Text : Galatiate 1:10-24
Thupi : Paul in Sawltaklian ahihna a genchetna
Thumapi: Galatiate lak a sinsakna diklou pawlutten Paul sawltaklian ahihna leh a thuneihna mahmah zong kalh a gensia in Paul kichi kua ahia? Khristiante bawlsia a suangkulh peuh a khumpa hilou hiam chi’n muanlahna nei uhi. Tua hunlai in adiak in Judaten Jerusalem a vaihawmpawl, sanhedrin kichite hiam, ahihkeileh siampulian sawl ahihkeileh ngaisanglou in pomtheilou uhi. Tua ahihman in Paul in Sawltaklian (apostle) ahihna a genchet kiphamoh hi. Amah ‘Sawltaklian’ ahihdan tuambik mahmah hi. Sawltaklian dangte bang in tangtak in Jesu’n sam in, a khebul ah sinsak in, a thilhih khempeuh musak kei mahleh, a tuambik a Jesu mahmah kilak in, sapna a na ngah ahihdan genchian hi. (Nas.9; 2 Kor.12).
I. Sawltaklian ahihna Pathian apan ahi. (1:10-17):
T.10na. ‘Ahihleh tuin mihing maipha hia ka zon, Pathian maipha?’ Paul in hiai kampau a hon zatna ziak tuh, amah langbawl (langpang) te’n a mah muanmohna leh ngohna a neih ziak uh ahi. Amah mihingte maipha zong a Judate kiang a om chiang a, amaute hoihsak bang a zeksum thu leh dan thupiakte zuih ding ahi chi a gen; ahihhang, Zentelte lak a a om chiang a, tua bangte kullou hial ahi chi zel– heutu thutak lou leh kiplou ahi chi nuam dan ahi uhi.
Mihing kipahsak tumlel ka hih lezaw…Mihing mitmei veng leh mihing maipha a na zon lai hun om ahih genlang kawm in, ‘tua bang a na hih lailai hileng– Khristiante a na bawl sia a, a na sawi lailai ding hi ing’ chi hi.
T.11na. ‘Unaute aw, ka tanchinhoih gen pen…’: Hiai ah ‘Unaute aw’ chih thumal hon zat in gen thupi mahmah nei hi. Hiai Laikhak tomchik sung ah kua (9) veitak zang hial hi. ‘Unaute’ kichi Grik ah adelphos ahi a, Judaten biakna thu-a a na zat gige uh gen neitak– Jesu Khrist sisan apan pianpih leh hawmthoh mahmah, (sense of belongingness) kineisaktak a kampau, Pathian inkuante genna a a zat ahi.1
‘Ka tanchinhoih gen pen…’ Tanchinhoih ‘evangelion’ pen Galatiaten a theihsiam mahmah uh deih ahihman in, ‘mihing phuahtawm ahi kei chih ka hon theisak hi’ a chi hi. Tua bel Grik ah ‘gnorizo’ kizang a, huai bel, dik ahi chih ka pulak a chihna ahi hi.
T.12na. ‘Mihing akipan a ka muh ahi kei… Jesu Khrist kilakna ziak a ka muh ahi zaw’:
Paul kichi, Tarsa khomi, Pharisai tapa, Jerusalem a Gamaliel khebul a khanglian, Rabbonic Course zou ahi. Judate kisinsakna, pi-le-pu thugousiah akhang-akhang a kipesawn toutoute hoihtak a sinsiam leh thei mahmah ahi. Hitamahleh, hiai tangthupha bel Judate kisinsaknadan a, mihing apan ka ngah a hikei a, ‘mihing hilh leng ka hi kei’ chi hi. Amah Sawltaklian ahihna pomlou a nialkalhte a dawnna leh hilhchetna bawl in, ‘Khrist’ kilaakna (Grik: epokalupsis= muhtheih dia kihawkkhia) ziak a ka muh ahizaw hi’ chi hi.
