Sawltakte’ Nasepte

CHAPTER 27—EPHESUS KHUA

Corinth khua ah Apollos in thu ahilh laitakin, a kamciamsa mahbangin Ephesus khua ah Paul va kileh kik hi. Jerusalem ah tomcik sung a hawh khit ciangin, a sepnasate a enkik dingin Corinth khua ah tawlkhat sung taam kik hi. Tua panin Asia Minor sungtengah vakkawnin, “Galatia gam leh Phrygia gam sungah pai-in” (Sawltakte 18:23), a phuhsa pawlpite va vaan kik a, thu-um mi khempeuh a va thakhauhsak hi. SN 122.1

Sawltakte’ hunlai-in Asia Minor nitum nalam tengpen Roman uksung Asia gam, ci-in kitheizaw hi. Tua gam’ khuapi ahi Ephesus khuapi pen sumbawlna phualpi khat ahi hi. A tembaw khawlna khawngte tembaw bekbek tawh dim zihziahin, a lamlianpite ah gam tuamtuam panin hongzin mipite dim mihmiah hi. Corinth khua mahbangin mission nasepna dingin hoih mahmah hi. SN 122.2

Jew mite pen, tu-in gam khangto munte ah kithehthaang uh a, Messiah hong paiding a tamzaw in lamen mahmah uh hi. Tuiphumpa John in thu a gen ciangin, kumsim biakna pawi siimin Jerusalem ah a pai kawmun, mi tampite thungai dingin Jordan gunah va pai uh hi. Tua laai ah Jesu pen Khapsa Mipa ahihna vaza uh a, tua lungdamnathu leitung mun tuamtaumah hong ciahpih kik uh hi. Tua bangdanin Hongkempa in sawltakte’ nasep nading lampi sialkholhsak hi. SN 122.3

Ephesus khua a tun ciangin, Paul in Apollos bangin Jesu’ nasepna pawlkhat a thei, Tuiphumpa John nung a zui sanggamte sawmlenih tawh kimu hi. Amaute in Apollos bangin hihtheina a neih loh uh hangin a zaksa uh thumaante hawmkhiat sawn ding lungsim siangtho le hupna mah nei uh hi. SN 122.4

Amaute in Kha Siangtho’ nasepna tawh kipawl bangmah thei lo uh hi. Kha Siangtho na saangkhin uh hiam ci-in Paul in a dot ciangin, amaute in, “Kha Siangtho a om lam nangawn ka za nai kei uh hi” ci-in a dawng uh hi. “Tua ahihleh na kituiphumna dan uh bangci bang ahi hiam?” ci-in Paul in a dot ciangin amaute in, “Tuiphumpa John’ thugen bang pawl ahi hi” ci-in a dawng uh hi. SN 122.5

Tua khit ciangin Paul in amaute’ mai ah a thupi mahmah thumaan ahi, Christian te’ lametna bulpite amaute’ mai ah a lak hi. Amaute’ tungah Christ hih leitungah hong nuntakna leh zumhuai takin sihsia tawh hong sihnate a gen hi. Tua banah tua Topa in hankhukte’ hong dalna a satkhapna leh sihna tungah gualzo-in a thawhkikna thu a genbeh hi. Honpa in a nungzuite’ tungah a sawlkhiatna thute hi bangin a genkikkik hi, “Leitungah ahi a, vantungah ahi zongin vaangliatna khempeuh kei’ tungah hong kipia khinta hi. Tua ahih ciangin note pai unla, midang khempeuh keima’ nungzui mi suaksakin, Pa, Tapa, Kha Siangtho’ min tawh tui sungah na phum un.” Matthew 28:18,19. Tua banah Christ in Kha Siangtho hong khapna thu zongh amaute’ kiangah gen a, tua Kha Siangtho’ vaangliatna tungtawnin lim leh nalamdangte a kibawl nading thu leh tua kamciam tawh kipawlin Pentecost ni-in a taangtun khitna thute a gen hi. [283] SN 122.6

Lungluttak leh lungdam takin Paul’ thugente daitakin a ngai uh hi. A lamdang mahmah Christ hong kipiakkhiatna thumaante upna tawh lenkip pah uh a, amaute’ Tanpa-in a saang pah uh hi. Tua khit ciangin Jesu’ minin kituiphum pah uh a, Paul in “amaute’ lutungah a khut a ngak ciangin” amaute in zong Kha Siangtho’ tuiphumna ngahin, tua tawh namdangte’ pau-in pauthei uh a, genkholhna zongh, gen uh hi. Tua bangin amaute Ephesus leh a kiim a khuate ah Pasian’thupuak nasem dingin hong cing uh a, Asia Minor sung tengah lungdamnathu gen dingin thadim mahmahta uh hi. SN 122.7

