Bethlehem: Chim Dailo Khua

Bethlehem: Chim Dailo Khua

Khuasik caan a hung chuak i, thinghnah an hung tilh ziahmah.Vawlei khuazakip ah Christmas muithlam a vun leng ziahmah cang. Lungthin puan bang an thar than. Hawikawm chungkhar kan hlam ziahmah hna. Semnak laihri tannak khuate zong ngaih a um khun. Hi lio caan ah lungthin ah a chuakkhunmi cu, Jesuh chuahnak Bethlehem khua te hi a si.

                  Chanthar Bethlehem Khua


1890 hrawng Bethlehem khua cinthlaknak hmun

Bethlehem Umnak

          Judah tlangram ah a ummi khua pakhat a si. Jerusalem in a thlanglei meng 5 a hlatnak, rili in pe 2000 a sannak ah a um. A khua hi nichuah-nitlak hawih in a kalmi  tlangcung ah a um. A umnak hmun hi a sang pah ko nain hmun rawn tete le bo hmetete an um caah, cinthlaknak le zuatkhalhnak a rem ngainak hmun a si. Hi khua hi  hlan ahcun, "Ephrath" (Gen. 35: 16, 19) tiah an rak auh.

Bethlehem timi biafang hi, Hebrew holh asi. Asullam cu "changreu inn" tinak asi. Vawlei a tha i eidin tirawl tampi a chuah caah "changreu inn" tiah an tinak a si. Thlarau lei in chim ahcun, hi khua ah hin  "Zungzal nunnak changreu (Jesuh Krih), a chuahnak ding hmunhma caah, Pathian nih tuanpi in a rak timhtuah chung cang tinak a si" (John 6:14). Pathian cu a hlankan in thil a rak timtuah cia lengmangmi Pathian a si.  

Behlehem hrawng hi, olive a tam ngai caah, olive thing in sermi tuktak zuar ding tampi a chuahnak khua a si. Khua pawngkam hi ram a that caah, tuu, meheh le satil zuatnak a rem. Mi tampi zuat khalh in an paw an i cawmnak khua a si.


     Nazareth khuakam tuu tlawnnak hmunhma


       Bethlehem khuakam cinthlaknak


     Kum 1000 a si cangmi Olive thinkung

Nazareth Khua in Bethlehem Ah?

          Bethlehem kong ruah tik ah, Nazareth in Bethlehem ah Mary le Joseph khualtlawnnak kong hi ruah lo awk a tha lo. Nazareth cu Galilee peng ah a um. Hi khua cu, vancungmi Gabriel nih Mary sinah, "Thiang Thlarau in nau na pawi lai" tiah an rak tinak khua a si (Luke 1:26-38).  Bethlehem in a chaklei meng 80 tluk hlatnak hmun niam le rawn deuh ah a ummi khua asi. Cucaah Nazareth in Bethlehem lei kal tik ah, "an kai" (went up) tiah baibal ah an tial tawn (Luke 2:4). Nazareth cu rawn ah a um i, a pawngkam cu tlang le phawng a tam ngaimi a si.


 Chanthar Nazareth khua. Biakinn alangmi khi Church of Nativity asi


Zei thil tha hme an chuak an tinak Nazareth khuakam

Nazareth le Bethlehem hi meng 80 hrawng a hla. Gangaw le Hakha karlaknak in a nai deuh vak. Hihi a cakmi caahcun ni hnih fai lamkal khan asi ko. Asinain nau  ngei deng cangmi Mary caah cun hawi dang bantuk in a kal kho hnga lo. Baibal ah a um lo nain tuanbia bantuk in an chimmi cu, "Mary cu laa aa cit" tiah an ti. Laa cu hi Israel ram ah thilphurtu le citmmi ah an rak hman tawnmi asi. Mary laa aa cit ahcun, an mah chan lio lamsul le thil sining tuak tik ah, nikhat ah meng 15-20 tluk cun an kal kho lai ti asi. Cucaah Mary le Joseph hi Nazareth in Bethlehem tiang ah nili hrawng rauh dawh an si. Hi lio caan hi Augustus nih a tuahmi milurel caan asi caah, midang Bethlehem khua hrin a rak simi hna zong tam nawn khual an rak tlawng ve theu lai i, mirun (caravan) in an rak kal theu lai tiah ruah a si.  
Atanglei map lam kalning hin, Mary le Josepth zong khual an rak tlawng theu lai tiah zumh a si. Hi lam hi, Joran nichuahlei in a kal i, Jerusalem hi pal lo in kal khawh a si. 


Nazareth in Bethlehem tlawnnak lam-I

Nazareth in Bethlehem tiang umkalnak ah zei lam dah an zulh hnga timi hi ruah awk ngai aum. Matthew le Luke nih an zulhmi lam an tial lo. Tuanbia tu ahcun, "Mary aa dinhnak lung" ti hna a um. An zulhmi lam hi fiang tein theih cu a si lo nian, Nazareth in Bethlehem kalnak ding caah hin, Lampi pahnih a ummi lak ah, pakhat cu an zulh hrimhrim a hau.  Culocu kalnak lam dang aum ti lo.

