Missionary Paul in amah chawmtu Filipi saptuamte kiang ah “Kha Siangthou’ pii bangbang a Pathian apan” laithon thupitak Rome suangkulh apan na khak hi. Hiai Filipi saptuam “Masidonia sapna” (Nas 16) chiangtak sanna leh huai gam a nasepna gah a piang ahi. Tua ban ah, saptuam dang kuamah in amah a huhlouh lai a leng na huh saptuam (Filipi 4:15) ahihman in kingaihnatna khenlam ah mihing gam a kimitmei venna liantak omtheih ding khop a kinaihna nei ahi uhi. Himahleh, “mihingte lungtaisak sawm lai hi leng, Khrist’ sila ka hi kei ding” (Gal 1:10) chi khop a Pathian adia chitak Paul ahihman in, mihing kipahsak sawmna lel hilou, Pathian apan a suak laithon apan sin ding tam mahmah hi. Hiai ah missionary nasepna a i hihtheih thil li(4) Filipi laikhak apan enkawm in i saptuam dinmun toh velkhawm leng i chi hi.
1. THILPIAK: Filipi saptuam in phat leh etteh tham a missions thilpiak pia ahihna uh Paul in a laikhak ah gelh hi (1:3-5; 4:14-18 cf 2 Kor 8:1-5). A thilpiak dan uh gen in “luanglet”, “ahih theih zah val nangawn a pang nuam”, “tup mawng a pe nuam a ngen ngutngut” kichi hial hi. Hiai saptuam in thilpiak a piaksa ban uah a piakdan uh leng enthak zel in, “paklun kik/thak nawn” chih a om hun bang om hi (4:10).
Thilpiak lam ah hiai saptuam bang dinmun i tung kei chih i thei a, himahleh missions nasepna lam tuamtuam omte ah i hih hoihna a omleh petute ziak in hiai lam ahi mahmah ding hi. I lak a missionary thilpiak dan kigente- lou a buh piang teng mahni ading omlou zen adia pia chih bang; missions’ rubber huan; missions’ thang; missions’ buhlei; gari tuanna a sum sen ding tang missions adia pia a khe a pai chih bang; khasum masa, pension loh lak masa pia chih bang; life insure tang sum teng pia chih bang; i missionaryte kuahiam in hiai nasepna ding a tam a piakluat ziak a lohlak ding om zoulou aman a piak beh ngai chih bang zak in om hi. Amaute thilhih i phawk teng in, Paul bang in Pathian tung ah kipahthu i gen thei hi.
2. THUMNA: Paul in Filipite thumsakna tungtawn a hun haksapi a om himahleh lametna a neihtheih dan a gen hi (1:19). Huai ziak mah ahi dia, lungkham lou a nuam gige ding in aman hanthawnna pezaw in, lungnop ding chih toh kisai thumal sawm-le-guk vei hial zang kichi hi.
Thumna lam ah, i saptuam in i thum ding zah i thum chih ngamna ding om lou hi. Himahleh, nna i neih tengteng lak a thumna a i diah mun pen missions nasepna ahi. Saptuam programme sung ah a pilpi in Nilai zan in missions thumkhawmna i nei a, Kiginni zan leh Pathianni zing hunte ah leng i phawk theilai hi. Hiai i thumnate tungtawn in mihing hihtheih hilou Pathian in mihing lungtang a honsak a khalam pianthakna nei bang, damloute damna bang, dawiniin hawlkhiakna bang i mission fieldte ah report muh ding om hi. Thumna dawngtu Pathian nasep ahihman in amah min i pahtawi hi.
3. TAKSAP AWNG HUKNA: Filipi saptuam in thilpiak leh thumna a Paul a phungvuh ban uah, mihing kizopna lam a thawmhauna om theih hun a, a taksap awng hu a kepna a piak uh thupi mahmah hi (2:25, 29). Amun a Epafrodita sawl hial in Paul va delh ua, amah poimoh a va theih dungzui un a taksap awng a huksak uhi. A gal a huhna kikhak toh kibang theilou ding hi.