Tua pen kiniamkhiana lungsim leh hilhtheih hihna lungsim a neih manun tua mite in Topa’ lo lai a buhte at theih nadingin hamphatna a ngah uh ahi hi. Amaute etteh thamcing hihna in Christian te’ adingin thusinna manpha mahmah ahi hi. Semsem napi-in khaa nuntakna ah khantohna a tawm mahmah tampi om hi. Ahang’ pen amaute in a sinbeh laai dingin kul kisalo uh a, amau mahmah picing kisa khin uh ahihman hi. Pasian’ thu a puatham a theihna uh tawh amaute lungkim uh hi. A upna uh ahih keileh a sepzia uh a khel dinguh ut lo-in a lianzaw, a taangphazaw khuavaak a ngah nadingun hanciam nuam lo uh hi. SN 122.8

Christ nungzuite in deihna takpi tawh pilna zong taktak uh hi leh, kicing takin a telcian ngei nailoh uh, thumaan lolai ah amaute kipaipih ding hi. A buppi-in Pasian’ kiangah ki aap hile uh vaanglian khut in amah makaih takpi ding hi. Cinglo kisa-in siamna khat zongh neikei phial mah leh Pasian’ deihna manh ding alunggulh taktak nakleh, a ngaihsutna siangtho in siam ding a, thahatin, a hihtheihnate khang ding hi. Tua bangin Pasian’ pilna hong neih tawh kizui-in, [284] a manpha nasep kiguan ding a; a nuntakna tawh Pasian a pahtawi leh leitung’ adingin thupha suak ding hi. “Na thute gentelna in khua vaaksak a, thu thei lote’ tungah thu theihtelna a guan hi.” Late 119:130. SN 123.1

Ephesus pawlpi sung a thu-um mi pawlkhatte mahbangin, tuni a thu-um mi tampite in i lungtang sungah Kha Siangtho’ nasepna pen thusim lo uh hi. Tua banah thumaan ahi Pasian’ kammal zongh, a kician zawin kihilh tuan lo hi. Hih sungah kamsaangte leh sawltakte zongh kihel hi. Khaa nuntakna tawh kipawlin hong lahtel theih nadingin Christ in anteh theipuamte’ pianzia nangawn tawh hong lak hi. Leenggui hong selin, hiangte hong nei to-in, hong khang toto a, paak leh gahte hong nei hi. Tua mah bangin nuntakna a pia Kha Siangtho zongh, Honpa’ tung panin hong phulkhia a, mihingte’ lungtang sungah mun hong la-in, lungsim leh ngaihsutnate thaksuaksak a, tua ngaihsutnate Pasian’ deihna mang dingin hong paipih khit ciangin, tua mipa’ hihna khempeuh manpha-in siangtho sak hi. SN 123.2

Hih kha nuntakna a hong piangsak pen kimuthei lo a, a hih danlezia zongh, teltakin kigenkip thei lo hi. Tua pen mihing’ phakbatloh vaangliatna ahi hi. Himah taleh Kha Siangtho’ nasepna pen Lai Siangtho tawh kituak den hi. Leitung nuntakzia mah bangin khaa nuntakna zongh, tua bangmah ahi hi. Lei nunna pen hunsim hunsimin vaanglian khutin hong kem hi; i cih sam hangin lamdang takin thakhatin hong kem hipah sam lo a, i batzawh nading munah thupha hong koihsak hi zaw hi. Tua mah bangin khaa nunna zongh tua bangmah hi a, Hongkempa in hong zeekkhiat ahi hi. Christ nungzui khat in, “mi picing ahi, Christ’ kicina” (Ephesians 4:13) ciangdong khangto hileh, [285] amah in nuntakna khomun ne pelmawh dinga, hotkhiatna tui zongh, dawn taktak ding hi. Amah in ngakin, thu ngenin, sem pelmawh dinga, na khempeuh ah Pasian’ lamlahna Lai Siangtho sung panin ngai ding hi. SN 123.3

