Text : Galatiate 4:21-31
Thumapi: Khristmas i zat zelna kha tan dong a hon pitu, i biak Pathian min in simtute na vek un Khristmas chibai aw!
Tu kha in ‘Sara leh Hagar Etsakna’ chih thupi a nei in Bible study sunzawm nawn le i chi hi. Paul in Jerusalem a Rabinic School hoih penpen, Gamaliel khebul a khanglian a hih man in Laisiangthou leh Judate Laisiangthou khiatdan a thei mahmah hi. Judaten Laisiangthou chili (4) in khia tangpi uhi:1 (i) ‘Peshat’ a chi ua, a thu in a genkhiak (literal meaning), (ii) ‘Remaz’ a chi ua, kawktheih a neih bang a khiatna (suggested meaning) (iii) ‘Derush’ a chi ua, velchetna hoihtak neih nunga akawk hi-a muh (the meaning deduced by investigation), (iv) ‘Sod’ a chi ua, etsaknei tehkakna (the allegorical meaning) ahi hi. Judaten hiai li (4) te lak ah a lina pen, khiatna tengteng bukimna ahi chi in thupi ngaih pen uhi. Hiai thumal li te kipatna laimal zopkhawm – PRDS leh PaRaDiSe a ‘consonant’ laimalte hong kituak geih hi. Tua ahih man in, Laisiangthou khiatdan chilite zang a khiat ahih chiang in ‘Paradise’ a nopna ngah kihi a hi chi hial uhi. Hiai changte ah Paul in Genesis 16, 17 leh 21 thute Etsakna nei, tehkakna (Allegorism) dan in lungluthuai tak, sinsakna pia hi.
Tt.21na & 22na. ‘Nou dan nuai a om utte aw, hon hilh un, dan in a gen bang ahia chih na thei kei ua hia?’ Abraham in tapa nih a nei a, khat tuh silanu a kipan a piang ahi a, khat bel zalennu a kipan a piang ahi.’ Paul langbawl pawl ten Mosi dan mah pibawl mahmah uh a hih man in Paul in Dan-thupiak in hamsia lel a gahkhiatdan hon gen thak thak hi (Gal.3:10-14). Judaten Abraham ka pu uh a hi chi-a a kisaktheihpih mahmah lai un, Baptistpa Johan in Mat.3:9 ah a na taihilh in, i Toupa Jesu mahmah in zong khalam a Abraham tate ahihlouh dan uh Johan 8 ah a na genchian hi. Tua bang mah in Paul in leng hiai ah hon taklang in, Abraham in Sara (silanu hilou) a pan Isak a neia, Hagar, silanu a pan Ismael a nei hi chi hi.
Tt.23na – 24na. ‘Silanu a pan pen tuh sa dan in a piang a, zalennu a pan pen bel thuchiam ziak a piang ahi’ Hiai a Paul in a genchet nop tuh, Ismael a pian in Abraham kum sawmgiatleguk (86) bang a upa, ngeina dan in chisuang thei lai hi. Himahleh, Isak a pian in bel amah kum za (100) in upa ta in (Gen. 21:5), a zi mahmah leng upata, ngeina dan a nau neithei nawnlou hita ahih man un, Isak pianna thillamdang, thuchiam a kinga ahi chih ahi. (Gen.15:4,17,19). Huan, T24na, ‘Hiaite gentehna bang a laak theih ahi uh: Numeiten thukhun nihte a-ensak uh…’ Tt.24na - 26na gentehna/etkakna (Hehpihna & Dan) dan in hon zang hi: 2
HEHPIHNA (GRACE)
Sara, noplen numei
Isak, thuchiam a piang
Thukhun Thak
Vanlam Jerusalem
Khristian biakna
DAN (LAW)
Hagar, sila numei
Ismael, piandan ngeina a piang
Thukhun Lui
Leilam Jerusalem
Juda biakna
A tung a thukhun nih kimute, Abraham kiang a thukhun leh Mosi kiang a thukhun ahi uh. Hiai a chiamteh tuak mahmah tuh, Sinai mual a dan-thupiak in salsuahna pelou a, huai a kingate sila suak uh ahih man in Hagar mah bang a sila ahi uhi. Hiaiziak in a hi, tua thukhun sik a Hagar a kizat. A langkhat lam ah, Abraham kiang a thukhun tuh Jesu Khrist tungtawn a kalvari mual a hong bukim ahih man in Sara pen thukhun thak sik in hiai ah dinsak in om hi. Dan-thupiak zuih ziak a hotdamna ngah sawmna pen Abraham a pan thukhun toh kikalhna a hi a, sila suahna ahi hi. Piandan a Hagar tate sila mah a hi ua hiai toh Sinai mual a dan-thupiak zuih kibang hi.
