Singlamteh Nam Thum (Three types of Cross) ~ Samuel TK Mung
Thuciam Thak sung ah ‘singlamteh’ 27 vei leh ‘singlamteh tungah kihai’ cih 46 vei kizang hi. Greek kama stauros kici pen migilo khempeuhte tunga migilote sihna daan piak nadingin a kibawl lei sungah a bul kiphutin tangtakin a kiphut singkhuam genna ahi hi. Hih singlamteh tunga khailupna pen Greek-te leh Rome mite in Phoenician mite tung panin a laksawn uh hi kici hi.
Thuciam Lui sung ah hih kammal lian kizang kha lo hi. Ahih hangin sihna dan (capital punishment) a kipia dingte mipi in suang tawh denglum uh hi. Ahih hangin khatveivei a luanghawm uh singtungah khai thei uh hi (Thuhilhkikna 21:22-23; Jos, 10:26). Tuni-in singlamteh thu khatvei lungngai kik dingin I kicial nuam hi. Hih thului sungah “singlamteh thum” cih a banbanin en ding hi hang.
A lipkhaphuai Romte’ singlamteh
Singlamteh tunga kithat ding peuhmah mite’ muh loh kalin kithat sim cih bang om ngei lo hi. Mi tam thei pen in a muh theih nadingun khuapi sunga lamka bom, mun sanna, ahih kei leh kimawlna tualpi gei khongah guaktangin khai sese uh hi. Bang hang hiam cih leh singlamteh tunga khaina pen pumpi gim thuak nading bek hilo-in a kikhai mipa maizum lua-in a lungtang a tamkham zo zah dong ding deihna ahi hi.
Singlamteh ah hehpih kici limlim khat zong om lo hi. Hih hun a maizumna pen sihna sangin a siahuaizaw zah dongin kingaihsun hi. Singlamteh tungah sihna daan a piak dingte pen lei panin a khe uh pi khat le nih khongin kigamlasak uh hi. Tua bangin a kiniamsakna a hang pen sa sialne gamsate, ui gilote leh vasate in a luang uh a nek theih nading a deihna uh ahi hi.
Rome gammi ahi lo suak le salte, Rome kumpi thukham langpangte khong na khai lum zel uh hi. A mulkimhuai penpen leh a tualniam penpen sihna-in a kituat ahi hi. Bang hang hiam cih leh satna vuakna leh simmawhna nam khempeuh a kithuaksak khit ciangin singlamteh tungah khai pan uh hi. Si pah lo uh ahih manun a kikhai sungun genzawh loh natna, thuakna leh zumna tawlpi khat sung thuak lailai uh hi. Cicero in a thugenna khat ah, “singlamteh tunga kikhaina pen a mulkimhuai leh a cikzethuai penpen gawtna hi” na ci hi.
Rome galkapte misatdan pen genzawh lohin mulkimhuai hi. A tangpi-in mi khat a sat uh ciangun sawmthum le kua vei sat uh hi. Hih bang sihdan kipiate pen savun tawh a kibawl khauteep a mongah sikhiam leh saguh zumte koih uh hi. Tua khauteep tawh guaktangin a ki-omsak mipa pumpi pasal thahat khat in a thaneih zah tawh a sat ciangin a khauteep mong a kikhih sik leh saguh zumte a taksa sung uh a thuk pipi tum suk hi.
Tua kim lai a satpa in a thatang neihzah tawh a kaih kik ciangin a satak nangawn uh a bekbekin lengkhia khawm zo hi. Third-century historian khat ahi Eusebius in Rom galkapte satna tawh kisai a genna ah, “Hih satna a thuak mite a sigui leh sazangte uh kihawkkhia-in, a satak uh kibalkhia-in a gilzang nangawn uh a pua lamah lawtkhia hi” ci hi.
