II) Levi mi, a nuzawl, Gibeah khuami, le Benjamin miphun te (Judges 19)

(A) Levi pa, a nuzawl, le Gibeah khua ai Binjamin phunte thu

Epharaim tlang vum ram ramri ai umtu Levi mi pakhat in Judah ram Bethlehem khua ai nupang pakhat a nuzawl tuhin lang (Judges 19:1). Ciami a nuzawl tlan manin Levi pa in hawl lehsal ai, cetihin a nuzawl thawn a tlung lam, a umhmun Epharaim ramri le Judah ram Bethlehem karlak ai khua Gibeah khua thil canghnak thute i (Judges 19). Levi pa le a nuzawl lamlak ai caam hmun Gibeah khua heh kon tengah um ti heh ling fiah ngaingai thillo i. Joshua san lai ai rem a rel awngtu Gibeon khuate (Jushua 9:3-6) umhnak khua i thai tuh i, ikhalselai a fiangin ngawn rel thil hnak ilo i. Ciami khua heh Joshua in zem fangin Benjamin miphun te in co i (Joshua 18:25). Levi mi le a nuzawl cam hmun heh Joshua san ai remrel awng tu Gibeon khua thawn bang dun ilekhaw, Joshua san lai ah Pathian in Canaan ram a lang tuh fangin rem rel ruai hnak (Deu 20:10-12) thawn mil dun manin, Gibeon mite ai remrel hnak bangin Israel mite in co sang awng hnak heh Pathian in mawh hluk siolo tiin ngai sung thil awng i. Joshua chapter 9 comment hnak ah siar bet leh tu. Ikhalselai, Pathian in a thutiam hnak ram songai umtute hnawt sio ruai hnak tumtek hnak tu, ciami ramai umtute heh a sual ze manin (Gen. 15:16), amahte sual hnak manin Israel mite le Pathian pehzom dunhnak siatsuah tuh daihlo manber i.[3] Gibeon khua heh Benjamin phunte in a co ai, Pathian in rinsanlo hnak miphun, sual tiin a ruat hnak miphun i bangin, Benjamin mite in khai ciami Gibeon nuncan ziaza cung manin hetluk in sual tlang i ni maw? tiin, ruat thil thai i. Ikhalselai, “cetih i selai (presupposition),” timi ruahhnak dikcanglo fangin tu cetihin lang tuh khai ralring pha um i. Zaizai khai itatuseh, Pathian rilhnak, amah thu sangin remneu in Pathian kihzah hnak thawn nung tlang tuh ai, cetihin Pathian sunloih tutuh in ril hnak miphun in a tumtek hnak bangin nung tlang nawnlo ai sual rohroh in nung tlang sawn i. Pathian ril hnak miphun lala songah tawngral rohngai suah ruai ai, Pathian hming sunloih sawn loin, thangsiat tu miphun sawn lehlam ah cang tlang i.

(B) Israel mite amahte lala tawngdun tlang (Judges 20).

Levi mi a nuzawl thisa thawn Benjamin mite umhnak Gibeah khua in amah umhnak Epharaim ramri ah tlung i. Inn a hleng fangin a thizomi a nuzawl luang heh khan (12) in khan ai, Israel miphun ram hmuahhmuah ah kuat i (Judges 19:29). Israel miphunte in khai, “Egypt ram in kin suak awng nia in panin hebang thil um awnglo i, tiin, tidun tlang i (Judges 19:30). Israel miphunte te in Benjamin mite heh tawng tuh thu heh Pathian ron ai Pathian in khai tawng ruai i (Judges 20:18). Ikhalselai Israel mite in nehlo manin lung siang tlang i (Judges 20:18-21). Pathian kong hoi dan heh ling thiam har ngai can um de i. Pathian ruai hnak bangin David in Kailah khua tawng ai neh i (1Samuel 23:2, 4-5). Ikhalselai Pathian in David heh huphim cuanglo ai, ciami Kailah khua in ral tlang kul tuh din hmun in bawn leh thio i (1 Samuel 23:11-13). Israel mite heh Benjamin mite tawng ai a sung tlang hnua ah Pathian hnenah, “Benjamin mite tawng tuh iing maw?” tiin, ron lehsal ai, Pathian in Benjamin mite heh tawng tuih neh hnak ning pe tuh ing tiin ti leh i (Judges 20:22-23, 28). Cetihin, Benjamin mite heh a phunpi Israel mite in tawng ai neh leh i. Israel mite Pathian suhloih tu isawnlo ai amahte lel amah te tawng dun in khuasa tlang i.

Israel miphun heh Pathian in amah bia tuhin (Exo. 5.1, 3), le amah sunloih hnak cang tuh hrang ah ril hnak miphun i (Isaiah 49:3, 6). Pathian tumtek hnak bangin israel mite in a hming sunloih thil tuh hnak hrangah remneu le dingthluk lairel in a nung tlang thil tuh in Dan khai bawi sio i. Benjamin mite in Pathian cuukhnak bangin nung tlang nawnlo manin Israel mipi dangte thawn ral tawngkul din hmun tian suak ruai i (Judges 20).

