Bongva Magazine - Vol 6

mah’ le ‘betulah’ an sullam cu, anmah lawng in ‘virgin’ an si ti khawh a si lo. Hi biafang pahnih hi virgin an sinak (a thianghlimmi an sinak) an i khat ko lai nain, Hebrew Baibal chungah cun biafang pakhat lawng in (hihi) “virgin” a sullam a si timi a um lo” tiah a ti. Cucaah Dr. Brown chimning hin cun, hi ruang cem ahhin Isaiah nih ‘virgin’ caah ‘betulah’ rak hmang loin, ‘almah’ tu kha a UDNKPDQPLKLDVLNRODL&XFDDKDYDQ¿DQJ ngaimi cu, Jewish Baibal scholors pawl zong nih, Isaiah nih a hmanmi ‘almah’ kha ‘Par- thenos’ tiah ‘virgin’ ti bakin, Greek holh in an rak lehnak hi a si ko lai.

zong a si (Gen.48:7). Ruth le Boaz an i ` hi- tumnak khua, hi hna an hrinsor a simi sian- gpahrang David a chuahnak khua zong a si (Matt.2:1-12). Samuel nih David kha siang- pahrang si dingah sathau a rak thuhnak khua zong a si (1Sam.16:1). Judah hrinsor hna an khua, siangpahrang David hrinsor hna an khua, Pathian nih khua thianghlim ah a thim- mi khua, hi khua hi vawleicung khua zei ram hmanh ah a ummi khua a si lo.., hi Bethlehem Ephrathah khua lawnglawng ahhin, Vawlei Khamhtu Messiah a chuak lai tiah Mikah nih a rak chimchung mi kha a si. Biadonghnak Paul nih Galati mi hna a cakuat chungah a rak chimmi cu, “Pathian nih (Abraham kha) bia a kamhmi cu Abraham le a tefa pakhat kha an si. Cathiang nih mi tampi ti duhnak caah, ‘na tefa hna’ tiin a ti lo. A timi cu, ‘na tefa’ ti lawng a si i cucu mi pakhat a ti duhnak a si i, cu mi pakhat cu Khrih (Messiah) kha a si” (Galati 3:16) a ti. Cu Khrih (Messiah) cu, Pathian nih a van thlahmi a Fapa kha a si (Jhn. 3:17, 1Jhn. 4:9). Cu a Fapa cu, “Nu chung khan a hung chuak” (Galati.4:4). Paul nih hika i “Nu” a timi hi, nu sawhsawh kha a chim duhmi a si lo, Genesis 3:15 kha zoh in a chimmi a si. Cucaah hi “Nu” hi Eden Dum chung i Pathian nih “Nu i a Tefa” a rak timi Messiah a hringtu ding ‘Ngaknu thiang’ kha a si. Isaiah nih cun “al- mah” a si a ti (Isa.7:14). Dr. Luka le Matthai nih cun kha “Ngaknu thiang” kha “Mari” a si (Luka. 1:34, Matt. 1:18) an ti. Kha ngaknu thiang Mari nih Bethlehem Ephrathah khua thiang ah a rak hrinmi cu; vancungmi nih tuukhal hna sin i an rak chimmi (Luka. 2:11), vawlei Khamhtu Bawi, nangmah le keimah misual mi hna Khamhtu Bawi MESSIAH kha a si. Halellujah!

Bethlehem Maw Bethlehem Ephrathah?

Pathian nih Mikah kha, Messiah a chuah lainak khua min a rak chimh lio ahhin (hihi Bawi Jesuh a chuahhlan kum 700 liopi ah a si), Bethlehem khua ah ti sawhsawh in a chimter lo. Bethlehem Ephrathah khua (Mi- kah. 5:2) ah, tiin Bethlehem hmanh ahhin, Bethlehem Ephrathah a si lai tiah Ephrathah (Efrath-Lai) kha hmelchunhnak (geographi- FDOGHVLJQDWLRQ LQ¿DQJWHLQDUDNFKLPWHUPL a si i, hihi khuaruahhar cu a si. Zeitintiah Mikah nih, hi khua min a chim tikah, ai palh sual nakhnga lo caah a si. Zeitintiah kha chan lioah, “Bethlehem khua” pahnih an rak um caah a si. Pathian nih a chimter lomi Bethle- hem khua cu, Israelram chaklei Galilee Tili pawng ah a ummi, Nazareth khua in meng sarih hrawng aa hlatnak i a ummi khua a si i, Zebulun miphun nih an tlakmi khua a si. Zebulun miphun cu Israel miphun pahleihnih chungah aa tel vemi a si (Jos. 19:10-16). Hi hna hi Zebulun hrinsor an si i, Zebulun cu Jakob le Leah i an fa hna lakah a hniang bik a si (Gen.30:20) Pathian nih Mikah a chimhtermi, Beth- lehem Ephrathah hi cu, Jerusalem thlanglei i meng nga hrawng aa hlatnak ah a ummi khua a si. Jakob nupi Rachel an rak vuinak khua

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Chin Baptist Mission Church—DC

2017