1, 2. (a) mudhal nūtraandu sabaiyin aalum kulu enna mukkiyamaana kēlvigalai edhirppadugiradhu? (b) sariyaana mudivai edukka andha sagōdharargalukku edhu kaikodukkiradhu?

 mudivu ennavaaga irukkumō endra edhirpaarppu ellaarudaiya mugatthilum ettippaarkkiradhu. kristhava saritthiratthil idhu oru mukkiyamaana kattam enbadhai unarndhu, erusalēmil oru araiyil kūdiyirukkum appōsthalargalum mūppargalum oruvar mugatthai oruvar paartthukkolgiraargal. virutthasēdhanam patriya vivaadham mukkiyamaana sila kēlvigalai eluppiyirukkiradhu. kristhavargal mōsēyin thiruchattatthinkīl irukkiraargalaa? yūdha kristhavargalaiyum yūdharaaga illaadha kristhavargalaiyum piritthu paarkka vēndumaa?

² thalaimaithaangi nadatthum andha aangal ērkenavē anēga atthaatchigalai alasi paartthuvittaargal. ippōdhu, kadavuludaiya thīrkkadharisana vaartthaiyum, yegōvaavin aasīrvaadham iruppadhai aanittharamaaga edutthukkaattum valimaimikka nēradi atthaatchigalum avargaludaiya manatthiraiyil ōdikkondirukkindrana. indha vishayatthai patri avargal arindha, unarndha anaitthaiyum therivitthuvittaargal. avargal sindhikkum vivaadhatthin sambandhamaaga atthaatchigal malaipōl kuvindhirukkindrana. yegōvaavin sakthi avargalai valinadatthi selvadhu thellatthelivaaga therigiradhu. aanaal, andha valinadatthudhalai avargal ētrukkolvaargalaa?

3. appōsthalar 15-aam adhigaaratthil irukkira vishayangalai sindhippadhaal naam eppadi payanadaiyalaam?

³ indha vishayatthil kadavuludaiya sakthiyin valinadatthudhalai ētrukkolla avargalukku visuvaasamum dhairiyamum rombavē thēvai. ēnendraal orupakkam, yūdha madha thalaivargalin pagai thīviramaagum aabatthu irundhadhu. innoru pakkam, kadavuludaiya makkalai thiruchattatthin pakkam thiruppuvadhil sabaikkullēyē udumbu pidiyaaga irukkiravargaludaiya edhirppu irundhadhu. ippadippatta tharunatthil, aalum kulu enna thīrmaanam edukkum? paarkkalaam. adhōdu, indru yegōvaavin saatchigaludaiya aalum kuluvukku avargal eppadi munmaadhiriyaaga irundhaargal enbadhaiyum naam aaraayalaam. kristhava vaalvil vitthiyaasamaana thīrmaanangalaiyum savaalgalaiyum edhirppadumpōdhu naam enna seiya vēndum enbadharkum avargal edutthukkaattaaga irukkiraargal.

4, 5. thīrkkadharisana butthagatthilirundhu enna vishayatthai yaakkōbu mērkōl kaattinaar?

⁴ yēsuvin sagōdharanum sīsharumaana yaakkōbu dhairiyamaaga pēsinaar. a indha sandharppatthil, andha kūttatthukku avar thalaimai thaangiyadhu pōl therigiradhu.  avargal kuluvaaga eduttha mudivai avarudaiya vaartthaigal ratthinachurukkamaaga edutthu kaattugindrana. angē kūdiyirundhavargalidam yaakkōbu ippadi sonnaar: “kadavul mudhal dhadavaiyaaga matra dhēsatthu makkalmēl than gavanatthai thiruppi, avargal matthiyilirundhu thannudaiya peyarukkendru oru janatthai pirittheduttha vidhatthai patri simiyōn namakku nandraaga vivaritthu sonnaar. thīrkkadharisigalin butthagangalilulla vaartthaigal adhai aamōdhikkindrana.”—ap. 15:14, 15.

⁵ simiyōn [sīmōn pēdhuru] koduttha pēchaiyum, pavulum barnabaavum alittha aadhaarangalaiyum kēttapōdhu vivaadhikkappadum vishayatthukku porutthamaana baibil vasanangal yaakkōbin manadhukku vandhirukkum. (yōvaa. 14:26) adhanaaldhaan, “thīrkkadharisigalin butthagangalilulla vaartthaigal adhai aamōdhikkindrana” endru sonna piragu aamōs 9:11, 12-ai yaakkōbu mērkōl kaattinaar. indha butthagam, ebireya vēdhaagamatthil, ‘thīrkkadharisigalin butthagangal’ endru podhuvaaga alaikkappadum butthagangalin varisaiyil idampetrirundhadhu. (mat. 22:40; ap. 15:16-18) aamōs butthagatthil indru naam vaasikkum vaartthaigalukkum yaakkōbu mērkōl kaattiya vaartthaigalukkum satru vitthiyaasam iruppadhai gavanippīrgal. yaakkōbu oruvēlai septuvejint endra ebireya vēdhaagamatthin grēkka molipeyarppilirundhu mērkōl kaattiyirukkalaam.

