Jamson
Thupatna:
Jesu Khris in leitung a A Saptuam a hon dinkhiak in Saptuam Upa
toh dinkhekhawmlou ahihdan I theichiat uh. A chil in, Saptuam upate omma in Sawltakpite’n (Apostles) Saptuam ana enkol uhi (Nasepte 2:41-47). Sawltak Paul in Timothi laikhak ah Sawltakpi (Apostle) ahih banah Thugentu (Preacher) leh sinsaktu (Teacher) leng hih ahihdan ana gen hi (2Timothi 1:11). Sawltakte etkolna nuai ah Kum bangzah hiam Jerusalem leh Judia ah Saptuam ana paitou hi. Sawltakte banah Jawlneite leh sinsakmite leng Saptuam ah ana om uh hi (Naspet 13:1; Ephesate 4:11ff). Tunbel Jawlneite a omnawnkei. Antiok khua a Saptuam ahon dinkhiak tung in upate toh dingkhelou hi. Upa omnaikei mahleh kivaihawmna pen poimoh ahihman in upate omma in Thugentu Barnabas leh Paul in Antiok a Saptuam hun bangtan hiam (kum khat sung vel) ana kithuahpih uhi (Nasepte 11:19-26).
Sawltak Paul in Saptuam upate omma in Thugentu Tita tuh Khrit tuikulh ah thilhih zohlouhte hihzou a Saptuam upate seh diing in koih hi (Tita 1:5). Huchi mahbang in Ephesa khua ah leng thugentu Timothi tuh Saptuam enkai diing in mohpuakna ana guan hi (1Timothi 1:3-4; 5:17-22). Ahihziak in hiaidan a ki-etkolna pen Saptuam neitupa’n a tawntung a pai diing a adeihdan ahikei. Huaiziak mah in Saptuam dinkhiak zoh kum bangzah hiam nung in kho tuamtuam ah a chin mite sehkhia in upate etkolna nuai ah Saptuam ahong omtou hi (cf. Nasepte 15:6; 20:17).
Awle! A tung a Saptuam kivaipuakna toh kisai saulou chik I taklatna apan a I muhtheih bel Toupa Saptuam tuh upate tungtawn a kivaipuak diing ahi chih ahi. Huchi kawmkawm in upate omma in Saptuam ana omkhin a, upa dia chin mi omlouhna ah upa omlou in Saptuam dingthei ahihdan leng I muthei. Huan, Saptuam upate omma in Sawltakte leh Thugentute’n a poimoh dungzui in Saptuam ana etkaipih uhi.
Saptuam upate poimohna I thei mahmahta uh. Laisiangthou a kichiantak a I simtheih thil ahihziak in. Tuni in upate poimohna genlou in a poimoh mahmah Saptuam upate ahong omkhiak theihna diing a apoimoh leh kulmasa “Saptuam Upa Hidia Tupna” chih toh kisai ah ngaihtuahna pelehang i chi ahi.
SAPTUAM UPATE
Saptuam upa I chih bang hi hiam chih I kikum masalai diing. Tampi’n Saptuam upa I chih kuate hi hiam chih kichiantak in thei mahleh hang a theilou leng tampi omveve kha diing hi. A diak in pawl bawltawmte lak ah Saptuam upate kuate hi hiam chih theihna kichian ana omkei a huaiziakin alak ua upate’n a hihnatak uh leh a nasep diing uh semkhalou uhi. Huchibang thil omthei ahihman in Laisiangthou in ana gen upate kua hi uh a bang hi uh hiam chih tomchik in I taklang diing uh.
Thukhun Thak Laisiangthou ah Saptuam sung a upate genna in thumal tuamtuam ana zang hi. Tuate abanban in I en diing.
- Bishop –
Hiai Bishop thumal tuh Greek thumal Episkopos akipan kilasawm ahi. Saptuam upate genna a kizang hiai Greek thumal Episkopos tuh 1 Timothi 3:1 ah sappau in Bishop (heutu) chi’n kilet a, Nasepte 20:28 ah hiai thumal mah sappau ah Overseers (enkaitu) in kilet leuleu hi.