          Lam pakhatnak cu, Nazareth in Samaria ram tan pah in Jerusalem in Bethlehem ah a kalmi lam a si. Micheu nih hi lam an zulh ko lai tiah a ruatmi an um. Zeicatiah lam a ding deuh; hmunhma a rem deuh; nau pawimi caah umkalnak a fawi deuh ngai ding asi. Laa cit bu in kal tik zongah, zaang a dam deuh ngai dingmi a si. Cucaah hi lam hi an  zulh lai tiah a ruatmi an um ve. Hi lam an zulh ahcun, Nazareth-Ginae-Samaria-Sychar in kal; cun Gerizim tlangkam in Jerusalem ah; cun Bethlehem ah kal ding asi. Hihi a caan ahcun Jesuh zong nih a rak zulh ve mi lam a si i, a caan ahcun Jesuh zong an rak cohlan lo caah, arak hrial ve hawi (John 2:13; 22; 3:22; 4:1-42; Luke 9:51-56).


Jesuh chan lio Nazareth-Bethlehem karlak lam hmunkhat
          
         Lam pahnihnak cu, Nazareth in Jordan nichuahlei tiva hrawn in akalmi lam a si. Cu lam zulh ahcun, Nazareth in Scythopolis ah kal; Cun Salim le Aenon (Hi khua ah hin Johan tipil a rak peknak a si); Jordan tiva tan I nichuahlei kal; cu hnu ah Jordan tiva nichuahlei kam I tiva zulh in chaklei le thlanglei hawih in a kalmi lam hrawn i Jeriocho khua ral ummi Bethabara ah a kalmi lam asi. Hi khua ah hin Johan nih Jesuh tipil a rak peknak a si (Mark 1:9). Cun Jordan tiva an tan lai i Jericho lei ah an kal lai; cun Bethlehem ah an va chuak lai. HI lam hi, Judah mi zapi zaran nih an zulhmi lam a si.

                  

  
Nazareth in Bethlehem Lam-II nak

              Lam pahnihnak hi, Mary le Joseph zulhmi lam asi lai tiah an ruah. Zeicatiah Nazareth le Jerusalem karlak hi, a dinnak in kal ahcun, Samaria peng pal pah a hau. Asinain Samaria peng a zulmi lam hi misual, damiah le mifir an rak tam ngai ti asi. Cupin ah Judah miphun nih Samaria hi an rak nautat ngai hna i an ram pal hmanh hi an rak duh setsai lo. 
            Cun Samaria le Judahmi hi an rak i rem tuk lo. Judah mi nih kahpia nan si an ti hna caah an zohchuk hna. Thluninn le riahnak hmanh an rak onh tawn hna lo. Bawmh zong an dak duh hna lo. Hi lam zulh ahcun, Jerusalem zong pal pah a hauh tik ah, Herod a bawinak khua hi, an rak pal ngam tuk lo ti asi. Cucaah mi tam deuh ruahnak ahcun, Mary le Joseph nih Jordan nichuahlei tiva zulh in a kalmi lam (Lam-II nak)  hi an zulh theu lai tiah a ruatmi an tam deuh. Zeicatiah hi lam hi, Samaria a hrialmi asi i, Judah mi tampi nih an zulh tawnmi lam a si.


    Khuasik caan lio Bethlehem pawngkam
           

Atuanbia

          Bethlehem hi baibal ah a langh hmasat cemnak cu Gen 35:16 nak ah a si. Hi khua hi hlan ahcun Ephrath tiah an rak ti. Hi khua ah hin Rachel nih fapa Benjamin a ngeih I naucung in a rak thi. Hi ka ah hin, Rachel cu an vui (Gen 35:16 ff).  Caleb fapa Salma cu "Bethlehem pa" tiah an rak ti (1 Chan 2:51). Solomon a thih hnu Israel ram aa then tik ah, Rehoboam nih ralkap khua ah a rak hman (2 Chan 11:6).

          Bethlehem tuanbia hi duh a nung. Hi khua hmunhma te hi, baibal chungah tuanbia a dawhbikmi, dawtnak sangpi a langhnak tuanbia pakhat, Ruth tuanbia aa thawknak khua a si. Ruth fabua a rak suaknak Boaz lo hi, Bethlehem khua umnak hmun hi a rak si" (Ruth 2: 3, 4). Hi khua hi Jesse khua a si. Siangpahrang David chuahnak khua; David tuu a rak khalhnak le chiti an rak thuhnak hmun a si (1 Sam 16:1-13). Cuticun David khua ti a si thai. B.c 738-698 hrawng ah, a rak tlawnglengmi Prophet Micah nih cun, "Hi khua hi Judah miphun uktu hna hmai ah a hmete na si ko nain, Keimah caah nangmah chung in Israel mikhamhtu Pakhat a chuak lai" tiah ruahchannak khua ah a rak chiah (Micah 5:2).

