Text : Ephesate 3:1-13
Thumasa: Simtute Chibai! Tutung in Sawltak Paul, Jentelte’ kiang a Pathian’ Thuguk a theihpen gen ding a mohpuakna piak a a omna thu, Thuguk sel a ompen mite kiang a theisak ding a sawl ahih thu leh huai tungtawn a Pathian’ pilna Saptuamte tungtawn a tuhun a theihsak ahihna ding leh Khrist ginna ziak a hamphatnate i sutkhawm ding uh.
Hilhchetna
Tang 1-2: Paul, Jentelte ziak a Khrist Jesu henta chi in amah leh amah hong kipulak hi. Bangziak hiam i chihleh, khatna ah, Ephesa laikhak pen Rome suangkulh a khum a a omlaitak a a gelh ahihziak leh nihna ah, Jentelte kiang a thu a gen ziak a suangkulh a khum a om ahihziak ahi.1 Theih ding a poimoh tuh, Paul suangkulh sung a khum a om leh omlouh thu hilou, Jesu Khrist hentapa ahi him ahi. Aman Jesu a hinkhua ah hun teng leh mun teng ah vaihawmtu leh Toupa a hisak gige hi.2 Paul ahihleh Jentelte kiang a tangthupha gen ding a sap ahi (Nas. 22:21; Rom. 15:15-16). Huai mah Paul in Pathian hehpihna kepna nna sem ding a sapna a ngah ahi (t. 2).
Tang 3: Hiai ah Paul in Thuguk ka kiang ah theihsak chih toh kisai Eph. 1:1-10 a kigensa hon gen thak nawn hi. Huai thuguk — Pathian in thil tengteng khatvei Khrist a gawmkhawm ding chih ahi. Ephesate 2 sung ah, Paul in Juda leh Jentelte pumkhat suakkhinta uh chih taklang hi. Paul in hiai thuguk mihingte apan a sinkhiak hizawlou in amah kiang a kilakna tungtawn a Pathian apan theihsak a om hizaw ahihdan gen hi.
Tang 4: Ephesate 1-2 sim zoh ahihtoh kiton a Ephesaten maih hetlou a a theih ngeingei ding uh tuh Paul in thuguk toh kisai bang hihiam chih thei ding chih ahi. Huai thuguk ahihleh Khrist thuguk (Mystery of Christ); huai tuh Khrist pen thil tengteng tung a lutang ahihna (1:22), leh Khrist a Judate leh Jentelte pumkhat (Saptuam) a gawmkhawm hita uh chihna ahi (1 Kor. 12:12-13, 27; Eph. 2:16-17; 3:6)
Tang 5: Huai thuguk tumalam a mihing khang om masate kiang ah theihsak hilou hi. Hiai omdan tuh Khrist thuguk pen Jesu hun ma a khosa mite kiang ah theihsak hilou chihna ahi. Jesu leitung a hong pai hun apan in hiai thuguk a bukim a Pathian’ sawltak siangthou leh Jawlneite kiang ah theihsak ahi. Amaute kiang ah Kha Siangthou in huai thuguk a theisak hi.3
Tang 6: Hiai Paul in huai thuguk bang hihiam chih taklang nawn hi. Jentelte gingtute tuh Israelte’ gouluahpihte, pumpi hiangte, leh thuchiam tanpihte hi uhi (Eph. 2:19). Judate leh Jentelte gingtute Khrist sung ah khat, Pathian etna dan ah kibang hi uh chihna ahi.4 Hiai omdan ahihleh a niamzaw, sangzaw, hoihzaw, hoihlouzaw chih Pathian etna dan ah omlou a kibang vek a hon mu leh hon koih ahi chihna hi.
Jentelte tuh Israel gouluahpite hi uhi. Hiai omdan ahihleh Judate toh Pathian kumpi gam a mite hita uh chihna ahi. Pathian in Judate toh kal a thukhun a bawl ah Jentelten tua tan neita uh chihna ahi. Huai thukhun ah Judaten Pathian a biak ding ua, Pathian thu a man ding uh, huai tuh Pathian in amaute a namtel tuam ahi uh chih a chetna ding chih ahi. Tun Khrist gingta— Juda leh Jentelte, Pathian tel mite hi tuaktuak uhi.5 Jentelte tuh Judate toh pumpi khat a hiangte hi uhi. Hiai in a gen tuh Jentel gingtute tuh Juda gingtute toh Khrist pumpi a hiangte hi uh chihna ahi (1 Kor. 12:27).
Jentelte thuchiam tanpihte hi uhi. Hotkhiakna Jesu Khrist a chiam a ompen ahi. Pathian in Judate kiang ah amaute honkhe ding in Hondamtu sawl ding chih thuchiam hi. Himahleh a chiam Hondampa (Khrist) a hong paitak in, Judaten ana deihlouh ziak un, Pathian in Khrist hotkhiakna nasep Jentelten ginna tungtawna a san theih ding un koih/omsak hi. Hiaibang in ahi Jentelten hotkhiakna thuchiam a tan (Share) a neih khak uh.6 Hallelujah.
Tang 7: Paul tangthupha sikha hi ding a bawltu tuh Pathian hehpihna thilpiak leh a thilhihtheihna sepdan bangzel a ahi. Khrist gingta leh a thumang peuhmahte, Paul bang a, Pathian hehpihna leh thilhihtheihna tungtawn a tanchinhoih nasemtu hi ding a bawl i hi uhi. Pathian in a hehpihna ziak in Amah nasemtu hihtheihna ding a a poimoh tengteng hon pe khinta ahihziak ahi. I kidot dia poimoh tuh: Kua nasemtu ka hi a? Ka heutupa Khrist leh a tanchin hoih bangzah in ka it a?