Upate genna a kizang Episkopos thumal tuh Bishop leh overseers in ana kizangtuah (interchange) hi. Bible scholar minthang mahmah Thayer in hiai Greek thumal Episkopos tuh overseer (midangte thilhihte diktak a hih hina hiam chih enkaitu dia mikhat tung a mohpuakna (charge) pia chihna) chi’n ana let hi. Saptuam upate tuh Pathian in tualsung saptuam a thuneitu diing a akoih mite ahi uh I chithei. Hiai Bishop thumal in Pathian in upate tung a thuneihna a piak toh kisai a kawk hi (cf. 1 Thes. 5:12-13; 1 Tim. 5:17; Heb. 13:7, 17).
- Presbuteros
Hiai Greek thumal ahihleh Tita 1:5 ah English in Elders (upate) chin kilet a, 1 Timothi 4:14 ah Presbytery (KJV) in kilet hi. Hiai upate genna dia kizang thumal in taksa kum upatna leh khalam a pichinna lam a kawk hi.
- Poimen
Hiai Greek thumal ahihleh Pastors leh Shepherd (chingtu/vaktu) in Englsih ah ana kilet hi (cf. Eph. 4:11; 1 Pet. 5:2).
Hiai a tung a upa genna dia kizang thumal tuamtuamte tuh panmun (office) kibang genna a kizang thumal ahi uh. Khenkhat gindan a panmun tuamtuam genna hilou hi. Saptuam a upate hihna leh a nasep uh genna ahizaw. Hiai thumalte panmun tuamtuam hilou a panmun kibang genna ahihdan Laisiangthou mahmah in ahon hilhchian hi. Etsaka diing in Tita 1:1-5 kikal ah upate genna in a tung a I taklat thumalte ana kizang tuahtuah hi. Huchimahbang in 1 Peter 5:1-2 leh Nasepte 20:17&28 ah leng Saptuam upate genna in hiai thumalte ana kizang tuahtuah (interchange) ahihdan I muthei uhi.
UPA HIDIA TUPNA POIMOHNA
Thupil in “tupna a om leh lampi om” ana chi hi. Hiai thupil tuh mihingte hinkhua ah ana dik mahmah. Thil khatpeuh sepsuah leh tangtun ahihna diing in tupna/lunggulhna a poimoh petmah. Lungtang a tupna/lunggulhna a om masakei leh bangmah sepsuah omtheilou hi. I tupna ahi kal hon suansaktu. I hinkhua a banghiam thil thupi deuh I sepkhiakte leng I tupna leh lungulhna ziak ahi chi lehang I genkhialkei diing hi.
Jesu Khris Thukhenna Tutpha ma a ding a siamtang a Vangam kai diing mite leng Vangam kai tup a nei a alunggulh mite mah hi diing uhi. Tup leh lunggulh a leng neikhaloupi dauthu a Vangam kai khamawk chi omlou diing hi. I hinkhua a thilsia hon hihsaktu leng I tupna/lunggulhna mah ana hiveve hi (cf. Jakob 1:14).
Thukhun Thak Saptuam a upa hi diingte’n Thukhun Thak Laisiangthou a kipia upa chitnate a neih masak ngeingei diing uhi ahi. Pawl bawltawmte lak ngial ah hiai chitnate ngaihkhokna a om hetkei. Khris Saptuam kichi mun khenkhat ah leng upa hihtheihna dia kipia chitnate ngaihdauna om in poimoh sakziak in upa diing a khatpeuh sehna bang ana omta hi.
Tanchin Hoih Johan ah Jesu’ Khris in Pathian Gam muhna diing a pianthakna poimoh ahihdan ana genna ah “Na pianthak ngeingei diing ahi” ana chi hi (Johan 3:7). Hiai a ngeingei (must) chih thumal leh 1 Timothi 3na a upate chitna toh kisai a ngeingei (must) thumal kizang a kibang ahi. Huai omdan bel Pathian gam muhna dia pianthak ngeingei a kul bang in upa hihtheihna diing in chitna kipiate zoh ngeingei a poimoh hi. Laisiangthou a kipia upate chitnate (1 Tim. 3:1-7; Tita 1:5-9) tupna omloupi a zoh diing hilou ahihman in tupna leh lunggulhna ana poimoh hi.
Saptuam upa leng tupna mah in hon neisak diing a, hiai tupna mah in upa hi diing in hon chingsak diing hi. “Kuapeuh in Saptuam heutu (Bishop) a pan a ut leh, nasep hoih sem nuam ahi chih tuh thugen dik ahi” (1 Timothi 3:1). Hiai ah Paul in Saptuam upa toh kisai ahon genna ah upa diing a chitna tuamtuamte a genma in tupna/utna ahon gen masa. Tomchik leh mawlchik a gen in hiai a upate chitna tengteng zou diing a kisakna tuh Saptuam upa hi dia tupna/utna ahi. Hiai chitnate chit sawmloupi tuh upa dia tupna/utna neitaktak hithei ngeilou diing hi.
