- Rinfela Zadeng
Kristiante zingah Tirhkoh Paula hre lo hi kan awm âwm lo e – Thuthlung Thar lama a kut chhuak sawmpathum ngawt mai a awm avang pawh hian pa fing tak leh mi turu tak a ni ang tih kan hre theuh awm e. A chanchin ringawt pawh hi zir tham a ni a; tun tumah hian Tirhkoh Paula’n Finna ril (Philosophy) a hman tangkai dan kan zir dawn a ni.
- Paula hun lai khawvel
Tirhkoh Paula hi kum AD 6 -10 inkar velah Rom khua leh tui nihna neiin Cilicia, Tarsus khawpuiah Israel/Juda chhungkuaa Benjamin hnam atanga lo piang a ni a. Kum AD 20 – 30 inkarah hian Juda sakhaw hotu ropui Gamaliela bulah Sakhaw Dan /Torah a zir a. A hun laia Juda/Israel te khan Josefa leh Mari te fapa Isua Krista, Nazareth Isua ti a an koh bawk kha an ring lo a; Messia a nih an rin loh avangin Rom Sorkar hnenah hekin Kraws-ah an khengbet a. Amah zuitu Kristian te pawh kha nuaichimih vek tumin hma an la a; Kristian sakhaw lo ding tir nuaibo tuma thahnem ngai em em Paula kha Lal Isua Krista hnungzuitu rinawm leh Kristian Sakhaw vawrh darhtu ropui ber pawl a ni zui ta a nih kha. A thih thlengin Lal Isua Krista chanchin chu hrilin Mel 57000 aia tam mah kha a zin ta hial a ni.
Grik finna ril/Philosophy khan khatih hun lai khawvel kha sakhuana leh sorkar rorelnaah pawh thuk takin hmun a luah a. Gamaliela pawh khan a zirlai naupangte kha hotu leh hruaitu tha tak an nih theihna turin Grik philosophy kha a zirtir thin a ni. Grik greographer Starbo chuan Tarsus kha Alexandria leh Athens te aiin Grik philosophy zirnaah chuan an tha zawk niin a ngai bawk a ni. Paula hian Grik Philosophy hi nasa takin a zir tih Bible a lang lo a; mahse a kutchhuak atangin a thiamin a hre hle tih chu kan hmu thei a ni. Grik Philosophy hmang khan Paula hian Pathian thu/Theology kha a duang thiam em em a. Lal Isua Krista khan zirtirna peng pakhat (sect) Kristian zirtirna kha Juda sakhua atangin din a, Paula hian Isua Krista zirtirna chu Sakhaw puitlingah a chantir a ni tiin an sawi hial thin.
- Paula leh Plato Philosophy
Paula hian Plato philosophy hmangin Kristiante khawvel hi min thlir pui a. Plato hian hmuh theih piah lamah ‘forms’ a awm a ring a. Thil kan hmuh zawng zawng hi a hlimthla zawk, a tak chu hmuh theih piah lam niin a sawi. He khawvel kan hmuh theih hi thil tak tak hriltu a la ni lo a. Hemi aia tak zawk khawvel hi a la awm a ni. ‘Zawhte’ tih thumal ka sawi a, mitin hian kan mit hian zawhte chi hrang hrang rawng hrang hrang hmu mah ila, zawhte a nihna tak kha kan rilruah theuh intawm kan nei tih lam hawiin a sawi a.
Chutak chu Paula hian a hmang tangkai ta hle a; I Korinth bung 15 leh Rom Lehkhathawn bung 5 te hi Lal Isua Krista nihna (Christology) sawifiahna a ni a; Plato philosophy nena inzul a ni. Mihring hmasa ber Adam chu mihring famkim lo; mihring hnuhnung zawk Isua Krista erawh mi famkim a nih dan te hi Plato philosophy tawngkam hmangin fiah takin a sawi a ni.
Kolossa 2:16 – 22 thu te hi Plato philosophy hmangin thiam takin a sawi a. Ei leh in te, kut an hman dan tur thu-ah te, thla thar lawmna thu leh khatih hun laia Kristian te tih tur leh tih loh tura buaina leh inhnialna chawkchhuak thei thil lakah khan buai loin, chung thil chu hlim thla mai niin a tak erawh chu Isua Krista ta a nih thu kha a sawi a nih kha.
I Korinth 13:12 thu te hi Plato philosophy hmanga sawifiahin (epistemology) darthlalanga la in hmu ri ruai, la in hre chiang lo, nakina la famkim vek tur kan nih te kha thiam takin a sawi a nih kha.
