By – L. James Guite –
Pasian hing bete a dia poimoh mahmah tuh I biak Pasian in tu Thukhun Thak hun ah, sahkhuana toh kisai a biakna leh nnasep khatpeuh a I etzui a, huai bang geih a I sepsuah diing “Etzui diing limlah” (Pattern) hon bawlsak om ahi chih I theihtel diing ahi. Huai “Etzui diing limlah” theichian a huai bangbang a I zuihna tuh Pasian in hon ngiat hi. Huaiziak in huai “Etzui diing limlah” bang ahia chih I theihtel theihna diing in kikumkhawm zek lehang uthuai I sa hi.
“ETZUI DIING LIMLAH” KICHI BANG AHIA? (What Is a Pattern?)
Lai Siangthou gelhna dia pau kizangte, a bik in Hebru pau leh Grik pau ah hiai thubeu – “Etzui diing limlah” (Pattern) kichi genna dia thumal kizangte I en masa diing hi:
Hebru – TABNIT (#Strong H8403)
Hiai thumal lehkhiakna Strong in hichibang in na gen hi – pattern (etzui diing limlah), plan (lemgel), form (zuih chiat dia kipia laigelh), blueprint (thilkhat I lamkhiak theihna dia etteh diing limlah)
Exo. 25-27 kikal ah Mosi kiang’h Pasian in Biakbuk leh a sung a vanzat tuamtuam bawlna diing in etzui diing limlah kichiantak ana pia hi. Thukhun bawm (The Ark of Covenant – 25:10-22), Tanghou koihna dohkan (The Table for the Showbread – 25:23-30), Dangka-eng Meivak koihna (The Golden Lampstand – 25:31-40), Biakbuk (The Tabernacle – 26:1-37), Kithoihna maitam (The Altar – 27:1-8). Hiai a limlah (blueprint) piak a om bangbang in Mosi in Biakbuk leh a sung a vanzatte na bawl detdet hi.
Grik – “TUPOS” (Jn. 20:25), “HUPODEIGMA” (Jak. 5:10), “HUPOTUPOSIS” (1 Tim. 1:16), “HUPOGRAMMOS” (1 Pet. 2:21)
Johan 20:25 “Huchi in a nungzui dangte’n, a kiang ah, ‘Toupa ka muta uh’ a chi ua. Himahleh ama’n a kiang uah, ‘A khut a sik khetna pawn (TUPOS) khawng ka muh a, ka khut a ka khoih a, a nak a ka khut ka koih hialkei leh ka gingtakei diing’ a chi a”.
Thomas in Jesu Khris mahmah ahi chih a theihtup theihna dia chiamtehna, a khut a sikkilh khetna pawn leh a naak a teipi a a dawtna ma uh a vang, a kuak, a pawn genna tuh TUPOS kichi in a hon theihsak nop ahi. Huai bel, mi tengteng in a kibang a a theihtheih, a mi a tuam dungzui a atuam a kilang hilou, mi tengteng kiang a akibang a theihtel theihna dia pawn/ma genna ahi.
1 Pet. 2:21 “Khris mah in leng nou a hon thuaksak ziak in, tuabang hih diing a sap na hi uhi. A khap a na zuihna diing un zuih diing (example) (HUPOGRAMMOS) a hon nutsiat ahi”
Hiai ah “Zuih diing” (TUPOS) kichi thumal Peter in a zat pen W.E. Vines in hichibang in ana hilhchian hi: “lit., an underwriting (from hupographo), to write under, to trace letters for copying by scholars), hence a writing copy, an example, 1 Pet. 2:21 said of what Christ left for believers… that they might follow His footsteps.
