COMMENTARY ON DEUTERONOMY 7:12 - 11: 25

SHEMAH(Mizo. 'Ngaithla rawh')

Bung 7:12 atang a kan en chuan Pathianin Israel fate hnena malsawm a tiamthu kan hmu a. A tiam dan pawh "he'ng rorelte(mispatim) hi in ngaihthlak(Shemah) a, inzawm(shomer) a, in tih avangin LALPA in Pathianin in pi le pute hnena chhia a lo chham thuthlung leh khawngaihna chu in chungah a nghat ang a" tiin a tan a. Hei hi Judaism a Pathian leh mihring inkara tawngkam pawimawh em em "shemah" thumal- ngaihthla a, ti nghal tura min duh zia sawilanna chiang ber a ni a!

'Shemah' leh 'shomer' alo inzawm dik chiah hian Pi leh pute hnena chhechham a ramtiam dawn bak ah malsawmna tam tak dawn theihna anih zia min hrilh nghal a. Chung zingah chuan-

- Thlai, buh leh hriak, wine leh fanaua malsawmna

- Ran a malsawmna

- Sterility(fa neihtheihlohna) a awm lo vang

- Natna tireng tihbosak

Heng malsawmna an dawn tur zinga pawimawh deuh pakhat chu "Aigupta rama hrite(Evil Diseases) kha in vei ve lovang" tih hi a ni. "Evil diseases" tih ber kher hi Brown- Driver- Briggs hrilhfiah dan chuan "malignant, calamity, displeaseure, distress, griefvous, harm, heavy, hurtful, ills, misery, sorrow, trouble, vex, wickedly, worsest" sawina a ti a. Chutih rualin Egypt ram ah hian natna tlanglawn em em Leprosy,

Natna

ophthalmia, dysentery, smallpox, leh plague te an tam thu Jamieson- Fausset- Brown Bible Commentary leh Benson Commentary te pawhin an sawilang bawk. Heng hi Israel fate khan Pathian thu an ngaihthlak a, an zawm chuan an tawn(suffer) ve loh tur te tiin Pathianin a hrilh a ni! Hei hian a tihchian chu Pathian thupek te hi 'Pathian enkawlna ramri hungchhung' tih hi a ni a. Chumi a mi an awm chuan Pathian hian an chunga engthil mah diklo a thlen tir hi rem a tilo bur tihna a ni. Kan chhuidawn zel duh phei chuan khawvel a natna te, inthahna te, tawhsual te, lungngaihna te zawng zawng hi Pathian enkawlna hnuaia khawvel mihring te kan awmloh vang hi ani ber a, Pathian enkawlna hnuaia awm miauloh chuan Setana hian a kutthakhnawihna atan min hmang thiang reng alo ni.

Thenkhatin engkim ah Pathian diklo taka kan puh thin alo sual sia hi Bible a Pathian min zirtir chhan hi alo ni reng renglo bawk! Chu ngei chu amah Pathian pawhin a sawi a, "hnam zawng zawngte in tiboral vek tur a ni; in khawngaih tur ani lo a, an pathian rawng pawh in bawl tur a ni lo; in tan thang a ni dawn si a(7:16)" tih te; "An lalte chu in kutah a pe ang a, an hming chu van hnuai ata hi in thai bo daih tur a ni; in tih boral der tlengin a chelh tur che u tumah reng reng an awm lo ang(7:24)" tihial khawpin a dim baksaklo anih kha. Keinin ringtu kan nih avang a Pathian khawngaihna sawi thin aia khawngaihna huapzau kanlo siam a, Pathian kanlo dem ang ngawt hi a nilo va. Pathian hi sipai zahotu, raldo mi, mi rapthlak tak, a fate tana mi thikthu chhe em em ani e!