- Paula leh Aristotle-a Philosophy
Pauala hian Plato philosophy chauh ni lo, Aristotle-a philosophy hmangin Pathian thu min zirtir bawk a. Aristotle chuan thil (object) chuan nihna a nei a, chutah chuan a nihna pawh a awm nghal a ni tiin a sawi. Pathian hi mihringin kan biak theih leh kan zawm theih, Pathian pawhin mihring chu a hmangaihin a khawngaih thei a, a chhandam thei a ni tih kha Paula hian Aristotle-a philosophy hmangin thiam tak maiin Pathian chungchang te, chhandamna kan neih theih dan te kha a lo sawi lang a nih kha.
Rom 8:29-30 -ah chuan chhandamna chungchangah pawh vawi khata han neih nghal ni loin kan lei taksa leh rilru ngei pawh hi Pathianin khawih danglamin a ruat kan ni tih a sawi lang a nih kha.
Philipi 2:12 – 13 ah pawh chhandamna kan nihna tura thawktu chu Pathian a nih thu kan hmu a; Pathian chu kan biak theih leh kan ban phak, amaha awma famkim nghal a nihna kan hmu bawk. Kolossa 1:29 – ah chuan Lal Isua chakna (energeia – Aristotle-a tawngkam) hmangin Paula chu hman tlak ni tura thuam a ni a; chutih rual chiah chuan Paula chet dan/rawngbawlna chu Pathian atanga lo chhuak a nihna kha a lang tel bawk a ni.
- Paula leh Stoic/Epicurean Philosophy
Tirhkoh Paula hian Grik Philosophy leh an thu leh hla/literature hi a hrechiang hle tih a lanna chu Tirhkohte Thiltih 17:16-34 ah khan kan hmu a. Athens khawpuiah khan Epicurean leh Stoic philosophers te nen an hnial tih kan hmuh kha. Athens khawpuia Areopagi, lunga ker thutna siam kual, khaw roreltuten rorelna hmun an tan hman thinah khan mipui tam tak te hriatturin an in hnial ta a nih kha.
Epicureanism hi Aristotle te hunlai dawt chiaha rawn inlar chho a ni a. An kalpui ber chu ‘nawmna’ hi a tawk chiah kan um chuan chu chu khawvelah chuan a dik ber a ni tih an zirtir a. Thihna hi mihring kan tawh tho tur a ni a; hlauh tur a awm lo a, kan thih hnuah chuan engmah a awm tawh lo tih te an zirtir bawk. Stoic hi chuan mihring nuna tha/virtue leh hlimna te kan nuna thil lo thleng apiang kan pawm thiam danah a innghat ang tiin kan rilru ngaihtuahna/emotion thunun turin a zirtir bawk a nih kha.
Tirhkohte Thiltih 17:24 – Pathian, khawvêl leh a chhunga thil zawng zawng siamtu chu, lei leh vân Lal a nih avangin kuta sak inahte a awm lo va – tih thu Paula’n a sawi chhan te hi Roman Stoic Philosopher Seneca thusawi lar tak – Temple/Biak In te hi Pathian tan lung sang taka phum sak tur a ni lo a, khawvel pumpui hi pathian thi theite khawpui a ni – tih thu a sawi zulzuia Pathian thu a zirtirna a ni.
Tirhkohte Thiltih 17:28 – Amah avangin kan nung, kan che, kan awm a ni si a; nangmahni hlaphuahthiam tute emaw pawhin, ‘Keini pawh a thlahte kan ni si,’ tia an sawi ang khan – tih kan hmuh te hi Grik dictator leh hla phuah thiam/poet Aratus-a hla – kan vai hian Pathian fate kan ni e – tih a sawi kha Paula hian a hre reng a ni.
Athens atangin Paula chu Korinth khuaah a zin a, chutah chuan Pathian finna nena khaikhin chuan mihring finna/philosophy chu âtna a ni a, mihringin a zawn mek nunna chhanna chu a rawn pe chhuak ngai lo ang tih chiang takin a sawi a (I Kor 2:1-7). Mihring finna aia sang Isua Krista Kraws chauh hian mihringte tlanna tur leh nun awmze zawhna, kum tam tak liam tawhte chhanna pe turin a tawk a ni tiin a sawi a.
Paula hian a lehkha thawnah vawi sawmhnih chuang zet chu Plato, Socrates, Epimenides, Menander, leh Seneca te ang Grik philosopher-te zirtirna sawi thawiin, mihring zawng zawng zawmkhawmtu, thutak leh finna famkim chu “hmuh theih loh Pathian anpui” (Kol. 1:15) Isua Krista êng leh Pathian inpuanna Isuaah chauh hmuh tur a awm tiin Pathian Thu /Theology kha a duang chhuak a ni.