By – Siam Khan Muan Guite –
Taanglai a Pathian kamsaang Hosia tungtawn in Pathian thu theihna neilou a om a poidan theihsak in ana om a, “Theihna taaksap ziakin Ka mite suksiat in a om uhi” chiin Pathian in ana genkhia hi (Hosia 4:6). Theihna poimoh hina maizen e chih hiai in hon theisak hi! Theihna omlouhna hiam, a taksapna mun ah lamhaihna, pialmangna leh manthatna a om hi! Pathian’ thilsiam teng lak ah mihingte pilpen kichi hi. Aziak ahihleh mihingte’n theihna dan nih (two-levels) in nei uhi. Ganhing leh sing leh loute’n leng theihna nei mahle uh amaute theih theihna in mihingte theihna banpha deklou hi. Theihna tuh ‘thu’ (information) laklutna leh huaite khuak a koihching theihna/chiamtehtheihna tungtawn a hong piangkhia ahi uhi.
Ganhingte sang a mihingte I pilzawkna ziak tuh mihingte’n theihna a dan nihte a neih kop theih ziak uh ahi. Hiai theihna dan nihte eipau in a kammal tuam omkei mahleh, Greek-te’n a tuam vilvel in huai theihna dan nihte (two levels of knowledge) genna ding kammal ana nei uhi.
Theihna dan nihte
Khatna: gnosis {gno-sis}
- Banghiam khat theihna nei ding a zong, kansui, suichian chihna in kizang hi (Vine).
- Hiai thumal in a tangpi a thil theihna lam kawk a, huai tuh simthoh (study) leh lampi totneelsa (experience) tungtawn a theihna genna ahi (Wycliffe).
- Hiai gnosis kichi thumal sappau a leng knowledge mah a kilet pen 2 Peter 1:5 leh 3:18 ah tuang hi.
- Hiai a Greek ten gnosis a chih uh theihna tuh Pathian deihlam leh Jesu Khrist tungtawn a hotdamna thu theihsiamna genna in leng kizang hi (Luke 1:77, Ph. 3:8).
- Thudik omsate laklutna leh khuak sung a chiamtehna tan genna in Greek-te’n hiai thumal ‘gnosis’ zang uhi.
Nihna: epignosis {ep-ig-no-sis};
- Ahibangtak a thei, theisuak, thei hoih mahmah chihna (It means to become thoroughly acquainted with, to know thoroughly, to know accurately, know well) {Thayer}.
- Hiai bang theihna tuh mahni hinkhua a Krist batna latsakna tungtawn in om thei hi.
- A thukzaw leh kichimatna, theihtelna toh kithuah, hinkhua a zuihna tan huamkha hi.
- Sawltak Paul in laisiangthou a kimlou a, a themthem a theihna a genna ah ‘gnosko’ thumal ana zang a, a bukim laisiangthou theihna genna ding in ‘epignosko’ ana zang hi (1 Kor. 13:12).
- Huaiziakin epignosis thumal a kizat chiang in eipau a theihna I chih (knowledge) kia genna hilou a, theihna dik leh tang, thilkhat toh kisai a thudik omsate (facts) omzia leh a kizatna toh teltak a theihna genna ahi. Ahi dan bang lian a theihna/ a bukim a theihna genna hi a, a theitu lam apan poimohna piakna leng genkha hi. Epignosis thumal hiai a nuai a laisiangthou munte a eipau a theihna kichi leh sappau a knowledge kichihna munte ah kizang hi: –
- 2 Pet. 1:2 – Pathian leh I Toupa Jesu Krist theihna ah na tung uah hehpihna leh lemna hihkhan in om hen (Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord).
- 2 pet. 1:3 – Amah thupina leh hoihna ziak a hon sam Pa, a tanchin theih ziakin, A Pathian thilhihtheihna in hinna leh pathian limsakna lamthu ah thil tengteng A honpe ngal a (According to His divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him that called us to glory and virtue).
- 2 Pet. 1:8 – Huaite nou a ahih a, a khanzel ngal leh, I Toupa Jesu Krist theihna lam ah thadahlou leh gahlou lou in nou a hon bawl nak hi (For if these things be in you and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ).
- 2 Pet. 2:20 – Toupa leh Hondampa Jesu Krist a theih ziak ua khovel thanghuainate a taihkhiaksan nung ua, huai mah a atan nawn ua, zoh a a om nawn phiing ua leh, a omdan nanung uh tuh a masa sang in a hong hoihta kei zaw ahi diing hi (For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the latter end is worst with them then the beginning).
