Laingaantu: Henry T. Conzo
Date: 01 October 2024
Paul in, “harsa a tuar hnakte heh thuthangpha karhzai ruaitu sawn lehlam ah cang i (1:12). Thuthangpha i phuang manin thawng ah i toh hnak thu heh kin unaute (Sangtu mite a rel nuam hnak i) ral pha ruaitu ah cang i “ tiin, ti i (1:14). Cen, mihrekkhat in tu thuthangpha heh ruahsanhnak tumce tren in phuang i. Khrih thu a phuang tlang heh a thupi ber i. Minungte laivum ah kin nunghnak ai sullam tu thuthangpha phuang tuh hnak hrang ah i ti heh thupi ngai in lar ruai i (1:20-21). Thuthangpha hrang ah zai bang dinhmun tawk in khai ralpha ngai in le sangkho ngai in nung tlang tuh heh Paul in thupi ngai in lar ruai i.
Thutlangpi:
II. Khrih hrangah nung tlang tiin, thazang pehnak thu (1:9 – 2:18).
- A. Sangkho ngai le rinsan tlak in nung tu ih (1:9-30)
- i). Nuncan ziaza pha heh ning nunhnak ah dim tu seh (1:9-11)
- ii). Paul ai harsa a tuar hnak heh thuthangpha karhzai ruaitu sawn ah cang (1:12-14).
- iii). Khrih thu le thuthangpha heh ruahsanhnak tumce tren in phuang tlang (1:15-19).
- iv). Khrih hrang ah nung (1:20-30).
- B. Phuncamlo in le mawh nailo in nung tu ih (2:12-18)
Hliakhlaih hnakte
i). Nuncan ziaza pha heh Pathian sunloih hnak i (1:9-11)
1:9-11 Paul in Filipi khuate heh daihdun ngai in, ‘linghnak dik le thu thiathiam hnak thawn’ khangso amam tuhin sawngen sak i. Paul in Filipi khua ai umtu sangtu mite vumah anghnak thu a rel fangin amah Filipi khuate heh thil dik cang lingthiam in, le pakhat le pakhat daihdun ngai in um tlang thil tuhin sawngen sak i. Cetihin, Pathian songlawi hnak ah cang tuh i tiin thape i.
ii). Paul ai harsa tuarhnak heh thuthangpha karhzai ruaitu ah cang i (1:12–14).
1:12-14 Paul harsa a tuarhnak le thawng a tohnak heh thuthangpha karhzai ruaitu sawn ah cang i (vv. 12-13). Paul le Silas heh Filipi khua ah mualpho ngai in vit tuar ai (Nalangte 16:21, 22). Cetihin, vit a tuar hnuaah thawng ah toh kom i. Cetih ai Paul le Silas vit a tuar hnak hmun (Nalangte 16:21) heh, mizapui tangka si hmun (Khuapi pakhat ai hmunpiber, mi hmuahhmuah khawm tlang hmun) i. Cetihai mizapui hmaiah mualpho in zohsuam a tuar hnen heh hnuataber ah thuthangpha karhzai hnak sawnah cang ta i. Paul le Silas thawng a to hmunah Rauhla Thianghlim huham in thawnginn dawngkham bal sio i. Ikhalselai, thawngto te heh tlanlo in um tlang i. Cetihin, Filipi thawnginn kiltu heh Jesuh sangtu ah cang ta i (Nalangte 16:22-34).
iii). Khrih thu le thuthangpha heh ruahsanhnak tumce tren in phuang tlang (vv. 15-19).
1:15-19 Mitampui in Khrih thu le thuthangpha heh ruahsanhnak tumce tren in rel tlang i: Mitampi tu Paul iksik manin Khrih thu rel tlang i (v. 15a). Mihrekkhat tu Pathian in pervo zem ve manin thuthangpha heh rel tlang ai (vv. 15b-16), mi-zaimawzah tu amahte thinlung pamhap hnak thawn thuthangpha rel tlang i (v. 17). Zaizai khai itatuseh, ‘Khrih thu’ a rel tlang hnak hnalamin a pha i (v. 18).
iv). Khrih hrang ah nung (1:20-30).
