BAPTISMA

  Bible-ah hian Baptisma pawimawhna hi kan hmu nasa em em a. Chutih rual chuan Baptisma engahmah ngailo kohhrante pawh kan lo awm ve zel a. Bible-ah a chuang em? Kan tan ala hman chi em? Ala tangkai pha em? Tihte hi kan hriat vek angai a ni.

      Baptisma hi a pawimawh em em a ni. Kohhran tam zawkte chuan Baptisma hi kan ngai pawimawh hle a. Chutih laiin Baptisma tul ti ve tho si, mahse ngai pawimawh em em lo, kohhran an tam hle. Baptisma pawimawhzia an sawi dan hrang hrang hi tlem azawng I han tarlang hmasa phawt teh ang:

  ✍ ‘Baptisma chu tuia hnim tihna a ni. Mi tharte Baptisma chantir hi nunhlui bansanna, sual sim an duh entirnan leh Pathian thu awiha nun thara nung tura an inpeihna entirna a ni’. (Rom 6:1-4)’ (Mizo Study Bible 1410 published by the Bible Society of India)

✍ Thuthlung Tharah chuan piantharna chhinchhiahna tur leh nemnghehna tura Pathianin a hman thin chu Baptisma a ni. (John 3:5; TT 2:38;3;5) (Bible Dictionary page 415 published by Synod Publication Board)

✍ Rom 6:3,4…….. Baptisma ngei hi Golgotha-a baptisma channa diktak kan chan hmasak tur chu a ni. He lai chang hian a ti fiah tawh hle awm e. Baptisma chu Messiah thihna leh thawhlehna a ni a (Luka 12:50),… Tuia hnim phuma awm chuan sual lam kawnga thihna leh sual kawng tlansana entir ang bawkin  tui ata lo chhuah lehna chuan sual kawng ata fihlima-Krista nun lehna a entir a ni. (Jerusalem leh Rom Indona page 72-78, Published by the Church of God (Israel, Mizoram: India. 2000)

            He a chunga mi hrang hrangten an ngaihdan leh rindan an sawi atang pawh hian Baptisma chu a ziarang kan hre tawhin a rinawm.

            Baptisma hi engtia lo chhuak nge? Thuthlugn Hlui rawngbawlna hlimthla a ni tih hriat tur. A chhan chu hmanlai ziak apiang mai chu kan tan entirna tur a ni (Rom 15:4). Tichuan  hmun thianghliama luh dawn reng rengin Puithiam tu pawh , Lalber pawh tiamin, dar maihunah an insilfai hmasa ziah tur a ni. Tui pawimawhzia heng changah hian kan hmu (Sam 23:2; Isaia 55;1, 10; Jer 2:13). Chumiin a entir chu Kohhran hmun thianghlima lut tur chuan kan insil fai, bawlhhlawh loh a ngai tihna a ni.

Lal Isuan chhandamna/vanram luhna sawi hrang hrangte:

☞ Lal Isua khawvela a len lai khan, Piantharna chungchangah Juda zirtirtu (Rabbi) pakhatin a rawn kawm tlat mai a. A hming chu Nikodema a ni. An inkawmnaah chuan piantharna chungchang an sawi ta a. An han inkawm tan dawn chauhva, Lal Isuan , “Tih tak meuhvin, tih tak meuhvin ka hrilh a che , mi tupawh an pianthar loh chuan Pathian ram an hmu thei lovang,” (John 3:3) ati nghal tawp mai a ni. Mahse Nikodema’n a hrethiam lo. “Mi a tar hunin engtin nge a pian theih ang? A nu pumah vawi hnih lutin a piang thei em ni?” (John 3:4) tiin a zawt tlawng mai. A bo ve hle a ni. Tunlai ringtu tamtak ang hi a ni ve ngei ang. Isuan a chhang leh a, “Tihtak meuhvin, tihtak meuhvin ka hrilh a che mi tupawh tuiah leh thlarauah an piang loh chuan Pathian ramah an lut thei lovang” (John 3:5)-ah a ti ta a ni.  