Huaiziak in TUPOS I chih pen naupangte’n laimal hoihtak a ahon gelh theihna diing ua zuih diing khutziak kibawl toh kibang hi. Huai “Etzui diing limlah” (Pattern) tuh I zuih ngeingei dia piak a om khutziak, limlah, daanbu (rule book) ahi a, huai a kipan paipel theihlouh a kisun, kigelh, kigen bangbang a zuih ngiatngiat diing chihna ahi. Naupang in khutziak kigelh pen zuilou in amah utdan in pawnggelh leh laimal gelhdik thei ngeilou diing hi. A kigelhsa, zuih diing a taklat a omsa bangbang a naupang tengteng in a hon zuih chiat chiang un laimal kibang, gelhdan kibang hong piangkhia theipan phet hi. Huai tuh Pattern I chihchih ahi.
Inn bawl diing dan Blueprint I neih pen, huai bangbang zui lehang mun teng ah inn kibang kinei diing hi. Naupangte’n zuih dia kigelh laimal “a, b, c” pen a kigelh bangbang in zuile uh, koi mun peuh ah gelh le uh leng “a, b, c” mah hi gige diing hi. FIFA-te’n football kimawlna diing in rule book a bawl ua, mawltual let didan, goal letdan leh sandan, outball paih didan, offside lak didan, penalty muh theihnate leh a dangdang bawl uhi. Hiai rule pen mun teng a akizat chiang in Football game kibang mun teng ah kimawl thei phet hi. Gamkhat a kimawldan tuam om henla, gamdang in rule tuam zang in, mahni gambing chiat ah ut bang chiat in rule tuamtuam nei teltul lehang FIFA World Cup kimawlkhawm chih om thei ngeilou diing hi. Huai mahbang in sahkhua ah leng mihing in mahni hoihsak dan chiat a doctrine, daan, zuihdan neituam teltul maimahlou a “Kha a kipumkhatna I vom chinten theihna diing in “zuihdan kibang” Jesu Khris in “Zuih diing khekhap” (Pattern) hon nutsiat hi.
TUNI A EITE’N I ‘ETZUI DIING LIMLAH’ BANG AHIA?
(What is our Pattern Today?)
I Lai Siangthou pumpi ah chiklai hun peuh in leng Pasian in “Etzui diing limlah” (Pattern) ana pe gige hi.
Pate Hun Ah (In the Patriarchal Age)
Gen. 6:22 “Pasian in a kiang a thu a piak bangbang in Noah in a semsuah hi”
Heb. 11:4 “Ginna ziak in Abel in Kaina sang in Pasian kiang ah kithoihna hoihzaw a lan hi”
Heb. 11:8 “Ginna ziak in Abraham tuh sap a a om lai in a gouluah diing mun a lut diing in pai khiakna diing thu a muta a, huan a paina lam diing leng theilou in a paikheta” (Cf. Gen. 12:1-4).
“Ginna a thilhih” kichi omzia bel Pasian’ thupiak tungtawn a hih/sem chihna ahi. “GINNA tuh ZAAKNA ziak in a hong om a, ZAAKNA bel Khris thu kigen ziak in a hong om hi” (Rom. 10:17). Ginna hong kipatna tuh “Khris thu” ahi hi. Huaiziak in Abel in ahihkeileh Abraham in “Ginna ziak a…” a nnasep uh tuh Pasian in a kiang ua thupiak a piak bangbang a a zuihna uh ahi chih teltak in I muthei hi. Huaiziak in Pate hun ah leng Pasian in “Etzui diing limlah” kichiantak, huai bel “A thupiak” a na pekhinta ahi chih I muchian thei hi.
Mosi Daan Nuai Ah (During the Mosaical Age)
Exod. 39:32 “Huchi in puan-inn a kikhop khawmna diing biakbuk nnasep tengteng zoh ahita hi. Toupa’n Mosi kiang a thu a piak bangbang in Israel tate’n a hih/semsuah uhi.”
2 Kum. 5:14 “Huchi in a kuansuk a, Pasian’ mi in a kiang a thu a gen bangbang in Jordan lui ah sagihvei a kidiahta a, huan a sapum tuh naungek sapum bang in sapum hoihtak a hong hikik nawnta hi.”