6. indha vivaadhatthai vēdhavasanangal eppadi thelivupadutthiyadhu?

⁶ “dhaavīdhin kūdaaratthai,” adhaavadhu mēsiyaavin arasaangatthukku valinadatthum raajavamsatthai, thirumba eduppitthu kattum kaalam varumena aamōs thīrkkadharisiyin mūlam yegōvaa munnarivitthaar. (esēkkiyēl 21:26, 27) appadiyaanaal, yūdha dhēsatthaarōdu yegōvaa mīndum oru visēsha uravai vaitthukkolvaaraa? illai. ‘ellaa dhēsatthu makkalum’ ondru sērkkappattu ‘[kadavuludaiya] peyaraal alaikkappaduvaargal’ endru thīrkkadharisanam mēlum solgiradhu. “avargalukkum [yūdharallaadha kristhavargalukkum] namakkum [yūdha kristhavargalukkum] idaiyē avar [kadavul] endha paagupaadum paarkkavillai, visuvaasatthin kaaranamaaga avargaludaiya idhayangalai sutthamaakkinaar” endru satru munbu pēdhuru sonnadhai ninaivil vaiyungal. (ap. 15:9) vēru vaartthaigalil sonnaal, yūdhargalai pōlavē yūdharaaga illaadha kristhavargalum thannudaiya arasaangatthin vaarisugalaaga aagavēndum enbadhu kadavuludaiya viruppam. (rō. 8:17; ebē. 2:17-19) kadavuludaiya arasaangatthin vaarisugalaaga aavadharku matra dhēsatthai sērndhavargal mudhalil virutthasēdhanam seiyappada vēndum endrō yūdha madhatthukku maara vēndum endrō thīrkkadharisanangalil engēyumē sollappadavillai.

7, 8. (a) yaakkōbu enna karutthai sonnaar? (b) yaakkōbu sonna vaartthaigalai naam eppadi purindhukolla vēndum?

⁷ vēdhavasanangalin atthaatchiyum angirundhavargal koduttha valimaimikka saatchiyum indha vaartthaigalai solla yaakkōbai thūndina: “en karutthu idhudhaan: kadavulidam thirumbugira matra dhēsatthu makkalukku naam kashtam kodukka kūdaadhu. adharku badhilaaga, uruva silaigalaal thīttuppattadharkum paaliyal muraikēttukkum neritthu kollappattadharkum ratthatthukkum vilagiyirukka vēndum endru avargalukku naam eludha vēndum. ēnendraal, indha kattalaigal adangiya mōsēyin butthagangal ovvoru ōivunaalilum jebakkūdangalil satthamaaga vaasikkappattu vandhirukkindrana. adhanaal, avatrai prasangippavargal pūrva kaalatthilirundhē ellaa nagarangalilum irundhirukkiraargal.”—ap. 15:19-21.

⁸ andha kūttatthukku oruvēlai thalaimai thaangiya yaakkōbu, matra sagōdharargalmīdhu  adhigaaram selutthinaaraa? manampōna pōkkil thīrmaanam edutthaaraa? illavē illai!! “en karutthu” endru yaakkōbu sonna vaartthaigal, andha sagōdharargalmīdhu avar aadhikkam selutthavillai enbadhai kaattugindrana. adharku badhilaaga, atthaatchigalin adippadaiyilum vēdhavasanangalin adippadaiyilum thaan edutthirukkum thīrmaanatthai patri yōsitthu paarkkumpadiyē avar sonnaar.

9. yaakkōbin aalōsanaiyaal vilaindha nanmaigal enna?

