1-6. yegōvaavin saatchigal palvēru sūlnilaigalilum nalla seidhiyai parappugiraargal enbadharku sila anubavangalai sollungal.

 gaanaavil vasikkum rebēkkaalukku pallikkūdamdhaan avaludaiya praandhiyam. avaludaiya skūl paiyil eppōdhumē baibil prasurangal thanjam pugundhirukkum. idaivēlai vandhuvittaal pōdhum... saga maanavargalukku saatchikodukka sandharppam thēdikkondiruppaal. ippadiyē vaguppu thōlargal palarukku baibil padippu aarambitthirukkiraal.

² aapprikkaavin kilakku kadarkarai arugildhaan madagaaskar thīvu midhandhukondirukkiradhu. suttu posukkum veyil... sumaar 25 kilōmīttar dhūram... kukgraamam... ivai edhaiyum paaraamal angulla payaniyargal iruvar palarukku baibil padippugal nadattha nadandhē selgiraargal.

³ paraaguvē, paaraanaa nadhiyōra vaasigalin kaadhil nalla seidhiyai olippadharkaaga 15 naadugalai sērndha vaalantiyargaludan sērndhu paraaguvē saatchigal oru periya padagai kattinaargal; indha padagil 12 pēr thangalaam. thudippumikka indha saatchigal midhakkum indha vīttai payanpadutthi, sella mudiyaadhirundha idangalukku nalla seidhiyai kondusendrirukkiraargal.

⁴ vadakōdiyil vaalum alaaskaa saatchigal... kōdaiyil sutrulaa varum payanigalukku saatchi kodukka kidaikkum ponnaana vaaippai payanpadutthikkondaargal. palvēru naadugalai sērndhavargalai sumandhu varum sutrulaa kappalgal thuraimugatthil vandhapōdhu, saatchigal vevvēru moli prasurangaludan avargalai varavētraargal. adhē alaaskaavil... tholaidhūra graamangalukku nalla seidhiyai kondu sella oru vimaanam udhaviyaaga irundhadhu. adhanaal aliyūt, atthabaaskaan, shimshiyan, klinget samugatthinarmīdhu satthiya oli pragaasitthirukkiradhu.

⁵ amerikkaa, teksasil vasikkum laari enbavarukku pratthiyēgamaana oru praandhiyam irundhadhu. adhudhaan avar irundha narsing hōm! edhirpaaraamal ērpatta vibatthinaal sakkara naarkaaliyē gadhiyendru aagivittaar. aanaalum surusuruppaaga, kannil padugira anaivaridamum kadavuladhu arasaangatthai patriya seidhiyai... thaan kaalūndri nadakkum naal kandippaaga varum endra nambikkaiyaana seidhiyai... pagirndhukondaar.—ēsaa. 35:5, 6.

⁶ oru samayam vadakku miyaanmaaril nadaipetra maanaattil kalandhukolla... saatchigal silar maandalēyilirundhu mūndru naal padagu payanam mērkondaargal. nalla seidhiyai arivikkum aarvam ullatthil pongivaliya... kaiyōdu sila prasurangalaiyum alli sendraargal, saga payanigalukku koduppadharkaaga. ovvoru  nagaratthilum graamatthilum padagu konja nēram ōivedutthapōdhu ivargal enna seidhaargal theriyumaa? andha ūr makkalukku prasurangalai kodukka thulli kudhitthu ōdinaargal. idharkidaiyē, padagil pudhu mugangal vandhu kuviya... thirumbi vandha saatchigalukku kidaitthuvittadhu “pudhu praandhiyam!”

7. endhendha vidhangalil yegōvaavin ūliyargal nalla seidhiyai arivikkiraargal, avargaludaiya ilakku enna?

