Sawltakte’ Nasepte

CHAPTER 16—ANTIOK AH LUNGDAMNA THU KIGEN

Bawlsiatna hangin Jerusalem panin sawltakte a ki hawlkhiat khit ciangin Palestine gam pua lamah lungdamnathu kizeel ta hi. Thu-um mi tawm nonote kipawl khawmin lungdamnathu taangko uh hi. Sawltakte pawl khat bangh pen: Finis, Cyprus, Antioch, ciangdong va banin lungdamna thu va gen uh hi. Amaute’ nasepnate pen Hebrew leh Greek Jew mite omna mun teng bek hi thei phadiakin, tua banah tuhun ciangin leitung mun tuamtuamah akizel ahi hi. SN 70.1

Tua a thugenna mun uh a tuamtuamte’ lakah lungdamna thu lawp takin a kisanna mun in Antiok khua hi a, tua hun lai-in Syria gam sungah mi tam pen na khua ahi hi. Tua khua panin sumbawl sumzuakna pen tua mi tampenna khuapi pan mah in ki bulphuh hi. Tua banah Antioch khua pen a cidam huai mahmah khua, kiimlepaam etlawm mahmah, mihau tam na, ngeina lam ki uangsakna, gamtat luheek a pauban nading om peuhmah lo mun khat ahih manin, gualnuam a tawlngak nadingin a nuam mahmah, a ki pai pahpahna mun khat ahi hi. Sawltakte’ hun lai-in tua khua pen nopsakna kimna leh siatna kimna mun suak hi. [156] SN 70.2

Cyprus leh Cyrene panin sawltak pawlkhat in Antioch ah lungdamnathu kilangh tangin hilh uh a, “amaute in Jesu thu gen uh hi”. “Pasian’ khut amaute tawh om khawm” ahih manin, amaute’ hanciamna taksuak mahmah hi. “Mi tampitakte in um in Topa’ lamah a kihei uh hi.” SN 70.3

“Tua lawhcinna thute Jerusalem a om pawlpite in a zak uh ciangin Antioch dong a pai dingin Barnabas a sawlkhia uh hi.” Tua nasepna phual thak a va tun ciangin, Pasian hehpihna tawh lawhcinna akingah ahih lam Barnabas in va mu khia a, lungdam mahmahin, amaute in ngimna hoihtak tawh Topa’ tungah a kip nadingun tha a pia hi. SN 70.4

Antioch ah Barnabas in a nasepna lawhcing mahmah a, thu-um mi tampitak mah kibehlap hi. Nasepna a khantoh mahbangin Pasian ompihna tawh a lawhcin zawk laai nadingin ahuhding khat kisamh kisa hi. Tua ahih manin Tarsus khua ah pai in Paul a va zong hi. Paul pen Jerusalem panin a paikhiat khit ciangin hunkhat lai a, a suksiat ahi, Syria leh Caesarea ah Pasian’ thu taangko dingin a pai ahi hi. Galatians 1:21,23. Barnabas in zongh a zonzon Paul mutakpi-in, Pasian’ nasepna ah kithuah dingin a zol hi. [157] SN 70.5

Mi tam mahmahna Antioch ah Paul in nasep hoih mahmah khat hong mu hi. Ama’ pilna leh utmahmahna hangin tua khuamite tungah huzaap nei mahmah a, Barnabas i lunggulh mahbangin hong lawhcing hi. Kum khat sung bangh sawltak nih tegel in kipumkhat takin na hong semkhawm uh a, Nazareth khuami Jesu in leitung buppi Tanpa ahihna thu mitampite tungah a theisak uh hi. SN 70.6

Sawltakte Christian akicih masak pen na mun in Antioch ahi hi. Amaute in Christ thu bekbek genden, hilh den, kikum den uh ahih manin tua min akipia ahi hi. Leitungah a om lai a, Ama’ nasepnate bekbek kikumkum uh a, Amah tawh a om khawm lai un a nungzuite thupha apiakna te gen gen uh hi. Gimletawl zong phawk lo-in Ama’ thuhilhnate le a lamdang damsaknate mah gengen uh hi. Huan sungah Ama’ gimthuakna, akilehhekna, akibawlsiatna leh akithahna thu te khitui luangkawm leh muk ling keuhkeuh kawmin gen uh hi. Amah a bawlsiate tungah thuakzawhna leh a kiniamkhiatna thute, Pasian’ hehpihna tawh a bawlsia mite’ adingin thu angetsakna te gengen uh hi. Athawhkikna leh vantungah a kahtohna, a puuksa mite’ aai awh-in vantung biakbuk sungah palaai hongsep sakna, cih pen amaute’ deih deuh thulupite ahi hi. Amaute in Christ thu bekbek kam tawh zom denin, Ama’ min suangin thu ngen den ahih manun Pasian umlote in Christiante a cih mah ding uh ahi hi. SN 70.7