1:20-21 Paul ai ruatsan hnak ber tu, ‘Khrih in a vum ai pehnak pervo heh semkhim ruai trio selai’ ti heh, Paul in a ruatsan hnak ber i. Paul ai tuar hnakte heh a cung vv. 12-14 songai hliakhlaih hnak ah kin lar ruaizo i sing. Cetihai harsa a tuar hnak hmuahhmuah heh Jesuh Khrih thuthangpha karhzai ruai tuh hnak ruahsanhnak manin tuar i. Paul heh Damaskas khua feh hnak lampi ah tleu hnak thawn kap i. Ciafangin, Bawipa in Ananias hnenah Saul tawk tuhin ruai i. Ikhalselai, Ananias in Saul thuhla a ling manin Saul tawk tuh heh ngamlo i. Ikhalselai, Bawipa in Saul heh a mah Jesuh hming thang ruaitu tuhin rilzo hnak thu rel ai Ananias heh Saul tawk tuhin feh ruai thotho i (Nalangte 9:13-16). Jesuh Khrih in Paul nunhnak ai tumtek hnak, (or) Jesuh Khrih in Paul nunhnak hmang in na a per tumhnak heh Paul in khai hmufiang, lingfiang i. Cetihai, amah vumai tumtek hnak heh zaibang dinhmun in khai semkhim ruai tuh heh Paul ai ruahsan hnak ber i. Paul in Filipi khua ah zohsuam hnak, vit hnak, le thawngto tian a tuar in khai, “amah Paul nunhnak hmangin Jesuh Khrih hming thang ruai tuhhnak” Jesuh Khrih in pervo a pehnak semkhim ruai tuh heh Paul in thupiber in ruahsan hnak nai i (Filipi 1:20). Paul heh harsahnak tampi a tuar fangin thi tuh tian khai nuamsawn bang in ruat can nai vede i. Ikhalselai, thihhnak hnaktah in laivumah harsa tuar in Jesuh thuthangpha karhzai ruai tuh heh phathnemhnak um sawn tiin, lai vumah nung in harsa tuar tuh heh ril sawn i.
1:22-26 Paul in laivum ah nung tuh heh a pha deuh sawn tiin ruat i. Zaiman tifangin Filipi khuai umtu sangtu mite (laivum mite) sanghnak songah khangso vivo tuhhnak hrang ah le anghnak bel bawm tu tuh in Filipi khuate (laivum) hnenah nung i. Paul le Silas te ai sanghnak manin Filipi thawnginn kiltu le a innsangte Jesuh sangtu ah cang i. Paul in Jesuh hming thang ruai tuh heh thupiber ruat manin laivum ah harsa tuar in nung tuh a ril sawn hnak bangin, Jesuh sangtu heh Filipi khua ah karhzai i. Ciahlaiah, Berea khua, Thessalonika khua, Athen khua, Korin khua te (Tunsan ah Greek ram), le Asia minor (Tunsan ah Turkey ram) ah khai Jesuh hming heh thang vivo i. Khrihfa thuanthu ngaan hnak laibu pakhat songah hlanlai Khrihfa karzai hnak thuanthu sik fangin laivum ah Kharhfa karhzai ber hmun heh hmunthum um i. Ciami hmunte tu: (1) Pisidia Antioch, (Galati peng songai um khuapi, tunsan ah Turkey ram), (2) Filippi (Macedonia peng songai khuapi pakhat, tunsan ah Greece ram), le. (3) Korin khua (Achaia peng songai khuapi pakhat, tunsan ah Greece ram song thotho), te i.[1] Hemi Khrihfa karhzai hmun khuapite heh Paul in thuthangpha phuang a vak zianzo hnak hmunte i.
1:27-30 Khrih hrangah ralkap pha bangin nung tu ih: Khrih thuthangpha ai daihhnak bangin nung tlang tuh heh zuam tu ih. Cetihin, thuthangpha hrang ah thinlung khat in ral tawng tlang tuh ising (v. 27). Ning ralte heh kihmahih, Pathian in nehhnak ning pe tuh i (v. 28). Khrih sanghnak ai sullam taktak tu, ‘Khrih tuar hnak ah khai covo zem hnak i si’ (v. 29). Ral i tawng hnak tu ning mah in ling zo hnak i ai, tun ah khai ciami ral heh tawng lai betbo ing (v. 30), tiin, Paul in Filipi khuaai sangtu mite heh thazang pe in forh i. Paul in Jesuh hming thang tuh ruahsan hnak in a nunhnak hmuahhmuam apdun in a um hnak heh a tumtek hnak lianber i. Ciabangin, a thuzirhnak a hluntute le Jesuh sangtu mite hmuahhmuah khai heh amah bangin Jesuh thuthangpha dinpi ve tuhin thazang pe kong in sawn i.