Theihna dan nihna pen Greek kammal a epignosis kichi pen in bang hiam khat va theihna lel gen hilou in, thudik omsa khat ahi bang a theihna, a kizatna leh hinkhua a a hoihte laklutna leh a hoihloute paikhe thei ding tan a theihchetna huamkha hi.
Huaiziakin, hiai a tung a Laisiangthou tangte a, “I Toupa Jesu Krist theihna a khanna” kigen omzia tuh Jesu Krist min hiam, a hong kipatna khua hiam, a nu leh pa hiam a chi leh nam a hihnate theihna tan lel gen hilou in, Amah Jesu Krist ngei nungchang, mihinzia leh Amah a tunkhop a om hoihna leh hehpihnate va velchian a, huaite ei mah hinkhua a lalut a eimah a omsak chihna ahi.
Hiai a epignosis kichi eipau a ‘theihna’ chia kigen I theihtel seemna diing in etsakna toh hilhchian ni. Mei-am tuh sa mahmah ahi chih mite gen apan in, va khoihkhak chitchiat louh in leng kithei hi. Hiai a mite gen hiam koi hiam a laibu kigelh vasimna apan theihna tuh gnosis ahi. Himahleh a satdan theih taktakna tuh mei-am khoihkhaten nei uhi. Hiai a va khoihkhakna, va chepkhakna leh va totkhakna apan hong piang theihna genna in greekte’n epignosis thumal zang uhi. Huaiziakin Jesu Krist theihna a I khan theihna diing in Amah a om hehpihnate eimah a khansak/behlap diing ahihdan Upa Peter in ana taaklang hi.
Growing (Khang) : Khang kichi thumal Greek pau in ‘Auxano’ (present imperative) ahi. A tense dan a et in present imperative ahi. Huai omzia bel khatvei thu hiam, zankhat thu hiam a thiltung hilou in, hinkhua a bang hiam kibehlap touden a, a tawp a pichinna tun dong a kibehlapna genna ahi. Khanna tuh pichinna omtheihna diing a poimoh ahihman in pichinna omma siah khanna poimohden hi.
Kristiante pen a hun leh kum kia a upa hilou a, a hun pai dungzui a theihna, hinkhua hoihna eimah a kibehlap touden diing a lamet I hi. Hiai theihna eimah a kibehlapna in pichinna hon tun diing hi. Hiai bang a hinkhua a theihna leh hoihna behlap ngeiloute tuh khalam ah piiching thei ngeilou uhi.
Pathian toh kinai/kiton a pai theihna diing in Amah hihna I koppih a kul hi. Pathian batna koppih lou in Amah toh kinai in kipai theilou hi. Sawltakpi (Apostle) leh Upa (elder) ana hi Peter in hiai thupi. “Jesu Krist theihna a khanna” toh kisai kichiantak mai in ana gen a, huaite Peter laikhak nihna bung khatna sung pansan in saulou in I sui diing.
Bang chidan in Jesu Krist theihna ah I khang thei dia?
Hiai thu kichian zawsem a theihna diing in 2 Peter 1:1-11 limtak a sim a theihsiam poimoh mahmah hi.
- 2 Peter 1:5-7 sung a hehpihna giatte ei a omsak diing.
- Ginna (Greek-pistis): Hiai a ginna kigen pen Pathian leh A Tapa Jesu a muanna koih a, Amau a kingakna genna hi. Hiai bang a ginna manpha in hotdamna ah honpi tung diing hi. Jesu Krist theihna a I khan piching theihna diing in Ginna a poimoh masapen ahi. Hiai a ginna kigen tuh eimah upmoh thu pawng gintak hilou in, Krist thu kigen zakna apan hong piangkhia Ginna pen ahi (Rom.10:17).
- Hoihna (Greek-arete): Hiai a hoihna kichi pen sappau a virtue ahi. Hiai in lunggil sung a hoihna, a langtang a hinkhua a hong gahkhia hoihna, nasep hoih a hong gahkhia thilhoih leh nungchang hoihna genkhawm vek hi (Thayer). Huai banah kholak pau a kizat dan in pasalpha, mihangsan, thagumnei, thil khat peuh a thuakzou mite genna in zong kizang hi.