A ithuai Jesu singlamteh
Hih Rome-te’ singlamteh pen leitung a gawtnate lakah a mulkimhuai leh a cikzet huai penpen khat ahi hi. Mang nangawn ah mat dingin a kamsiat huai ankam lim lohpih zah dingin a lipkhaphuai singlamteh ahi hi. A tunga I gen bang tektekin I Topa Jesu in zong na thuak hi. A singlamteh leh a thuakna kibang na pi a thuakna hang leh a nungsang ciang a thupiangte kibang het lo hi.
Tua hamsiatna singlamah Pasian in amitnauta vantung tuuno hong kikhai tak ciangin a lamdang mahmah tangthu thakte hong piang ta hi. Tua Jesu singlamteh tungtawnin a kikhensa vanpi leh leitung kizom kiksak ta hi (Kol. 1:20). Tua singlamteh ah mimawh pen nangawn a mawhna kimaisakin nuntak tawntungna ngahsak zen hi! (Rom. 6:23). Pasian thangpaihna leh sinsona a daisak zo vangliatna a nei singlamteh ahi hi. Leitung tangthu a lumlet zo singlamteh ahi hi. Nang le kei adingin zong tangthuthak hong bawlsak a vanglian mahmah singlamteh ahi hi.
Hun khat lai-in a mulkimhuai penpenin a kingaihsun singlamteh pen Jesu hangin a ithuai penpen, a kivelvel nuam singlamteh hi ta hi. Sihna panin nuntak tawntungna a pia singlamteh hi ta hi. Hun khat lai-in mang nangawnin a kiman nuamlo singlamteh pen a thu kigencim thei lo, la-in a kisa cim thei lo suak ta hi. Jesu hangin singlamteh pen sihna panin hinna kipatna limin kimu ta hi. Tuni in “Singlamteh singlamteh ka kisak theihna hi” ci-in angtang takin la-in I sa ziahziah ta uh hi. Tum akum tulnih lai-in tua bangin kisa zenzen leh mihai-in hong kingaihsun hamtang ding hi.
Hih kammal nihte, “Singlamteh” leh “luguh mualte” (Kalvari mual) ah Jesu Khrist na kihel kha lo hi zen leh leitungah a kilipkhap penpen kammalte sungah a kihel kha dingin ka um hi. Ahi zongin amaute’ tungah Jesu sisan na bang kha sese ahih manin a lamdang itna thu a kisut khak simin a kigen kha den kammalte hong suak laizang uh hi.
Jesu sisan hong bang lo hi zen leh maw nang “singlamteh” leh “kalvari” koi-ah mun nangah zen tam! Hih Jesu singlamteh pen a hoih lo eite mawhna a kiciamteh khempeuh a maisakin a beisak singlamteh ahi hi (kol. 2:14). Laigelh siam pa khat in: Leitungah mihing tampi Pasian a suah sawm manun buaina tampi piang a, ahih hangin Pasian takpi mihing hong suakna hangin buaina khempeuh veng hi ci hi.
Nisim a puak ding Singlamteh
A thumna singlamteh pen Jesu nungzuite in nisimin I puak ding singlamteh ahi hi. Tu hun-in singlamteh pen biakinn dawn ah suang, a mai-ah kun ahih kei leh ngawng ah ok ziau-in tua pen hun kisa mahmah thei hi. Topa Jesu hong sawlna ah bel “eima singlamteh tek mah kisuanin nisimin amah zui ding” hong ci hi. Nungzuihna pen singlamteh pua nuntakna hi. Singlamteh pua nungtakna pen ei deihna a om thei nawn lo hong nei khat om a tua pa deihna banga nungtakna ahi hi.
I Topa Jesu in ama pum tektek tawh pua-in singlamteh gilo na thuak khin ta hi. Tuni-in nang le kei puak ding singlamteh pen Romte hiam Jesu kikhaina hiam tawh a mel kibang lo kha thei ding hi. Ahih hangin a neih uh hihnate kibang veve ding hi. Maizumna, kona, satna, simmawhna, tuiduh-gilkalna, thawmhauna a kisap leh sihna zong hong tung lai ding hi. Singlamteh ahih nungsang a nuam deuh a zang deuh om tuan lo hi. Jesu ngiat in zong lelin na puk zelzel hi.