Chapter 2:
B. Thinlung pakhat nai tlang in, thinniam hnak thawn itdun tlang tu ih (2:1-11).
i) Lungrual in um tu ih
2:1 – 5 “Cetih ilekhaw hetihin ning forh i nuam i: Ningruahhnak hmun khat tu seh, pakhat le pakhat itdun tu ih, ning tumtekhnak khai bang dun tu seh, cetihin ning um fangin i anghnak semkhim tuh i” tiin, Paul in Filipi khuaai sangtu mite hnenah thu rel i (v. 2). Paul ai ponghnak, “Rauhla thawn pawlkom hnak nai ai pakhat le pakhat vumah ngaihhar dunhnak nai tlang ilo i sim?” (v. 1b) tiin, a tihnak pongfang umdan ruat ilesingkhaw rem dunlo manin thucuuk hnak bangin ngai sung thil i. Zaiman tifangin, “pakhat le pakhat vum ah ngaihhar dunhnak nai tlang ilo i sim?” tiin, a zawt ben ah, “Cetih ilekhaw hetin ning forh i nuam i” (v. 2a) tiin, ti ai, Pakhat le pakhat itdun tuh, thinlung ruah hnak hmunkhat tuh, tumtekhnak pakhat nai tlang tuh, mi-iksikhnak thinlung nai tuhlo, zawn ruat dun tuh thu, thute cuuk ai, pakhat le pakhat zawnruat hnak thinlung nai in thinniam hnak thawn komdun tuh thute cuuk i (vv. 3-5). Ciaheh thazang pehnak le forh hnak menma ilo ai, a hau thah fawm in thu cuuk hnak bangin ngai sung thil i.
Filipi khuaai umtu sangtu mite heh Paul ai thuthangpha phuang hnak ah thatho ngai in bawmtute ikhalselai, amahte pawlkom songah remdunlo deuh hnak um bangin ngai sung thil i. Laivum minungte kin pawlkom dun hmun ah ruahhnak pakhat nai in, itdun ngaiin pakhat le pakhat thusang dun in, tumtekhnak pakhai nai tlang in nung tlang thil hnak heh pawlkom veksen anghnak semkhim ruaitu i. Khrihfa pawlkom songah ruahhnak thinlung hmunkhat nai tlang in lung rual neu in um tlang tuh heh Pathian daihhnak i. Bible hlun (OT) thuanthu ngaihven ilesingkhaw Pathian in Israel mite heh hlaidan dunhnak umlo dingthlok lairel ngai in kom dun tuh in thu rel de i (Luatsuakhnak 23:1–9). Jesuh hnuahlunte, pakhat le pakhat thu zirh dun in, le thu zirh hnak sang dun in, thinlung hmunkhat nai tlang ai a nung tlang hnak hmunah Pathian in umpi ai sangtu mi khai karhzai sinsin i (Nalangte 2:42–47).
ii). Jesuh heh thin niam hnak thinlung nai manin Pathian in khaisang i (2:6 – 11).
2:6–8 Jesuh Khrih tu thin niam hnak thinlung nai i. A cung ah kin lar ruaizo bangin, “Paul in Filipi khuate heh thazang pehnak le forhhnak menma ilo ai Filipi khuate rem dunlo manin a hau thah fawm in thu cuuk i”, tiin, larruaizo ising. Cetihin, thu a cuuk fangin, “Khrih thinlung bangin thinniamhnak thinlung nai tuih” tiin, thu cuuk i (v. 5). Jesuh Khrih hnen in zir tuhpha thu heh a tamngai um thai i: santehhnak ah, it hnak, ngaihhar hnak, zawnruat hnak, etc..,. Filipi khuate hnenah Paul in, “Ning thinlung tu Khrih thinlung bang ituseh” tiin, a ti fangin, Jesuh Khrih ai thin niam hnak heh rel nuam hnak i. “Khrih tu Pathian ihnak semkhim nai khalselai Pathian bang tum awnglo i” (v. 6) tiin, a ti fangin, Jesuh Khrih thin niamhnak thinlung a nai hnak heh larruai nuam hnak i.
