana i ngā wairua ki te iriiri, ā, i te mutunga i noho ia ki Tenedo, te wāhi e kīia nei i ēnei rā ko Zurzach, i kitea e ia tētahi whare karakia i whakatapua ki te Puhi, ā, i whakatau ia ki te whakaoti i ōna rā ki reira.
Nō te whakaotinga o tāna oma i roto i te tapu, i wehe atu a Hata Verena ki te Ariki i runga i te rangimārie i te rā tuawhā o te marama Koptika o Thout. I hangaia tētahi whare karakia ki runga i tōna tinana, ā, kua whakahōnoretia tōna maharatanga puta noa i ngā whenua o Huiterangi me tua atu mai i ngā rā o nehe. I te tau o tō tātou Ariki 1986 i kawea tētahi wāhanga o ōna rēriki ki Ihipa, ki tōna whenua tupu, ā, i whakatapua tētahi whare karakia ki tōna ingoa me Hata Maurice anō. Kia noho mai ki a tātou āna īnoi tapu me āna whakawawao. Āmine.