Ahi zongin a puk simin amah na tho kik teitei ahih manin a kung dong tung hi. Na puk simin na thawh kik teiteina, gik pipi mah na puak veve ciangin khamlukhu tawh a khek thei ding kihi pan hi. Ni khat ni ciangin tu a na puak gik na sak mahmah singlamteh hangin na kipak mahmah ding hi.
J.C. Ryle in, “Lai Siangtho sung panin Jesu singlamteh kilakhia hi leh Lai Siangtho pen a mial mahmah laibu suak ding hi” ci hi. Ryle genna tawh kizawi tawnin singlamteh a pua lo Khristian nuntakna pen lametna a om lo a mial mahmah Khristian nuntakna hi ding hi. Jesu nung a zui nuam khempeuh in puak ding singlamteh I nei ciat hi.
Tua ciangin Jesuh in a nungzuite le mi khempeuh kiangah, “Mi khatpeuh in kei hong zuihnop leh ama deihna bangin gamta nawn loin nisimin a singlamteh pua-in hong zui ding hi (Lk. 9:23; Matt. 16:21-28).
Thuhialna
Tanglai Greek laigelhsiamte’na a hi thei tanin singlamteh tunga kithahana thu pen na gelh nuam khol lo uh hi. A thu a theih loh man vua a gelh loh uh hi lo-in a hoih thei pen dingin a gelh uh tangthu khat sungah a lipkhaphuai singlamteh thu a om ding a deihlohna uh ahi hi. Tua banah limpiahna (drama) a neih uh ciangun a bei kuan ciangin singlamteh tungah a tangval hiam nungak nu pen kikhaisak uh a, ahih hangin a tawp dong zumhuai takin kikhai suak lo-a thupiatakin kihonkhia zel hi.
Hih bang ngeina sungah a khangto Greek mite adingin singlamteh tungah Jesu sihna pen a haivai pha mahmah leh a telhak mahmah thu na hi laizang hi. Pliny in “tapidawte in singlamteh tungah a kithat Khrist thu peuh gen belin nei uh ahih manun a lawki vai mahmah biakna hi” na ci hi. “Bang hang hiam cih leh khuam tungah a kikhai siluang hawm pen Pasian in muhthadah sa hi” (Thkna. 21:23) hih thu a umin a kiplet Judah mite’ adingin Jesu tektek tua bangin si ahih manin Pasian samsiatna a thuak mi khat “Messiah hi” va cih ding zong a haksa mahmah leh ahi thei ngiat lo thu khat ahi hi. “Sing tungah a kikhai mi peuhmah Pasian’ samsiat mi ahi hi,” (Gal. 3:13).
Ahi zongin Lai Siangtho in Pasian pilna hi na ci hi. Pasian haina mite pilna in ban zolo hi. Bang hang hiam cih leh sihna a thuak mite a dingin singlamteh tungah Khrih sihna thu pen a haihuai thu ahi hi. Ahi zongin hotkhiatna a ngah eite a dingin Pasian’ vangliatna ahi hi (1 Kor 1:18).
Leitung in ‘pil si’ hong cih ding sangin van le lei a Bawl Pa in “pil” hongsak ding thupi zaw tham hi. Tuni-in na dangtak a tak leh amah nuntakna tui ahi hi. Na gil a kial leh nuntakna khomun ahi hi. Na lampi mialin koi lam pai ding cih nangawn na theih kei leh amah lam man hong lak ding khuavak ahi hi. Na lampi ah ling a om leh a lutungah khupa phawk in. Na hihna bangbang tawh Jesu singlamteh phung va zuan in. Na vangik pi teng mah tua singlamteh phungah va nga lecin leitung in hong piak theih loh lungnop tawldam tawntungna na ngah pelmawh ding hi. “Singlamteh singlamteh ka kisaktheihna hi. Vantung khua ka tun ciangin a nuam ka ngah nang hi” Samuel TK Mung
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