⁷ ettu thikkilum vasikkum yegōvaavin ūliyargal ‘kadavuludaiya arasaangatthai patri . . . mulumaiyaaga saatchi kodukkiraargal’ enbadhai indha anubavangal kaattugindrana. (ap. 28:23) vīdu vīdaaga sendru... vīdhigalil nindru... kadidhangal eludhi... tholaipēsi engalai alutthi... nalla seidhiyai parappugiraargal. adhumattumaa, pērundhil sellumpōdhu... pūngaavil ulaavumpōdhu... paniyidatthil idaivēlai kidaikkumpōdhu... ena ellaa sandharppangalilum kadavuludaiya arasaangatthai patri aarvatthudan arivikkiraargal. pēsum idam... vidham... maarinaalum avargaludaiya ilakku maaruvadhillai. aam, engellaam makkal thenpadugiraargalō angellaam nalla seidhiyai mulangugiraargal.—mat. 10:11.

8, 9. (a) indru bramaandamaana alavil nadaiperum prasanga vēlaiyai ēn ōr arpudham endru sollalaam? (b) manadhil elum kēlvi enna, adharku vidai kaana naam enna seiya vēndum?

⁸ anbaana vaasagargalē! indru 235-kkum adhigamaana dhēsangalil surusuruppaaga nalla seidhiyai arivippavargalil nīngalum oruvaraa? appadiyendraal, bramaandamaana alavil nadaiperum indha prasanga vēlaiyil nīngalum pangu vagikkirīrgal! ulagam enum mēdaiyil nadaiperum indha saadhanaigal ellaam ōr arpudhamē!! malaipōndra sōdhanaigal elundhaalum... bayangaramaana savaalgal vandhaalum... ēn, arasaangamē thadai pōttaalum... adhiradi thaakkudhal nadatthinaalum... ellaa dhēsatthaarukkum kadavuludaiya arasaangatthai patri yegōvaavin saatchigal mulumaiyaaga saatchi kodukkiraargal.

⁹ manadhil elum kēlvi ennavendraal, ēn endhavoru thadaiyum... saatthaanudaiya edhirppumkūda... munnōkki sellum prasanga vēlaikku muttukkattai pōda mudiyavillai? indha kēlvikku vidai kaana mudhal nūtraandu saritthiratthai puratti paarkka vēndum. sollappōnaal, aaramba kaala kristhavargal thodangi vaittha vēlaiyaitthaan indru naam thodargirōm.

10. endha vēlaikkaaga yēsu thannaiyē arppanam seidhaar, adhai patri enna therindhirundhaar?

¹⁰ kadavuludaiya arasaangatthai patriya seidhiyai arivikkum vēlaikku kristhava sabaiyin thalaivar yēsu kristhu thannaiyē arppanam seidhaar. adhuvē avarudaiya uyir mūchaaga irundhadhu. “naan . . . kadavuludaiya arasaangatthai patriya nalla seidhiyai arivikka vēndum, idharkaagavē anuppappattirukkirēn” endru orumurai sonnaar. (lū. 4:43) thaan aarambitthu vaikkum vēlaiyai thannaal seidhu mudikka mudiyaadhu enbadhai yēsu therindhirundhaar. irundhaalum, nalla seidhi “ellaa dhēsatthaarukkum” arivikkappadum endru irappadharku sila naatkalukku munbu kūrinaar. (maar. 13:10) appadiyaanaal, idhu yaaraal... eppadi... seiyappadum?

11. sīshargalukku yēsu koduttha periya poruppu enna, adhai niraivētra avargalukku enna aadharavu kidaikkum?