Helai thu hi Isuan piantharna leh Pathian ram luhtheihna thu a sawina hmasaber pawl a ni hial awm e. Vanrama lut, Pathian rama lut tur chuan pianthar a ngai a ni tih chiang takin kan hmu a ni. Mahni duh thu thua lo piangthar ve ngawt theh pawh a ni lo. Tui leh Thlarauvah pianthar angai a ni. Chuti a nih loh chuan piantharna a tling lo. Piangthar lo chu vanram an lut dawn lova. Tichuan Pathianin vanram kan luh ve theihnan tui (baptisma) leh Thlarau (baptisma) chan a tulziua a rawn sawi a. Chumi chan loh chuan vanramah luh theih a ni dawn lo a ni tih a sawi leh ta a ni.

             ☞ Mt. 5:20 thuah, “Infelnain lehkhaziaktute leh Pharisaite felna hi a khum loh chuan vanram in lut tawp lovang tih ka hrilh che u a nih hi,” a ti leh a. Pharisai  fel em em maite, kar khata vawi hnih vawi thum chuang chaw nghei zat zatte, Pathian ngaihsak em em te, thawhhlawk em em thin te, tawngtai peih em em thinte kan khum zawh loh chuan vanram kan kai hauh dawn lo a ni tih a sawi a. A awmzia chu mihring felna ringawt leh inpekna ringawt hian vanram a kai theih loh tihna a ni.

            Mi hausa dollar vaibelchhe tela tanpuina sem thinte hi an va fel em, thil tha an va ti nasa em, an felnate hi engtikahmah keini hote hi chuan kan tluk hauh lovang le. Mahse an felna kan tluk loh a, kan khum loh chuan Lal Isuan ‘vanram in kai lovang’ ati si. Engtin nge kan tih tak ang le?

            Mihausate tluk a, Pharisaite kan khum a, an aia kan tih that ve theihna awm chhun chu Baptisma bawk hi a ni a. Baptisma kan chan hian felna zawng zawng kan hlen chhuak vek tihna a ni. Mihausa sawma pakhat thawh theuh theuh, inkhawm peih em em, inpe em em, mi fel lutuk baptisma chang chuang si lote chu vanram an kai lul lovang. “Nimahse Isuan ‘tunah remti hram rawh, heti anga felna zawng zawng hlen chhuah hi kan tan a mawi a ni,” tiin a chhang a (Mt 3:15. Chutichuan Pharisai felna kan khum theihnan, felna zawng zawng hlen chhuahna Baptisma kan chan a ngai a ni.

            ☞ Isua van a lawn dawnah, vanram luh leh luh lohna thu khawvel mi zawng zawng huap zo a puang leh ta. Thuthlung hmasa-serhtan, dan thu zawng zawngte kha mi zawng zawng a huap zo lo a, chuvang chuan demawm alo ni ta. Chu miah chuan thuthlung thar tha lehzual chatuan ram hawlh phak chu Lal Isuan a puang leh ta. A zirtirte hnenah chuan thurochhiah a nei ta a. (Hebrai 9:16). Chu, van a lawn dawn a a thurochhiah chu eng nge ni ta ang le? Tin, an hnenah, “Khawvel zawng zawngah kal ula thil siam zawng zawng hnenah chuan chanchin tha hi hril rawh u. A ringa baptisma chang chu chhandamin an awm ang a, a ring lo erawh chu thiamloh changin an awm ang,” (Mk 16:15-16) ah alo ti a. Ring chunga baptisma chang chu chhandam tur, a ring lo chu chhandam lo a ni tawp mai a ni. Isua thupek/ thurochhiah a ni a, tu tihdanglam chi mah a ni lo. Kohhran/pawlin a lo tihdanglam ve ngawt chi a ni reng reng lo a ni.

            Tichuan Pathianin Israel fate sualna zawng zawngte, an bawlhhlawh zawng zawngte chu an tana hautak lo te leh an zawh tawk tawk turin sual ngaihdamna hmanrua siamsak a tum tlat a ni. Zakaria 13:1-ah chuan “Chumi niah sual leh bawlhhlawhna tlenfai nan Davida chhungte leh Jerusalem luahtute hnenah chuan tuikhur hawnin a awm ang,” a lo ti a. Chu chu engtikah nge alo thlen dik tihte kan chhui dawn a ni.

