-4- tymmenbasan, ki rangbah baling, ki nongkitkam jong ka Jingiaseng Samla, ki
longkpa ki longkmie, ki para samla, bad ki khynnah rit; Nga ai khublei ia phi ha
Namar ba kim sngap, U Blei U la bitar. Ula ai ka jingpynshai ha Jeremaiah. Phi
lah ban pule na ka lynnong 25: 1 – 11. U Blei Un sa pyndonkam ia u syiem
Nebukhadnessar ka Babylon ban pynjot ia ki briew jong ka Judah, ban ring mraw
noh ia ki sha Babylon. U Blei Ula ong ruh ba ki briew ka Judah kin shakri ia u
syiem jong ka Babylon haduh 70 snem. Haduh 70 snem kin long ki mraw ha ri
nongwei tang namar ba kim sngap ia u nongiathuhlypa ba la phah da U Blei.
Kumta, ka la jia kumba la pynshai ha u Jeremaiah. Ia ka hima Judah la
shah pynjot bad ia ki briew jong ka hima Judah la shah pynryngkangpar bad shah
pynlong mraw ha Babylon. Judah was doomed!
Hynrei kaba sngewphylla ka long ba U Blei U dang phah ktien lyngba u
Jeremaiah bad dei ha ka dkhot kaba 11 jong ka lynnong kaba 29 ba ngi shem ia ki
kyntien jingkular thiang jong U Blei ia ki briew jong ka Judah. Kane ka jingkular
ka jong U Blei ia ki briew ka Judah ka mih naka jingieid ba khlem kyndon ka
jong U. Um thmu ban pynjynjar junom ia ki; U ai ia ka JINGKYRMEN.
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Chairman ba pyniaid ia kane ka Jingiaseng ha kane ka janmiet kaba
mynta; i leader ba pyniaid ia kane ka programme Jingiathuh khana lyngkot; ki
ka kyrteng kaba thiang bad kaba donbor ka jong U Nongpynim jong ngi U Jisu
Khrist.
Ia ka theme jong ka Youth Week & Youth Sunday 2023 la extract, la sot
na ka Ktien jong U Blei na ka Kitab Jeremaiah ka lynnong kaba 29, ka dkhot kaba
11; bad ka theme ka ong “Ki samla kiba kyrmen ha U Trai”. Sngewtynnad! Lada
nga pule ia ka exact verse, kane ka dkhot ka ong kumne, “Naba nga tip ia ki
jingmut kiba nga pyrkhat shaphang jong phi, ong U Trai, ki jingmut ka jingsuk
kein, te ym ki jong ka jingsniew, ban ai ka jingkyrmen ia phi ha ka por bakut jong
phi”. Ka kham sngewtynnad shuh shuh ka kyntien phareng, ha ka New
International Version ka ong, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares
the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and
a future”. Ki long ki kyntien kiba thiang haduh katta katta namar kidei ki kyntien
jong ka jingkular U Blei. Iano U Blei U ong ia kine ki kyntien bad balei ruh U
ong? Ngin lap bad shem ha ki bynta ha shwa ia kane ka dkhot kaba 11.
Ngan narrate ia ka storyline bad ka context kaban ialam sha kane ka