¹¹ yēsu uyirtthelundhu sīshargalukku kaatchiyalitthapōdhu indha periya poruppai avargal kaiyil oppadaitthaar: “purappattu pōi, ellaa dhēsatthaaraiyum sīshargalaakki,  paralōga thagappanin peyarilum, avarudaiya maganin peyarilum, avarudaiya sakthiyin peyarilum nyaanasnaanam kodungal; naan ungalukku kattalaiyitta ellaavatraiyum avargal kadaippidikkumpadi avargalukku katrukkodungal. idhō! indha sagaapthatthin kadaisi kattamvarai ellaa naatkalilum naan ungal kūdavē irukkirēn.” (mat. 28:19, 20) “naan ungal kūdavē irukkirēn” endra vaartthaigal edhai kaattina? prasanga vēlaiyil... sīsharaakkum vēlaiyil... yēsuvin aadharavu karam sīshargalukku eppōdhum irukkum enbadhaiyē kaattina. yēsuvin aadharavu karam avargalukku nichayam thēvai; ēnendraal, “ellaa dhēsatthu makkalum [avargalai] veruppaargal” endru avar appōdhē sonnaar. (mat. 24:9) sīshargalukku innoru vidhatthilum aadharavu kidaikkum. adhudhaan kadavuludaiya parisuttha sakthi. ēnendraal, paralōgatthukku pōvadharku satru munbu “būmiyin ellaigal varaiyilum” avarukku saatchigalaaga iruppadharku indha sakthi avargalukku balamalikkum endru yēsu solliyirundhaar.—ap. 1:8.

12. ennenna kēlvigal nam manadhil elalaam, avatrukku naam badhil therindhukolvadhu ēn mukkiyam?

¹² ippōdhu nam manadhil sila kēlvigal elalaam: yēsuvin appōsthalargalum mudhal nūtraandil vaalndha matra sīshargalum indha vēlaiyai poruppudan seidhaargalaa? andha siru thogudhiyinar kadum thunburutthal matthiyilum kadavuludaiya arasaangatthai patri mulumaiyaaga saatchi kodutthaargalaa? sīsharaakkum vēlaiyil yegōvaa, yēsu kristhu matrum thūdhargalin aadharavum... kadavuludaiya sakthiyin thunaiyum... avargalukku irundhadhaa? indha kēlvigalukkum innum pala kēlvigalukkum appōsthalar butthagam badhil alikkiradhu. naam andha badhilgalai therindhukolvadhu miga miga mukkiyam. ēn? ēnendraal, prasanga vēlai “indha sagaapthatthin kadaisi kattamvarai” nīdikkum endru yēsu sonnaar. appadiyendraal, unmai kristhavargal anaivarum... mudivu kaalatthil vaalum naamumkūda... andha vēlaiyai seiya vēndum. adhanaaldhaan, appōsthalar butthagatthin varalaatru padhivugalai vaasitthu paarkka naam aasaiyaaga irukkirōm.

13, 14. (a) appōsthalar butthagatthai eludhiyadhu yaar, avarukku thagavalgal eppadi kidaitthana? (b) ennenna vishayangal adhil adangiyullana?

¹³ appōsthalar butthagatthai eludhiyadhu yaar? elutthaalarin peyarai andha butthagam kurippiduvadhillai. aanaal, lūkkaa butthagatthai eludhiyavardhaan appōsthalar butthagatthaiyum eludhiyirukka vēndum enbadhai andha butthagatthin aaramba varigal adikkōdittu kaattugindrana. (lū. 1:1-4; ap. 1:1, 2) adhanaaldhaan, ‘anbaana marutthuvarum’ aalndhu aaraayum saritthira aasiriyarumaana lūkkaavē appōsthalar butthagatthai eludhiyirukka vēndumendra karutthu aaramba kaalatthilirundhē nilavugiradhu. (kolō. 4:14) indha butthagatthil sumaar 28 varusha kaala saritthiram adangiyirukkiradhu. adhaavadhu, ki.pi. 33-il yēsu paralōgatthukku ēri sendradhu mudhal... sumaar ki.pi. 61-il pavuludaiya siraivaasam mudiyum varai nadaipetra sambavangal adangiyullana. lūkkaa indha butthagatthai eludhumpōdhu mudhalil “avargal” endru kurippidugiraar; aanaal pirpaadu “naangal” endru solgiraar. idhilirundhu anēga sambavangalai avarē nēradiyaaga paartthirukkiraar enbadhu therigiradhu. (ap. 16:8-10; 20:5; 27:1) nunukkamaana aaraaichiyaalaraana lūkkaa, thaan padhivu seidha thagavalgalai pavul, barnabaa, pilippu aagiyōridamirundhum padhivil kurippidappattulla matravargalidamirundhum nēradiyaagavē petriruppaar enbadhil sandhēgamē illai.