Amah ‘Sawltaklian’ ahihdan tuambik mahmah hi. Sawltaklian dangte (Sawm-le-nihte) Jesun sam in, a khebul a a sinsak (Matt.16:17) mahbang in, Paul inleng tangtak in Khrist mahmah kilak tungtawn in sinsakna ngah hi. Hiai kilakna, Damaska dainawl ah (Nas.9) kipan in Arabia gamdai tan ah kum thum sung vingveng kizom tou in sinsakna a na ngah hi (Gal.1:17,18; 2 Kor. 12:1-4).
T.13na. ‘Juda sabiak a nidanglai a ka omdan, Pathian saptuamte nasatak a ka na sawidan’: Hiai ah Paul in Juda biakna a phatuam a ngaihluat ziak a Khristiante thagum-thatang suah a a na gelgawtdan, amaute thahchimih vek tum a kipingpei in Stephen suang a denlupna a zong a na tel (Nas. 7:58), ban ah Damaskas khua dong sisan sa vutvut a kal a na suankha ahihdan a genna ahi. (Nas. 9:1-2) Hiai bang tuk a nidang a a na huat mahmahte tuin, Pathian Saptuamte hon chi theita.
T.14na. ‘Ka hunlai a ka chipih tampite sang in, Juda sabiakna lam ah ka na haatzaw..’:
Paul in hiai a thumal zatte apan a gennop hi a i theih tuh, a mihinzia leh Pathian adia a kipumpiakna, ahihke’h a phatuamngaihna pen a pianthakma tham a amah a om ahih thu a genna ahi. Judate ading in nam itna leh Pathian itna luangkhawm gige ahihman in biakna lam a phatuamngaihna in nasatak in sa leh sisan ah na seem in a kipia vanglakten haichilh sek uhi. Ka hunlai a ka chipih (khanvualpih) tampite sang in… a chih in salam a a kum kibatpihte ban ah Juda sabiakna dan a sinpihte a genna hi ding hi. (Nas.26:5) Ka pipute’ ngeina dan lam ah naakpitak in phatuam ka na ngai hi. ‘Pipute’ ngeina’ a chih omdan bel, Juda sabiakna a heutu (Rabbi) kisinsakna ah Mosi dan (Torah) leh pipute thusiah (tradition) a sinkhawmte uh a genna ahi.2 Juda biakna haichilh (fanatic Jew) ahihman in tua biakna hutna ahih peuhleh a hinna leng luikhia ngam mi ahihna chiang mahmah hi.
T.15na. ‘Himahleh ka nu gilsung a ka omlai akipan a hon na koihtuampa leh hehpihna ziak a hon na sampa, Pathian in..’: Jeremia sap a a omdan (Jer.1:5) toh kimeh mahmah in Paul in Pathian koihtuam ahih thu hon gen hi. ‘Himahleh’ a chih in a gennop tuh, theiloupi in Pathian saptuamte a na sawikha leh a na doukha a, tua leng Pathian ading a a phatuamngaih luatziak a na hizaw hi. Tua ahihman in Pathian zahngaihna a na mu hi (2 Tim.1:13). Hotdamna, mihing hih hihetlou, Pathian hehpihna ziak kia ahihdan leh, tua hehpihna hang a sapna a na dawndan gen hi. Kumpipa Agrippa mai ah zong na na genkhia hi, “Kumpipa Agrippa aw, van a mi kilakna ka sel kei hi” (Nas.26:19).
T.16na. ‘Zentelte’ kiang a a tanchinhoih ka hilh theihna ding a a Tapa tuh ka kiang a latsak a-ut lai in, mi kuamah ka na dong kei hi’: Hiai a thumal a zatte, ‘Zentelte’ kiang a’ kichi Grik ah ‘entois enthnesin’ ahi a, tua bel, ‘namte lak ah, gamdangmite lak ah, Juda hiloute lak ah’ chihna ahi. Paul hinkhua a kikhekna lamdangtak Khrist kilakna tungtawn a hong om Pathian nasep ahihna taklang in, amah tungtawn mah a midangte kiang a latsak a a omna ding in ahi chi hi.
