Text : Galatiate 3:1-9
Thupi : Ginna hia ahih keileh Dan zuihkimna (Faith or Observance of the Law)
Thumapi: Covid-19 hiipi ziak a patauhna liantak, i khovel in a phutkhak lai a leng A thutak sinkhawm theihna ding hunlem hon piak lai man in i biak Pa Pathian tung ah kipak petmah in thupina tengteng Amah i pe masa uhi.
Hotdamna toh kisai, ‘Chialpi’ bawl a kizangten a gen sek uh tuh, ‘mi hoihhun kisa leh dan zui kim kisate piangthak pahpah theilou uh’ chih ahi. Paul hunlai in leng tua bang nana phukha mun mahmah in, ‘hoihna leh Dan zuihna suang mahmah pawl, Judaizer-te’ mi tampite pianthakna ding daltu in ana pang sek uhi. Tua ahihna ah Paul in hiai tang sung ah Ginna tungtawn a hotdamna ngah ding ahihdan hon genchiang nawn hi.
I. Galatiate Thil phutkhak tungtang genchetna. (3:1-5):
T.1na & 2na. ‘Nou Galatia mihaite aw!’ Grik pau ah ‘hai’ chihna thumal nih om a, ‘moros’, lungsim kimlou/ mibanglou chihna leh, ‘anoetos’, pil, khuak theihna hoihtak leng nei, ahihhang a zanglou chihna ahi. Hiai a Paul in a thumal zat pen, ‘moros’ hilou in, ‘ anoetos’ ahi.1 Hiai a Paul in a thumal zatte etzual ah a (Paul) lungput- mi gum leh a lungsim a omte genkhe phutphut mi, batna nei hi. Himahleh, Galatiaten hihkhelh thupitak a neih ziak uh, khelhna toh kisai, hi hetlouin, a hai luat man ua mohpaih a, ‘’nou Galatia mihaite’ chi kha zezen ahi hi. Thil diklou hihkha, a khonung a theihkhiak chiang a, ‘eh! hai na mahmah ing e!’ i chih bang deuhdan a amaute leng hong kiphawk khiat uh deih na in, ‘kua’n hon bumhai a maizen a?’ chi’n a mohpaihna amaute tung a kinga pen heikhia in, amaute theihsiam ding deihna toh, a bumhaitute tung ah tua gitlouhna hon koih hi. Galatiate ngoh tentun lou in, bumhai a a om ziak uh ahihsak pen, Paul pilvang siam leh heutu ching ahihna kilatna thupitak hi mahmah hi. ‘Dan zuih ziak in hia Kha na tan uh, ahihkeileh Tanchinhoih na zaak ua na gintak ziak un?’ (t.2) Hiai hi Paul in amaute a haina uh a kiphawkkhiak theihna ding ua dotna a bawl ahi. Dan thupiak a zuih ziak ua Kha ngah hilou uh, Tangthupha a kiang ua gen a om ana zaak ua, a gintak ziak ua ngah ahihdan uh theih chiang sak teitei a tup man in gen thakthak hi. (Rom.10:14-17)
T.3na & 4na. ‘Hichi tel a hai na hi umaw? Kha a pankhinta ngal in, sa in na zou ding ua hia?’ Hiai ah Paul in, Pathian hehpihna ziak a Khrist a siamtansak a om a, Kha ngahta ahihna uh gen in, ‘Kha a pankhinta’ chih hon zang hi. Judaizerte sinsakna- Hehpihna ziak a ginna tungtawn kia a hotdam hiloua, Dan thu zuihna toh gawmkhawmna pen lam a puklut uh ahih man un ahi. Ni dang a Kha tang a, tu-a sinsakna diklou a lutte kiang a Hotdamna pianzia a genna ahi hi.2 Dotna omthei khat tuh, piangthaksa, piangthaklou hi kik chihna hi ding hiam? Paul in hiai ah mimal thu genlou in, Galatia saptuamte lak a piangthak omte leh piangthaklou omte a lompi a a genna ahi zaw hi. Pianthakna i chih a omden himahle, nungtolh leh lauthawng thak chih om thei hi. ‘Thil huai zahzah phattuamna bei a thuaka, bangmahlou suah ding maw?’ (t.4). Hiai a ‘thuakna’ kichi Grik ah ‘epathet’ kizang a, tua in Khristian hihna ziak a salam bawlsiatna leh lungsim a tawlna a thuakte uh genkha vek hi. Amauten a chil a pan a Judate leh a chipihte ua pan Khrist ziak a haksatna tampi a na thuak ta hinapi; tu-a tangthupha tuam, tangthupha leng hilou sinsakna diklou lam a a pialsan mawk uh, a thuak tengteng uh a thawn hilou ding hiam chi a a hilhna ahi hi.3
T.5na & 6na. ‘Dan na zuih ziak un hia, ahihkeileh na thu zaak uh na gintak ziak ua, Pathian in noute a Kha hon piak a, na lak ua thillamdangte ahih?’ Dan thupiak a zuih ziak ua Kha piak a om hi lou hial, tangthupha a zaak uh, a gintak ua, a sanna ziak ua ngah ahihdan uh hon gen chian thakthak hi. Kha piak a om toh kisai, mi kuapeuh Jesu Khrist hondampa a a san hun a Kha sungluah himahleh, a nung a a gingtamite sung a tua Pathian Kha nasep thupitak om toutoute genna lam a kawk zaw hi. Thillamdangte a hih a chih in muhtheih a thillamdangte kia hilou in Kha Siangthou ziak a khalam thilhihtheihna leh hamphatna tuamtuam a tante uh gen ahi hi.