⁹ yaakkōbu sonna karutthu oru nalla karutthaa? adhil sandhēgamē illai. ēnendraal, appōsthalargalum mūppargalum pirpaadu adhai ētrukkondaargal. adhanaal vilaiyum nanmaigal enna? orupakkatthil, mōsēyin thiruchattatthil irundha vidhimuraigal yūdharaaga illaadha kristhavargalmīdhu vidhikkappadaadhu; adhanaal, adhu avargalukku ‘thollaiyaaga,’ alladhu ‘kashtamaaga’ irukkaadhu. (ap. 15:19; niyū intarnēshanal varshan.) innoru pakkatthil, indha thīrmaanam yūdha kristhavargaludaiya manasaatchikku madhippu koduppadhaagavum irukkum. ēnendraal, ‘mōsēyin butthagangal ōivunaaldhōrum jebakkūdangalil satthamaaga vaasikkappattu vandhiruppadhai’ avargal kaalamkaalamaaga kēttirukkiraargal. b (ap. 15:21) parindhuraikkappattirukkum indha aalōsanai yūdhargal matrum yūdharaaga illaadha kristhavargalukku idaiyē irundha bandhatthai nichayam balappadutthum. ellaavatrukkum mēlaaga, andha thīrmaanam yegōvaavin viruppatthukku isaivaaga iruppadhaal avarai piriyappadutthum. mulu kristhava sabaiyin otrumaikkum nalanukkum achurutthalaaga irundha oru prachinai evvalavu arumaiyaaga, alagaaga thīrkkappattadhu! indraiya kristhava sabaikku adhu sirandha udhaaranam!

10. mudhal nūtraandu aalum kuluvin munmaadhiriyai indru irukkum aalum kulu eppadi pinpatrugiradhu?

¹⁰ mundhiya adhigaaratthil paartthapadi, mudhal nūtraandai pōlavē, indrum yegōvaavin saatchigaludaiya aalum kulu seyalpadugiradhu; ellaa vishayatthilum valinadatthudhalukkaaga unnadha pērarasaraana yegōvaavaiyum sabaiyin thalaivaraana yēsu kristhuvaiyum saarndhirukkiradhu. c (1 ko. 11:3) eppadi? 1974-ilirundhu maarch 2006-il thannudaiya būmikkuriya vaalkkaiyai mudikkumvarai aalum kuluvin angatthinaraaga sēvai seidha aalbart d. shrōdar ippadi sonnaar: “aalum kuluvil irukkiravargal ovvoru vaaramum budhankilamai ondrukūdugiraargal; kūttatthai  jebatthōdu aarambitthu yegōvaavudaiya sakthiyin valinadatthudhalukkaaga kētkiraargal. kalandhupēsappadum ovvoru vishayamum, edukkappadum ovvoru thīrmaanamum kadavuludaiya vaartthaiyaagiya baibilin adippadaiyil irukkiradhaa enbadhai urudhippadutthikkolla ellaa muyarchiyum seigiraargal.” adhēpōl romba kaalatthukku aalum kulu angatthinaraaga sēvai seidhu, maarch 2003-il thannudaiya būmikkuriya vaalvai mudittha miltan g. henshal, vaatchtavar baibil giliyad palliyin 101-vadhu vaguppin pattamalippu vilaavil maanavargalidam oru mukkiyamaana kēlviyai kēttaar: “indha būmiyilulla endhavoru amaippaavadhu mukkiyamaana thīrmaanangal eduppadharku munbu kadavuludaiya vaartthaiyaagiya baibilai aaraaindhu paarkkiradhaa?” badhil ungalukkē theriyum.

11. aalum kuluvin thīrmaanam eppadi sabaigalukku therivikkappattadhu?

¹¹ virutthasēdhana vishayatthil erusalēmilirundha aalum kulu orumanadhaaga thīrmaanam edutthirundhadhu. irundhaalum, sabaiyil irundha sagōdharargal ellaarum otrumaiyaaga seyalpaduvadharku indha thīrmaanatthai avargalukku thelivaagavum undhuvikkum vidhatthilum anbaagavum theriyappaduttha vēndiyirundhadhu. idhai eppadi seiyalaam? padhivu solgiradhu: “appōsthalargalum mūppargalum sabaiyilirundha ellaarōdum sērndhu thangalil silarai thērndhedutthu avargalai pavulōdum barnabaavōdum andhiyōkiyaavukku anuppa thīrmaanitthaargal. adhanpadi, sagōdharargalai valinadatthiya barsabaa endra yūdhaasaiyum sīlaavaiyum thērndhedutthu anuppinaargal.” adhōdu, andhiyōkiyaa, sīriyaa matrum silisiyaavilulla ellaa sabaigalilum vaasikkappaduvadharkaaga oru kadidham eludhi avargalidam kodutthu anuppinaargal.—ap. 15:22-26.

12, 13. (a) yūdhaasaiyum sīlaavaiyum anuppiyadhaal kidaittha nanmai enna? (b) aalum kuluvin kadidhatthai anuppiyadhaal kidaittha nanmai enna?