T.17na. ‘Ka ma a Sawltak ‘na hisa, Jerusalem khua a omte’ kiang ah leng ka hoh tuan kei a, Arabia gam ah ka hoh pah zaw..’: Paul a pianthak khit in Jerusalem saptuam heutu omsate kimuhpih masa lou in, tangtak in Arabia gam ah pai hi chih chiangtak in hon taklang hi. Hiai hi Nasepte 9 tang 22 leh tang 23 kikal a thil om hi ding a gintak ahi. Khenkhat in hiai Arabia gam a nam mawl leh huham mahmahte lak a Pathian thu va gen dia hoh hi ding in gingta uhi. Himahleh, tua bang hilou in, Arabia gamdai, kuamah omlouhna mun a a sampa Pathian toh kithuahna lamdangtak a neihna hun hizaw ding in gintakhuai hi.3 (2 Kor. 12:1-4). Hiai hun ah Pathian in a lahnop thuguk tamtak, vantang theih dia phallouh, musak a, sinsakna tuambik mahmah pia hi ding in gintakhuai hi.
II. Paul, Sawltaklian ahihna Jerusalem apan hilou. (1:18-24):
T.18na. ‘Kum thum nung in Kifa kimuhpih ding in Jerusalem khua ah ka va hoh a...’: Hiai a kum thum kichi diktak theih haksa hi. Judaten kum a sim chiang un kum buchinglou a la sek uhi. Kum thum phalou, kum thum melmu leng kawk thei hi. Tua ban ah, bang chik apan kisim a kum thum kichi? A pianthak apan maw, ahihkeileh Arabia gamdai apan Damaska hong tunkik nawn apan? chih leng chiang lou bang hi. Hiai toh kisai a kipom vantang pen hi a theih tuh a pianthak apan kigen hi’n kisut deuh hi. Tua omdan tuh 31 AD vel chihna ahi dia, 33 AD vela Jerusalem va pha pan hi ding hi. (Nas. 9:26-29) A pianthak nung hun sawtpi a bei nung a Jerusalem va hoh, Peter leh Jakob kia kimuhpih in, Peter kiang ah ‘ni sawm-le-nga’ sung va taam hi. Hiai a Paul in a taklat noppen tuh, amah a pianthak ma hi in a pianthak nung hitaleh Sawltak lian dangte toh tanchinhoih thu a kizopna nei khalou himhim ahi chih ahi.
Paul in banghang a Peter kimuhpih hiam? Hiai bang in genchet sawm leng: Thumal ... ‘Kifa (Peter) kimuhpih’ omdantak bel English ah ‘to get acquainted with” kimeltheihpih chihna ahi. Hiai thumal Grik ah ‘historeo’ apan hong piang ‘historesai’ hi a, huai bel ‘kanchian’ chihna ahi. Toupa Jesu Khrist hinkhua leh nasepte toh kisai, a tangthu theichianpen dia ngaihsut theih tuh Peter ahi. Tanchinhoih Marka gelh leng, Peter a pan Marka in a ngahte hon gelh ahi kichi hi. Paul in leng Peter apan Khrist hinkhua leh nasepte kiteltak a va kanchian hi dia ngaihtuah ahi. Paul inlah gen ding a hau dia, Peter inlah kup ding a na hau mahmah ding ahihna ah ni sawm-le-nga tuh ni khat bang phial ding in ngaihsut sak theih hi. Pathian itna leh hoihna i sut taktak leh kua hin, kua dam lamlam leng phawklouh chih om thei hi.