ANCHHE THIL

Tin, a thupek zinga pawimawh em em tunlai a Christian mi tam zawkin a kan hai luih ala sawi cheu va, chu chu tihian a ziak a-

"An pathian lem siam chawpte chu in hal tur a ni; chu mia tangkarua emaw, rangkachak emaw chu in it tur a ni lo a, in tan in la tur ani hek lo, chutilochuan in awk dah ang e; LALPA in Pathian ngaihin thil tenawm a ni si a: in in chunga thil tenawm la lutin chu thil ang chuan anchhe dawna i insiam tur a ni lo; ten namen loa tenin in haw hle tur a ni, anchhe dawng thil a ni si a(7:25)"

Benson Commentary sawidan chuan Hebrew, "cherem(cursed)" hi anihna ril zawk chu "destruction" tiin a sawi mauh mai a! Hinduism rawngkai lim ker i hawn tawh em? Emaw, sakhaw kaihhnawih ngaihhruina ang lem i in leh a vel emaw, i thiante emaw in pastor te hial in a a lem an tar i hmu tawh em? Buddha lim emaw pawh. Ramthim emaw a kal, excursion a kal te hian hawn reuh hi ringtu zing ah kanching a, kan phairam inluahna a Hindu pathiam lem lo awm te ngei pawh!!! Tin, vai puja hmuna an sakhaw thil ei mai pawh pawisa lo kan ni fo nia! Kan zungbun, kan ngun, kan bengbeh, kan kawnghren..adt ava tam em!

Chutiang a awm anih ngai chuan Pathian tana thil tenawm ber, chhiatna kan kawl a, chhungkua leh

Milem leh bawlhhlawh halchhiat

mimal ah chhiatna ruk kan hmabak tih hi hriat a ngai. Chu chu he Pathian thu hian min hrilh tlat a. Kan inchhung leh a vel a kan lakluh pawh a phallo mai nilo, hal chhe vek a, tibo hmak turin min duh a ni! Kanlo titawh thin anih chuan Pathianin min duh chu,

- hal chhiat vek tur

tih hi a ni! A ngai pawimawh zual tan Unbroken Curses, Rebecca Brown ziak kha chhiar ngei turin ka suggest bawk e!

RETHEIHNA LEH FIAHNA

Deuteronomy 8:2

"Tin, a thupekte chu in zawm dawn nge dawn lo, in rilru hriatna'n fiah tur leh tihrehawm tur che u a thlalera kum sawmli a hruaina zawng zawng che u kawng chu hre reng rawh u."

Kan sawi tawh a, Pathian thupek zawmna hi a angchhung nuama lenna ani kan ti a. A angchhung pawn lamah chuan rumna a thleng thin a, khawvelin a suffer mek pawh hi a ni! Mahse chumi bakah chuan a angchhung a awmte tan hian exceptional case kan tih thin "fiahna" a awm a, chu fiahna ah chuan "retheihna/ channa/ tahna/ hrehawmna" pawh a thleng thei a ni! Hrehawmna kan tawh a, kan dilna chhan anihloh van rikngawt hian Pathian kalsan kan ni nghal tawp lova; abikin Pathian a beihdawnna nei, Pathian ngai em em, channa leh retheihna a khat, Joba nunram tawng mek te tana Pathianin ringtu nunkawng Israel hnam a hruaina hlimthla ah a tilang ti ila a sual lovang! Achhan chu Pa in a fa a hmangaih hi a duat satliah mai mai ngailo tih kan hria(8:5). Chuti chunga min chah nawn fo chu "YHVH, in Pathian thupek chu in zawm ang a, a duh angin in nung a nga a, ani chu in tih tur a ni!(8:6)" tih hi a ni!

Chutih laiin hamthatna tinreng a Thupek zawm vanga lo dawng mek te kan awm dawn bawk a; chung mite chuan an theihna, an duh vang te, an tum vang te, an thawhchhuah emaw tia Pathian thupek an zawm vang ani tih an theihnghilh min hlauhpui em em veleh bawk a(8:11-19). Chutiang hre duhlo tal tal tan hmelma te a hmeh mih anga hmehmih pawh pawi a ti hleklo bawk nia LALPA hian(8:20)!