¹⁴ appōsthalar butthagatthil ennenna vishayangal padhivu seiyappattullana?  yēsu sonna... seidha... kaariyangalai ērkenavē suvisēsha butthagatthil lūkkaa padhivu seidhirundhaar. adhanaal, appōsthalar butthagatthil yēsuvin sīshargal sonna... seidha... kaariyangalai padhivu seidhaar. appadiyendraal, appōsthalar butthagatthil iruppadhellaam imaalaya saadhanaigal padaitthavargalai patriya padhivugal. ivargaludaiya arumai theriyaadhavargaldhaan ivargalai “kalviyarivu illaadha saadhaarana aatkal” endraargal. (ap. 4:13) surunga sonnaal, kristhava sabai eppadi pirandhadhu... eppadi valarndhadhu... enbadhai patriya vivarangalai indha butthagam alikkiradhu. mudhal nūtraandu kristhavargal prasangittha muraigalai... avargaludaiya manappaanmaiyai... patriyum indha butthagam vivarikkiradhu. (ap. 4:31; 5:42) nalla seidhi ulagam engum paravuvadhil kadavuludaiya sakthiyin pangaiyum adhu sirappitthu kaattugiradhu. (ap. 8:29, 39, 40; 13:1-3; 16:6; 18:24, 25) baibilin mukkiya porulai, adhaavadhu kristhuvai arasaraaga konda thanadhu arasaangam eppadi kadavuludaiya peyarai parisutthappadutthugiradhu endra vishayatthai, appōsthalar butthagam sirappitthu kaattugiradhu. adhōdu, puyalpōl vandha edhirppin matthiyilum andha arasai patriya seidhi naalaa pakkamum paraviyadhai patriya vivarangalaiyum andha butthagam valangugiradhu.—ap. 8:12; 19:8; 28:30, 31.

15. appōsthalar butthagatthai alasi aaraaivadhaal namakku enna payan?

¹⁵ appōsthalar butthagatthai padikka padikka paravasam nammai patrikkollum! nam visuvaasam enum nangūram urudhiyaagum!! kristhuvin aaramba kaala sīshargaludaiya anjaa nenjatthaiyum aarva thudippaiyum manatthiraiyil ōdavidumpōdhu naam nichayam negilndhupōvōm. mudhal nūtraandu sagōdhara sagōdharigalin visuvaasatthai pinpatra vēndumendra aarva thī namakkullum patriyeriyum. appōdhu, ‘purappattu pōi, . . . sīshargalaakkungal’ endra kattalaiyai naam innum sirappaaga niraivētruvōm. ungal kaiyil thavalum ibbutthagam appōsthalar butthagatthai alasi aaraaivadharkaagavē thayaarikkappattirukkiradhu.

16. enna mūndru kaaranangalukkaaga ibbutthagam thayaarikkappattulladhu?

¹⁶ motthatthil, indha butthagam edharkaaga eludhappattulladhu? mukkiyamaana mūndru kaaranangalukkaaga... (1) prasanga vēlaiyaiyum sīsharaakkum vēlaiyaiyum thannudaiya sakthiyin mūlam yegōvaa valinadatthugiraar enbadhil nam nambikkaiyai balappadutthuvadharku, (2) mudhal nūtraandil vaalndha kristhuvin sīshargaludaiya munmaadhiriyai sindhikka vaitthu ūliyatthil nam aarvatthai thatti eluppuvadharku, (3) yegōvaavin amaippumīdhu... prasangippadhilum sabaiyai kangaanippadhilum munnindru valinadatthugiravargalmīdhu... nam madhippu mariyaadhaiyai adhigarippadharku.

17, 18. ibbutthagam eppadi olungamaikkappattulladhu, idhilulla enna amsangal thanippatta baibil padippukku udhavum?