Tt.25na – 26na. ‘Hagar bel Arabia gam a Sinai Mualvum, tulai a Jerusalem etsakna ahi, a tate toh sila in a om uhi. Himahleh, tunglam Jerusalem bel zaleen ahi. Tulai a Arabia akichihna gam ah Sinai om kha kei mahleh, tua hunlai in Arabia gam in Sinai gamdai khempeuh huam kha vek hi. Gen 16,21 ah, Hagar, Arabia gam a nihvei a taina kimu hi. Hiai, ‘Sinai mual’ hi Mosi dan-thupiak genna ahih bang in Hagar, silanu in dan-thupiak ensak a, hiai dan-thupiak zuite leng sila a hi uh chih a gen hi.
Thil kibangloupi etsakna (metaphor) zang a Jerusalem khuapi (Leilam Jerusalem) dinmun leh Hagar dinmun kibang a hon koihna ziak tuh hiai bang ahi thei: Kiukna vai ah Romte nuai a om; sahkhua/biakna vai ah Mosi dan-thupiak nuai a saltang, namtelte hina pi in Dan-thupiak nuai ah saltang den uhi. Thil kibang loupi etsakna dang hon piak tuh, Sara leh vanlam Jerusalem hon gen khawm ahi. Hiai ah Sara, noplennu a pan Isak hong piang hi. Hiai khuapi thupi leh kilawm ah Dan-thupiak a pan suakta ta, Jesu Khrist a zalenna ngahte om uhi (Kil.21,22). Tua ahihman in, Sara, noplennu leh tunglam Jerusalem hon tehkak a hi hi.
Tt. 27na - 29na ‘Huaijiak in, Laisiangthou in, nang chiing, ta nei ngeilou, kipak in! nang, nauvei natna thuak ngeilou, kikou khia in! Pasal neinu sang in lah a tang a omnu’n ta a nei tam zaw ngal a’ Hiai hi la kilawm mahmah phuah a om, Isai 54:1 a pan kilasawn ahi. Jawlnei Isai in Sara leh Hagar phawk kawm a gelh khiak mah hi ding hiam chih theih haksa hi. Hiai la a kigelh hun lai dan a et in, Israelte, a diak in Jerusalem niamkiakna leh Babylon saltanna a pan tunding nawnna ding lam kawk hiin kithei hi. Paul in hiai a tua thu hon vuah dan i et leh hong kituak mahmah bang hi.
T28na ah, ‘Tuin unaute aw Isak mahbang in thuchiam jiak in Pathian’ tate na hi uhi…” Khrist ginna jiak in Isak bang in thuchiam tate – gouluah dingte na hi uhi’ chihna a hi. Kristian peuhmah, Juda hi’n Zentel hitaleh, Pathian inkuante hita ahihna uah hamphatna lianpi ngah ua, mohpuakna goltak leng nei chiat uhi.
