Bongva Magazine - Vol 6

tuahmi a si lo, a nungmi Pathian nakin Baal milem kha ai ser i milem a bia mi a si (2Cha. 28:1-4). Ruah lo awk a ` ha lomi pakhat cu; zeicadah Israel chungkhar ciocio a si ve komi ah, Pathian nih chaklei ram i a ummi Israelmi phunhra tu kha ` anh loin, Amah Pathian a ral cuahmahmi le Amah Pathian nakin milem aa bochanmi, a fapa hmanh milem hmai ah khanghthawinak a tuah ngammi (2King. 16:3), Ahaz lei tu ah a ` anpi hna i a rak thleidan ziar hna hnga ti hi a si. A ruang cu Judah hrinsor a simi, a bikin Ahaz hi, David hrinsor a si i Khamhtu Messiah cu hi David hrinsor in a rak chuahte lai caah a ven in a rak ven lengmang nak cu a si (Matt. 1:9). Cucaah Pathian nih Isaiah kha Ahaz sinah a kalter i, ralteinak hmelchunhnak a halter- nak cu a si. Zeitintiah Ahaz cu Pathian na- kin, milem a biami le milem aa bochanmi a si caah, khuaruahhar hmelchunhnak kha a mit in a hmuh lo ahcun, Pathian kha a zumh khawh lai lo kha Pathian nih a rak hngalh diam cang caah khan a si. Asinain, Isaiah nih a rak pekmi Pathian bia kha Ahaz nih zeirel lo in a rak hlawt. Cu ruang cem ahcun a si; Profet Isaiah cu Ahaz kha hnu ah a chittak i Judah mipi leiah ai mer ` han i, “David chungkhar vialte hna! Ka bia hi ngai tuah u….,” (Isa.7:13) tiah a rak au hnawhmi kha a si. Cun a van pehmi bia cu, “Zohhmanh! Ngaknu thiang nih fa a pawi lai i fa a hrin lai. A min ah Immanuel sak a si lai” (Isa 7:14) a timi kha a si. Hi bia ningte hin cun hmelchunhnak (sign) hi Ahaz caah a rak SHNPLDVLORWLFXD¿DQJNR The MacArthur Bible Commentary zong nih, “Ahaz nih Pathian nih ka pek lai a timi hmelchunhnak kha a duh lo i a rak hlawt caah, Pathian nih hmelchunhnak kha Amah ca hrimhrim ah ai thim ` hanmi kha a si i, cu hmelchunhnak cu, Ahaz a nunnak varal pin- leipi ah a si te laimi ngaknu thiang the virgin hi a si,” a ti. Asinain, Lai Baibal nih cun, hi hmelc- hunhnak (sign) hi Ahaz ca lawngah rak pek-

mi a si tiin a chim tikah kan Lai Baibal cu; Pathian Biakam Virgin birth a rat lainak lam a rak khamtu le a rak dotu antichrist chungtel ko a lo cang.

Almah Maw, Betulah Maw Parthenos?

Hi virgin kong zong ahhin, mikherhhlei deuh nih an chim vemi cu; Isaiah nih a hman- mi Hebrew biafang, ‘almah’ hi, nu (mother) caah a si i, “virgin” kha a chim duhmi a si lo. Virgin kha a chim duhmi rak si tak sehlaw, almah nakin a tling deuhmi, ‘betulah’ hi a hman deuh lai tiah bia-alnak an tuah. Hi kongah, Lee Strobel (amah hi a hlan ah Bawi Jesuh a zum lomi, World’s Greatest Newspaper pakhat a simi ‘the Chicago Tri- bune daily newspaper’ ah editor le best-sell- ing author a simi, Baibal lei degree a ngeimi a si lo nain, Houston Baptist University ah Professor of Christian Thought lei ah a ` uan- mi a si) nih Michael L. Brown, PhD (amah hi Jewish innchungkhar in a chuakmi a si) kha interview a rak tuah i, cu interview ahcun Brown nih a lehmi cu, “Septuagint Baibal nih almah kha parthenos tiin a lehpiak. Greek holh ahcun parthenos cu virgin ti bak a si ko, Hi Septuagint Baibal hi Bawi Jesuh a chuah hlanpi kum zahnih lioah an rak leh cangmi a si. Cucaah Matthai zong nih hi Septuagint Baibal hi a caancaan ahcun a rak hman ve ko lai” a ti. Cun “betulah” timi biafang hi voitampi ahcun ‘ngaknu’ asiloah, ‘aa ` hi-um rih lomi ngaknu’ ti a si ko. Asinain, hlanlio Aramaic cauk (Aramaic inscription) chungah cun, fa ngeih aa harh ngaimi nu caah ‘betulah’ tiin a chim ko. Joel 1:8 chung zong ah, “A no lio in a rak vat cangmi a va caah ngaihchiatnak puan (sackcloth) aa khuhmi, “betulah” (vir- gin, KJV/ Kawl Baibal) bantukin va ` ap tuah u,” a timi ahhin, a va a thimi ‘Nu’ caah “betu- lah” kha a hmanmi a si ko (Lai Baibal nihcun, “a vat laimi tlangval nih a thih takmi” tiin a sullam a lettalampi in a leh). Cucaah ‘al-

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Chin Baptist Mission Church—DC

2017