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

Tihnung Taktakmi Leitla

Lairam hmunhma tampi ah, vawlei a pilmi le a tlami an um tawn. Cucu "leitla" tiah kan ti. Thau ram, Faiceu lopil zong ah acre 2 tluk kaumi lei tla a um. Pipu hna nih, leitla cu, khuachia umnak a si i, a suar tiah an rak zumh caah, lo zong ah an rak tla ngam lo. An rak hrial. A pawngkam thingkung hau hmanh an rak ngamh lo.

Buddhist Kawl zong nih, leitla phunphai cu, a suarmi le khuachia umnak asi tiah an rak zumh ve. Cucaah khuachia tlawnhtlamhnak caah pangpar, tii le zeidang thil eidin zong an pekchanh tawn.

Fimnak athancho nak ram ahcun, leitla cu khuachia ruang ah asi tiah an ruat lo. Vawlei chungah thil pakhatkhat ruangah, a cangmi asi tiah an ti. Khuachia le thlarau phunphai an puh ruam lo.

Vawlei kong cawngmi scientist pawl nih, lei a tlaknak a ruang thil (3) a um an ti:-

1. Lihninh Ruangah: Lii a hninh tikah vawlei chung meng 10-50 karlak ah a ummi tlang lianlian hi an i su; an kak; an kuaiman hna i, vawlei chung muru thuk taktak in an kak. Cu nih cun vawlei thawnnak a chuahpi i vawlei a tlaknak asi an ti.

2. Thung Vawlei: Vawlei chung hmunhma cheukhat cu thunglung a tam tuk. Thunglung cu, ruah a sur tikah, ruah ah a ummi acid nih fawite in a titter khawh. Ruahtii cu vawlei chung i aluh tikah, thunglung cu duhsah ten a va ei. Kum tampi a ei tik ah, cu thunglung cu an man dih i, lungtumpi a rak si tawnmi kha, a kuami ah aa cang. Cu a kuami cung a ummi vawlei kha, dohtu a um lo tikah an tla tawn i, lei tla (sick hole) ah an i chuahnak a si. Hi bantuk lei tla hna hi, thung tamnak, Shan ram ah tampi a um. USA ahcun Florida State ah tampi a um.

3. Leitang Thil Chuak Laimi: Leitang thil chuak lakmi ruangah lei a tla kho ve. Lungmeihol, suingun, meiti, tii, thir le dar tibantuk vawleitang thil chuak tam tuk lak tikah a chung a kua i, cuticun a cung vawlei a cim tawn. Hi cu minung ser chawmmi lei tla an si i kan chim duhmi an si lo.


  Scientist pawl nih lei tla a chuah ningcang an piahmi a si


Tih Nunnak

Lei tla hi tih a nung taktak. A cung i a ummi innlo, lamsul, motor, minung, tibual, thinglung, tiva le tibual tibantuk zong a tlakpi chih dih khawh. USA i ramkulh dawhbik asimi Florida hi lei tla hi a tam tuk. Nunning sia a rem lo ngai. Atu le tu inn a dolh; sang cheukhat zong a dolh hna. 2013 ah innlo, motor a dolhmi a tlawm lo. Florida lawnglawng ah hin, lei tla hmun 5,000 tluk ah a um.

Lei tla hi tih a nung tuk. Zeicatiah zeitik caan le khawika zawn ah dah a cimh lai ti theih khawh asi lo caah asi. Meitlang, lihnin, thli le ruah te hna kong hi, an chim khawh chung ngai nain, lei tla kong cu pakhat hmanh an chim khawh chung lo caah scientist pawl zong nih an tih ngai. Hi lei tla ruangah vawlei hmun zakip ah sunghbaunak le thihlohnak tampi a chuahpi.

US Ram Lei Tla

US hi a ram a kauh bantuk in, an ram chung ah thil khuaruahhar le tihnung a rak tam tuk. Lihnin, meitlang, tornado phuchim, hurricane thlichia tibantuk hna hi an tuar taktak. Cun tihnung taktak a simi, "leitla" (sinkhole) zong hi tampi a um. Leitla la tambik a umnak hmun cu, USA ah ram dawh bik veve asimi Florida le California ramkulh ah hin an si. hi an si.

(1). Florida Lei Tla

Florida State hi lei tla a tam taktaknak a si. A dummi zawn paoh hi, lei tla a chuah cangnak hmun an si. Florida hi lei tla a tam tuk caah, kum khat ah chungkhar 6,500 hrawng nih insurance hi, liamh ding in an hal lengmang hna. Cucaah Florida cu lei tla ruang ah, sihni le vawleilei mithiam (geologist) pawl cu an tangka lut a tam ko ti a si. Thil theimi caahcun vawlei a kah mente zong ah an thin a phang le Florida um hi, tih a nung ngaingai ti a si. A cheu cu kan inn pawng vawlei a kah men ah kan mang hna a chia an ti. Khawika zawn dah akak lai i, zeitik ah dah kan inn a dawp ve lai ti lawng hi kan ruat ko tiah Florida pa pakhat nih a rak chim bal.

Florida leitla hmanthlak cheukhat atanglei ah ka van langhter.

