Text : Galatiate 2:1-10
Thupi : Paul leh a sinsakna dik ahi chia pomna (Recognition of Paul and his teaching as true)
Thumapi: Galatiate bung 1na ah Paul in Sawltaklian a hihna genchet thakzel a poimoh ziak in genchian thakthak hi. Bung nihna ah bel a thugen (message) in a tup pipente taklang in Jerusalem a a khualzinna poimohdan hon genchian hi. Hiai khualzinna gah tuh, Paul Sawltaklian a hihna theihpih leh pomna kia hilou in a thugen (message) mahmah leng pompih uh ahih dan chiangtak in taaklang hi. (1:9)
I. Jerusalem a Paul Hohna. (2:1-5):
T.1na. ‘Kum sawmleli nung in, Barnaba toh Jerusalem khua ah ka hoh nawn a, Tita leng ka tonpih hi’ Galatia laikhak sinna a a haksa mahmah khat tuh, ahun leh a kum thu a ngaihdan kika taktak tampi om thei ahihna ahi. Hiai ah ‘kum sawm-le-li nung in..’ kichi bang, koi a pan sim ding, chih thu ah ngaihdan tuamtuam a na om mahmah hi. Hiai toh kisai a pomdan tangpi tuh, Damaska khua a Paul pianthak hun AD 31, Peter toh kimu ding a Jerusalem a hohna AD 33 (1:18) hitaleh, hiai a ‘kum sawm-le-li nung in’ kichi a pianthak AD 31 apan sim a, kum sawmleli, - AD 45 vel chihna hi ding hi. Nas.11:30 a kigen kial panpihna pe dia a hohna uh toh leng hong kibang hi.1 Hiai hun ah Barnabas toh hi ua, amau Titas leng tonpih uhi.
T.2na. ‘Kilakna ziak a hoh tou ka hi a, Zentelte’ kiang a Tanchinhoih ka taangkoupih thu amau ka hilh hi.’ Hiai a ‘kilakna’ a chih bangchi bang kilakna hi hiam chih chiang kei mahleh, jawlnei Agabas in kial hongtung ding hilhkholhna a na bawl pen hi thei mahmah hi. Nasepte laibu ah Jerusalem vehna/hohna nga vei (5vei) lak ah hiai hun pen kialpanpihna pedia kuanna (Nas.11: 27-30) hi ding a gintak ahi.2 Hiai hun lemchang a la in, Zentelte lak a ‘hehpihna ziak a ginna tungtawn a hotdamnna’ thutak a na puanzak thu Jerusalem makaite hilh hi ding hi- ‘a makai deuh te kiang kia ah aguuk in ka hilh hi’ Makai deuhte kichi Grik ah “dokoutes’ a hi a, ‘dinmun nei/ mi poimohte’ (men of eminence) chihna ahi. Tua bel, Jakob, Peter leh Johan chihte hi thei hi. Paul in tangpi lak a gen ding leh makaite lak a gen ding khen thei mahmah chihna ahi.
T.3na. ‘Ka tonpih Titas mah leng Grik mi himahleh zeksum sak teitei in a om kei hi’ Hiai a Titas a tonpih chitchiat na a ziak tuh, a thuginpi leh a gamtatna muhtheih a hong kilatkhiak ding deihna hiin kilang thei hi. Titas bel Zentel (Grik mi) amah tungtawn a piangthak ahi ( Tit.1:4) Langpang pawlten (Judaiserten) bel Titas zeksum saklouh pen, a dan uh toh kituaklou ahihman in ngaitheilou uhi. Paul in Judate lak a nasepna mavan sem na’ng in Timothi zek a sum sak a (Nas.17:3); hitamahleh, hiai nasepna vai hi hetlou a Pathian thutak sinsakna genkhiatna a hih man in Zentelte lak a a sinsak bangbang in Titas bel zeksumsak louh in a omsak hi.3 Tang 5na ah ‘amaute thunuai ah mitphiatkal zong ka kipe kei uh’ a chih in hilh chiang mahmah hi.
