Don Ngaih Lian (14th Feb, 2024)
Maang 2:4, “….A masa lai-a kei na hong it bangun tu-in na hong it nawn kei uh hi.”
Kumsim 14th February ni pen gam pawlkhat in Valentine’s Day ci-in ciamteh in khangnote bang lawp mahmah uh hi. Sumbuk ten zong paak le card cihte leh van tuamtuam khawngpha mahmah uh hi. Bang hangin hih ni pen “Valentine’s Day” ki ci sese hiam? Misiangtho (Saint) Valentine a ki ci Catholic priest khat (AD 270) in Rome khua ah siampi sem in na om ngei hi. Tua hun laitak in Rome kumpipa pen Claudius ahi hi. A galkapte galsimna ah na dangdang tawh a buai lohna dingun zi nei ding phallo hi. Ahih hangin Valentine in galkapte a simtham in zi neisak in, letthat sim zel hi. A sawtsawt ciangin kumpipa in theikhia ahih manin thongkhia in sih-dan pia hi. Tawlkhat sung sihdan ngak in thong sungah om hi. A thongkiatpihte tungah thupha tampi bawl hi. Thongkia mikhat i tanu’mitkhua mulo khat zong limtak in khoisak in, a sawtlo in tua nu in khua hong mu thei hi. A sih-dan a ngah ni 14th Feb, a tun ciangin tua numeino nu, lai khak in, a tawpna ah “Nang’a ka hi, Na VALENTINE,” (From your Valentine) ci-in a min thuh hi, (Google).
Maangmuhna 2 & 3 sungah pawlpi sagihte pianzia kimu thei hi. Tua pawlpite pen: Efesa, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thiatira, Sardis, Filadelfia leh Laodisiate ahi uh hi. Hih sagihte sung panin pawlpi 2 (Smyrna le Filadelfia) bekmah Topa Jesuh in mawhsakna mulo hi. Pawlpi masa pen Efesate kiangah:
(Photo: W guide to the Bible, 547)
- Pawlpi tangthu
Maangmuhna Lai Siangtho pen nungzui John in a maangmuhnate a na at kik thu ahi hi. Topa Jesuh in ama tungah ah a pulak thumann thutak ahi hi. Hih laibu a simte leh hih thu a umte Thupha ngah mi hi ci-in na gen ngiat hi.
James le Johnte unau pen kum thum sung Topa Jesuh nungzuite ahi uh hi. Peter tawh amau teng thum pen Topa Jesuh tawh kinai takin a kithuah phadeuhte ahi uh hi. John pen Topa’ it nungzuipa (Beloved Disciple) a kici khat hi. A nu Salome in zong Topa Jesuh kiangah ah, “Kumpi in na om ciangin hih ka tate khat na taklam ah khat na veilam ah a tut nadingin thu pia lecin ka ut hi,” ci-in ngen hi. A nunung pen nitak an (The last Supper) a neekkhop hun uh ciangin John le Jameste unau pen a nu lunggulhna om bangin tu kha takpi uh hi. John bang a hih leh Topa ang ah ki-ngam in tukha lai hi. Tua mah bangin James pen Herod in namsau tawh that hi. Nungzuite sungah thahna a tuak masa pen hong suak hi, (Sawl 12:1). James khit a tute a banban in sihna thuak uh a, a nunung pen ah John cianlai hi. John pen pawlpi tangthu ah kum za phial a dam hi, ki ci hi. Jesuh upna hangin gamsung pan hawlkhiatna a ngah ahi hi. Mite ten’ ngamlohna gamsate tam mahmahna “Patmos” tuikulh ah hawlkhiatna a ngah ahi hi. Hih hun sungin Topa Jesuh in pawlpi sagihte pianzia ding hoihtak in maangmuhna tawh na lak hi.
Efesa khua pen: Asia minor ah khua lian pen leh a nopci pen in kigen hi. Europe leh Asia sungah vanzuak (Economic) na mun thupi khat in kiciamteh hi. Leitung a Na lamdang pen Sagih (Seven wonders of the ancient world) ah a kihel Diana Temple zong hih khua ah om hi. Greekte i dawi biakna innpi min thang tampi a omna mun in kiciamteh hi. Milip 225,000 pha in a lian mahmah tembaw khawlna munpi khat ahi hi, (W guide to the Bible, 541)
Jesuh in pawlpi thupi a sakna (Maang 2:1-7)
- Na nasepnate uh ka thei hi, evangelism na sia tak sem.
- Na gim na tawlnate uh zong mu ing, na thuakzawhna uh.
- Migilote koih mawklo, thumann na muhkhiatna uh thei ing.
- Lungduai takin na thuakna uh zong mu ing.
- Jesuh min tawh na thuakzawhna uh pahtak huai lua uh teh.
- Jesuh muhdah mahmah Nikolas pawlte mudahpih uh, (Democratic)
- Jesuh in a mawhsakna
“A masa lai-a kei na hong it bangun tu-in na hong it nawn kei uh hi.”
- Damna ding zatui
- Na lampialna uh phawk un.
- Mawhna pan kihei un.
- Gamta kik un.
- Jesuh thupiak na zuih kei uh leh
- Na meivak uh ka lakhia ding hi, (Khuazing cip ding)
- Jesuh thupiak na zuih uh leh
- A gualzo mite cihna ngah
- Pasian’ Huan sung ah lut kik thei
- Nuntakna singgahte
- A nek theihna dingun thu ka pia ding hi.
Thukhupna: Efesa pawlpi pen Topa Jesuh nungzuite ngiat in a makaih pawlpi hi. Topa tawh an ne-khawm tuidawn khawm in kum thum bang kithuah uh hi. Jesuh pen Pasian Tapa taktak ahih na, Messiah ahih na tel taktak uh hi. Pentecost ni, Peter in hangsan takin Topa Jesuh, a pulakna hangin nikhat sungin mi 3000 hong kikhel in tuiphumna la uh hi. Sawltakte nasepna hangin Jesuh vaikhakna a om mah bangin Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria leh leimong dongah hong kizel semsem hi. Sawltakte kipak mahmah uh hi, ahih hangin Jesuh in pakta lo hi. Jesuh ading semsem, Jesuh ading hun om nawnlo, Topa in, “Na biakpiaknate uh sangin thumanna deih zaw ing,” ci hi. Tu ni VALENTINE’S DAY in zong i nuntak ziate kisit pha in, Ka Topa ka pianthak hunlai mah bangin ka it laimah hiam? Ka zi/pasal kiten tunglai mah ka banglai hiam? I Topa in na meivak ka lakhia ding hong ci hi. Laisim mimal Topa in Thupha hong pia ta hen!