Dr PC Biaksiama CRC
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Sawi dan tlanglawn berah chuan:
Roman Emperor Constantine-a Kristiana a lo inleh khan, ama hovin AD 336 khan Dec 25-ah Krismas an lo hmang tan a. He ni hi Rom-ho Ni pathian hneh theih loh Sol Invictus a birthday an lo chawimawina ni luahlan nana kristianten remchang taka an lo lakchhawn ve a ni a. Rom-ho pawh chuan hmasang Babulon lal ropui, khawvela milem biakna tichhuaktu Nimrod-a fapa Tammuz-a birthday an lakchhawn a ni a. Tichuan Babulon-ho atanga intanin, a hnua Rom-hovin Ni pathian biakna ni atana an lo lakchhawn chu kristianten an Isua piancham lawmna ni atan an lo hmang ve ta a. Chuvangin Dec 25 a krismas lo chhuahna tobul chu milem betute tih dan copy chhawn a ni, tih hi, khawvel mithiamte min zirtir dan, Kristian mithiam tam takin thudik emaw tia min zirtir ve thin tho a ni. Mahse heng hi dawtthu maia puhna, thu dik lo ‘bogus’ a ni tlat mai.
He thu hi Kristian zinga Krismas dotute zingah Dec 25-a krismas ni serh hi milem betute nena inthlunzawmna a nih avanga hman tlak loh angin kohhran pawl thenkhatten krismas an hman duh loh phah ta a. Ringlo miten Kristiante leh kan Krismas min chirhtheh nan an hmang bawk a; mi rilru an tihnual thin a ni.
Chutia kristiante kût ni hlimawm leh nghahhlelhawm berin sawisel a tawha, thil hre ril leh hre thuka inngai mithiamten ‘Masi hman tuiawm lo rawih khawpa an sawi chhiatna chu eng nge a awmzia tiin Christian Research Centre chuan 2022 kum atang khan a lo chhui tan a. Media evangelical channel-ah leh tun hnaiah Gospel & World News channel-ah Krismas chungchanga dawtthu leh thutak thliar hrangin chipchiarin post darh a ni tawh a. Tunah chuan a tlangpui chauhin Krismas hman tan dan history dik tarlan kan tum ve a ni.
Puhna 1-na: Dec 25 hi Rom-ho Ni pathian Sol Invictus birthday leh Babulon pathian Tammuz-a birthday, kristianten an copy chhawn mai anga lo sawi chhuaktu hmasa leh miten Krismas sawi bawrhbân phah nana an chu hmasang mi pawh ni lo, tun hnai, 19th century laia Scotland rama Free Church pastor Alexander Hislop-a a lo ni reng a. A lehkhabu ziah tun laia mi tam berin Luka ziak tluka an rin The Two Babylons, 1858 chu rinthu leh phuahchawp thil, fact check dâwl lo, Krismas sawihnâwmtute thu leh hla mai a lo ni. Chuvangin Krismas leh Babulon milem pathian Tammuz-a khan inzawmna an nei lo.
Puhna 2-na: Dec 25 krismas ni hi Rom hovin an Ni pathian biakna ni atana an hman hma kum za zet kal tawhah khan Kristian hmasaten an lo hmang daih tawh tih Kohhran Pa-te record hlui ber berte atangin ziaka finfiahna (documentary evidence) awm vek a lo ni a. Hippolytus of Rome (AD 170-235) te, Sextus Julius Africanus-a (AD 160-240) te leh Clement of Alexandria (AD 150-215) te khan an lehkhabu ziahah AD 200 vel khan Dec. 25 hi Isua pianni a ni tiin, ringtu hmasaten chhut chhuakin Krismas ni atan an lo hmang daih tawh tih pawh an thuziak chhiar theih a ni, tih hriat mnb chhuah a ni. An hman tan hun phei chu hemi hma hi a ni thei ang.