dkhot.
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U Jeremaiah u dei u prophet u nongiathuhlypa jong U Blei. Ka kyntien
‘Jeremaiah’ ka wan na ka kyntien Hebrew ‘Yirmeyahu’ kaba mut “U Blei Uba
phah, U Blei Uba seng nongrim”. La ithuh ia u Jeremaiah kum uta u ‘Weeping
Prophet’ ; ha ka ktien Khasi ngi ong ‘u nongiathuhlypa uba iam’, lane ‘u
nongiathuhlypa uba sngewsih’ namar ba ki khubor kiba u ai sha ki briew ki long
kiba sngewsih, kiba long disastrous. Ka fact kaba nga sngewtynnad shaphang U Kita baroh ki la long ka jingijli eh hakhmat ka jong U Blei. Kumta, u Jeremaiah
Jeremaiah ka long ba U Blei Ula khot ia u ban long u nongiathuhlypa naduh ba u ula iai pynkynmaw ia ki briew jong ka Judah da ka jingsngewsih, da ka
dang long u khynnah samla, bad u Jeremaiah u long reluctant ban accept ia kata jingjawummat (weeping prophet) ba kin phai sha U Blei, ba kin kylla kaba mut
ka jingkhot ka jong U Blei, hynrei U Blei U ong ‘wat ong ba me dang long khnang ba kin lait na kata ka nemsniew baroh. Hynrei, ki briew jong ka hima
khynnah naba Nga la ithuh ia me naduh ba Ngam pat pynlong ia me ha kpoh ka Judah ki long kiba kyllut bad kiba pyneh satar. Kaba sngewsih ka long ki kyllut ia
kmie jong me’. ka khubor jong u Jeremaiah, hynrei ki pynsngap bad shah shkor pat ia ki khubor
jong ki nongiathunlypa ba lamler. Balei? Namar ki shem jingtngen ha ki kyntien
Kumta, u Jeremaiah ula iathuhlypa bad ai ka jingshakri palat 40 snem.
jong ki nongiathuhlypa ba lamler. (They find comfort in the pleasing words of
Ula sdang ia ka ministry ka jong u ha ka por jong u syiem Josiah jong ka hima
false prophets). Kaba sngewsih shuh shuh ka long ba ym tang ba kim shym la
Judah ha ka snem 627 BC. Ngan shu iathuh khyndiat ba ia ka Israelite
sngap ia u Jeremaiah, hynrei ki da pynshitom ruh de ia u ha kiba bun ki por, u
Community la phiah ha ki 2 tylli ki hima:- Hima Israel (Northern Kingdom);
Jeremaiah u hap ban face ia ki public embarrassments.
Hima Judah (Southern Kingdom), bad dei tang ia kane ka Hima Judah (Southern
Kingdom) kaba la shah conquered ha ka Hima Babylon jong u syiem
Nebukhadnessar. Kumba nga la ong mynne ba ki khubor, ki jingiathuhlypa kiba u
Jeremaiah u ai sha ki briew ki long kiba sngewsih, kiba long disastrous. Kawei na
ki jingiathuhlypa ba u Jeremaiah ula iathuhlypa ha ki briew jong ka Hima Judah
ka long ba ula iathuhlypa ia ka jingshahpynjot ka Hima Judah