T.4na & 5na. ‘Hiai thu tuh gingtu taklou, a guuk a honglutte ziak ahi; amaute’n sal a a hon laaklut theihna ding un, Khrist Jesu a noplenna i neih uh enkhe ding in a guuk in a honglut uhi’ Hiai a Paul in a gente midang hilou, Judaiserte a genna a hi. A min a Khristian hi a kigen, ahihhang a Jesu Khrist a Pathian hehpihna ziak kia hilou, Mosi dan leh dan phuahtawm tuamtuam zuih tungtawn a hotdam a om theih phet ahih dan thu gen a, dan sikha a hon bawl tumte ahi uh chi’n Paul in hangsantak in gen khe miahmiah hi.
‘Tanchinhoih thutak tuh na kiang ua a om gige theihna di’n tomchik/mitphiatkal leng a kiang uah ka kipelut kei uhi.’ A lauhuai mahmah, Zedaiserte sinsakna in a sawilin zoh louh a, tanchinhoih thutak len a a dinkip gige ding uh deih lua a hihna ah, ‘amau sinsakna diklou sinsaktute ngaihsak mahmah kei un, kou leng ka ngaihsak kei himhim uhi’ a chihna dan ahi. Pathian thutak a kibulphuhna gum tinten in Paul khauh pai mahmah a bat hang in thil dang khenkhat ah bel Khrist itna suklat utna ziak in a nem pai mahmah hun leng om tham hi.
II. Sawltaklian a hihna Jerusalem Saptuam pompihna. (2:6-10):
T.6na. ‘Mi khenkhat poimoh bang deuh in kilang mah le uh kei ading in kilamdanna bangmah a om tuan kei; Pathian in deihsaktuam a nei ngal kei a ’ Hiai ah ‘mi poimoh bang deuh a kilangte’ a chih in midang pi gen hilou in saptuam makaite a chihna a hi hi. Saptuam a dinmun poimoh tak lente; Saptuam khuam muanhuai hi-a min neite a chihna ahi. Tua bel kua dang hilou in Jakob, Peter leh Johante a chihna ahi (T.9na) Amauten nidang in Jesus Khrist nung a na jui ua, deihsakna leh zahna ngah in tua dinmun len mah le uh, ‘kei ading in a kilamdannna omtuan lou hi’ a chihna dan hi in kilang hi. Achian nawn semna tuh, ‘ka thupuak tungtang ah bangmah hilh behlap ding a hon nei tuan kei uhi’ Paul in hiai bang a kam pau a zat, amah a tangdin nop ziak hiam, a kiletsak/poimoh sak ut ziak hiam hi hetlou in, sawltaklian a hihna hiin a tangthupha gen hileh Pathian a pan mahmah hi a, nungjui masate toh kilamdanna omlou ahi chih a taklat nopman ahi zaw hi.
T.7na & 8na. Alangpang Judaiserte’n naaktak in panla mah le uh, Paul sawltaklian a hihna mihing a pan hilou in Pathian apan ahi-a, Jerusalem saptuam mahmah in leng thei in pompih uhi chih hiai ah, ‘Huchih naaksang in…’ chih leh ‘...amaute’n a mu uhi’ chih ah kilang chiang mahmah hi. Zeksumte (Judate) kiang a tangthupha genna nasep Peter kiang a piak a a om bang in Zentelte kiang a tangthupha genna nasep Paul kiang a piak ahih dan saptuam ten leng muhpih uh a hihna gen hi. Peter leh Paul nasepna kikhenna mihing chi leh nam ziak hi lou in, a gam thu ziak hi zaw hi. Peter in Palestina gam ah sem a, Zentelte lak a leng semkha hi ( Kornelias inn ah - Nas.10). Paul in a hihleh a tangpi in Palestina gam pua ah sem a, himahleh a sepna mun peuh ah Judate lak a pan zel hi.4 ( Nas. 13:5, 14; 14:1 etc)
T.9na. Jerusalem saptuam in khuam poimoh a aneihte uh – Jakob, Peter leh Johan hi uhi. Tua hun in mohpuakna / nasepna kikhentuamna om ta hiam chih chiang chiah kei mah leh, Peter pen missions lam moh podeuh, Jakob pen ministries- saptuam vaisaina lam a a lianpen bang in kilang uhi. Saptuam khawmpilian neih hun ah leng amah, Jakob, khawmpi chairman in pang hi. ‘kei leh Barnaba kithuahkhawmna a mipoimohtak hihna hon pia uhi’ a chih a chiang mah mah tuh, Jerusalem saptuam in Paul sawltaklian a hihna a pompih ban uah, a tangthupha gen a pompih uh chihna ahi.5
T.10na. ‘Mijawngte ka theihgige ding uh a deih ua, huai mah tuh hih ka na kilawp gige mah ahi’ Jerusalem saptuam, a tamzawthamte mizawng leh genthei hi uhi. Palestina a ‘mi zawng’ a ki chih chiang in Khristiante chihna a kizang a hi a chi pawl om uhi. Zentel saptuamte ahihleh a tangpi in neih leh lam thu ah a na hoih zaw uhi. Korinth saptuam ahihleh a hau leh a zawng teeng polh, kikhia mahmah hii uhi.
