Krista Panna Kailawn

Ellen G. White

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Huhmahruai

Bung 1—Pathianin Mihring A Hmangaihzia

Bung 2—Misualin Krista A Mamawhzia

Bung 3—Simna

Bung 4—Inpuanna

Bung 5—Pathian Hnena Indahhranna

Bung 6—Rinna Leh Pawmna

Bung 7—Krista Zuitu Nih Fiahna

Bung 8—Krista A Thanlenna

Bung 9—Hnathawh Leh Nunna

Bung 10—Pathian Hriatna

Bung 11—Tawngtaina Hunremchang

Bung 12—Rinhle lhna Hi Engtla Tih Tur Nge

Bung 13—Lalpaa Lawmna

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Huhmahruai

Khawngaihna Chhandamtu, thinlung hmangaiha khatina ngilnei taka A sawmna aw, “Ka hnenah lokal ula,” tih chu mi zawng zawng Pathian laka bote bengah chuan a ri thin a; tin, mi tamtak, Isua hnen atanga tanpuina beisei tak takte rilruah chuan, hemi sawmna aw hian Pa in thlen hlan chu a nghahhlelh tir leh zual a. Mahse heng mite tan hian Thawman a lo zawh tawh “A kawng chu engtinnge kan hriat theih ang?” tih kha zawh nawn fo a tul thin. Pa in chu a hla em emin, a kawngte chu a harsain a fiah lo em emin a lang a. Chumi thlen theihna, kawng te chu engtenge ni?

Hemi lehkhabu hian chumi kawng chu a hrilhfiah a ni. Isua chauh chu thlarau mamawh chhawmdawl theitu leh ringhlelte leh kawng laka tangte “thlamuanna kawng” kawhhmuhtu leh bruaitu a nihzia a ti lang a. Chu kawng zawngtute chu dikna leh rilru thianghlimna Kristian nundan kawngah chuan zawi zawiin a hruai a, mahni inpumpeka A khawngaihna avanga min chhandamtu i-he lova an rina, misualte thian a ni fo tih hriatna malsawmna famkim an dawn thlengin. Hemi lehkhabua zirtirna hian thlarau lungngai tamtakte chu thlamuanna leh beiseina a rawn thlenin, amah zuitu tamtakte chu an hruai tu Pathian kawngah chuan nghet zawk leh hlim zawkin a kaltir tawh thin a. Tin. mi tamtak chutianga tanpui ngaite hnenah chuan tanpuina thu a thlen beisei a ni.

“Vanram kawng ohu in hawngin
Leihlawn indawh kai sela.”

Chutiang bawkin Jakoba chu a sualna avanga Pathian hlauh tawh nia a in hriata hrehawm taka a awm lai chuan chawl turin a han mu a; tin. “Mumang a nei a, ngai teh, lei chungah hian leihlawn a lo indawh a, a chhip chuan van a thleng a.” Chutichuan khawvel leh van inzawmna chu Jakoba chuan a lo hrechlmak ta a; tin, leihlawn tawp atangin Ani chuan mi vakvai Jakoba hnenah chuan thlamuanna leh beiseina thu A han sawi ta a.

Chu van inlarna chu he nundan kawng zirtirna thu chhiartu tamtakte hnenah chuan lo thleng nawn leh rawh se.

CHHUTUTE [4] [5]

Bung 1—Pathianin Mihring A Hmangaihzia

Leilung awmdan leh thupuanchhuahte hian Pathian hmangaihna chu ang khat vekin an entir a. Kan Pa vana mi chu nunnate, hlimnate leh finna bulpui a ni si a. Khawvela thil awmdan mawi tak tak leh mak tak tak te hi han thlir teh u. Kan mamawhte leh kan hlimna tura thil mak tak lo awmte hi han ngaihtuah chiang kelh ulang, mihring tan chauh hian a lo ni bik lo va, nunna nei reng reng te tan pawh hian a ni. Ni eng leh ruahte hian leite, tlangte, tuipuite leh phaizawlte hi an rawn tihnawngin an rawn tithar a. Tin, heng zawng zawngte hian Siamtu hmanaihna chu min rawn hriattir a ni. Pathian bawk hi a ni, A thil siam zawng zawng mamawhte ni tina pe thintu chu. Sam phuahtu thu mawi takah chuan—

“I thil siam zawng zawng mitte chuan an nghak thin che a ni;
Nangin a hun takah an chaw i pe thin.
I kut i phar a;
Thil nung zawng zawng chakna chu i tihreh sak thin.”¹

Pathian chuan mihring hi hlim tak leh thianghlim taka awm turin A siam a: Siamtu kut atanga a lochhuah lai chuan lei hian anchhe themte emaw, chhiatna chhete emaw pawh a pu lo va. Pathian dan, hmangaihna dan bawhchhiatna hi a ni lungngaihna leh thihna rawn thlentu chu. Chutiang sual vanga tawrhna zingah pawh chuan Pathian hmangaihna chu tihlanin a lo awm zel a. Mihring sualna avangin Pathian chuan lei hi anchhia A lawh ta tia ziak a ni a. Hnimhlingnei leh buarban, mihring thawh rimna rawn thlentu—harsatnate leh fiahnate reng reng hi mihring thatna tura tih an ni vek si. Sualnain a rawn thlen tak—chhiatna leh hniamna atanga Pathianin chawisan leh a tumzia hriat nana thil tul tak an ni. Khawvel chu lo tlu ta mahse lungngaihna leh vanduaina hlir chu a ni bik awzawng lo mai a. Leilung awmdan ngeiahte pawh hian beiseina leh thlamuanna thuchahte chu an awm a. Hnimhlingnei chuan parte an nei a, tin, Rose pangpar mawi takte pawh hling a ni.

“Pathian chu hmangaih a ni,” tih hi pangpar kuhmum partir chungahte leh hlobet chawrtir chungahte hian ziak a ni. Sava mawi tak takte chuan boruak hi an hram ri mawi tak tak te chuan an ti khat a; tin, pangpar no nghial nghialte chuan boruak hi an ti rimtui chem chem bawka; tin, ngaw durpuia hnah hring dupte

¹1 Sam 145:15,16.

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leh heng zawng zawngte hian kan Pathianin A fate tihhlim a duhzia chu an rawn entir.

Pathian thu hian Pathian nundan chu a rawn ti lang a. Amah ngeiin A khawngaihna leh hmangaihna dai theilo chu A rawn puang ta hial a. “I ropuina chu mi entir ta che,” Mosian a tih khan, “I hmaah ka thatna zawng zawng chu ka siam ang.” tiin Lalpan a chhang a. Heihi A ropuina chu a ni. Lalpa chu Mosia hmaah chuan A kal a. “Lalpa, Lalpa Pathian chu. lainatnaa khat, zahngai thei tak, dawhthei tak, thatna leh thutaka khat, sang tamtak tana zahngaihna nei mi a ni.”² tiin A puang. “Thin nei tak leh ngilnei tak a ni.”³ “Zahngaihna a lawm avangin.”⁴

Lei leh vana chhinchhiahna chhiarsen ruallohvin Pathian chuan Ama hnen lamah kan thinlungte A phuar a. Khawvel thil atangtea zawmna duhawm ber, mihring thinlung hriat phak tawk siin, Amah kan hnena A rawn inpuan dan tur chu A zawng ta a. Hengte hian A hmangaihna an la entir kimzo teuh lo mai a. Heng thil lanfiahnate hi lo pek ni ta reng mahse, Pathian chu hlau dek chunga miten an thlir theih nan. thatna malmaktu chuan mihringte thinlung chu a tihdel sak a; tichuan Ani (Pathian) chu mi ngaidam ngailo leh vin takah an ngai thin a ni. Setana chuan Pathian chu vin tak, mi khirh tak, phuba lak hmang leh roreltu khermei tak anga mi ngaihtir a turn thin a. Mihringte chunga rorelna a thlen theih nan Siamtu chuan mite diklohna leh tihsual chu hmuh zel tumin A thlir reng ni hian Setana chuan a ngai a. He ngaihdan diklo tak ti reh tur leh, Pathian hmangaihna dai thei lo khawvel hnena rawn puang tur hian a ni Isua hi mihringte zinga cheng tura A lokal tak hial reng ni.

Pathian Fapa chu van atangin Pa tilang tur chuan A lokal ta a. “Tuman eng lai mahin Pathian an hmu lo, A Fapa mal neih, Pa angchhunga awm ngei khan, A chanchin a hril tawh a ni.”⁵ “Fapa leh an hnena Fapain a puan duhna chauh lote chuan tuma’n Pa chu an hre hek lo,“⁶ A zirtirte zinga pakhatin. “Pa chu keini min hmuh tir ta che,” a tih khan. Isuan, a hnenah, “Philip, hei leh chen hi in hnenah ka awm a, chu ti pawhin mi hre lo maw? Tupawh mi hmu chu Pa hmu a ni. ‘Pa chu keini min hmuh tir rawh: eng ti tiha i ti nge?”⁷ a ti a.

Isuan, leia A hnathawh A hrilhfiahnaah, “Riangvaite hnenah chanchin tha hril tura mi ruat avangin, Lalpa Thlarau chu ka

²Exodus 34-6, 7.

³Jonah 4-7.

⁴Mi1cah 7-18

⁵Johana 1:18.

⁶Mathaia 11: 27.

⁷Johana 14:8, 9.

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chungah a awm a; Ani chuan salte hnena chhuahna thu leh, mitdelte hnena mitvar neih leh thu sawi turte, tihduhdah tuarte chhuahtirna tur tein mi tir a ni,“⁸ a ti a. Hei hi a ni Isua hnatawh chu. Setana hnehchhiah zawng zawngte tidam leh thil tha tiohung zelin A kal vel a. In tina damlo lungngai awmlohna raih khuate a awm ta a; khuate chu kal tlang a. an damlote A tihdam sak zel avangin. A hnathawh hian Pathian hriak thiha ngei kha a nih zia chu a lantir a. A dam chhunga A thiltih tin rengh chuan hmangaihnate, zahngaihnate leh mi khawngaih theihnate a lolang thin; A thinlung chu mihring fate tuarpuinain a khat a. Mihring duhnate A hriatpui theih nan mihring angin a awm a. Mi rethei her berte leh mi tlawm ber berte pawhin Amah va hnaih chu an hlau lo. Naupang te te te pawhin Ani chu an nel a. A mal chungahte an lawn kai a, tin, hmangaihna ngaihnawm tak hmel chu an thlir reng thin a ni.

Thudik pakhat mai te pawh hi Isua chuan a hmaih palh ngai lo a, hmangaihnain thu A sawichhuak thin a ni. Mipuite A biaknaah remhriatna tha berte, fimkhurnate leh chik taka thu ngaihthlaknate hi A tilang ber a. A tawng chaltlai ngai lo a, tul lovah chuan tawngkam vin A hmang ngai bawk heklo; tin. tullo taka mi thinlung tihnatna tur sawi A dull bawk heklo. Mihring chaklohna chu A dem lo ve. Hmangaihnain thutak chu A sawi zawk thin a ni. Verveknate, rinhlelhnate leh sualnate chu a sawisel thin; zilhhauna thute A han tihrik hian A aw-kaah chuan lungngaihna mittui hi a awm bawk thin, tichuan Jerusalem, A khawpui ngainat tak. Amah Kawng leh Thutak leh Nunna hnartu pawh kha A tah chhan ta hial a nih kha. Ani, Chhandamtu chu an lo dull lo va, mahse Ani chuan anmahni chu A la khawngaih ta em em si a. A nunna chu mi tin tana pekin a lo awm ta a. A tan chuan mi tin mai hi an hlu a ni. Amah ngeiin Pathian nihna A khum lai pawhin Pathian chhungte A ngaihsak avangin A lu pawh A kun thin. Mi zawng zawng ah hian thlarau tlu chhandam ngaite A hmu si thin.

Chutiang nungchang chu a ni Krista nunnaa lo lang ber chu ni. Hei hi a ni Pathian nungchang chu ni. Pa thinlung atangin Pathian khawngaihna chu a lo luang chhuak a, tichuan chu khawngaihna chu Kristaa tihlana lo awmin, mihringte hnenah a lo luang chhuak ta a ni. Zaidam leh ngilnei chhandamtu, Isua chu tisaa lo lang Pathian chu a ni.

⁸Luka 4:18.

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Keini min chhandam turin a ni Isua chu A lo awm a, A tuar a, A thih tak hial ni. Chatuan lawmna changtute kan lo nih ve theih nan “Lungngaihna nei miah hial A lo chang ta a. Pathian chuan a Fapa duhtak, khawngaihna leh thutaka khat chu. ropuina sawi thiam rualloh hmun atang chuan. khawvel sualnaina a tuam vel, anchhia leh thihna daihlimin a tih hrehawm hmuna A lokal chu A phal ta a. Ama hmangaihna angchhunga vantirhkohte chawimawina hmun kalsan tur leh zahnate, neksawhna te, tihtlawmate, huatna te leh thihna tuar turin Pathian chuan A Fapa chu A pe phal ta a ni. “Kan thlamuanna tura thunnunna chu a chungah a tla a; a vuakna vualtea tihdamin kan awm ta.’,⁹ Thlalera A awm lai te, Gesamani huana A awm lai te leh kros chunga A awm lai te kha han ngaihtuah teh u khai! Pathian Fapa sualna pawh nei hlei lo chuan sual phur rit tak chu a chungah a nghat ta a nih kha. Sualnain Pathian leh mihring kara in-mi-hranna rapthlak tak mai a siam hi, Ani Pathian nena lo awm dun tawh chuan A tuarna em em a ni. Chu chu manganna rapthlak tak A tawh lai khan A ka tangin a lo ri chhuak la a. “Ka Pathian, Ka Pathian, engahnge min kal san?”¹⁰ Pathian hnen atanga sualnain mihring a tih hranna, sual phur rit leh a hlauhawmzia hriatna hi a ni Pathian Fapa rilru ti hrehawm tu chu.

He thawina ropui tak (Isua Krista) hi Pain mihringte A hmangaih duh nana siam a ni lo va, mihring chhandam duh tirtu a ni bawk hek lo. A ni aw zawng lo mai. “Pathianin khawvel a hmangaih em em a, chutichuan a Fapa mai neihchhun a pe.”¹¹ Pa chuan tuar sakna ropui tak vangin min hmangaih a ni lova, min hmangaih avangin tuar sakna A lo siam ta zawk a ni. Krista chu khawvel tlu tawh hnena palai, Pathian hmangaihna dai thei lo rawn puang chhuaktu chu a ni. “Pathian chuan khawvel hi Amah nen inremin a siam a.”¹² Pathian chuan A Fapa chu a zuk tuar pui a. Hmangaihna dai thei lo thinlung chuan min tlanna man chu, Gesamani huana A lungngaihnaahte leh Kalvari tlanga A thihnaahte khan A tlak zo ta.

Isuan, “He mi avangin Pain mi hmangaih a ni, lak leh tura ka nun ka pek dawn avang hian,”¹³ a ti a. Chu chu, “Ka Pa chuan A hmangaih em em che u a, mahse kei mi la hmangaih zawk, nangmahni tlan nanan ka pek avangin. In aia tuar leh dingtu ni turin ka nun hial pawh hian leh in tiin lohna leh in

⁹Isaia 53:5.

¹⁰Mathaia 27:46.

¹¹Johana 3:16.

¹²2 Korinth 5:19.

¹³Johana 10:7.

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bawhchhiatna lain, ka Pa duh zawng ka lo ni ta a. Inthawi nana ka inhlanna hian Pathian chu thiam a chantir a; tin, Amah chu Isua ringtute thiam chantirtu a ni bawk si.”

Pathian Fapa chauh lo chu min tlanna hna thawk thei reng reng tumah an awm lo. Pa angchhunga awma chauh lo chuan Amah chu an puang thei si lo. Pathian hmangaihna thukzia leh sanzia hriaa chauh khan a tilang thei a ni. Pain mihring boral tawhte A hmangahzia chu Kristain mihring boral tawhte tana inthawina ropui A siamna chauh khan a sawi chhuah theih a ni.

“Pathianin khawvel A hmangaih em em a, chutichuan A Fapa mai neih chhun A pe a.” Pathian chuan A Fapa chu, mihringte zinga cheng tur leh an sualte phur tur leh an inthawi nana thi tur maiin A pe a ni lo va, hnam boral tawh te tan A pe a ni zawk. Krista chu mihring mamawhte leh ngaihtuah zawngte hriatchhuah puitlieitu a ni. Ani Pathian nena awm dun tawh ngeia chuan phelh rual lohvin mihring fate chu A rawn zawm nghet ta si a. Chuvangin Isuan, “Anmanhniho chu unaute tih a zak lo ve.”¹⁴ Ani chu kan thawina, min sawipuitu kan unaupa, Pathian lalthutphah hmaa kan awmdan kengtu leh hmanlai ata hnam tin

¹⁴Hebrai.2:11.

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Chhandamtu-mihring Fapa chu a ni. Heng zawng zawng hi sual vanga tluk hniamna leh chhiatna atanga mihring chawisan anih theihna tur a ni a; chutichuan, Pathian hmangaihna chu mi ’, n a lo enchhawn tir a, lawmna thianghlim chu a chan theih nan.

Min tlanna tura man pek sa, vana kan Pain chatuan thawi nana kan tan A Fapa A pekah hian, Krista zarah chauh, ngaihtuahna sang zawk min pe ang. Pathianin hnam boral tawhte A hmangaihna zauhzia, thukzia leh sanzia Johanan thlarau hriattira a hmuh khan Pathian chawimawina leh zahnain a thinlung a khat a; tichuan he hmangaihna lenzia leh duhawmzia sawi chhuak thei tur tawngkam tling a hmu chhuak thei ta ngang lo va, khawvel chu en ve turin a sawm ta hial a ni, “Ngai teh u. Pain min hmangaihna chu a va nasa em. ‘Pathian faahte’ min vuah tak hi.”¹⁵ Mihring chunga he thil lo awm ta hi a va hlu teh lul em! Dan bawhchhiatna vangin mihring fate chu Setana khua leh tui an lo ni ta a. Krista tlanna zara rinna avangin Adama fate chu Pathian fate an lo ni thei ta! Mihring tisa ang puiin Krista chuan mihringte A chawisang leh ta! Krista nena inzawmna avang chuan mi bote chu “Pathian fate” tia vuah an lo ni leh ta.

Chutiang hmangaihna chu a han thlawp thei reng a awm lo: Vana Lalber fate! Thutiam hlu tak! Ngaihtuahna thuk ber bulpui chu! Khawvel Amah hmangaih ve duh si lo tana Pathian hmangaihna nasa chu! Chumi ngaihtuahna mai pawh chuan thlarau hnehna riau a nei a; tin, Pathian duhzawng lamah rilru chu a hruai thin a ni. Pathian nungchang kros chunga ennate kha kan zir nasat poh leh zahngaihnate, zaidamnate leh ngaihdamna chhawng dik takte leh felnate kan hmu tam deuh deuh mai a. Tin, nuin a fa luhlul tak mai pawh a hmangaih em em tho ang bawkin, chu hmangaihna chhiahsen rualloh leh dai thei ngailo chu kan lo hmu a ni.

¹⁵Johana 3:1.

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Bung 2—Misualin Krista A Mamawhzia

A tir takah chuan mihring hi thiltihtheihna ropui tak leh rilru fel tak pek a ni a. A awmdan chu a tha famkim a, Pathian awmdan nena inrem a ni. A ngaihtuahnate a fim a, a tumte chu a thianghlim a ni. Amalierawh chu thuawihlohna avangin a thiltihtheihnate chu a nilo lamah a chang zo ta a, a thinlunga hmangaihna hmun kha mahni hmasialnain a lan ta a ni. Dan bawhchhiatna in mihring nundan chu a lo tichaklo ta hle a, tichuan ama chakna sual thiltihtheihna do chu tihrual a ni ta loa. Setana bawia siam a lo ni ta a. Pathian chuan zuk tlan lo phei sela chu bawih a ni kumkhua tawh mai ang. Thlemtu tumber chu, Pathianin mihring A siam a, A tumna te kha tihchhiat vek a, lei hi lungngaihna leh chhiatnaa tihkhah hi a ni. Pathianin mihring A siam avangin, chung sualna chu lo awm ta hial angin Setana chuan entir a turn bawk.

Mihring chuan, a la sual hma khan, “Finna leh hriatna ro zawng zawng thuhrukna Krista,” chu hlim taka biakna a nei thei a. Amaherawh chu a lo sual hnuin thianghlimnaah chuan hlimna reng a hmu chhuak zo ta lova, tichuan, Pathian mithmuh atanga bihrukna a zawng ta a ni. Chutiang chu thinlung tihharhna la nei lote awmdan a ni. Pathian nen a inrem lo va, Amah nena inkawmnaah lawmna reng reng a hmu thei lo. Misual chu Pathian mithmuhah chuan a hlim thei lo va; mi thianghlimte mithmuh atangin a tawmim thin. Vanrama a luh chu lo phal sak teh ta reng pawh ni se, nuam a ti chuang lo ang. Mahni hmasial lo a hmangaihna rilruin ro a relna hmunah chuan thinlung reng rengin hmangaihna dai ngailo thinlung an rempuina hmunah chuan a rilrem zawng reng a awm tawh lo ang. A ngaihtuahnate, a duhzawngte leh a chetdante chu, chuta cheng sualna neilote tih dan nen chuan a lo inrem lo anga, Vanram rimawi tak mai timawilotu a lo ni ang. A tan chuan vanram chu hremna hmun a lo ni ang a; vanram enna leh lawmna ber chu bihruksan a lo chak ang. Vanram atanga misual lo hnartu chu Pathian thu chhuak a ni bik lo va. chumi hmuna thian pawl tura an mahni tiin lohna ngei khan a hnar zawk a ni. Pathian ropuina chu anni tan chuan kanralna mei a ni ang. Anmahni tlan tura thi ta hmel lakah chuan an bihruk theih nan chhiatna chu an lo lawm ang.

Sual khur, kan pilna atanga chhuah leh hi keimahni tan mai zawng a theihloh a ni. Kan thinlungte chu a sual a, kan [14] tidanglam thei si lo. “Tuinnge thilbawlhhlawh atangin thil thianghlim rawn lachhuak thei ang?”¹ “Tisa duh zawng chu Pathian dona a ni si a; chu chu Pathian danin a awi si lo a, awm pawh a awm thei bawk hek lo.”²

Lehkhathiamnate, themthiamnate, rilru duhthlanna sawizawinate, mihring beihnate zawng zawng hian anmahni hun leh hmun an nei vek a. mahse hetah hi chuan thiltihtheihna reng reng an nei lo. Pawnlam awmdan zawng an siam tha thei a, mahse thinlung zawng an ti danglam thei lo. Nunna hnar kha an tithianghlim thei lo. Mihring chu sualna atanga thianghlimnaa tih danglama a awm theih hmain, chung lam atanga nunna thar, chhung lam atanga thiltihtheihna hnathawh a awm ngei tur a ni. Chu thiltihtheihna chu Krista a ni. Krista khawngaihna chauh hian rilru thi hnu kha a ti nung leh thei a; tichuan Pathian hnenah leh thianghlimnaah a hip lut thin. Chhandamtu chuan. “Chung lam atanga mi a pian thar chauh loh chuan,” thinlung tharte, duhna tharte. tumna tharte, chetdan tharte leh nun thara hruainate a neih zet loh chuan, “Pathian ram a hmu thei lo ang,“³ a ti a. Mihringa thil tha awmsa kha tih lena, tih zau chauh a tul a ni tih ngaihdan hi chu dawt let der a ni. “Khawvel mite chuan Pathian thlarau lam thilte chu an lawm thin lo, anni ngaih chuan atthlak a ni si a: Thlarau lama hriat fiah a nih avangin a hre thei lo reng reng bawk a ni.” “I pian thar tur ka tih hi mak ti suh.”⁴ Krista chanchin chu heti hian ziak a ni. “Amahah chuan nunna a awm; chu mi nunna chu mihringte enna a ni.” Isua chauh lo chu “vanhnuai mi liming sak zingan min chhandam tur hming dang reng a awm lo.”⁵

Pathian ngilneihziate leh A thatnate, A zaidamziate, A nungchangte hriatfiah ngawt hi a tawk lo a. Tin, A dan, finna leh rorel felna pawh chu, chatuan hmangaihna bulpuiah chuan hmuh a ni tih hriatthiam pawh hi a tawk bawk hek lo. “Ka tih duhlohzawng chu ka tih si chuan Dan chu a tha tia awih ka ni ang a sin.” “Dan chu a thianghlim a ni. thupek pawh chu a thianghlim a. a fel a, a tha a ni.” tih thu Tirhkoh Paulan a sawi lai hian heng zawng zawng hi a lo hmu thiam vek a ni. Amaherawh chu lungngai leh beidawnga a awm lai chuan heihi a sawi bawk. “Kei erawh chu tisa lama mi, sual bawia hralh tawh ka ni.”⁶ Amahngei pawhin a neih theih loh felna leh thianghlimna neih chu a chak

¹Joba 14:4.

²Rom. 8:7.

³Johana 3:3.

⁴1 Korinth 2:14; Johana 3:7.

⁵Johana 1:4; Tirhkohte 4:12.

⁶Rom. 7:16, 12, 14.

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em em a, tichuan, “Mi rethei kava ni teh lul em! He thihna taksa lakah hian tuinnge min chhan chhuak thei ang?” a ti ta hial a ni. Chutiang chu ram tina miten hman lai ata tawh an thinlung hrehawm vanga an auchhuahpui thin chu a ni. Chung zawng zawng tan chuan chhanna pakhat chauh a awm; chu chu “En teh u, Pathian Beram No khawvel sual kalpuitu tur saw.”⁷

He thudik hi chiang taka entir turin Pathian Thlarau chuan entirna tam tak a hmang ta a; tin, sual ritphurhna atanga an zalen theih nan entirna chiang tak takte a siam a. Jakoba chu, Esauva a bum hnu khan a pa in atangin a tlanbo ta a, sual hriatna chuan a uai thlu der ta mai a. Damchhung hlimna zawng zawng atanga tlanbo anih avangin khawhar takin a lo vakvai ta a; a ngaihtuahna pakhat chuan a dang aiin a rilru a khawih bik a, a sualnain Pathian hnen atangin ani chu a tihrang daih ang a, tichuan vanramah theihnghilhin a awm ang tih hlauhna lianpui chu a thinlungah a awm a. Lungngai takin lei charah chuan chawl turin a han mu ta thlawp mai a. a kiang vela tlangte lah chu a reh tlawk tlawk mai si a; chung lamah arsite chu an pe uar bawk a. Chutia a han muthilh chuan thil eng mak tak mai hi a mumangah chuan a hmu ta phut mai a; tin, a mutna phaizawl atang chuan kailawn zau nuam dup mai vanram kawngkhar chhunchho ruaha lang hi a hmu a. chu kailawn chungah chuan Pathian vantirhkohte an loin pel zut zut a; chutih lai chuan chunglam atangin Pathian aw, beiseina leh thlamuanna thuchah chu hriat a lo ni ta a. Chutiang chuan Jakoba chu a thlarau mamawhber leh chakber—Chhandamtu chu hriattir a lo ni a. Hlim tak leh lawm takin misual chuan Pathian nena inzawmlehna kawng a lo hmuchhuak ta a ni. A mumanga leihlawn hian Isua ai a awh a. Isua hi Pathian leh mihring inzawm tirtu palai ngei chu a ni. “Van inhawngah, Pathian vantirhkohte mihring Fapa chungah hian chhuk leh chho in la hmu ang.” tih thu Isuan Nathanaela hnena a sawi lai pawh khan he entirna bawk hi a ni A chhuilet ni. Ngaihtuahna diklo avangin mihring hian Pathian hnen atangin a lo intihrang thin a. tichuan lei chu van atanga tihchhumin a lo awm a ni. Chu mi inthenna karah chuan inzawmna a awm thei tawh loa, mahse Krista zarah lei leh van chu zawmin a lo awm leh ta. Krista chuan A thatnain, sualnaina a tih hran tawh chu A zawm leh ta a, tichuan vantirhkoh rawngbawltute chuan mihring chu an pawl leh theih nan. Krista chuan, mihring tlu tawh, chaklo em em leh tanpui ngai chu thiltihtheihna tawp thei lo, Bulpui nen chuan a zawm ta a ni.

⁷Johana 1:29.

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Mihring boral tawhte tanpuina tur leh, beiseina bul an lo thlahthlam chuan mihringin hmasawnna tur an ngaihtuahte leh an inchawisannate hi engmah lo a ni ang. ’, Thilpek tha leh thilpek famkim zawng zawng chu,”⁸ Pathian hnen atanga chhuak a ni. Ama hnen atang tih loh chuan nundan dik reng reng a awm lo. Pathian hnen thlenna kawng awm chhun chu Krista a ni. Isuan, “Kei hi Kawng leh Thutak leh Nunna ka ni: keimaha kal lo chu tumah Pa hnenah an thleng ngaillo,“⁹ a ti a.

Pathian thinlung chuan thihna thlen khawp hial hmangaihnaa A lei fate A zuk hmangaih avangin, A Fapa A rawn pe ta a; tichuan thilthlawn pek pakhatah chuan vanram thil zawng zawng chu kan hnenah A pe chhuak ta a ni. Chhandamtu nunna te, thihna te, dilsakna te leh vantirhkohte rawngbawlna te, Thlarau ngen sakna te. Pathianin engkim chunga A thawhna te leh van ngaihtuahna bangtheilo chu mihringte tlannaa chhiar tel an lo ni ta.