“Member care” chi a tulai a missionaryte taksap awng huksakna ah lam saupi pai ding om mahleh masawnna om in a theihtheih hi. I tup kibang vekkei mahleh field visit bang, missionaryte laikhak bang, damlou hun a huhna pia bang, nasepna a vanzat ding pia bang leng hong kibehlap tou zel a kipahhuai mahmah hi. Mihing i sihkei nakleh dam chih himawklou a, i missionaryte’n lam tuamtuam a taksapna a neihte uh i huk ding omlai mahmah hi.
4. THEIHPIHNA HINKHUA: Filipi saptuam in a hihhoihnate ban ah, Paul in awlmoh huai a sakna muhtheih ding om hi. “Genbanglou a na om theihna ding uh” leh “Jesu Khrist tungtawn a om diktatna gahte in kidim le uchin” chihte a thumsakna ahi (1:10,11). Poimoh ngaih in hih masa le uh chia a deih taklang in, “Khrist’ tangthupha toh kituak in nungta peuhmah phot (masa genna) un” chi a (1:27), “lau leh liing kawm in na hotdamna chiat uh semkhia un” (2:12) chilai hi. Hiaite a genchiang a “hong mu taleng”, “a gal apan noute’ thu na za taleng”, “ka om lai kia hilou in, a diak in ka om louh lai in” a chih sese in amau omdan toh kisai thuthang hoihlou pipi, zak ut huai lou pipi omsek ahihna taklang hi. Filipi saptuamte missions thilpiak, thumna leh thilhoih hih (care) ah phattham ahihlai un hinkhua mahmah a theihpihtu hihna (‘aksi bang a tanna’ 2:14) ah kisapna nei hi un a theihtheih hi.
Ei leng i taksap lianpen hiai hikha ding hi. I missionaryte’n field a gingthak mite eilam a hong paipih ding lauthawng huai a sakna uh zak ding omom a, tomchik sung field visit i paisung a i omdan khenkhat bang i paikhit nung a genveng poimoh bang leng zak ding om zeuhzeuh a, i missionaryte apan “inlamte tanchin i zak chiang a zaw…hon ki-awlmoh mahmah, lungkham huai theilua” chih kiza mun mahmah hi. Paul in Filipi saptuamte’n a thumsak ua, a thohkhawm ua, a taksap awng a huksakna uh kipak mahmah hi. Himahleh, ‘huai teng na hih uhleh hun himai’ chilou a, amau gamtatdan leh omdan a theihpihna a awlmoh bang in hiai lam ki-awlmoh poimoh mahmah lai hi. Hiai lam awlmoh lou a, missions field a i nasepna kia awlmoh chih pen Laisiangthou toh kituak theilou ding hi.
Bangteng hileh missions nasepna ah kipahthu genna ding leh ki-awlmohna ding i nei hi. Awlmoh huai i hihna pen theihtawpsuah ding ahihlai in, eilam ki-en a “ingua hahlou a gamgua hah” chih paunak zang a mission field a i sepna pen i gendau khak ding kiven huai hi. Sum sen leh thasen ban ah, lam tuamtuam a midang sang a ei mahmah poimoh masa a kikoih khak theih ahi. Huai ziak in, Paul in Filipite kiang ah chiang mahmah in hiai thu toh kisai na gelh hi. Etsakna tuamtuam pia in, “Kuapeuh in ama’ hoihna ding kia enlou in, midangte hoihna ding zong en sam hen” (2:5) chi in ei poimoh zaw leh phu zaw kisakna a midang limsaklouh ding hilou ahih dan gen hi. Aman kingaihniamna a gen in, “midangte noute sang a poimohzaw (‘more important’, ESV, NASV, CEV, NET, HCSB) in ngaihsun un chi hi”. Hiai thu a gen in, Jesu Khrist kingaihniamna etteh in nei a, “Amah Pathian bang a om hinapi… hong ki-awngsut” ahihdan gen hi. Paul mahleng huai bang in, amah ading a sih a, Khrist toh om tawntung nakpitak in hoih zaw mahleh “pumpi a ka omlai noute ading in a poimoh zaw” chi hi (1:23,24). Timothy leh Epafrodita leng tua bang a awlmohna neite ahih man un phatna pelai hi (2:19,20 leh 2:25,26 & 29).
Filipite lak a suahngaltak a, a missionary uh Paul in a gen bang in i missionaryte un gal a thu a zakte uh hon genle uh bangbang gen ding a om dia? Paul mahmah in Kha Siangthou pii bangbang in lai hon khak bang hileh bang a gen dia