Saptuam in atung apan amaute laka genthei leh tasam omte phawk in a khawtuah mahmah uhi ( Nas. 6:1-7) Kial leh taak a tun hun ah huhna bawl chihte a na ngai poimoh mahmah uhi ( Nas.11:27-30; 24:17; Rom.15:26; I Kor.16:3,4; 2 Kor.8:9). Tua ahi hiai a kigen, ‘Mizawngte ka theih gige ding uh a deih ua, huaimah tuh hih ka na kilawp gige mah ahi’ Amen.
Thukhitna leh Chiamteh tuakte:
Headquarters toh kichimatna: Nasepte laibu ah Jerusalem vehna/hohna ngavei (5vei) vel tak muh in om hi. Khalam nasepna vai leh taksa, khosakna lam vai a apoimohna a om ziak a Headquarters veh zel uh a hihna chiang mah mah hi. Ahi, Pathian Saptuamte leh pawlpi khat peuhpeuh chidamna ding in *Headquarters toh kichimatna a na poimoh mahmah hi.
Paul pilvanna: Paul in Zentelte lak a ‘hehpihna ziak a ginna tungtawn a hotdamna’ thutak a na puanzak thu Jerusalem a a makai deuh te kiang kia ah aguuk in ka hilh hi, a chihna ah, *Paul pilvanna chiamteh tuak mahmah om hi. Paul in tangpi lak a gen ding leh makaite lak a gen ding khen thei mahmah chihna ahi. Tangpi lak a gen ding leh gen louhding, makaite kia theih dia gen ding leh genlouhding khentat theihna in buaitheihna tamtak pumpelh thei gige chih chiamteh tek ni.
Khrist a kipumkhatna: Saptuam Makai lian te’n, Paul Sawltaklian a hihna leh a message theihpih in pompih ua, Zentelte lak a tangthupha puakna nna sem diing a hihkip in kithuahpihna khut pia uhi. Khrist Grep huan a semkhawmte’n kitheihtuahna hoihtak, leh kizopna *Khrist a kipumkhatna kepbit poimoh hina maizen e hon chi sak hi.
Gentheite kithuahpihna khut: Paul kamsuak kilawm leh ngaih mahmah, ‘Mizawngte ka theih gige ding uh a deih ua, huaimah tuh hih ka na kilawp gige mah ahi’, chi a a gen, ataktak a sepsuahna, kial panpihna pe dia Paul leh a team-te kuanna in hon sinsak, chiamteh huai mahmah tuh, Pathian gam-nna sepna Khalam kia hilou, Salam poimoh kiphawkpih a, kihuhtuah / kithuahpihna khut kipiak Khristian-huai mahmah hi.
I tu hun (Hiipi/Pulnatna in hon nuai hun) a lungzing mangbang a om tampite lak ah Khalam leh Salam a kalsuan a, panpihna khut zaak-thei mimal, innkuan, pawl tuamtuam leh Saptuam pawlpi Toupa’n hon piakte ziak in i biak Pathian min i phat hi.
Simtu deihtakte aw, A nna i sep Pa Pathian in bangkim a kipumkhat a, kithuahpihna khut zak thei zel zel ding in hon ompih chiat ta hen. Amen!
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1 Brian Wintle, South Asia Bible Commentary (Udaipur, India, Open Door Publication, 2015) p.1618
2 Ibid
3 Alan Cole, Galatians, An Introduction and Commentaries,(London, the Tyndal Press, 1969) p. 1094
4 Kenneth Barker, The NIV Study Bible, Galatians;( Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, USA, 1995). P.1783
5 Paul N. Benware, Survey of the New Testament ( Moody Publishers, Chicago, 2003) p.158