A dummi umnak paoh hi lei tla a chuah cianak hmun an si




Clemont, Florida ah Bay Resort hotel lei tla nih a dawpmi. August 11-12, 2013 ah a dawp. Disney World kam te ah a si. Huamsam tein a tlak caah, minung an thi lo.

Jeff Bush inn

Florida ah, zan ihthi karah, Jeff Bush cu, a inn he lei tla nih a dawp hna i athi. A dawptu lei tla hi pe 20 akau i, pe 30 a thuk (March 1, 2013 zan). Ngaihchia tuk a si. A zeitihmanh in an khamh kho lo. A ruak zong an hmu kho lo.




          Florida ramkulh lei tla pakhat


Inn kam te a  minmi (Florida)


Lei tla dang (Florida)


Florida lei tla nih inn le boat a dolh lio


Florida lei tla pakhat nih thingkung a dolh  lio


Florida hmunhma rempi ah inn lei tla nih a dawpmi


Florida hmunhma rempi ah hitin a dawp dih ko


Tampa Bay, Florida ah a chuakmi leitla

Florida ah leitla ni tupi thing a dawp

2. California Ram Kulh Leitla

Atanglei hmanthlak hna hi, May 2013 chungah California ah a cangmi lei tla nih inn a dawpmi hna an si. Lakeport timi khua (Lake County) kuakap ah, inn 30 renglo leitla nih a dawp. A ruang an thei kho lo. Lake County hi area 1,329 hrawng a kau. 2010 ah minung 64,000 fai an um. Cinthlaknak a rem. Tibual lianpi a um. Hmunhma fingtlang aa dawh. Khua nuam ngaingai a si. Hi bantuk in inn a cimmi le vawlei tla nih a dawpmi ruangah mi tampi cu an lau i, an thin a phang. Mirum milian tampi umnak khua a si i, innlo thatha tampi a um. Leitla ruangah inn man zong tampi a tla.


                               

Lake County

Leitla nih a dawpmi Lake County inn 

California hi lei tla a tam ngaingai. A ruang cu tlang zong a tam; thung vawlei zong a tam pin ah lihninh a tam tuknak hmunhma asi caah asi. Atanglei ah California ramkulh lei tla cheukhat ka van langhter.


             

California ah leitla nih meihmittu motor a daw

Manitoba leitla

Manitoba, CA ah lampi leitla nih hitin a dawp

Leitla hi a caan ahcun vawlei hmunhma remnak pi ah a chuak ko. A caan ahcun thingkung lak le tiva le tibual zong ah a chuak. Khawika ah dah a chuah lai timi hi chim awk a har ngai. A cheu cu a rang i a cheu cu a fum. Ohio zongah leitla a chuak i, lam le leikuang rawhnak a chuahter len.
   

Ohio leitla (2014)

Texas leitla pakhat

Daisetta, Texas leitla hi pe 900 renglo a sau

                         

Ram Dang Lei Tla Minthang Hna

Vawlei hmunkip ah leitla tampi a rak um. Thung vawlei a tamnak hmun ah a tam khun. Leitla nih hin innlo, lamsul le thilri rawhralnak tampi a chuahpi i, minung thihnak zong a chuahter lengmang. Tih a nung taktakmi kokek rawhnak pakhat a si. Atanglei leitla hna hi a cheu cu kum million tampi lio ah a rak min cia mi an si. A cheu cu 2013 ah aminmi an si.

Aa dawh taktakmi Nahanni leitla (Canada)

       

Sweden Ram leitla (2012). 

Canada ah leitla nih inn a dolh hna

Leitla nih motor le minung hitin a tlakpi hna

Germany ram ah leitla nih lam a hrawhmi

Guatemala City ah inn chung ah pe 40 a thuk i pe 32 tluk kaimi leitla (2007)

Guatemala City leiba (May 29, 2010)

Tuluk ram Guangzho City ah leitla nih a hrawhmi 

Russia ram leitla nih lam a hrawhmi

     

Leitla nih motor a dawp cuahmah 

Russia leimin 

Hell a lo mi Russia ram leitla le gas kangmi mei

         


Biatlang Kawmnak

Minung cu vawikhat chuak le voi khat thi ding kan si. Kan nunchung caan tawite ah, mah le innlo te ngeih le khuasak tuntuk cu, minung caah a sunglawibik mi thil pakhat asi. Hi bantuk in zungzal umnak ding ah ruahmi innlo a van i rawk ko tik ahcun, minung lungthin zeitluk in dek a va rawk hnga? Mah tanghma van i benh ah a fawi lo mi thil an si.

Florida State ah hotel leitla nih a dawp

Vawlei ah ruah awk thil cu, zeithil hmanh an hmun lo. Zeitluk fek in sakmi inn zong a hram aa rawh ahcun an cim dih ko. Vawleicung thil vialte hna hi, caan tlawmpal ca lawng an si hna. A hram aa hninh ahcun a tlu ding le a cim ding lawngte an si dih.

Bawipa nih inn cu a sak lo ahcun asatu hna riantuannak cu, santlai lo asi (Psalm 127:1).