2 Kron. 11:3 “Huan Samuel tungtawn a Toupa thu bangbang in Israelte tung ah kumpipa diing in David thau a nilhta uhi.”
Mosi’ daan kizat hunsung teng in leng “Toupa’ thupiak” tuh “Etzui diing limlah” (Pattern) ahi gige hi. Toupa’ thupiak bangbang in Israelte’n nna a sem zel uhi. Toupa’ thupiak banglou a nna a sep chiang un gawtna a maituah zel ua, Toupa’ thupiak bang a a sep chiang un vualzawlna a ngah zel uhi.
Thukhun Thak Hun Ah (In the New Testament Period)
Tanglai nite mahbang in tuhun ah leng Jesu’n a hon piak Thukhun Thak tuh eite a diing a “Etzui diing limlah” ahi.
2 Tim. 1:17 “Khris Jesu a om ginna leh itna toh ka kiang a kipan a na zak uh etzui diing limlah thu (sinsakna) chidam tuh lenkip gige un” (Hold fast the pattern of sound words (doctrines) which you have heard from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.”
Sawltakpite a kipan a thu I zakte, huaibel sawltakpite laikhakte leh a tawndante uh “Etzui diing limlah thu chidam” (Pattern of sound words) ahi a chi hi. Bangziak a Sawltakpite’ sinsakna pen “Etzui diing limlah” hithei ahia?
Jno. 16:13 “Bangteng hileh Amah, thutak Kha a hong tun chiang in Ama’n noute thutak tengteng ah a hon pi diing hi.”
Jno. 14:26 “Himahleh panpihpa, Kha Siangthou, Ka min a Pa in na kiang ua a hon sawl diing pa’n thil tengteng nou a hon sisnak diing a, na kiang ua Ka gente tengteng nou a hon theikhe thak sak nawn diing hi.”
Huai Kha Siangthou tuh Nasepte 2:1-4 kikal ah a hong tungta a, Sawltakpite tengteng huai Kha Siangthou a pumtuam (baptis) in a omta uhi. Huai Kha Siangthou pina in sawltakpite’n nna a sem ua, tuni a I tawi uh Thukhun Thak a hon gelhkhia uhi.
2 Pet.1:21 “Thu Genkholh himhim mihing thu a pawt a hingei ngalkei a, mite’n Kha Siangthou sawl in, Pasian kiang a kipan in a genzaw nak uhi.”
Gal. 1:11-12 “Huchi in, unaute aw, ka tanchin hoih gen pen mihing lam thu a hikei chih ka hon theisak hi. Mihing kiang a kipan a ka muh leng a hikei, mi hon hilh leng ka hi samkei. Jesu Khris kilakna ziak a mu ka hi zo ngal a.”
Huaiziak in Sawltakpite’n a hon gelhkhiak uh laikhakte leh a nnasepna uh chiamteh a omna Nnasepte laibute Kha Siangthou pina liauliau a ahon gelhkhiak uh ahihman in eite a diing a Etzui diing limlah ahi uhi. Huaiziak mah in Thukhun Thak hun a saptuam masate’n sawltakpite’ sinsakna (Apostles’ doctrine) tuh kiptak in ana len ua, ana zui uhi.
Nas. 2:42 “Huan sawltakpite’ thuhilhna ah kithuah in, tanghou balkham in, thuum in, phatuamngaitak in a om nilouhlouh uhi.”
Pate hun hitaleh, Thukhun Lui hun ahihkeileh Mosi’ daan hun hitaleh, tu Thukhun Thak hun hitaleh Pasian’ thupiakte tuh I zuih ngeingei diing a piak “Etzui diing limlah” (Pattern, blueprint, underwriting) ahi uh chih teltak in I muthei hi. Tuni hun ngial in “Thutak tengteng” kitunkhawmna tuh THUKHUN THAK, Jesu Khris tungtawn a thukhun (Mt. 26:28 A sisan a thukhun), Sawltakpite zang a gelhkhiak (Nas. 2:42 Sawltakpite’ sinsakna) ahi uhi.
BANGZIAK A HIAI ‘ETZUI DIING LIMLAH’ I LIMSAK UH KUUL AHIA?
(Why Do We Need to Behold the Pattern?)