Laivum minungte in kin ihnak hnaktahin niam deuhin ruat dun tuhheh ruat dun harngai de ising. Fimhnak le thiamhnak kin naihsun heh lar ruai kin nuam hnak ber de sawn ising. Ikhalselai, cetihai kin fimhnak le kin thiamsun kin larruai nuamhnak manin kin hiangai umtu midangte hnaihnok tuhlo heh thupi in ngaivendun kin kul de i. Pawlkom songah rem dun tuhlo hnak suahpi tuh tian in kin ihnak heh hmang ngah tuhlo hnak thupi ngai de i. Paul in Korin khuate hnenah, “minungte linghnak (fimhnak) in mi hngai ruai i. Ikhalselai, ithnak cen in mi tungding i” tiin ti i (1 Korin 8:1).
2:9–11 Ciamanin, Jesuh Khrih heh Pathian in khaisang i. “Ciamanin” tihnak pongfang ngaihven ilesingkhaw a relciazo hnak thu pakhat heh kawk in ponghnak pongfang i. Filipi 2:9 ai ‘Ciamanin’ tihnak pongfang ai a kawk hnak tu: Jesuh Khrih heh Pathian ihnak semkhim nai khalselai Pathian bang tumlo in thin niam nai in a umhnak thinlung a nai hnak thu kawk nuam hnak i. Cetihin, Jesuh Khrih heh thin niamhnak thinlung a nai manin Pathian in a sangber dinhmunah khai sang i (2:9-11).
C. Phuncamlo in per tuih lai, mawhhnak nai tuhlo in nung tum tuih (2:12-18)
2:12 – 16 Nun aohnak semkhim ning ngah hnak tuhin per tu ih. Van ai Arsite a tleu bangin ning khai laivum minungte lakah tleu tu ih.
2:12 Nun aohnak semkhim ning ngah hnak tuhin per tuih: Hemi thu ah thupi ngai in ruatpha pahnih suak i. Pakhat (1) hnak ah: Nun aohnak heh persuah hnak in ngah thil, co thil bangin ruat thil ai, persuak hnak umlo fangin tu nun aohnak semkhim ngah tuhlo bangin ngaisung thil i. Hebang sanghnak in, “persuak hnak umlo fangin tu nun aohnak heh a paisal thai” timi, sanghnak tian heh hlenpi thai i. Ikhalselai, Pathian ukhnak songah kin tel thil nawnlo hnua ah Jesuh Khrih sanghnak manin kin co hnak nun aohnak tu persuak hnak in ngah thil hnak ilo ai, Sanghnak ian in co thil hnak i (Efesa 2:8). Pahnih (2) hnak ah: Cetihin, ‘nun aohnak heh sanghnak ian in co thil i’ tiin, ruat tuh ilesingkhaw, “Nun aohnak semkhim ning ngah hnak tuhin per tu ih” tiin, Paul in a ngaan hnak thawn elsan dun bangin ngaisung thil leh thio i. Ikhalselai, “Sanghnak ian in aohnak co thil i” tiin, sangtute in persuak kullo, thilpha bawn khel kullo, ti mi sanghnak ah hlenpi thai i. Cetihin, thin kin sau benlo canah, thilpha kin bawn benlo canah, dikcanglohnak thil kin bawn ah can ah, “minung in mawh i hluuk manin khai Sanghnak manin Pathian hmai ah mifel ing” tiin, ruatdun hnak sanghnak ah hlenpi thai i. “Nun aohnak semkhim ning ngah hnak tuhin per tu ih” tiin, Filipi pawlpui hnenai Paul in a rel nuamhnak thu heh dikcang ngai in kin zir thil tuh hnak ah a thu heh khanhnih in khan in zir kul i. Khankhat (1) hnak ah, “Nun aohnak” tihnak thu, le khanhnih (2) hnak ah, “persuak hnak” tihnak thute ruat tlang kul i.
