Zogam Tangthu A Tomin

(Lungdamna Aw, Lom 5 Hawm 11 leh 12, Nov-Dec. 1980, laimai 1, Lom 6, Hawm 1 January 1981 laimai 1 pan a kiteikhia)

Zogam (Chin Hills) pen a leitang tai patle 13,902 hi a, mihing pen 1974 kumin 354,000 pha dingin ki-ummawh hi. A gam buppi pen township 9 kisuah a, Tiddim, Tonzang, Falam, Thlantlang, Haka, Matupi, Paletwa, Mindat leh Kanpetlet kici a, Township Officer khat ta in uk hi.

Thangmual (Fortwhite), Inbuk, Bawipa, Lunmual, Awtaraw leh Khonu kicite mual minthangte hi a, lui min nei deuh pen, Gun, Ciau, Bawinu, Lemro, Mata leh Mong kicite hi. Lih pen bual lian pen hi.
Ki-ukna:

Tang laiin Zogam pen kuama khut nuaiah om loin Zomite amau leh amau ki-uk hi. 1896 kumin Mikang kumpi in ana tawh la-in, India leh Kawlgam pen gam khatin uk khawm uh hi. 1948 kum a Kawlgam in suahtakna a ngah ciangin Zogam pen Chin Special Division kici-in a uk Zumpi pen Chin Affairs Council kici hi. 1974 kumin Zomite in State ngah uh a, Zogam pen Chin State kici a, Zo Zumpi pen Chin States People’s Council kici Zo Zumpi pen amasa in Rangoon ah om hi. Tua panin Kawlpi (Kalemyo) ah kisuan a, tua pan tawl khat khit ciangin Haka khua ah kikhin kik a, tu takin tua lai munah om hi.

Biakna:

1. Khanglui Biakna: Ni dang laiin Zomite in dawi leh kau, sing leh suang bia uh hi. Mual leh guamte kihta in vokno akno tawh kithoi uh hi. Dawi nam tampi inn dawi, gam dawi a bia uh hi. Hih bang biakna pen Mikang pau-in Animism kici a, leitung mi khempeuh phial in tanglai in tua bang upna leh biakna a nei uh hi. Kawlte in zong Buddha biakna a zuih ma un hih bang khanglui biakna mah zui hi dingin ki-ummawh hi.

2. Pau Cin Hau Biakna: 1900 pawl ciangin gan tawh kithoih dawi biakna phiatin Pasian khat om hi ci-in upna biakna thak khat Pau Cin Hau in phuan hi. Tua biakna thak pen kibawl phain tu-a Zogam sung bekah hi loin Manipur leh Aizawl gam Zomite tenna dong in kizel man hi. Pau Cin Hau pen Tedim khua Khan Lian leh Cing Zam’ tapa hi a, 1859 kumin suak a, 1948 Dec. 28 ni-in Mualbem khua-ah si hi. Zolai zong phuan ahih manin “Laipian Biakna” zong kici thei hi.

3. Khristian Biakna:

(a) American Baptist Pawlpi : Zogam Lai Siangtho thu hong puak masa pen American Baptist Pawlpi hi. March 15, 1849 kumin Rev. A. `Carson-te nupa Zogam tung hi. March 21, 1902 ciangin zato siam Dr. H. East-te nupa Zogam hong tung uh hi. Missionary masa pen Rev. A. Carson April 1, 1908 kum a sih ciangin Dec. 21, 1908 ciangin Dr. J.H. Cope te nupa hong tung hi. Dr. East pen a gam tawh kituak lo-a dam thei lo ahih manin sawt om loin America ciah kik pah a, a laih dingin zato Dr. J.G. Woodin te nupa Nov. 11, 1910 ciangin hong tung uh hi. Dr. Woodin te 1915 kumin Bhamo-an kisuan uh ahih manin Zogam nasem dingin Dr. C.V. Strait te nupa Oct. 2, 1925 ni-in hong tung uh hi. June 11, 1938 ni-in Dr. Cope a sih ciangin Dr. F.O. Nelson-te 1940 kumin hong tung uh hi. A nunung penin Rev. R.G. Johnson-te nupa February 2, 1946 ni-in hong pai uh a, 1966 kumin ciah kik uh hi. Amau nupa pen American Baptist Missionary Zogam pan a ciah nunung pen ahi uh hi. Hi bangin Zogam ah Khristian Pawlpi hong kipan a, 1940 kumin R.C.M. Pawlpi, 1948 ciangin S.D.A. Pawlpi hong tung uh a, tu ciangin Khristian Pawlpi tuamtuam tampi Zogam ah piang hi.