Huaiziak in Saptuam upa/heutu hihtheihna diing in ei apan lungtang tawng apan tupguhna leh lunggulhna kichiantak a hong om masak a kul hi. Punna nin deihziak hiam thuneihna deihziak lel a heutu hih lunggulh diing hilou ahihdan bel I theihluatsa ahi. Huai diing hilou in Toupa leh a Saptuam na sem diing a tupna leh lunggulhna in upa hihtheihna dia chitna kipiate zou diing a kal ahon suansak diing ahi.
Khalam Lalgam, Pathian in a sisan a aleisa a Saptuam a makai/upa diing gentaklouh salam gam luah diing a makaitu Joshua nangawn leng tupguhna toh pang dia thupiakk in a ana om hi (Joshua 1:1-8). Tuni tan Saptuam upa neilou a I omna pen uh Saptuam upa I deihlouh ziak hipah zawlou in huai Saptuam upa hi diing a Laisiangthou dungzui a tupguhna pen taksap ziak hikhazaw diing hi.
Saptuam upa tuh mipi’n deihhuai I sak ziak a hong piang diing ahipahkei. Mipi’n deihhuai chihman a neih diing leng ahi samkei a, Laisiangthou in poimoh asak ziak a neih diing thil ahi. Thugentute’n upate deihhuai upate sep mai ni chia neihtheih mawk leng ahi samkei. Ahihziak in mimal a tupna, mimal a upa lunggulhna, utna kichian a hong om masak phot a ngai hi. Thugentute’n tuh upate manphatna, a uthuaina, upa vaihawm hoih hihziak a hamphatnate (1 Timothi 5:17-18) tungtawn in bel a hasuan theitham hi. Himahleh a taktak in bel mimal tupna leh lunggulhna a omkei leh bangmah aphatuam tuankei diing. Eimah a tupna leh lulnggulhna a om ngengei diing ahi.
Khovel vai a sap (officer) liantaktakte bang ziak a sap hikha uh ahia? IAS chingte bangziak a ching uh ahi diing? Amau a tupna ziak. A tuppen uh tangtun diing a lungtang leh tha a pan alak ziak uh ahi. Saptuam upa namai (simple) thil ahikei. Lampam singsat a tomkal sung a hong piangzual thei leng ahihsamkei. Nasep hoih (1 Timothi 3:1) ahi a, nasepna thupi, Toupa nasepna ahi. Tupna kichiantak nei a kisakkholloute septheihna mun ahikei. A tum a akisakhol mite tanzohlouh diing leng ahikei. A chitna kipiate (1Tim. 3:1-7; Tita 1:5-9) leng a tum mite a diing a zohlouh diing khat lel leng a omkei hi.
Huchi ahihleh tuni tan bangziak a Saptuam upa neilou I hi diing? Laisiangthou deihna bangbang a upa diing a tupna taktak leh lunggulhna taktak toh kisa I om nailouh ziak hilel kha diing hi. A chinzou diing omlouh ziak hilou diing a, huai diing a kisa taktak I om nailouh ziak hipen diing hi. Saptuam upa tuh tupna (kisakkholna) omloupi a upat thu a chit theih thil ahikei. Saptuam upa hi diing a sehtuam mong leng a omkei. Tupna nei a achin mite a diing ahi. Ahihleh unau itte aw, Saptuam upa poimoh ahi, Saptuam upa deihhuai ahi chi a kikoukou a en upa hih diing tupna (upa diing a kisakkholhna) neiloupi I hihkhak lehzaw upa neih nang gamla lai kha diing hi.
Maban a Saptuam in upa I neih zoh diing leh neih zohlouh diing zaw I lak ua upa hidia tupna taktak nei om leh omlouh ah kinga kha diing hi. Saptuam upa hih bangzah in i lunggulh ua? Huai diing in tuapan kisa ni. Pawl giat tan lel zoupa kum 30/40 ahih nung a IAS dia a kisak phing in zaw IAS a chinna di’n a sin diing tam lodeuh diing hi. Saptuam upa tuh ‘tuplouh saikap’ toh kibang lou diing hi. Upa hithei diing in khristian pasal khempeuh in tupguhna toh panla chiatni. Toupa’n hon ompih chiat hen!