            Lal Isuan a zirtirte hnenah Kohhran din a tum thu leh ‘tu sual pawh an ngaihdam chu vanah pawh ngaihdam, an ngaihdam loh chu vanah pawh ngaihdam loh’ anih tur thu a sawi (Mt 16:18-20). Tichuan a thih hnua vana a lawn dawnah ngaihdamna chanchin tha chu a puang ta. Mahse Zakaria 13:1; TT 1:8; Lk 24:47 thu angte khan sual ngaihdamna chu Jerusalem atanga lo chhuak tur a ni tlat. Tichuan Jerusalem atang chauha lo chhuak tur chu a kengkawh tur leh thuneihna a pek tawh a zirtirte chuan Pentecost niah chuan an kengkawh ta. Petera sermon naah chuan mi tam takte an inhmuchhuak ta a. An thinlung chhun ang hialin alo na a ta a ni. An inhmuchhuak chiang hlawm hle a ni tih kan hre thei a; ‘Pute u eng nge kan tih tur’ tiin an zawt nghal a ni. Mahse Petera chuan ‘Kros-ah a chhandam tawh che ring mai rawh’ a ti reng reng lo. Engtin nge a tih? Isuan chhandamna thu a sawi aia dang deuh a kawhhmuhin a sawi hauh lo. Tin, Petera chuan an hnenah, “Sim ula in sual ngaihdam nan Isua Krista hmingin baptisma chang theuh rawh u, tichuan Thlarau Thianghlim pek hi in hmu ang. A tiam kha nangni tan pawh, in fate tan pawh, hla taka mi zawng zawng tan pawh, Lalpa kan Pathianin a koh apiangte tan a ni e,” alo ti ta a ni.

            Khawvel mi zawng zawng tan chhandamna baptisma chu angai a ni tih chiang takin kan hmu a ni. Keini kohhran tan, chhungkaw tan a ni ve lo tih rikngawt chi a ni reng reng lo. Mi zawng zawng zingah hian nang leh kei hi kan tel a ni.

            Heta chiang tae m em mai chu Isua hminga baptisma an chang hi a ni. Tichuan chu chhandamna thupek baptisma chu nang leh kei pawh hian kan tih ve tur a ni ngei ang. ‘Hengho tan chauh hian ngensak ka ni lo, an thu avanga kei mi la ring turte tan pawh ngensak ka ni bawk e,’ John 17:20-ah chuan Isuan a sawi. Isua tawngtaina hian nag leh kei hi min huap tel ve em? A zirtirte thu lo sawi pawma an tih anga ti a, an ringa ringte tan Lal Isua kha a tawngtai a ni. In kohhran/pawl khan Lal Isua zirtirte tih dan angin in zirtir em? An ring angin in ring em? A chhanna chu nagman I hria e.

                BAPTISMA AWMZIA:

Baptisma tih chu Greek tawng atanga lak a ni a. Greek ṭawng thumal Baptizo tih chu Mizo ṭawng chuan ‘hnim’, ‘chiahpil’ tihna a ni (Rom 6:4) Chuvangin baptisma kan chan dawn chuan kan inhnim phum ngei tur a ni. Chubakah Lal Isuan ‘Tui leh Thlarauvah’ a tih avangin Baptisma chu tuiah ngei chan tur a ni tih min zirtir a ni.  Mi thenkhatten, tuia in baptis kher hi baptisma a ni vek kher lo an ti thin. Puanzara luh tlangte pawh baptisma a ngai kan awm a. Chu chu Isuan sawi a tum a ni reng reng lo a ni. Baptisma chu tuiah chan tur a ni a. Tichuan Thlarau Thianghlim baptisma a awm leh a, chu bak baptisma dang Lalpan pawm a nei lo a ni.