(b) Khristian Khantohna: Zogam ah tui kiphum masa pen Thuam Hang leh Pau Suan hi a, April 4, 1904 ni-in Rev. Carson in tuiphum hi. Missionary-te leh Zomi Khristian masate in haksatna tampi tawh na hong sep ciangun hi bang tuiphum mihing khan’tohna kimu hi:
1915 - 150
1930 - 1,591
1940 - 5,514
1950 - 19,655
1960 - 37,705
1970 - kithei lo
1980 - 69,191
Hih pen Zomi Baptist Convention (ZBC) ciaptehna bangin tuiphum sa teng bek hi a, Pawl huam milip hi lo hi. Tua ciangin ZBC pen Zogam sung bek hi lo Kale Valley, Tamu Valley leh Upper Chindwin sung Zomi Baptist kipawlna ahih manin Zogam sung Baptist Pawlpi ahi lo Khristian Pawlpi dangte tawh kigawm lai leh Zogam bup Khristian pha zah pen kithei pan ding hi.

(c) ZBC Tangthu Tawm: Zogam Khristiante pen tawm lai ahih manin 1905 a kipanin pawlpi khat bangin vai pai lai uh hi. 1948 ciangin Tiddim, Falam leh Haka ci-in Association 3 kisuah uh hi. 1953 ciangin hih Association thum tengin Zomi Baptist Convention ci-in kipawl khopna phuan uh hi. Tu ciangin ZBC pen Association tuamtuam 14 kipawlna hi a, Zogam sung Baptist bek hi loin a kiima Zomi Baptist te zong kipawl uh a, Tiddim, Falam, Haka, Kale Valley, Tamu Valley, Kalemyo, Thantlang, Matu, Tonzang, Kuki, Siyin, Zo, Thado leh Zotung ci-in Pasian nasep khopna hi. Tu-in ZBC pen Burma Baptist Convention sungah Karen zomin Convention thahat pen a nihna ahi hi. ZBC General Secretary masa pen Sia Hau Go hi a, tu laitak a sem pen sia Hrang Tin Khum hi. ZBC in Kawlgam bup BBC sungah pan mun a tuamtuam len ngei a, tu laitak BBC President zong Zomi Sia Tial Dum ahi hi.

Lai Thu

I gen sa bangin Tedim gam panin Pau Cin Hau in lai bawlin Zomite pen lai nei minam khat suak hi. Tua lai pen a tungin laimal 1053 bang hi. Tua pen kipuah phain laimal 37 kisuak sak hi. Hih laimal tawh biakna thu, tangthu leh late kikhumin Tedim gam bek hi loin Manipur gam dong kizang ngei hi. Hih Zolai tawh 1931 kumin British and Foreign Bible Society kici Lai Siangtho Khen Pawlpi in zong Mualtung Thuhilhna teng bu 500 khen ngei uh hi. (Tua Laibu pen India Bible Society in London Bible Society tung panin ngah ding a hanciam laitak hi). Kumpi lam panin Census of India, 1931 Volume XI; Part 1 laimai 194-5 sungah “Pau Cin Hau Script” ci-in kikhum hi. 1917 kuma Zomi French gam paite in hih Zolai zangin inn lamte tawh lai kikhak thei uh hi. Tu-a a kizang Mikang laimal bang loin Zopau pen hih Zolai tawh a awsuah a man lianlianin kigelh thei hi, kici hi. Tangthu a kigen savun tunga kigelh lai, uipi in a nek mang bang hi nawn lo ahih ciangin hih lai pen Zogam in a ngaihsut phat mahmah dingin kilawm hi.

Mikang laimal tawh 1915 Dr. Cope in Mattiu bu Tedim pau-a a khet pen Zogama laibu kibawl masa pen hi. 1932 kumin Thuciam Thak bu kikhen a, 1977 ciangin Lai Siangtho buppi kikhen hi. 1932 kuma kikhen Thuciam Thak bu pen Zogam ah muh ding om nawn lo hi. Burma Bible Society ah bu khat kikhen hi ci-in Sia Kam Khaw Thang in gen a, London University library ah bu khat mah om hi ci-in “Tiddim Chin” kici laibu bawl Prof. Henderson in gen hi.