Jew mi Christian hong suakte’ phuutkhakna tung panin thusinna i lak ding khat om laai hi. John khut tung panin amaute in tuiphumna a ngah hun lai-un, Jesu’ mission ahi, Mawhna Puakhiapa, ahihna kimtakin thei nai het lo uh hi. Khialna nasia mahmah khat lenkip uh hi. Ahih hangin a kicianzaw khuavaak a muh uh ciangun, Christ pen amau’ Tanpa in lawptakin saang uh a, tua tawh kizui-in kalkhat hong suan to-in a zuihdante uh hong kikhel pah hi. A cingzaw upna a sankhit uh tawh kizui-in a nuntakna uh zongh hong kikhel pah hi. Tua kikhelna a kilah khiat nadingin leh Christ sungah upna a neihna uh a kilah khiat nadingin Jesu’ min tawh amaute kituiphum kik uh hi. SN 123.4

Ama’ zatdan ngeina omsa mahbangin Ephesus khua a Jew mite’ kikhopna biakinn sungah Paul in thuhilh kipan hi. Tua lai ah kha thum sung sem a, “mite in Pasian’ Ukna thu a upzawh nadingun nakpitakin a gen hi.” A kipat lamteng lem mahmah tawh kibangh napi; mundang aa a seplaai mahbangin, a sawt lo-in langpanna nasia mahmah hong tuak leuleu hi. Tua bangin lungdamnathu kigente a nial uh ciangin, sawltakpa in tua kikhopna biakinn sungah a thugen khawl san hi. SN 123.5

Pasian khaa in tua mite’lakah Paul’ nasepna makaihin ompih hi. Thumaan thei nuam taktakte’ adingin a kicing khop khat genkhin zo hi. Ahi zongin mi tampite in amau mahmah tua leitung lungsim leh uplahna sungah kidiah uh ahih manin, [286] tua upna khaicite a sung uah pokhia taktak zo lo hi. Tua langpangte tawh om khawmkhawm lai uh hi leh thu-um mite’ lungsim a nawngkaisak dinguh patau ahih manin, Paul in tua thu-um mite paikhiat pihin a tuamin om uh a, Tyrannus kici, sangsia minthang khat i’ sanginnah kikhoppihin, amaute’ tungah thu a hilh hi. SN 123.6

“A langpang tampi a om kawmkalah,” a mai ah a kician mahmah “kongkhak lianpi khat” kihong ta cih Paul in mu hi. 1 Corinthians 16:9. Ephesus khuapi pen Asia gam khuapite’lakah a thupi penpen bek hi lo-in, a thaanghuai penpen zongh ahi hi. Telcian lohpi uh pattahna,sinna leh noptatna tawh mi khempeuh kidim uh hi. A biakinnte uah migilo kipawlna namkim om-in, siatna bekbek tawh kidim hi. SN 124.1

Ephesus khua pen Diana nusian biakna phualpi ahi hi. Diana a kibiakna innpi, a thupitzia ahileh Asia gamsung khempeuh bek ah hi lo-in leitung khempeuh ah kizeel hi. Tua genzawhloh zahin a thupi biakinn a neihna hangun, tua khuapi mite bek hi lo-in a gambup dongun kisialhpih uh hi. A pianken upna uh hilhna ah, tua biakinn sung a milimte pen vantung panin a paisuk hi, ci uh hi. Tua biakinn tungah lailimte kikhuakin, tuate vaanglian mahmah hi, ci-in um uh hi. Tua lailimte a khiatna leh a zatdan ding uh hilhcian laibu tampi kigelh hi. SN 124.2

Tua a kigelh laibu mantam mahmah tampi a simte pen: mitphial siate hi uh a, tua biakinn sung a kikhawm a paizel ahi, theihloh upna tawh tua milimte’ mai ah a va kunzel mite’ lungsim a huzaap mahmahte ahi uh hi. SN 124.3

