Jesuh Vailamtah Caah An Hmanmi Thing?

Jesuh vailamtah caah zei bantuk thing dah an hman hnga? Khawika dah an lak hnga? Khawika ram ah dah a keumi a si hnga? Vailamtah sertu hi a ho dah a si hnga? Hi biahalnak hna hi, a liam cia caan kum tampi lio in, mi tampi nih an ruah lengmangmi biahalnak an si. Hi hna lak ah hin, vailamtah thing hi zei thing dah a si hnga? timi hi mi nih theih an duh ngaingaimi a si.

Bible zoh tik ah, Biakam Thar ah vailamtah timi biafang hi voi (24) a lang nain, Jesuh vailamtah thing hi zei bantuk thing dah a si? A rit maw a zang? A ho dah a sertu a si? Thing hi khawi dah an lak?" timi a um lo. Jesuh thih hnu ah hi vailamtah thing zong hi, "Khawidah a um? Zeidah a cang?" timi theih khawh a si lo. .

Vailamtah hlanlio miphun cheukhat nih hremnak ah an rak hman tawn. Joshua zong nih Ai khua siangpahrang le Ammorite siangpahrang panga ruak hi vailamtah ah a thlai hna (Josh 8:29; 10:26). Siangpahrang David nih Beerothite mi Rimmon fapa hna ruak kha vailamtah ah a rak thlai ve hna (2 Sam 4:11-12). Persians, Phoenicians le Cathaginians miphun hna nih vailamtaha thah hi an rak hman ve. Rome cozah nih B.C 63 ah Palestine an tei tik ah, vailamtah mithahnak hi tam taktak an hman. Asinain Greek mi hna ni cun, a thangchomi le a fimmi ah an i ruah caah, vailamtah cu hruh bia ah an ruah (1 Cor. 1:23).

Vailamtah kong hmanthlak suaimi (Rf. Newsweek)

Rome ralkap nih, mi tam tuk hi vailamtah ah an thah hna caah, vailamtah siam cu an thiam tuk lai tinak a si. Jesuh vailamtah zong an mah nih an sermi a si ko lai. An hmanmi hi thing hi, Palestine ah a keumi hmuh a fawimi thingfek pakhat khat cu a si lai tiah ruah a si. Tuanbia cu a phunphun a um nain, Catholic Krihfabu (RC) nih an chimmi hi, theihtlei ngai tuanbia pakhat a si.

Jesuh vailamtah hi mi tampi nih, Oak thinkung bantuk in a lianmi Dogwood in an ser tiah tuanbiaphan (legend) ah a um. Dogwood cu vailamtah thing caah aa hman caah, a ning a zak tuk i, "Chiat ka serh u tiah a fial hna i, zeitik hmanh ah sang kho lo ding le thang kho lo ding chiat aa serhter hna" ti asi. Krih zong a hna a tla. Asinain a par tu cu upatnak a pek i, parsen dawh taktak in a par; a par cu par-teng (petals) pali a ngei i, vailamtah bantuk tein a um. Cu a parteng cu a laicer ah "hling-luchin bantuk in hling nih a tuam; a partengmi pakhat cio zong cu, thir khenh bantuk tein hmaneh an i thei" ti a si. Hi tuanbia hi aa dawh ngai nain, Vailamtahtung hi Dogwood cu si dawh a si lo. Zeiatiah Holy Land ah a keumi a si lo caah a si.

Dogwood pangpar

Vailamtahtung ah an hmanmi thing dang pakhat cu, "Aspen" a si kho men tiah an ruah. Cu thing cu Israel ram ah a keu tam ngaimi a si. Cu thing cu a than a duang; a neno i, thli dinte a hran hmanh ah a hnah aa thui ti a si. Cu aa thuinak cu Vailamtahtung caah an hman caah a ning a zak i a thin a phan caah, a thernak a si tiah an ti. Hebrew holh in, cu thing cu "baca" ti a si. Psalm 84 ah, cu biafang cu a hman i, a sullam cu "Tahnak Nelrawn" (Valley of Weeping") a si.