Tang 8: Hiai ah Paul amah leh amah kitawisang ahikei hi. Paul tuni a ei kiang a om hilehleng “kei na lak ua neupen ka hi” chi ding hi, huai tuh Pathian tellou a sem zoulou ding ahihdan a genna ahi.7 Pathian in Paul kiang a nasep tuam ding a a piak: Jentelte kiang a Khrist hauhsakna suikhiak vuallouh gen ding ahi. Khrist khalam hauhsakna tuh suikhiak vual hilou ahi. Hiai hauhsakna suikhiak vuallouh tuh khalam vualzawlna Paul in 1:3 a kigente toh kibang ahi (Kol. 1:24-27).
Khovel mi’n zaw gou sethei lel a zong ua, himahleh en zaw tangtawn daih ding hauhsakna Jesu ah i mu uhi. Hiai hauhsaknate midangte kiang a genlou ding maw? Khalam hauhsakna leh thilhihtheihna kiching mite kiang a piak ding i nei uhi. Akiching/a bei ngeilou ding a nak nei i hi.
Mite kiang a i piaksawn ding uh Khrist a hauhsakna i neih bangbang ahia? Huaite tuh a hehpihna leh thilpiak leh khalam vualzawlnate (1:3), a hotdamna tangthupha, huai Pathian’ thilhihtheihna tel in (1 Kor. 1:18). Himahleh i piaksawn ding a thupipenpen tuh Khrist mah, khalam vualzawlna tengteng khaikhawmtu (Rom. 8:32) ahi.
Tang 9: Jentelte kiang a thugentu kia hilou in, Pathian in thuguk bang ahia chih mi tengteng kiang a gen dia Paul mohpuakna piak ahihdan hiai ah taklang hi. Khrist hun ma in, hiai thuguk sel in oma, himahleh tun hihlat (revealed) in omta hi (t. 5). I theihsa bang in, huai thuguk pen Pathian in thil tengteng Khrist nuai a pilut hi (1:10). Hiai in khalam a mi thak, huai ahihleh leitung a mi tengteng Khrist ginna tungtawn a inkuan mi ding bawl a om huamtel ahi. Huai tuh Toupa’n a tangtawn thiltup Jesu Khrist i Toupa ua a sepzoh ahi (t. 11).
Tang 10: Pathian in bang tupna ziak a hiai thuguk puangkhia ahia? A tup (intention) ahihleh vanmun khawng a lalnate leh thuneihna neite kiang a Pathian’ pilna taklang nuam ahi. Hiai a lalnate leh thuneihnate nei kigenten Angel leh kha giloute a huamtel vek hi (2:2).
Ahihleh Pathian in bangchi bang a a pilna lakkhe ding ahia? Tomchik a dawn in Amah saptuamte tungtawn in. Ngaihtuah tham ching tuh Pathian in a saptuamte tungtawn a a pilna thuah tampite vanmun a lalnate leh thuneihnate neite kiang a pulak ding a zang ding ahi. A Saptuam ah, Pathian’ pilna mihingte kia hilou in Angelte leh Khate – Satan mahmah inleng mu ding chihna ahi. Saptuam, huai tuh Khrist pumpi in Satan thuneihna zou ding chihna ahi.
Tang 11-12: Pathian’ tangtawn thiltup ahihleh mi tengteng-Juda leh Jentel-in maingaltak a Pathian a naihtheih ua, a saptuam a inkuan mi a hongsuah theihna ding ahi (Heb. 4:16; 10:19-22). Pathian tangtawn thiltup hih tangtunna ahihziak in, Saptuam kichi khovel a poimohpen ahi. Jesu sihna leh thohnawnna zom a mihing khangthu a thiltung thupipenpen tuh Khrist Saptuam patkhiak ahi.8 Khangtangthu sutmiten Kumpipa leh Kumpinute, mihat-hangsan leh mi thupite tanchin ban ah kidouna leh kilemna thute gelh uhi. Himahleh Laisiangthou sutmiten mi maimai leh thil ngeinate leh, Khrist leh Satan kikal a kidouna, hoih leh hoihlou — Khrist in a vualzohna kidouna gelh uhi. Laisiangthou i simna ua pat kilemna thupipenpen Khrist in palai nna a sepna Pathian leh mihingte kilemna i mu hi.9
Tang 13: Paul suangkulh a om himahleh Ephesate a lungkiaklouhna ding un hanthawn hi. Paul in amaute ziak a gimthuak himahleh, a lungkiakna ding uh hilou chi hi. Aziak tuh Paul in tanchinhoih genlou hileh amaute gingtu suaklou ding ua thupina ngahlou ding uh ahi.10 Paul in a ngaihtuah zawk ding uh tuh a thupina uh, Khrist hauhsakna suikhiak vuallouh ahi chi hi.
Thukhitna: Simtute, Paul in Pathian’ Thuguk sel a om a theihpen iim zohvual hilou chih a thei hi. Huai kia leng hilou in mi tengteng in a theih ua a hamphatpih ding uh Pathian deihdan huai sem ding a sawl ahih thu a thei chiang mahmah mai. Huchi ahihziak in nang leh ken, i lawm leh vualte toh i houlimnate uah Khrist hauhsakna suikhiak vuallouh toh kisai bangzahvei i genta a leh? Amaute kiang ah Gouluah thupi hauhsaknate (Eph. 1:18) leng i genkhata hia? Ahihkeileh a thilhihtheihna thupina tehvuallouh (Eph. 1:19) toh kisai i tangkoupihta hia? Ei mahmah in leng hiai hauhsaknate i tang in i neikhata hia? chih kivel leng uthuai ka sa mahmah hi.