'A Hminga Chun Isu Sak I Tih'

~ Samuel L Songate

“Naupasal nei a ta, a hming chu Isu sak i tih; Ama chun a mihai an thil suksuolnaa inthawkin a sandam ding a ni sih a.” ~ Matthai 1:21

Bible hi Genesis a inthawka Thupuongsuo chen ei en a, Pathienin hming a ngaipawimaw zie le Bible-a mi hminghai hin umzie an lo nei tawl zie chieng taka hmu le hriet thei dingin a um. Entirna dingin, Adam chu mihriem hmasatak a ni leiin Hebrai ṭawngin ‘Adam’ ti a ni a, chu chu ‘mihriem’ tina a nih. Thutiem nau Isak a hming umzie chu ‘innui’ a nih, a san chu Pathienin Abraham kuoma nau an nei ding thu a va hril lai khan Sari kha a rûkin a lo innui leiin. Chun Israel hming puttu Jakob hming umzie khawm kha ‘hlemtu’ a nih, a san chu a pa Isak hlemin a unaupa Esau upa nina le malsawmna a’n chu thlâk pek leiin. 

Israel history a ‘hun inthim’ an ti hiel, Roreltuhai hun laia Naomi naupasalhai pahni Mahlon le Chillion hai khawm kha an hming umzie chu ‘Damnawna’’ le ‘Sietna’ a nih. An naupang laiin ṭâm tlâk leiin Bethlehem a inthawkin Moab ramah ṭâm tlânin an fe a, Moab mi nuhmeiin an nei ve ve a. Isu hung insiengna dinga Juda thla fe pei (genealogy) a ṭhang nihai sienkhawm an hming in a zir ngang naw leiin khuol ramah nau nei hman loin suonmawngin an va thi ve ve a nih. 

Bible-a mihriem hminghai hman Pathienin a ngaipawimaw a, an hming umzie a lo pawimaw a ni chun Pathienin a Naupa khawvela a hung tir hming ding khawm hi a ngaipawimaw hle ding a nih ti chu a chieng. Chuleiin Pathienin vantirko Gabriel fethlenga Josefa kuoma, “Naupasal nei a ta, a hming a chun Isu sak i tih” a lo ti khawm kha umzie inthûk tak a nei ngei ding a ni ti chu a chieng. Ieng leia ISU ti hming kher kha Naupa hming dinga vânin an hung phuok am a na ti hi ngaituo tham a nih.

ISU hming hung suokna chu Hebrai tawng bul ‘Yehoshua’ ti thumal a inthawk a nih a, a tawi zawngin ‘Yeshua’ tia ziek hlak a nih. Chuleiin, Hebrai ṭawng chun Isu Krista chu ‘Yeshua Mashiach’ a nih.  Chun Thuthlung Hlui a Mosie thlâktu, Nun naupa Joshua hming khawm kha Hebrai ṭawng a chu ‘Yeshua’  tho a nih. Chuleiin, Joshua ti le Jesus (Isu)  ti chu hming thuhmun an nih. Amiruokchu Thuthlung Thar lekhabuhai kha Greek ṭawnga ziek a ni leiin ‘Yeshua’ ti kha Greek ṭawngin Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) tia ziek a ni ve thung a, chu chu Roman kumpinu ṭawng Latin chun  ‘Iesous’ tia ziek a ni ve nawk a. Isu krawsa an hemde laia a lu chunga Pilat in a hming a târ pek a khawm khan ‘Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum’ (Nazareth Isu, Judahai Lal)tia ziek a ni a, chu chu a hawrawp hmasatak pei ei lak chun I-N-R-I a suok a, Isu Kraws lêra an hemde lai lemziek (painting) phawtah INRI ti hi a chuong sa zie hlak. 

Chun English ṭawnga Bible inlet hmasatuhai khan Latin Vulgate a inthawka an lo inlet a ni leiin Latin ṭawnga  ‘Iesous’ ti kha  ‘Jesus’  tiin an lo inlet ve thung a, chu chu Hmar ṭawngin ‘Isu’ tiin ei lo inlet ve a nih. Chuleiin, Isu hming bul tak chu Hebrai ṭawnga ‘Yeshua’ a nih, chu chu Joshua tina khawm a nih a, a umzie chu ‘The Lord Saves amanih, God is Salvation’ (Pathienin a sandam annawleh Pathien chu sandamna) tina a nih. Hi taka inthawk hin Isu Krista kha misuol, nang le kei, ei suolnaa inthawka mi sandam ding lieu lieua PA in khawvela a hung tir le, a hming khawm vânin an hung sak ngat a nih ti a chieng hle. 