Hoihna (Virtu) neihna ding in hansanna leh kua hiam khat thuzohsa leh khemzoh maimai a omlouhna ahi chiin Bernes in hilhchian hi.
Tulai a Greek pau lettute’n hiai a hoihna kichi thumal pen hangsan chihna in let uhi. Huaiziakin, ginna tungtawn a eimah a hong gahkhia tuh hoihna ahi. Ginna kia huntawk lou in, ginna tung ah hoihnate (virtue) behlsah a kiphamoh hi.
- Theihna (Greek-gnosis): Hoihna kichi leng ginna tungtawn a gahkhia hoihna ahih ngeingei kul hi. Mihing ngaihdan a hoihna hiam, mihingte’n thilhoih hi a I ngaihte genna hilou in, Pathian thu theihna tungtawn a hong piangkhia, Pathian thu a thilhoih kigente a kingakna leh bangmah in hon kaimang theilou diing a hangsantak a dinkipna ahi. Huaiziak in hoihna i hon neih khit chiang in, huai tung ah theihna in I belhsah khum lai diing ahi.
Hiai a theihna kigen in a gennop ahihleh Pathian thu I simna leh zakna tungtawn hiam i zuihkhaksate tungtawn a kaihkhopna leh theihkaakna ahi. Hiai theihna (gnosis) tuh theihna a dan khatna pen ahi a, hiai theihna mah tuh a dan nihna, Jesu Krist theihna (epignosis) a khanna diing a poimoh mahmah ahi a, hoihna tung a belhsah diing ahi. Hiai theihna tuh Pathian thu simtamna, sut tamna leh ngaihkhiat tamna apan hong piangkhia diing ahi.
- Kidekzohna (egkrateia): Hiai a kidekzohna I chih thumal tuh mahni utna leh taksa utna khoizual zohna genna ahi. Mahni sapum leh utnate kitaalkaihsak mailou a, eimah in I taksa leh sa utnate a poimohdan a zangthei diing a khoizualna genna ahi. Huaiziakin theihna I hong neihzoh chiang in mihing kimuanna bang, kisaktheihna bang in zui pahpah hi. Laisiangthou in, “Theihna in mi a kisathei sak” (1Kor.8:1) a chi ngal a. Kidekzohna tellou theihna kia tuh thil lauhuai mahmah khat ahi a, kinakna leh kikhenna tanpha tungsak thei tuh kidekzohna tellou theihna ahi. Huaiziakin theihna tung ah kidekzohna I belhsah nawn diing ahi.
- Thuakzohna (Greek-hupomone): Hiai tuh tangtak a lehkhiak diing hileh eipau a ‘a tawkhii’ I chih toh kinaih mahmah diing hi. Huai omzia bel thilteng a bei nung a leng omlai, belsung a buhteng I thukvek nung a a beltaw a ankang belhlaite bangbang a bang hiam lauhuai hiam a haksa hiam tuahchiang a miteng a taimang khit nung ua pangteitei mite genna ahi.
Kidekzohna zom a ei a I omsak ngeingei diing tuh thuakzohna ahi. Kidekzohna pen hunkhat hiam, hun tomchik sung kia a va neih zual thil haksa ahikei hi. Himahleh damsung a eimah a omsak gige ahihna diing a kidekzohna tung ah thuakzohna I belhsah leuleu a poimoh hi.
- Pathianlimsakna (Greek-eusebeia): Pathian limsakna kichi hong kilehkhiatna Greek thumal ah ‘eusebeia’ ahi. Huai tuh Pathian lam a awn (leaning towards God) chihna ahi. Hinkhua a tel diing om peuhmah chiang a Pathian deihlam a awn zaw, tangtak a thupiak khaamna hiam sawlna hiam omlouhna mun a leng Pathian deihlam toh kinaih a awnzaw, Pathian deihlam in hon bukzou zaw chihna ahi. Huaiziakin Pathian limsakna I genchiang in Toupa’ Ni chiang a biakna a va tel hiam, thilpiak va pia hiam, theihgigena va hih hiam tanlel a huamkha kei a, hinkhua a hun haksa penpen tuah hun nangawn a deihtel diing I ma a hong om chiang a Pathian lam a awn zawgige mite pathian limsak a chih theih phet hi.