            Tunlai Kristian ringtu inti tamtakte hian Baptisma (hnim phum) hi a nih tur angin an hmang lo fo thin. Lal Isuan ‘inhnim phum rawh u’ a tih mawlh mawlh lain, thenkhat chuan Rantizo (thlawr)in an in thlawr thin a. Rantizo hi Baptisma a ni lo hrim hrim a ni. Mihring phuahchawp a ni a. Isua hunlai pawhin leh Thuthlung Thar hunah reng reng khan baptisma chan nan an inthlawr tih hmuh tur a awm reng reng lo a ni.

           

Engtin nge Baptisma hi an sawi/hrilhfiah reng ilo en teh ang

           

1. Greek English Lexicon by Liddel Scott and Thayer “Baptisma tih hi Greek tawng ‘Baptizo’ atanga lehlin a ni a. Mizo  tawng chuan hnim phum emaw hnim pil emaw tihna a ni.

           

            2. Pulpit Commentary volume 18, phek 156, Rom 6:4 angin Baptisma tih chu hnim phum a ni tiin a ziak bawk.

         3. Greek English Dictionary by Pollet : Greek tawng thumal pakhat Baptizo tih chu tuia hnim phum tihna a ni.

           

            (Rantizo chu thlawr tihna a ni a, Baptisma nen a kawh tum, a awmzia leh a nihphung a hrang hlak a ni. Thil thuhmun a ni reng reng lo)

           

            Engtia chan tur nge?

Baptisma chu hnim phum (immersed) tihna a ni a. Mahni duh dan leh awlsam dan dana lo tih danglam ve tawp mai chu Bible-in a phal reng reng lo a. Baptisma an chan reng reng hian tuiah hnim phum zelin an chang a ni tih Bible ah kan hmu a ni (John 3:13,16. TT 8:36,39;10:47). An inthlawr (rantizo) ngai lo a ni. Bible-ah tih dan dang kan hmu reng reng lova, hetiang anih avang hian Bible thu zawm ila, baptisma chu hnim phum ngeiin kan chang tur a ni. Inthlawr(rantizo) tih vel hi chu Bible piah lam thil a ni tih kan hriat reng a tha.

           

Tu hminga chan tur nge?

“Chutichuan kal ula, hnam tina mi zirtirah siam ula, Pa leh Fapa leh Thlarau Thianghlim hmingah chuan baptis ula, thu ka pek zawng zawng che u pawm turin zirtir rawh u,” (Mt. 28:19) thu hi kohhran tamtakte chuan tanchhanah hmangin Trinity inzirtirna leh baptisma chan nan an hmang fo thin.

            He thu hi a zirtirte hnena a sawi a ni a. Pa leh Fapa leh Thlarau Thianghlim hi hming a ni lova, Pathian nihna (title) a ni zawk tih hi kan hriattur pawimawh tak a ni. A zirtirte chuan Pa leh Fapa leh Thlarau Thianghlim hming chu an hrechiang hle, Lal Isuan chumi hmingah chuan baptis rawh u a ti a. A zirtirte khan engtin nge an baptis le? Lal Isua thupek an hman chhuahna hmasa ber chu Pentecost ni-ah Petera’n a puang chhuak ta. “Sim ula in sual ngaihdamnan Isua Krista hmingin baptisma chang theuh rawh u. Tichuan Thlarau Thianghli pek hi in hmu ang. A tiam kha nang ni tan pawh, infate tan pawh, hla taka mi zawng zawng tan pawh, Lalpa kan Pathianin a hnena a koh apiangte tan a ni e,” (TT 2:38-39) ah chuan alo ti ta a ni.

            Pa leh Fapa leh Thlarau Thianghlim hming chu Isua Krista a ni tih hi kan hriatreng tur a ni. Pa leh Fapa leh Thlarau Thianghlim hmingin ka baptis a che tia tawngkam an hmanna Bible-ah hian hmuh tur a awm lova, Pa leh Fapa leh Thlarau Thianghlim hming neitu Lal Isua Krista hmingin an in-baptis thin zawk a ni tih Bible-ah kan hmu a ni. Isua hming ngeia baptisma chan hi tihdan dik, pawm tlak leh rintlak, zirtirte tih dan Bible zirtirna ngei a ni tih I hre thar leh ang u.