Ephesus khua a nasem sawltak Paul pen Pasian maipha piakdeuh a ngah pa ahi hi. Pasian’ vaangliatna in a nasepna panpih a, mi tampitakte’ taksa damna ngahsak hi. [287] “Pasian in Paul’ tungtawnin nalamdang lianpipi a bawl hi. Ama’ zat mainul ahi a, a puante ahi zongin cinate kiangah a kipaipih ciangin a natnate uh damin, a sunga om dawite zongh a taikhia uh hi.” Tua bang piankheng vaangliatnate (supernatural powers) pen Ephesus khua sungah khatvei zongh kimu ngei nailo a, tua khua sunga dawi aaisiamte in tua bangin ahih thei kuamah om lo hi. Nazareth khuami Jesu’ min tawh tua bang nalamdangte a pian ciangin, mipite in Diana nusian’ biakinn sunga mitphial siamte, dawi aisiamte sangin vantung Pasian vaanglian zaw taktak hi, ci-in muta uh hi. Tua hi a, Pasian in a nasempa, dawibia mite’ muhna mahmah ah laamsangin mitphial siamte’ sangin tehzawhloh vaangliatna a neisak hi. SN 124.4

Tu-in khaa gilo khempeuhte nangawn tungah Thuneipa leh tua khaate’ tungah a lianzaw vaangliatna nei dingin a zat a nasempa’ tungah thu a pia Pa in, Ama’ min a simmawh mite’ tungah a lianzaw maizumna leh guallelhna hong tungsak ding hita hi. Aaisaanna pen Moses’ thukham in khaam taleh sihna zah dongin a nat uh ciangin Jew mi citaklote in zangh sim den uh hi. Ephesus khua ah Paul a zin hun lai-in tua khua sungah, “Dawi hawlkhia-in a vak kawikawi Jew mi aaitawi pawlkhat in zongh Topa Jesu’ min zangh-in dawi hawlkhiat ding a sawm uh hi. Amaute in dawite’ kiangah, ‘Paul in a gengen Jesu’ min tawh thu ka hong pia uh hi’ aci uh hi. Siampi lianpen skeva’ tapa sagihte in tu a bang danin na sem uh hi. Ahi zongin dawite in amaute’ kiangah, [288] “Jesu ka thei uh a, Paul zongh ka thei uh hi. Note kua na hi uh hiam? Acih khit uh ciangin, dawilutna mipa in amaute buan gawpin zogawp ahih manin, a liam a baai, puan keksa-in tua mipa’ inn panin a taikhia uh hi.” SN 124.5

Tua bangin Christ min sian’thona luangkhamin kipangkhia a, Honpa’ nasepnate upna om lopi-in sepna ah lauhuaina leh samsiatna a tun zawkna kilangh mahmah hi. “Amaute khempeuh in hih thu a zak uh ciangin lau mahmah uh a, Topa Jesu’ min nakpitakin a kiphat semsem hi.” SN 124.6

Hun beisa a ki imcip thute tu-in kipholaak ta hi. Christian upna a saan hangun, pawlkhatte in a pianken upna te uh nusia siang zo mahmah lo uh hi. Adiakdiakin khutlam etsaknate zangh veve uh hi. Tu in, a khialhnate uh hong kiphawk uha, “Thu a um midang tampitak zongh hong pai uh a,mipi’zakin a gamtatnasate khempeuh uh hong pulaak uh hi. Aai a saan ngei mi tampitak in zongh, a aaisanna laibute uh hong paipih uh a, mi khempeuh’ muhin a haltum uh hi. Tua laibu mante a gawm uh ciangin ngun peek then nga man bang ahi hi. Tu a bang danin Topa’ thu nakpitakin hong khangin hong kizel semsem hi.” SN 124.7

Tua aaisanna laibute a haltumna uh tawh Ephesus khua thu-um mite in hunkhat lai a a deih mahmah uh nate tu-in kihuai a sakna uh a lakkhia uh hi. Tua pianken upnate tawh amaute in Pasian hehsakin amau’ khaa nuntakna mahmah zongh, a susia ahi uh hi. Tu-in tua aaisannate ngiat mah nusia-in haltumna tawh a pianthakna uh a lak uh hi. [289] SN 124.8

Tua aaisanna sungah khaa gilote tawh kizop nadingin zehtan tuamtuam om hi. Tua bangin a sep uh ciangin Satan a bia uh hi a, ama’ huhna a ngah nadingun a thoih ahi uh hi. Tua a mantam laibute a ngah khiatna uh hangin sawltakte’ adingin ze-etna lianpi khat zongh a piangthei thu om hi. Tuate kizuakkik leh sum tampi kingah ding a, midang pawlkhatte’ adingin ze-etna suak ding hi. Amaute in khuamial kumpigam taisan khinta uh a, tua vaangliatna sutsiat nadingin biakpiakna piak ding uaikai lo uh hi. Tua ahih manin thumaan in amaute’ pianken upna leh sum deihluatna lungsim tungah gualzawhna ngah ta hi. SN 125.1

