Joshua 4-5

Laingantu: Saya Henry T. Conzo
Date: 08 April 2025

(III) Jordan runti tan ben (Joshua 4–5)

Israel mite Jordan runti a tanben fangin thil thupui pathum bawn tlang i. (i) Pathian hathnak thawn Jordan runti a tanhnak hihhlen hnak lung birtlang (4:6). (ii) Israel mite zarhtan sakhnak (5:7) le (iii) Kansuak puai bawntlang i (5:10).

Pathian ban thahat hihhlen tuhhnakin lungbir tlang: Israel mite Jordan runti tanben ai hihhlenhnak lungbir tlanghnak heh velhnih birtlang bangin um i. (i) Pakhathnak lungbir hmun heh runti tanben amahte umhmun, Gilgal ah hmunkhat bir tlang bangin um i (Joshua 4:3, 6). (ii) Pahnihhnak lung birhmun tu, Jordan runti laiteng, suangbawite ding hmun ah bir tlang i (Joshua 4:9). Israel thuanthu ngantu Wood in, Israel mite Jordan runti tanben hihhlenhnak lungbirhnak heh velhnih bir tlang ai, a velhnih pah in Pathian ban thahat hihhlenhnak in bir tlang i tiin, ti i.[1]

Israel miphun Pathian in konghoi dan thute ngaihven ilesingkhaw, Pathian in Israel mite hrang thil a bawnhnakte hihhlen tuh heh Pathian daihnakte songah thupui ngai pakhat i. Thukham Hlun (OT) songai Israel thuanthu ngaihven deuh ilekhaw, “Egypt ram in i ban thahat thawn ning aosuak awng ing” tihnak ponka heh prophette in vai tamngai pong i. Cen, Thukham Thar (NT) songai Jesuh Khrih thucah ngaihven lehthio ilesingkhaw, Bawipa Jesuh Khrih a hnuahlunte thawn hnuataber rong aitlang lai ah, “Hemi tu ning hrangai i tuarhnak i taksa i, lang tuih lai, ai tuih, cen, kaimah i hihhlen tuhhnak hrang ah bawn tu ṭio de ih” tiin, thu cah i (Luka 22:19). Israel mite Pathian konghoi umpuihnak thawn Jordan runti a tan tlanghnak, Pathian ban thahat hihhlen tuhin lungbir tlang ve i (Joshua 4:1-24).

Pathin thukham khoruai hnak ah zarhtan tlang: Israel mite Jordan runti tanben thil pahnihhnak a bawn tlanghnak tu, Zarhtan tlang i. Israel mite nelrawn ah a vakvai tlang lai ah Mosi in Israel miphun hlaihnih songin hinkhat ah mipakhat, minung hlaihnih, ril ai Canaan ram cul tuhin hlai awng i. Mipahrate in Canaan mite heh lau tlang ai, Israel mipui thanau ruai awng i. Israel mipui in ciami mipahrate ponghnak sangai, Pathian rinsan ngam tlanglo i. Amahte konghoitu Mosi le Aaron khai a ronngai in mawhhluk tlang awng i. Hnuataber ah Israel mipui vumah Pathian thinraw ai, nelrawn ah thisio tuhin kum sawmli song nelrawn ah tangruai awng i. Egypt ram ai te (မွေး) tu, Israel mite, Pathian sang ngam tlanglo tute heh nelrawn ah thisio i  (Mipumsiarhnak 13-14). Cen, nelrawn ah a te (မွေး) awngtu Israel mite heh zarhtan lailo i. Ciamanin, Pathian in Canaan ram a lut thok fangin zarhtanhnak a bawn lailotu Israel mite heh zarhtan ruai i (Joshua 5:7).

Israel mite zarhtanhnak thu a sullam sik ilesingkhaw, Abraham in hamthok awnghnak i. Zarhtanhnak ai sullam tu, Abarham in Pathian thu hluntuh ing tiin thukham a peve hnak a thukham khoruai hnak sullam in bawntlang awnghnak i (Sempanhnak 17.9-10). Pathian thutiam ram (Canaan ram) songah laileng tutuh te tu, “Pathian thu hlun tuh ing” tiin, thukham a khoruaitute ian i. Ciamanin, Israel miphun heh Pathian thawn thukhamhnak bawntu miphun i. Thukham Hlun thuanthu hmangin ciami minungte (Israel miphun) ian heh Paul in Pathian minungte tiin hmang ai, miphun dangte tu Pathian thukham bawnhnak songah covo zaikhai nailo tiin, ti i (Efesa 2:12).


[1] Leon Wood, A Survey of Israel’s History, (Zondervan Publishing House, 1971), 171-72.

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