Kan tana inthawina maktak siam kha i ngaihtuah teh ang u khai. Boral tawhte chhanchhuak tur leh. Pa ina hruai kir leh tura hnathawhna leh thahrui, van miten an sen ral tak kha a hlut zia hriatpui i turn ang. Chet dan chak zawk leh aiawhtu ropui zawkte hman theih an ni ngai lo va; min Siamtu leh Tlantu hnena hnathawhna thinlung mawi pe tura min chawkthotu leh fuihtu ropui ber chu. thil tha tih lawmman neih chaknate, vanram mawinate, Pathian leh A Fapa hmangaihna nena inzawmnate leh chatuana thiltihtheihna duhna leh chawisan duhnate hi an ni lo em ni?

Tin. chutih loh rengah, Pathian rorelnain sualnate, thuba lak loh theih lohnate, kan nungchang chhiatnate leh kan boralna der tur a sawi te hi, Setana rawngbawl lo tura min vauna an ni.

Pathian zahngaihna chu kan pawisa dawn lo em ni? Thil dang engnge A la tih theih? Hmangaihna mak taka min hmangaihtu hnenah chuan tlang takin i inhlan ang u. Amah ang taka tih danglama kan awm theih nan leh vantirhkoh rawngbawltute nena kan inpawl theih nan leh Pathian leh A Fapa nen inrem taka kan inzawm theih nana thil min ruatsak chu sawtpui nan i hmang ang u.

⁸Jacoba 1:17.

⁹Johana 14:6

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Bung 3—Simna

Engtinnge mihring chu Pathiana a fel theih ang? Engtinnge misual chu tihfela a awm theih ang? Krista zarah chauh hian Pathian nen inremin kan awm thei a; mahse Krista hnenah chuan engtinnge kan kal ang? Pentikost ni a mipuiin an sualte an lo hriatchhuah a, “Engnge kan tih tak ang? ’, ‘ tia an zawhna ang bawk kha tun laite pawh hian an la zawt zel a ni. Petera chhanna hmasaber chu, “Sim rawh u,”¹ tih hi a ni. Chumi hnu lawk chuan, “Chuvangin in sualte thaibo a nih theih nan, sim u la, hawikir leh rawh u,“² a ti bawk.

Simna hian sual vanga lungngaihna leh sual hawisanna a fawmkem a. Sualna hi a sualzia kan hmuh loh chuan kan bansan thei lo ang; sual chu thinlung taka kan hawisan loh chuan nundanah hian danglamna tak zet a awm thei bawk hek lo ang.

Simna awmdan dik hrechiang thiamlo mi tam tak an la awm a. Mi tam tak chuan an thiltihsual kha pawi an ti a, an thiltihsual khan tuarnate an chungah a rawn thlen ang tih an hlauh avangin pawnlam thil siamthatnate an nei a. Amaherawhchu, Bible tihdan chuan hetiang hi chu simna a tling zo lo. Sual ai chuan tuarna chu an pawitihzawk avangin. Esauvan a fatir nihna chu kumkhuaa hlauh a ni ta tih a hriat a, a lungngaihna kha, chutiang lungngaihna chu a ni. Balaama chuan a kalna kawngah vantirhkoh khandaih hriam tak keng a hmu a, a hlau ta em em a, tichuan a nunna a hlauh dawn avangin a sualna a hrechhuak ta a; mahse sual simna tak tak te, tumna danglam te leh sual tenna te a awm chuang hauh lo. Juda Iskariota pawhin a Lalpa a man tir hnu khan, “Mi thiam thisen ka mantir kha thil ka lo tisual a ni,“³ tiin a puang leh a ni.

Chutiang inpuanna chu a thinlung sual atanga thiamloh inchantirna hlauhawm tak hriatna leh rorelna hlauhawm tak thlirna khan a rawn tihtir mai a ni. A thiltihsual vanga thil hlauhawm tak ama ’, chunga tla tur khan a ti hlau ta em em a, mahse Pathian Fapa sualna neilo a mantir avang leh, Israelte Mi Thianghlim a phatsan avanga lungchhe khawpa lungngaihna a thinlung chhungah a awm chuang lo. Pharoa pawh kha Pathianin A hrem lai chuan hremna dang a pumpelh theih nan a sualnate chu a hrechhuak a.

¹Tirhkohte 2:38.

²Tirhkohte 3:19.

³Mathaia 27:4.

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mahse Pathian hremna chu a reh ve leh a rilru pangngai a pu leh thin. He mite zawng zawng hian sual vanga thil loawm chu pawi an ti a, mahse sualna avang chuan an lungngai si lo.

Amaherawh chu thinlung hian Pathian Thlarau thuneihna lam a lo awn hian, chhia leh tha hriatna chu tihharh a lo ni a, mi sual chuan Pathian dan, lei leh van Pathianin a awpna dan bul, thukzia leh thianghlimzia chu a then a zar a lo hrethiam thin. ‘‘Eng tak mi tin tieng thin khawvela lokal mek” khan rilru chhungril berte a rawn chhun eng a, thim thama thuhrukte chu tihlanin an lo awm ta a ni. Suala inhriatna chuan thinlung leh rilru chu a lo hneh thin a ni. Mi sual chuan Jehova felna rilru chu a lo nei a; tin, thinlungte Hmuchhuaktu hmaa a sualzia leh a bawlhhlawhzia chu a rawn hre ta a. Pathian hmangaihna te, mawina te leh lawmna te chu a lo hmuh thiam in, tihfaia awm a, Pathian nena inzawm chu a lo chak ta em em a ni.

Davida a tluk hnu a, a tawngtaina khan sual vanga lungngaihna awmdan dik chu a entir a; A simna chu a duhawmin, a thuk a ni. A diklohna khuh tumna reng reng a awm lo a, rorel hlauh vanga tlanbo tumna reng reng awm lo khan, a tawngtaina chu a tihlu a. Davida chuan a danbawhchhiatna a nasat zia chu a hmu a, a rilru bawlhhlawhzia a hmu bawk a; tichuan a sualna chu a haw ta em em a ni. Ngaihdam dil nan chauh a tawngtai a ni lo a, thinlung thianghlimna dilin a tawngtai bawk a ni. Pathian nen inrema awma, thianghlimna dilin a tawngtai bawk a ni. Pathian nen inrema awma, thianghlimnaa lawm chu a lo chak ta ngawih ngawih a nih reng kha. Hei hi a rilru chhuak chu a ni.

“A bawhchhiatna ngaihdama awma, a sualna hliahkhuha awma chu, a eng a thawl e. Mi, Lalpan khawlohna neia a ruat lohva, a thlarauva tihdema reng reng awm lova chu, a eng a thawl e.”⁴ “Aw Pathian, i ngilneihzia ang zelin mi khawngaih la; i lainatna nasatzia ang zelin ka bawhchhiatnate hi thai bo vang che. . . . Ka bawhchhiatnate hi ka hre ta si a: ka sual hi ka hmaah a awm fo thin a ni. I chungah, i chung chauhvah thil ka tisual a, i mithmuhah thil sual chu ka lo ti ta a; . . . Husopin mi tifai la, tichuan ka fai ang: Mi silfai la, tichuan vur aiin ka var ang.... Aw Pathian, keimahah hian thinlung thianghlimtak siam la; ka kawchhungah hian thlarau diktak siam thar leh ang che. I hnen ata hi mi paih bo suh la; i thlarau thianghlim hi mi lak sak suh

⁴sam 31:1,2.

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ang che. I mi chhandam hlimna chu mi pe leh la; thlarau tihnuamin mi chelh ang che.... Aw Pathian, nang mi chhandamtu Pathian, thisen chhuahnate lakah mi chhanhim ang che; tichuan ka lei hian i felna thu hi hlim takin hlaah a sa ang.”⁵

Hetiang simna hi chu kan theihnain a thlen bak chham a ni; chung lama han chho, mihringte hnena thilthlawn pekte petu, Krista hnen atang chauhva neih theih a ni.

Mi tam tak chu hetah ngei hian an diklo thin a, he diklohna atang hian Kristain tanpuina pek A duh pawh kha an dawng thei thin lo. An sualte an sim hmasak zet loh chuan Krista hnen lamah an kal thei lo niin an ring a; tin, chu simna chuan an sual ngaihdamna turin kawng a buatsaih niin an ring bawk. Simna chu sual ngaihdamna ai chuan a lo hmasa zawk a ni tih hi a lo dik reng mai; thinlung chhung taka simna hian Chhandamtu a mamawhzia chu a lo hre chhuak si thin ani. Anih leh mi sual chuan Krista hnena a lokal theih hmain a sim hun a nghak kher dawn em ni? Simna chu mi sual leh Chhandamtu kara kawng daltu tura siam em ni?

Bible chuan mi sualin Krista sawmna a ngaihven theih hmain a sim ngei ngei tur a ni tiin a zirtir lo a, “Nangni thawk rim leh phur-rit phur zawng zawng te u, ka hnenah lokal ula, keima’n ka chawlhtir ang che u,“⁶ a ti zawk a ni. Krista hnena chhuak chu thatna a ni a, chu chuan simna dikah a hruai lut thin a ni. Peteran Israel mite hnena, “Amah ngei kha Pathianin Lalah leh Chhandamtua awm atan a dinglamah a chawimawi ta a, Israelte sual sim tir tur leh ngaidam turin,” tia a sawi khan, he thu hi a tichiang ta a ni.Krista Thlarauvin kan chhia leh tha hriatna a rawn tihharh alo liamah simna kan nei thei lo.

Krista chu thil dik tinreng tihtumna bul a ni. Sual dona tur thinlunga rawn tuh theitu chu Amah chauh hi a ni. A thlarauin kan thinlung chhungah A thawk tih hriatna fiah tak chu thutak leh thil thianghlim kan lo duhna leh kan sualnate kan lo hriatna hi a ni.

Isuan, “Kei lei ata khaikanin ka awm chuan, mi zawng zawng keima hnenah ka hip ang,“⁷ a lo ti tawh si a. Krista chu khawvel sualna avanga thi—Chhandamtu angin mi sual hnenah chuan A in tilang ngei tur a ni; tin, Kalvari kros chunga Pathian Beram No

⁵Sam 51:1-14.

⁶Mathaia 11:28.

⁷Johana 12:32.

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kan han thlir khan, tlanna thuruk chu kan thinlung chhungah a lolang tan a, tichuan Pathian thatna chuan simnah min hruailut thin a ni.

A chang chuan miten, Krista hnen lamah hruaiin an awm tih an inhriat hmain an thil sual chin thenkhatte chu an lo bansanin, an awmdan sualte chu an lo zahpui thin a ni tih hi a dik hle mai. Miten thil dik tih an duh vanga insiamthatna tur thil an beih apiang hian Krista thiltihtheihna chu anmahniah a lo awm a ni. Thuneihna, an hriat si loh khan an thinlung chhungah a thawk a; tin, chhia leh tha hriatna chu tihharh a lo ni a, pawnlam nundan chen khan siamthatin a lo awm thin. Kristain A kros thlir tur leh an sualnain Ani chu an tihnatzia hrefiah tura A hip lai chuan, an chhia leh tha hriatnaah chuan thupek chu a lo lut a. An nundan suaksualzia leh an rilrua sualna thukzia chu anmahni hnen ngeiah tihlan a lo ni a. Krista felna thenkhatte chu an lo hrethiam tan a, “Sual hi engnge a nih a, tlanna tura inthawina chutiang hial a ngaih tak? Heng hmangaihna zawng zawng te, tuarna zawng zawng te leh inngaihtlawmna zawng zawng te hi, kan boral loha. chatuana nunna kan neih zawk nana ngen an ni lawm ni?” an ti thin.

Mi sual chuan he hmangaihna hi a dodal thei a, Krista hnena hipna pawh a duh lo thei; amaherawh chu a hnial loh chuan Isua hnen lamah hip a ni ang; chhandamna tura thil riruat hriatthiamna chuan, Pathian Fapa tuartirtu, a sualnate chu simtirin kros bulah chuan a hruai thleng ang.

Pathian rilru khawvel thil chunga thawktu bawk khan, mihring thinlung chhungahte thu sawiin, thil engemaw an la neihloh neih chakna lianpui an rilruah A siam a. An duhzawng chu khawvel thilte hian a tikim zo lo a. Pathian Thlarau erawh chuan muanna leh chawlhna pe theitu—Krista khawngaihna leh thianghlimnaa lawmna chauhte a zawn pui a. Kan Chhandamtu chuan thil hmuhtheih leh hmuhtheihlohtein sual nawmchen kham theihlohna atanga, malsawmna tawptheilo chu miten Amaha an neih theih zawk nan an thinlungte chu hruai turin A thawk reng a ni. Tuihal apiang hnena thuchah chu, “Tui hal apiang lokal rawh se, a duh apiangin nunna tui hi a thlawnin la rawh se,“⁸ tih hi a ni.

He khawvelin a pek theih aia thil engemaw thazawk in thinlunga in chak hian. chu chakna chu in rilruah Pathian aw angin

⁸Thupuan 22:17.

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in lo hria a ni. Kriata chu A hmangaihna tawp theilo leh A thianghlimna famkim chuan in hnena A rawn tihlan theih nan simna petu che u, Pathian chu dil thin rawh u. Chhandamtu nunnaah chuan Pathian dan bulpui—Pathian leh mihring hnena hmangaihna chu—famkim taka entir a ni. Thatna leh hmangaihna, mahni hmasiallo chu A nundan a ni. Kan chhandamtu kan han thlir a, A hnen atanga enna kan chunga a lothlen hian, kan thinlung suaksualziate chu kan hmuchhuak thin a ni.

Nikodema angin kan awmdan a fel tawkin, kan nunchang a diktawk alawm tiin mahni kan loin fak mai thei a; mi sual angin Pathian hmaah chuan inngaihtlawm pawh ngaiin kan ring lo bawk thei a; mahse Krista hnen atanga ennain kan thinlung a rawn chhunen zet chuan kan thianghlim loh zia chu kan hmu thei ang; mahni hmasialnate, Pathian duhlohzawngte leh nunna tibawlhhlawh thei thil reng rengte chu kan hmu chiang thiam tawh ang. Kan felna chu pawnchhe hnangkhai ang ngei a lo ni tihte kan hria ang a; tin, sual bawlhhlawh tlengfai thei leh kan thinlungte tithar thei chu Krista thisen ngei kha a lo ni tihte kan hria ang.

Pathian ropuina eng leh Krista thianghlimna engin rilru a rawn chhun en hian bawlhhlawh tinreng mai kha a lo langfiah a; tin, mihring nungchang kimlohnate leh chhiatnate kha a rawn tilangsar vek bawk a ni. Duhna thianghlimlote, thinlung bawlhhlawhte leh tawng bawlhhlawh chen khan a rawn tilang chiang thin a. Mi sualin Pathian dan pumpelha thil diklo a tih takte kha ama mithmuh ngeiah tihlanin an lo awm a, tichuan a rilru chu Pathian Thlarau tanpuina zawng chuan a rethei ta em em thin a ni. Krista nungchang bawlhhlawh lohzia leh thianghlimzia a han thlir phei chuan amah leh amah a lo inhaw em em thin.

Zawlnei Daniala chuan vanram palai, a hnena rawntirh thlak, ropuina hualvel a han hmuh lai chuan, a chaklohzia leh a famkimlohzia inhriatna ngawt mai chuan a lo khat ta a. A thil hmuh makzia hrilhfiah nan heihi a sawi ta a. “Keimahah hian chakna reng a awm lo va, ka mawinate lah chu bawlhhlawhnaah an chang zo ta si a, tin, chakna reng ka nei ta lo.”⁹ tiin. Thlarauvin chutiang a lo tawh zet hi chuan, duhamnate kha a lo haw em em in, mahni inhmangaihnate kha a loten reng thin a ni, Krista felna zarah chuan Pathian dan leh Krista nungchang nena inremna thinlung chu a zawng a zawng thin.

⁹Daniala 10:8.

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Paula chuan. “Dan thua felna lamah chuan,’ pawnlam thiltih chungchangah chuan, “Sawiselbo”¹⁰ a inti a; mahse thlarau lam dan chungchangah chuan mi sual a ni tih amahngei a lo inhmu a. Pawnlam nundan mihringte dan ziak anga relnaah chuan sual lo turin a insum thei a; mahse dan thianghlim thukziate a zuk thlir a, Pathianin amah A hmuh ang a, amah leh amah a han in hmuhfiah zet kha chuan, a lo inngaitlawm ta em em a ni. “Tun hmaah khan kei dan loin ka nung a; nimahsela thupek chu a lo awm ve leh sual a lo harh a, kei chu ka thi ta a.”¹¹ Thlarau lam dan a han hmuh khan sual chu rapthlak takin a lo lang a, a inngaihsanna kha a lo bo ta a ni.

Pathian chuan sualna zawng zawng hi ang khat vekin a ngai lo va; thiltihsualah hian mihring ngaihdan ngeia sualna pawh hi a awm a; mihringte mitah chuan thil diklo chu te tak te, engmah tham pawh ni lo in a lang thei a, amaherawh chu Pathian mithmuhah chuan sual hi te lua reng reng a awm lo. Mihring rorelna chu mahnihmasial leh famkimlo a ni a; Pathian erawh chuan thil engkim hi an nihna ang tak khan a the vek a ni. Zurui chu en-deu a ni a, a sualna vangin vanram a kai lo ang tia sawi a ni.Chaponate, mahni hmasialnate leh awhnate hi zilhlohin an awm fo thin a. Heng sualnate hi a ni Pathian duh lohzawng riau chu. A nungchang hmangaihna nen chuan a inkalh tlat si a, chu hmangaihna chu khawvel tluk hmaa mi tawh kha a ni. Sualna rapthlak taka tlu chuan a zahthlakzia leh a retheihthlakzia leh Krista khawngaihna a mamawhzia chu a hrechhuak thin a: mi chapo erawh chuan chutiang mamawh chu a hre ve lo va, chutichuan Kristain malsawmna tawp theilo pek A tum kha a lo hnial thin a ni.

Chhiahkhawntu, ‘ Pathian, kei mi sual hi mi khawngaih rawh,“¹² tia tawngtaitu khan mi dangin amah an hmuh angin amah chu mi sualah a inngai a; mahse a mamawh ber chu a hria a; a sualna avanga zak em em chung chuan, Pathian hnenah zahngaihna dil turin a lokal ta a nih kha. A thinlung chu Pathian Thlarauin hna a thawh theih nan leh sual thiltihtheihna atanga a lo zalen theih nan a lo hawng ta a ni. Tin, pharisai, chapo leh fela-inngai tawngtaina erawh kha chuan, Thlarau Thianghlim thuneihna a lo duhlo thung a ni. Pathian atanga a hlat em avang khan, Pathian thianghlimna dodaltu a sualna ngei pawh kha a lire hek lo. A mamawh ber pawh a hre lo a, engmah a dawng bawk hek lo.

¹⁰phillipa 3:6.

¹¹Rom. 7:9

¹²Luka 18:13.

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I sualzia i hmuh phawt chuan i insiam that deuh hun nghak suh. Mi tam tak chuan Krista hnena kal tur chuan tha tawkin an inring thin loa. Anih leh nang, mahni theihnaa lo that theih deuh zawk i inring emaw chu? “Ethiopia mi chuan a vun a thlak thei a ngem? Anih leh keitein a ze te tak te te? Nangni pawhin thil tha in ti thei dawn em ni? Thil sual tih hi, in pi leh pu dan a ni si a.”¹³ Pathianah chauh hian kan tan tanpuina a awm a. Thlemna lian zawkte kan nghak tur a ni lo. Keimahniin engmah kan tithei si lo va. Kan nihna ang chiah hian Krista hnenah kan kal mai tur a ni.

Pathian chuan A khawngaihna duhlotute pawh, A hmangaihna leh zahngaihna chuan A la chhandam cheu dawn a ni tiin tumah mahni inbum chawp suh se. Sualna rapthlakzia chu kros chungah chauh khan a ngaihruat theih a ni. Miten, mi sual paih chhuak tur chuan Pathian chu A tha lutuk an tih chuan Kalvari tlang lam thlir rawh se. Mihring chhandamna tur kawng dang reng a awm loh avang leh he inthawina tel lo chuan mihring tan hian sual thiltihtheihna bawlhhlawh atanga him theihna tur kawngdang reng a awm theih dawn loh avangin, Krista khan thuawihlohna sual chu a chungah nghatin mi sualte aiah chuan A lo tuar ta a ni. Pathian Fapa thihna leh tuama leh hmangaihna hian, sual rapthlakzia a entir a, Krista hnena thlarau intukluhna zarah chauh lo chuan. nundan sang zawk beiseina leh sual thiltihtheihna atanga himna chu a awm lo tih a tilang chiang bawk.

Mi, sualna la sim lo te chuan, a chang chuan anmahni inhliahkhuh nan Kristian naran chanchinte chu hetiang hian an sawi thin a, “Kei pawh anmahni tluk bawk chuan ka tha a ni. An awmdanah chuan kei aia mawina leh mahni inphatna a awm bik si lo. Keimah ang bawkin nawmchenna an ngaina ve tho si,’’ tiin. Chutiang chuan thiltihtur an tih peih siloh khuh nan midangte diklohna chu an hmang a. Midangte sualna leh tlinlohna chuan tumah a ngaidam chuang lo e. Lalpa chuan entawn tur mihring diklo tak min pe si lo a. Kan entawn atan Pathian Fapa sualna nei lo chu min pe ta zawk si a. Chung Kristian nundan sawiseltute chuan, nundan mawi zawk leh entawn tlak zawk an entir tur a ni. Kristian awmdan tur sang tak an hriat si chuan, an sualna chu a nasa zawk dawn lawm ni? Thil dik chu an hria a. an la ti duh lo cheu si.

Khekna hi ngaihven teh u. Krista zara thinlung thianghlim zawnna leh, i sualte ngaihdamna tur hna hi ngaihthah suh. Sang

¹³Jeremiah 13:23.

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tam tak chuan hetah hian an ti sual a, an chatuan nunna an lo chan phah thin a ni. He nunna tawi leh chianglo takah hian ka cheng reng lo ang a; mahse thil hlauhawm tak—a hlauhawmna hriatthiam zawh rualloh chu a awm a, chu chu Pathian Thlarau Thianghlim kohna aw awih thuai loha, suala awm rengna hi a ni. chutiang vuaichana chu thil sual tak pawh a ni nghe nghe. Sual te tak tea ngaih theih pawh hi chatuan boralnaah hman theih a ni. Kan hneh loh khan min hneh ang a, kan chhiatna chu a ni mai ang.

Evi leh Adama chuan thei rah ei phalloh ei mai mai chu engmah tham a ni lo ang a. Pathianin thil hlauhawm deuh a lo thleng ang, a tih ang em kha chu lo thleng thei tak tak dawn hian an ring ta lo va. Mahse he thil te tak te hi Pathian dan danglam theilo leh dan thianghlim bawchhiatna chu a lo ni a, tin. mihring chu Pathian hnen atangin a lo ti hrang ta bawk a; sualna chuan thihna tuilian kawngkhar leh manganna sawi rualloh chu kan khawvelah hian a rawn hawng ta a ni. Hman lai ata tun lai thleng hian, kan lei atang hian lungngaihna ram ri chu chatlak lovin a lochhuak a, mihring thuawihlohna avangin, thil siam pumpuite chu hrehawm tuarin an lo rum thin a ni. Van ami ngei pawhin Pathian dodala mihring helna chu A lo hria a. Kalvari chu Pathian dan bawhchhiatna vanga, tlanna maktak hriatrengna angah a lo awm ta a. Sual chu thil mai maiah i ngai suh ang u.

Dan bawhchhiatna reng rengte leh Krista khawngaihna thlahdahna emaw, duhlohna emaw te reng reng hi, nangma chungah bawk a tia leh thin a ni; tin, thinlung a tisakin. duh thlanna a tichhiain, hriatthiamna a tingawng thin a. tin, Pathian Thlarau Thianghlim sawmna pantir lo tu che chauh a ni lo va, i pan theihna pawh a ti tlem bawk a ni.

Tam tak chuan sualna kawng chu an duh hun hunah thlak theiin an in ring a. Zahngaihnaa sawmna chu an tinawmnah theiin an inring bawk a. Mahse chung chuan an rilru a khawih leh hle zel bawk a ni. Thlarau khawngaihna an lo hmusit hnua, an thuneihna chu Setana lama an dah tawh hnu pawhin, an kawng chu tihdanglam thut theih niin an ring thin. Mahse chu ti maia awlai chu a ni lo, damchhunga thil hriatchian leh lehkhathiamna hian, nungchang chu a lo ti-up a, tichuan tlemtein Isua anga awm an lo duh thin.

Thil sual duhna rilrua pakhat lek, cham reng leh nungchang diklo langsar tak pakhat lek pawh hian, Chanchin Tha thiltih- [27] theihna chu a ti mumal lo tulh tulh thin. Thil sual lawmna reng reng hian rilruin Pathian a huatna kha a lo tanpui thin a ni. Mi, Pathian a rinlohzia emaw Pathian thutaka danglamna a neihlohzia emaw tilangtu kha chuan, ama tuh ngei kha a at leh dawn a ni. “Mi sual chu a sualna hrui ngeia phuarbehin a awm ang,“¹⁴ tih mi fingin a sawina aia sual chhete pawh a hlauawmzia sawina Pathian lehkhabuah a awm chuang lo.

Krista chu sualna ata min chhanchhuak tur chuan a inpeihsa reng a, mahse kan duhthlanna chu a tilui chuang lo; dan kan bawhchhiat fo chuan kan duhthlanna ngei pawh kha sual lamah chuan a lo kawi a; tin, zalena awm pawh chu kan lo duh thin lo va. A khawngaihna kan pawm duh si loh chuan kan tan thil dang engnge A tih theih tak ang? A hmangaihna kan lo hnar hian keimahni ngei kan intiboral chawp a ni. “Ngai teh u, tun hi hun lawmawm chu a ni a; ngai teh u, tun hi chhandamna ni chu a ni.” “Vawiin hian a aw in hriat chuan, in thinlung tikhauh suh u.”¹⁵

“Mihring chuan pawnlam landan a thlir a, Lalpa erawh chuan thinlung lam a thir thin,”¹⁶ mihring thinlung, lawmna leh lungngaihna rilru, thinglung kawhmawhbawla vakbo hnu, bawlhhlawhna leh bumnaa khat hi a ni A thlir thin ni. A chetziate leh a thiltumte chu A hria a. Sam phuahtuin engkim Hmutu hnena a pindante a hawn sak angin, i sual bawlhhlawh zawng zawng nen chuan Ama lam pan rawh. Sam phuahtu chuan, “Aw Pathian, ngun takin mi enchhuak la, ka thinlung hi hria ang che; mi fiah la, ka ngaihtuahnate hi hria ang che. Tin, keimahah hian suahsualna kawng reng reng a awm nge awm lo, en la, chatuan kawngah chuan mi hruai ang che.”¹⁷

Thinlung hi tlenfai a nih hma loh chuan, tam takin Pathian anna nei, rilru a, a hriat a hriatna sakhua chauh an lo ring thin. I tawngtaina chu, “Aw Pathian, keimahah hian thinlung thianghlim tak siam la; ka chhungah hian thlarau diktak siam thar leh ang che,“¹⁸ tih hi ni rawh se. Nangma rilru ngeiin khun takin chhut rawh. I nunna a lo tawp dawn tepa i awm dan duhzawng anga awm turin thahnem ngai rawh. Heihi Pathian leh nangma inkara siam fel tur thil, chatuan atana siamfel tur chu a ni. ‘A ni ang’ tih mai mai beiseina chuan, i chhiatna a rawn tifiah zawk ang.

Pathian thu chu nguntaka tawngtai chungin zir la. Pathian dan leh Krista nunna, thianghlimna bul, “Chu thianghlimna tel-

¹⁴Thufing 5:22.

¹⁵2 Korinth.6:2; Hebrai 3:38.

¹⁶1 Samuel 16:7.

¹⁷Sam 139:23,24.

¹⁸Sam 51 10.

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loa Lalpa tuman an hmuh theih lohna chu,“¹⁹ chu thu chuan i hmaah a rawn tilang a; Chu thu chuan sualna chu rawn hriattirin. chhandamna kawng chu mawi takin a rawn puang a ni; chu thu chu i rilrua Pathian aw in a thu a rawn sawi angin ngaihven rawh.

Sualna ropuizia i hmuh a, i nihna ang taka nangmah ngei i han inhmuhin, beidawng mai suh la. Krista chu misual te chhandam turin a ni A lokal reng ni. Keimahnia Pathian rem tur kan ni lo va, amaherawh chu, hmangaihna maktak, Kristaah chuan Pathianin “khawvel hi Amah nen inremin a siam a.”²⁰ Pathian chuan A fate thinlung sual tak chu A hmangaihna chuan A thlem reng a, Pathian chhandam tura A zawnte chunga A dawtheih ang leh, A zaidam angin leia nu leh pate hian an fate diklohna leh sualnaah hian dawhthei an awm ve lo ang. Tumahin danbawhchhetu chuti taka nema thlem thei an awm hek lo; Anin, vakbote hnena thlemna thu duhawm A sawi ang aia duhawm leh mawia sawi thei mihring reng reng an awm si lo. A thutiam zawng zawngte leh A hriatlawktirna zawng zawngte hi hmangaihna sawi thiam rualloh chu an ni zawk si.