Haka pau tawh 1920 kumin Lungdamna Thute leh Sawltakte Tangthu a kikhet cil kum hi a, 1940 in Thuciam Thak bu kikhen a, 1933 kumin Lai Siangtho bupi kikhen a, Falam tawh 1933 kumin Lungdamna Thu bute, 1937 kumin Thuciam Thak kikhen a, Lai Siangtho buppi pen a kibawl laitak hi. Zotung leh Ngawn pau tawh zong Lai Siangtho bu nono kibawl hi.

Sang laibu tawh kisai-in Dr. Cope in Tedim, Falam leh Haka pau tawh Class IV dong 1925 in na bawl khin hi. Dr. Cope in missionary ahih hangin Kumpi ah Sang Mang (Inspector-of-Schools - Chin Hills), na sem ahih manin Sang Mang a sem lo missionary te nangawn tu dongin “Sang Mang” kicihlawh hi.

Ni dang lai-in Zogam ah kikawmna haksa-a, khua muhna lah toi ahih ciangin gam khat leh nam khat ahih hangun kampau tuamtuam na piang hi. Tu hun leuleu ciangin kikawmna kiphakna tam, pilna siamna zong khang ahih manin khat leh khat pau leh ham kitheihna zong khang hi.

Minam Min

Tu-a hih lai gelhna sung ah kizang mah bangin Zomi leh Zogam cih pen a tunga kipanin a kizang tawntung hi a, Mikangte leh a pualam mi nam dangte in Chin leh Chin Hills ci-in ciamteh uh hi. Tedim gam pana lal Aizawl gam leh Manipur gam a tung mi pawl khatte i kilawh i kisapna khat Paite kici Zogam gen loh Tedim gamsung mahmah a zong a kizat loh pen mi tam pi-in lamdang sa in a hang kithei nuam ciat kha ding hi. Tua tawh kisai-in Census of India 1931, Vol. XI, Part 1, laimai 184 sungah: gamsung minam ciaptehna sungah Paite cih pen kiphiat hi. Bang hang hiam cih leh Zogam Mangpi (Deputy Commissioner of Chin Hills) in a genna ah Paite cih min pen Falam gam mite in Zogam sak lam (Northern Chin Hills) a teeng Zomite pen Thahdo hitaleh Zote hitaleh, Sukte hitaleh mi namte a cihna uh kampau hi a, amau minam min, amau kilawhna min hi lo hi ci hi.

Thukhupna

Zogam tangthu, Pawlpi tangthu leh minam tangthu cih bang a kicinga gelhna laibu omlo a, a om sunte zong Mikangte gelh ahih manin ei theih nop leh deih lam thu tuang kim lo hi. Missionary te hong paina thu a kigelhna laibu thum ka et leh a ni a kha a tuam ciatin kikhum a, Rev. Nelson hong tun ni leh kha a kikhumna om lo hi. Zogam sazian (statistics) a kikan hangin kingah zo lo hi. Zogam lai sim thei en thei (Literacy percentage) ahi zongin, Kawlgam bupa Zomi pha zah ahi zongin a thei om lo hi. I gam i lei sazian thei kei leeng a khang a kiam i hih bangci kitheih ding hiam? Tua ahih manin 1981 gambup kisimna (census) pen lim taka theih sawm ding ahi hi. Mai lam hunah thu a kicing zaw a kan, a gelh hong om pah ding lamen hang. Bang hang hiam cih leh Pasian in a bawl sa na khat peupeuh kep loh don loin a mawkna in nusia ngei lo hi. Leitung leh a bawl sa na khempeuh a uk ding, a keem dingin mihing bawl hi. A bawl sa Eden huan a keem ding a hah ding, a puah dingin mipa koih hi. Tua ahih ciangin minamte Topa ahi Pasian in a bawlsa, a piansak Zomite leh Zogam zong Ama deihna tawh kituakin, Ama vangliatna dingin a keem ding, a cing ding, a zun ding mipa koih peuhmah ding hi. Tua mipa pen nang leh kei hi hang.

