Devotional (20th January 2021)

Topic (18th -24th January 2021) – “Ka Jingiada ka jong U Blei” (God’s Protection)

“Lah kaba ngeit ha U Trai ban ia kaba shaniah ha u briew. Lah kaba ngeit ha U Trai ban ia kaba shaniah ha ki bakhraw batri.” (Salm 118:8-9)

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Ha kaba sdang jong ka thma bah kaba II, ka Singapore ka dei kawei na ki jaka pdeng jong ki shipai jong ka Ri England na ka bynta ki ri kiba ha South -East Asia, bad ka Singapore ruh ka dei kawei na ki jaka jong ka jingiada na bynta ki phang kiba sha South Pacific. Bad tang ha Singapore ka England ka don haduh 1 lak ngut ki shipai bad ka don shibun ki tiar ialeh kiba bun, kiba kynthup naduh ki tiar pynbthei kiba ki buh (Stock) ha Singapore. Ha kito ki por la ju khot ia ka Singapore kum ka, “Fortress Singapore” (Ka kut Singapore) bad la ong ruh ba ym don ba lah ban pynkhih ia ka, ka long kaba shngain kaba lah ban ai jingiada na ki nongshun kiba wan ban ialeh (attack). Hynrei ha ka 15 tarik u Rymphang 1942, kata ka jaka ba ki buh (Stock) ia kine ki tiar thma, kaba kynthup naduh ki tiar pynbthei la knieh ia ka da ka Japan bad haduh 80 hajar ngut ki shipai ki la kylla long ki mraw jong ka thma (Prisoners of war). U Winston Churchill uba long u Prime Minister jong ka Ri England ha kato ka por haba u kren ia kata ka jingshah knieh jong ki ia kata ka jaka kaba ki khein ba ka long ma ka ka jaka kaba lah ba ai ia ka jingiada, u ong, “This is the worst disaster in British Military history” (Kane ka dei ka jingshah pynduh kaba shyrkhei tam ha ka history jong ki shipai jong ka Ri England).

Ki ladon ruh shibun ki jingjia kiba kum kine kiba iathuh ne pyni ba u briew hi um lah ban ai ia ka jingiada (protection). La iathuh ba hashwa jong ka Thma Waterloo, uwei na ki heh shipai u la pynkynmaw ia U Napoleon bad u ong ia kine ki kyntien, “Man proposes, but God disposes” (U briew u tyrwa bad thmu ia kiei kiei, hynrei dei U Blei Uba pyndam). U Napoleon ha ka jingsarong ka jong u, u la jubab da kaba ong, “I want you to understand sir, that Napoleon proposes, and Napoleon disposes” (Nga kwah ba men sngewthuh rangbah, ba U Napoleon u tyrwa bad thmu ia kiei kiei, bad u Napoleon hi uba pyndam). Ka jingmih na kata ka long ba U Napoleon u shahjop ha kane ka thma Waterloo ha U Captain Wellington.

Kane ka iarap ia ngi ban tip bad sngewthuh ba ka jingshngain ha ka jingim kam shong ha ki kti bad ha ki jingkhlain bor ki jong u briew, hynrei dei tang ha U Blei, ha U ka don ka jingshngain namarba U lah ban iada ia ngi na ka jingsniew baroh. U nongrwai Salm u pynkynmaw ia ngi kiba ngeit (Salm 118:8-9) u ong, “Lah kaba ngeit ha U Trai ban ia kaba shaniah ha u briew. Lah kaba ngeit ha U Trai ban ia kaba shaniah ha ki bakhraw batri.” Ka bha ia ngi ba ngin ngeit bad ba ngin shaniah ha U Blei namar dei ha U ba ngin mad ia ka jingshngain ha ka jingim namarba U lah ban iada ia ngi na kaba sniew baroh.

Jingduwai: - “Ah U Blei, hapdeng ki jingialeh kiba bun, iarap ia nga ba nga lah ban shaniah ha Me Uba lah ban da ia nga na kaba sniew baroh”-Amen

U Blei Un kyrkhu, Pastor Bidonbok Syiem.