‘Abraham in Pathian a gingta a, huai tuh amah a di’n diktatna a simsak ahi’ (t.6). Hiai thumal ‘diktatna / diktanna’ bel thukhenna a kizang kammal ahi. Hiai a Paul in a genchet nop bel, Abraham in Pathian a ginna pen Pathian in a diktanna in simsak hi. Abraham in thilhoih sepkhiak leh hoihna tampi a nei tham ding, himahleh tuate hotdamna ngahna ding a kichinglou ahihman in Pathian in Ama dikna pia a, Abraham diktang a hong hita hi. Chiamteh tuak mahmah tuh, Abraham in thilhih ziak a diktang hileh suan ding a nei ding a, himahleh ginna ziak liauliau a siamtang/diktang a hih man in Pathian ma ah suan ding bangmah a nei kei hi. Pathian thu za a, thupitak a a ginna a sepkhiakna in diktang sak hi.4 Ei leng Khrist Jesu diktatna ziak in Pathian mai ah diktansakna i ngah hi. (2 Kor. 5:21)
T.7na & 8na. ‘Huchiin, ginna a omte mah tuh Abraham tate ahi uh chih thei un.’ Paul langpang pawl, Judaizerten Abraham tate suah theihna hi-a a sinsak uh tuh zeksum ahi. Sa-a kilatdan, huai bel zeksum in Judaten Abraham suante (salam a suante) ahihna uh suang in, a kisaktheihpih mahmah ua, himahleh hiai ah Paul in a gen bel tua bang na na hilou in, mi kuapeuh hoihna, hihtheihna leh dan-thupiak zuihna a kinga lou a, Abraham in Pathian a muan bang a, Pathian diktansakna Jesu Khrist a om gingta a, pom kichian peuhmah Abraham tate ahi uh a chih nopna a hi. Paul in a awlmoh mahmah leh a poimoh ngaih mahmah tuh khalam a Pathian inkuan sungmi hihna ahi. Tua mah ahi i Toupa hon sinsak. (Jn.8:33,44).
Khristian tamtakte’n i theihsiam theihlouh uh khat tuh, Israelte, nam / chitel ahihna uh ahi. Pathian in deihsaktuam nei a batna leng omthei mah hi. Pathian in a tung a pan a thiltup tuh mi tengteng, Juda leh Zentel khentuam lou a a nih ua hotdam ahi. Israelte teel-a a omna uh leng mohpuakna goltak leh giktak gotna ana hi hi. Huai tuh, amaute tungtawn a Zentel namte hotdam a honghih theihna ding uh ahi. Pathian in Zentelte tuh ginna ziak in siam a tangsak ding…chi-a hon gen ban ah ‘Nang ah namchih vualzawl in a om ding uh’ chi in Abraham kiang ah tanchinhoih tuh ana genkholta hi.’ (Gen.12:3). Hiai a a tangkoupa kua dang hilou, Pathian mahmah in Abraham kiang a missionary nna a na sem khia, Gospel ana phuangkhia ahi hi.
T.9na ‘Huchi ahih ziak in, a gingta mite tuh ginna nei, Abraham bang a vualzawl in a om uhi’. Abraham in Pathian thu a zaak a, mawk gintaak mai hi lou, kalsuankhiakpih ngam — ginna a neih pen Pathian in a diktanna in simsak hi. Hiai a Abraham ginna kigen bangbang Jesu Khrist a ginna kiptak neite khempeuh, Juda Zentel khentuam omlou in Abraham in diktansakna/ siamtansakna a ngah bangbang Diktansakna ngahte, huai vualzawlna koppihte hita ahi uhi. Toupa hehpihna lian in thuk hina tel e!
Thukhitna leh Chiamteh tuakte:
Galatia saptuamte thutak a na kiheisan ziak ua iplah leh mohsak theih luat a na hi uhi. Himahleh, Paul in ahailuat man ua mohpaih a, kouse suk mailou in, amaute a lampialna uh hong kiphawk khiat uh deih na in, ‘‘kua’n hon bumhai a maizen a?’ chi’n a mohpaihna amaute tung a kinga pen heikhia in, amaute theihsiam ding deihna toh, a bumhaitute tung ah tua gitlouhna hon koih hi. Galatiate ngoh tentun lou in, bumhai a a om ziak uh ahihsak pen, Paul pilvang siam leh heutu ching ahihna kilatna thupitak chiamteh tuak mahmah khat ahi hi.
Galatia Saptuamte bang a Kha a pan khinta ngal a, sa a zoh maimah theih a na hi mahmah hi. I theihlouh kal a i khamitna– khovel thil, damsung thupinate khawng adia zuak khak theih ahih ban ah, Khrist leh a gam adia haksatna tampi toh kal i na suannate a thawn ahih khak ding lauhhuai mahmah hi.
Abraham in thilhoih sepkhiak leh hoihna tampi a nei tham ding, himahleh tuate ziak a hotdamna ngah hilou, Pathian a ginna ziak liauliau a siamtang/diktang a hih bang in, eite leng Pathian thu za a, ginna kiptak neihna in Pathian mai ah dik hon tangsak hi.
Simtu deihtakte aw, Paul in Galatia saptuam, thutak pialsante, huai thutak lam a zopkhawm a hong om nawn nading ua naktak a pan a lak bang in, en leng i tuhun a thutak a pan pimang a omte pikik nawn ding, a liam leh baite tungding nawn thei ding in Khasiangthou ompihna deihhuaitak mai eite a hong hi tawntung ta hen. Amen!