- Unaute Itna (Greek-philadelphia): Hiai a unaute kichi thumal in Krist sisan a tatkhiak a om mite, gingta a hotdamna diing a tuiphum a om mite khempeuh huamkha hi. “Iitna diktak a unaute iit diing a thutak zui a, na kha uh na hihsiangthou tak ziak un, lungtang siangthou leh iitna thuktak in ki-iit tuah chiat un” chih gelh ahi ngal a (1 Pet.1:22). Thuakzohna tung a I belhsah nawn diing tuh unaute itna ahi. Krist a unaute ahih nakleh it diing ahi. Hotdam a I hong om nasan leng unaute iit diing in ahi. Gendan dang in, unaute iit theilou tuh thutak zuikha lou leh thutak paailou chihna ahi. Unaute kia itna leng huntawk loulai hi. Unaute itna (brotherly love) tung a itna (agape love) belhsah diing ahi. Hiai in unaute hilou mihing tengteng tung a itna suah diing gen hi.
- Itna (Greek-agape): Hiai a itna thumal kizang pen Greek kammal ah agape ahi. Huai tuh Pathian in ei mihingte chitna himhim neilou, eilam a bangmah ithuaina diing omlouh lai a phulouh itna hon piak itna pen gen ahi. Mihing tengteng Pathian siam ahihman un, ei tung a a siam ziak uh hiam, hamphatna hon piak diing uh om ziak hilou a, it theihna neih diing genna ahi. Unaute itna tung ah hiai agape itna I belhsah a kul sawn hi. Tua bang a mihinpihte itna I hong neih khit chiang in Pathian pianken (nature) va koppih kha kisuak hi (John 3:16).
Jesu Krist theihna bukim neihna diing a atungnung penpen a eimah a omsak diing tuh Agape itna ahi. Hiai bang itna I neihtheih chiang in, Jesu’n na melmate it inla, nang hon sawite vualzawl in chia a gente theihsiamna I neithei phet diing uhi (Matt. 5:44). Huchiin iitna a khosa mite I hong hi dia (Eph. 5:2), iitna ziak a seemgim mite I hong hi dia ((1Thess. 1:3), iitna a thutak gen mite I hong hithei diing ua (Eph. 4:15), iitna a zungkai a, kinga mite ihi thei diing uhi (Eph. 3:17).
“Hiai thilte nou a ahih a, a khanzel naak leh I Toupa Jesu Krist theihna (epignosis) lam ah phatuam tak leh gahsuang tak in nou a hon bawl ngeingei diing hi. Mi kuapeuh in hiai thilte a neih kei leh, mittaw, naichik a omte kia muthei a, a nidanglai khelhnate a kipan a siansak ahita chih phawk nawnlou mi ahi” (2 Pet. 1:8-9).
Hiai a tung a ‘hiai thilte’ kichi tuh bang dang hilou in ama a I hilhchetsa hehpihnate genna ahi. Huaite ahih leh Ginna, Hoihna, Theihna, Kidekzohna, Thuakzohna, Pathian limsakna, unaute iitna leh agape itna ahi uhi.
Hiai a tung a hinkhua a neih a khansak diing a kigen hehpihnate neilou in Jesu Krist theihna nei I kichi theikei diing uhi.
- Khat tung a khat behlap tou zel in (2 Pet 1:5):
‘Hiai thilte’ tuh eimah a behlap a khasak diing ahi. Behlap kichi thumal Greek pau in ‘epichoregeo’ {ep-ee-khor-ayg-eh-o} ahi a, sappau in ‘add’/ ‘supply’ chiin kilet hi. Hiai omzia bel amasa pen tung a a nihna behlap diing, huchia a ban ate leng hong kizomtou zel diing chihna ahi. Ginna kia va meilet theih ahi kei a, iitna kia leng va meilet theih ahi kei, huchi mahbang in theihna leh a dangte leng ahi zomvek hi.
- Nou lam a theihtawp suah in
Theihtawp suahna lou in hiai a tung a hehpihna giat Peter in a gente neihtheih mawk ahikei hi. Hiai a theihtawp suah kichi Sappau a ‘diligence’ ahi a, Greek ah ‘spoude’ kichi hi. Theihtawp suahna diing a thanopsuahna, tha san a ngaihna mun a tha sang ngap chihna ahi. Tu maimai kawm hiam thazoitak kawm a thanop suah chih a om theikei.