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(Southern Kingdom) bad ka jingshah pynryngkang par ha u syiem

Nebukhadnessar ka Hima Babylon. Ha ka por ba u Jeremaiah u la trei ia ka
ministry ka jong u ha Hima Judah, la ong ba ki briew jong ka Hima Judah ki ia
jngi ha ki duriaw, ha ki pung jong ka pop. Judah was in a state of spiritual and
moral decline. Ka la don ka jingmane bleithaw; ka la don ruh ka social injustice
(kaba mut ki briew kiba kham duk, kiba kham long backward, ki khunswet, ki
riewkynthei ki shah leh bein bad ki face ia ka discrimination ha Judah); ym tang
kata, la ong ruh de ba ki don ruh ki nongiathuhlypa ba lamler (false prophets).

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Namar ba kim sngap, U Blei U la bitar. Ula ai ka jingpynshai ha
Jeremaiah. Phi lah ban pule na ka lynnong 25: 1 – 11. U Blei Un sa pyndonkam ia
u syiem Nebukhadnessar ka Babylon ban pynjot ia ki briew jong ka Judah, ban
ring mraw noh ia ki sha Babylon. U Blei Ula ong ruh ba ki briew ka Judah kin
shakri ia u syiem jong ka Babylon haduh 70 snem. Haduh 70 snem kin long ki
mraw ha ri nongwei tang namar ba kim sngap ia u nongiathuhlypa ba la phah da
U Blei.
Kumta, ka la jia kumba la pynshai ha u Jeremaiah. Ia ka hima Judah la
shah pynjot bad ia ki briew jong ka hima Judah la shah pynryngkangpar bad shah
pynlong mraw ha Babylon. Judah was doomed!
Hynrei kaba sngewphylla ka long ba U Blei U dang phah ktien lyngba u
Jeremaiah bad dei ha ka dkhot kaba 11 jong ka lynnong kaba 29 ba ngi shem ia ki
kyntien jingkular thiang jong U Blei ia ki briew jong ka Judah. Kane ka jingkular
ka jong U Blei ia ki briew ka Judah ka mih naka jingieid ba khlem kyndon ka
jong U. Um thmu ban pynjynjar junom ia ki; U ai ia ka JINGKYRMEN.
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APPLICATION:-
Ngi sngewthuh ba ia kane ka dkhot la kren direct ia ki briew jong ka hima
Judah ym ia ngi. Ka don ka jingbatai da shibun ki nongialap bad la ong ia kane ka
dkhot kum ka ‘most misunderstood verse in the bible’.
Hooid, kam long kaba bakla ba U Blei U kren direct ia ki briew jong ka
Judah. Hynrei, kam shym mut ba ngim lah ban apply ia ka context jong kane ka
dkhot ha ka jingim ka jong ngi.
Ngi im mynta ha ka 21st century (ka spah snem kaba 21), ka Gen Z
generation, bun na ngi ki samla Khristan ngi shah pynryngkangpar, ngi long
mraw, ngi don ha ka state of exile. Lehse ngi shah pynryngkangpar ha ka pop, ha
ka depression; ym don ba tip lehse ngi don ruh ki jingialeh ba jar jar hapoh jong
ngi kiba ym don ba tip, ki personal battles kiba ngi ialeh. Ha ki jingkynjar, ha ki
jingshahtynjuh jong ngi, ka suk eh ba ngin pyrkhat ba U Blei U la klet ia ngi. Ki
briew jong ka hima Judah ki ioh comfort, ki ioh jingtngen ha ki kyntien jong ki HOPE AMIDST EXILE, KA JINGKYRMEN HAPDENG KA
nongiathuhlypa ba lamler, lehse ngi ruh ngi pyrshang ban wad jingkyrmen bad JINGSHAHPYNRYNGKANGPAR ka dei ka khubor ba bha jong ka Jeremaiah
jintngen ha kiei kiei kiba ka pyrthei ba shipor ka pyrshang ban offer. Katkum ka 29:11.
latest statistics na WHO, approximately 8 lakh ngut ki briew ki iap namar ka jing
U Blei Un kyrkhu, n aka bynta ka burom ka jong U, Amen.
suicide. Hato ka pyrthei kam donkam mo ia u nongpynkhiah? Hato kam donkam
ia ngi ki khun samla Khristan ba ngin iai shah pynkynmaw ba ngi don ka
jingkyrmen ha U

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Jisu, ba ngi dei ban iai ap kyrmen ha U Trai wat hapdeng ki jingeh bad
jingtynjuh? 70 snem, ki briew jong ka Hima Judah……to ngin iai kynmaw

Ai ba ngin long skhem, wat ai ba ngin shah ngop ha kita ki kyntien tngen
jong ki nongiathuhlypa ba lamler. Nga iohi ba ka suk bha ia ngi ba ngin shah
fooled, ba ngin shah pynbiej..

Ha ka pyrthei kaba dap da ki nongiathuhlypa ba lamler, da ki nongialam ba bakla,

ha ka pyrthei kaba u soitan u pyrshang ban pynkhuslai jingmut, ban pyn
depressed ia ki khun samla, to ngin kynmaw ban IAI KYRMEN HA U TRAI.