Christ’ vaangliatna kilatkhiatna hangin Christian te’ adingin pianken upnate tungah gualzawhna lianpi kingah ta hi. Tua bang zahdong a Pasian’ vaangliatna hong pian pen Paul mahmah’ adingin zongh, telhak mai hi. Ephesus khua panin tua thu hong kizeelkhia a, Christ’ thu hong kinawhzelh mahmah hi. Hi bang thute hong pian khit, a sawtpi ciang dongin mite’ lungsim sungah mang’ theih tuan lo a, tua hangin lungdamnathu a saangthei mi kibehlaplap hi. SN 125.2

Pasian umlo mite’ pianken upnate pen kum zalom sawnnih ma-in a beisiang ta danin kingaihsun hi. Ahi zongin Pasian’ kammal leh sihpannate in tua aaitawinate pen tuhun, tulaitak mahmah dongtakin, taanghlai a mitphial siamte’ kizat mahbangin kizangh laai hi, ci-in hong pulaak hi. Taanghlai ate’ mitphial aaitawi dan pen, a taktakin, tuhun a khaa’ nasepna icihte mah tawh a kibangh ahi hi. Hong nusia khinsa ahi, i it leh i ngaihte hong kineih-in, mi tul tampite’ lungsim sungah Satan in mun ngahta hi. Lai Siangtho sungah, “A hinglaaite in a si ding ahihlam uh thei a, a sisate in bangmah thei nawn lo uh hi,” ci hi. Thuhilhna 9:5. Amaute’ ngaihsutna, itna, muhdahna cihte khempeuh beita hi. Mi sisate in mi hinglaaite tawh bangmah kizopna nei thei nawnlo uh hi. Ahih hangin apatcil pek panin pilvaang takin a khem’mah bangin, Satan in hih zongh mihingte’ lungsim a ukcip theih nadingin a zangh leuleu ahi hi. [290] SN 125.3

Sikhaa hopihna tungtawnin cinate, sihna’khen innkuanpihte leh lunggim mite’ kha gilote tawh kizopna neisak thei uh hi. Tua bang a sem mi peuhmah a lauhuai mahmah ahi hi. Tua bang mite Pasian in koici muh cih pen Lai Siangtho in hong genkhin zo hi. Taanghlai-in kumpi khat tungah tua bangh thu hangin thukhenna lian mahmah khat Pasian in tungsak ngei hi: “Ahihhangin Topa’ vantungmi in Tishbite mi Elijah kiangah, ‘Ding in, Samaria kumpipa’ kamtaite a dawn dingin patio-in amaute’ kiangah, ‘Ekron pasian, Baalzebub kiangah thu a dongh dingin na pai nadingun Israel sungah Pasian om nawn lo ahi hiam?’ ci in. Tua ahih ciangin Topa in hih bangin ci hi. ‘Nang pen tu a na liamna panin na damkikzo nawn kei ding a, na si taktak ding hi, ci hi,’ ci in,’ aci hi. Tua ahih ciangin Elijah zongh pai-in a gen hi.” 2 Kumpite1:3,4. SN 125.4

Dawibiate’ hunlai-in khutlam en te in dawigilote tawh na semkhawm uh hi. Tuhun aa mailam thupiangding a genkhol pawlkhat in zongh tua mah bangin kizopna nei uh hi. A lamdang mahmah awging tawh Endor khua leh Ephesus khuate ah a gente in, ama ut khemna kammalte mawh tawh mite lam a pialsaksak uh hi. Eite’ mit hongliah hong dal kongkhai’puan kihemkhiato thei hileh, khaagilote in a kiim uah umcih ngeingai-in amaute suasia nuamin diang phangphang ding uh hi. Pasian hong mangngilhsak thei ding na khat peuh a kisep ciangin, Satan in ahihtheih tawpin na huh pahpah hi. Ama’ huzaapna mihingte in a zuih ciangin, a lungsim sung uah awlmawh nei nawn lo-in a khaa uh a niin sak hi. Ephesians pawlpite’ tungah Paul in a vei,hilhna te pen tuni a Pasian’ mite in i thudon mahmah dingin kilawm hi: “Khuamial gamtatna, bangmahin a kimang lo nasepnate suvet kei unla, tua bang gamtatnate a hoih lohna pholak zaw un.” Ephesians 5:11. SN 125.5