     Jerusalem in Bethlehem lei kalnak lam

Jesuh Chuahnak Hmun

          Luke nih Jesuh "saram rawleinak kuang chung ah an thlim; zeicatiah khualbuk (Inn) ah hmunhma an ngei lo (2:7)" ati tik ah, ruah ding tampi a um. A cheu ruahnak ahcun, Baibal nih  "inn" (khualbuk) tiah a timi hi Greek ahcun "kataluma" ti a si. Hi inn hi a tu lio chan bantuk man pek in riahmi "hotel" phun a rak si lo. Bethlehem hi lampipuam cungah a ummi asi lo caah, man pekmi hotel phun hi, Jesuh chuahlio chan ah a um lo ti a si. Cucaah Jesuh chuahnak hi, Joseph hrinsor an chungkhar inn pakhatkhat ah a si ko lai tiah a ruatmi an um.  

          Ruahnak pakhat dang cu, kum zabu pahnihnak hrawng I aa thawkmi Krihfa tuanbia hlun ngai ahcun, Jesuh chuahnak (nativity) timi hi Bethlehem khuakam satil riahnak ah an hmanmi "lungkua" ah a si tiah an ti. A.D 165 ah St. Justin nih hitin a rak tial: "Joseph cu khuachung ah tlunnak inn an hmuh  lo caah, Bethlehem khuapawng I satil riahnak lungkua (cavern) ah an rak riak" tiah a tial. Kumzabu a cheu tluk a rauh hnu ah, catial thiam Oregon nih, "Bethlehem khua pawng satil inn he aa lo in sermi satil riahnakkua (grotto) ka hmuh cang ka in ceunak ka hmuh" tiah a rak ti. Cu satil riahnakkua (grotto) timi cu tuukhaal hna; an tuu hna le an riah tawnnak asi (Grotto timi hi lungkua he lo in an sermi satil riahnakkua a si).

Tuu khal sin i, vancungmi langhnak-"Shepherd field"

Bethlehem Khua pawng tukhal hna tuu conghnak hmun

          Cucaah Siangpahrang Constantine nu Helena nih A.D 327 ah Bethlehem khuapawng I Jesuh chuahnak lungkua ah biakinn a rak sak. Cu biakinn chung a laiva I arfi nganpi cung ah hitin ca an tial: "Hika ah Jesuh cu ngaknu thianghliam Mary nih a hrin" tiah. Acung ah miphun kip nih an rak pekmi laksawng sunglawi, sui le ngun in sermi meivannak hna cu an I thlai.  Hi ka hmun dah ti lo cu Jesuh chuahnak tiah ti khawhmi hmunhma dang aum lo. Cu hmun zong cu a dik tiah ti khawh a si lo.     


         The Bethlehem Church of Nativity

             Asinain, hi hmunhma nih hin mi tampi cu thlarau in thawnnak a pek hna. Krihfabu Pa (church father) Jerome hi, hika biakinn ah kum 30 a um i, Latin Baibal dihlak ngacha hi a rak leh. Crusades raal a rak thawh tik ah hi hmun hi an rak i cuhmi pakhat a si. Muslim pawl nih A.D 1236 ah hi biakinn cu an rak hrawh piak hna nain an rak sak than.

          Hi biakinn Jesuh chuahnak hi Mirang nih cun "Nativity" tiah an ti. Hi biakinn nih Bethlehem khua cu min a ngeihter. Nihin ni ah cu hmun cu Jesuh zumtu vialte caah biaknak hmun pakhat a si. Tourist tampi lenmi hmunhma a si. Hi khua cu khua fate biapipa ah rak chiahmi khua hmanh a si lo nain, nihin ni ahcun Palestine miphun caah tangka tampi hmuhnak khua, vawleicung miphun kip tlawnmi khua ah a cang cang.

          Behlehem khuate cu "Judah miphun hna hmai ah khua fate" rak si ko hmanh sehlaw nihin ni ahcun, miphun kip le mi tampi thinlung ah a caam pengmi khua a si. Zeicatiah mi vialte caah "ruahchannak a chuahnak khua a si" caah a si. Hi khua ah hin pei vancungmi hna nih bia sunglawi: " A thiang bik van ah khin Pathian cu sunparnak hmu ko seh; a dawtmi hna umnak vawlei ah hin remnak um ko seh" (Lk. 2:14) tiah an rak chimnnak hmun a si. Cucaah hi khua cu vawlei a hmunh chung "chim dai lo" dingmi khua a si zungzal ko lai!


Bethlehem Khua. Ahnulei tlang khi Judah tlangthluan a si


Bethlehem lei kalnak lam hmun khat