T.19na. ‘Toupa sanggampa, Jakob loungal Sawltak dangte bel kuamah ka mu kei hi. Hiai ah thu haksa genchet poimoh om hi in i thei. ‘Jakob loungal Sawltak dangte bel kuamah ka mu kei hi’ chih ahih lailai in Nasepte 9:27 ah Barnabas in sawltakliante (apostles) mai a Paul a piina thu kimu zel hi. Hiai thu haksa ahihlouh dan en ni:
Hilhchiantu khenkhat in Toupa sanggampa Jakob pen sawltaklian dan a Paul in hiai a gen ahi ding chi uhi. Hiai a Toupa sanggampa, Jakob kichi Mk.6:3; Gal.2:9,12; I Kor.15:7; Nas.15:13; 21:18; Jn. 7:5; I Kor.9:5 chihte a kigen toh kibang ahi. Himahleh sawm-le-nihte lak ah a kisim ngeikei hi. ‘Jesu tuh Khrist ahi na’ chi-a a sanna a I Kor. 15: 7 a kigen Jesu Khrist kilakna tungtawn hi dia gintak ahi. Amah Jerusalem ah Saptuam heutu leh Makai lianpen hi a, (Nas.15:13; Gal.2:9,12) Jerusalem a saptuam khawmpilian masapen A.D 49 ah leng Chairman a na hi hi. Sawltaklian chih thumal nungzui sawm-le-nihte chitchiat genna hilou in, zatdan zazaw in hiai hun ah a na zang uhi (Nas.14:14). ‘Barnabas in Paul sawltakliante (apostles) mai a a pi’ kichi (Nas.9:27) Peter leh Jakob a genna hi thei mahmah hi. Tua ahihkeileh leng sawltaklian dangte Jerusalem a om hinapi in Paul (nidang a sawitu) a na ginglel a, lauthawnna nei lai uh a hih man ua kimuhpih ngamlou uh hi kha thei hi.
T.20na. ‘Na kiang ua thu kon gelh zuau ahi kei chih, Pathian in a thei hi.’ Nungzui sawm-le-nihte lak a tellou, sawltaklian a kibawl chi a ngohna khauhtak phukha a hihna ah a dikna genchet kiphamoh mahmah ahihman in hiai thu mun tamtak ah gen chiang sawm in gen thakthak hi. (Rom.9:1; 2 Kor.11:31; I Thes.2:5; I Tim.2:7). Sawltaklian a hihna mihing apan a piak hilou, Jerusalem saptuam apan leng hisam lou, atuam vilvel a Khrist Toupa kilakna tungtawn a muhsak leh piak ahihna genchetna ahi zaw hi. Tomchik a gen in, Paul in a thugen a dikna a pulakna leh a gupna ahi hi.
T.21na. ‘Hiai nung in Siria leh Silisia gam khawng ah ka pai hi’: Paul Jerusalem ah ni sawm-le-nga a om nung in, Siria leh Silisia gam khawng ah pai hi. Jerusalem a a om sung in om maimai lou in, Grik pau zang Judate lak ah theihpihna nna sem in hangsantak in thutak tangkoupih in amau kiselpih zel hi. Tua in amaute hehsak in thah tum uhi.4 Hiai thu theih phet in Unauten Kaisaria khua ah a pisuk ua, a pianna khua Silisia gam a Tarsas khua ah a sawlkhia uhi ( Nas.9:28-30).
Hiai hun laitak in Siria gam a Antiok kichi ah gingtu bangzahhiam om ua, tuate keemtu ding in Jerusalem saptuam in Barnabas koih uhi. Barnabas in Antiok saptuamte kepna nna seppih ding in Paul, ahihna bangtan hiam a theihkhitsa enlah mahmah ahihna ah amah (Paul) chial khia in, anih un Antiok saptuam kum khat sung vel hon kemkhawm uhi. Hiai hun sung in ahi Antiok saptuamte Khristian chi a sap leh theih a a hong om masakna pen uh. (Nas.11:22-26).
T.22na. ‘Huai hun in Judia gam a Khrist saptuamte’ meltheih ka hi naikei hi.’ Meltheih hinailou, Grik ah ‘agnooumenos to prosopo’ ahi a, mel-le-puama kitheilou chihna ahi. Jerusalem saptuam khenkhatten bel amah theihna khat a na nei mahmah ding uhi. Aziak bel, nidang a amaute a na sawipa ahihman in. Ahihhang in hiai sawina ompen Jerusalem khopi sung kia a tung hideuh ahihman in Judia gam a Jerusalem khua polam mun dangdang a saptuam omte ading in Paul bel meltheihlouh hi thei mahmah hi. Hiai a saptuamte kichi leng saptuam pawl tuamtuamte chihna hilou in, mun tuamtuama saptuam omte chihna ahi zaw ding hi.
