Lai ngaantu: Henry T Conzo
Date: 06^th January 2024

Thu hmaihoi

Main idea: Amahte zuah hnak miphunte hmangin cawh / neh ruai de i. Ikhalselai aosuak leh thotho de i.

Israel mite Pathian zaangtaak in um fangin amahte zuahhnak miphun te hmangin thu cuuk de (or) a ralte heh neh ruai de i. Ikhalselai Pathian hnenah au tlang de ai Pathian in ao suak leh de i.

Thukhantute 2–12 songai thutlangpi:

• I) Pathian in bawm tuhin a thutiamhnak bangin bawn tum nawnlo i (Judges 2).
• II) Israel mite Pathian zaangtaak de i. Ikhalselai Pathian in a oleh de i (Judges 3 – 12).

Summary: Israel mite Pathian bawmhnak in ralte neh de i. Ikhalselai, a neh hnak minungte heh Pathian ruai hnak bangin hnawt siolo de lo i. Ciamanin, Pathian heh Israel mite vum ah ang nawnlo ai (Judges 2.1-3), cetihai zuah hnak Canaan mite heh amah te bah hnak ah cang sal tuh hnak thu rel i (Judges 2:3 cf; 3:1). Cetihin Joshua kilkhawl banlo hnak Israel mite heh Pathian ling tlang nawnlo ai, amahte hiangai khuavang bia tlang manin Pathian thinraw tiar i (2.12). Pathian in a minung Israel mite heh a ralte neh ruai de i. Israel mite ralte zohsuam hnak a tawkde fangin Pathian hnen ah au tlang de ai Pathian in ausuak leh de i.

Thukhantute 2-12 songai Pathian thu:

Israel mite in Canaan mite a hnawt siolo hnak thu heh (Exo. 23:29-30) ah a rel awnghnak, amah Pathian khuakhang hnak, i sawnlo, Israel mite Pathian thupe hlun semkhimlo hnak sawn i ti heh Judges chapter 1 comment hnak ah ngaan awng zo ising. Cetihin, Joshua kilkhawl hnak a ling banlotu (Judges 2.10, 17), Israel mite in Pathian thupe hlun semkhimlo manin Pathian heh Israel mite vum ah ang nawnlo i (Judges 2.1-3).

Ciamanin, (I) Pathian in Israel mite hrang ah ral tawng sak tuh nawlo hang hnak thu. (II) Cen, Pathian in a thupe hnak phatak in hlunlo manin Israel mite heh (i) a relte neh ruai, (ii) amahte – Israel mite – zuah hnak Canaan mite heh amah te bah hnak ah cang sal i (Judges 2:3 cf; 3:1). Ciami thute heh thuuk deuh in ngaan tum tuh ising.

I). Pathian in a thutiam hnak bangin Canaan mite hnawt sio tumsal nawnlo i:

I.a). Thupe hlun semkhimlo manin hnawt bawmlo:

Pathian in Canaan mite hnawt tuh tumtek hnak ber tu, “Canaan mite biahnak heh pathian ngaingai ilo, amah heh cungnungber Pathian” ti, ling ruai nuam hnak i. (hemi thu heh Judges chapter 1 comment (ii) ah semkhim deuh in siar bet tu). Pathian in Israel mite vumah anglo hnak thu fimvar deuh in hliakhlaih ilesingkhaw, Pathian in hetiin ti i, “Egypt ram in ning suahpi ai, i thukhamhnak ram ah ning hlenpi ing, i thukham hnak bal tuh awnglo ing, tiin ning ti ing. Ning in khai heram – Canaan ram – ai umtu miphun te thawn thukham bawn kom tuhlo isi” tiin, ti i (Judges 2.1-3). Israel mite in Pathian thupe heh a semkhim neu in hlun tlang nawnlo hlai ah, Pathian daihlo hnak cekci sawn heh bawn tlang i, Canaan mite thawn hoi dun in, kom dun tlang ai Canaan mite biahnak pathian heh bia tlang ve i (Judges 3.5-6).

I.b). Israel mite Pathian tumtekhnak bangin nung nawnlo manin:

Canaan mite hnawt in a rilhnak Israel mite um ruai hnak Pathian tumtekhnakber tu amah heh cungnungber Pathian ti lar ruai nuam hnak i. Pathian in mithmuh thillo a hathnak hmangin mithmuh thil Canaan mite tawng tuhhnak hrang ah mithmuh thil Israel mite ai sanghnak hmang nuam i. Israel mite in amah Pathian sang tuhin, rinsan tuh in thu rel, thu cuuk, le tha pe de i. Ikhalselai, Israel mite in Pathian tumtekhnak bangin um nawnlo manin Israel mite neh a ralte neh ruai in thu cuuk de i. Pathian in Israel mite a ril hnak heh Israel mite ihnak manin i sawnlo ai amah Pathian hming thianghlim lar tuh hnak hrang ah a tumtek hnak ber i (Ezekiel 36:22).

“Tholaw! tumtekhnak thawn aosuak hnak i si (Efesa 1:9-12, 2:10; 1 Peter 2:9-10”.