A Kipatna Thuneuno Hi (Mat. 13:31-32)

(Lungdamna Aw, Lom 5, Hawm 10, Oct. 1980 laimai 1 leh 4 pan a kiteikhia)
(Hih thu pen Rev. Khup Za Go in July 27, 1980 Nipi Nitak nai 6-a Serampore Baptist Mission Biakinn ah a thuhilhna hi. Hih Biakinn pen William Carey leh a lawmte in 1800 kum-a a lam uh hi a, kikhopna in zang uh a, tu dongin Biakinn in kizang lai hi. Tu kum August 16 ni-in William Carey a suah zawh kum 219 a cinna William Cayer Day kici thupi takin Serampore ah pawi kibawl a, Carey leh a lawm missionary masate in Pawlpi leh tangpi ading a sepnate uh kikupna zong nei uh hi).

Ute naute aw, ankam tang tawh gentehna thu kikum leeng ci-in hong teel ing. Palestine gam ankamte pen India gama ei muh ngei ankamte tawh kibang lo hi, ci-in kigen hi. Palestine gam ankam tangte pen sing kung cia mah pha thei hi. Vasa in tua ankam tangte duh uh ahih ciangin ankam kung tunga vasa tuang pen muh ding om den hi. A tak takin ci leeng ankam tang pen a tang neu pen hi khol lo kha ding hi. Ahih hangin Palestine gam mite in na neu cihna in paunak in zang uh hi. ‘Sisan ankam’ cih khawng Judah te paunak khat ahi hi. Tua mah bangin Topa Jesuh in zong ‘ankam tang bang upna’ ci-in na gen ngei hi. (Mat. 17:20). Tua hi-a Jesuh in Pasian Gam pen ankam tang leh a khantoh zia tawh a genteh ciangin a cih nopna bel kitel pah hi. Pasian Gam thu pen neuno khat tawh a kipan thei hi-a, tua pen bangzah in tangzai ding cih pen kuamah in thei lo hi. A beisa tangthu i ngaihsut ciangin a kipat cilna thu gina lo bang ahih hangin a nung ciangin thu lian a suak tangthu tam pi i thei hi.

Thuciam Lui tangthu i et ciangin Israel mite tangthu i thei hi. Izipt gamah kum tampi salin tang uh hi. Israel mite gimna leh thuaknate Pasian in thei a hih ciangin a honkhia dingin Moses zang hi. Moses in Pasian kiangah, “Faro kiangah pai in Izipt panin Israel mite a paikhiatpih dingin kei in kua ka hi hiam?” ci zahin a ginat lohna kiphawk hi. Pasian in, “Moses aw, nang kong huh ding hi,” ci hi. Tua bangin Moses in Pasian cihna mangin Israel mite Kanaan gam annek tuidawn deih banga a kicin’na gam tun hi. Tua bangin bangmah a zong a kisim lo zah Moses in Israel minam buppi suahtakna piangsakin Israel mite tangthu pen van leh lei zahin kilumlet hi.

Thuciam Thak sung i et ciangin Nungzuite in pilna siamna a nei lo, nautang mi ahi hi. Ahih hangin Jesuh a zuih ciangun a siapa uh Jesuh tawh Khristian Pawlpi hong phuan khia uh hi. Sawltakte Tangthu i sim ciangin sawltakte pen thu thuk thei leh pilna sang a ngah mi ahih lam uh i thei kei hi. Ahih hangin tua hun lai biakna leh gam sung nuntakna thu kihei sak uh a, “Leitung gam khempeuh a kilumletsak hih mite” cihna za a ngah uh hi.