Christian ci-in min a phuahsak pen Pasian ahi hi. Hih in kumpi nam min hi a, Christ tawh a kizomh peuh tungah a kipia ahi hi. Hih min tawh kisai-in James in a nung lam ciangin a gelhna ah, “Mihaute in note hong nengniam, thukhen zumkhawng hongtun uh hilo ahi hiam? Pasian in note a hong phuah min hoih a gensia tua mihaute mah hilo ahi uh hiam?” James 2:6,7. Peter in zongh “Christian ahihna tawh mi khatpeuh in gimna a thuak le zum ngaihsut kei ta hen; tua hangin Pasian min thangsak zaw ta hen.” “Christ min hangin note hong kikosiat le lungdam un; ahangin Kha Siangtho pasian note tawh hong om khop man ahi hi”. 1 Peter 4:16,14. [158] SN 70.8

Antioch khua a thu-um mite in amaute nuntakna sungah Pasian in “amaute’ utna lungsim leh sepnopna lungsim tung tawn in” na sem nuam hi, cih phawk uh hi. Philippians 2:13. Tawntung nuntakna cih khawng peuhmah ngaihsut in zong a nei kha khol lo mite’ lakah teng ahih manun, amaute lungsim a ngah zawh nadingun a nungta teci a pan ding uh ahi hi. Kha Siangtho huhna bek tawh amaute’ tualniam nasepna tungtawnin tawntung nuntakna thupuak nasep a gual zo bek ding ahihna uh phawk gige uh a, nisim a nuntakna mahmah uah Christ thu bekbek sihpanin gen den uh hi. SN 71.1

Antioch khua a Jesu’ nungzuite’ sepdan pen tuhun a khuapi a teng Christiante’ etteh ding ahi hi. Biakna nasem kivakhna nei zawdeuhte in khuapi sungah a sep laitakin pawlpi mi siamna neite in zongh pawlpihin a sep khawmding uh ahi hi. Pasian’ sapna ah a kipumpiak mite’ adingin thupha lian mahmah hi. Tua bangin nasemte in Jesu kiangah khaa manpha a puak uh ciangin, a kipha ngei nailo mi tampitakte in zongh tua bangin kipha hi leh hong saan theih ding lam uh muh behbeh ding uh hi. SN 71.2

Leitungah Pasian’ na i sepna ah Lai Siangtho bangin a nungta ngiat kisamh hi. Khuapi sunga nasep nadingin ordained pastor te bek kicing zo lo hi. Pasian in siate bek a sam hi lo-in, siavuante, siamahte, laibu zuakte leh pawlpi mimal a ki aap peuhpeuh, kivakhna nei khempeuh [159] khuapi sungah nasem dingin hong sam hi. Hun pen manlang takin bei hanhan a, sep ding tampi tak om hi. Sep theihna namkim tawh hanciam in sem lengin nakpi takin khantohna, khanlawhna piang ding hi. SN 71.3

Antioch aa Gentile te’ kiangah a tuam vilvelin nasem dingin Pasian in Paul a sap lai in Barnabas huhna tawh tampi takmah lawhcinna ngah hi. Paul a kikhel hun lai-in, Topa in Gentile te’ kiangah nasem dingin sawl ding ahihna pulaak khin zo hi. “Pasian’ teel mite omna mun aa, amau’ om nading mun sanah hong om theih nadingun keimah hong upna uh tawh a mawhna uh a kimaaisak theih nadingin Satan’ khutsung panin Pasian’ khut sungah a heikhia ding leh khuamial panin khuavak lamah hei in, a mit uh khua a musak ding pa na hi hi,” Sawl 26:18. Ananias kiangah a kilangh vantungmi in Paul’ thu agenna ah, “Gentile mite, kumpite leh Israel mite’ tungah keima’ min a kitheisak ding, keima’ na a sem dingin teelkhia ka hih manin ama’ kiangah vapai in.” Sawltakte 9:15. Tua banah Paul mahmah in, Christian hong suah khit ciangin Jerusalem biakinnpi sungah thu a nget laitakin vantung panin vanmi khat vahawh sukin a sawl in ah, “Gentile mite’ omna gamlapi ah hong sawl ding kahihmanin pai peuh in.” ci hi. Sawltakte 22:21. SN 71.4