T.23na. ‘Tuma lam a ei honna sawipa’n tu’n ah huai hihsiat a na tup, ginna thu a gen zota…’ Nidanglai a saptuamte hihchimih tum a kipeipa tua kipumkhek hilhelta, tu a ginna thu gen a Silisia gam leh Siria gam khawng a vialvakta chih a zata uhi. Paul hinkhua kipumkhek leh a lunggulh kilehbulh hilhelta ahih thu saptuamte lak ah a thangta chihna ahi.
Hiai a ginna thu ahihke’h tangthupha kichi leenkip a zuite kibeisak leh, tangthupha leng beimai ding dan in ngaihsun hi. Saptuam milip leng tawmkha hilai uh ahihman in phiatsiang baihlam mahmah leh kilawm hi. Himahleh, Pathian thutak, huchi maimai a sukbei theih a na hilou, khamdaih vual hi hetlou, phetlou in amah, Paul mahmah leng Pathian thutak in lumlet in, sihdong a tua thutak kemtu leh gumtu muanhuai hong hi ta hi.5
T.24na. ‘Huchi in kei ziak in Pathian a phat uhi.’ Hiai tang apan, Pathian thu in thil ahihtheihdan chiang mahmah hi. Gospel in Paul hinna pumkhek hilhel ahihna miten amuh chiang un, Paul hilou, Paul hinna khek tu Pathian phatna pia uhi. Grik ah hiai phat kichi ahun thu ah khatveia kizou hilouin, paitou nilouh ding genna (imperfect tense) kizang hi. Khrist toh kituahna hoihtak i neihleh kikhekna om in, tua hinna kikhekna miten a muh chiang un, Pathian phatna pia uhi.
Thukhitna: Sintuak mahmah tampi lak ah hiai anuai a thumte chiamteh bik le:
Gospel thilhihtheihna: Paul in a pianthak ma in tangthupha leenkip a zui, ami a leng tamhetloute sukchimih hileh, tangthupha leng beimai dingdan in a na ngaihsun hi. Gospel, huchi maimai a suk bei theih a na hilou, khamdaih vual hi hetlou, phetlou in amah, Paul mahmah leng tua thutak in lumlet in, sihdong a tua thutak kemtu leh gumtu muanhuai suaksak hi.
Eite ziak a miten Pathian phat ding: ‘Huchi in kei ziak in Pathian a phat uhi’(t24) /Gospel in Paul hinna pumkhek hilhel ahihna miten a muh chiang un, Paul hilou, Paul hinna khektu, Pathian phatna pia uhi. Khrist toh kituahna chiantak i neih leh kikhekna om in, tua hinna kikhekna miten a muh chiang un, Pathian phatna pia uhi.
Patauh theihna lak ah: Paul in a tanchinhoih gen kia hilou, Sawltaklian ahihna leh a thuneihna mahmah zong kalh a, gensiatna, muanmohna leh a hinna tanpha laksak ding a vauna a phutkhak lai a leng Gospel adia muanhuai a a din zoh bang in, tulai saptuamte leng khovel kihuatna, kigensiatna, kimohsakna leh hipii (Covid-19) ziak a mangbatna i phutkhak hun in leng Toupa leh A gam ading in muanhuaina suah chiat ni
Simtu deihtakte aw, i neih Pathian’ theihlouh a thil tung omlou hi. Ei, A Saptuamte hon mangthang saklou ding hi. Eite’n Amah i muanngamna tungtawn in miten Pathian muanhuaina phawk ding ua, Amah phat ding uhi. Paul bang a Pathian leh A thutak muangngam ding leh, i tu hun, patauh hun a, Khrist a lungmuanna bukim om ahih tangkoupih thei chiat ding in Khasiangthou thopna leh makaihna eite-a hong hi tawntungta hen. Amen!