Setanan, “mi sual i ni” tia a rawn hrilh che chuan, i Tlantu han en la, A thatna thu sawi rawh. Nangmah tanpuitu tur chu Ama enna lam thlir hi a ni. I sual chu zep suh la; tin, i hmelma chu, “Krista Isua mi sualte chhandam turin khawvelah hian a lokal.”²¹ tih leh A hmangaihna mak tak chuan A chhandam thei che a ni tih hi hrilh la. Isuan leibatu pahnihte chungchang thu Simona a zawh khan, “Pakhat chuan tlemte a ba a, a dang chuan tam tak; mahse an pahnih chuan a ngaidam ve ve ta a, a tu zawk chuan nge a lalpa hmangaih zawk ang,” tiin A zawt a, Simona chuan, “ngaihhna thiam zual zawka chuan,“²² tiin a chhang a. Mi sual tak vek kan ni a, mahse ngaihdama kan awm theih nan Krista a thi ta a. Pa hmaa kan ai a pek tur chuan A thawina hlu tak chu a tawk hle a ni. Chung a ngaihhna thiam zual berte chuan Ani chu an hmangaih zual ang a, A hmangaihna ropui leh thawidamna ropui fak tur chuan A lalthutthleng hnaih berah an ding ang. Pathian hmangaihna hi kan hriat nasat zawh poh leh. sual suaksualzia hi kan hrechiang mai a lo ni. Min phuar thlutu, sual khaidiat seizia kan han hmuh a. Kristain kan aia inthawina a siam thenkhatte kan han hriat thiam hian, kan thinlung chu sualhriatna leh zaidamnain a lo nem thin.

¹⁹Hebrai 12:14.

²⁰2 korinth 5:19.

²¹1.Timothea 1:15.

²²Luka 7:43.

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Bung 4—Inpuanna

“A sualnate khuhtu chu a hlawhtling lo ang: mahse tupawh inpuang a, sim chuan zahngaihna a hmu ang.”¹

Pathian zahngaihna hmuh dan chu mawi tak, fel tak leh chhan tha tak nei a ni. Sual ngaihdamna kan neih theih nan Lalpa chuan thil lungngaih thlak tak te ti turin min duh lem lo a. Pathian fak nan emaw kan bawhchhiatna khuh turin emaw hrehawm taka zin vak emaw, sim tih entir nana mahni intihhrehawm vak te hi, kan tan a mamawh lo e; amaherawh chu a sualnate zeplova puangtu chuan zahngaihna a hmu ang.

Tirhkoh chuan, “Chutichuan, tihdama in awm theih nan in sualte thupha chawi tawn ula, intawngtai sak tawn thin rawh u,“² a ti a. Pathian, sualte ngaidam theitu hnenah chuan in sualte thupa chawi u la; tin, in diklohnaah pawh thupha inchawi sak tawn thin rawh u. I thian emaw, i thenawm emaw i tihvui tawh chuan, i diklohna chu i hriattir tur a ni a; tin, anin a longaidam ve bawk tur che a ni: i unau i tihlungnihloha chu Pathian ta a nih avangin, chutianga i unaupa i tihlungawiloh chuan, a Siamtu leh a Tlantu chungah i lo sual a ni. Chu thu chu min Sawisaktu diktak, kan Puithiam Lal ropui ber ‘‘Keimahni anga kawng tinrenga thlema awm tawh, kan chaklohziate min hriatpuitu”³ leh sual bawlhhlawh kai tinreng tlengfai theitu hmaah chuan thlen a ni a.

An diklohna hrechhuaka, Pathian hmaa inngaihtlawmna la nei lo te chuan, inremna thinlung hmasaber pawh an la tikim lo. Simna hi awm tur reng a ni tih kan la hriatchian loh a, kan sualna chu tenawm a ni tih kan hriatchian bawk si loh chuan, sual ngaihdamna tur kan zawng tak tak ngailo; kan zawn si loh chuan Pathiana muanna pawh kan hmu ngai hek lo. Sual ngaihdamnate kan neih lohna chhan chu, kan inngaihtlawm duh loh vang chauh a ni. He thuah hian zirtirna chiang tak pek a ni. Sual puanna chu vantlang zingah emaw mahni chauhvin emaw pawh thinlung taka tih a ni tur a ni, tin, sual puanna hi fimkhur lo tak leh ngaihtuah chiang lo a tih mai mai tur a ni bawk hek lo; miin sual tenna a neih hma chuan tihluih tur a ni bawk lo. Sual puanna thinlung chhungbera lochhuak chuan Pathian khawngaihna tawp thei lo

¹Thufing 28:13.

²Jacoba 5:16.

³Hebrai 4:15.

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lam kawng chu a hmuchhuak thin. Sam phuahtu pawhin “Lalpa chuan thinlunga lungchhiate chu a hnaih thin a, rilru taka inchhirte chu a chhandam thin,”⁴ a ti.

Inpuanna diktak chuan awmdan danglam bik a nei in, a sualna bik chu a hrechhuak thin. Chutiang sualnate chu Pathian hnen chauha thlen mite a awm thei a, an thil tihdiklohna hnen ngeia puanna tur sualte a awm thei bawk a; tin, mipui zinga puan chi sual a awm thei bawk: mipui zinga puan mi chu mipui zing ngeia puan tur a ni. Amaherawh chu sual puanna zawng zawng chu, a chiangin. a dik tur a ni. Tin, i sualna tak ngei thil te kha zep tur a ni bawk hek lo.

Samuel a dam lai chuan, Israel hote chu Pathian hnen atangin an tlan bo a. Sual vanga thil lo thlengte chu an tuar nasa ta em a; Pathian an rinna kha an lo hloh tak avangin, hnam rorel sak tura A thiltum A tihnghehzia leh A humhimna an rinna lamte chu an hloh zo ta a. Khawvela Roreltu ropuiber chu an hawisan a. an vela hnam dangte anga awptu neia rorel kha an lo duh ta a. Muanna an hmuhchhuah hmain, he inpuanna fiah tak hi an siam ta a ni. “Kan sualna zawng zawng chungah. he sual lalber, kan ngenna hi kan belh ta si a,” tiin. Mi n a tihdikloh ber nia a hriat kha a puang tur a ni. An lawmnachang hriatlohna khan an rilru a tihrehawm in, Pathian hnen ata anmahni a tihrang bawk a ni.

Sualsimna leh siamthatna tak tak tello a sual puanna chu, Pathian lawmzawng a ni lo. Nunnaah hian danglam duhna tak tak, rilrua duhthlanna a awm tur a ni; Pathian duhlohzawng thil reng reng chu dahbo vek tur a ni. Heihi sual vanga lungngaihna diktak rah chu a lo ni ang. Kan tih ve tur chu kan hmaah fiahtakin dah a ni; “Insil ula, intifai rawh u; ka mit-hmuh phak lohah in thiltihte hi a sualna chu dah bo rawh u; sual tih hi bang tawh ula, thil tha tih zir rawh u; rorelna fel zawng ula. hnehchhiahna tuarte chu tanpui ula, pa neilote chu ro rel sak ula. hmeithaite chu sawipui rawh u.”⁶ Paulan simna thu chu hetiangin a sawi a; “Tichuan, ngai teh u, Pathian duhzawng anga tihlungngaiha in awmna ngei chuan, fimkhurna te, insawi thiamna te. thinurna te, hlauhna te, thahnenngaihna te. phuba-lakna te nangmahniah a va siam nasa em ve aw! Engkimah chung thu-ah chuan in thiang tih in inti-lang ta a.”⁷

Sualnain chhunglam hriatna dik a tihthih tawh chuan. thilsual-titu chuan a nungchang diklohna a hmu thiam lo a; thil

⁴1 Samuel 12:19.

⁶Isaia 1:16, 17.

⁷2 Korinth 7:11

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sual a tih tak nasatzia pawh kha a hrechhuak thiam thin lo: Thlarau Thianghlim thiltihtheihnaa a intukluh si loh chuan, a sual hmuhthiamlohna hmunah khan a awm reng a ni. Chutianga a awm lai chuan, a sualpuannate kha tih tak zet leh duh awm tak tak a ni lo. A sual hriatna tinrengah pawh khan a thiltih zahzelali chhuanlam a siam a, chhan engemaw chu awm lo selang chuan a inchhir lehna tur thilte kha chu ti lo tawp tur angin a insawi leh thin.

Evi leh Adama khan thei rah eithianloh an ei hnu khan an lo mangangin an lo zak ta em em a, an han ngaihtuah hmasakber chu an sual chhuanlam tur leh thihna hlauhthawnawm tak atanga himna tur chu a ni. Lalpain an sualna chungchang A han zawh khan, Adama chuan sualna chu Pathian chungah leh a kawppui chunga puhthluk tumin a han chhang ta rawk mai a. Adama chuan, “Mi awmpui tura i hmeichhe mi pek ngei khan thing rah chu mi pe a, ka ei ta a ni.”⁸ Hmeichhia lah khan rul a mawchhiat rawk bawk a; tichuan, “Rulin mi tihder a, ka ei ta a ni,” a ti. Engvanginnge rul i siam? Engvanginnge Eden huana loluh i phalsak teh reng? Hengte hi hmeichhia chuan a sual chhuanlam

⁸Genesis 3:12. 13.

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atana a siam chu a ni. Chutiang chuan an tlukna kha Pathian chungah an mawhchhiat ta a. Mahni thiaminchantirna rilru hi chu dawt pa lak atanga chhuak a ni a, chu chu Adama fapate leh fanute hian an ching ta vek a ni. Hetiang sual puanna hi chu Pathian Thlarau atanga chhuak a ni lo a, Pathian lawmzawng a ni bawk hek lo. Sualsimna dik tak tak chuan, a sual kha a phurhtir a, vervekna leh bumna tellovin a sual kha a hrechhuak thin. Chhiahkhawntu mangang tak, van lam pawh hawingam lo angin, “Pathian, kei mi sual chungah hian zah ngai ang che,” a ti thin a; chung an sualte hrechhuaktu chuan a ni, thiamchang dawn; Isua sual simtute tana A thisen chhuak khan A sawipui dawn avangin.

Simna leh inngaihtlawmna dik tak tak, Pathian thuin a entir chu sual puan duhna emaw, mahni inthiamchawpna emaw awm hauh lo chu a ni. Paula chuan amah leh amah inhliahkhuh a turn lo a, a sualna chu zep tum lo chuan nasatakin a tilang ta a ni. Paula chuan, “Puithiam lalte hnenah thu ka hmu a, mi thianghlimte zinga mi tamtak tan inahte ka khung bawk thin a; tin, an tihhlum laiin, tihhlum remti lamah ka tang bawk thin a. Tin, inkhawmna in tinah ka hrem fo a, Isua thu sawttir ka turn hram thin a; tin, an chungah ka kawlh em em a, ram dang khaw thleng pawhin ka tiduhdah thin a,”⁹ a ti. “Krista Isua mi sualte chhandam turin khawvelah hian a lokal, tih hi, a rinawmin a pawm tlak em em a ni; an zinga mi sual ber ka nih hi,“¹⁰ hial a lo tingam ta a ni.

Thinlung lungchhia leh inngaitlawm, sual simna dik in a hneh tawh hnu kha chuan, Pathian hmangaihna leh Kalvari man chu an ngaisang ngei ang; fapain a pa duhtak hnena a inpuan angin, sualsim tak tak te chuan Pathian hmaah a sualna zawng zawng chu a rawn thlen ang. “Kan sualte thupha kan chawi chuan, kan sualte ngaidam tur leh, kan fellohna zaw’ng zawng tlengfai turin amah chu a rinawmin a fel a ni,“¹¹ tia ziak a ni.

⁹Tirhkohte 26:10, 11

¹⁰1 Timothea 1:15.

¹¹1 Johana 1:9.

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Bung 5—Pathian Hnena Indahhranna

Pathian thutiam chu, “Nangnin mi zawng ang a, mi hmuchhuak ang; in thinlung zawng zawng nena mi zawn chuan,”¹ tih hi a ni.

Thinlung hi a pumin Pathian hnena pek tur a ni; chuti anih loh chuan keimahniah, Pathian anna nei leh turin danglamna a awm thei lo. Pianhmangah Pathian hnen atanga tihhran kan ni a, Thlarau Thianghlimin kan awmdan chu hetianghian a hrilhfiah: “In bawhchhiat leh in sualte avanga thi in nih lai khan.” “Lu chu a pumin a na a; thinlung chu a pumin a chau ta a.” “Thatna reng reng a awm hek lo.” Setana thangah nghet takin kan awk a; “Diabola thang ata an chhuak thei mahna,“² tia ziak ang khan. Pathian chuan min tihdam leh min zalen tir chu A duh em em a, amaherawhchu kan awmdan pumpui tihthar leh tihdanglam a lo tui miau si avangin Ama hnena kan puma kan inpek a mamawh a ni.

Mahni leh mahni indona hi, indona ropuiber a ni. Pathian duhzawnga mahni inpekna leh inhlanna hi beih fo a ngai a ni; rilru erawh chu thianghlimnaa siam thar a nih hmain Pathian hnenah a intulut tur a ni.

Pathian rorelna chu, Setanan a lantir angin, hrechiang lova intukluhna leh thununna thalo tak chunga hmuhchhuah a ni lo a; Hriattheihna leh chhia leh tha hriatna lam a sawm zawk a ni. “Hawh teh u, i ngaihtuah tlang teh ang u,“³ tih hi A thilsiamte hnena Siamtu sawmna chu a ni. Rilru phur tak leh chak taka inpekluhna tih loh chu A lawm thei lo. Tihluihna chuan rilru leh nungchang thanlenna a dal a, mihring chu dan anga ti mai mai turin a siam chauh ang. Chutiang chu Siamtu tum chu a ni lo a. Pathian chuan mihring chu hmasawnna sang thei ber thleng tur chuan A duh pui a ni. Kan hmaah hian A khawngaihna zara min thlensak A duh em em malsawmna chu A dah a. Ama hnena inpe turin Ani chuan min sawm reng a, tichuan A duhzawng chu keimahnia A thawh theih nan. Sual bawi atanga kan zalenna tur leh Pathian fapate kan lo nih theihna tur chu, keimahni thlan turin a awm a ni.

Pathian hnena kan lo inpek hian, Ama hnena atanga min (ihrangtu thil zawng zawng hi kan bansan vek a tui a ni. Chuvan-

¹Jeremia 29:13

²Ephesi 2:1; Isaia 1:5, 6; 2 Timothea 2:26.

³Isaia 1:18.

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gin Chhandamtu chuan, “Chutiang bawkin, nangni zingah hian tupawh a neih zawng zawng kalsan lo apiang chu ka zirtir a ni thei lo ang,”⁴ a ti a. Pathian hnen atanga thinlung nipbo tur thil reng reng chu bansan tur a ni. Hausakna hi mi tam tak milem biak a ni a. Sum hmangaihna te leh hausak duhna te hi Setana hnena min thlungtu rangkachak khaidiat chu a ni. Hmingthanna leh khawvela zahawm duhna hi thenkhat milem biak a ni leh a. Mahni hmasiala, awlai taka khawsak leh mawhphurhna awm loa khawsak hi thenkhat milem biak a ni bawk. Amaherawhzawng, heng bawia min phuartute hi tihchah vek tur

⁴Luka 14:33.

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a ni. Kan chanve hi Lalpa ta, kan chanve hi khawvel ta ni chung siin kan awm thei lo. Kan puma kan inpek si loh chuan Lalpa ta kan ni thei lo. Mi thenkhat, Pathian rawngbawl inti ve si, Pathian dan zawma, mahni theihna ngeia innghat chung si leh nungchang siam dik vanga chhandamna hmuh tum te an awm a. An thinlungte chu Krista hmangaih hriatna thuk taka tihchet a ni lo a, amaherawhchu vanram kai theih nana Pathianin Kristiante tihtur A tihte kha tih an tum satliah mai mai a ni. Chutiang sakhua chu engmah a ni lo.Krista chu thinlunga A lochenin.rilru chu A hmangaihna leh Amah pawlnuam tihnain a lo khat ang a, tichuan Amah chu a lo vuan reng ang; Pathian a ngaihtuahna avang chuan, mahni a lo intheihnghilh bawk ang. Tin,Krista a hmangaihna chu thiltitu bul a lo ni ang. Pathian hmangaihnain a fuihdan hrethiamte chuan, an theihna chu a tlem hle, mahse Ama rawngbawl an duh a; tin, awmdan tlaktlai lo tak te an dil ngai bawk hek lo. An Tlantu duhzawng lam remna famkima tumna chu an dil zawk thin a ni. Duhna takzet neiin an in pe zo a, an thilzawn hlu takah khan an duhzawngber chu a lo lang thin. He hmangaihna thuk tak nei lo a, Krista zuitu inti chu, tawng mai mai leh dan anga thil ti mai mai leh mi pawnlang tak a ni.

Krista hnena inpumpekna chu inhlanna lian lutuk niin i ngai em ni? “Krista chuan ka tan engnge A pek?’’ tiin mahni han inzawt teh. Pathian Fapa chuan engkim—nunna leh hmangaihna leh tuarna-min tlan nan A pe zo ta. Chuti a nih chuan keini mi nung tlak lo te hian, kan thinlung kan ui thei tur em ni? Kan dam chhung reng reng hian A khawngaihnaa malsawmna dawnpuitute kan ni si, he mi avang tak hian hriatlohna leh vanduaina thuk tak atanga chhanchhuah kan nihzia hi kan hrechhuak thei thin lo. Kan sualnain a tihhliam hnua, hmangaihna leh thawina zawng zawng te hi pawisa lo in Amah chu kan thlir reng thei dawn em ni? Ropuina Lalpa inngaihtlawmna nasatak chu thlirin, harsatna leh mahni inngaihtlawmna avanga nunnaa kan lull theih dawn avang chuan kan phunnawi dawn em ni?

Rilru chapo chuan, “Pathian nen inremna ka neih theih hmain engah teh lul nge ka tan sual sim leh inngaihtlawm a tui ang?” a ti thin a. Krista chu ka kawhhmuh a che. Ani chu sual nei lo chang pawh ni lo in, van Lalber Fapa chu a ni, nimahsela, Ani chu mihring aiah mi zawng zawng tan, misuala chhiar a lo ni a. “Bawhchhiatna zingah chhiar tela a awm avangin: nimahsela [36] mi tam tak sualna chu a phur a. hawhchhetute tan chuan a tawngtaisak a.”⁵

Engkim kan pek vek chuan engnge kan bansan?—Thinlung sual bawlhhlawh, Isua tihthianghlim tur, Ama thisen ngeia tihthianghlim tur leh A hmangaihna chhiarsenlohin A chhandam tur chu. Sual zawng zawng bansan chu miten harsain an la ring cheu thin. Chutiang chu mi sawi hriat pawh ka zak a. ziak pawh ka zak a ni.

Pathian chuan kan tana neihtur thil tha berte chu bansan turin min duh lo a. Bansan tur A tih zawng zawngahte chuan A fate thatna tur chu A hmu reng a ni. Krista thlanglotute zawng zawng hian an mahniin an zawn aia thil tha zawk anmahni pek tur chu Kristain A nei tih hria sela chu. a va tihzia dawn em! Mihringin Pathian duhzawng dodala thil a lo tih leh, a lo ngaihtuah hian, ama thlarau tana thil diklo leh natna tur hlauhawm ber chu a lo ti a ni. Pathian, thil thaber hria leh A thilsiamte tana thatna tur hlira ruattu khapna kawngah chuan, lawmna tak tak reng reng a hmuh theih loh. Danbawhchhiatna kawng chu hrehawmna leh chhiatna kawng a ni.

Pathianin A fate natuar hmuh chu A lawmzawng tak a ni tih ngaihtuahna hi a diklo a ni. Van mipuite chuan mihring hlimna hi an ngaihtuah zawng tak a ni si a. Kan Pa vana mi chuan A thilsiamte reng reng hlimna tur kawng chu A khar awzawng lo a. Pathian chuan tuarna leh beidawnna rawn thlentu, nawmchenriate hi bansan turin min duh, chung chu hlimna kawng leh vanram kawng khartu an nih avangin. Khawvel Tlantu chuan mihringte chu an nihna angin, an duhna zawng zawng te leh an famkimlohna zawng zawng te leh an chaklohna zawng zawng te nen A lo lawm a; A thisen zarah chuan tlanna chu A phalsak dawnin, sualna ata A tlengfai dawn chauh a ni lo a, A nghawngkawl bata, A phurrit phur duh zawng zawng thinlung chu A tilungawi siah zawk dawn a ni. Nunna chhang dila A hnena lokal zawng zawng pek A tum chu, muanna leh chawlhhahdamna a ni. Ani chuan thuawihlohnain a thlen phakloh, lawmna nasa taka min hruai theihna tur thilte chauh ti turin min duh a. Thlarau nundan dik leh hlimna chu chhunglama Krista siam puitlimna, beiseina ropui tak neih hi a ni.

⁵Isaia 53;12.

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Mi tam tak chuan, “Engtinnge Pathian hnenah ka inpumpek theih ang?” an ti thin a. Ama hnena mahni inpek chu i lo duh a, mahse nundanah chuan i chau em em mai a, rinhlehna bawi i ni a, tin, i sual chin thin khan a thunun che a. I thutiamte leh tumnate chu tiauvaivuta siam hruizen ang mai a ni a. I ngaihtuahnate leh i tumnate chu i thunun thei bawk hek lo a. I thutiam i hlen ngailo tih i hriatnate chuan nangmah ngei i inrinna pawh a tichhia ang a, chu chuan Pathian in lawn thei lo chein a hriattir ang che; nimahsela, i beidawng tur a ni lo. I tana hriatthiam tui ber mai chu, duhthlanna diktak hriat chu a ni. Duhthlanna emaw thutihtlukna emaw hi mihring nundana thiltihtheihna lian ber chu a ni. Thil engkim hi duhthlanna dik tak thiltih chungah khan a innghat a. Pathianin mihring hnenah duhthlanna chu A pe reng a ni; chu chu mihringten an hmang ve tur a ni. I thinlung chu nang chuan i tidanglam thei lo a, i thinlung duhnate chu Pathian hnenah i pe thei lo a, nimahsela, A rawngbawl chu i thlang thei a ni. I duhthlanna chu A hnenah i pe thei a, Ani chu tih tum tur leh bei tura Ama lawm nana nangmahnia thawktu chu A ni si a. Chutichuan i awmdan pumpui chu Krista Thlarau thu hnuaiah chuan a lo awm in, i duhnate chu Amahah chuan a awm ang a, i ngaihtuahnate chu Amah nen a lo inrem thlap tawh ang.

Thatna leh thianghlimna tura chaknate hi an kal dik chhung chu a tha a; mahse heta i tawp mai chuan, engahmah a sawt chuang lo. Mi tamtak chu Kristian nih an duh lai leh an beisei laiin an boral ang, Pathian duhna anga inpekna chang an hriatloh avangin. Tunah tak hian Kristian nih an thlang duh lo a ni.

Duhthlanna hi diktaka i hman chuan i awmdan pumpui kha tihdanglamin a lo awm thei ang. I duhthlanna Krista hnena i pek chuan, lalnate leh thiltihtheihna zawng zawng te chungah thil-tihtheihna neiin i lo indah reng a ni. Chelhnghet tur chein chakna chunglam atangin i hmu ang a, chutichuan Pathian hnena inpumpek fona zarah chuan, nundan thar, rinnaa nunaah chuan i nung thei ang. [38] [39]

Bung 6—Rinna Leh Pawmna

Thlarau Thianghlimin i chhia leh tha hriatna a tihnun hnuin, sual thatlohzia te, a thiltihtheihzia te, a sualzia te leh a lungngaihthlakzia te tlem azawng chu i lo hmu thiam a; tichuan sual chu tenawm ti takin i thlir a. Pathian hnen atangin sual chuan a tihrang chein, sual thiltihtheihna bawiah chuan i awm a ni tih i inhriat a, chhuah tuma i beih nasat poh leh tanpuitu i ngaihzia i lo hre zual deuh deuh a. I chetziate chu a thianghlim loa, i thinlung chu a bawlhhlawh a, i nundan chu mahni hmasialna leh sualnaa khat a ni tih i hmuh in, zalena awm i lo chak ta a ni. Pathian nena inrema awm tur leh Amah anga awm tur chuan— engnge i tih theih ang?

Muanna hi a ni i mamawh chu,—Pathian ngaihdamna leh muanna leh rilrua hmangaihna chu. Chu chu sum leh paiin a lei theih loa, hriattheihnain a hrephak hek loin, finnain a thlengpha bawk hek lo; i theihna ngawt phei chuan i beisei phak rual a ni lo. Nimahsela, Pathianin thilthlawnpek angin i hnenah A rawn pe a, “Tangka pe loin, a man pawh pe loin,”¹ A ti ta zawk a ni. I duh chuan han ban la, mania, i ta a ni mai ang. Lalpa chuan, “In sualte chu sen lar angin awm tawh mah sela, vur angin a var ang; sen duk angin sen tawh mah sela, beram hmul angin a awm ang,”² a ti. Thinlung thar pawh ka pe ang che u a, rilru thar pawh in kawchhungah ka dah ang,“³ a ti bawk.

I sualte i puan tawh chuan, i thinlungin hre reng tawh suh. Pathian hnenah chuan mahni ngei inpek i lo tum ta a. Tunah A hnenah kal la, i sualte silfai turin ngen la, thinlung thar A lo pe ang che. Chu chu A tiam tawh avangin A ti a ni tih ring la. Isua, he leia A awm lai khan chu chu a ni A zirtir, Pathian chuan thilthlawnpek chu min tiam a, kan rin phawt chuan kan hmu ngei ngei ang, kan ta ngei a ni si a. A thiltihtheihnaa rinna an neih phawt chuan, Isua chuan mi natnate chu A tidam zel a; an hmuh theih thilahte A tanpui a, an hmuh theih loh thilahte pawh sualte ngaidam tur chuan, thiltihtheihna A nei a ni tih an rin theih nan. He thu hi zeng A tihdam tum khan chiang takin A sawi, “Engpawh ni sela, khawvelah mihring Fapa hian sual ngaihdam theihna A nei tih in hriat nan,” a ti a,(Zeng hnenah chuan) “Tho rawh, i khum la la, i inah kal rawh,“⁴ a ti a. Chutichuan Johana

¹Isaia 55:1.

²Isaia 1:18.

³Ezekiela 36:26.

⁴Mathaia 9:6.

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pawhin Krista thiltihmakte a sawiin, “Heng hi, Isua chu, Krista. Palhian Fapa a ni tih in rinna tur leh, in rin a, A hminga nun in neihna turin ziak a ni,”⁵ a ti a.

Isuan damlo A tihdam dan Biblein a lochhinchhiahna mawi te te atang hian, sualte ngaihdam nana Amah rin dan tur chanchin thenkhat chu, kan zir thei a. Bethesdaa zeng chanchin i han en teh ang. Chu damlo khawngaih thlak tak chu tanpuitu neilo a ni a; kum 38 lai mai a kut a kete chu a hmang tawh loa; chutichung pawh chuan Isuan, “Tho rawh, i khum la la, kein kal rawh,” A ti ta a ni. Damlo chuan, “Lalpa, mi tihdam duh chuan, i thu ka awih ang e,” a lo ti mai thei a. Mahse, chuti awzawng chuan a ti lo, Krista thu chu a ring a, tihdam a ni ta tih a ring a, vawi leh khatah thawh a tum ta mai a ni, kea kal a duh a, a kal ta ngei bawk reng a. Krista thu kha a tihin a ti a, tichuan Pathianin chakna A pe ta a. Tihdamin a lo awm ta a ni.

Chutiang bawkin misual i ni a. Tun hmaa i sualte kha i tlan thei tawh lova, i thinlung i tidanglam thei hek lova, nangmah i in tithianghlim thei a ni bawk hek lo. Nimahsela, Pathianin Krista zarah chuan, chung zawng zawng chu i tan tihsak A tiam a ni. Chu thutiam chu i ring a, I sualnate i puang a, Pathian hnenah nangmah ngei i inpe a. A rawngbawl i lo duha. Hei hi nangin i tih ang ngeiin, Pathian pawhin nangmahah chuan A thu chu A tifamkim ang. Thutiam chu i rin chuan—ngaihdam i ni tain, tlenfai i ni ta tih ring mai rawh—Pathianin thutak chu A rawn pe a ni; Kristain zeng kea kal tur thu A pe a, anin a loring a. a dampui ta ngei ang chiah khan, tihthatin i lo awm ta a ni. I rin phawt chuan chuti chu a lo ni.

Tihthat i ni ta tih hriat tumin nghak suh la, amaherawhchu, “Ka ring a, chu ti chu a lo ni, ka hriat vang ni lovin, Pathianin A tiam tawh zawk avangin,” ti ang che.

Isuan, “Engkim in tawngtaia in dil apiang chu, hmu tawhah inngai ula, tichuan in hmu ang,“⁶ a ti a. He thutiamah hian awmzia riau a awm a, chu chu Pathian duhzawng anga kan tawngtaina hi a ni. Pathian duhzawng chu sual ata min tlenfai leh, A faa min siam leh nundan thianghlima min nuntir hi a ni. Chutichuan heng malsawmnate hi kan dilin, kan dil chu kan hmu ngei a ni tih kan ring a, Pathian chu A fakawm e, kan dilte kha kan lo hmuh tawh reng avangin. Isua hnena kala tihfaia awm leh, dan

⁵Johana 20:31.

⁶Marka 11:24.

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hmaa zaklo leh inchhirlova awm chu kan vanneihna ropui a ni e. “Chutichuan, tunah zawng Krista Isuaa awmte tan chuan, thiamloh chantirna reng a awm tawh lo.”⁷

Tunchinah zawng mahni ta i ni tawh lova; mana lei i ni tawh zawk e. “In awm dan engkhaw-ni-lawilo lak ata chu, thil chhethei, tangka leh rangkachaka tlan in ni lova, beramno hmelhemlo leh bawlhhlawh kai lo thisen anga, Krista thisen hlu chuan, tlan in ni zawk tih in hre si a.”⁸ Pathian rinna avanga chung thiltih mawi tak zarah pawh chuan, Thlarau Thianghlim chuan in thinlung chhungah nundan thar a rawn siam tawh thin a ni. Pathian chhungkaw zinga naupang lopiang ang chu i ni a, A Fapa A hmangaih ang bawkin A hmangaih che a ni.