Tua ahih manin Pasian in a zai mahmah Gentile mite’ tenna sungteng ah Paul a sawl hi. Tua a zai mahmah, a haksa mahmah nasem dingin a kiginkholhna ah Pasian in Ama’ omna vantung gam a hoihna leh a nopcitnate a lak masa hi. Ama’ kiangah “lei piancil a kipan a ki imcip thusimte” leh “thuthukpite” Pasian in lak hi. (Rom 16:25). “Ama’ lunggulhna thusimte” [160] (Ephesians 1:9), “A beisa hunah tua thusim pen kuama’ tungah kigen lo aa ahizongin tu-in a siangtho a sawltakte leh a kamsaangte’ tungah Pasian in a hilhsak hi. Tua thusim pen lungdamnathu a kihilhna hangin Gentile mite in Jew mite tawh Pasian’ thupha ngahkhawm thei a, amaute tawh pawlkhat suakin, Pasian in piak dingin a ciam thute, Christ hangin a ngahkhop theihna uh ahi hi. Tua lungdamna thuhilh a sem dingin Pasian in a tuam vilvelin Ama’ vaangliatna tawh kei a hong seh hi. Pasian’ mi khempeuh lakah kei a neupen hinapi-in, Christ hangin a kigen zolo thu manpha ahi lungdamna Thu, Gentile mite’ lakah a gending leh Pasian in a geelsim thute a kisep khiatna thu mi khempeuh a musak dingin Pasian in kei’ tungah hih hamphatna hong pia hi. Tuhun laitakin vantung a uk van mite in pawlpi hangin Pasian pilna a nam tuamtuamin a muh theih nadingun na khempeuh a bawl Pasian in a beisa hunah hih thu khempeuh a imcip hi. Pasian in a tawntungin a ngimna a omsa bangin i Topa Jesu Christ nasepna tawh a ngimna a hong tungsak hi.” Ephesians 3:5-11. SN 71.5

Antioch ah thu-um mite tawh a omkhawm laitak un Pasian in Paul leh Barnabaste’ nasepna nakpi takin thupha pia hi. Ahi zongin amaute khat zong lungdamnathu gen dingin khutngakna ordination om tuan lo hi. Amaute in tua bangin Pasian’ nasepna ah na lianpi a sep nadingun Christian nuntakna ah saangpi takin tungto ta uh a, pawlpi aai awh-in na asepna uah zongh nakpi takin phattuamnate a ngah toto uh hi. SN 71.6

“Antioch khua pawlpi sungah kamasang pawlkhat leh sia pawlkhat om uh hi. Tuate pen Barnabas, mivompa zongh akici Simon, Cyrene khuami Lusius, Manaen leh Saul te ahi uh hi. Amaute in Topa’ mai ah na sem n, an tangin, [161] a om laitak un Pasian in, “Kei ma’ na a sem dingin ka sapsa ahih manin kei’ adingin Barnabas leh Saul hong piakhia un,” ci hi. Thu umlo mite’ kiangah missionary dingin a kisawlkhiat ma-in, hih sawltak nihte’ adingin nakpi takin thungetna leh antanna tawh ki aap aa a lutung uah khut kinga hi. Tua ciangin pawlpi in amaute’ tungah thuneihna pia a, thumaan taangko ding bek hi lo-in, a um mite tui a phum theih nading u leh pawlpi a phuh theih nadingun zongh pawlpi in thuneihna a pia hi. SN 72.1

Tua hunlai a Christian pawlpi in hunthak khat ah a lut uh hi ta hi. Gentile mite’ kiangah lungdamnathu a genna uh mawhsakna kinei-in, ki nawngkaai sakta hi. Tua huhau-in pawlpi pen thakhauh zawin khaa manpha kibehlap zaw hi. Pawlpi a makaih sawltakte kitelkhialin, kilangmuh a, kihaza hi. Jew leh Gentilete kidalna kawm kisukham ta a, tua in thu langngaihsut mite’ lungsim nasakin buaina piangsak hi. (Ephesians 2:14) Tua bangin amaute’ tungah a kipia thuneihnate Jew biakna a nak let mahmah pawlkhatte in hong sulzuih ta uh hi. Tua bangin Ama’ sawltakte in haksatna thuak ding, cih pen Pasian in mukhol zo hi. Amaute’ nasepna pen napitakin ki to ding ahihna zong thei khol ahih manin pawlpi tungah a nasemte mipi theihin a sehtuam ngiat ding uh, a kisapna thute zongh hilh khol hi. Ordained piakna pen mipi theih-in biakna nasem dingin Pasian in a teelna, kipsakna hi a, Gentile mite’ kiangah lungdamnathu taangko dingin sawlkhiatna ahi hi. SN 72.2