            Bible a Isua hminga Baptisma changtute:

                        ✔       Samari mite,   (T.T 8:16)

                        ✔  Jentailte           (TT 10:47,48)

                        ✔       Ephesi khuaa mite      (TT 19:5)

                        ✔       Tang vengtu leh a chhungte (TT 16:31-33)

                        ✔       Mi sangthumin            (TT 2:38-41)

                        ✔       Galatia mite     (Galatia 3:27)

                        ✔       Korinth khua mite        (TT 18:8)

                        ✔       Philipi mite       (TT 16:14-33)

                        ✔       Kollossa kohhran        (Kol 2:12)

                        ✔       Rom Kohhrante          (Rom 6:1-4)

            Isua hminga baptisma chan loh hi Bible piah lam zirtirna a ni tih a lang chiang ta em em a ni.

            Historian-ten engtin nge an sawi:

            ✍  Hastin, Encyclopedia of Religion, phek 377 kan chhiar chuan, Justin Martyr-a hun thleng lhan Isua hming chauin an inhnim phum thin a ni.

            ✍ Canney Encyclopedia of Religion, phek 53-na kan chhiar chuan kum zabi 2-na AD 200 thleng kha chuan Isua hming chauhin baptisma an chang thin a ni.

            ✍ Catholic Encyclopedia Volume 2, page 435-naah chuan Isua hminga hnim phuma baptisma chan hi- Pa leh Fapa leh Thlarau Thianghlim hming lama thawrin anmahni Catholic thlak (thupek) ngei a ni tih a inziak. Presbyterian, Baptist leh pawl dang dangte hian Catholic atanga protestant alo pian khan Catholic ho thlak danglam hi pawm vein an hmang zui ve ta zel a ni.

            Baptisma pawimawhna:

            Baptisma pawimawhzia hi Bible ah hmuh tur a awm nual a, chung a pawimawhnate chu a hnuaiah hian ka’n tarlang ang e.

            ☞      Lal Isua thupek a ni. --- (Mt 28:19)

            ☞      Chhandamna a ni. ----- (Mk 16:16; I Petera 3:20)

            ☞      Pathian thinur tlansanna a ni. ---- (Luka 3:6-7)

            ☞      Sual ngaihdamna a ni. (TT 2:38)

            ☞      Sual tlenfaina a ni. --- (TT 9:18; 22:16)

            ☞      Pathian ram luhna a ni. --- (John 3:5)

            ☞      Krista inthuamna a ni. – (Gal 3:27)

            ☞      Krista serhtanna a ni. --- (Kol 2:11-12)

            ☞      Felna hlenchhuahna a ni. (Mt 3:15)

            Heta tang mai pawh hian baptisma pawimawhzia chu kan hre thei mai awm e. Chhandamn kan duh a, kan sualte ngaihdama a awm kan duh bawk chuan Isua hminga Baptisma (hnim phum) kan chan a ngai a ni. Baptisma hi pawl thil mai a ni lo. Isua thupek, Isuan chhandamna tur atana hmanrua min pek a ni. Chumi pawm lotute chu chhandam an ni dawn lo a ni.

            Rin dan dang: Kohhran pawl thenkhat chuan a hranpaa tuia in baptis a ngai kher lo. Pathian thu kan hriat a kan awih hian a thu khan min baptis tawh zawk a ni an ti. Baptisma hi tuia hnim phum kher tihna a ni lo an ti fo thin. Mahse, Bible thu ngun leh chik zawka kan en chuan Isua thu hriaa zawmtuten tuiah ngei baptisma (hnim phum) an chang thin.

            “Heta hi tui a awm, baptisma chan nan engin nge min dal?” (T.T 8:35-38)-ah chuan a ti mai a ni. A thu mai chuan a baptis ngai lo a ni. Chuvang chuan chhandam inih theih nan Lal Isua thupek angin I sualte sim la, Lalpa Isua Krista hmingin Baptisma (hnim phum) chang la, Thlarau Thianghlim baptisma pawh chang turin tan la ang che.

                                                                                                 -       Exerpt from Indona Oneness & Trinity by L.H Kapchhunga