¹⁷ ibbutthagam eppadi olungamaikkappattulladhu? idhu ettu paagangalaaga pirikkappattulladhu; ovvoru paagamum appōsthalar butthagatthin oru pagudhiyai alasugiradhu. vasanatthukku vasanam vilakkam koduppadhu indha butthagatthin nōkkamalla. appōsthalar butthagam vivarikkum sambavangalilirundhu paadam katrukkolla... avatrai thanippatta vidhamaaga porutthi payanpaduttha... namakku udhavuvadhē idhan nōkkam. ovvoru adhigaaratthin thalaippukkum kīl kodukkappattulla varigal andha adhigaaratthin surukkatthai solgiradhu. adharku kīlē kurippidappattulla vasanangalō appōsthalar butthagatthil sindhikkappadum pagudhiyai suttikkaattugiradhu.

 ¹⁸ thanippatta baibil padippukku udhava indha butthagatthil vēru sila amsangalum irukkindrana. adhil irukkira alagiya padangal appōsthalar butthagatthin svaarasyamaana sambavangalai manakkannil ōdavida udhavum. anēga adhigaarangalil petti seidhigalum irukkum; kūdudhal vivarangalai avai alikkindrana. sila pettigalil, munnudhaaranamaaga thigalndha baibil kadhaapaatthiratthin pinnani thagavalgal kodukkappattullana. silavatril, appōsthalar butthagatthil varum idangalai, sambavangalai, palakkavalakkangalai, vēru sila kadhaapaatthirangalai patriya kūdudhal vivarangal ullana.

19. avvappōdhu nammaiyē evvaaru suyaparisōdhanai seidhukolla vēndum?

¹⁹ thirandha manadhudan suyaparisōdhanai seivadharku ibbutthagam ungalukku pērudhaviyaaga irukkum. nīngal evvalavu kaalamaaga prasanga vēlaiyai seidhu vandhaalumsari, vaalkkaiyil edharku mudhalidam kodukkirīrgal... kristhava ūliyatthai eppadi paarkkirīrgal... enbadhai avvappōdhu satru nirutthi sindhitthu paarppadhu nalladhu. (2 ko. 13:5) ungalaiyē ivvaaru kēttukkollungal: ‘eppōdhum avasara unarvudan ūliyatthai seigirēnaa? (1 ko. 7:29-31) urudhiyaana nambikkaiyōdum aarvatthōdum nalla seidhiyai arivikkirēnaa? (1 the. 1:5, 6) prasangikkum vēlaiyilum sīsharaakkum vēlaiyilum ennaal mudindhalavu mulumaiyaaga īdupadugirēnaa?’—kolō. 3:23.

20, 21. nammidam oppadaikkappattulla vēlaiyai ēn avasara unarvōdu seiya vēndum, enna seiya naam thīrmaanamaaga irukka vēndum?

²⁰ namakku oru mukkiyamaana vēlai kodukkappattirukkiradhu, aam, prasangitthu sīsharaakkum vēlai kodukkappattirukkiradhu enbadhai naam orupōdhum marandhuvida kūdaadhu. ovvoru naalum karaiya karaiya... andha vēlaiyai naam innum avasara unarvōdu seiya vēndum. saatthaanin ulagatthukku mudivu viraindhu vandhukondirukkiradhu. saritthiratthilēyē vērendha kaalakkattatthilum manidha uyirgal indhalavu aabatthil irundhadhillai. innum etthanai pēr nammudaiya seidhikku sevisaaippaargal endru namakku theriyaadhu. (ap. 13:48) aanaal, kaalam kadandhuvidummun avargalukkellaam satthiyatthai solvadhu nam kadamai.—1 thī. 4:16.

²¹ appadiyaanaal, mudhal nūtraandil vaalndha vairaakkiyamulla prasangippaalargalin munmaadhiriyai naam pinpatruvadhu mukkiyam. innumadhiga aarvatthōdu... dhairiyatthōdu... prasangikka ibbutthagam ungalukku uthvēgam alippadhaaga! “kadavuludaiya arasaangatthai patri . . . mulumaiyaaga saatchi” kodukka vēndumendra ungal thīrmaanatthai balappadutthuvadhaaga!!—ap. 28:23.