Te Rā Kirihimete

He hakari ā-tau te Kirihimete hei whakanui ite whānautangaoIhu Karaiti, e whakanuia ana i te Hakihea 25 hei whakanui whakapono me te ahurea i waenga i te piriona tāngatahuri noa i te aoHehakarite pokapū o te Karaitianatau karakia, kei mua i tēnei ko te wā oTe Aranga MaiteTere o te Whānautangaā, ka tīmata te wā oTe wā Kirihimete, e mau tonu ana i roto i te Hauāuru i ngā wā o muatekau mā rua ngā rāā, ka mutu i teTe Pō Tekau mā RuaHe hararei tūmatanui te Rā Kirihimete ihe maha ngā whenua, e whakanuia ana i roto i te whakapono e te nuinga o ngā Karaitiana, meā-ahureae te tini o te hunga ehara i te Karaitiana, ā, he wāhanga nui o tewā harareii whakaritea huri noa i a ia.

Ko te kōrero tuku iho mō te Kirihimete i roto i teKawenata Hou, e mōhiotia ana ko teTe whānautanga o Ihu, e kī ana i whānau a Ihu iPeterehema, e ai kingā poropititanga mō te mesia. ĀheaHohepameMeriI tō rātou taenga ki te tāone, kāore he wāhi i roto i te whare tira, nō reira i tukuna atu ai he wāhi ki a rātoupumaukei hea teTamaiti Karaitii whānau wawe mai, mengā anaherate kauwhau i tēnei rongo ki ngā hepara, ā, nā rātou i hora te kupu. Mō ngā Karaitiana, e whakapono anaAtuai haere mai ki te ao i roto i tete āhua o te tangatakiwhakamariemō tengā harako te mōhio ki te rā whānau o te tangata, ehara i te mōhio ki te rā whānau o Ihu, te kaupapa matua o te whakanui i te Kirihimete.

He ranunga o ngā tikanga whakanui e pā ana ki te Kirihimete i roto i ngā whenua mahai mua i te Karaitianatanga, Karaitiana, mewhakapono korengā kaupapa me ngā takenga mai. Ko ngā tikanga rongonui o ēnei rā mō te hararei kote hoatu koha; te whakaoti i tētahiMaramataka ĀpitirāneiParei Āpiti;Waiata Kirihimetemete waiata Kirihimete; te mātakitaki i tētahiTe tākaro whānautanga; he whakawhitiwhitinga oNgā kāri Kirihimete;ngā karakiahekai motuhakeme te whakaaturanga o ngā momoNgā whakapaipai Kirihimete, tae atu kiNgā rākau Kirihimete,Ngā rama Kirihimete,ngā whakaaturanga whānautanga,ngā karauna,ngā karauna,mistletoe, mehōri. Hei tāpiritanga, he maha ngā āhua e pā tata ana, ā, he maha ngā wā ka taea te whakawhiti, e mōhiotia ana koHāta Karau,Matua Kirihimete,Hato Nikora, mete Karaiti, e pā ana ki te kawe koha ki ngā tamariki i te wā Kirihimete, ā, he tinana anō tō rātoungā tikanga tuku ihome ngā kōrero tuku iho. Nā te mea he nui ake ngā mahi ōhanga i roto i te tuku koha me ētahi atu āhuatanga o te hakari Kirihimete, kua noho te hararei hei huihuinga nui me te wā hokohoko matua mō ngā kaihokohoko me ngā pakihi.

I tēnei rā motuhake, ngā mihi o te tīma Ovida mō te Kirihimete ki a koutou katoa!