Chuleiin, tuta inthawk chu, “kei ve bawk hi Pathienin a mi sandam tak tak dim aw?” annawleh “sandam ka ni tak tak ding am aw?” tia buoi buoi ta loin, Pathien Naupa Isu Krista kha i suolna (i thil suol thaw chauh nilo, i pei hmang theilo i nina suol) a inthawka sandam ding che a vânin an hung tir pêk che a nih ti hi pawm tawp la, Pathien kuomah lawmthu hril el rawh. Hlim le danglam kher tum naw la, nang i lungrila a thawk dan (feeling) a khan innghat bawk naw rawh. Ei lungril le ngaidan (feeling) chu ei thil tuok le ei hun tawng zirin an thlâk pei a nih. Chuleiin, Pathien thutak chatuona inkhêl lo ding, Pathienin i suolna le ka suolnaa inthawka mi sandama, chatuon hringna ei neina  dinga a Naupa Isu a mi hung tir pek thu, chatuona danglam ngailo ding a hin innghat lem rawh. 

Isu hming pawimaw zie le thilthawthei zie chu Peter khawm khan a hnungin a hung hriet chieng ve hle chu ni ngei a tih, Isu an man zana âr khuong hmaa vawi thum lai Isu hming inphat pa khan Judahai rorelna insângtak Sanhedrin hmaah huoisen takin “Nangni po poin hre ro, Israel mi po khawmin hre raw se, Nazareth Isu Krista krawsa in hemde Pathienin mithi laia inthawka a i keitho nawk kha, ama hming ngeiin hi mipa hi hitaka hin in hmaah damin a ngir tah a ni hi… Midang tu kuoma khawm sandamna a um nawh; vânkhup hnuoia mihriem i sak lai, a mi sandam ding hming dang hrim a um nawh” (Thil. 4:10, 12)  tiin Isu hming a chau sandamna a um zie nasatakin a khêkpui a ni kha. 

Thuthlung Hlui Joshua le Thuthlung Thar Joshua

A bul tienga ei hril ta ang khan Isu hming hi Hebrai ṭawngbul tienga chu‘Yeshua’ a ni a, chu chu Joshua tina khawm a nih. Chuleiin, Isu hi Thuthlung Thar Joshua tia ko thei a ni bawk. Thuthlung Hlui Joshua (Mosie thlâktu, Nun naupa) kha Thuthlung Thar Joshua (Isu Krista) hlimthla (foreshadow) a lo ni zie khawm chieng taka hmu thei dingin a um. Thuthlung Hlui Joshua khan Israelhai hmelma Kanan mihai kha a hmatiemin a do a, a hne peia, an hmelmahai laka inthawk khan Israelhai kha a sansuok a. Chuong ang bawk chun Thuthlung Thar Joshua – Isu Krista chun khawvel mihriem hmelma lien tak, suol le thina chu kraws a khan mi hne pekin suola inthawkin a mi sandam a nih. Lalpa inpakin um raw se!

Chun, Thuthlung Hlui Joshua khan Pathien hnam thlang Israelhai kha, Jordan vadung ṭhuoi kaiin ramtiem Kanan, bawngnene le khuoizu luongna ram a ṭhuoi lut a. Chuong ang bawk chun Thuthlung Thar Joshua – Isu Krista khawmin ama ringtu, ringnaa Israelhai po chu suol le thina a’nthawk sansuokin, thina Jordan ṭhuoi kaiin, Vân Kanan thar a ṭhuoi lut ve thung ding a nih. Chuleiin, tuta ṭum Krismas chu, vantirko in Josefa kuoma, “Naupasal nei a ta, a hming chu Isu sak i tih” a ti thu a inthawk hin Isu kha nang le kei ei suolnaa inthawka mi sandam dinga hung a ni zie le, chu a hungna san le a hming a hung putna san tak chu thaw zoin suol le chatuon thina a inthawka mi sandamin vân Kanan a mi ṭhuoi lut ding a nih, ti thu lawmum tak hi hang hre tharin a takin hang chang thar seng inla ei nuom tak zet a nih. Lalpa’n a thu ei chan sengah mal mi sawm pek sien, tiemtuhai po po in Krismas indiktak, Krista’n a taksa le thisen ngeia ruoi a mi hung buotsai pek kîltu le changtu ni seng dingin Lalpa’n malsawm seng raw se cheu!