Tunah Isua hnenah mahni i inpe ta a, kir leh tawh hauh suh; A hnen atang chuan in tibo suh la, amaherawhchu, ni tinin. “Krista ta ka ni a, Ama hnenah ka inpe tawh,” ti zawk ang che. A Thlarau pe tur che leh, A khawngaihnaa vawng tur chein Ani chu dil la, Pathian hnena mahni i loinpek leh, Amah i rin hian A fa i lo ni a, tichuan Amahah i nung. tawh tur a ni. Tirhkoh chuan, “Chuvangin. Krista Isua, Lalpa chu in lawm ang khan, Amahah chuan awm rawh u,“⁹ a ti a.

Thenkhat chuan A malsawmna an dil theih hmain, siamthat an ni ta tih Lalpa hnena han inenfiah tir te te leh, inenthlak tir te te ngaiin an hria a. Mahse Pathian malsawmna chu tunah tak pawh hian an dil thei si a. A khawngaihna, Krista Thlarau chu an chaklohnate tanpui turin an nei ngei ngei tur a ni. Chuti anih loh chuan sual an do thei lo ang. Isua chuan kan nihna ang chiah, sual tak chung leh tanpui ngai tak chung leh mahnia kan din theihlohzia ang ngei hian, A hnena kal turin min duh a. Kan chaklohna zawng zawng nen, A ke bula inchhira tluin, kan pan thei a ni. A hmangaihna kutin min pawmvelna te, kan hliam A tuamna te leh bawlhhlawhna zawng zawng atanga min tlenfaina te hi A ropuina chu a ni.

Hei hi sang tam tak tlinlohna a ni. Isuan mihring chu a mi mai malin A ngaidam thin tih hi an ring lo a. Pathian chu A thu ah an kalpui lova; ngaihdamna chu sualtinreng tana tih a ni tih hriat tumtu zawng zawng tan erawh vanneihna a ni. Pathian thutiamte chu i tan a ni lo tih rinhlelhnate chu dahbo la. Danbawchhiaa sim lehtu tan an ni si a. Vantirhkohte chuan chakna

⁷Rom. 8:1.

⁸1 Petera 1:18, 19.

⁹Kolossa 2:6.

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leh khawngaihna chu ringtu tinreng hnenah chuan an rawn thlen sak tur a ni. Tumah, Isua, an tana thia chakna. thianghlimna leh felna hmu thei lo khawpa sual an awm lo. Ani chuan. an silhfen sualnain a tihbawlhhlawh tawh hlip thla tur leh, felna kawrfual var haktir tur chuan A nghak reng a: thi tur ni lovin, nung zawk turin anni chu A sawm a ni.

Pathian chuan mi tlinglovin, midangte an tih angin min ti lova, A ngaihtuahnate chu zahngaihna leh hmangaihnate leh khawngaihnate a ni zawk. Lalpa chuan. “Mi suaksual chuan a awmdan chu bansan sela, mi fello chuan a ngaihtuahnate chu bansan bawk rawh se: Lalpa hnenah kir leh rawh se, tichuan anin a lo khawngaih ang; kan Pathian hnenah kir leh rawh se, ani ’, n a ngaidam nasa khawp dawn si a.” “In bawhchhiatnate chu chhum chhah mup tihbo angin ka ti bo ta bawk a: ka hnenah lokir leh rawh u, ka tlan tawh si che u a. ”¹⁰ a ti.

Lalpa chuan, “Mihring thihnaah hian lawmna reng reng ka nei lo; chuvangchuan lokir ula. nung ang che u.”¹¹ a ti a. Setana chu Pathian malsawmnate la bo tur chuan a inpeihsa reng a ni. Thlarau tana beiseina lo awm chhun apiang kha laksak a duh a; mahse chu chu a tih i phal tur a ni lo. Thlemtu chu ngaithla duh suh la; amaherawhchu, “Isua chu ka nun theih nan A thi tawh a ni, Ani chuan mi hmangaiha, ka boral hi A duh lo; Vanah Pa mi khawngaih thei tak ka nei a; A hmangaihna chu kei chuan lohmangsual ta mah ila, A malsawmna min peksate chu engmah lovah lo hmangral ta mah ila, ka tho ang a, ka Pa hnenah ka kal teh ang,” ti la, tichuan fapa tlanbo angin, “Vana mi chungah leh nangma mit-hmuhin thil ka ti sual e, i fapaa vuah tlak ka ni ta lo ve; i hnena inhlawhfa pakhat angin mi siam ve rawh,” ka ti ang ti zawk ang che. He tehkhinthu hian vakbote chu lawmluh an nih leh dan tur a hrilh che a ni. “Hlataka a la awm laiin a pain a lo hmu a, a khawngaih em em a, a tlan a, a ir a chuktuah a. a fawp ngawih ngawih a.”¹²

He tehkhin thu pawh hi anihna ang chuan a duhawmin a tha hle a, mahse vana Pa hmangaihna tawp thei lo chu a sawichhuak zo lo. Lalpa chuan A zawlnei hnenah. “Chatuan hmangaihnain ka hmangaih che a ni, chuvangin hmangaihnain ka hip thin reng che u a ni,“¹³ a ti a. Misual chu Pa in ata a la hlat hle a, ram danga a sum a khawhral lai pawh khan, Pa thinlung chuan

¹⁰Isaia 55:7; 44:22.

¹¹Ezekiela 1832.

¹²Luka 15:18-20.

¹³Jermia 31:30.

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ani chu a ngai em em a ni. Pathian hnenah kir leh duhna thinlunga chakna reng reng hi A Thlarau hruaina a ni.

I hmaa Bible thutiam tamtak chu i ringhlel thei em ni? Misualin lokir a duh a, a sualte ngaihdam a lo duh lai hian, Lalpa chuan sim chunga A ke bula lokal chu A khapin i ring thei em ni? Chutiang ngaihtuahnate chu paihbo daih rawh. Chutianga kan Pa vana mi rindan aloliama i thinlung tina thei a awm lo. Ani chuan sualnate A hua a. misual erawh chu A hmangaih a, Krista mihrinnaah Amahngei chu A in pe ta, tupawh chhandam an nih theih nan leh ropuina rama chatuan malsawmna chu an chan theih nan. Tawngkam duhawm zawk leh mawi zawk kan tan A hmangaihna sawichhuak tura A thlan tak aia mawi zawk a awm thei ang em? Lalpa chuan, “Hmeichhiain, a fapa, a rila rah chu khawngaih lohna turin a nau hnute hne lai chu a theihnghilh a ni thei e; nimahsela. kei chuan ka theihnghilh lo vang che,”¹⁴ a ti.

Nangni ringhlel leh khur thinte u. en chho teh u; Isua chu kan tana min dilsak turin a awm si a, Pathian chu a fak awm e; A Fapa duh tak A rawn pek avangin; chutichuan i tan A thlawn maia A thihloh nan tawngtai rawh. Thlarau chuan vawiinah hian a sawm a che. I thinlung zawng zawng nen Isua pan la, tichuan A malsawmna chu i nei thei ang.

A thutiamte chu i han chhiarin hmangaihna leh khawngaihna sawirualloh tihlanna chu an ni tih hrereng ang ohe. Hmangaihna daingailo thinlung ropui tak chu, khawngaihna chhiarsen rualloh nen chuan misualte hnenah hipin a awm a. “A thisen avangin amahah chuan kan tlanna kan nei a ni—A khawngaihna ngahzia ang zela kan bawchhiatnate ngaihdamna chu.”¹⁵ Pathian chu nangmah tanpuitu che a ni tih hi ring mai rawh. Mihringah hian A nundan awmtir leh A duh a ni. Sual puang leh simin Amah chu pan la. Ani pawhin zahngaihna leh ngaihdamnain A lo pan ve ang che.

¹⁴Isaia 49:15.

¹⁵Ephesi 1:7.

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Bung 7—Krista Zuitu Nih Fiahna

“Chumi avang chuan tupawh Kristaa a awm chuan, thil siam thar a lo ni a; thil hluite chu a ral ta a; ngai teh u, a lo thar ta.”¹

Mi chuan englai takinnge, khawii hmunah nge a pianthar a hrilh thei kher lo ang che; nimahsela, chu chuan a piangtharlo a ni tih a tilang chuang lo. Krista chuan Nikodema hnenah, “Thli khawiah pawh a duh duhin a tleh thin, a ri i hria e, nimahsela, khawi atanga lokal nge, khawiahnge a kal dawn tih pawh i hre si lo; tupawh Thlarauva piang chu chutiangin an awm,“² a ti a. Thli, hmuhtheihloh, a hnathawh erawh chiangtaka hmuh leh hriat ang bawk hian Pathian Thlarau chuan mihring thinlung chhungah hian hna a thawk a ni. Chu piantharna tura thiltihtheihna, mihring mita hmuh theih loh chuan, rilruah nun thar a siam a; Pathian anpuiin mi thar a lo siam a ni. Thlarau hnathawh chu a ngawih reng lai leh hriatthiam mangloh a nih lai pawhin, a thiltih chu a lolang thin. Pathian Thlarauvin thinlung a rawn tihthar tawh chuan, nundan chuan dikna chu a rawn entir ve mai a ni. Kan thinlungte tidanglam tura engmah kan tih theih loh lai leh, Pathian nen inrema kan awm theih loh lai pawhin, keimahni leh kan hnathawh thate kan rin loh laitak hian, nundan chuan Pathian khawngaihna chu keimahniah a awm leh awm loh a rawn tilang ang. Danglamna chu nunchangah te, awmdanah te leh tihduhzawngah te hmuh a ni ang. A danglamna chu tun hmaa a awmdan leh tuna a awmdanin a tifiahin a tichiang ang. Nungchang chu thil tha emaw thil thalo emaw tih zeuh zeuha lang thei a ni lova, thiltih leh thusawi duh zawngah a lang ber a ni.

Krista thiltihtheihnain a tihthar lem loh pawhin pawnlam nungchang siamdikna chu a awm ve thei a ni tih hi a dik e. Mi thunun theihna duh vang leh mi dang ngaihsan duhna vang pawhin nundan tha tak a awm thei reng a. Mahni-inzahpuina pawhin suala lang thil chu pumpelh turin min hruai thei a. Thinlung duham pawhin thil tha a ti thei tho a ni. Chuti a nih chuan, khawilama awm nge kan tum ang?

Tunge thinlung chu nei? Kan ngaihtuahnate chu tu hnenah nge a awm? Tunge biak kan duh thin? Tunge kan duhna thuk-

¹II Korinth 5:17.

²Johana 3:8.

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berte leh kan chaknaberte nei ni? Krista ta kan nih chuan kan ngaihtuahna chu A hnenah a awm a, kan ngaihtuahna duhawmberte chu Ama chanchin a ni a. Kan neih zawng zawng leh kan nihna te chu A hnena dahhran vek an ni tawh a, A taksa ang pua, A thlarauva thawa, A duhzawng tih leh thil engkima Amah tihlawm chu kan lo chak ngawih ngawih thin.

Chung Krista Isuaa siamthar loni te chuan, Thlarau rah, “Hmangaihna te, hlimna te, remna te, dawhtheihna te, ngilneihna te, thatna te, rinawmna te, thuhnuairawlhna te, insumtheihna te,“³ an rawn chhuah ang. An tunhma chaknate angin an awm tawh lo ang a, Pathian Fa, rinnain A hniakhnung an zui zawk ang. Tin, tunhmaa an thil huatte kha tunah chuan an lo ngaina a; tunhmaa an thil ngainat thin te kha an lo hua a. Chaponate leh mahni thuduhnate chu rilrua inngaihtlawmnaah leh zaidamnaah an lo chang thin. Ngaihtuahna nei lo mi leh chapo chu, thil ngaihtuah nasa mi leh. mi tihnuam an lo ni a. Zurui mi chu a lo rui tawh lova, mihur pawh a lo thianghlim a, khawvel dan leh duhzawng hlawklo chu dahbo an lo ni thin. Kristian chuan “pawnlam incheina” a zawng tawh lo ang a, “Thinlunga mihring thuhruk chu, rilru thuhnuai rawlh leh nunnemna silhfen chhetheilo,“⁴ chu a zawng zawk ang.

Siamthatna hna a thawh si loh chuan sualsimna tak tak lanchianna a awm lo. Thutiam a tihthar leh a, a thilruk takte a pek leh a, a sualte a puan a, Pathian leh a mihrinpuite a hmangaih chuan, misual chuan thihna ata nunnaah a lut ngei ta a ni tih a hrechiang thei ang.

Misual tak leh diklo tak anga Krista hnena kan kal hian, A zahngaihna changtute kan lo ni a, thinlungah chuan hmangaihna chu a lo chawrchhuak thin. Phurrit tinreng kha a lo zang a; Krista nghawngkawl tiam chu a nuam bawk si. Thiltihtur chu hlimna a lo ni a, tuarna pawh chu nawmna a lo ni a. Kawng thim pik mupa langte kha, Felna Ni atanga nizung ennaah an lo chang zawk thin a ni.

Krista nungchang duhawmna chu A zuituteah hmuh a ni ang. Pathian duhzawng tih chu A lawmzawng tak a ni. Pathian hman-gaihna. A ropuina tura tlawmngaihna chu, kan chhandamtu nunnaah chuan thiltihtheihna a ni. Hmangaihna chuan A thiltih zawng zawng te chu a timawiin a tiropui a. Hmangaihna chu Pa-

³.

⁴I Petera 3:3, 4.

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thiana chhuak a ni si. Thinlung, Pathian hman tura la pek loh chuan chung ang chu a la nei thei ve lovin a la tichhuak ve thei lo. Isuan ro A relna thinlungah chauh khan a hmuh theih a ni. “Amahin min hmangaih hmasak avangin kan hmangaih a ni.”⁵ Pathian khawngaihnain thinlung a tih thar hian, hmangaihna hi thiltihna bulpui a ni. Hmangaihna chuan nungchang a tidanglam a, chaknate leh duhna thalo a thunun a; inhuatnate a tireh a, duhnate chu a tiropui thin. He hmangaihna hi rilrua a lo luhin nun a tinuam a, a velah thununna tha a tidarh thin.

Diklohna pahnih chumi dodala Pathian faten—A khawngaihna ringa lokal tirte tan a ni bik—nguntaka an ven tur chu a awm. A hmasazawk chu, kan sawi tak angin, anmahni hnathawh ngei ena, thil engkim an tihtheih rinna leh Pathian nena inremna hial an chunga thlen theia an rinna hi a ni. Mi, dan zawma, mahni thawh ngeia thianghlim tum kha chuan, thiltihtheihloh chu a lobei a ni. Mi’n Krista lova a tih theih chu bawlhhlawhna duhamnaa khat leh sualna a ni thin. Krista khawngaihna chauh hian, rinna zarah chuan min tithianghlim thei a ni.

A lehlam pang, diklohna hlauhawm deuh mai chu, Krista rinna hian Pathian dan zawmna atangin mihringte a tichhuak a ni tih hi; rinna avang chauha Isua khawngaihna changtute kan lo nih avangin, kan hnathawhte hian kan tlannaah engmah tihtur a nei lo.

Nimahsela, thuawihna chu pawnlam dan mai mai a ni lo tih hria la, hmangaih rawngbawlna erawh a ni zawk. Pathian dan chu Ama awmdan sawichhuahna a ni a; hmangaihna dan tihpuitlinna a ni bawk. Chuvang tak chuan lei leh van A awpna dan bulpui chu a ni. Kan thinlungte chu Pathian anpuia tihthar a lo nih tawh a, kan thinlunga Pathian hmangaihnain zung a kaih tawh si chuan, kan nundan chuan Pathian dan a zawm lo a ngem ni? Thinlunga hmangaihna dan a inphun tawh a, mihring chu A siamtu anpuia tihthar a lo nih tawh chuan, thutiam thar chu a lo famkim tawh a ni. “An thinlungah ka thupekte ka dah ang a, an rilruah ka ziak bawk ang,“⁶ Lalpan a ti si a. Chutichuan dan chu an thinlunga ziak a nih tawh si chuan nundan chu a siam lo em ni? Thuawihna—hmangaih rawngbawlna leh Pathian hnena intukluhna chu zuitu chhinchhiahna dik tak chu a ni. Pathian lehkhabu chuan hetihian a sawi: “Pathian hmangaihna chu heihi a ni.

⁵1 Johana 4:19, R. V.

⁶Hebrai 10:16.

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A thupekte kan zawm hi.” “A thupekte pawm si lovin, ‘Amah ka hria’ titu chu mi dawthei a a ni, thutak amahah a awm lo.”⁷ Mihring chu thuawihna atanga tihchhuah a hnekin, rinna chauh hian, rinna ngei hi a ni, Krista khawngaihna changtutea min siamtu chu, chu ngei chuan thuawihnaah chuan min hruai thei a ni.

Thuawihna maiin chhandamna chu kan chang a ni lo a; chhandamna chu Pathian thilthlawnpek, rin vanga hmuh tur chu a ni zawk si a. Amaheraawhchu, thuawihna chu rinna rah a ni. “Amah chu sualte la bo turin a lo lang tawh tih in hria e; Amahah chuan sual engmah a awm si lova. Tupawh Amaha awm reng chuan thil a tisual lo; tupawh thil tisual chuan Amah chu a hmu lova, hriat pawh a hre hek lo.”⁸ Hei hi fiahna diktak chu a ni. Kristaa kan awm a, Pathian hmangaihna chu keimahnia a chen tak zet chuan, kan hriatnate, kan ngaihtuahnate, kan tumnate leh kan thiltihte chu, A dan thianghlimin a sawichhuah ang, Pathian duhzawng nena inrem thlap a ni ang. “Nau te u, tuma bumin awm suh u; felna titu chu a fel a ni; Amah A fel ang bawkin.”⁹ Felna chu Pathian dan thianghlim, Sinai tlanga thu sawm pek khan hrilhfiah a ni.

Pathian dan, tihmakmawh atanga mihringte tichhuaktu a ni tih, Kristaa rinna hi chu, rinna a ni lo a, ngaihdan satliah a ni zawk. “Rinna avanga khawngaihnaa chhandam in ni si a.” Nimahsela, “Rinna chu, thiltih nei loin amah chauhvin a awm chuan thi a ni.”¹⁰ Isua chuan khawvela A lokal hmain, Ama chungchang thu ah, “Aw ka Pathian, i duhzawng tih hi ka lawmzawng tak a ni; a ni, i dan thu chu ka thinlungah a awm reng e,“¹¹ a ti a. Vana A lawnchhoh leh hma deuh hlek khan, “Keiin ka Pa thupekte ka zawm a, A hmangaihin ka awm reng ang bawk hian,“¹² a ti leh a. Pathian lehkhabu chuan heti hian a sawi a: “Tin. A thupekte pawm kan nih chuanin, chu miah chuan Amah kan hria tih kan hria e, .. . ‘Amahah ka awm reng thin’ titu chu Ama awm ang bawk khan a awm ve tur a ni.”¹³ “Krista pawh khan A tuar sak che u avangin, hetiang ti turin koh in ni asin; A hniaka inzuina turin entawn tur A hnutchhiah che u kha.”¹⁴

Chatuan nunna awmdan chu, hmana a awm ang bawkin tunah pawh thuhmun a la ni reng—kan nu leh pa hmasate an tluk hma

⁷I Johana 5:3; 2:4.

⁸I Johana 3:5.

⁹1 Johana 3:7.

¹⁰Ephesi 2:8; Jacoba 2:17.

¹¹Sam 40 :8.

¹²johana 15:10

¹³johana 2:3-6.

¹⁴I Petera 2:21.

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pawha vanram a awm ang chiah khan—Pathian dan, felna famkim awihna chu a la famkim a ni. Chatuana nunna chu mi tlinglo tan pawh phal a nih chuan, khawvel pumpui hlimna chu hlauhthawn awmin a awm ang. Sual tan kawng hawn sak a ni ang a, tin, a zuitu lungngaihna leh hrehawmna zawng zawng nen awm reng tur chuan phal a lo ni ang.

Adama a lo tluk hma chuan Pathian dan zawmin nunchang fel tak a tan siam theih a ni a. Nimahsela, heihi a ti ta lova, tichuan a sualna avang chuan kan pian hmang rengah kan lotlu ta a, mahniin kan intifel thei si lo a. Misual leh thianghlimlo kan nih tak tlat avangin, dan thianghlim chu kan zawm famkim thei lo a ni. Pathian danin a phutte chu tithei turin keimahniah felna kan nei hek lo. Nimahsela, Krista chuan kan tan pumpelhna A siam ta a. Lei chunga harsatnate leh thlemnate kan tawh tur zingah chuan A cheng ta ngei a. Sual erawh chu A sual lo. Kan tan A thi a. Tunah hian kan sualte lakbo leh A felna min pek chu A duh a. A hnena i inpek a, i Chhandamtu chu i pawm chuan, i nundan chu lo sual hle tawh mahse, A felnaah chuan chhiar tel i ni ang. Krista nungchang chu i nungchangah a loding a, lo la sual reng reng lo ang chiah maiin Pathian hmaah chuan lawm luhin i awm ang.

Hei aia nasa hian, Krista chuan thinlung a tidanglam a. Rinnain i thinlungah a cheng a. Hetiang inzawmna hian Krista chu rinnain zawm zel tur i ni a; tin, i duhthlanna chu Ama hnenah hian reng rawh, heihi i tih chhung chuan nangmahah A duhzawng ti tur leh A tha tih zawng ang zela ti turin hna A thawk ang. Chutichuan, “Tuna tisaa ka nung hi rinnaa nung ka ni— Pathian Fapa, mi hmangaiha ka aia inpetu, rinnaah chuan,”¹⁵ tiin i sawi thei ang. Chutichuan, Isuan A zirtirte hnenah, “A sawitu chu nangni in ni dawn si loa, in Pa Thlarauin nangmahniah a sawi zawk dawn a ni,”¹⁶ a ti. Krista nangmahnia A thawh chuan, chutiang thlarau chu in tilang ang a, A thawh ang felna leh thuawihna hnate chu in thawk ang.

Chutichuan keimahniah hian chapo pui tur engmah kan nei lo a. Mahni inchawisanna tur chhan kan nei hek lo. Kan beiseina chhan awmchhun chu Krista felna, kan felna tura puhtluk taka chu a ni, chu chuan keimahniah a thlarauvin a thawk thei a ni.

¹⁵Galatia 2:20.

¹⁶Mathaia 10:20.

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Rinna kan tih hian, rilrua pai tur fiahtak a awm a, Rinna (believe) chi hi rinna (faith) atangin a danglam daih a. Pathian thiltihtheihna, nunna leh A thu diktak te chu thil dik. Setana leh a hote pawhin thinlung taka an phat theih loh chu a ni. Bible chuan, “Ramhuaite pawhin an ring a, an khur thin a sin,“17 a ti a. Heihi chu rinna a ni lo. Pathian thuah chuan rinna chauh chu a awm a ni loa, duhthlanna, A hnena inpekluhna a awm bawk a ni; thinlungte chu A hnenah lo pe nghetin, duhnate chu Amaha dah ngheha a lo awm hian—chu ngei chu rinna a ni—rinna, hmangaihnaa thawh chu, chu ngei chuan rilru chu a tithianghlim a ni. He rinna zarah hian thinlung chu Pathian anpuia tihthar a lo ni. Thinlung tihthar loh chu Pathian dan hnuaiah a awm lo va; tin, awm pawh a awm thei a ni hek lo: tunah erawh hi chuan Lalpa dan thianghlimah chuan a lawm ta zawk a, tichuan, Sam phuahtu angin, “Aw i dan hi ka va ngaina em. Nilengin ka ngaihtuah thin a ni,“18 i lo ti ve ta hial thin a ni. Dan felna chu keimahni, “Tisa dana awm lova, Thlarau dana awm zawkte,“19 hnenah chuan tihfamkim a lo ni a.

Krista ngaihdamna hrethiama Pathian fate nih duk tak zet si, an awmdan famkim lohzia leh an nundan diklohzia hrethiam te an awm a, chutichuan an thinlungte chu Thlarau Thianghlimin a tihthar a ni tih an ringhlel mai thin a. Chutiang mi hnenah chuan, “Beidawng mai suh,” ka ti duh a ni. Kan tlinlohnate leh kan diklohnate avangin Isua ke bula tapa kun fo tur kan ni a; nimahsela, kan beidawng mai tur a ni lo. Hmelmain min hneh lai pawh hian, Pathian hnar leh theihnghilha, paihchhuah tak mai kan ni lo. Kan ni awzawng lo mai; Krista chu Pathian dinglamah kan tana min ngensakin A awm a ni. Hmangaih Johana chuan, “Thil in tihsual loh nan heng thu hi in hnenah ka ziak a nih hi. Tin, tupawhin thil a tihsual chuan, Pa hnena min sawipuitu, Isua Krista mi fel chu, kan nei e,“20 a ti a. Tichuan, “Pa ngeiin A hmangaih si che u a.”21 Isuan A tih hi theihnghilh reng reng suh. A hnena awmtir che A duhin, A thianghlimna chu nangmaha lantir A duh a ni. I duh chuan A hnenah in pe rawh, nangmaha hna thawk tantu chuan Isua Krista lokal hun thlengin a hruai’ zel ang che. Thahnemngai zual zawkin tawngtai la; nasa deuhvin ring tlat rawh. Keimahni thiltihtheihna kan rin tak loh avangin, kan Chhandamtu thiltihtheihna chu i ring nghet ang u khai, Ani kan hriselna chu i fak ang. [51]

Isua chu i hnaih zawh poh leh, diklohna chu i mitah a lo lang chiang mai ang; i thilhmuh dan chu a lochiang zawk ang a, i famkimlohnate chu A awmdan famkimah chuan chiang taka hmuh a lo ni tawh ang. Heng te hi Setana bumnate chuan an thiltihtheihna an hloh tawh tih lanchianna chu a ni; chutichuan Pathian Thlarau chuan a lo chawktho ta che a ni.

Mahni sualzia hre lote thinlungah chuan Isua tana hmangaihna thuktak chu a awm thei lo. Rilru, Krista khawngaihnain a tihdanglam tawh chuan Pathian nungchang chu a ngaina ang a; nimahsela, keimahni nundan mawilohna kan hmuh loh chuan Krista mawina leh thatna kan la nei lo a ni tih a langchiang a ni.

Inngaihhlutna kan neih tlem zawh poh leh, kan Chhandamtu thianghlimna leh duhawmna chu kan ngaihlu mai a. Kan sualzia hmuhna chuan min ngaidam theitu hnen lamah chuan min kaltir a; tin, rilru hian tanpui a ngaihzia a hriatchhuah chuan, Krista hnen a thlen a, thiltihtheihnain Ani chu A lointilang bawk ang. A hnenah leh Pathian thu lama hruai kan ngaihzia kan hriat zawh poh leh, A nungchang chu kan ngaisang ang a, A awmdan chu kan ngai ropui zual deuh deuh ang.

Aw Khawngaihtu Min Kalsan Tawh Suh

Aw khawngaihtu mi kalsan tawh suh,
Nangmahah ka thla chau a chawi ang,
Ka pe kir ang che ka nun bat chu,
Tin, i thuknaah a luang ang,
Ngahin a khat zual ang.

Aw eng, ram tinah mi en fo la,
Ka meichher chuai hi ka pe ang che,
Ka eng puk chu ka rul leh ang chia,
Tin, I ni eng ah ka awm ang,
A eng leh zual fovang.

Aw, lawmna, tuarna, kei mi zawngtu,
Thinlung ka khar hnan thei lovang che;
Khawdura chhimbal a zam angin,
Hrehawmin I thutiam ka hria,
Tah loh tluk a ni ang.

Aw kraws, keima hma a awm fo chu,
Ka tlansan duh tawp lovang che;
Ka phum ang—damlai ropuina chu,
Lei pangpar a to chhuak ang chu
Kumkhaw nun a ni ang. [52] [53]

Bung 8—Krista A Thanlenna

Thinlung danglamna vanga, Pathian fate kan lonihna hi, Bible chuan piantharna a vuah a. Loneituina chi tha a theh tiak hlim nen chuan tehkhin a ni leh bawk a. Chutiang bawkin Kristaa loinlet tawhte chu, Krista Isuaa nutling patlinga “thang lian” tur, “nausen piang thar”¹ ang chu an ni. Anih loh leh, chi tha theh, lothang lian a, rah rawn chhuah tur ang chu a ni. Isaia chuan, “Anni chu chawimawia an awmna turin, felna thing, Lalpa phunte,“² tia vuah an ni ang a ti a. Chutichuan thlarau lam nundan thurukte chu kan hriat fiah theih nan khawvel thil nunna atangte chuan tehkhinna siam a ni.

Mihring thiamna leh finna zawng zawng te hian khawvela thil te ber chungah pawh nunna an siam thei lo. Pathian ngeiin nunna A pek vang chauh khan a ni thlai te leh rannung te pawh hi an nun theih ni. Chutichuan, Pathian hnen atanga nunna avang chauh chuan a ni thlarau lam nunna chu mihringte rilrua a pian thin ni. Mihring chu, “a pian thar”³ chauh loh chuan, Kristain nunna pek A tum changtu a ni thei lo ang.