Engtiangin nge Rom hovin Dec 25 hi an Ni pathian (sun god) biak nan an lo hman? Kristiante nge hmang hmasa Rom-ho? tih chu Roman History atanga chhui tur a ni. Kum zabi 3-na lai vel khan Rom lalram chhungah kristiante an pung chak em em a; Rom khua leh tui mi tam takin an milem sakhua kalsanin Kristianah an inlet nasa a; Roman magistrate hmingthang Pliny the Younger-a phei chuan milem biakna temple-te chu a ruak hiai huai mai, tiin Epistle to Trajan-ah a ziak a ni. Roman Emperor Juliana phei chuan Kristian sakhuaa mi an inleh tam vang a ni tih hriain, Rom sorkar khan tihduhdahna an ti nasa sauh reng a ni. AD 270 khan Roman Emperor thiltithei tak Aurelian-an lalna a rawn chang a, Rom lalram leh an sakhaw tlu chhe mek tundin nan an Ni pathian chu a ram mipui inpumkhat nan ‘State religion’ atan AD 274 khan a puang a. Temple thar a din hlanna ni atan pawh kristiante krismas ni pawimawh Dec 25 ni luahlan nan Ni pathian hneh theih loh (Sol Invictus) birthday ni-ah a puang ve ta thuai mai a ni, tih hi Rom-ho history in a tarlan dan chu a ni. Chumi awmzia chu Rom hovin an ni pathian biakna ni atana Dec 25 an rawn hman ve hma kum 100 dawn lai kal tawhah khan Kristianten Dec 25 hi AD 200 vel khan Krismas ni atan an lo hmang tawh a. Khami hma khan Ni pathian emaw, Saturnalia – Saturn pathian emaw, Persia-ho Mithra pathian emaw chawimawi nan Dec 25 hi an la hmang ngai lo. Chuti chung chuan, a leha lingin Rom-ho tihdan Kristianten lachhawng ve angin thu a thang chho ta zawk hlauh mai chu, thu veivirtu an awm tihna a ni. Kristiante leh an Krismas sawiselna hi krismas dotuten hahîpa an theh darh duh dan a lo ni bawk si a. Mahse tunah chuan Krismas hi Babulon leh Rom-ho hnena mi copy chhawn ang leka dawtthu lo sawi chhuaktu – a kaikuang hi man chhuah a ni ta; tu nge a nih a hming leh a dawt sawina lehkhabu ngei pawh laihlanin a awm ta a ni.
Mithiam thenkhat atanga hnialna awm leh pakhat chu, beramputen thlasik laiin ramhnuaiah beram an riahchilh ngai lo, a huanga an khung lai a ni; chuvangin Isua pian lai hi December a ni thei lo; thal lai emaw, favang emaw a ni ang, an ti thin a. He hnialna phei hi chu a lo rinthu viau mai, tanchhan a nei chau hle lehnghal a. A chhan chu Bethlehem hi Israel ram chhim nisa lama awm, vûr tlakna khawpa vawt a ni lo. Beramte hi khawvawt tuar thei tura hmul chhah leh lum tak nei an ni bawk si. Beram huang hi Israel ramah chuan lung pala hung, khuh hulna mumal pawh nei nei lo a ni. Thlasik chhung zawngin beram rualte hi huangah khung ta se châwm a hautak viau ang. Helai, berampute ram tuanna hmun hi hman laia Boaza thlawhhma awmna hlui kha a lo ni a; Boaz’ Field an la ti reng. Bethlehem khaw mawng, mual pawng hmun rem tak a ni a; a chhungah hian pûk zau tha zet zet, beramte leh a vengtute riahna remchang tak, beram dah khawmna remchang tak a lo awm reng mai bawk a. Chuvangin thlasik khawvawtah beramputen beram an riahchilh ngai lo tia Isua pian hun Dec 25 sawi bona tanfung chu pheh thluk a har awm love.
Krismas Tree pawh hi Babulon milem betute chîn chhuahah bawk Hislop-a hian a puh leh a. Hei pawh hi rinthu leh suangtuahna thil bawk a nih hmel; a pian hma kum sang li dawn lai liam tawha Babulon-ho chin dan kha ziaka inhlan chhawn a awm bawk si lova, engtin nge a hriat bik, suangtuahna rama a phuah chhuah a nih ngawt loh chuan. Dik takin Kristianten Krismas Tree an hman thin chîng chhuaktu chu Reformer ropui Martin Luthera kha a ni tih a chanchin chiang taka chhui theih a ni thung.
Bible-ah Krismas hman tur tih thu emaw, Isua pian ni hi December 25 emaw, ni dang emaw a sawi lova, a lawm ve duh lo chuan lawm ve lo mai se a pawina ka hre lem lo. Keini misual bo hnute min chhandam tura Pathian Fapa hringmia a rawn chan ni hi a lawmawm em a, lawm nachang hriate chuan Lalpa chawimawina ni atan hlim takin Krismas hi i hmang zel ang u