T.29na ah, ‘Huai hunlai in sadan a piang in, Kha thilhihtheihna a piang a sawi a; tu inleng huaibang geih ahi’ Genesis 21:8,9 ah Ismael in a sanggampa Isak, simmohtak a, anuihsanna thu kigen hi. Hiai bang hun in Ismael kum sawmlesagih, Isak kum nih khawng hi kha thei tuak uhi. Hagar leh a tapa hawlkhiak a a omna tua ziak ahi hi. Paul in hiai thu a pan a gennop pen tuh, Khristiante’n leng simmohna leh bawlsiatna tuak zel, tuak toutou ding i hih dan gen hi.3 (Phil.1:29; I Thes.3:1-4; 2 Tim.3:12; I Pet.4:12;13) Paul langpangte, Zentel milim bete hilou, Juda biakna lamkaite hi zaw ua, Jesu mudah pente Rom kumpite hilou, dan thupiak hoihtak a zui kichite hi uhi. Tua bang mah in i tulai Saptuam subuai leh doute pualammite hilou in, saptuam sung a kihel, a lem maimai te hi zaw sek uhi.
Tt. 30na - 31na “Himahleh Laisiangthou in bang a gen a? Silanu tuh a tapa toh hawlkhia in; silanu’ tapa in zalennu tapa’ gou luahpih lou ding ahih jiak in.” Hiai a Paul in a hilhchet nop tuh, Ismael leh Isak in gou luahkhawm theilou uh, tua ziak a Silanu, Hagar leh a tapa Ismael hawlkhiat a aom bang un, sinsakna diklou a-om leh a sinsak mite hawlkhia un a chihna ahi hi. Thuchiam, Jesu Khrist ginna a kingalou sinsakna dang himhim in Khrist Lalgam ah mun nei thei lou ding hi.
T.31na ah, Sanggamte aw, eite zaw silanu’tate i hi kei ua, zalennu’ tate i hi zaw uhi.’ Hiai ah Paul in lungpi gel tak in leh ngaihnatna lian tak nei kawm in, amau toh hihna leh dinmun kibang a kikoih in, thumal kilawm mahmah, Sanggamte aw, eite, chih hon zang in, Galatia saptuamte lak a khat bang a kikoih (identified) phot zezen in, hanthawnna thu leh khamuanna thu hon gen hi. Silanu, Hagar’ tate bang a dan-thupiak a kinga i hi kei ua, Sara ta diktak, Pathian thuchiam bang geih a Khrist a Pathian hehpihna tangte, hotdam a omte i hi zaw uhi chi hi. Hiai ah Paul in, Missionary hoihtak, Kemtu hoih tak, kemtu muanhuai’ lungput ding hon lang chiangsak mahmah hi.
Thukhitna:
Tu kha a i Laisiangthou sinkhawm uh, “Sara leh Hagar Etsakna” kichi’ thutun poimoh mahmahte leh chiamteh tuak hiaite bang ahi.
#Sinai mual a dan-thupiak in salsuahna pelou a, huai a kingate sila suak uh ahih man un Hagar mah bang a sila ahi uhi. Hiaiziak in a hi, tua thukhun sik leh tang a Hagar a kizat.
#A langkhat lam ah, Abraham kiang a thukhun tuh Jesu Khrist tungtawn a kalvari mual a hong bukim ahih man in Sara pen thukhun thak tang in hiai ah dinsak in om hi.
#Ismael leh Isak in gou luahkhawm theilou uh, tua ziak a Silanu, Hagar leh a tapa, Ismael hawlkhiat a aom bang un, sinsakna diklou a-omleh, a sinsak mite hepkhiak ding chih hon sinsak hi.
#Thuchiam, Jesu Khrist ginna a kingalou sinsakna dang himhim in Khrist Lalgam ah mun nei thei lou hi chih phawk gige kul hi.
Dan-thuchiam zuihna hilou, Pathian thuchiam, Abraham tungtawn a hong pai, Khrist a sepkhiak a om Hehpihna ziak-a ginna tungtawn a hotdam a omte i hi. I Pa Pathian in, tua thutak gumtu, kembittu leh tua thutak neinailoute kiang a pekhetu hi thei chiat ding in hon ompih tawntung ta hen. Amen!
1 William Barclay, The Daily Study Bible, The Letters to the Galatians;(Theological Publications in India,,Bangalore, 1976). P.40
2 Brian Wintle, South Asia Bible Commentary (Udaipur, India, Open Door Publication, 2015) p.1627
3 Alan Cole, Galatians, An Introduction and Commentary,(London, the Tyndal Press, 1969) p. 135