Jesuh Chuah Kum

Biahmaithi
Jesuh hi zei kum set ah dah a chuah? Hi biahalnak hi a buai zungzalmi a si. Aho hmanh nih cu ni bak ah, cu kum bak ah tiin an chim kho cio lo, a hrawnghrang lawng in an bia an donghter cio. Hmasa Khrihfa (Early Christians) pawl nih ni le thla, kum le caan hi biapi sapa tuk ah an rak ruat rua lo. Aw! cun, ni le thla an relning zong a rak i dang cio. Mi pakhat konglam an tial tikah “anih a bawi kum, kum cu zatnak ah” tibantuk deuh in an tial. Tahchunhnak ah, “Tiberius a bawi kum, kum hleinga nak” (Luke 3:1), “Herod siangpahrang bawi asi lioah Jesuh cu Judea ram Bethlehem khua ah a chuak” (Matthai 2:1) ti phun hi an catialning zulh deuh cem asi. Laimi pi le pu pawl zong hiti te hin si dawh an rak si ve. “Ka pi/pu, zeitik kum ah dah na chuah?” ti tikah “Cu lopil tlak kum ah, kha lopil tlak kum ah, kawm tai tiang phut an si lioah ka chuak,” an ti theu. Cu ruangah hnulei tuanbia dothlat tikah kum le caan kong i a buai ngai nak hi asi, tiah ka ruah.

Jesuh chuahnak (birth of Jesus) kong kan chim tikah minung thi le sa i a cannak (incarnation) he ai khat in ruah ding asi lo, thleidan ziathiam a hau. “Incarnation” timi cu Jesuh a nu paw chung i thlakua chung a um lio, minung tling – thi le sa, ruh le rang ngei ding in ai sersiam lio caan kha asi. “Birth” timi cu a nu paw chung i thlakua chung a um hnu, minung tling i ai sersiam hnu (incarnated asi hnu kan ti lai cu) i a hong chuah or hrin asi kha asi. Cu Jesuh chuah/hrinnak he pehtlai in Matthew le Luke nih an tial veve. Asinain a nithla le kum an langhter hleng lo. John nih hin filawsawfi hoih deuh in a tial i, lungfian a har ngai. Thawngtha pali lakah tial hmasa cem asi an timi Mark tu hi Jesuh chuahnak kongah daiziar in a um.
Dionysius Exiguus Chimning (December 25, 1 B.C.)
Dionysius hi Scythian monk asi. Hi pa hi A.D. 525 ah khan Pope John I nih Nithlak lei Khrihfabu (Western Church) hna caah nithla relnak (calendar) tuah a fial. Micheu nih Pope John I nih a fial ruangah asi lo, amah lungtho tein a tuah ko, an ti. Cu a tuahmi calendar cu Anno Urbi(s) Conditae (A.U.C.) tiah min a pek. Dionysius calendar ahhin 754 A.U.C. le A.D. 1 hi ai khat (754 A.U.C. = A.D. 1) in ruah asi i, Jesuh hi December 25, 753 A.U.C. ah a chuak, a ti. Cu tining in tuak tikah Jesuh hi December 25, 1 B.C. ah chuah dawh asi.
Matthew Chimning (Herod Siangpahrang Asi Lio)

Jesuh cu, Judea ram Bethlehem khua ah, Herod siangpahrang bawi asi lioah a chuak. (Matthai 2:1)

Asi ah, Herod hi zeitik kum in dah bawi hram ai thok i, zeitik kum ah dah a thih? Titus Flavius Josephus chimning ah, 37 B.C. ah Herod nih Jerusalem a lak i uk hram a thok i, 4 B.C. ah a thi, a ti. German mifim pa, Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) nih kum le caan umkalning a tuak ve lengmang tikah, Herod hi 4 B.C. ah a thi i, Jesuh hi Herod a thih hlan ah a chuak, a ti ve. A sullam cu Herod hi 37 B.C. in 4 B.C. tiang a bawi, tinak asi i, Jesuh Khrih hi cu caan karlak ah cun a chuak, tinak asi hnga. Hi zawn ah Matthai nih “Jesuh cu Herod siangpahrang a bawi kum, kum cu zatnak ah a chuak” ti phun in rak tial sehlaw a kum dothlat awk ah a fiang ngai hnga. A tial tung lo i, kan thleu.

German scholar E. Schurer nih Herod hi 3 B.C. ah a thi, ati ve nain Josephus le Ben Witherington III bia he ai kalh deuh. Josephus nih “Herod a cah (thih) deuh hlan te ah thlapa hi dawp nih a dolh i, (eclipse of the moon) Herod a thih hnu tlawmpal ah Lanhtakpuai (passover) tuah asi,” a ti. Ben Witherington III nih a timi cu, Josephus nih thlapa dawpdolhnak kong a chimmi hi 3 B.C. ah asi lo; March 12/13, 4 B.C. tu ah asi. Cun Lanhtakpuai an tuahmi zong hi April 11, 4 B.C. ah tuah thokmi asi. Cucaah Herod hi March 12 – April 11, 4 B.C. caan karlak ah thih dawh asi, a ti ve. Cucaah Matthew nih, “Herod siangpahrang bawi asi lio ah a chuak,” a ti bantuk in a hong fiang ngaimi cu, Jesuh hi 4 B.C. or 4 B.C. hlan ah chuak sehlaw a dawh cem ko, ti hi asi.

Josephus tells us much about Herod. The best word to describe his reign is 'overkill.' He murdered his favorite wife's father, drowned her brother--and even killed her! He executed one of his most trusted friends, his barber, and 300 military leaders--all in a day's work! Then he slew three of his sons, allegedly suspecting them of treason. Josephus tells us that "Herod inflicted such outrages upon (the Jews) as not even a beast could have done if it possessed the power to rule over men" (Antiquities of the Jews 17:310).
Josephus records an eclipse of the moon just before Herod passed on. This occurred on March 12th or 13th in 4 B.C. Josephus also tells us that Herod expired just before Passover. This feast took place on April 11th, in the same year, 4 B.C. From other details supplied by Josephus, we can pinpoint Herod the Great's demise as occurring between March 29th and April 4th in 4 B.C.
It might sound strange to suggest that Jesus Christ was born no later than 4 B.C. since B.C. means 'before Christ.' But our modern calendar which splits time between B.C. and A.D. was not invented until A.D. 525. At that time, Pope John the First asked a monk named Dionysius to prepare a standardized calendar for the western Church. Unfortunately, poor Dionysius missed the real B.C./A.D. division by at least four years!
Now Matthew tells us that Herod killed Bethlehem's babies two years old and under. The earliest Jesus could have been born, therefore, is 6 B.C. Through a variety of other time indicators, we can be relatively confident that the one called Messiah was born in either late 5 or early 4 B.C.
The tradition for December 25th is actually quite ancient. Hippolytus, in the second century A.D., argued that this was Christ's birthday. Meanwhile, in the eastern Church, January 6th was the date followed.
But in the fourth century, John Chrysostom argued that December 25th was the correct date and from that day till now, the Church in the East, as well as the West, has observed the 25th of December as the official date of Christ's birth.