Bongva Magazine - Vol 6

hmanh nih Bible chung i Bawi Jesuh a chuah- nak kong hi cu, minung kan tuanbia chungah a um kho lomi, phuahchommi tuanbia sawh- sawh (myth) bantuk ceo ah an hmuh. Asiah cun, Bawi Jesuh a zultu Matthai siseh, physician le historian a simi Dr. Luka siseh anmah pahnih nih a kan chimhmi Bawi -HVXKDFKXDKQDNNRQJKLPL¿PDQWLPLKQD nih an chim bantukin phuahchom ` awnchom- mi tuanbia sawhsawh men maw an si ko hnga? Cuti a si ko ahcun, Dr. Luka le Matthai zong cu milihchim maw an si ko hnga? Hi kongah, Archaeologists pawl nih an hmuhmi kha kan zohta lai. A.D. 70, lioah khan, Jerusalem khuapi siseh, khua chung i an Temple zong kha siseh Rom ralkap nih an rak hrawhpiak dih hna. Cutikah, Tlang- bawi (priests) hna cu rian ` uan awk an ngei ti lo. Cucaah khua kipah ` hialter dih an si. An ` hialmi Tlangbawi chungkhar hna le an i ` hialnak khua hi 25 an si. Cucu Aramic ca- holh in an tuahmi cazin kha a si. Hi cazin kha archaeologists pawl nih an hmuhmi cu a si. Cu Tlangbawi hna an ` hialnak khuamin cazin chungah cun, Nazareth khua hmete zong aa tel ve ko kha an hmuh. Cucaah, Bawi Jesuh chan lioah hin, Nazareth khua hi a rak um ko ti kha an fehter. Cun Lk. 2:2 kongah archaeologists nih an hmuhmi cu hitihin a si. Archaeologist a simi Jerry Vardman nih Quirinius min aa ` ialmi coin tangka pia te kha a hmuh. Kha coin pia a cungah cun, 11 B.C. in Herod a thih tiang Syria ram le Cilicia a uktu cu Quirinius a si tiah, cafang hmete in an ` ialmi kha a hmuh. Archaeological term in cun kha cafang hm- ete kha, “micrographic” an ti. Hi coin nih a chimmi cu Quirnius hi minung pa hnih an si. Bawi Jesuh a chuah lio, milu relnak a tuah- tertu Syria ram uk bawi cu, a dang Quirinius a si ko tiah proof nak an tuah. Scottish archeaologist le New Testament Scholar a si i Oxford University zongah Pro- fessor of Classical archaeology a simi hon- orary doctorates zong pakua tiang a hmumi

pa, Sir William M. Ramsay (1851-1939) hi a hlan ahcun skeptic timi zumlotu a si ve. Hi DUFKHRORJ\ OHL PL¿P SD QLK FXQ 'U /XND nih a ` ialmi Lamkaltu cauk (the Acts) le Luka thawng ` ha hna hi a dik lomi le a hman lomi lawngte an si timi kha vawlei pumpi theih in mualpho le ningzak in ka tuah lai tiah timhlamhnak nganpi he, Asia Minor ah a hawile a simi professors hna he an va kal i cuka ahcun hlathlainak an va tuah. Asinain, William Ramsay nih a va hmuh- mi cu Dr. Luka nih a rak ` ialmi Bawi Jesuh tuanbia hna hi a hme bik (tetuai) tiang hmanh in (in the smallest details) a dikciah in a hmanmi lawngte an si a rak ti. Cu ruangah amah William Ramsay zong zumtu ` ha pakhat ah aa cang beh. Asinain, Matthai thawg ` ha lawng ah kan KPXKPLQLFKXDKOHLUDPLQDUDNUDPLPL¿P (magi) hna nih hngakchia Jesuh biak dingah an va kalnak khua hi, Nazareth khua maw a si, asiloah Bethlehem khua maw a si timi tu hi cu, Khrihfa tuanbia a rak i thawhka in QLKLQQLWLDQJ%LEOHOHLPL¿PKQD]RQJQLK an chim khawh rihlomi le an hngalh khawh rihlomi mystery a si ko rih. Zeitintiah Luka 2:39 nih a chimmi cu, “Bawipa nawlbia nih nan tuah awk a si tiah a timi vialte kha an tuah dih in Galilee ram i an umnak khua Nazareth khua ah khan an kir ` han,” a ti i, Matthai 2:7-8 chungah cun, ³&XFDDK+HURGQLKFXQQLFKXDKOHLPL¿PKQD cu a thli tein a kawh hna i zeitik set ah dah DU¿ NKD D FKXDK WL NKD ¿DQJWH LQ D KDO KQD Cun Bethlehem khua ah khan a kalter hna i, ‘Va kal u law ngakchia kong kha ` ha tein va hlat u; cun nan hmuh tikah ra ka chim than u law kei zong amah cu ka va bia ve lai’ tiah a ti hna,” timi Matthai nih a chimmi le Dr. Luka nih a chimmi hi aa kalh bantukin an um caah a si. Vawlei cung Khrihfa mitampi zong nih %HKOHKHP DU¿ WL D VL NR L DKRKPDQK QLK 1D]DUHWKDU¿WLFXDQFKLPEDOOR.DQ/DL - PL FKXQJ ]RQJDK %HWKOHKHP DU¿ WL LQ NDQ

Bongva Magazine

42

Chin Baptist Mission Church—DC

2017