Nunna a awm agin, thanna pawh a awm a. Pangpar kuhmum tivultu leh, a par tirahtu chu Pathian a ni. Ama thiltihtheihnaah bawk hian buh chi pawh hi a lo thanglian a, “A tir berah a kung, chu mi hnuah chuan a vui; tin, chu mi hnu lehah a vuiah chuan buh fang pum chu.”⁴ Zawlnei Hosea chuan Israela chu “Tuktinpar angin a thang ang a,” tin “Buh ang chuan an chawr ang a, grep hrui angin an thang ang,“⁵ a ti. Tin, Isuan, “Tuktinpar thanzia hi ngaihtuah rawh u,“⁶ min ti bawk. Thlaite leh pangparte hi anmahni duh ang leh chak angin an thang lova, Pathianin an nunna tura A pek an dawn ang zia zelin an thang zawk a ni. Naupangin ama duh thuin emaw ama theihna ve hrim hrimin emaw a intisang chuang thei lova. Nangni pawhin in chaknain emaw, in beihvakna vangin emaw, thlaraulam thanna chu in chang thei chuang lo. Thlaite leh naupangte hi an vela nunna petu boruak te, ni eng te, chaw te hmuin an lo thang a. Krista chu Amah ringtute tan chuan rannungte leh thlaite hnena heng khawvel thilthlawnpek ang hi a ni. Ani chu an “Kumkhaw entu,” leh an “ni leh phaw,“⁷ a ni si a. “Israel tan dai fim

¹Petera 2:2, ; Ephesi 4:15.

²Isaia 61:3.

³Johana 3:3 (margin).

⁴Marka 4-28

⁵Hosea 14:5, 7.

⁶Luka 12: 2

⁷Isaia 6 0:19; Sam: 84:11.

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tla ang,“⁸ a ni ang a, tin, “Ani chu hlobet rawtna chunga ruah tia angin a tia ang.” Ani chu tuinung, “Pathian chhang ... Van atanga lochhuka, khawvel hnena nun petu hi,“⁹ a ni.

Boruakin khawvel hi a hual vel ang chiahin, Pathian chuan, A Fapaa thilthlawn pek chhiar senloh chuan, khawvel pumpui hi khawngaihna boruak chuan a hual vel a. Tupawh he nunna boruak hip duh apiang chu an nung ang a, tichuan Krista Isuaa nutling patling ni turin an thang lian ang.

Pangparin ni lam a hawi a, tichuan nizung eng takin a mawina leh a par dan tur tawk a lotanpui thei ang khan, keini pawhin Felna Ni lam chu kan hawi ang a, van enna chuan min rawn en ang a, tichuan kan nungchang chu Krista angin a thang lian ang.

Isuan, “Keimahah awm reng rawh u, kei pawh nangmahniah ka awm reng ang. Peng chu, grep hruia a awm reng loh chuan amahin a rah thei lo ang bawkin, nangni pawh keimaha in awm reng loh chuan, in rah thei lo ang ... keimah lovin engmah in ti thei si lo,“¹⁰ A tih hian he thu bawk hi A zirtir a ni. Thingzarin rah a chhuahna tur leh a thanna turin a kungpui a ring ang bawkin, nundan thianghlima nung tur chuan Krista chunga innghat tur i ni e. Pathian hnen ata i kal hranin, nang chuan nunna i nei lo. Thlemna do turin emaw, khawngaihna leh thianghlimnaa thang turin emaw thiltihtheihna i nei bawk hek lo. Amahah chuan awm reng la, tichuan i thang lian ang. Amaha i awm reng chuan, vuai leh rah chhuah loin i awmlo anga. Lui tui awm rengna a thing phun ang i lo ni ang.

Mi tamtak chuan thil thenkhat chu anmahni maia tih turah an ruat thin. Sual ngaihdam nan Krista chu an ring tawh na a, nimahsela, anmahni theihnaa awm that an tum leh si thin. Chutianga beihna zawng zawngte chu a hlawhtling lo ang. Isuan, “Keimah lovin engmah in ti thei si lo,” a ti a. Khawngaihnaa kan thannate, kan hlimna te leh kan hmantlakna zawng zawng te hi, Krista nena kan inzawmna chungah chuan a innghat vek a ni. Amah nen englai pawha kan inzawmna leh Amaha kan chen rengna hi khawngaihnaa kan than lenna tur chu a ni. Ani chu kan rinna bul tantu mai a ni loa, A ti zotu a ni bawk si a. Krista chu A hmasaber leh A hnuhnungber leh engllaipawha thawktu chu a

⁸Hosea 14:5; Sam 72:6.

⁹Johana 6:33.

¹⁰Johana 15:4, 5

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ni. Ani chu kan tihtur tannaah leh a tawpnaa awm chauh tur A ni lova, kan kawnga kan ke pen tinrengah awm tur a ni. Davida chuan, “Lalpa chu ka hmaah ka awmtir fo a; ka ding lama a awm avngin ka nghing lo ang,“¹¹ a ti.

“Engtinnge Krista hnena ka chen ang?” tiin i zawt em ni? A hmasaa Amah i pawm dan ang bawk khan. “Krista Isua Lalpa chu, in lawm ang bawk khan, Amahan chuan awm rawh u.” “Mifel chu rinnain a nung ang,“¹² tih a ni. Pathian hnenah chuan A ta ni tur leh A rawngbawla, Ama thuawih tur chuan i inpe ta a; tichuan, Krista chu i Chhandamtuah i nei ta a ni. Nang chuan i sualnate chu i tlanchhuak (atone) thei tawh lo in i thinlung i tidang lam thei bawk hek lo. Nimahsela, Pathian hnena mahni inpein, Krista zarah chuan heng zawng zawng hi i tan A ti a ni tih i ring ta a ni. Rinnain Krista ta i ni a, tin, rinnain Amaha thang lian tur i ni—lak leh pekin. Engkim—i thinlung te, i duhthlanna te, i rawngbawlna te, i pe vek tur i ni a, A duhzawng apiang zawm turin Ama hnenah inpe la; Krista, malsawmnaa khat chu, i thinlunga cheng tur leh i chakna leh i felna leh i chatuan tanpuitu ni turin i nei ngei ngei tur a ni,—Ani chuan thuawih tura thiltihtheihna chu A pe ang che.

Zingah Pathian hnenah inhlan thin la; chu chu i hnathawh hmasa berah nei ang che. I tawngtaina chu, “Aw Lalpa, nangma ta liau liau ni turin mi la ang che. Ka tumna zawng zawng te chu i ke bulah ka rawn nghat e. Mi awmpui la, ka hna zawng zawng chu nangmahah tihin awm rawh se,” tih hi ni se. Heihi ni tina tih tur a ni. Tuk tin, chumi ni atan chuan Pathian hnenah indahhrang ang che. I tumna zawng zawng chu Ama hnenah hian vek la, A enkawlnadanin a kawhhmuh che angin, bansan tur a tih chu bansan la, tihzel tur a tih chu ti zel rawh. Chutiang chuan ni tinin Pathian kutah i nunna pein i awm thei ang a, tichuan i nundan chuan Krista nundan a lo ang deuh deuh ang.

Kristaa nun hi nundan hahdam tak a ni. Hlim hlea inhriatna chu a awm kher lo a ni thei a; mahse, thlamuanawm taka rinna a awm a ni. I beiseina chu nangmahah a ni lo a; Kristaah a ni zawk. I chaklohna chu A chakna nen a inzawm a, i atna chu A finna nen, I theihlohna chu A theihna ropui nen. Chutichuan mahni inen tur i ni lo a, rilru pawh chu mahni chunga chen tir tur a ni hek lo, Krista en zawk tur a ni. Rilru chu A hmangaihna ah te, A mawina ah te leh A awmdan famkim ahte chuan chen tir

¹¹Sam 168.

¹²Kolossa 2:6; Herai 10:38.

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la. Krista mahni inphatnate, Krista inngaihtlawmnate, Krista thianghlimnate leh Krista hmangaihna chhiarsenlohte hi a ni rilru ngaihtuah ber tur chu. Amah hmangaiha, Amah entawna, Ama chunga in nghat vekin a ni Amah anpuia tihdanglama i awm dawn ni.

Isuan, “Keimahah awm reng rawh u,” a ti a. Heng thute hian chawlh suangtuahna te, nghehna te leh rinnghehna te a rawn thlen a. “Ka hnenah lokal ula ... tin, ka chawlhtir ang che u,“¹³ tiin A sawm leh a. Sam phuahtu thute chuan, chu thu bawk chu a sawichhuak, “Lalpaah chuan chawi la, Amah chu nghak fan fan rawh,” tiin. Isaia chuan, “Muang taka awmnaah leh ring taka awmnaah hian in chakna a awm ang,“¹⁴ a ti a. He chawlhna hi awm hle hlea hmuhchhuah a ni lo a; Chhandamtu chawlhna tiam a min sawmna chu, thawk tura sawmna a ni bawk a ni: “Ka nghawngkawl bat ula, .. . chawlhna in hmu ang.”¹⁵ Thinlung, Krista hnena chawi tak tak kha chu Ama tana thawh thahnemngai ber leh taima ber a ni ang.

Rilru hi mahni chunga a chen chuan Krista, chakna leh nunna bulpui chu a hawisan a ni. Chhandamtu ngaihven ngunna hruai bo hi Setana thil tum fo chu a ni a, hetiang kawnga rilruin Krista a pawlna leh a zawmna chu a dal theih nan. Khawvel nawmsaknate, damchhung khawsak ngaihtuahnate, lungngaihnate, midang diklohnate emaw, nangma diklohnate ngei leh famkimlohnate a engah emaw, a nih loh leh heng zawng zawngahte hian rilru tihkawihna Setana chuan a zawng ang. A tumnate chuan hruaisual che suh se. Mi tam tak, Pathian hriatna nei tak tak leh Pathian tana nun duh thin te pawh hi an diklohnate leh an chaklohnate ngaihtuah reng thin turin a hruai fo a, tichuan, Krista hnen atanga anmahni tihrangin, hnehtu nih a beisei thin a ni. Chhandam kan nih dawn leh dawn loh hlauhthawnnaah leh, chaknaah mahni hi thupuiberah kan insiam tur a ni lo. Heng zawng zawng te hian kan chakna Hnar atang chuan rilru a hruaibo thin ani. I rilru chu Pathian hnenah, hian la, Amah chu ring nghet rawh. Isua chanchin chu sawi la, ngaihtuah bawk rawh. Amahah chuan mahni hi tihboin awm rawh se. Rinhlelhna zawng zawng dah bo la; i hlauhnate chu bansan rawh. Tirhkoh angin, “Ka nung a ni; tin, keimah erawh chu ka ni tawh lo, Krista chu keimahah a A nung zawk a ni; tin, tuna tisa a ka nung hi rinaa nung ka ni—Pathian Fapa, mi hmangaiha ka aia

¹³Mathaia 11:28,29.

¹⁴sam 37:7; Isaia 30:15.

¹⁵Mathaia 11:29.

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inpetu, rinnaah chuan.”¹⁶ Pathianah chuan chawi hahdam la, A hnena ikawltir tawh chu A vawng him thei a ni. A kuta i indah chuan nangmah hmangaihtu zarah chuan hnehtu aia ropui zawkin A siam ang che.

Krista mihrinna chu hmangaihna hrui phelh theih rual loh, mihringin ama thua a phelh tih ngawt loh chuan, Ama hnenah chuan A phuartlat a. Setana chuan he phuarna hi tichat tur leh Krista hnen atanga min tihrang turin englai pawhin min thlem reng a ni. Hetah hian a ni kan ngaihvena, kan beiha, kan tawngtai a tui ni, chutichuan hotu dang thlang tura engmahin min bum theih loh nan; englai pawhin duh kan thlang thei si a. Nimahsela, Krista lam chu i en reng ang u khai, Ani chuan min vawnghim dawn nia. Isua en hi kan himna a ni. A kut ata chu engmahin min tithlawn thei bawk hek lo ang. Amah chu en rengin, “Ropuina atanga ropui zelin, chu mi anpui ngeia awm turin tihdanglamin kan awm thin.”¹⁷

Chutiang chuan a ni zirtirte chuan Chhandamtu duhawmtak anna chu an neih ni. Chung zirtirte chuan Isua thute an hriatin Amah an mamawhzia chu an hria a. An zawnga, an hmuchhuaka; tin, Amah an zui ta a ni. Inahte, chawkilnaah te, pindan chhungrilah te leh loah te A hnenah chuan an awm ta zel a. Zirtirtu kianga zirtu angin A hnenah chuan an awm a, ni tin, A ka atang chuan thutak thianghlim zir tur chu an dawng reng bawk a. Rawngbawltuten an pu an en angin, an tihtur zirturin Ani chu an en a. Chung zirtirte pawh chu “keimahni nungchang ang pu mihring bawk”¹⁸ an ni a. Sual do tur thuhmun bawk hi an nei a. Nundan thianghlima nung turin khawngaihna thuhmun bawk hi an mamawh a ni.

Zirtir, hmangaih Johana, Chhandamtu ang ber pawh khan nungchang mawi pianpui a nei bik lo. Ropui duh mi leh mahni intihchallan duh mi chauh pawh a ni lova, tihluih hmang mi leh thinrim hmang mi a ni zawk bawk. Nimahsela, Pathian nungchang chu amaha tihlan a lo nih zet chuan, ama tlinlohna a hmu thiam ta a, tin, chu hriatna chuan a dahhniam ta a ni. Chakna leh dawhtheihna, thiltihtheihna leh nunnemna, lalna leh inngaihtlawmna, Pathian Fapa nitin nundana a hmuh chuan, a rilru chu fakna leh hmangaihnain a lo khat ta a ni. Ni tin a thinlung chu Krista lama hipin a awm a, A Hotu a hmangaihna avanga mahni

¹⁶Galatia 2:20.

¹⁷2 korinth 3:18

¹⁸Jacoa 5:17.

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a lo intheihnghilh thlengin. A huatthuchhiatzia leh a tumsannate chu, Krista thiltihtheihnaah chuan pekluh a lo ni ta a. Tlharau pianthartirtu chuan a thinlung a tithar ta a. Krista hmangaihnaa thiltihtheihna chuan nungchang danglamna a rawn thlen ta a ni. Heihi Isua nena inzawmna rah ngei chu a ni. Krista chu thinlunga a chen hian, awmze pianpui chu a tidanglam thin. Krista Thlarau, A hmangaihna chuan thinlung a ti nem a, rilru a hneh a ngaihtuahnate a titho in Pathian leh van lamte a duhtir thin.

Krista chu vana A chhoh tawh pawhin, A awmzel a ni tih hriatna chu, A zuitute hnenah a zawm zel a. Ama awmna chu a ni hmangaihna leh ennaa khat chu. Isua, Chhandamtu, anmahni kal puia, titi puia tawngtai puitu; beiseina leh thlamuanna thu an thinlunga sawitu chuan muanna thuchah A sawi laia an hnen ata vana hruaichhohva a awm lai a, vantirhkohten chhumzinga Amah an rawn hmuah lai khan, A aw ri chu an hnenah a lo thleng ta a. “Ngai teh u. kei kumkhuain, khawvel tawp thleng pawhin, in hnenah ka awm zel ang.”¹⁹ tih hi. Ani chu mihring taksa ang puin vanah A chho ta. Pathian lalthutphah hmaah chuan an Thian leh Chhandamtu ni fawmin A awm tih an hria; A tuarpuinate chu a danglam chuang loa, mihring tuarnate chu A la hriatpui reng nghe nghe. Pathian hmaah chuan A thisen hlutak thatna chu pein, A kut leh A kea hliamte chu entirchung siin A tlansate tana man A pek tak chu hre rengin A awm ta a ni. An tan hmunte han siam turin vanah A chhota a. Ama hnena anmahni la turin A lokal leh dawn tih pawh an hria.

Isuan van A lawn hnua an intawhkhawm leh chuan, Pa hnena Isua hminga thil dil chu an chak hle a. Thinlung taka tawngtaiin an kun a, “Pa hnenah engpawh in dil chuan, keima hmingin A pe ang che u. Tun thlengin ka hmingin engmah in la dil lo; dil rawh u, tichuan in hmu ang, in lawm a kimna turin,“²⁰ tih thutiam hi an sawi rual a. Rinna ban chu thufing thiltithei, “Thia kha Krista Isua chu a ni si a; a ni, tho leh ta zawka, Pathian ding lama awma, min sawisaktu bawka kha a ni,“²¹ tih hian an tisei deuh deuh a. Tin, Pentikost chuan Tlilamuantu, Kristain, “Nangmahniah a awm reng dawn a ni,” a tih kha a rawn thlen ta a. Tin. A sawi zel a, “Ka kal in tan a tha e; ka kal loh chuan, Thlamuantu chu in hnenah a lo thleng dawn si lo, ka kal erawh chuan in hnenah ka rawn tir ang,“²² a ti a. Chutachin chu Krista chu

¹⁹Mathaia 28:20.

²⁰Johana 16:23, 24.

²¹Rom. 8:34.

²²Johana 14:17; 16:7.

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A fate thinlungah Thlarauvin A awm ta reng a ni. Amah nena an inzawmna chu an hnena mihring a nih lai a an zawmna ai khan a tha ta zawk. Krista enna, hmangaihna leh thiltihtheihna chu anmahniah a lo engchhuak ta a, tichuan miten an hmuhin, “mak an ti hle a; Isua hnenah an awm tawh till an hre ta a.”²³

A zirtirte hnena Krista nihna zawng zawng kha, vawiinah hian A fate hnenah nih ve pawh A dull a ni. A zirtir tlemte A vela an lokal khawm a, A tawngtaina hnuhnungherah khan, Ani chuan, “Heng hote tan chauh hian ngen sak ka ni loa, an thu avanga kei mi la ring turte tan pawh ngensak ka ni bawk e,“²⁴ a ti.

Isua kan tan A tawngtaiin, Pa nen pumkhat an nih ang bawka, Amah nen pumkhat kan nih theih nan A ngen a ni. Heihi eng inpumkhatna nge ni le! Chhandamtu chuan Ama chungchangah chuan “Fapa chuan Amahin engmah A ti thei lo.” “Pa keimaha awm chuan A thil A ti zawk thin a ni,“²⁵ a ti. Krista chu kan thinlunga A chen chuan, keimahniah “A duhzawng till tum tur leh bei turin,“²⁶ A thawk ang a; Thlarau thuhmun hawk chu kan tilang ang. Chutiangchuan, Amah hmangaih leh Amaha chengin, “Engkimah Amahah kan thang lian thei zawk ang; Amah chu Lu a ni, Krista chu.”²⁷

Khumtirna

Isua liming i fak ang u.
Angel chawimawi a chu;
Lalber lukhum la chhuak ula,
Khumtirin, Lalber khumtir rawh u.

Adama thlah an tihdam hi,
Tlu, a tlanchhuahte chu;
A khawngaihin a chhan che u hi;
Khumtirin, Lalber khumtir rawh u.

Khawvel a mi zetinreng a,
Chitin awm bawk te u.
Chawiniawina zawng zawng pe ula;
Khumtirin, Lalber khumtir rawh u.

Khita van ho thianghlim nen khian,
Amah chawimawi ka duh;
An chatuan hla sak pui ve nan:
Khumtirin, Lalber khumtir rawh u.

²³Tirhkohte 4:13.

²⁴Johana 17:20.

²⁵Johana 5:19; 14:10.

²⁶Phillpi 2:13

²⁷Ephesi 4:15.

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Bung 9—Hnathawh Leh Nunna

Khawvel leh thilsiam zawng zawng tan hian Pathian chu nunna te, enna te leh hlimna bulpui a ni. Ni atanga nizung ennate ang leh, tui hnanei atanga lui tui luang hiau hiau angin, malsawmnate chu Pathian hnen atangin A thilsiam tinreng hnenah chuan a lo luangchhuak thin. Pathian nunna, mihringte thinlunga a awmnaah tawh phawt chuan, hmangaihna leh malsawmnain rui dangte hnenah a luangchhuak ve ang.

Kan Chhandamtu lawmzawng chu, tlu tawhte kaihthawh leh tlanchhuah hi a ni. Chumi atan chuan A nunna pawh A ngai hlu lova, kros chu tuarin zahna chu A hmusit ta zawk a ni. Chutichuan, vantirhkohte pawh midangte hlimna tiin an tui reng thin. Chu chu an hlimna a ni si a. Mahni hmasial thinlungten zahthlak leh tlawm thlaka an ngaih, mi retheite leh nihna kawng tinrenga hnuaihnung zawkte rawngbawl chu, vantirhkoh sualna nei lote hnathawh chu a ni. Krista, mahni inhlantu hmangaihna rilru chu a ni vanram tikhattu chu; tin, an hlimna chhanber pawh a ni nghe nghe. Heihi Krista zuitute rilru neih tur leh an hnathawh tur chu a ni.

Krista hmangaihna chu, thinlunga vawn thianghlim a nih chuan, thil rimtui tak angin thuhruk theih a ni lo. Mi a thunun theihna thianghlim chu kan tawh apiangte hriat a lo ni thin. Thinlunga Krista thlarau chu, thlalera tui hna nei, engkim tithartu leh boral turte nunna tui in chak tirtu ang chu a ni.

Isua hmangaihna chu, Ama thawh ang, mihring malsawmna leh tundinna tur hnathawh chaknaah chuan tihlan a ni ang. Vana kan Pain thilsiam zawng zawng A ngaihsakzia lamah chuan hmangaihnaahte nunnemnaahte leh tuarpuinaahte chuan a hruai ang.

He leia chhandamtu nundan chu, nundan awlsam leh mahni tana inhmanna a ni lova, chawllo leh thahnemngai tak leh ning lovin mihring boral chhandamna tur chu A thawk zawk a ni. Ran chawpekna thleng atanga Kalvari tlang thlengin mahni inphatna kawng A zawh a, hna harsa zinna hrehawm takte leh nasa deuhva fimkhur a ngaihnaahte khan, awlna A zawng mai lova. Ani chuan, “Pathian Fapa chu rawngbawlsaka awm turin A lokal lova, rawng-bawl tur leh mi tamtak tlan nana A nun pe tur zawkin A lokal a ni,”¹ ati. Hehi A dam chhunga A tum ropuiber pakhat chu a ni.

¹Mathaia 20:28.

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Thil dang reng reng chu a ve chauh an ni. Pathian duhzawng tih leh A hnathawh zawh hi A chaw leh intur chu a ni. Mahni leh, mahni duhzawng chuan A hnaah chuan hmun leh him reng reng a nei lo.

Chutichuan, chung Krista khawngaihna changtute chuan, midang A thihchhan ve te pawh khan, van thil pek chu an chanve theih nan, tuar an peih reng a ni. An chenna khawvel chu an siam that deuh theih nan an tih theih apiang chu an ti ang. He rilru hi thlarau diktaka inlette than lenna langfiah tak chu a ni. Mi n Isua, thian hlutak a hmuchhuak ta tih midang hnena hrilh chakna a thinlunga a lopian tluka Krista hnena kal hma an awm lo. Chhandamna leh tihthianghlimna thutak chu a thinlungah kharhnan theih a ni loa, Krista felnaa thuam kan lo nih a, A Thlarau lawmnaa kan lo khah tawh si chuan, kan ngawi hle hie thei lo ang. Lalpa thatzia chu kan hmuha, kan tem tawh bawk si zawngin, thil engemaw sawi tur kan nei ang. Philipan Chhandamtu a hmu angin, A hnena awm ve turin midangte kan sawm ang. Krista mi hipna leh khawvel loawm leh tur hmuhtheihloh dikzia te chu midang hnenah pek ve kan tum ang. Isua kawng zawh tak kawng chu zawh chakna ropui tak a awm ang a. Kan kianga mite chuan “Pathian Beram No khawvel sual kalpuitu,” chu en ve se kan ti em em ang.

Midangte malsawmna tura beihna chu, kan chunga malsawmna a lo ni hlauh ang. Tlanna riruatsa tih tur min pek hi, Pathian tumna chu a ni reng a. Ani chuan mihringte chu Pathian awmdan latute nih theihna chanvo chu A phalsak diam a, tichuan, an mihrinpuite hnena malsawmna an thehdarh ve theih nan. Hei hi chawimawina sang ber leh lawmna ropui ber Pathianin mihringte hnena A pek theih chu a ni. Chung hmangaihna hna chanvo lochangtute chu an Siamtu hnaihber an ni.

Pathian chuan vana vantirhkohte hnenah Chanchin Tha thuchah leh hmangaih rawngbawlna hna zawng zawng hi A lo pe mai thei bawk a. A tum tipuitling tur chuan, mi dangte pawh A hmang mai thei a. Nimahsela. A hmangaihna tawp theilo chuan Amah nen, Krista nen, vantirhkohte nen thawkza tur chuan min thlang ta zawk a; tichuan, malsawmna te. lawmna te, leh thlarau lam chawisanna, he rawngbawlna hmasiallo rahte hi kan chan ve theih nan. [63]

A tuarnate tawmpui a zarah Krista tuarpui theiin kan awm a. Mi dangte thatna tura tuarna chuan, a petu thinlungah duhsakna rilru chu a ti lianin khawvel Tlantu nen chuan amah chu a tanduntir bawk a. Ani chu, “A retheihna avanga in lo hausak theihna turin hausa mahsela nangmahni avang ngeiin a lo retheih tak kha, in hre si a.” Chutianga thilsiamah Pathianin min siamna chhan kan tihpuitlin chauh chuan a ni nunna chu kan tan malsawmna a nih theih ni.

Kristain A zuitute thawh tur A ruat ang, A tana thlarau hneh tura i thawh dawn chuan, Pathian thila hriatna thuk zawk leh finna ropui zawk i mamawhzia chu i hria ang a, felnaah chuan i riltamin i tui hal ang. Pathian hnenah i dil ang a, i rinna chu tihchakin a lo awm ang a, chhandamna tuikhura finna thuk zawk chu i in ang. Kalhna leh harsatnate chuan Bible chhiar tur leh tawngtai turin a hruai ang che. Krista khawngaihna leh hriatnaah i thang lian ang a, hriatna lamah i lo hausa bawk ang.

Midang tana mahni hmasial lova thawhrimna chuan thuknate, nghehnate leh Krista anna nungchang mawinate a rawn siam a, a changtu hnenah chuan muanna leh hlimna a rawn thlen bawk thin. Duhna nghette chu chawisanin an awm a. Thatchhiatna emaw mahni hmasialna hmun emaw a awm hek lo. Krista khawngaihnaa mi lo insawizawite chu an thang ang a, Pathian tana thawk turin an lo chak ang. Thlarau lam hriatchian theihnate, rin nghehnate leh tawngtaia thiltihtheihna zawkte an nei ang. Pathian Thlarau chu an thlarauvah chein, Pathian kohna chhang turin rilru inremna thianghlim chu a cho chhuak bawk ang. Midangte thatna tura mahni hmasiallo hnaa inpete chuan an chhandamna an thawkchhuak ber zawk a ni.

Khawngaihnaa thanna kawng chauh chu Kristain kan tana tihtur A siam kha chak vaklo chung pawha mahni theih tawka kan tanpui theih apiangte tanpui leh malsawm hi a ni. Chakna hi insawizawina avangin a lo awm a, zamthatna erawh hi chu nunna awmdan a ni. Khawngaihna azara malsawmna lothleng dawnga, Krista tana engmah tih tum si lo a, Kristian nundan neih ve tumtute chu hnathawk lova ei ngawta nun turn ang chu an ni. He khawvel awmdan ang bawkin thlarau lam awmdanah pawh hian a rah chu hniamna leh zawi zawia boralna a ni. Mi insawizawi ngailo emaw hnathawk ngailo emaw chuan a chaknate chu a hlauh thuai ang. [64] [65]

Krista kohhran chu mihringte chhandam nana Pathian ruatsa a ni. A tihtur chu khawvel mi hnena chanchin Tha puandarh hi a ni. Chanchin Tha puandarh hi Kristian zawng zawngte tihtur a ni a. Mi tin chu, an talent neih ang leh an hun remchang neih ang zelin, Chhandamtu thil ruat tikimtute an ni. Krista hmangaihna, kan hnena tihlan chuan, Amah la hrelo zawng zawngte hnena leibaah min siam a. Pathian chuan enna kan ta tur chauh ni lo, midangte entir tur min pe ta zawk a ni. Krista zuituten an tihtur hria selang chuan tunlai ram thima Chanchin Tha hriltu pakhat chauh awmnaah hian sang tamtak an awm ang. Chutiang hnathawk ve thei lo zawng zawngte pawhin an theih ang zawng, an tuarpuina leh an tawngtainatein an tanpui thei cheu ang. Kristianna ramahte chuan thlarau tana tlawmngai zawka thawhrimna a awm tho bawk.

Inlama kan tihtur a awm bawk chuan, Krista tana thawk tura ram thima kal emaw, in chhuahsan emaw a tui kher lo ang. Chung ang hna chu mahni inlamahte, mahni kohhranahte, kan mi tawh thin zingahte leh kan thawhpui zingahte kan ti thei bawk a ni.

Kan Chhandamtu leia A awm chhunga A hun tam zawk chu, Nazareth khuaa thingrem siamna dawrah rim taka hmanral a ni a. Vantirhkohte chuan Nunna Lalpa chu hlothlotute leh inhlawhfate hnena A kal laite leh, mi hriat loh leh mi zah lova A awm laite pawh chuan an awmpui reng a. A hna tlawmtak A thawh lai pawhin, damlote A tihdam lai leh Galili dil chunga kea A kal laite pawh khan A rawn kal chhan chu rinawm takin A tikim zel a ni. Chutichuam, hna tlawm ber leh hmun hniam bera kan awm pawh hian Isua chu kan awmpuiin kan thawhpui thei.

Tirhkoh chuan, “Mi tin kohva in awm laia in chan pangngaiah chuan Pathian hnenah awm reng rawh u,”² a ti a. Mahni hnathawktu pawhin a hna chu a rinawmna avangin a Pu tiropui tur kawngin a thawk thei a. Krista zuitu tak tak a nih chuan a sakhua chu a thiltih a piangah a hmang ang a. mite hnenah Krista rilru a tilang ang. Khawlathawk mi chu Galili tlang vela nundan hniam tak zinga Hnathawk rim em em. aiawhtu taima tak leh rinawm tak a ni thei. Tupawh Krista hming lam tawh phawt chuan, A hnathawh thate hmuin, an Siamtu leh Tlantu ropuina lama midangte an hruai theih nan an thawk tur a ni.