(C) Benjamin hinte hrang nupi sisak (Judges 21)

Benjamin hinte heh a phunpi Israel mite in a rek ngahlo hnak te heh amahte fanute thawn hoidun siang tuhlo in Bethel ah thukham bawn tlang i (Judges 21:2). Israel mite Pathian in amah bia tuh hmun heh fungfe neu in pakhat bawt sak bangin um (Deu. 12:5-6, 11, 13, 14) khalselai konteng khua cekci ti heh ling har ngai i. (Hemi Pathian bia hmun kongcung heh Judges chapter 17 Micah thuhla comment hnak ah siar bet tu). Israel mite a thukhamdun hnak vumah sir tlang ai, Benjamin hinte pai tuh din hmun in um manin, amahte miphun phun 12 songah Benjamin phun pai tuh heh siang tlanglo ai lungsian in um tlang i (Judges 21:2). A phunpi Benjamin hinte hrang ah nupi ngah thil tuh den heh tawlrel tlang leh thio i (Judges 21:8-13; 19-24). Israel miphunte laileng dan, khuakhangdan, le khua ruat dante sik fangin, မင်းမဲ့၊ အုပ်ချုပ်သူမဲ့ တိုင်း ပြည် songah မိမဆုံးမ ဖမဆုံးမ စရိုက် in nung tlang ti heh hmu thil ising. Cetihin, အုပ်ချုပ်သူမဲ့ တိုင်း ပြည် songah မိမဆုံးမ ဖမဆုံးမ bangin laileng tlang hnak thu heh phunthum (3) in hlir thil i.

1) Benjamin hinte thawn a fanute naidun tuhlo in thu kham tlang. Amahte miphun lala sawn heh komdun / hoidun tuhlo in thukham bawn. Pathian in thutiam ram ai umtute thawn kom dun tuhlo in rel hnak tu hlun tlang lo (Judges 3:6). Ciamanin, amahte vumah Pathian thinraw hnak hleng i.

2) Benjamin hinte hrang ah nupi a sisak hnak thu;

i)  Jabesh khua ai fenu te vumah thil a bawn dan, le

ii) Siloh khua Bawipa upat puai bawn tuh in a kawitu heh pom ruai hnak thu, hemi thute sik fangin amahte nuam dandan in khuakhang tlang, laileng tlang i.

Israel mite in Pathian konghoi hnak le kilkhawl hnak te ling thiam tlanglo ai, Pathian thupe hnakte khai hlun semkhim tlang nawnlo in amahte nuam dandan in laileng tlang i (ch. 17–21).

Hnuataber hnak

Judges cauk heh Joshua cauk song ai thuan thu hlun hnak i ai, a thuanthu fehdan tlangpi heh a elsan dun i. Joshua cauk tu Israel mite in Pathian sang tlang manin ralte heh neh sio i. Sang hnak in neh hnak co i. Pathian in mithmuh thillo a hathnak hmangin mithmuh thil Canaan mite tawng tuhhnak hrang ah mithmuh thil Israel mite ai sanghnak hmang. Israel mite in amah Pathian sang tuhin, rinsan tuhin thu rel, thu cuuk, le tha pe. Joshua le Israel mite in Pathian rel hnak bangin Pathian kihzah in Pathian thu hlun tlang ai Pathian in neh hnak pe i.

Judges cauk tu Joshua cauk langlet lam sawn ah feh i. Pathian in amah ai thukham [4] hnak bangin Israel mite heh ral tawng sak i (Judges 1:1 – 16). Thutiam hnak ram ai umtu miphunte thawn komdun fangin amah a nung Pathian hai tuh heh Pathian in daihlo manin ciami thutiam hnak ram song ai umtute heh hnawt ruai sio i. Israel mite in Pathian rel hnak bangin bawn lo ai hnawt siolo i (Judges 1:27-36). Ciaman in Pathian in Israel mite heh cawh de i. Ceithiin, Israel te in hnawt lo hnak miphun te manin Israel mite siathnak tawk hnak heh, Israel mite in ling fiah tuhin, Samson heh Filistin fenu daih ruai ai (Judges 14:4). Samson heh Pathian in hnawt ruai hnak miphun Filistin fenu thawn daih dun ai, cetih in a daih hnak fenu te – Timhnah khua ai fenu le Delilah – manin Samson vumah siathnak hleng de i. Ciaheh, Israel mite amahte zuahhnak miphunte thawn komdun, hoi dun manin amahte vumah hnawm hnak hleng de hnak heh lar ruai nuam hnak i. Ikhalselai, Israel mite in Pathian iithnak le Pathian in a ling ruai nuam hnak heh ling thiam lo i. Amahte nuam bangbang in khuakhang tlang uktu le konghoitu nailo မင်းမဲ့၊ အုပ်ချုပ်သူမဲ့ တိုင်း ပြည် songah မိမဆုံးမ ဖမဆုံးမ bangin laileng tlang, khuankhang tlang in nung tlang i.

[1] Leon Wood, A Survey of Israel’s History, (Zondervan Publishing House, 1971), 213.

[2] Davis, John J, and Whitcomb, John C., “Israel from Conquest to Exile: A Commentary on Joshua – 2 King”. (Barker Book House, 1970), 146.

[3] Judges chapter 1 comment ah a semkhim deuh in siar bet tu.

[4] “Pathian amah ai thukham” tihnak heh, thukham thar pehnak ilo ai, thutiam ram (Canaan ram) ai umtu miphunte hnawt tuh in Moses hnenah (Exo. 23:20-33), le Joshua hnenah (Joshua 13:6) thu a tiam awng hnak rel nuam hnak i.