II) Pathian in Israel mite cawh dante

(II.a). Pathian in Israel mite cawh hnak ah amahte zuahhnak mite lala hnang i:

Israel mite heh Pathian in rilhnak miphun ikhalselai, Pathian hmingthianghlim larruai lo in a um fangin Pathian in alinglo tu miphun te cawh bangin cawh ve thotho de i. Pathian in Israel mite cawh hnak thu heh amahte zuah hnak minungte lala hmang bangin ngaan i (Judges 2.3, 3.1). Ikhalselai, “amahte zuahhnak miphunte ilo bangin um i, zaiman tifangin Judges chapter 1 songai Israel mite tawng hnak ral heh Mediterranean tipi hamlam sawn ai umtute le Egypt ram nong lam sawn i – southren part of the land – (Judges 1.18). Cen, Pathian in Israel mite a neh ruai hnak Mesopotamia kumpibawi tu saklam ram (nothren part of the land) ai umtu i. Ciami sallam ram ai neh lailo hnak ram te tu Judges chapter 1 ai Israel mite in tawng lailo hnak ram imanin, “Canaan mite heh zuah i” tiin khai rel thil tuhlo i. Joshua san nai tawnglo in a hluphnak miphun tiin khai ruat thil ai, cetihin, ruat tuh ile khaw Pathian in vel khat pa hnawt tuhlo tiin a ruat cia hnak manin umhnak miphun i (Exo. 23:29-30). Israel thuanthu ngaan tu Leon Wood [1] in tu, Judges chapter 3:8 ai ngaan hnak he tiin rel i. Mesopotamia heh Aram tiin kohnak i ai, Tigris le Euphrates karlak ai um Aram tiin kohnak ruunti pahnih hming suang in ko hnak tiin ngaan i. Cen, Judges 3:8 ai, “Aram tiin a naggn hnak heh Edom tiin ngaan hnak heh khum (copy) sual i thai tuh i” tiin, ruat tu khai um i, tiin, Wood in ngaan i. Cetih in, Wood ngaan hnak bang in ruat tuh ilekhaw Judges 3:8 ai Pathian in Israel mite neh ruai tu heh amahte zuah hnak hlanglam (southern part of the land) ram te tiin, lang thil tuh ai, Judges 2.1-3 le 2.21-22, rel hnak thawn mildun tiin lang thil thai tuh i. Judah kumpibawi Hezekiah in Babylon mite lungawi ruai (lungawi ruai lek ilo ai, နိုင်ငံရေး မဟာမိတ် ဖွဲ့  hnak heh cosang hnak i (Isaiah 39.1-8). Isaiah chapter 39 comment hnak ah siar bet leh tu) manin, a ukhnak Judah ram le a tesinfate hrek khat heh, ciami a lungawi ruai hnak Babylon mite in pom leh thu thu rel i. Pathian rinsan sawnlo ai Babylon te rinsan sawn in, နိုင်ငံရေး မဟာမိတ် ဖွဲ့  hnak lungkhim pi manin Pathian in cetih in a tihnak i. Judah kumpibawi Ahaz khai prophet Isaiah in Pathian rinsan tuh in ruai ai, cia heh sanglo in Assyria rinsan sawn i (Isaiah ch. 7). Pathian in a rinsan hnak Assyria kumpibawi Tilgath Pilneser heh Judah mite bawm lo in harhnak sawn pe ruai i (2 Chronicles 28:19-20)

(II.b) Ralte neh ruai i

Israel mitePathian thupe hlun semkhimlo fangin, amah ling tuhin, amah hnenah lel lehsal tuh ruah san hnak thawn cawh leh de i. Judges chapter 3 – 12 soai thute ngaih ven ilesingkhaw, Israel mite Pathian zaangtaak in khuavang dang bia ilekhaw Pathian in cawh de i. Ikhalselai, Israel mite harsa tuar in Pathian hnenah au tlang ilekhaw, Pathian in hotu ril in aosuak leh de i. Pathian in a rilhnak a minungte – a sangtute – hnenah na a per fang in HOTU heh thu pi ngai in dah de i. Pathian ai Israel mite kohoi dan kong cung (God’s leadership style) heh Joshua chapter 1 comment ah siar bet leh tu. Israel mite tun le tun in Pathian zaangtaak in, Pathian linglo tute thawn kom dun in amahte hlun in a biahnak pathian te bia ve de man i.

Ciamanin, Pathian anglo hnakber tu, Israel mite heh tumtekhnak thawn a kotu Pathian zaangtaak ai, amah bialotu miphunte – Canaan mite – komdun / hoidun in, ciami miphun dangte hlun in amahte bia hnak khuavangte biave manin / Pathian thawn pehzom nawnlo manin, Pathian anglo in cawh hnak i. Kumpibawi Solomon vum ah Pathian thinraw hnak khai heh a nupite biahnak pathian biave manin i (1 King 11:9-10). Cetihai, Israel mite Pathian linglo mite thawn kom dun hnak in a siat suah dun hnak ling thiam tuh in Samson le filistine fenu hmang in Pathian in Israel mite thu cuuk i (Judges 14.4).

“Pathian iithnak thawn zaizai in khai na khan thil maseh!”

Thupi deuh in ruatphate:

1. A mahte zuah hnak minungte hmang in thu cuuk leh de i (Judges 2.3, 3.1).
2. A ralte a dang miphunte (Judges 2.22, 3.1)neh ruai de i.
3. Sualsiar fangin aosuak lehde i.

[1] Leon Wood, A Survey of Israel History. (Zondervan Publishing House, 1970), 211-12.