²1 Korinth 7:24.

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Mi tamtak chuan, midangten ropui zawkna leh hlawkna tha zawk an neih avangin Krista rawngbawl turin chhuanlam an siam thin. Hnathawk tura talent nei bikte chauh Pathian rawngbawl nan an theihnate hian turah ngaihna a awm thin a. Mi tamtakin. mi duhsak bik thenkhatte hnenah chauh talent pek a ni a, mi dang chu hnathawk tur emaw, lawmman hmu tur emawa koh ve lohte ni bik awm ta luaa hriatnate a awm thin a. Tehkhin thuah chuan chutiang zawng a ni lo va. In neitupain a rawngbawltute a kohvin, mi tin hnenah an thawh tur theuh a pe zawk a ni.

Hmangaihna rilru puin damchhung tihtura hniamber pawh hi “Lalpa tan,”³ kan thawk thei a ni. Thinlunga Pathian hmangaihna a awm chuan, nunnaah hian a lang chhuak ang. Krista rimtuina chuan min hual vel ang a, kan hu chuan a chawisangin. mai a sawm ang.

Pathian hnathawk tura i kal hmain hun ropui emaw, thil-tihtheihna mak bik emaw nghak tur i ni lo. Khawvelin an ngaihdan tur che i ngaihtuah a tui hek lo. I nitin nundan chu thianghlimna leh i rinna duhawm tak entirna a nih phawt a, midangte hlawkna tur i duhpuiziate i hriatchian tir bawk chuan i beihna chu a thlawn maiin a bo lo ang.

Isua zuitute zinga tlawm ber leh rethei ber pawh hi midang tan malsawmna an ni thei. Thil tha tak bik an ti a ni tih an hre kher lo thei a, mahse an hriat loh hlana an hu khan malsawmna zau zawk leh thuk zawk a lo siam tan thei a, chung malsawmna rahte chu lawmman pekna ni thlen hma loh chuan an hre kher lo thei. Thil ropui tak an ti tih pawh an hre lo va. An hlawhtlinna anni ngaihtuah buai ruai a tui hek lo. Ngawirenga Pathianin tihtur a ruat erawh chu rinawm taka tihtur an nei a; tichuan an nunna chu a thlawn a ni lo mai thin. An rilru chu Krista annaah chuan a thang lian deuh deuh ang a; he damchhung la laa Pathian nena thawkduntu an lo ni ang a, chutiang hnasang zawk leh nunna lo thleng tura hlimna thup rualloh atan chuan tihtlin an ni ang.

³Kolosa 3:23.

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Bung 10—Pathian Hriatna

Pathianin Amah kan hnena inhriattir A turn dan leh Amah nena kan inzawmna tur kawngte chu a tam mai a. Leilung awmdanin kan hriattheihnaahte hian thu a han sawi reng a. Pathian kutchhuakin a tihlan angin, thinlung loinhawng chu A hmangaihna leh ropuinain a hneh hle ang. Benga ngaithlatu chuan khawvel thil atangte hian Pathian nena inzawmna chu a hre theiin a hrethiam thei ang. Hnim hring dupte, thing sang pui puite, pangpar kuhmumte leh pangparte, chhum kal dual dualte, ruah surte, luite luang ri her herte leh van ropuinate chuan thinlungah thu an rawn sawiin, Pathian, heng zawng zawng Siamtu nena in hrechiang turin min sawm bawk a ni.

Kan Chhandamtu chuan A zirtirna duhawm tak takte chu leilung thilahte A tilang a. Thingte, savate, kawrruama pangparte, tlangte, dilte leh van mawi tak takte, nitin nundana thil loawmte leh kan vela thilte hian thutak thute chu an zawmkhawm vek a; tichuan mihring thawhrimnaa buaina zingah pawh hian A zirtimate chu rilruah a hriat nawn leh theih thin.

Pathian chuan A fate chu A hnathawhte leh kan chenna lei A cheimawi sa diam, mawina leh thilmawltea lawmnate hi ngaihhlutna chang hria se A duh a ni. Ani chu mawina ngaina mi A ni a, chung zawng zawng ai chuan, pawnlama mi hiptheihna thilah chuan, nunchang mawina hi A ngaina ber a; khawngaihna pangpar chuai ngailo, thianghlimna leh mawina chu ching turin min duh a ni.

Kan ngaihtuah duh phawt chuan Pathian thilsiamte hian thuawihna leh rinnghehna zirtur hlu tak tak min zirtir ang. Arsite chu hmanlai ata tawh van zau puia an kawng bik tura ruatah chuan an la kal dual dual a, a lian ber atanga a te ber thlengin, khawvel thilte chuan Siamtu duhzawng an zawm a ni. Pathian chuan engkim chu A ngaihsakin, A thilsiam tinrengte A enkawl thin, Ani boruak zaupuia khawvel chhiarsen loh enkawltu chuan, chawngzawng buang te tak te hiau lova a hramdan mawltaka hram ve thin duhzawng te pawh A ngaihsak ve tho si a ni. Mihringte chu an nitin hnathawhnaa an kal chhuah lai pawhin, an tawngtai lai ang bawkin; zana an mut hian leh zinga an thawh laiin; mi hausain a inropuia ruai a theh laiin emaw miretheiin a fate ei tur [68] [69] bengtla pawh nei mangsilova a khawm laite hian, vana Pathian chuan nguntakin A lo en thin a ni. Pathian hriat lohva mittui tlakna a awm lo va. A chhinchhiah lohva nuihna a awm hek lo.

Hei hi kan rin ngheh phawt chuan lungngaihna zawng zawng chu a bo vek ang. Kan nunnate chu tuna lungngaihnaa a khat ang hian a khat dawn tawh lo va; engkim mai hi, a lian emaw a te emaw, Pathian, manganna leh buaina chim phak rualloh kutah chuan dah vek a nih dawn tawh avangin. Tichuan thlarau chawlhhahdamna, mi tamtakin an pan thin chu kan chen tawh ang.

Lei mawinaa lawmna i neih chuan khawvel lo la awm tur, sualna leh thihna hriat ngai lohna ram chu ngaihtuah la; chu ram leilung awmdan chuan anchhe hlimthla reng reng pawh a pu dawn tawh si lo va. I mitthlain chhandamte in hmu sela, i suangtuahna fiahberin a suangtuah theih aia ropui zawk daih a ni tih hre reng la. Pathianin khawvel thila A thilthlawnpek chi tinrengahte hian A ropuina tlemte chauh kan hmu a. “Mita hmuh ngai loh, benga hriat ngai loh, mihring rilrua lut ngai lo, Pathianin A hmangaihte tan A buatsaih apiangte chu,”⁴ tih ziak ang zawk khan.

Hlaphuahthiam leh khawvel awmdan hretute chuan khawvel thilah hian sawi tur tamtak an nei a, mahse Krista hian a ni lei mawina ngaisang bera, nuam tiber chu, A pa hnathawh a ni tih A hriatchhuah avang leh pangparah te, thingbukah te leh thingah te A hmangaihna A hmuh avangin. Tumahin, kawrte leh mualte, luite leh tuipuite hi, Pathianin mihring A hmangaihzia entirna anga thlir lo chuan an ngaisang tak tak thei lo ang.

Pathian chuan A hnathawhte leh thinlung chhung A hnehtheihna Thlarauvin kan hnenah thu A rawn sawi thin a. Kari chunga thilloawmte leh min hualveltu, kan vela nitina danglam thinahte hian, hriatthiamna tura kan thinlungte a in hawn phawt chuan zirtur hlu tak takte kan hmuchhuak thei ang. Sam phuahtu chuan Pathian thil enkawl dan a chhuiin, “Leilung hi Lalpa ngilneihnain a khat a.” “Tupawh fing apiangin chungte chu an vawng tha ang a, Lalpa ngilneihnate an ngaihtuah ang.”⁵

Pathian chuan A thuin kan hnenah thu A rawn sawi a. Hetah hian A nungchang tihlannate, mihring zinga A chenziate leh

⁴1 Korinth 2:9.

⁵Sam 33:5; 107:43.

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tlanna hna ropui takte chu ziah tlar chiangtakin kan nei a. Hetah hian hotute, zawlneite leh hman laia mithianghlimte chanchin kan hmu thei. Mihring “keimahni nungchang ang pu bawk,“⁶ an ni. Kan harsatna anga harsatnate chu engtinnge an tawntlanga, thlemna kan tawh ang bawk hnuaiah engtinnge an tluk dante leh rilru pangngai pua Pathian khawngaihna zara an hneh leh theih tak dante kan hmu a; chung chu hmuin, felna lama kan beihhramna hian min tihuai a ni. Hriatna hlu tak pek an nih thute, ennate, hmangaihnate leh malsawmnate chen tur an nihziate, leh khawngaihna pek an nih avanga hna an thawh chanchinte, thlarau anmahnia thawk khan kan thinlunga inelna thianghlim a rawn chawhthawhziate leh an nungchang ang put chakna—anmahni anga Pathian nena inpawl chakna thute chu kan lo chhiar a.

Isuan Thuthlung Hlui chanchin leh Thuthlung Thar chanchin dik deuh deuh dan chanchin A sawiin, “Chung chu ka chanchin,” kan Tlantu, chatuan nun kan beiseina bulpui, “hriattirtu chu a ni si a,“⁷ a ti a. A ni ngei mai, Bible pumpui hian Krista chanchin a sawi reng a ni. Leilung siam tirh atanga A thutiam tawpna thlengin, “Thil siam zawng zawng hi Ama siam loh engmah a awm lo va,“⁸ “Ngai teh, ka lokal thuai dawn e,“⁹ tih thute leh A hnathawhte chu kan han chhiar hian Pathian aw chu kan ngaithla a ni. Chhandamtu belhchian i duh phawt zawngin Pathian Lehkhabu Thianghlimte zir ngun mai rawh.

Thinlung chu Pathian thuin tikhat la. Pathian thu chu tui nung, i dangro huam huam tirehtu a ni. Van atanga chhangnung chu a ni a. Isuan, “Mihring Fapa tisa in ei a, A thisen in in bawk loh chuan, nangmahniin nunna nei hek lo che u,” a ti a. Tin, Amah leh Amah insawifiah nan, “In hnena thu ka sawite hi thlarau a ni, nunna pawh a ni,“¹⁰ a ti bawk a. Kan taksate hi kan thil ei leh kan inte hian a siam a ni a; taksa inren dan ang bawk hi thlarau lam inren dan pawh a ni: chu chu a ni kan thlarau lam nundanah chakna petu tur kan ngaihtuah thin chu.

Tlanna thupui hi a ni vantirhkohten en an chak thin chu: chatuan chatuanin tlansate finna leh hla a ni ang. Tunah hian nguntaka ngaihtuah leh zir tlak a ni lo em ni? Isua zahngaihna leh hmangaihna tawp thei lo, kan tana thawinaa siam chuan ngaihtuahna khun ber leh urhsun ber a siam a. Kan Tlantu duhawm tak leh min dilsaktu nungchang chu kan ngaihtuah reng

⁶Jacoba 5:17.

⁷Johana 5:39.

⁸Johana 1:3.

⁹Thupuan 22:12.

¹⁰Johana 6:53, 63.

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tur a ni. Ama mite an sual atanga chhandam tura A lokal tak chhan chu kan ngaihtuah tur a ni. Chutia van thupui kan ngaihtuah chuan kan rinna leh hmangaihna chu a lo chak tial tial ang a, kan tawngtainate Pathian tan chhan tlak a lo ni zawk deuh deuh ang a, rinna leh hmangaihna a lo tel tam tulh tulh dawn avangin. Tin, fing tak leh thahnem ngai mi an ni bawk ang. Isua rinna nghet zawk a awm ang a; Amaha Pathian hnena lokal zawng zawngte chu a tawp khawk thlengin A chhandam thei a ni tih hriatna nung a awm bawk ang.

Chhandamtu famkimziate kan ngaihtuahin, kan puma tihdanglama awm leh A thianghlimna anga tihthara awm kan lo chak ang. Amah kan chawimawia, ang turin thlarauvah riltamna leh tuihalna a awm ang. Krista kan ngaihtuahna a tam zawh poh leh midangte hnenah A chanchin kan sawi tam mai ang a, khawvel hnenah Ama ai kan awh tam thei ang.

Bible hi lehkhathiam tan chauhva ziah a ni lo va, mi naran tana siam a ni zo mah a ni. Chhandam nana thutak ropui pawimawh chu chhun lai anga fiah a siam a ni a; mi’n Pathian duhzawng chiangtaka tihlan chu a zawm loh a, mahni ngaihdan a zawm tih chauh loh chuan tumah an dikloin an kal sual lo ang.

Mihring hriatna chu Pathian lehkhabu zirtimaah kan ngai tur a ni lo va, Pathian thu chu mahniin kan zir zawk tur a ni. Midangin kan tan ngaihtuah se kan tih chuan, chakna kebai leh theihna tlinglo kan nei ang. Rilru thiltihtheihna rinawm tak chu Pathian thu awmze thuk hrethiam tura ngaihtuahna tlakchhamna hian a ti te thei a ni. Bible a thu inzawmdante kan chhui kan chhui a, Pathian lehkhabu thu te leh Pathian lehkhabu thu te kan khaikhin a, thlarau lam thilte thlarau lam thiltea kan lo khaikhin hian rilru chu a lo zau telh telh thin.

Pathian Lehkhabu zir aia rilru tichak thei engmah a awm lo. Lehkhabu dang reng reng, Bible anga ngaihtuahnate tisang thei leh, rilru tichaka tizau thei leh tirinawm thei a awm lo. Pathian thu chu kan zir tur anga kan zir chuan, miten rilru zau, nungchang rinawm leh tumna nghet, tunlaia hmuh tur vang tak ang hi an nei ang.

Bible hmanhmawh taka chhiar chu hlawkna tlemte tih loh chu engmah hlep a awm lo. Miin Bible pumpui chhiar chhuak siin a mawina leh a thukzia leh a awmze inthup a hmu kher lo thei a. Bung tamtak tumna bulfuk nei mang silo leh zirtirna dik hrechhuak bawk si lo va chhiar zeng zeng ai chuan thu kam khat [73] a awmzia leh pawimawhna rilrua a chian hmalohva zir rih leh chhandamna thil riruat nena a inzawmdante a lanfiah kelh thlenga chhutngun chu a tha zawk a ni. I Bible keng zel la. Hunremchang i neih dan ang angin chhiar thin la, a chang chu i rilruah vawng reng ang che. Khawlai i len pawhin thu kam khat lek i chhiar thei a, i chhiar chu i ngaihtuahin i rilruah i dah reng thei bawk a ni.

Finna hi nasadeuhva ngaihsakna leh tawngtai chunga zirngunna loh chuan kan hmu thei lo. Pathian lehkhabu thenkhat chu hriatsual hlauhawm lo khawpin a mawi a; thenkhat erawh chu han en maia a awmze hriat theih loh a awm. Pathian thu chu Pathian thu veka tehkhin tur a ni. Nguntaka zawn chhuah leh tawngtaia ngaihtuah zui a ngai bawk. Chutiang meuha zirna chu a hlawk hle ang. Englo laichhuaktuin lei hnuaia thil hlu tak tak inthukru a hmuchhuak angin, Pathian thu, thil hlu inphum chu, thahnemngai taka zawngtu chuan, ngun manglova zawngtu tana lang lo, thutak hlu em em mai chu a hmuchhuak ang. Pathian thawkkhum thu, thinlungin a ngaihtuahte chu, nunna tuikhur atanga luite lo luangchhuak ang a ni ang.

Tawngtai lovin Pathian lehkhabu zir ngai a ni lo ve. Kan keu hmain Thlarau Thianghlim tihvama kan dil ang a, chu chu pek kan ni ang. Nathanaela chu Isua hnena a lokalin, Chhandamtu chuan, “En teh u, Israel mi tak, ngamthlemna reng nei lo saw,” a ti a. Nathanaela chuan, a hnenah, “Nangin engtinnge mi hriat?” a ti a. Isuan a hnenah,” Philipan a koh hma che a, theipui bul a i awm lai khan, ka hmu che asin,”¹¹ a ti a. Isuan keini pawh, thutak hriat nana Amah kan zawn phawt chuan, fianrial hmuna kan tawngtai lai pawh mi hmu ngei ang. Enna rama vantirhkohte chu, thinlung inngaitlawm taka Pathian hruaina zawngtute hnenah chuan an awm ang.

Thlarau Thianghlim chuan Chhandamtu chu a chawisangin a tiropui a ni. Krista hnena A felna thianghlimzia leh amah azara chhandamna ropuitak kan neihna chu A hnathawh hi ani. Isuan, “Ani chuan kei mi chawimawi ang; ka taa mi a la ang a, in hnenah a hriattir dawn si che u a,“¹² a ti a. Thutak Thlarau chu Pathian thua zirtirtu tangkai ber chu a ni. Pathianin A Fapa chu mihring tana thi tura A pek tak si avang leh A Thlarau chu mihring te zirtirtu leh hruaitu nitura A ruat tak avangin Pathian chuan mihring hi engtitakin ngaisang ang maw!

¹¹Johana 1:47, 48.

¹²Johana 16:14.

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Bung 11—Tawngtaina Hunremchang

Leilung awmdan leh A inhriatchhuah tir dan atangte, A mi enkawldan atangte leh A Thlarauvin Pathian chuan kan hnenah thu A rawn sawi thin a. Mahse hengte hi a tawk zo lo ve: keini pawhin kan thinlungte Pathian hnena kan pek ve a tul a ni. Thlarau lam nunna leh chakna nei tur chuan vana kan pa nen inzawmna tak tak kan nei tur a ni. Kan rilrute chu A hnen lamah hipin a awm thei a; A hnathawhte leh A zahngaihnate leh A malsawmnate kan ngaihtuah thei; amaherawhchu, dik takin hei hi Amah zawmna a la ni lo. Pathian nena inzawm tur chuan, kan nundan chungchang ngeiah hian Ama hnena sawi tur engemaw kan nei ngei ngei tur a ni.

Tawngtaina chu thian hnena kan thinlung kan hawn anga Pathian hnena thinlung hawnna a ni. Pathian hnena kan awmdan hriattir a tul vang ni chuang lovin, Amah kan lo lawm ve theihna tur a ni zawk. Tawngtaina hian Pathian kan hnenah a rawn hruai thla lo va, A hnen lamah min hruai chho zawk a ni.

Isua chuan khawvela A awm laiin A zirtirte tawngtai dan A zirtir a. An ni tin mamawhte Pathian hnena dil tur leh an manganna zawng zawng A hnena thlen turin anmahni A zirtir bawk. An dilnate chu hriat a ni ang tih thutiam rinawm tak A pek kha kan tan pawh hian a ni.

Isua ngei pawh mihring zinga A chen lai khan, A tawngtai fo reng thin a ni. Kan Chhandamtu chuan kan mamawhte leh kan chaklohna zawng zawng A hrechhuak vek a, Pa hnen atanga chakna thar zawngin, chumi atan chuan ngensaktu leh dilsaktu A lo ni a, chutichuan tihtur leh harsatnaa tichaktu ni tura A lokal chhuah theih nan. Ani chu engkima kan entawn a ni a. Kan chaklohnaahte kan unaupa a ni. “Keimahni ang bawka, kawng tin renga thlem a ni a;” amaherawh chu A pianhmangah pawh sualna nei lo a nih avangin sualna atanga hruai danglam a ni a. he khawvel sualnaah hian thlarau lama buaina leh hrehawmna A tuar bawk. A mihrinna chuan tawngtai hi a mamawhzia leh vanneihna a nihzia a tilang a. A Pa nena inzawmnaah chuan tlamuanna leh lawmna A hmuchhuak a. Mihringte Chhandamtu. Pathian Fapa meuh mahin tawngtai hi tula A hriat chuan, keini misual leh michaklote tan hian engtiang taka tawngtai ngun tul ang maw! [76]

Vana kan Pa chuan A malsawmna kim kan hnena pe turin min nghak reng a ni. Hmangaihna chhiarsenloh tuikhura tui in chu kan chanvo a ni. Tlemte chauh kan tawngtai hi thil mak a va ni teh lul em! Pathian chuan A fa tlawmberte tawngtaina duhawm tak ngaihthlak chu A peihin A duhzawng tak a ni si a. chutichung pawhin Pathian hnena kan duhzawngte hriattir turin timna keimahniah a la lang nasa hle si. Vana vantirhkohte chuan, mihringten thlemna an tuar laia tanpui an ngaihziate, Pathian hmangaihna dai thei lo thinlungin anmahni A ngaihtuahziate, an dil theih leh rin theih aia tam zawk A pek peihziate, chutichung pawha an tawngtai tlemziate leh rinna an neih tlemziate chu an ngaihtuah thei ang em? Vantirhkohte chuan Pathian hmaa kun an ngaina a; A kianga awm an thlahlel thin. Pathian nena inbiakna chu an lawmna sangberah an ngai a; mahse lei fate, Pathian tanpuina ngai berte chu A Thlarau hruaina leh A awmpuina tel lo va awm chu duh tawk hlein an lang si.

Tawngtai thlahthlamtute chu sual thimin a bawm a. Hmelma thlemna chuan sual turin a thlem ru ser ser a; Pathianin hunremchang tha A pek tawngtaina kha an hman duh thin loh vangin. Tawngtaina hi ringtu kutah chuan vanram hausakna in, Engkimtitheia sum chhiarsen rualloh dahkhawm hawnna chabi a ni si a, engvanginnge Pathian fapate leh fanute hian tawngtaina hi an thlahthlam ang? Bang lo va tawngtai leh taima taka enngun loh chuan, fimkhur lohnaa thanlennah chuan kan awm ang a, kawng dik atangin kan peng bo ang. Hmelma chuan zahngaihna thutthleng kawng chu dalna tur a zawng fo thin, tichuan thahnem ngai taka dilna leh rinnaa khawngaihna leh thiltihtheihna neia thlemna do chu kan theih loh nan.

Pathianin kan tawngtainate A hriain A chhang ang tih kan rin theihna thenkhat a awm a. Henga a hmasa ber chu A hnen atanga tanpuina kan mamawhzia kan hriatna hi a ni. “Tuihal chungah chuan tui ka leih dawn si a, lei rovah chuan tuiluangte chu ka leih bawk dawn a ni,“¹ tiin A tiam ta a. Chung felna avanga riltam leh tuihala Pathian ngaitute chuan an la tlai dawn a ni tih an hre chiang thei ang. Thinlung chu Thlarau hnenah chuan hawn tur a ni a, chuti a ni loh chuan Pathian malsawmna a hmuh theih loh.

¹Isaia 44:3.

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Kan mamawh lian ber chu kan tana tawngkam mawi bera dilpuina a ni. Mahse heng thil hi kan tana ti turin Lalpa chu zawn a ngai a ni. “Dil rawh u, tichuan an pe ang che u.”² tih a ni. “Ama Fapa ngei pawh zuah lo va, kan zaa aia petu chuan, thil zawng zawng pawh a thlawnin min pe tel lo a ngem ni?”³

Kan thinlunga sualna kan ngaihsana, sual hriat reng kan bansan duh si loh chuan Lalpan min ngaithla lo vang; sualsim tawngtaina leh rilrua lungchhia erawh chu lawm reng a ni. Kan sual hriat zawng zawngte tihdik a nih tawh chuan Pathianin kan dilnate A chhan kan ring thei. Keimahni thatna hian Pathian duhsakna min chantir ngai lo va, Isua tlinna hian min chhandam ang a, A thisenin min tlengfai ang; amaherawhchu kan pawmziaah chuan hnathawh tur kan nei.

Tawngtai sawtna bul chu rinna a ni. “Pathian hnena lokal chuanin, Ani chu a awm tih leh, a zawngtute hnena lawmman pek hmang a ni tih, rin tur a ni.”⁴ Isuan, A zirtirte hnenah, “Engkim in tawngtaia in dil apiang chu hmu tawhah inngai ula, tichuan in hmu ang.”⁵ a ti a. A thu sawi chiah chu kan ti em?

Thutiam chu zau tak leh tawp nei lo a ni a, Thutiamtu pawh chu A rinawm a ni. Kan thil dil ngei, kan dil laia kan hmuh loh pawhin, Lalpa chuan A hriain kan tawngtainate chu A chhang ngei dawn bawk a ni tih ring tlat tur kan ni. Kan dik loh leh kan hriatna a tawi em avangin kan tana malsawmna lem lo tur thilte kan dil thin a, vana kan Pa chuan hmangaihnain kan tawngtainate chu kan tana tha ber tur, engkim an nihna ang taka Pathian tihensa, hmuh theih kan chakna thilin min chhang ang. Kan tawngtainate chu chhan ni dawn lo va a lo lan lai hian thutiam chu pawm reng tur kan ni a; chhan hun a lo thleng ngei ngei dawn si a; tin, malsawmna kan mamawh ber pawh chu kan nei ang. Mahse tawngtaina chu kan duh ang kawng leh kan duh ang thilah chuan chhanin a awm fo ang tih hi rin thu mai mai a ni. Pathian chu tidiklo tur chuan A fing lutukin, diktaka kalte tan chuan thil tha phallo tur chuan A tha lutuk a ni. Chuvangin i tawngtai chhanna hmu nghal lo mahla, Amah rinchhan hlau suh la. A thutiam nghet tak, “Dil rawh u, an pe ang che u,“⁶ tih kha ring mai rawh.

²Mathaia 7:7.

³Rom 8:32.

⁴Hebrai 11:6.

⁵Marka 11:24.

⁶Mathaia 7:7.

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Rinna kan neih hmaa rinhlelhnate leh hlauhnate nena thil kan ngaihtuaha, thil kan hriat chian theih loh tihfiah theih kan turn rawk chuan buaina kan inbelchhahin kan ti tam ting a ni mai. Amaherawhchu tanpui kan ngaihzia leh Amah rinchhan lo va engmah kan tih theih lohzia hriaa, kan nihna ang chiah chiah leh inngaitlawm tak leh Ani engkim hriaa engkim hmutu leh A thu leh duhzawnga engkim reltu hnena kan duhzawngte rinna nghet tak nena hriattir chunga Pathian hnena kan kal chuan, kan kohna chu A ngaithla theiin A ngaithla duh ang a, kan thinlungahte enna min pe ang. Thinlung taka tawngtaina avangin Pathian rilru nen kan inzawm thei. Kan Tlantu chuan khawngaihna leh hmangaihnain min ngaihtuah thin tih hi hun eng emaw chhung hriatchianna tak tak kan nei lo thei a; chuti chu a ni bawk reng thin. Langtheia A-mi khawih kan hre kher lo thei bawk a, mahse hmangaihna leh khawngaihnain kan chungah A kut A nghat.

Pathian hnenah zahngaihna leh malsawmna kan dil dawn chuan, kan thinlungah hian hmangaihna leh ngaihdamna rilru kan nei tur a ni. Mi ngaihdam theih lohna rilru la pu siin, “Kan batte hi min ngaihdam sak ang che, keini pawhin kan englo bate kan ngaihdam tak ang khan,“⁷ engtinnge kan tih theih ang. Kan tawngtainate chhan a nih kan beisei chuan, keini pawhin midangte ngaihdamna kan beisei ang bawkin midangte kan ngaidam tur a ni.

Tawngtai fan fan peihna chu hlawhtlin theihna a ni a. Rinna leh hriatnaa kan than dawn chuan kan tawngtai fo tur a ni. “Tawngtai fan fana” chumiah chuan lawmthu hril chungin ngaihven”⁸ tur kan ni. Petera chuan, ringtute chu, “In tawngtai theih nan rilru fel tak puin fimkhur rawh u,”⁹ tiin a fuih a. Paula chuan, “Engkimah tawngtai leh dilin lawmthu hril tel zelin in duhnate chu Pathian hnenah hriattrin awm zawk rawh se,”¹⁰ tiin a kawhhmuh. Juda chuan, “Nimahsela, duhtakte u, Thlarau Thianghlimah tawngtaiin, Pathian hmangaihnaah chuan in vawng tha rawh u,“¹¹ a ti bawk. Banglova tawngtaina chu rilruin Pathian chhumllo va a zawmna a ni a, chutichuan, Pathian hnen atangin nunna chu kan nunnaah a lo luanglut a; tin, kan nunna atangin faina leh thianghlimna Pathian hnenah a luang lut bawk a ni.

⁷Mathaia 6:12.

⁸Rom 12:12; Kolosa 4:2.

⁹1 Petera 4:7.

¹⁰Phillipa 4:6.

¹¹Juda 20, 21.

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Tawngtai taimak a tulna a awm; engmahin dal che suh se. I rilru Isua nena inzawm turin bei hram hram ang che. Tawngtaina hmuna i kal theih nan hunremchang apiang zawng bawk la. Pathian nena inzawmna zawng tak taktute chu, an tihtur rinawm taka tiin, hlawkna an neih theih zawng zawng neih chak leh thahnemngai takin tawngtai inkhawmnaahte hmuh an ni ang. Van atanga enna an hmuh theih nan an hunremchang neih apiang chu an hmangtha deuh deuh ang.

Chhungkuain kan tawngtai tur a ni a; chung ai mah chuan fianrial tawngtaina kan thlahthlam tur a ni lo; hei hi thlarau nunna a ni si. Tawngtaina thlahthlam a nih chuan thlarau tan that theihna rual a ni lo. Chhungkaw zing emaw, vantlang zing emawa tawngtaina mai hi a tawk lo va. Fianrialah thlarau chu Pathian endik turin a inphal thin tur a ni. Fianrial tawngtaina chu Pathian, tawngtaina ngaithlatu chauh hriat a ni tur a ni. Maktitura ngaithlatu chu chutiang dilna phurrit nei tur chu a ni lo. Fianrial tawngtainaah chuan kiangvela tibuaitu leh tiphawklektu a awm hek lo. Buai lo tak si, thahnemngai taka tawngtaina chuan Pathian hnen a thleng ang.