¹² “sagōdharargalai valinadatthiya” yūdhaasum sīlaavum aalum kuluvin pradhinidhigalaaga seyalpada ellaa thagudhiyum petrirundhaargal. andha pradhinidhigal naangu pērum kondu vandha seidhiyil sabaigal ērkenavē kētta kēlvikkaana badhil mattumalla, aalum kuluvin pudhiya valinadatthudhalum adangiyirundhadhu. ‘thērndhedukkappatta’ andha manidhargal nēradiyaagavē sabaigalai pōi sandhippadhaal erusalēmilirundha yūdha kristhavargalukkum sabaigalil irundha yūdharaaga illaadha kristhavargalukkum idaiyē oru nerungiya bandham uruvaagum. evvalavu nyaanamaana, anbaana ērpaadu! idhu, kadavuludaiya makkal matthiyil samaadhaanatthaiyum otrumaiyaiyum valartthirukkum enbadhil endha sandhēgamum illai.

¹³ virutthasēdhanam sambandhamaaga mattumalla, yegōvaavin dhayavaiyum aasīrvaadhatthaiyum pera enna seiya vēndum enbadhu sambandhamaagavum yūdharaaga illaadha kristhavargalukku indha kadidham thelivaana valinadatthudhalai thandhadhu. andha kadidhatthin mukkiya kurippu idhuvē: “mukkiyamaana indha vishayangalai thavira vēru edhaiyum ungalmēl sumattha kūdaadhendru kadavuludaiya sakthiyin valinadatthudhalaal naangal thīrmaanitthirukkirōm: uruva silaigalukku padaikkappattadharkum ratthatthukkum neritthu kollappattadharkum paaliyal muraikēttukkum thodarndhu vilagiyirungal. ivatrai adiyōdu thavirtthaal, sirappudan vaalvīrgal. nalamaayirungal!”—ap. 15:28, 29.

14. pirivinai niraindha indha ulagil yegōvaavin makkal matthiyil otrumai eppadi saatthiyamaagiradhu?

 ¹⁴ indru, ulagam muluvadhum 1,00,000-kkum adhigamaana sabaigalil irukkira 80,00,000-kkum adhigamaana yegōvaavin saatchigal nambikkaiyilum seyalilum otrumaiyaaga irukkiraargal. kulappamum pirivinaiyum niraindha indha ulagil ippadippatta otrumai eppadi saatthiyamaagiradhu? kurippaaga sonnaal, “unmaiyum vivēgamum ulla adimai,” adhaavadhu aalum kulu, mūlamaaga sabaiyin thalaivaraana yēsu kristhu tharum thelivaana, thittavattamaana valinadatthudhalaaldhaan saatthiyamaagiradhu. (mat. 24:45-47) aalum kuluvin valinadatthudhalukku ulagam muluvadhumulla sagōdharargal manappūrvamaaga kīlppadivadhan kaaranamaagavum otrumai saatthiyamaagiradhu.

15, 16. virutthasēdhanatthai patriya vivaadhatthin vilaivu enna, appadippatta mudivukku kaaranam enna?

¹⁵ erusalēmilirundhu anuppappatta kulu andhiyōkiyaavukku vandhavudan, “sabaiyilirundha ellaaraiyum ondrukūtti avargalidam andha kadidhatthai kodutthaargal” endru appōsthalar butthagam solgiradhu. aalum kuluvin valinadatthudhalai kēttapōdhu andha sagōdharargalukku eppadi irundhadhu? andha kadidhatthai vaasitthavudan “urchaagamum sandhōshamum adaindhaargal.” (ap. 15:30, 31) adhōdu, yūdhaasum sīlaavum “niraiya pēchugalai kodutthu andha sagōdharargalai urchaagappadutthinaargal, balappadutthinaargal.” indha artthatthil ivargal irandu pērum ‘thīrkkadharisigal’ endru alaikkappattaargal; idhē artthatthildhaan barnabaavum pavulum matravargalum thīrkkadharisigal endru alaikkappattaargal. thīrkkadharisi endra vaartthai kadavuludaiya viruppatthai arivikkiravargalai alladhu theriyappadutthugiravargalai kurikkiradhu.—ap. 13:1; 15:32; yaath. 7:1, 2.

¹⁶ virutthasēdhanatthai patriya vivaadhatthil oru nalla thīrvu kidaippadharku edukkappatta ellaa muyarchiyaiyum yegōvaa aasīrvadhitthaar enbadhu thelivaaga therigiradhu. appadi oru nalla mudivai edukka mudindhadhukku kaaranam enna? kadavuludaiya vaartthai matrum kadavuludaiya sakthiyin udhaviyaal, aalum kulu sariyaana nēratthil koduttha thelivaana valinadatthudhalē kaaranam enbadhil sandhēgamillai. adhōdu, sabaigalukku andha mudivai anbaana muraiyil theriyappadutthiyadhum oru kaaranam.