Tham loin tu hun Pawlpi tangthu i et ciangin mission thupi mahmah i cihte pen a gina lo neng khat tawh hong kipan lel peuh na hi thei hi. Gentehna in Serampore Mission thu ngaihsun pak leeng. William Carey pen mizawng ta hi a, kum 12 a phak ciangin a ban sang kah zo nawn lo hi. Naupang no lai pi mahin khedapbawl khat kiangah khedap bawl sin hi. Tua khedap bawl a sinnapa in ama laibute a sim dingin kawm a, Greek Thuciam Thak bu zong tua panin ngahin Greek lai zong sin pah hi. Tua panin Lai Siangtho a hahkat mah bangin 1785 kumin Tuiphum sia ngah hi. 1792 kumin Mikang gam Baptistte in Nottingham khuaah khoppi aneih ciangun Carey zong thu hilh dingin seh uh hi. Isaiah 54:2-3 sung siksanin thu a hilh ciangin Pasian thu puakkhiat nopna lungsim hong khangin ama sa bel Baptist Mission Society Mikang gamah kiphuan hi. A kum kik 1793 ciangin Carey te nupa pen India-ah Missionary na sem dingin teembaw tawh hong ding khia uh hi. Carey zi pen numei ahihna hang bek hi loin lai thei het lo khat hi sawnsawn ahih manin minam tuam, gam tuam, pau tuam leh ngeina tuam a zang India gam Hindu mite lakah ten’ ding a ngaihsut ciangin haksa sa mahmah hi. Tua bangin nasep hong kipan uh a, 1818 kumin tu-a Serampore College Asia gama Lai Siangtho Sanginn masa pen hong phuanin B.A., B.Sc. leh B.Com. sinna sang zong suak ahih manin Bengali mite pilna ngah masakna Sanginn suak hi. Bengali lai puahin, lokhawh, singpuak dan hoih zaw lakin, Kalate in naungeek a deihlote uh gunah a paih pahpahna uh ahi zongin, pasalte a sih ciangin a zite uh zong a pasalte uh luang tawh hallup khop ding ngeinate man lo hi ci-in gen hi. Tua bangin 1834 kum a sih ma in kam pau 50 phial, Kawl kam, Tibet Kam, Khasi leh Meitei kam dongin Lai Siangtho buppi leh a bu nono tampi a bawlkhiapa suak hi.

Ute naute aw, tua bang i cih ciangin Pasian in mizawngte, mihaite leh mi nautangte bek thupha pia hi i cihna hi lo hi. I deihna pen Pasian in thu gina lo pi-a i sehnate leh mite panin zong a thupi mahmah a vangliatna kilangsak thei hi i cihna hi zaw hi. Tu-in India gam en leeng mihing mak 700 phial i pha hi. Biakna leh ngeina atuamtuam tampi i nei hi. Gam buppi seh nih suah seh khat phial in zing leh nitak nek ding an i ngah zo kei hi. Seh ni suah seh khat tang mah lai sim thei lo en thei lo i hi hi. I gam vaihawmna akipan i gam biakna leh annek tuidawn dongin haksatna i tuak hi. Tua zaha mial leh haksatna gam sungah a teng a nungta ihi hi. Hih thute in India gam Khristian Pawlpite hanciam ding leh sep ding thu lian khat ahi hi. Tu nia ei Khristiante i ki-et ciangin mak 17 tang bek hi. Mihing za pai ciangin nih leh alang tang bek Khristian i pha hi. Hizahta gam lian pi sung ah, minam tawm, pawl tawmte kisuak hi. Hih thute i lungngaih ciangin Moses mah bangin i liing kha ding hi. Ahih hangin Pasian mi pawl tawmte hi hang! I tha hatna pen Pasian vangliatna sungah om hi. A khasia, a lungmang leh cimawh a ton mawk ding te i hi kei hi. I Topa Jesuh in, “Note leitung ci na hi uh hi,” ci ngei hi. Pasian khaici in India gam bek hi loin leitung buppi zeel ding hi. Thagum hat hang hi lo hi, vangliatna hang zong hi lo, Keimah tung panin na ngah Kha hang bek tawh na ma na tun zo ding hi”(Zekh 4:6).

Pasian thu in ci hi. Amen.

I Pasian Nasepna

(Lungdamna Aw, Lom 4, Hawm 6 June 15, 1979, laimai 2 leh Hawm 7 laimai 3 pan a kiteikhia)