Rilru taka tawngtaina ngaithlatu leh a ruka engkim hmutu hnen atang chuan rilruhnehna tha tak leh awm reng tur a lo chhuak ang. Rinna buailo leh mawltein Pathian zawmna thlarau a nei a, Setana donaa tichak tur leh tanpui turin Pathian enna chu a lakhawm a ni. Pathian chu kan chakna kulh a ni si a.

I pindan chhungrilah tawngtai la, i ni tin hnathawhnaa i kal laiin i thinlung chu Pathian hnena chawisanin awm tir fo rawh. Chutiang chuan a ni Enoka pawhin Pathian a pawl thin ni. Heng ngawireng tawngtainate hi zahngaihna thutphah hmaah chuan halrimtui hlu tak angin a chho thin a. Chutianga thinlung Pathian hnena cheng chu Setana pawhin a hneh thei lo.

Pathian hnena tawngtai turin hun leh hmun bik a awm lo. Thahnemngai taka kan tawngtaina daltu engmah a awm bawk hek lo. Kawtthlera mipui zingahte, hnathawhna hmunahte pawh, Nehemaian lalber Artaksersis hmaa dilna a siam tak angin Pathian hnenah dilna kan siam theiin Pathian kaihhruaina kan dil thei. Chhungrila inzawmna chu kan awmna piangah hmuh theih a ni. Kan thinlung kawngkhar hawngin, Isua chu van mikhual anga kan hnena lokal tur leh cheng turin kan sawm fo tur a ni. [80]

Kan vela boruak chu a bawlhhlawh a ni thei a, a khu thalo kan hipluh chu a tul lo va. van boruak thianghlim pawhin kan nung thei si. Suangtuahna thianghlim lo leh ngaihtuahna thianghlim lo kawngkhar chu khuntaka tawngtaina zara Pathian hnena rilru hlannain kan khar thei. Pathian tanpuina leh malsawmna chang tura an thinlung hawngte chu he leia boruak aia thianghlimah chuan an awm ang a, van nena inzawmna an nei reng bawk ang.

Isua thlirna chiang leh zual deuh zawk leh chatuan awmze diktak hlutna hriatthiam zawkna neih hi kan tan a mamawh a ni. Thianghlimnaa mawina chu Pathian fate thinlung tikhattu tur a ni a; hei hi chu a tih mai theih a, van lam thil Pathian thuruk tihlannate chu kan zawng tur a ni.

Pathianin van boruak hip min phal sak theih nan thlarau chu chunglamah chuan hip chhohvin awm rawh se. Pangparin ni lam a hawi angin, rinlohtaka fiahna a lo thlena Ama hnen kan ngaihtuahnain a hawi theih nan Pathian kiangah kan awm tur a ni.

I duhnate, i lawmnate, i lungngaihnate, i mangannate leh i hlauhnate chu Pathian hnenah dah tha la. Ani chu i tirit thei si lo va, i tilungngai thei bawk hek lo. I samzai pawh chhiar vektu chuan A fate duhzawng chu A ngaihthah lo ve. “Lalpa chu khawngaihna leh zahngaihnaa khat a ni.”¹² A hmangaihna thinlung chu kan lungngaihnate leh kan lungngaihna chanchin kan sawina maite pawh hian a khawih riau va. I rilru buaina tawh phawt thilte chu A hnenah thlen zel rawh. A tan chuan tuar tur lian lutuk engmah a awm lo ve, Ani chuan khawvelte hi A vawn avang leh khawvel leh thilsiam zawng zawng chunga ro A rel avangin. Kan muanna tur thil anih phawt chuan engmah hi A tana hriat tham loh tura te lutuk a awm si lo. A tan chuan kan hriatchianna chhiar tura thim lutuk a awm lo; A tan buaina tihfel tura harsa lutuk a awm hek lo. A fate zinga teber pawh vanduainain a tlakbuak thei lo va, mangannain a tihrehawm thei lo va, lawmlohnain a tihlim lo chuang lo va. khun taka tawngtai lehnain hmui chu a khap thei lo va; chung chu vana kan Pa chuan hmu lovin emaw, ngaihsaklo em emin emaw a awm san lo ve. “Lungchhiate chu A tidam a. A hliainnate chu A tuam thin a.”¹³ Pathian leh mihring inlaichinna chu keimahni mi mai te te theuh hi min ven dan leh A Fapa duhtak min pekah hian tumah dang

¹²Jacoba 5:11.

¹³Sam 147:3.

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veng ve hauh lo leh A Fapa chu mahni chauh min pe bik ang mai a ni.

Isuan, “Keima hmingin thil in dil ang; tin, Pa hnenah keiin ka ngen sak ang che u. Pa ngeiin A hmangaih si che u a.” “Keiman ka thlang zawk che u a, . . . ka hminga Pa hnena in dil apiang A pekna tur che u in,”¹⁴ a ti a. Isua hminga tawngtainaah chuan tawngtai tanna leh tawngtai tawp dawna chu hming lam mai mai aia ropui zawk engemaw a awm. A thutiamte rina, A khawngaihna leh A hnathawhtea innghata. Isua rilru leh thlarauva tawngtaina hi a ni.

Pathian chuan kan zinga mi tupawh hi sakhawmi nih vanga a fala awm emaw puithiam emaw niha, Pathian biak theih nana khawvel atanga in la hrang turin min ti lem lo. He nunna hian Krista nundan a ang tur a ni—fianrial leh mipui karah pawh. Mi engmah ti lo va tawngtai mi ngawt chu a tawngtai bang thuai ang, a ni loh vek leh a tawngtainate chu dan ang satliah mai mai a lo ni ang. Miin mihring nundan pangngai atangte, Kristian tihtur leh kros putna hmun atangtea an lo in thiarfihlima. Pathian ari tana thahnemngai takathawktu hna an lo bansan hian tawngtai taimakna an hlauh a, Pathian hnena inhlan turin rilru reng reng an nei thin lo. An tawngtaina chu mahni mihrin thu leh mahni hmasialna a lo ni a. Mihring mamawh emaw Krista ram tundin nan emaw hnathawk tura chakna dil emaw an thei ve lo.

Pathian hnaa intihchakna tur leh infuih tawnna tura inpawlkhawmna kan thlahthlam hian thil ropui tak kan chan a ni. A thu taknate chuan kan rilruah nunna leh pawimawhna a hloh a. Kan thinlung chu tihthianghlimnaa mi-hnehnain a tiengin a chawktho ta lo va; tin, thlarau lam nundanah kan lo chuai tulh tulh thin. Kristiante anga kan inzawmkhawmnaah hian intuarpui tawnna kan hlauh nasa hle. Mi, mahni tana nung mai chu Pathianin awmna tur A ruatah khan a awm lo a ni. Kan awmdana midang nena inzawmna hian midang tuarpui theihnaah min hruai lut a, chu ngei chu Pathian rawngbawlnaa kan thanna leh kan chakna a ni.

Kristiante an inpawl khawm a, Pathian hmangaihna chanchin leh tlanna thutak hlutziate an sawi ho chuan. anmahni thinlung

¹⁴Johana 16:26, 27; 15:16.

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chu a lo harhin, midang thinlung pawh a tiharh bawk ang. Vana kan Pa chanchin chu ni tin kan zir tam deuh deuh theiin, A khawngaihnaa hriatna thar chu kan hlawkpui thei ang; tichuan A hmangaihna chanchin sawi kan lo chak ang a; hemi hi kan tih chuan kan thinlungte a lo phur ang. Isua chanchin kan ngaihtuaha, kan sawi tam deuh deuha, mahni chanchin kan tlem hawk chuan, Ami pawlna chu kan nei tam mai ang.

Pathianin min ngaihsakzia a lanchianna kan neih anga Amah kan ngaihtuah zin chuan, Ani chu kan thinlungah a cheng reng ang a, A chanchin sawi leh fak chu kan lawm zawng a ni ang. Thil ral leh mai thei chanchinte kan sawi thin, chung chu kan ngaihnawm tihzawng a nih avangin. Kan thiante chanchin kan sawi thin, anmahni kan hmangaih avangin leh kan lawmnate leh kan lungngaihnate anmahni nen a inzawm avangin. Leia kan thiante kan hmangaih aia Pathian kan hmangaihna chhan ropui zawk kan nei a; A thatna leh A thiltihtheihna chanchin sawi hi khawvel thilah hian a hmasaber a ni tur a ni. Thilthlawnpek ropui tak min pekte hi kan ngaihtuahna leh hmangaihna hip nana tih a ni lo va, chutianga tam Pathian hnena pek tur engmah kan nei bawk lo ang; Amah min hriatchhuah tir fotu leh vana min Chhandamtu hnena hmangaihna leh lawmnaa min phuarkhawmtu a ni. Lei hmun hniamahte kan cheng hnai lutuk a ni. Chunglama hmun thianghlim kawngkhar inhawng chu i enchho ang u, chutah chuan Pathian ropuina eng chuan Krista hmel a en a, “Chutichuan, amaha Pathian hnena lokalte chu a tawp khawk thlengin a chhandam thei bawk a ni.”¹⁵

Pathian chu, “A ngilneihna avang leh mihring fate chunga A thilmak tihte avang hian,“¹⁶ fak zual deuh deuh tur kan ni. Kan tawngtainate chu dilna leh hmuhna tur ngawt a ni tur a ni lo. Keimahni duhzawng hlir i ngaihtuah fo lo ang u, hlawkna kan hmuhte phei chu i ngaihtuah suh ang. Kan tawngtai tam lutuk ngai hauh lo va. nimahsela, lawmthu kan sawi tlem thin. Patliian zahngaihnate hmu fotu kan ni chung pawhin lawmthu kan sawi tlem hle si, kan tana thil A tih takte avang pawhin Ani chu kan fak tlem thlawt a ni.

Hman laiin Israelte an inkhawmin, Lalpa chuan, “Lalpa in Pathian hmaah chuan in ei ang a, in kuta in tih zawng zawng chungah nangmahni leh in chhungte in lawm ang a, chumiah chuan

¹⁵Hebrai 7:25.

¹⁶Sam 107:8.

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Lalpa in Pathianin mai A sawm ta che u a ni,“¹⁷ a ti a. Lalpa ropuina tura thil tih chu hlimna nen, fakna hlate nen lawmthu hril chunga tih a ni tur a ni, lungngaihna leh nguina nena tih tur a ni hek lo.

Kan Pathian chu Pa nunnem leh zahngai thei tak a ni. A rawngbawlna hna chu hna lungngaihthlak leh hna hrehawma ngaih tur a ni lo. Lalpa biak leh A hnaa chanvo neih chu thil lawmawm tak tur a ni. Pathian, chhandamna ropui tak, A fate tana petu chuan, hotu khirh tak angin A fate A nghaisa lo ang. Ani chu an thian thaber a ni a; Amah an biak laiin, an hnenah anmahni malsawm tur leh thlamuana, an thinlungte lawmna leh hmangaihnaa tikhat tura ngaih A ni. Lalpa chuan A rawngbawlna hnaah A faten thlamuanna an hmuh A duh a; A hnaah chuan harsatna aiin nuam tihna zawk an hmuh A duh bawk. Amah be tura lokalte chu, A ngaihsakin hmangaihna thinlung hlu tak nena an an haw leh A duh a, ni tin hnathawka an hlim theih nan leh thil engkim rinawmtaka an tih theihna tura khawngaihna an neih theih nan.

Kros thu kan suangtuah khawm tur a ni a. Krista khenbeha a awm thu kha kan ngaihtuahnaahte kan inbiaknaahte kan thupui ber a ni tur a ni. Pathian hnen atanga malsawmna tinreng kan dawnte kha kan thinlungah kan vawng tur a ni a, tichuan A hmangaihna ropui kan hriatthiam hunah chuan kan tan krosa khenbeh hnenah chuan engkim rin kan duh ang.

Thlarau chu fakna thlain van hnaih zawkin a thlawk thei a. Pathian chu chunglama tuallaiah khian hla leh thilria chawimawiin a awm a; kan lawmna kan tihlan hian, van mipuite lawmdan kan hnaih ve thin. “Tupawh lawm thu sawi apiang chuan Pathian an chawimawi thin.”¹⁸ “Lawm thu sawina leh hla sa thawmte nen hlim tak leh zah tak chungin kan Siamtu hmaah i kal ang.”¹⁹

¹⁷Deut. 12:7.

¹⁸Sam 50:23.

¹⁹Isaia 51:3.

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Bung 12—Rinhle lhna Hi Engtla Tih Tur Nge

Pathian rinlohna thurawtin mi tantak chu a tibuai thin a, Kristian nundana la naupangte hi an ni bik nghe nghe thin. Bibleah hian thil tamtak an hrilhfiah theih loh leh hriat pawh an hriatthiam loh a awm a, Setana chuan Pathian Lehkhabu hi Pathian hnen atanga puanchhuah a ni tih an rinna tiderdep turin henghi a ruai thin reng a. “Engtinnge kawng dik chu ka hriat ang? Bible hi Pathian thu a nih takzet chuan, engtinnge heng rinhlelhnate leh buainate atang hian ka fihlim ang?” tiin an zawt thin.

Pathianin kan rinna nghahchhan tur thilfiah tawk tak pe loa ring turin min ti ngai lo. Amah a awmziate, A nungchangte, A thu dikziate zawng zawng hi kan hriat theihna tura dinchhuah a ni a; he hriatirna hi a tam hle a ni. Chutichung pawhin Pathianin rinhlelhena A ti bo chuang lo. Kan rinna chu thil entirchhinna mai mai chungah innghat lovin, hriatchianna chungah a innghat tur a ni. Rinhlelh duh mi chuan hun remchang a hmu ang a; thutak hre duh tak zette erawh chuan an rinna nghahchhan tur hriatchianna tamtak an hmu ang.

Rilru famkimlo tan Rilru Famkima nungchang leh hnathawhte chu hriatthiam rual a ni lo. Chu Mi thianghlim chu lehkha thiamthei ber leh thiamnasang ber tan pawh a ruka thuamin a awm reng tur a ni. “Pathian chu A zawnin in zawng chhuak thei em ni? Engkimtitheia chu famkim takin in hmu thei em ni? Van tluka sang a ni a; engnge i tihtheih? Hremhmun aiin a tluk zawk a; engnge i hriat theih?”¹

Tirhkoh Paula chuan, “Pathian finna leh hriatna ngahzia chu a va thuk em! A rorelnate chu hriat theih rual leh, a kawngte chu chhui theih rual a va ni lo em!”² a ti a. “Chhum leh thim chhah mup hi A velah awm mahse, felna leh rorelna chu A lalthutphah nghahchhan a ni.”³ Min kaihhruaidan leh A chet anga min chettir A tumzia chu kan hre thui thei hle a, chutichuan, hmangaihna dai thei lo leh zahngaihnain thiltihheihna tawplo an zawm a ni tih kan hria ang. A tumnate a tam ang bawkin, kan thatna tur a thilhriat tur chu a tam a ni tih kan hrethiam thei ang. Hemi bakah hian Engkimtitheia kut leh hmangaihnaa khat thinlung chu kan la ring cheu tur a ni.

¹Joba 11:7. 8.

²Rom 11:33.

³Sam 97:2, R. V.

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Pathian thu chuan, A siamtu Pathian nunchang angin, thuruk mihring hriatthiam theih rual loh chu a entir a. Khawvela sual luhtannate, piantharnate, thawhlehnate leh zirtur dang tamtak Biblea entirte hi mihring rilru hrilhfiah tur leh hriatthiam vek tura thuruk thuk lutukte chu a ni. Amaherawhchu, Pathian thuruk chu kan hriatthiam theihloh avangin rinhlelh nan kan hmang tur a ni lem lo. Khawvelah pawh hian chanchin hriat phak loh, a teh pawha kan teh theih loh khawpa an chanchin kan hriat lohten min hual vel a. Thil nunna tlawmber anga langte pawh hian mi fing berte pawhina an hrilhfiah zawh loh khawpa hrilhfiah harsa an nei a ni. Khawiah pawh hian thilmak kan hriatphak loh a awm a. Thlarau lamah pawh thuruk kan teh phak loh kan hmuh chuan mak kan ti dawn em ni? A harsatna chu mihring rilru tlinlohnaah leh a zimnaah hian a awm a ni ber mai. Pathian chuan Pathian Lehkhabuah Pathian nungchang tihlanchianna tawk tak min pe ta a, chuvangin A thuruk zawng zawng kan hriatthiam theih loh avangin A thu chu ringhlel mai tur kan ni lo ve.

Petera chuan Pathian Lehkhabuah hian, “thu hriat hartakte a awm a, chung chu mi finglo leh mi nghetloten, Pathian Lehkha Thu dan an ngai kawi angin an ngai kawi a, mahni leh mahni an intihboral phah thin,“⁴ a ti a. Pathian Lehkhabua harsatnate hi Pathian ringlote chuan Bible hnial nan an hmang thin; mahse chuti aw zawng chu ni lo vin, Pathian thawkkhum a nihzia an tilang chauh a ni. Pathian Thu Chanchin chuang lo vin kan hriatthiam mai tur thil chuang ta se la; A ropuina leh A lalna mihring rilruten hre thei mai se la chuan, Bible hian Pathian thuneihna diklotheilo chu a pu lo ang. Thupuia ropuina leh thurukte chuan Pathian Thu angin rinna a tinghet a ni.

Bible chuan mawl tak leh famkim takin mihring thinlunga chaknate leh mamwhnate ang zelin thutak chu a tilang a, chu chuan rilru suangtuahna sang berte pawh mak tia siamin a hip a, mi mawl berte leh thiamlo berte pawh chhandamna kawng a hmuh thiam tir thin. Mahse heng thutak sawi mawl te te hian thutak, huamzau tak, mihring theihnain a hriat phakbak, Pathian sawi a nih avanga kan awih mai turte an nei a. Chutichuan. tlanna tura thuruatte chu kan tan hawnin a lo awm a, tichuan mi tin thlarauvin Pathian hnena simna kawngah leh kan Lalpa Isua Krista, Pathian ruat anga chhandam an nih theihna tura rinna kawnga kailawn an hmuh theih nan: mahse heng thutak awl

⁴2 Petera 3:16.

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taka hriatthiam chhungahte pawh hian, A ropuina inthup zawngtute tan chuan, rilrua ngaihtuah chhuahzawh rual loh, thahnem ngaihna leh rinna nena thutak zawngtu tak zette hneh thei si a awm. Bible chu an chhui ngun poh leh Pathian nung thu a nihzia an hriatna a thuk ting mai a, mihring ngaihtuahnate chu Pathian inhrittirna ropui tak hmaah chuan a hniam thin.

Bible thutakte kan hrechiang thei lo tih chu, thlen chin nei chuan thlenchin nei lo rilru chu a phak ve lo tihna chauh a ni. Mihringin ama hriatna tawite chuan Engkimhretheia tumna chu a hre pha lo.

A thuruk zawng zawng an teh phak loh avangin ringhleltute leh Pathian thuawilote chuan Pathian thu an duh lo va; Bible ring in ti zawng zawng pawh he ngaihdanah hian an bang bik lo. Tirhkoh chuan, “Unaute u, fimkhur rawh u, chutilochuan Pathian nung chu ban san turin in zingah tu chungah pawh rinlohna thinlung sual a lo awm dah ang e,“⁵ a ti. Bible zirtirna ngun taka zir leh “Pathian thu ril,“⁶ chhiar ngun chu, Pathian Lehkhabua tihlan a nih chhung chu a dik a ni. “Thil inthupte chu Lalpa kan Pathian ta a ni a; chung thil tihlana awmte chu kan ta a ni.”⁷ Kan enchianna rilru tikawitu erawh chu Setana hnathawh a ni. Bible thutak ngaihtuahna chu chapona chhetein a pawlh pawhin, mite duhzawng anga Pathian Lehkha Thu reng reng an hrilhfiah theih loh chuan an ngaithla peih thin lo. An tan Pathian thu thawkkhum hre lo nih chu a zahthlakin a tlawm thlak lutuk a ni. Pathianin an hnena thutak tihlan hun a tih thleng khan an nghak duh lo va. Pathian Lehkhabu hrethiam turin an mihring finna tawk hlein an hria a, chutia an hriatloh avang chuan a thuneihna an ring lo. Rinna thua hrilhfiahna tamtakte leh zirtirna lar takte. Bible atanga hmuhchhuah ni awm takte pawhin a zirtirnaah chuan tanchhan a nei thinlo tih hi a dik hle maiin, mi hneh thei lo lam pang a ni zawk thin tih hi a dik zet mai. Heng thilte hian mi tamtak rilru a rinhlelh tirin a tibuai thin. Engpawhnisela, Pathian Thu a danglam thei lo va, mihring kawhmawhbawl vang chauh a ni zawk.

Thil siamte tan Pa leh A hnathawhte hriat theih vek a nih chuan, chumi thlenchin an thlen tawh chuan an tan thutak hmuhchhuahte, hriatna lama thannate, rilru zaunate a awm tawh chuang lo ang. Pathian a sang bik lo ang a, mihring pawh an thlen tur

⁵Hebrai 3:12.

⁶1 korinth 2:10.

⁷Duet.29:29.

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ang chu thlengin hmasawnna a tawp ang. Chutiang a nih loh avangin Pathian chu i fak ang. Pathian chu tawp chin nei lo a ni a; Amahah chuan “finna leh hriatna zawng zawng a awm. ”⁸ Kumkhuain mihring te chuan an zir reng ang a, mahse A finna te, A thatna te leh A chakna te chu a tawp ngai lo ang.

Pathian chuan he dam chhung pawh hian A thudikte chu A mite hnenah tihlanin awm zel se A duh a ni. He finna neih dan hi kawng khat chauh a awm. Thlarau tihenna zarah chauh hian Pathian Thu hriatthiamna kan nei thei. ‘‘Pathian thilte chu Pathian Thlarau vek lo chuan tuman an hre lo. “Thlarau chuan engkim a chhui clihuak si thin. ”⁹ Chliandamtun A zirtirte hnena A tiam chu, “Thlarau diktak chu, a lo thlen hun chuan. thutak zawng zawngah chuan a hruai lut ang che u. . . . Ka taa mi a la ang a, in hnenah a hriattir dawn si che u a,”¹⁰ tih hi a ni.

Pathian chuan mihring hian an ngaihtuah theihnate hi hmang ve se A duh a; Bible zir ngunna hian thil dang zir ngunna aiin rilru a tichakin a tisang thei zawk bawk a ni. Pathian anga ngaihruat chawpna, mihring chaklohna leh famkimlohna thuah erawh chuan kan fimkhur tur a ni. Kan hriat thiamna hi Pathian thuah hliahin lo awm se la chuan, thutak mawl ber pawh hre lovin, naupang mawlna leh rinna zir chakna leh Thlarau Thianghlim tanpui ngenna kan nei tur a ni. Pathian chakna leh finna hriat theihna leh A ropuina kan hriat theihlohna chuan inngaihtlawmnain mi rawn hneh a, tin, zahna leh hlauhna thianghlim tak nena A kianga awm tur angin A lehkhabute kan keu tur a ni. Bible kan hnaih chuan ngaihtuah theihnain ngaihtuah theihna aia thuneihna sang zawk a hrechhuak tur a ni a, rilru leh hriatna pawh Pathian ropuina hmaah chuan a kun tur a ni.

Thil tamtak harsa leh fiahlo, Pathianin a hre thiam duhtute hnena A tihchian tur chu a awm tih a lang reng a. Mahse, Pathian Thlarau hruaina lo chuan Pathian thute kan bei fovin kan ngai diklo tho thei a ni. Sawtna awm lo va Bible chhiar vaknate a awm a. kawng tamtakah phei chuan chhiatna a ni thei bawk. Pathian Thu chu zahna leh tawngtawngtaina tel lova kan ken chuan ngaihtuahnate leh duhnate Pathian hnena a kal ding loh chuan emaw A duhzawng nena a inrem loh chuan rilru chu rinhlelhnain a khat thin a; Bible zir apiangin rinlohna a pung thin. Hmelma chuan ngaihtuahna a thunun a. hrilhfiahna diklote a rawt pui thin.

⁸Kolosa 2:3.

⁹1 korinth 2:11,10.

¹⁰Johana 16:13,11.

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Eng hunah pawh miten thu leh thiltiha Pathian nena inremna an zawn loh chuan, engtia zir sang pawh ni mahsela, Pathian thu an hre diklo theia, chuvangin an hrilhfiahnate pawm a hlauhawm a ni. Pathian lehkhabuah danglamna hmuh tumte chuan, thlarau lam hriat theihna an nei lo. Hmuh theihna tlinglo takin thil fel leh mawltakahte pawh rinhlehlna leh rinlohna chhan tamtak an hmu ang.

Langloin an awm thei a, rinhlelhna leh rinlohna chhan chu a naran chuan sual duhna vang a ni fo. Pathian zirtirnate leh khapnate chu thinlung chapo, sual duhna leh a tulna anga zawm duh si lo leh, a thuneihna ringhleltute tan chuan lawm rual a ni lo. Thudik pawh tur chuan. thudik hriat chakna leh awih duhna thinlung kan nei tur a ni. Chutiang rilru pua Bible zir ngun zawng zawng chuan Pathian thu a nih a lanna tamtak an hmu ang a; tin, thudik hriatthiamna anmahni chhamdamna tura finna an dawng bawk ang.

Krista chuan, “Tupawh Ama duhzawng tih duh chuan, thu zirtir hi Pathian tihchhuah nge keima phuahchawpa ka sawi a hria ang, “¹¹ a ti a. Thu i hriat thiam loh zawh leh hnial parat mai mai ai chuan i hriat thiamsate kha ngaihven zawk la, fiahna tam zawk i hmu ang, Krista khawngaihnain i hriat thiamsaa i tih tur mawi te te chu ti la, tichuan i hriatchian lohte i hre thiamin i rinhlelhna pawh kha i siam tha thei ang.

Mi zawng zawng tan thu hriatfiah theihna a awm—lehkha thiam ber leh thiamlo ber tan pawh—mahniin a tih a tiha hriatfiahna chu. Pathian chuan A thu takzia leh A thutiamte a dikzia chu keimahni tan ngeia fiah turin min sawm a. “Lalpa thatzia chu tem chhin teh reng u,“¹² tiin min sawm bawk a. Midang thu rin mai ai chuan mahni tan ngei kan tem chhin tur a ni. “Dil rawh u, an pe ang che u,“¹³ a ti a. A thutiamte chu a thlen tir ngei ang. A thlawn ngai lo va, a thlawn thei bawk hek lo. Isua kan hnaih a, A hmangaihna kimah chuan kan lawmin, kan rin hlelhnate leh chianlohnate chu A awmna engah chuan a reh ang.

Apostol Paula chuan, “Ani chuan thim thuneihna laka min chhan chhuakin, A Fapa hmangaihtaka ramah chuan min kaitir ta a,”¹⁴ a ti a. Tupawh thihna atanga nunnaa lut tawh chuan. “Pathian chu mi diktak a ni tiin a hming nemin a ziak”¹⁵ thei. “Tan-

¹¹Johana 7:17, R. V.

¹²Sam 34:8.

¹³Johana 16:24.

¹⁴Kolosa 1:13

¹⁵Johana 3:33

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pui ka ngaia, tanpuina chu Isua hnenah ka hmu a. Duhna tin reng peka awmin, ka thlarau riltam tihpuarin a awm a; tunah Bible chu ka tan chuan Isua Krista inlarna a ni. Engvangin nge Isua i rin mi tih chuan—Ani chu ka tan Chhandamtu Pathian a nih avangin. Engvangin nge Bible ka rin?—Ka thlarau tana Pathian aw a ni tih ka hmuhchhuah tawh avangin,” tiin a hriattir thei. Bible chu a dikin Krista chu Pathian Fapa a ni tih hriat puina mahni ngeiin kan nei thei a. Thawnthu fing vervek taka suangtuah zui mai mai kan ni lo tih kan hria e.

Petera chuan a unaute chu, “Kan Lalpa leh chhandamtu Isua Krista khawngaihna leh hriatnaah chuan lo thang lian rawh u,“¹⁶ tiin a fuih a. Pathian mite chu khawngaihnaa an than lai chuan, A thu hriat thiamna fiah zawk an hmu reng ang. Thutak thianghlimaahte chuan enna leh mawina thar an hmu chhuak ang. Hmanlai atang tawh khan tun thleng hian kohhran chanchinah heihi a la dik zel a, chutiang chuan a tawp thlengin a ni zel bawk ang. “Felna kawng chu khawvar tur eng, chhun a nih thlenga eng tulh tulh chu a ni.”¹⁷

Mihring rilruin Pathian rilru zawmin, thlarau thiltihtheihna tin reng chu, chu enna Bul nena inzawm turin rinnain nakin hnu lam tur kan thlir theiin rilru thanlenna chu kan man thiam thei a. Min tihbuaina zawng zawngah khan Pathian vennaah chuan tihfiaha awmin kan lawm thei tawh ang a; thil hriatchian harsate chuan hrilhfiahna an hmu tawh ang. “Tunah zawng darthlalangah kan hmu riai ruai a ni, chutih hunah erawh chuan inhmatawnin a ni tawh ang; tunah zawng a kim lovin kan hria, chutih hunah erawh chuan mi hriat kim thin ang hian ka hre kim tawh ang.”¹⁸

¹⁶2 Petera 3:18.

¹⁷Thufing 4:18, R.V.

¹⁸1 Korinth 13:12.