Catholic Encyclopedia ah, "Kum zabu 19 nak ah, Jesuh Vailamtahtung hi farthing in an sermi a si" tiah Charles Rohault de Fleury nih a tial. De Fleury hi a minthang taktakmi pungsan suaitu (architech) a si i, vailamtahtung kong thilhlun (relics) an hmuhmi hlathlainak a rak tuahtu a si. A catialmi cu "Memoire sur les instruments de la Passion" timi asi i 1870 ah a rak tial. Cu a hmuhmi vailamtah thing hlun (relics) cu microscopic (thing ummi rungrul) an zoh hnu ah, "Vailamtahtung hi far in sermi a si" tiah a tinak a si.

Hakha le Thantlang ah, far thing a tam caah far cu a herhnak kip ah kan hman bantuk in, Jerusalem khua hrawnghrang zongah far hi a rak um ve caah an rak hman ngaimi a si. Cucaah Jesuh vailamtah thing hi far le cedar thing an si kho men. A lawh zong an i lo. Zeicatiah hi thing hi Jerusalem hrawng ah a tam ngaingaimi an si.

Jerusalem khua cedar thing (Rf. The Times of Israel)

Cun, Rome khua i a ummi Rome's Basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme timi ah a ummi suaimi hmanthak (mosaic) tangah aa phahmi thing hlun (relic) pakhat cu 1492 ah an hmuh. Cu thinghlun ah ca aa tialmi cu "titulus cruces" (the "title of the cross") ti a si. Cu hmanthlak a tangphah ahcun, lehmah 10x5 a saumi thing ahcun, a cheu cu Aramaic holh, Greek le Latin in aa tial ti a si.

Cu ca cu "Nazareth Jesuh, Judah Siangpahrang" tiah vailamtah cung i an rak tialmi thingphal par i, ca a cheukhat kha si dawh a si tiah an ti. Cucu carbon caan tahnak (carbon-dated) in an tuak tikah, an ruahnak aa dang. A cheu nih "kum zabu pakhatnak thing a si" tiah an ti; a cheu nih Kum Laiva (Middle Ages) thing a si an ti. Asinain a thiammi vialte an hmuhning aa khatmi cu, cu thing cu 'walnut" thing a si tiah an ti.

Tuanbia a dang a lar ngaimi a ummi cu, Jesuh vailamtahtung hi thing phun (3) in an ser i, cu hna cu far, cedar le cypress thing an si tiah an ti. Cucaah Lenten matins timi (zingka thlacamnak cauk) ahcun, Eastern Orthodox churches nih vailamtah upat peknak an rel tawnmi cu hitin a si:

"Krih vailamtah cu, cypress thing bantuk in a nemmi tlaihchannak; cedar thing bantuk in a thlummi zihmui bantuk le far thing bantuk in a thiangmi dawtnak he, upat-hmaizahnak pe u sih law, cu thing cungah thirkhenh chihmi kan Khamtu cu, sunparnak pe hna u sih." (Hihi Thawhthan lai Nithumni ah an cam tawnmi a si).

Cu bantuk vailamtah thing tuanbia kong cu Isaiah Cauk chungah hitin aa tial: "Labanon sunparnak cu na sin a phan lai-juniper, far le cypress thing hna cu hmun khat ah an umti lai i, ka biakinn thiang dawhtertu ding caah le hi ka umnak hmun thiang sunparnak caah" (Is. 60:13).

Vailamtah thing kong he pehtlai in, Isaiah nakin a hlun deuhmi tuanbia kal ahcun, tuanbia cheukhat cu Abraham tupa, Lot tiang a va phan kho. Jerusalem ah a ummi Monastry of the Cross timi ah hmanthlak an suaimi pakhat cu, "Lot Thingkung Titoih Lio" timi a um. Cucu Orthodox pawl nih an hmuhning a si. Cu thing tii toihtu pa cu, tarpa a si. Cu thingkung pi cu hram pakhat lawng a ngei nain, cu hram cun thingkung phun thum an chuak.

Tuanbia chimmi cu hi tin a si. Abraham nih mileng pathum (Gen 18:1-15) a rak cohlan hna. Mileng an kal lai ah thiangthunh pathum an pekta. Thiangthunh pakhat cu cedar a si; a dang cu far le cypress an si. Cu hna cu Abraham nih Lot a pek; Lot nih a cin hna i, cu a cinnak hmun cu Biakam Ram (Promised Land) ti a si i, cu thing tii an toihmi tii cu Jordan tiva in lakmi tii a si. Cu thiangthunh pathum cu thingkung pakhat ah an cang i, a hnu ah cucu vailamtah thing ah a cang.