Tu nai diakin Asia gambup tawh kisai khoppi nih vei om hi. Nov. 1-10, 1978 sungin Asian Leadership Conference on Evangelism (ALCOE) ci-in Khristian makaite Asia gam tuamtuamte panin Pasian thu hilh zia ding kikumin kikhawm uh hi. Tua mah bangin amasa pen Asia Gambup kikhopna Baptist makaite in India gam Hyderabad khua-ah January 8-14, 1979 sung kikhopna nei-in teci pan zia ding kikum uh hi. Ei gam leh ei lei bek hi lo-a i gam veengte khualna tawh Pasian thu kikupna hi bang i neih theih manin lungdamhuai mahmah a, tham lo-in a tangzai zaw Pasian nasepna i hanciam ding thu hong phawksak hi. Hih Asia gambup Pasian nasepna thu leh kikhopna thute i ngaihsut ciangin gam tuamtuam panin tangmite pai diamdiam hinapi’n i sanggam i u i naute omna Kawlgam panin tangmi hong pai theih loh thu uh i ngaihsut ciangin i dah hi. A beisa hunin biakna vai tawh kisaia gampua zin pen Kawlgam panin haksa hi ci-in i thei uh hi. A lungdamhuai thu khat panin mailam ciangin khualzinna pen hong ol zaw deuh ta ding hi ci-a upmawhna om hi. Makaite in Asia gam buppi nasepna zia ding a lunghihmawhna uh i ngaihsut cianginn ei zong i gam leh i mi nam tawh kisaia Pasian nasepna thu khat leh khat kikum thei leeng pha ding hi.

Kipawlna: Manipur gamah mi nam tuamtuam leh kampau tuamtuam zang mi tampi i om manin Association phuanin, tua Associationte kipawl khawmin Manipur Baptist Convention ci-in i gam sung leh gam pua-ah teci pan’na i neih mah bangin Chin Hills sungah leh a pua-ah a om Tamu, Kabaw Valley, Homalin gamte leh Asho Chinte dong kipawlin Zomi Baptist Convention ci-a Kawlgam sungah kipawlna a om pen a man pha leh a it huai mahmah teci pan’na hi ci-in i thei hi. ZBC zum pen tulai takin Falam hi a, tua laiah nasepna hiang ahi, Lai Siangtho sang Zomi Baptist Theological Seminary leh Zomi Baptist Press zong om hi. Khamtung gam pen lam haksa-a, kikawmna ollo ahih manin khoppite leh committee pai ciangin, ni tampi, thatang tampi, leh sum tampi bei ahih manin Upper Chindwin lam sanggamte bangin kipawlna tuam nei a thakhat-a Burma Baptist Convention tawh kipawl ding ut uh hi ci-in i za ngei zel hi. Tua pen man kha ding hi. Ahih hangin mai lam sawtpi ding khualna tawh ZBC mahah Zomite khempeuh kipawl khop pen khamtung gam hi lo-in Kawlgam sungah Zomite adingin Pasian nasepna tangzai zaw hong hi kha ding hi. Kipawlna pen khatvei kikhen phot leeng kigawm kik cih pen thu baih lo mahmah ahih ciangin kikhen lo-a nasep khop liailiai mah hong hoih zaw tam ci-in ngaihsut theih hi. Thu khat panin a gamla diak Associationte leh tua ciangin ZBC nasepna mahmah zong a tangzai zawk na’ngin ZBC nasepna pen Falam bek ah gawmkhawm (centralized) sangin Khanglam Khamtung gam Mindat leh Kalemyo cihte ah Lai Siangtho sangte, lai khetna sette ahi zong koih kawi kawi-in, thamloin Associate General Secretary zum cih bang zong Tedim cih bangah koihin kihawm (decentralized) kawikawi leh ci-in zong ngaihsut theih hi. Bangbang hileh ngimna leh deihna bulpi pen Zomi Khristiante in pumkhat suak a, kipawl khawmna teci pan’ theih na’ng hanciam tawntung ding hi.