Huaiziak in Peter laikhak nihna bung khat sung a ‘Jesu krist theihna’ kichihna ah Greek thumal epignosis kizang hi. Tua ahihmanin hiai a theihna kigen in Jesu Krist tungtang hiam, a tanchin theihna tan lel gen hilou in Amah mihinzia leh Amah a om hoihna leh hehpihnate va suikhia a, mei-am satdan a mei-am khoihkha mite’n a theih bang ua, Jesu Krist mihinzia va koppihna chihna ahi chih I sinta ua, huai Jesu Krsit theihna neihna diing a I neih a eimah a I khansak ngeingei diing thilte tuh Ginna, Hoihna, Theihna, kidekzohna, thuakzohna, pathian limsakna, unaute itna leh agape itna ahihdan leng I sinta uhi. Tua ahihmanin hiai Jesu Krist theihna a khanna in eimah a gahpha hon suangsak diing ahi chih I mu thei hi.
Jesu Krsit theihna a I khan chiang in…
- Hehpihna leh lemna ei a khansak hiding.
“Pathian leh I Toupa Jesu Krist theihna ziakin, na tung uah hehpihna leh khamuanna khansak in om hen” chih ahi (2 Pet.1:2). Jesu Krist hoihna va koppih a, huaite eimah a akhan naak leh Pathian hehpihna kitang diing a, Amah toh kilemna kinei diing hi. Pathian toh kilem mite tuh a mihinpihte toh kilem diing ua, huai lemna leh muanna in khamuangtak in hon khosasak diing hi. Pathian hehpihna leh Amah toh kilemna I neih pen midangte kiang a hawmsawn mite kihi thei diing hi (Matt. 5:45, 1:3, Ph.4:6-7).
- Hinna leh pathian limsakna dia thil poimoh tengteng honpe diing.
“Ama thupina leh hoihna a eite honsam Pa’n, Amah I theihna uh tungtawn in, hinna leh pathian limsakna dia I poimoh tengteng uh hon peta hi” (2 Pet. 1:3).
Jesu Krist theihna tellou a pathian limsakna omtheilou ahihdan leng hiai in hon hilh hi. Sa utna ziak a khovel a om siatna apan suahtakna hon pia a (2 Pet. 1:4a). Pathian omdan/pianzia koppih theihna hon pia hi (2 Pet. 1:4b).
- Khalam mitvakna leh lungtang chiim hon neisak.
“Mi kuapeuh in hiai thilte a neih kei leh, mittaw, naichik a omte kia muthei a, a nidanglai khelhnate a kipan siansak ahita chih phawk nawnlou ahi hi” (2 Pet. 1:9). Huaiziakin Jesu krist theihna nei mi tuh khalam a mipil leh navak tak hong hithei diing hi.
- Kipalpuk ngeilou diing.
“Hiai thilte na hih uleh na kipalpuk ngei kei diing uhi” (2 Pet. 1:10).
Hiai a kipalpuk kichi tuh, khalam a puk, hotdamna mansuah chihna ahi. Jesu Krsit thei mite kipalpuk ngeilou diing, hotdam a om diing chihna ahi.
- Maingal tak a vangam luttheihna hon pia.
Jesu Krist theihna diktak nei mite tuh lauthawng kawmpi leh kimuangmoh sim kawm a nitawp ni chiang a thukhenna maituah diing hilou in, maingaltak in a theih a muan a, a zuih, a omdan a koppihtak Jesu Krist toh maingaltak leh kimeltheih tak kawm in kimaituah diing uhi.
Thusitna
Theihna dan nih a om a; huaite ahihleh khuakpilna a theihna laklutna (intellectual knowledge), huai tuh Greek kammal a gnosis kichi pen ahi a, va chepkhak, totkhak leh hinkhua a chindan a pomna leh laklutna (epignosis) ahi uhi. I Toupa Jesu Krist tuh Pathian mihing hong suak ahi a, Amah ah hoihna, hehpihna leh itna hong luangkhia hi. Amah tuh hinna naak ahi a, thohnawnna bulpi leh I ginna uh kingakna ahi.
Jesu Krist theihna diktak I ngah theihna diing in hehpihna giatte (ginna, hoihna, theihna, kidekzohna, thuakzohna, pathian limsakna, unaute itna leh agape itna) aban-ban a eimah a behlap a a om a, a khan diing ahi.
Hiai theihna in hinna leh pathian limsakna lam thu a thil tengteng hon neisak a, khalam mitvaakna leh khalam navaakna hon pia hi.