Bongva Magazine - Vol 6

zong kha a si. Cuhmanh ahcun riahbuk kha a lawng ti lo i caw inn bantuk ah khan fa a va hrinnak kha si. Chim duhmi cu, Bethlehem khua cu Pro- fet bia a tlinnak ding caah (Micah 5:2), hn- gakchia Jesuh a chuahnak khua lawng kha a si i Joseph le Mary i an umnak khua a si lo. Dake’s Annotated Refernce Bible nih FXQPL¿PKQDFXKQJDNFKLD-HVXKDFKXDK i kumhnih fai hrawng lawngah an ra, a ti. Cu caah, hngakchia Jesuh a chuahka in, kum zei- mawzat a si tiang an umnak khua a si lomi Bethlehem khua ahcun an um peng kho hnga maw timi kha a si. Cucaah DAR Bible chim QLQJLQFXQKLQLFKXQJDKKLQPL¿PKQD cu, Bethlehem khua kha an rak phan rih lo ti hi a si ko. Cun Luka nih, “Bawipa nawlbia nih nan tuah awk a si a timi vialte an tuah dih in Gali- leeram i an umnak khua Nazareth khua ah khan an kir ` han” ti a um caah, Joseph, Mary le hngakchia Jesuh cu, Bethlehem khua ah ni sawmli le nikhat tiang lawng an rak um manh tinak a si. Ni sawmli le nikhat lawng an um kan van tinak zong cu, ‘Bawipa nawlbia nih nan tuah awk a si a timi vialte an tuah dih in’ timi bia zoh in chimmi a si. Hibia hi Luka nih Leviticus 12: 2-4 chung bia le Exodus 13:2, 22:29, 34:20 chung bia hna kha a van lak i a chimmi a si. Leviticus nih cun, nu nih nau an ngeih tikah fapa a si ahcun ni sawmli chung (fanu an si ah- cun ni sawm riat) a thianglo an si a ti. Hika i a thianglo a timi zong hi hringtu nule ca lawngah a si i an hrinmi fapa or fanu caah a si lo, an pa- salle ca zong a si lo. Hi caan lio ahhin nu cu bi- akinn (Temple) ah va kal khawh a si lo, a thiang ti i ruahmi thil paoh zong kha tongh khawh an si lo (Leviticus 12: 2-8). Cun Exodus 13: 2 nih a chim vemi cu, “Fater, pa vialte cu keimah sinah nan ka pekchanh hna lai,” a ti caah hngakchia Jesuh zong kha fater a si caah, Joseph le a nu Mary nih Bawipa sinah pekchanhnak (consecration or presentation) an va tuahnak kha a si.

Hika ahhin van pialta ka duhmi cu, Lai Bible nih hi kong he pehtlai in a chimmi hi a si. A chimmi cu, “Moses nawlbia nih nan tuah ODLDWLPLLWKHQKFDDQ SXUL¿FDWLRQ NKD-RVHI le Mari caah cun a phan. Cucaah annih nih hngakchia cu Bawipa hmai i chanh awkah Je- rusalem khua ah khan an kalpi (Lk 2:22),”a ti caah Joseph zong Mary zong, cun hngakchia -HVXK]RQJDQSDWKXPQLQJLQLWKHQK SXUL¿ - cation) dih dingin a sullam a lang. Cun nu Mary caah fa a ngeih i nisawmli a tlin hnu, a nikhatnak ni (ni 41 ni) ah i thenh GLQJWLPL SXUL¿FDWLRQ OHIDWHUDVLPLKQJDN - chia Jesuh, Bawipa sinah pekchanhnak tuah ding timi (consecration) zong kha a cawhbeh WLNDKSXUL¿FDWLRQOHFRQVHFUDWLRQFXDVXOODP aa khat bantukin hmuh a si cang. A taktak ah- FXQ SXUL¿FDWLRQ OH FRQVHFUDWLRQ FX D VXOODP aa dang bakmi a si ko. 3XUL¿FDWLRQ FX D WKLDQJORPL NKD WKLDQWHU DZNDKWXDKGLQJPLSKXQJNKDDVLLKLSXUL¿FD - tion ahhin thawinak phung zong phunhnih in a um. Cucu khanghthawinak (burnt offering) le sualthawinak (sin offering) ti a si. Cucaah kha SXUL¿FDWLRQWLPLWKHQKQDNFDDKDKHUKPL ~ huro pahnih asiloah Laileng pahnih kha Mary nih aa put hna i raithawinak kha a tuah tiah Luka nih a chimi kha a si (Lk 2:24). Consecration cu kan hmuh hmasa bikmi fater kha a dangte in Bawipa caah chiah- piak i (set apart to the Lord, Exodus 13) pekchanhnak va tuah kha a si, an i lo loh. Cucaah KJV nih cun, “And when the day RIKHUSXUL¿FDWLRQ´WLDKQX0DU\FDODZQJDK DFKLPPLNKDDVLL³7KHLUSXUL¿FDWLRQ´WLLQ an nuva pahnih caah a chimmi a si lo. Cun hngakchia Jesuh ca zongah a chim chihmi a si fawn lo. Hngakchia Jesuh caah cun KJV QLKFXQ³$QGZKHQWKHGD\RIKHUSXUL¿FD - tion a cording to the law of Moses were ac- complished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord,” tiah, Mary caah i thenhnak ni kha a phak i Moses nawlbia ban- gin Mary nih tlingte in a tuah dih hnu lawn- gah Joseph le Mary cu hngakchia Jesuh kha

Bongva Magazine

45

Chin Baptist Mission Church—DC

2017