Paul leh Barnabas in Pasian’ kiang pan ngiatin sawlkhiatna a ngah khinsa uh hi a, [162] amaute’ tungah khut kingak kikna in amau’ adingin hehpihna leh siamna a thak bangmah kibehlapsak tuan lo hi. Tua pen zumpi panin kipsakna lahna bek hi a, a zumpi a om nailoh hangin a omsa, zum panin a kisawl khia sa bangin ngaihsutna, kipsakna ahi hi. Tua tungtawnin pawlpi ii kipsakna seal pen Pasian’na sepna ah a kitum hita hi. SN 72.3

Tua dan pen Jew mite’ adingin a thupi mahmah khat ahi hi. Jew mi papi khat in a tate thupha a piak ciangin a lu tung uah akhut nga ngiat hi. Ganno khat peuh biakpiakna-in piakdingin a aap uh ciangin zongh siampipa’ dinmun ah a ding ding a, vaiipuak a kipia penpen in tua ganno’ lutungah a khut nga hi. Tua mahbangin Antioch khua pawlpi mite’ siate in zongh Paul leh Barnabaste’ lutungah akhut uh a nga uh hi. Tua bangin a hihna uh pen amaute’ teelkhiat sawltakte in, a nasepna uah a muibut nading uh leh a lawhcin nadingun Pasian’ kiangah a thuumsak uh ahi uh hi. SN 72.4

A nunung lam ciangin khut nga a, ordination piakna ngeina pen nasia takin kizangh khial hi; kuama’kuppih theih loh, kikhel theilo thuneihna ngahna bangin k ngaihsunin, ordination a ngah khit nak leh tua thuneihna khempeuh thakhat thu-in hih theipahin kingaihsun uh a, pawlpi sung nasepna khempeuhah a ut bangbangun zialtheih, peitheina thuneihna bangin ngaihsun uh hi. Ahih hangin hih sawltak nihte a teeltuamna uah, amaute’ lutungah a khut uh a ngakna uh pen hihtheihna, vaangliatna khempeuh piakna bang danin na kiciapteh khol lo hi. A mai ua om nasep a lawhcin nadingun ordination kipia hi, ci-in kiciamteh lel hi. SN 72.5

Tua bangin Paul leh Barnabas pen Kha Siangtho in a tuam vilvel a’ nasem dingin a teelkhiatna tawh kipawlin i et ciangin Topa in Ama’ phuhsa a pawlpi sungah a kiteeltuam mi ahi a, kipawlna khat peuh tungtawnin ahi zongin, na a sepna kilangh mahmah hi. Tua maa hunkhat lai-in, Topa Jesu mahmah in Ama’ ngimna khat tawh Paul’ kiangah a kilat lai-in, Paul zongh, [163] a nai penpen Christian pawlpi ahi Damascus khua a, a kiphut thak pawlpi tawh na kizomhsak pah hi. Tua bek thamlo-in, tua Pharisee piangthakpa (Paul) hangin tua pawlpi pen khuamial sungah kinusiacip nawn lo hi. Tu-in tua hun a sepdingin a kipia nasep a semkhia dingin Kha Siangtho in Gentile mite’ kiangah a pai dingin Paul sawl leuleu a, Paul leh a lawmpa’ tungah ordained -in pawlpi tungah tua nasep guan hi. Antioch pawlpi makaite in Pasian’ maipha zongin, antangin, a om uh ciangin Kha Siangtho in amaute’ kiangah, Paul leh Barnabas Ama’ sehsa mun ah nasem dingin a sawlkhiat nadingun a gen hi. SN 72.6

Hih leitungah khuavaak ahi dingin Pasian in a pawlpi a bawl hi a, tua tungtawnin Ama’ ngimna leh deihnate hong kilanghsak hi. Pawlpi tawh kizomh lo leh kilehbulhin Ama’ nasem mimal khat peuh tungah Pasian in tuabang pia ngei lo hi. Tua bek thamlo-in, Christ pumpi ahi, Pasian’ pawlpi khuamial sungah nusiacipin, tua pawlpi bup aai awhin mi khat peuh tungah Ama’ deihna pulaak zaw ngei lo hi. Ama’ kepna sungah a nasemte a pawlpi tawh nai takin kizomh sak a, amau le amau kimuanna sangin Pasian’ makaih midangte tawh kizopna ah khamuanna a neih zawk nadingun pawlpi sungah a koih zaw hi. SN 73.1

