Sik Khedap: Kumthak ading Pasian’ hong kamciam (Iron Shoe: God’s Promise for New Year) ~ Rev. Dr. Mang Do Thang
“Na khuapite, sik leh sumngo tawh kidal ding a, na nuntak lai teng na thahatna tua bang hi ding hi” (Deut 33:23- Tedim Version). “Thy shoes shall be iron and bronze, and as thy days, so shall thy strength be” KJV).
A tunga Lai Siangtho pen Asher-te tungah Moses in a sih kuanin kamsanna tawh a nunung pen a thupha piakna ahi hi. New International (NIV), Kawl Lai Siangtho (Judson Version) le Manglai Lai Siangtho adangte ah “khuapite” a cih pen King James Version ah “sik khedap” (iron shoes) tawh na kiletkhia hi. Tua ahih manin sik khedap (iron shoes) ci-a a letkhia KJV cih bang bang ih zui phot ding uhi; a hang pen ih thu gen nop (message) tawh kizawitawn zaw pian hi.
1. Mailam (kumthak) ah Bang Thu Teng Hong Piang Zen Tam? (We Wonder What the Future Hold?)
(a) A beisa 2021 kum pen ih theihsa tek mah bangin kum sia, kum hoih lo cih ding ahi hi. Covid natna leh gam sung buaina hangin lungkhamna, gentheih liangvaihna tawh ih kidim uh a, ahi zongin lametna khat tawh ih thuak keeikaai lai veve uh hi.
(b) Ih maingat kumthak (2022) pen lawpna (excitement) le lunghihmawhna (apprehension) tawh ih dawn leuleu ding uh hi. Ahih kei leh hong tung ding 2022 kum pen “A hoih pen ding lamen kawmin a sia pen ading zong kigin kholh ding dinmun” (Hope for the best and prepare for the worst scienerio) tawh a dawn ding dan ih hi lai zen uh hi. Bang hang hiam ih cih leh mai lam hunah ih nuntakna uh pen tel mel a om nai het lo (uncertainty) hi lai mawk hi.
2. Tua ahih leh ih mailam pen bang ci nawk sawm? (How then will response the future?)
(a) Ih mai lamah bang bang a piang ta zongin (no matter what) ih Pasian ih thei zawh nading ih han ciam pha mahmah ding uh hi (Hosea 6:3).
(i) Leitungah theihna (knowledge) tampi a omte lakah Pasian theihna pen a manpha pen leh a thupi pena ih koih ding uh kisam hi (We must value and esteem knowledge of God as the best knowledge).
(ii) Paunak sungah,”Ngun ahih kei leh a kiseel sum manpha zon bangin hahkatin pilna (Pasian theihna) zong in,” ci-in kun ngeungau hi (Prov 2:4).
(b) Pasian theihna in tawntung nuntakna hong tun hi (The knowledge of God leads one to eternal life).
(i) Tua ahih manin Hosea in Israel-te tungah Pasian lam hong kihei tapeuh un, ci-in na zol zol mai hi. Ahih hangin Israel-te in na thudon het lo uhi.
(ii) A beisa kumin (2021) ih kampau, ih gamtat ih lukek leh ih ngaisutnate khempeuh tawh Pasian tungah ih mawhna teng kisik kikin ih pumpi nate khempeuh (every area of our lives-ih lei, ih pau ih muk, ih khut ih khe, ect; ) tawh Pasian thu man sawm ni.
2. Pasian in Moses tungtawnin Asher thupha pia.
“Asher in tapa dangte sangin thupha ngah zaw tahen. A sanggamte’ patak hi henla, a gam sungah oliv thau kidim tahen(Deut 33:24).
(i) Asher gamgi pen tuhun Haifa khuapi leilu lam gunpiau (seacoast) panin tuhun Lebanon leitaw lam dong zai hi. A gam uh pen leitang hoih mahmah (very fruitful) a, ahi hangin suang tamna mual tung gam (rocky mountain terrain) vive hi cit ciat hi.
(ii) Pasian in Asher-te thupha pia ih cih ciangin amau pen na sem lo-a khut zep ziau ding a cih nopna hi peumah lo hi. Na nakpi takin sem ding uh a, tua khit teh sepna gah ne pan ding a ci nopna hizaw hi. Tua ahih manin na semin ahi zongin khualzinin ahi zongin a paina peuh peuh vuah Asher-te adingin khedap mawkmawk- kadipa khedap (velvet sleeper) cihte tawh piang thei ngiat lo ahih manin Pasian in sik khedap a piak ding a genkhol ahi hi.
3. Kumthak simin khualzinna thak khat a kipan ih hi gige uh hi (Every new year is the beginning of a new journey).
(a) A khualzin nading uh a hamsat leh a khe uh a nat lo nadingin Asher-te tungah Pasian in sik khedap a piak mah bangin eite tungah zong hong pia ding hi. Sik khedap pen a nuai a bangin ih kisapna tungtawnin hong pia ding hi:
(i) Ih nuntakna ah hamsatna ih thuak khak leh thuakzawh hatna hong pia ding hi.
