Devotional (3rd December 2020)
Topic (30th November – 6th December 2020) – “Ki Jingkyrkhu” (Blessings)
“U ai ka jingbam ia ka doh baroh: naba ka jingisynei jong u ka bymjukut.” (Salm 136:25)
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U Johnson Oatman, Jr ula thaw ia kato ka jingrwai “Count Your Blessings” (Niew jingkyrkhu) ia kaba la pynkylla ha ka Khasi bad thoh ha ka Khasi Hymn Book ha ka jingrwai kaba 517, bad ha ka chorus la thoh: -
Ñiew jingkyrkhu, jer ia ki baroh, Ñiew jingkyrkhu, b'U Blei la pynioh;
Ñiew jingkyrkhu, jer ia ki baroh, Aiu b'la leh d'U Blei te phin sa lyngngoh.
Ia kane ka jingrwai la thaw ia ka ha ka dur jong ka jingiaidlynti ka jong u briew ha kane ka pyrthei (pilgrim’s journey), bad ha kata ka jingiaid lynti u mad bad pdiang ia ki jingkyrkhu kiba bun syrtap ki jong U Blei. Ha ka kot ba la ai kyrteng, ‘Our Latter-Day Hymns: The Stories and Messages,’ ba la thoh da ka Karen Lynn Davidson haba ka kren shaphang kane ka jingrwai ka ong ia kine ki kyntien, “Some people look at life with no other purpose than to find out what is missing. This hymn exhorts us to move beyond such a narrow outlook, to rise above the corrosive effects of envy, and to realize that followers of Jesus Christ are heirs to the greatest of all blessings.” (Don ki briew kiba peit ia ka jingim ym da kawei pat ka jingthmu hynrei tang ban iohi haei ki duna. Kane ka jingrwai ka pynkhih ia ngi ba ngin krih shabar kaba kum kata ka rukom pyrkhat ba khim, ban jop bad ban ym ailad ia ka jingbam kruin jong ka jingpihuin, bad ban kynmaw ba kum ki nongbud ki jong U Jisu Khrist ngi long ki nongioh kynti ia ki jingkyrkhu kiba khraw na kiba khraw tam).
Kane ka Salm kaba 136, ka dei ka Salm kaba pynkynmaw ia ki briew ki jong U Blei ia kane ka jingshisha, ba U Blei U iai kyrkhu ia ki briew ha ki por baroh jong ka jingiaid lynti ka jingim ka jong ki, bad lyngba kane ka Salm, u nongrwai Salm u pynkynmaw ia ki bangeit ba ki dei ban kynmaw ia ka jingbha ka jong U Blei ha ka jingim ka jong ki. La ngeit ba ia kane ka Salm la ju pule ia ka ha ki jingshakri Blei ha kaba u nongialam jingrwai u rwai ia ka lain kaba nyngkong bad ki paitbah ki ju ong, “Naba ka jingisynei jong U ka neh bymjukut.” Bad ki iai ban kumta, haman ba u nongialam jingrwai u ialam ia ka lain kaba nyngkong ki ju pynbud da kaba ong, ‘naba ka jingisynei jong U ka neh bymjukut,’ kane ka pynkynmaw ia ki ba dei U Blei Uba pyllait-im ia ki bad dei U Blei ruh Uba pyndap bad Uba bsa ia ki. Ki briew ki dei ban kynmaw ba dei ka jingisynei ka jong U Blei kaba pyllaitim ia ki, ka dei ka jingisynei ka jong U Blei kaba pyndap bad kaba ai jingbam ia ki.
Ka long kaba dei ia ngi ruh ban iai pynkynmaw ialade ba kiei kiei kiba ngi ioh pdiang ha ka jingim, la ka long ka bam ka dih, ka kup ka sem, ka iing kaba ngi shong ngi sah, kine ki long ki jingai ki jong U Blei bad namarba U Blei U iai kyrhu bad iai pyndap ia ngi, ai ba ma ngi ruh ngin ong kumba ong u nongrwai Salm “Naba ka jingisynei jong U ka neh bymjukut.”
Jingduwai: - “Ah U Blei, ki kam jong Me ki long kiba phylla, watla Me long U Blei Uba khraw ha ka bor, pynban Me la kynmaw ia nga, bad na ki jingisynei ki jong Me Me la theh ia ki jingkyrkhu ha ka jingim ka jong nga, iarap ia nga Ah Trai, ba ngan iai ainguh ia Me haman la ki por jong ka jingim ka jong nga” -Amen
U Blei Un kyrkhu, Pastor Bidonbok Syiem.