Pakhat (1) hnak, Nun aohnak: Nun aohnak thu tu Pathian ninghio ngaihharhnak thu i. Pathian mithmuh ah misual zomi minungte heh Pathian thianghlim hnak heh tawmpi thil ve nawnlo, Pathian hmuihmel kengtu Pathian Fa tling nawnlo i. Cetihin, Pathian thianghlim hnak tawmpi ban nawnlo te heh amah Pathian in a fa din hmunah cang lehsal thil tuhin le a thianghlim hnak tawmpi ve thil lehsal tuhin a Fapa Jesuh hmangin a minungte heh sualsal songin aosuak hnak thu i. Ciami aosuak hnak thu tu, sanghnak ian in co thil i, persuak hnak in co thil hnak ilo i (Efesa 2:8).
Pahnih (2) hnak, per suakhnak: Ikhalselai, Jesuh Khrih hmangin minungte aosuak hnak tu Pathian Fa cang thil lehsal hnak le Pathian thianghlim hnak lar ruai tuh hnak hrangah ruahsan hnak le tumtek hnak in aosuak hnak i. Minung mit in hmu thillo hnak Pathian ihnak lar ruai tuh kin ti fangin Pathian ihnak (attribute) te heh ruat kul i. Pathian ihnakte heh laivum minung amah sangtu mite in kin larruai thil hnakte tu; fim hnak (thil dik le thil sual hlaidan thiam hnak), it hnak, ninghio hnak le ngaihhar hnak, dikcang hnak, thianghlim hnakte i. Laivum minung Jesuh Khrih aohnak cosang tute in Pathian ihnakte lar ruai tuh hnak heh amahte ihnak ve i. Cetihin, aohnak cosang tute ihnak lar ruai tuhhnak hrangah amahte songai umtu Pathian Fa ihnak Rauhla thianghlim ruaihnak le bawmhnak ring in nung tuh heh laivum ai sangtu mite ai persuak tuhhnak pervo i. “Pathian tumtekhnak daih tuhin le ciami tumtekhnak bawn ben tuhin ning songah naper tu heh Pathian i” (2:13).
Ciamanin, “Aohnak semkhim ning ngah hnak tuhin per tu ih” tihnak sullam tu, nun aohnak a co tutein nun aohnak ai tumtekhnak bangin nunpi tuh heh a rel nuam hnak i. Pathian in amah hmuihmel bangin semsuah hnak minungte Jesuh hmangin aosuak hnak ai tumtek hnak ber tu amah Pathian hmuihmel lar ruai tuh hnak hrang ah i (Kolose 1:15). Bible hlun (OT) sanai Israel mite sal taanghnak in aosuak leh hnak ai tumtek hnak ber tu Pathian hming thianghlim larruai tuh hnak hrangah i (Ezekiel 36:22-23). Sangtu mite nun aohnak a cohnak ai thai suak hnak nun: pakhat le pakhat rem neu in um tlang fangin laivum mihrokhrawl le misualte lak ah misemkhim i tuh ai a thianghlil mi Pathian Fa ihnak lar tuh i. Sangtu mite ai persuak hnak nunmawi heh van ah Arsi a tleu bangin lai vum ah tleu tuh ve i (vv. 14-16). Cetihin, nu aohnak ai tumtek hnak hlenpi fangin ian heh Nun aohnak ai sullam heh semkhim tuh i.
2:17 – 18 Rekhnak tuar in khai Filipi mite sanghnak hamkho ruai tu ah cang ilekhaw, Paul heh ang thotho tuh pah i (2:17). Paul in Jesuh Khrih thuthangpha heh a nunhnak liam tian ban dinpi tuh ti heh lar ngai in ling thil i. Paul in Jesuh Khrih thuthangpha phuang tuh heh, “Pathian in a vum ah pervo lian ngai pe” tiin, sanghnak nai i. Lai vum nun ti hnak heh zai khai ilo i, Khrih hrang ah nung fangin ian heh sullam nai i, tiin ruat i. “Nun tihnak tu ziang i? Kai i hrangah cen nun heh Khrih i” ti heh, Paul ai lungput i (Filipi 1:20-21).

[1] David W. J. Gill, ‘Early Christianity in Its Colonial Contexts in the Provinces of the Eastern Empire.’, in The Urban World and the First Christians, Steve Walton, Paul R. Trebilco, and David W. J. Gill, (William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2017), pp. 146–148.