(ii) Ih nuntakna ah Pasian’ minthan nadingin na lienpite ih sep sawm leh Pasian in sik khedap tawh a kibang gualzawhna thupha tampi tak hong pie ding hi.
(b) Ih nuntakna sungah hanciamna om loin paak kiphah lampi ih tot sawm leh (if our way is to be flower strewn – ပန်း
ခင်းသောလမ်း) belh sik khedap kisam lo ding a, sleeper bek tawh lem lel ding hi. Cih nopna ah na hoih tam sem lo ih hih manin thupha zong tam ih ngah kei pah ding uh hi.
(i) Tua ahih manin maikum adingin ih ngimna leh ih tupna a sang pi ih neih khol kei a leh ih thupha zong hong tawm pah ding a, ih ngah ding uh thuphate pen a man nei khol lo khedap (sleeper) peuh tawh hong kibang lel ding hi.
(ii) Ih tupna leh ih ngimna ih san sak a, na lian tampi (many great things) ih sep sawm leh ih thuphate zong hong lian mahmah ding a, a manpha mahmah sik khedap dante ih ngah pah ding uh hi.
(iii) Kimawlna coach (နည်းပြ) te in a kimawlte (athletes) kiangah, “gimna lo tawh bangmah kingah lo (no pain, no gain), hansanna om loin minthanna kingah lo (no guts no glory) ci thei zel uh hi. Galkapte kisinna (boot camps) ah zong “khua-ul tam luang leh sisan tawm luang ding hi”-more sweats, less bloodshed- ချွေးထွက်များရင် သွေးထွက်နဲမည်) ci in kihanthawn tangtang uh hi.
(c) Na hanciamna tungtawnin Pasian in nang tungah na hong sem ding hi.
(i) Mualtung gam suang lakah na pai sawm leh Pasian in sik khedap hong bulhsak ding a, a gamla na pai sawm kei a leh sleeper khedap hong bulsak lel ding hi.
(ii) Kum thak sungah zong Pasian in, “mai lam ah pai in (forward”), ahih kei leh “na ma nawt in (march) hong ci ahi hi. Na na sepna a ol dan leh a hamsat dan tawh kizui-in Pasian in na vanzat ding a manpha (sik khedap) ahih keh a man pha khol lo kadipa khedap (velvet sleeper) khatzaw sang a hong piak ding lam phawk gige in.
4. A Hong Khap Na Lienpite ( A Promise of Great Provision) “Na nuntak lai teng na thahatna tua bang hi ding hi” (v.25b).
(a) Ih nuntakna a bei dongin Pasian in thahatna hong pia ding hi a ci nuam ahi hi. Lai Siengtho siam mi pawlkhat in “na nuntakna leh na thahatna kikim ding hi (your strength will equal your days) ci uh hi.
(i) Hih Lai Siangtho pen ih sih kuan nangawnin ih thahat ding hi a cih nopna hih tuak sam lo hi. Thahatna pen pumpi thahatna leh lungsim thahatna ci-in nam nih om hi. Hih munah lungsim thahatna a gen nuam hizaw ngel hi.
(ii) Kum (20) lai pen ih thahat hun tak hi a, sakhi tai lai ih phak ngap hun, ahih keh ih kizangdawng muan hun hi a, hih hunin sep ngap lah cih bang kinei vet lo hi. Kum (30) ih phak ciangin zong ih thahat mahmah lai a, gim cih dan mel zong kithei se lo hi.
(iii) Kum (40) ih cin ciangin kigik pian ta a, ih hatna (stamina) a kiat hiaihiai lam kiphawk pian ta hi. Kum (59), (60), (70) hun ciangin bel lam ih pai teh ih khup bang hong liing daldal ta a, ih lungsim om bangin ih pumpi in zui zo nawn peuhmah lo hi.
(b) Ih pumpi thazaw semsemin hankhuk lam a manawh nawh ih hih zenzen hangin Paul in, “Tua thu hangin ka lungkia tuan kei uh hi. Kote leitung pumpi in damdamin muat lam ding a manawh ahi zongin ka kha nuntakna uh a nini-in thaksuak semsem hi, na ci ziau ta leu leu hi (2Cor 4:16). Moses in zong hih dan mah a gen nuam hi kha ngel in ka um hi.
(c) Paul in a gen mah bangin eite ih khangham semsem ta zongin, ih upna (faith), ih itna (love), ih hanciamna (zeals), ih lametnate (hope) ih khansak semsem ding uh kisam hi. Pasian tate in limtakin Ama’ na ih sep nop nak leh Pasian’ hong sikna (God’s Provision) ih kitasam ngei kei ding hi. Kumthak thupha Mi kim tungah hong tung tahen. Amen. Rev. Dr. Mang Do Thang
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