Pawlpi sungah amau le amau in a suakta nuam mi om denden hi. Khaa suahtakna in mihing khat peuh pen amah le amah kimuan luatna tawh midang a sanggam te’ ngaihsut hoih piakna leh khensat saknate sangin, amau’ ngaihsutna maan pen ding hi, ci aa kipummuan luatna tawh a pumdian pawlkhat om ahih lam, [164] a diakdiakin Pasian in a mite a makaih dingin a telkhiat zumpi a semte in phawk khia thei kei le uh kilawm hi. Pasian in a pawlpi pen thuneihna lianpen pia a, tua pawlpi a langpang leh a thu a ngai lo mi in, Pasian a simmawh ahi hi. SN 73.2

Ama’ mimal ngaihsutna bek thupi sa-in a ultungsak mi peuhmah nasia takin kisia cip ding hi. Tua bang mite pen Satan’ hanciamna gah lianpente hi uh a, Pasian’ nasepna leitungah a tangzai nadingin Topa in azat khuavaak lawngpi panin a kikhenkhia te ahi uh hi. Pasian in a pawlpi a makaih ding leh thumaan a la khia dingin a teelkhiat mite awlmawh lo, ahih keileh simmawhbawlte in, Ama’ mite ahuh ding, a hanthawn ding leh tha a piapia ding aa a seh Pasian mahmah a nial uh ahi hi. Hih Pasian’ sehsa tawh kizomh lo a, ama’ thu tawh pai-in, ama’ muh khuavaak pen a dang pan hi lo-in, Pasian’ kiang panin mimal aa a ngah bangin a ngaihsun mi peuhmah, amahmah a kihaimuan hi a, gaalpa khemna leh zawhthalna thuak dingin a ki aap hi lel hi. Pasian in Ama’ pilna tawh tua bangin thu-um mi khempeuh kipawl khawmin a sep dingin a seh diudeusa hi a, Christian khat pen Christian khat tawh kizomhin, pawlpi khat zongh pawlpi dang tawh a kizomh ditdet dingin a sehsa ahi hi. Tua hileh mihing ngiat kizanghin Pasian tawh kipawlin nasep a kizo ding ahi hi. Mimal khatpeuh hitaleh kipawlna khat peuh hitaleh Kha Siangtho tawh kizomhin, tua in thu-um mite khempeuh hong pumkhat sak ding a, Pasian’ hehpihna lungdamnathu leitung buppi ah hong taangko zo sak ding ahi hi. SN 73.3

Paul in ama’ ordination ngahna pen a nuntak nasepna sungah a kipatna leh a thupi mahmah thupiang khatin ngaihsun hi. Tua pen a nunglam ciangin Christian pawlpi sungah sawltak ahihna kipatna-in na gen kik hi. [165] SN 73.4

Lungdamna khuavaak Antioch ah a taan laitakin, Jerusalem khua sunga om sawltakte in a thupi mahmah nasep khat na zomhsuak uh hi. Kum simin, mun tuamtuam a om Jew mite Jerusalem biakinnpi ah pawihun simin, pawisiim dingin hong paiden uh hi. Tua pawisiimte’ lakah pawlkhat pen thu-um mahmah pisal Lai Siangtho genkholhna a limh simh mahmahte khawng zongh kihel uh hi. Amaute in Israelte’ lametpa ahi, khapsa Messiah ngaklahin, a lunggulh mahmahte ahi uh hi. Tua bangin zinleleeng tampite tawh Jerusalem a kidim laitakin, sawltakte in a nuntakna-uh a lauhuai mahmah kawmkalah, Christ’ thu lauhet lo-in hong gen khia ziahziah uh hi. Pasian’ khaa in amaute’ nasepna tungah seal tumkhin a; mi tampite in thu hong umh uh hi. Tua thu umh thak mite a khua ciat uh ahi, leitung mun tuamtuam ah a ciahkik uh ciangun gam tuamtuam leh minam tuamtuamte’ lakah thumaan khaici hong kithehthaangsak uh hi. SN 73.5

Sawltakte’ lakah a kitheikim zawdeuh ahi, Peter, James, leh John te in, a gam, a lei uah Christ’ lungdamnathu a gen ngiat dingin Pasian in amaute a seh vilvel hi, ci-in aaituam ngaihsut ngiat uh hi. Cittak tak leh pilvaang takin na sem in, amuhsa uh leh azaksa uh thute luangkham sihpan den uh a, “a kician zaw genkholhna” (2 Peter 1:19) mite in a theih nadingun hanthawn denin, “Israel innkuan in…tua Jesu a theih a saan nadingun” a kunh den uh hi.(Sawltakte 2:36) SN 73.6