Tuni a eite’n I pialsan theihlouh, ei deihdan le I vahel mawk theihlouh “Etzui diing limlah” I kiang a piak a om tuh Thukhun Thak ahi chih I theitelta hi. Ahihleh hiai Thukhun Thak bang ziak a eite’n hichitel a I limsak kuul ahia?
Lampi Omsun, Lampi Kawchik Ahihziak in.
(Because it is the Only Way, the Narrow Way)
Jer. 6:16 “Toupa’n hichi in a chi. Lampite ah ding unla, en un. Lampi hoih omna lampi luite tawn un. Huai ah pai unla, na kha ua diing in khawlna na mu diing uh. Amau bel, huai ah ka paikei diing uh a chi ua.”
Isai 35:8-9 “Huan huailai ah lamlian a om diing, lampi, huai tuh Siangthouna Lampi a chi diing uh. Mi thanghuai in huai lampi a tawnkei diing a himahleh midangte a diing a hizaw diing. Huai lampi tawn peuhmah, mihai hileh leng, a pialmangkei diing.
Huai ah humpinelkai a omkei diing a, hihsetu gamsa huailai ah a paikei diing a, huai mun ah muh in a omkei diing uh. Himahleh tatsate huailai ah a pai diing uh.”
Zawlnei in a genkholh huai lampi tuh Thukhun Thak ah hichi bang in I muthei hi;
Mat. 7:13-14 “Kong kawchik ah lut un. Manthatna kongpi tuh a za a, a lampi leng a lian a, huai lampi tuh mi tampi in a tawn uhi.
Hinna lutna kongpi tuh a kawchik a, a lampi leng a haksa hi, a mute leng tawmchik ahi uh.”
Huai lampi kawchik leh zuih haksa tuh Jesu Khris in hichibang in a gen behlap hi:
Jno. 14:6 “Keimah tuh lampi (omsun), thutak (omsun) leh hinna (omsun) Ka hi. Keimah tungtawnlou in kuamah Pa kiang’h a tung ngeikei.”
Mangkang pau ah “the Way”, “the truth”, “the life” kichi hi. “The” kichi thumal a kizat chiang in a kibatpih dang omlou, amah kia genna ahi. I tenna leitung in “Khapi” (moon) khatkia nei hi. Khapi dang omlou hi. Khapi omsun ahihziak in “The moon” kichi hi. Huchimah bang in Hinna a paina lampi khatkia om hi. Huaiziak in “The way” kichi hi. Huai tuh “Lampi omsun”, tanglai ni a zawlneite’n ana genkholh uh “tatsate’n a tot uh lampi” ahi a, “Khawlna hon pia lampi hoih leh lampi lui” ahi. Huai lampi tuh “Thutak Lampi” ahi a, hinna a hon pia hi chi in Jesu’n gen hi:
Jno. 8:32 “Thutak na thei diing ua, huai thutak in nou a hon suaktasak diing hi.”
A Kigelh Pel a Pailou dia Hilh a I om ziak in
(Because We are Told Not to Go Beyond What is written)
1 Kor. 4:6 “Huaiziak in unaute aw, noute ziak in hiai thilte na etteh diing un kei leh Appollo tung ah ka suanlut uhi. Huchi a koumau a kipan a, ‘a kigelh pel ah paikei un’ chih na zilkhiak theihna diing un.”
Thukhun Thak pen eite a dia underwriting ahihziak in a kigelh pel ah va kizik/kigit theilou hi. I vazik/git leh diklou diing a, zattheihlouh diing hi. Thukhun Thak pen I blueprint hi a, eite pen innlam mite ihihziak un I innlamna ah blueprint pel in kibawl theilou hi. Inn neitu deihdan blueprint khek lamdang in huai inn I bawlna ah ei deihdan kisung thei mawklou hi. Huaiziak in “A kigelh pel ah kipai theilou hi”. Hiai toh kizawitawn mah in Lai Siangthou pen behlap theihlouh ahihdan It Johan in teltak in, hichibang in a hon hilh hi;
Kil. 22:18-19 “Hiai laibu a genkholhna thute za peuhmah kiang ah ka theisak hi. Mi kuapeuh in hiai thute a behlap ua leh Pasian in amau tung ah hiai laibu a kigelh gawtna tuh behlap in teh. Huan kuapeuh in hiai genkholhna laibu a thute lakmang a neih leh, Pasian in amau tan diing, hiai laibu a kigelh, hinna sing a kipan leh khopi siangthou a kipan in lamang in the.”