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Bung 13—Lalpaa Lawmna

Pathian fate chu Lalpa thatna leh zahngaihna entirchhuak tura koh an ni a. Isuan, Pa nungchang kan hnena A tihlan tak ang bawkin, keini pawh khawvel, A hmangaihna duhawm leh khawngaihna la hrelote hnenah chuan Krista tilang tur kan ni. Isuan, “Nangin khawvela kei mi tir ang khan, kei pawhin anni chu khawvelah ka tirh hi.” “Kei anmahniah, nang keimahah, nangin kei mi tir tih, khawvelin an hriat theihna turin,”¹ a ti a. Apostol Paula chuan Isua zirtirte hnenah, ‘‘Krista lehkha... in ni tih chiangtaka lantir a ni si a.” “mi zawng zawng hriat leh chhiar chu in ni e,“² a ti a. Isua chuan, A fa tin rengahte hian khawvel hnenah lehkha A thawn a. Krista zuitu i nih chuan nangmahah chuan chhungkhat hnenahte, thingtlang khaw hnenahte, kawtthlerahte leh i awmna hmunahte lehkha A thawn che a ni. Isua chuan nangmaha chengin, Amah la hre ngai lo thinlung hnenahte thusawi A duh a. Bible an chhiar kher lo thei a; Pathian hnathawh atangtein Pathian hmangaihna an la hmu lo thei a. Mahse Isua aiawhtu diktak i nih chuan nangmah atang chuan A thatna thenkhat an hrethiamin Amah hmangaih tur leh A rawngbawl tura hnehin an awm thei bawk ang.

Kristiante chu van lam kawnga eng kengtute an ni a. Krista hnena enna an hmuh khawvel hnena ti engchhawng tur an ni. An nundan leh nungchang chu mi dangin Krista ngaihdan dik tak leh A rawngbawl hna an hmuh phah theihna khawp a ni tur a ni.

Krista ai kan awh chuan, A rawngbawl hna chu a nihna ang takin, duhawm takin kan lan tir ang. Kristian, an thlarau nguina leh lungngaihna hmua, phunnawi leh vui chuan Pathian aiawhtu diklo leh Kristian nundan diklo an tilang a ni. Pathian chuan A fate hlimna neihtir chu A lawmzawng a ni lo tihte an lantir a, hetiang hi chuan vana kan Pa chanchin an hriattir dik lo a ni.

Setana chuan Pathian fate, rinlohna leh beidawnnaa a hruai theih phawt chuan a lawm hle thin. Pathian kan rin lohna leh min chhandamna tura A thiltihtheihna leh A duhzawng kan rinhlelhna hi a lawmzawng tak a ni bawk a; tin, Lalpa chuan A-mi enkawlnain min tina ang tih kan hlauhnate hi a duh zawng deuh deuh a ni. Lalpa, khawngaihna leh lainatna tlachham anga lantir hi Setana hnathawh a ni. A chanchinte a sawi diklo thin. Pathian

¹Johana 17:18, 23

²2 Korinth 3:3, 2.

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chungchanga ngaihdan diklovin ngaihtuahna te a tikhat a; vana kan Pathian thutak chungchanga chen aiin Setana sawi dan dikloahte chuan kan rilru kan tinghet fo zawk thin a, Pathian chu Amah kan rinlohna leh phunnawinain kan tizahawm lo thin. Setana chuan kan nundan sakhaw mi nihna lungngaih thlak tak anga siam a tum fo thin. Hahthlak tak leh harsatak anga tihlan a duh a. Kristianin ama nundana sakhaw thlirna a neih chuan. ama rinlohnain Setana diklohna a belh a ni.

Mi tamtak diklohnate, tlinlohnate leh beidawnnate hlir ngaihtuaha nung an awm a, an thinlung chu lungngaihna leh dawihnain a khat thin. Saprama ka awm laiin unaunu pakhat hetianga awm thin, hrehawm nasatak maia awm thin chuan fuihna thu thenkhat ziak turin mi ti a. A lehkha ka chhiar zan chuan ka mumangah huanah hian ka lo awm a, huan neitu ni awm tak hian kawngah mi lo hruai a. Pangpar mawi tak takte ka lo lawr a, a rimte chu tui ka lo ti hle mai a. Chumi lai chuan, chu unaunu ka kianga lokal ve zel, hling lang mang hleilo zinga kal chu ka hmu a. Tahchuan hrehawm ti tak leh lungngai takin a awm a. Kawngah chuan kal ve lo leh hruaitu chu zui ve lo chuan hnim hling [93] nei leh hling zingah chuan a kal zel a. “Aw, hetiang huan mawi tak hlingin a ti khawlo vek hi chu a va pawi tehlul em!” a ti a. Min hruaitu chuan, “Hlingte chu awm mai rawh se. an tina chauh mai ang che. Rose parte, tuktin parte leh pangpar mawi ber berte kha lawrkhawm zawk rawh.” a ti ta a.

Tun hmalama i awmdan i hriatnaah hmun nuam i tihte a awm lo em ni? Pathian Thlaraua lawmnain i thinlung lawma a phutna hun hlu takte i nei tawh lo em ni? I nundan kal tawh chhunga i hriatna bungte i enkirin phek nuam takte i keu chhuak lo em ni? Pangpar rimtui i kawng sir lawka tote ang chu Pathian thutiamte an ni lo em ni? An mawina leh rimtuina chuan i thinlung, hlimnain i tihkhattir dawn lo em ni?

Hnim hlingnei leh hlingte chuan an tinain an tilungngai chauh ang che a; chutiang thilte chauh i lawrkhawma, midangte hnena i pek chuan, nangmahin Pathian thatna i ngaihsak lo chang pawh ni lovin, i kianga mite nunna kawnga an kal i khap a ni lo em ni?

Tun hma lam nundan hrehawm, sualnate, beidawnnate, rilrua lawrkhawma, in tihlunghnual thlenga sawi leh pawi tih hi atthlak a ni. Thlarau lunghnual chu thimnain a khata, ama thlarau tan Pathian enna a khar hnan a, midang kawng a hliah bawk thin.

Pathian chuan mi lem entur thatak min pek avangin a lawm awm e. A hmangaihna thutiam vanneih thlak chu i dahkhawm angu, kan en fo theih nan: Pathian Fapa chuan A pa lalthutth-leng kalsanin, Setana thiltihtheihna atanga mihringte A chhandam theih nan, A Pathianna chu mihrinnain A thuam ta a; kan tana A hnehna, A ropuina Pathianin A lantirna, van mihringte hmuh atana A hawnte; hnam tlu tawh an sual luhna, chhiatna khur atang chuan A khai chhuak a, Pathian nen A inzawmtir leh a, Tlantu rinna avanga Pathian fiahna tuar zova, Krista felnaa inthuam leh A lalthutthlenga chawimawi—heng milemte hi a ni Pathianin kan ngaihtuah tura a tih chu.

Pathian hmangaihna ringhlel dawna kan lana, A thutiamte ringloa kan lan chuan, Amah kan zah lovin, Thlarau Thianghlim kan tilungngai a ni. Nuin a fate duhzawng leh thlamuanna tur hlir a beih lai pawh hian, a fate chuan an chunga thalo tak angin sawisel fo sela, a fate chu engtinnge a ngaih ang? Chatuana nun kan neih theih nana A Fapa neihchhun petu hmangaihna chu kan [94] rin loh chuan engtinnge vana kan Pa chuan min ngaihsan theih ang? Apostol chuan, “Ama Fapa ngei pawh zuah lo va, kan zaa aia petu chuan, thil zawng zawng pawh a thlawnin min pe tel lo ang em ni?”³ tiin a ziak a. Chutichung pawh chuan mi engzatinnge an thiltihin, thu a nih loh pawhin, “Lalpa chuan heihi ka tan A turn a ni lo. Kei mi hmangaih lovin, midang A hmangaih a ni awm e,” la ti cheu le.

Hetiang zawng zawng hi chu mahni rilru tihnatna mai a ni; rinhlelhna thu i sawi apiangin Setana thlemnate i sawm tel zel a ni; nangmahah rinhlelhna lam i awnna a tichak lekin, vantirhkoh rawngbawltute i ti lungngai lek chauh a ni. Setanan a thlem che chuan rinhlelhna leh thimna thu chu hiplut suh la. A thu rawtte i ngaihsak duh chuan i rilru chu rinhlelhna leh zawhna thalovin a khat ang. I hriat dan i sawichhuah chuan nangmah chauhah hnu leh a nei lova. Midang nundanah pawh chi a tuhin a rah ang a, i thuina thil a tih chu thiat leh rual lohin a awm thei a ni. Nang chu thlemna hun leh Setana thang atang chuan i chhuak leh thei pawh a ni thei a, mahse midang i thuina a hruaikawih tawhte kha, rinhlelhna thu i sawi atang chuan an chhuak thei ve kher lo thei. Thlarau lam chakna leh nunna thute chauh kan sawi a va pawimawh em!

Vantirhkohte chuan vana i Hotu chanchin chu khawvel hnenah engtinnge i sawi an ngaithla reng a. I thu sawi chu Pa hmaa min Sawisaktu duhzawng chu ni rawh se. Thian i kawm chuan Pathian fakna i thinlungah leh i hmuiah awm rawh se. Chu chuan a ngaihtuahnate Isua hnen lamah a hip ang.

Mi zawng zawngin thlemna an nei a; a hrehawm hle mai, thlemnate chu hneh a har si. I harsatnate chu mahni mihringpuite hnena hrilh lovin, Pathian hnenah tawngtainain thlen zawk ang che. Rinhlelhna leh lunghnualna thu kamkhat pawh sawi loh ching ang che. Beiseina thu leh hlimna thianghlimin midangte nundan titha tur leh an beihnaahte tichak turin thil tamtak i ti thei a ni.

Mi rilru huai tak tak, thlemnaina nasa taka a beih ve bawk, mahnia indona leh sual chaknaa tlu lek lek tamtak an awm a. Chutiang chu a thil beih lai harsaah chuan tilunghnur suh. Fuihna thu tha tak leh beisei awm tak. a nundan kawnga tiphur thei tur chuan tihlim zawk ang che. Tichuan Krista enna chu

³Rom. 8:32.

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nangmah atanga a en theihna turin. “Tumah mahni tana nung kan ni lo va.”⁴ Kan hriatlohhlana kan awmdan hi midang fuihna leh tihchakna a ni thei a, a nih loh leh an beidawng anga, Krista leh A thutak atang chuan umkirin an awm thei ang.

Isua A tap tih kan hre thin a, nui tih kan hre ngai lo. Kan chhandamtu chu mi lungngai a ni ngei mai, lungngaihna hre tawh mihringte manganna zawng zawng A hriatpui avangin. A nunna chu mahni inphatin, natna leh mangannain zing mahse, A rilru chu a che chuang lo. A landanah lungngai leh lungawilo hmel pu lovin, nelawm tak a ni fo zawk. A thinlung chu sih tui khur ang mai a ni; A kalna piangah hahdamna leh muannate, hlimna leh lawmna a awm zel a ni.

Kan chhandamtu chu thahnem ngaihah chuan ngaihtak em em mai a ni. Amah zuitute nundan chu thil tuma thahnemngai mi an ni ang a; mahni mawhphurhna la urh mi an ni ang. Tih mai maina tihreh a ni ang a, mumal nei loa hlimna mai mai a awm tawh lo ang a, infiamna chaltlai nen; Isua sakhua chuan lui angin muanna a thlen ang. Hlimna a tireh lo va, hlimna a khap lo va, hmel hlim a tireh hek lo. Krista chu rawngbawlsak turin A lokal lo va, rawngbawl turin a ni zawk; tin, A hmangaihnain thinlunga ro a rel chuan A nundan entir ang chuan kan nung ve ang.

Mi dang thiltih ngilnei lo takte leh fel lo takte chu kan rilru ngaihtuah bera kan hman chuan, Kristain min hmangaih angin midangte kan hmangaih ve thei lo ang; mahse kan rilru Krista kan tana A hmangaihna mak leh khawngeihnaa a chen chuan mi dang chungah chutiang ngaihtuahna chu a lo awm ve mai ang. Kan inhmangaihin kan inzahtawn tur a ni, kan diklohnate leh kan famkimlohna hmuh theihlohte inpawisa lo vin. Inngaihtlawm leh mahni inrinloh kan ching tur a ni a, midangte diklohnaah zaidamnaa dawhtheihna kan nei tur a ni. Hetiang awmdan hian mahni hmasialna thalo zawng zawng hi a tireh ang a, min tilianin min tithil phal ang.

Sam phuahtu chuan, “⁵ Lalpa chu ring la, thil tha ti rawh; he ramah hian awm la, rinawmna um zel rawh.”5 “Lalpa chu ring rawh,” Ni tin hian amaha phurrit, manganna leh buaina a nei a; chung ang harsatnate leh enchhinna kan tawhte chu sawi kan chak hle thin a; tichuan buaina tamtak insiamchawpin, hlauhna tamtak kan insiam a; Chhandamtu duhawm tak. kan dilna zawng zawng hre thei leh kan mamawh apianga min tanpui thei nei lo ang maiin chutiang manganna tamtak chu kan insiamchawp thin.

⁴Rom.14:7.

⁵sam 37:3

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Ni tinin Pathian hmangaihzia hriat theihna thilte chuan min hual vel mahse, thenkhat chu hlaua awm fo leh buaina insiamchawpin an awm thin; ni tina A enkawlna tamtak an chen chung pawhin, heng malsawmna an dawn laite pawh hi an hmuh hmaih thin a ni. An rilru chuan thil tha lo, an chunga lo thleng thei kha an ngaihtuah reng thin a; a nih loh leh harsatna pawh a lo awm tak tak thei a, chung chu thil te tham te pawh nimahse, thil tamtaka an lawmna tur thil kha a hmuh loh tir thei. An harsatna tawhte chu an tanpuitu bul ber Pathian hnen atang chuan an la hrang zawk thin a, mahni lungngaihna leh rilru hahna an chawhthawh avangin.

Chutianga ringlo chuan kan ti tha em? Engahnge lawmnachang hrelo leh ringhlela kan awm ang? Isua kan thian a ni a; vante zawng zawng khian min ngaihsak si a. Kan ni tin nundana buaina leh mangannate hian kan rilru leh kan hmel a tihlungngaih kan phal tur a ni lo. Kan phal chuan vuina leh phunnawina kan nei reng ang. Kan hrehawm tuartea min tanpui si loh chuan lungawilohna keimahni mi tihrehawm leh mi tihmel hemah chuan kan awm reng tur a ni lo.

I hnaahte i buai hle a ni thei e; nakin hnu lama awmdan turahte beiseina a awm lo tulh tulh theiin chhiat hlauhna i nei thei bawk a; mahse beidawng suh la; Pathian ringin, ngawi rengin hlim takin awm mai rawh. Chhiatna tawk loa i nundan tur i vawn theih nan, finna dilin tawngtai thin rawh. Rah duhawm takte i seng theih nan i chanpualah chuan i theitawp chhuah bawk la. Isuan tanpui min tiam tawh, kan beihvak phawt chuan. Min tanpuitu kan rina, mahni tih theih ang zawng zawng kan tih tawh chuan, kan thawh rah chu hlim taka dawn mai tur a ni.

Pathian chuan A mite mangang thlu dera an awm chu A duhzawng a ni lo va. Mahse kan Lalpa chuan min bum lo ve. “Hlau suh u, in kawngah hlauhnate a awm lo,” a ti lo va. Harsatnate leh hlauhawmte a awm chu A hria a, chuvang chuan mawltein min tihpui zawk a ni. A mite chu khawvel sualna leh vanduaina atanga lakchhuah A tum lo va, phen tur tha tak erawh chu A kawhhmuh zawk a ni. A zuitute tana A tawngtaina chu, “Nangin anni chu khawvel ata i lak chhuah tura ngen ka ni lo va, mi sual lakah chuan i hum tur ka ti zawk a ni,” tih hi a ni a. ’, Khawvelah hian hrehawmin in awm thin; nimahsela, thlamuangtakin awm rawh u, keiin khawvel ka ngam ta,”⁶ a ti a.

⁶Johana 17:15; 16:33.

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Tlang chunga A thusawinaah, Krista chuan Pathian rin a pawimawh zia thuah chuan zirtur hlu tak A zirtirte A zirtir a. Heng zirtur hlu takte hi Pathian fate nakin thlenga fuihna tura siam a ni a: kan damlai hunah pawh zirtirna leh thlamuannaa khatin a lo thleng ta. Kan Chhandamtu chuan A zuitute chu, chungleng sava fakna hla sa thin, lungkham nei lote hi A kawhhmuh a. “Bull an tuh lo va, an at hek lo,” tiin. Chutichung pawhin Pathian chuan an mamawhte chu A buatsaihsak si a. Kan Chhandamtu chuan, “Nangni chu anni ai chuan nasatakin in hlu zawk lo vem ni?”⁷ a ti a. Mihring leh rannung tana Buatsaihsaktu chuan A kut pharin A thilsiam zawng zawngte mamawh chu A pe a. Chungleng savate hi A hriattima A pe bik lo ve. An hmuiah chaw A thlak bik lo; nimahsela, an mamawhte chu A buatsaihsak a. Buhfang an tana a tihdarh sate chu an zawng ve bawk tur a ni. An bu atan thil an buatsaih vebawk tur a ni. An note an chawm tur a ni. An hnathawhna lamahte chuan hram chungin an thlawk a, “In Pa van amin A chawm avangin.” A nih leh, “Nangni chu chung ai chuan in hlu zawk lo em ni?” Nangni chu fing tak leh thlarauva Pathian betute in ni si a, chungleng savate ai chuan in hlu zawk em em lo em ni? Kan rinna Bul leh kan muanna —Vawngtu, Amah anga min Siamtu chu kan rin chuan kan mamawhte chu Ani chuan min tihsak lo ang em ni?

Krista chuan A zirtirte chu, pangpar tamtak, vana Pain mawina A pek anga mawina mawl tak tea tote pawh hi Pathianin mihring A hmangaihzia entir nan a ni tiin A kawhhmuh a. “Ram tuktin par thanzia hi thatakin ngaihtuah rawh u.” tiin. Heng pangpar naran mawl tak leh mawi tak si te hian Solomona ropuina an khum daih a ni. Mi thilthiamte siamchhuah incheina ennawmber pawh hian Pathian thilsiam pangpar mawina ropui takte leh leilung thatnate chu han tehkhin theih rual a ni lo. Isuan. “Chutichuan, ram hnim, vawiin anga nung, atuka thuka tuah leh mai tur mah’ Pathianin chuti kauva a chei chuan, aw nangni rin tlemte u, silhfen a pe zawk em em dawn lo che u em ni?”⁸ Pathian, thilcheimawi thiam berin pangpar mawl te te, an duhawmna leh an rawng ni khat thil thu leka chhe mai tur mah A pek si chuan, A anpui ngeia A siamte chu A ngaihsak nasa zawk em em dawn lawm ni? Kristain he zirtur A siam hi thinlung nghetlo, duhawm, buaina leh rinhlehnaa khat zilhhauna a ni.

⁷Mathaia 6:26.

⁸Mathaia 6:28, 30 .

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Lalpa chuan A fate leh fanute chu hlim tak leh thlamuang tak leh thuawi takin awm se A duh a. Isuan, “Keima thlamuanna ka pe a che u; khawvelin a pek angin ka pek loh che u hi. In thinlung mangang suh se, hlauh pawh hlau suh se.” Ka lawm nangmahnia a awm reng nan leh, in lawm a kim nan, heng thu hi in hnenah ka sawi hi,“⁹ a ti a.

Hlimna, rilru chetdan tha lo, pawnlam tihtur kawng atanga zawn chhuah chu thil diklo, bawlhlawh leh hun reilote chhung ami a ni. Hlimna chu a bo thuai a, rilru chu khawharna leh lungngaihnain a khat thin; amaherawhchu Pathian hnaah chuan lungawina leh lawmna a awm a; Kristian chu kawng chin hriat lohva hnutchhiah a ni hek lo; pawitihna leh hnualna mai mai tura hnutchhiah a ni bawk hek lo. He damchhunga nuam tihna hi kan neih loh pawhin nunna lo thleng tur lam thlirin kan hlim thei hle bawk a ni.

Nimahsela Kristiante chuan he leian pawh hian Krista nena inzawma lawmna chu an nei thei a; A hmangaihna eng, A thlamuanna nghet chu an nei thei a ni. Nundan kawng tinreng hian Isua chu min hnaih tir theiin, muanna in nuam chu min hnaih tir thei zel a. Kan rinna nghet tak hi i paih bo lo ang u khai, tun hma lam aia rinna nghet zawk erawh i nei ang. “Tun thleng hian Lalpan min pui ta a.”¹⁰ Tin, a tawp thlengin min pui ang. Hriatrengna ban, Lalpan min thlamuanna tura A tih takte leh tichhetu kut atanga min chhandam A tumna min hriatnawn tir lehtu chu i thlir reng ang u. Pathianin zahngaihna duhawm takte min entir tak—mittui A hruk hulnate, natna A tihrehnate, malsawmna A vurziate—chutianga kan zinna tura harsatna kan hmaa lo awm zawng zawng atana min tihchaknate hi kan hriatrengnaah hian i vawng thar reng ang u. Harsatna thar lo thleng turte chu kan thlir reng tur a ni a, tun hmalam thil kan thlir angin thil lo thleng turte pawh kan thlir theiin, “Tun thleng hian Lalpan min pui ta,” kan ti thei ang. “I theihna ang zelin i hunte chu a awm ang.”¹¹ Hrehawmna kan theihnain a tuar zawh loh khawp kan chungah a thleng lo ang. Thil eng pawh lo thleng se. harsatna chu theihnain A tiin tawk ang zelin a lokal dawn a ni tih ringin kan hna chu kan hmuhna piangah i thawk ang u.

Zawi zawiin vanram kawngkharte chu Pathian fate luh nan hawn a lo ni ang a, ropuina Lalber hmui atang chuan hla mawi ber

⁹Johan a 14:27; 15:11

¹⁰1 Samuela 7:12.

¹¹Deut. 33:25.

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angin an bengah chuan, “Ka Pa voh bikte u, lokal ula, khawvel siam tantirh ata in tana ram buatsaih chu chang rawh u,”¹² tih aw a lo ri ang.

Chutichuan tlansate chu Isuan an tan in A buatsaih sakah chuan lawmluh an ni ang. Chuta an thiante chu leia misualte. dawtheite, milembetute, thianghlimlote, leh ringlotute an ni dawn lo va; amaberawhchu Setana hneha, Pathian khawngaihna zara nungchang famkim lo siam tawhte chu an pawl tawh zawk ang. Sual duhna tinreng leh famkimlohna he leia anmahni tuartir thinte chu Krista thisen, A ropuina enna leh mawina. ni enna aia eng nasa zawk em em chuan a tihbo sak vek ang. A nungchang famkimna leh mawina chuailo chuan he khawvel ropuina aia hlu zawkin anni a chhun eng a. Lallukhum var ropui tak hmaah chuan sual nei lo vin. vantirhkohte chanvo leh ropuina tawmin an awm ta a ni.

Roluahna ropui tak, ata lo ni thei han thlirin, “Miin a nun ropuina amaha a neih chu khawvel in a nei thei ngai lo. Mihring aiah engnge a pek ang?”¹³ A rethei hle a ni thei e, hausakna leh tlantawh leh sualna tlenfai tawh, thiltihtheihna ropui taka Pathian hnaa hian thianghlim tawh chu thil hlu tak a ni; mi pakhat tlanchhuah chungah vanah chuan Pathian mithmuhah leh vantirhkohte mithmuhah lawmna a awm thin a. lawmna, hnehna thianghlim fakna hlatea sawichhuah chu.

¹²Mathaia 25:34. 13.

¹³Mathaia 16:26.

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Kan Hnenah Awm Ta Che

Ka Lalpa duhtak rain awmpui ang che,
Khua a thim dawn, min kalsan suh ang che;
Tanpui leh thlamuantu an awm loh leh,
Mi chak thei lo hnenah awm reng ang che.

Damchhung reilote an a ral lawk ang,
Khawvel hlimna leh ropui a boang;
Ka hmuh theih zawng zawng hi a chhe vek ang.
Danglam thei lo Nangin min awmpui ang.

Lal zawng zawng lal angin lokal suh la,
Ngilnei leh zaidamin inlar ang che;
Tap tan khawngaihna min hlawhtlintir la.
Misual Thianpa, ka hnenah awm ang che.

Mitkhap kar lo pawh i awm ka duh fo,
Nangmah loin Thlemtu ka ngam loang;
Nangmah angin tumah an awm thei lo,
Khawdur leh ni eng ah min awmpui ang.

Nangin min puih leh hmelma ka hlau lo.
Hrehawm a pawi lo. tah a hrehawm lo;
Thihna pawhin tunge a ngam theih ang?
Ka hnenah awm la ka tudai phawt ang.

Ka maimitchhinin ka hmaah awm la,
Khaw thim ah van ngaihtuah min pui ang che;
Vana var ang lei hlim a boral ang,
Damlai thih hunin min awmpui ang che.

Isu, Ka Thlarau Lawm Rawh

Isu, ka thlarau lawm rawh,
I hnenah min hruai zel rawh;
Thlemna a lo hnaih lai-in,
Nangin min chawisang langin;
Ka Chhandamtu min hruai la.
Chatuan hmunah min thlen la;
Thlemnaah min humhim rawh,
Nangin ka thlarau nei rawh.

Ka Chhandamtu ber I ni,
Ka thlarau Tlantu I ni;
Aw Isu, min kalsan suh,
Min tungdingin min pui rawh.
Nangmah chauh ring thei turin,
Ka thih hun ni thleng pawhin;
Ka Lalpa min hruai zel rawh.
Nangin min hualhim ang che.

Ka sual bawlhhlawh khuh turin.
I khawngaihna a tawk e;
Tuikhur hlu chu luantir la,
Chumi chuan min tlengfai rawh; [102]

Nang Tuikhur hlu chu I ni,
Ka duhtawk mi intir la;
Ka thinlungah loput la,
Chatuan thlengin luang ang che.

Thian Chutiang Ka Hriat Hma A

Thian chutiang ka hriat hma a,
Min hmangaihtu ka hmu ta!
Hmangaihna kutin min vuan a,
A hnenah min hruai ta a;
Ka thinlung chhungril berah chuan,
Hmangaih hruiin min phuar ta,
Ka ta a ni, Ama ta ka ni,
Chatuan awm chhung zawng chuanin.

Thian chutiang min tlan tura,
Thisen ehhuaka thi ka hmu!
/p> Nunna chauh chu min pe lova.
A taksa pawh min pe ta:
Keima tana nei ka ni lo,
Min Petu tan chuan a ni:
Thlarau leh nunna ka engkim,
Chatuanin A ta ka ni.

Thian chutiang nunnem, zaidam,
Roreltu fing, Chhandamtu,
Thutaka min Hruaitu ropui,
Chatuan Pa chu ka hmu ta;
Min hmangaihtu hnen ata chu,
Enginnge min then thei ang?
Nunna, thihna, lei, hremhmun maw?
Hnai lo! A ta fo ka ni.

Enna Nunnem

Enna nunnem, thimin ka vel a bawm,
Mi kai ang che.
Zan a ni e, In hlatin ka lo awm,
Mi kai ang che.
Ka ke veng la, thlir hlat ka dil love,
Tlemte a tawk,—pen khat pawh ni mahse

Hetiang ka duhin ka tawngtai ngai lo;
Min kai ang che.
Ka kawng ka thlang duh thin—tunah erawh,
Min kai ang che.
Ni hlim ka lawm thin, hlanhna awm mahse.
Chapovin min hneh kha. theihnghilh ang che.

I theihnain min hnem, tun hnu pawh a’n,
Min kai ang che.
Kawng chhuk chhovah, kham leh suar nasa ah
Min kai ang che,
Tin, nakinah khawvarin ka hma a
Lui kaite chu ka tawk ang—awm ho nan. [103]

I Lamah Min Hip Rawh

I lamah mm hip rawh, aw ka Pathian,
Kros hrehawm pu pawhin ka lo hnai ang;
Tin, ka chawimawi ang che,—ka hlasak zawngte hian
I lamah min hip rawh, Lalpa, Pathian.

Vakvai ang ni ila. ni tlak tawhin,
Thimin mi nang vela, lung lukhamin;
Ka mumang lamah chuan vana len ka duh ang,
I lamah min hip rawh, Lalpa Pathian.

Damlo ni ilangin hna thawk peih lo,
Mu reng thei chang changin, rilru pawl rawh.
Ka chhungte thi sela anni ngai vak ila;
I lamah min hip rawh, Lalpa Pathian.

Dam chhung mi hmuak apiang,—i tirh ni se,
A nuam nge a hrehawm a pawi love;
Hei hi ka dil ngawt ang; Min tawk apiang nen hian
I lamah min hip rawh, Lalpa Pathian.

Isua Kan Thian Tha Ber

Isua kan thian tha berin,
Kan mangan laiin min lawm;
Ama hnenah kan tawngtaiin,
Kan thlen apiang hi a pawm.
Muanna tamtak kan chan fova,
Sual leh lungngaih kan tuar thin;
Engkimah Isua ring a,
Kan tawngtai loh avangin.

Thil hrehawm leh thlemna tawkin,
Buaina lo awm bawk sela;
Tuilairap a lungngaih aiin,
Isua lam tawngtai ila.
Amah tluk thian hlu leh rinawm,
Min pui tur kan hmu lovang;
Kan sual kan chaklohna zawng zawng,
A hre vek tawngtai ilang.

Rilru lamah chaklo ila,
Mangan ritphurh nei pawhin;
Isua hlu hi kan humhimna,
Lamah tawngtai ilangin.
Chhungten min tuithlar mahsela,
Thianten min hmusit selang;
Isua hnenah thu thlen ila,
Kan phaw hian min thlamuan ang.

Isua Kros Maktak

Isua kros maktak a chungah khan.
Ropuina Lal thihzia ka ngaihtuahin;
Ka hlawkna hlu ka ngai nep a,
Chapo leh uanna ka ngaitlawm ber a.