Tuanbiaphan (legend) pakhat ahcun vailamtah thing he pehtlai in Adam muisam tiang khin vailamtah thing kong ah aa tel. Cucu "The Golden Legend" timi chanlai (medieval) chan 1275 i tam bik zuarmi cauk ah aa tial. Catialtu cu Jacobus de Vorgaine a si. Cauk ahcun hitin Adam tuanbia aa tial:

Adam cu a tar tuk cang i a thih dengmang cang caah, a fapa Seth kha Eden dum ah a hei thlah i, dumcawngtu cherub kha "velngeihnak thauhang" (oil) kha rak ka pe tiah a va nawlpatter. Adam nawlpatnak cu a rak al i a pe lo. Asinain Nunnak Thingkung (Tree of Life) in thlaici pathum Seth cu an rak pek. Cu thingkung ci cu Adam kaa chungah an chiah. A thih tik i an vui tikah, thingkung pakhat a kei i, nge lianpipi pathum a ngei. Cu thing cu, Noah le Siangpahrangnu Sheba hna zong tel chih in-mi tampi nih an hmuh hnu ah, cu thing cu Krih vailamtah caah an hman.

Jerusalem khua ah St. Helen nih "Vailahtah Taktak" (True Cross) nih A.D 326 ah a hmuh tikah, cu vailamtah cu a burmi hnahhmui burbuk tangah a va hmuh. Cu caan lio ah, cu hnahhmui cu a min an rak thei lo i, Greek holh in "basil" (basileios) tiah an auh. Basil (Greek) ti cu "siangpahrang" tinak a si. Tuanbia cheukhat ahcun "cu hnahhmui (basil) cu vailamtah thing hrimhrim in a rak chuakmi a si" tiah an ti.Vailamtah nih cu hnah cu a hmuiter tiah an zumh. St. Helen nih vailamtah thing a hmuhnak hi, Golgotha timi he aa hlat lo ti a si.

Jesuh vailamtahnak hmun Luruh Hmun timi Golgotta

Nichuahlei Krihfabu (Eastern Churches) hna-Byzantine Catholic le Orthodox Christian an pahnih tel in-a Thianghlimmi Vailamtah puai (feast of the Holy Cross) an tuah tik paoh ah, hnahhmui (basil) cu aa tel peng. Latin Catholics nih a Sunglawimi Ningani (Good Friday) an hman bantuk in, hi a Thianghlimmi Vailamtah puai ah hin, vailamtah kha upat hmaizahnak an pek. Cu upat peknak an tuah hlan ah, vailamtahtung cu hnahhmui nge le hnah an phahmi ihkhun cungah an ihter hmasat i, biakinn chung ah an put hmasat. Cu hnu ah hnahhmui cu thluachuah an pek i, zumtu tampi nih cun Bawipa zanriah an hmanmi thil thiang bantuk in an i chiah. Cuticun mi pakhat nih vailamtah thing pelpawi a co khawh lo zongah, vailamtah nih thluachuah a phurhmi, hnahhmui i a carmi a nge le hnah an co khawh i, an i lunghmuih ngai tawn.

Hihi vailamtah tuanbia Roman Catholics le Orthodox Christians pawl nih an ngeihmi tuanbia a si.

Tuanbia cu tampi a um nain, fekfuan ngaingai in theih khawhmi tuanbia taktak a um kho rih lo. Cucaah Jesuh vailamtah ca i an rak hmanmi thing hi, zeithing dah a si hnga? timi hi tuanbia thiammi tampi nih cun an ruat peng rih ko lai!!!

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Zohchihmi Ca Hna

1. “The Catholic Encyclopedia”; “The Garden Way of the Cross” atcampus.udayton.edu; Communion.stblogs.org; armenianchurch-ed.net; 

2. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America  goarch.org; godsagardener.com;Creationtips.com; fisheaters.com; 

3. the Russian Orthodox Church in America web site at www.roca.org; 

4. “A Study of the Folklore of Plants in Palestine;” Orthodox Christian Education Resources at illumination-learning.com; and seetheholyland.net.

5. "Cross." Mercer Dictionary of the Bible, 1990.

5. Hi ca hi Patricia Kasten nih a tialmi "What wood was Christ's cross made from" timi ca chung in hrampi lakmi asi. http://www.thecompassnews.org/2015/09/what-wood-was-christs-cross-made-from/