Hiai Tellou a Pasian Neih theih ahihlouh ziak in
(Because Without it we can not have God)
2 Jno. 9-11 “Kuapeuh Khris thuhilhna thu a omgigelou a, talek in Pasian a neikei. Huai thuhilhna thu a om gige in bel, huai in tuh Pa leh Tapa a neikop ahi. Kuapeuh huai thuhilhna thu hon polou a na kiang ua a hong pai leh na inn uah tungsakkei unla, paukam hoih in leng khakei un. Paukam hoih a khami tuh a thil hihkhelh ah a pang sam ngal hi.”
Huai Khris thuhilhna thu (Khris doctrine) toh kibanglou, thutuam gen mite’ tungtang leh a tan diing uh sawltakpi Paul in hichibang in teltak in ana gen nawn hi.
Gal. 1:6-9 “Khris hehpihna ziak a nou hon sampa huchi guih a tanchin hoih tuam lam a na kisuansan uh lamdang ka sa hi.
Tanchin hoih dang a om ahikei a, noumau hon hihbuai in, Khris tanchin hoih hihlamdan ut kuate hiam a na om uh ahi.
Himahleh, koumau hiam aw, vaan a kipan a hong suk angel nangawn hiam in leng, tanchin hoih na kiang ua ka gensa pen loungal uh tanchin hoih dang himhim hon na hilhta a om uleh, hamse loh in om hen.
Tuma a ka gen bangmah un tua gennawn diing ka hi. Tanchin Hoih na muh pen loungal uh tanchin hoih dang kuapeuh in nou a hon hilh leh hamseloh in om hen.”
Pasian in a hon piak Thukhun Thak ahihkeileh Tanchin Hoih tungtawn loungal a Pasian muhtheihna diing lampi dang omlou hi. Huai Tanchin Hoih toh kibanglou zuihna leh sinsakna tuh “Hamse tuahna” lel phet hi diing hi. Huai Tanchin Hoih tuh mihing kia hilou in vaan a kipan Angel nangawn in leng a kheklamdan theihlouh uh THUTAK OMSUN ahi a, huai Thutak tellou in Pasian neih theihna diing Lampi dang omlou hi.
THUKHITNA
PATTERN (Etzui diing limlah) kichi omzia bel a kigensa/ a kipesa blueprint ahihkeileh underwriting chihna ahi. Huai kipesa bangbang a zuih diing, eimah thu a khek lamdan theihna thuneihna omlou hi. Pate hun, Thukhun Lui hun leh tu Thukhun Thak hun hitaleh “Pasian’ thupiakte” tuh eite a diing a etzui diing limlah (Pattern) hi gige hi. Tuhun in Thukhun Thak pen I etzui diing limlah ahi a, hiai thuhilhna chidam tuh kiptak a i let a I pialsan hetlouh kuul hi.
Hiai Thukhun Thak tuh tuni a eite’n Pa kiang I zot theihna “Lampi omsun” ahihziak in huai “Lampi hoih, lampi chidam, lampi lui leh hinna pethei lampi” I zuih gige kuul hi. Huai Lampi chidam pel a pailou diing leh Thukhun Thak a gelhkhit a omsa “pel a pailou” diing in vauhilh in I om hi. Huai pel a pai teitei a, Thukhun Thak khek lamdang mite pen “hamse thuak in” om diing hi. Hiai Thukhun Thak sinsakna lou in “Pa leh Tapa neihkop” theih ngeingeilou hi. Huai ziak in sinsakna chidam, sinsakna hoih, hiai etzui diing limlah Thukhun Thak lenkip gige diing in I kichial in I kihasuan hi.
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