17. indraikku vattaara kangaanigal eppadi mudhal nūtraandu mishanarigalai pinpatrugiraargal?

¹⁷ idhē muraiyai pinpatri indru yegōvaavin saatchigaludaiya aalum kulu ulagam muluvadhum irukkira sagōdharargalukku kaalatthukkētra valinadatthudhalai tharugiradhu. thīrmaanangal edukkumpōdhu avatrai sabaigalukku thelivaagavum velippadaiyaagavum therivikkiradhu. udhaaranatthukku, vattaara kangaanigalin mūlam theriyappadutthugiradhu. thyaaga ullam padaittha indha sagōdharargal ovvoru sabaiyaaga sendru thelivaana valinadatthudhalum urchaagamum tharugiraargal. pavulaiyum barnabaavaiyum pōla, ūliyatthil adhiga maninērangalai selavalikkiraargal; avargalai pōlavē “innum niraiya pērōdu sērndhu yegōvaavin vaartthaiyai patriya nalla seidhiyai karpitthukkondum arivitthukkondum” varugiraargal. (ap. 15:35) yūdhaasaiyum sīlaavaiyum pōla, ‘niraiya pēchugalai kodutthu sagōdharargalai urchaagappadutthugiraargal, balappadutthugiraargal.’

18. yegōvaavin aasīrvaadham thodarndhu kidaikka avarudaiya makkal enna seiya vēndum?

¹⁸ sabaigalai patri enna sollalaam? pirivinaigal niraindha indha ulagatthil samaadhaanatthaiyum otrumaiyaiyum thodarndhu anubavikka sabaigalukku edhu udhavum? sīsharaagiya  yaakkōbu pirpaadu ippadi sonnaar enbadhai nyaabagappadutthikkollungal: “paralōgatthilirundhu varugira nyaanamō mudhalaavadhu sutthamaanadhaaga irukkiradhu. pinbu samaadhaanam pannuvadhaaga, nyaayamaanadhaaga, kīlppadiya thayaaraanadhaaga . . . irukkiradhu. samaadhaanam pannugiravargalukkaaga samaadhaana sūlalil nīdhiyin vidhai vidhaikkappattu, adhan kani aruvadai seiyappadugiradhu.” (yaak. 3:17, 18) erusalēmil nadandha kūttatthai manadhil vaitthu yaakkōbu idhai sonnaaraa endru namakku theriyaadhu. aanaal, sabaiyil otrumaiyum otthulaippum irundhaal mattumē yegōvaavin aasīrvaadham irukkum enbadhai appōsthalar 15-aam adhigaaratthil padhivu seiyappattulla sambavangalilirundhu therindhukolgirōm.

19, 20. (a) andhiyōkiyaa sabaiyil samaadhaanamum otrumaiyum nilaviyadhu endru eppadi sollalaam? (b) pavulaalum barnabaavaalum ippōdhu enna seiya mudindhadhu?

¹⁹ ippōdhu andhiyōkiyaa sabaiyil samaadhaanamum otrumaiyum nilaviyadhai thelivaaga paarkka mudindhadhu. erusalēmilirundhu vandha sagōdharargaludan vaakkuvaadham seivadharku badhilaaga, avargal vandhadhai ninaitthu andhiyōkiyaavilirundha sagōdharargal sandhōshappattaargal. ēnendraal, avargal “angē sila kaalam thangiyirundha pinbu, andha sagōdharargalidamirundhu vidaipetru thangalai anuppiyavargalidam thirumbi pōnaargal,”adhaavadhu erusalēmukku thirumbi pōnaargal, endru padhivu solgiradhu. d (ap. 15:33) erusalēmilirundha sagōdharargalum avargal payanatthai patri kēlvippattapōdhu nichayam sandhōshappattiruppaargal. yegōvaavin alavatra karunaiyinaal avargalin payanam inidhē niraivadaindhadhu!

²⁰ ippōdhu, andhiyōkiyaavilēyē thangivitta pavulum barnabaavum—indraiya vattaara kangaanigal seivadhupōla—nalla seidhiyai arivikkum vēlaiyil mulu gavanam seluttha mudindhadhu. (ap. 13:2, 3) yegōvaavin makkalukku eppērppatta aasīrvaadham! vairaakkiyamulla indha irandu narcheidhiyaalargalai yegōvaa innum eppadi payanpadutthinaar? adhai patri aduttha adhigaaratthil paarkkalaam.