Lai leh Radio: Tu hun ciangin a hau zaw leh a pil zaw gamte in kikawmna (communications) tawh nasep hahkatin, Television, Radio, drama akipan laibu leh laidal tawh Pasian thu nakpi takin gen uh hi. Hi bang nasepna tawh kisai-in ei zong lai leh radio zanga nasep pen hanciam phat lai dingin kilawm hi. Sawltak Paul in Pawlpite laikhak in, lai tawh hansuah tawntung ahih manin tua a laikhakte pen tu dongin Lai Siangtho sunga a manpha thute ahi hi. Pumpi tawh i pai theih lohna leh i pai zawh lohna mun leh gamte leh pumpi tawh i muh zawh loh i sanggamte tawh lungdamna thu i kikup theihna, a kihilh theihna pen laibu leh laidalte hi. Tua ahih ciangin Association in i sep banah ZBC panin zong lai lam nasepna pen thupi sim zo leeng hoih ding hi. Khua Pawlpi akipan Association leh Convention dongin laibu sai phuat kawikawi tuak hi. CBA in laibu pawl khat khenin, laibu sai neu khat hongin, Lungdamna Aw i khen hi. Hite pen kicing zo nai dek lo ahih ciangin puah toh lai na’ng akisam tampi om hi. CBCNEI in Gauhati, Dimapur, Imphalte-ah laibu sai a phuan hi. Tua bang mahin ZBC in zong gentehna’n Kalemyo leh Mindat khuate-ah laibu sai-in biakna laibu manpha tuamtuamte zuakin i mite lakah pilna leh Pasian khuavak puak zo leeng hoih peuhmah ding hi. Tua banga Pawlpi in a phuat zawh lohna mun leh khuate ah Pawlpi khat, sumbuk khat-in zong Topa itna lungsim tawh kiphuan thei ding hi. Rangoon hi taleh, Gauhati leh Imphal pan hi taleh Zopau tawh Kumpite in radio zangin thu leh la hong hilh uh i za tawntung hi. Tua pen Pasian thu hilhna dingin zong zat theih ding hi cih theihna hi. Tu-in Manila panin Tedim pau tawh Nipikhat khatvei hong kigen thei hi. A hun kicing zaw, a thu kicing zaw i ngah na’ng hanciam huai hi. FEBA zumpi khat Bangalore ah om a hih ciangin India lam pan hanciam zo lehang hong kician semsem ding hi.

Lai thu i gen ciangin kampau thu tawh hong kizom hi. Topa Jesuh khang laiin Rom gam sungah Greek kam leh lai na kizang tang thei a hih manin a thu hilhna kizeel baih diak hi ci-in i thei hi. Tua mah bangin Chin Hills ah zong a kizang tang thei kampau om leh Pasian nasepna leh thu hilhna in nakpi-in mai nawt tuam ding hi. Tu-in Chin Hills ah Tedim pau bek tawh Lai Siangtho buppi kingah pan hi. Tua ahih ciangin Tedim kam pen Khanglam Khamtung gam dong na kithei khin hi leh bangzah ta-in Pawlpi-in noptuampih ding hiam! I gam leh i mite it a, Pasian thu hong phawk ding uh zong deihsak takpi i hih leh Saklam Khamtung gam bek ah hi lo-in Khanglam Khamtung gam dongin thu hilh sia i puak zawh na’ng hanciam ni. Kumpi nasemte leh sang sia semte in zong Pasian min tawh sawltak nasem zah a kingaihsun a, i Zomipih Matupite, Kanpetlet te, Paletwa te leh Asho Chin te pen zawl leh lawm a man a, khat leh khat pumpi ah khantohna hong ngah zawh na’ng uh hahkatin teci i pan ding uh kisam hi. Tua bangin i lai leh i pau dong thei sakin i sisan kibatpih i u i naute e’n puah kei, don kei le’ng, kua’n hong puah sak ding hiam! Gam dang pan mite hong pai-in hong sem le uh zong Pasian tung leh mite tungah ei a minamte adingin a zumhuai zaw zong hong suak thei phial ding hi.

Rev. Khup Za Go

Rev. Khup Za Go

Parentage: Khup Khaw Neng & Awi Khaw Dim
Date of birth : March 1, 1944
Place of birth : Murlen Village, Champhai District, Mizoram
Spouse : Niang Khan Man
Children : Mr Carey Pum Khan Tuang
Mr John Khual Lian Mung
Daughter-in-law: Niang Ngaih Lun (Carey's wife)
Grand daughters: Rita Man Sian Muang & Deborah Ciin Biak Dik

Education & Training:

High School Leaving Certificate, Mizo High School, Aizawl, Mizoram
Pre-University Certificate, Oriental College, Imphal, Manipur
B.A., D.M. College (Gauhati University), Imphal, Manipur
M.A. (Pol. Science), Gauhati University, Assam
American Baptist Boston Seminar (September – December), Andover Newton Theological School, Boston, MA, USA
B.D., Serampore College, West Bengal, India
Book Publishing Course (January-June), Oxford, England, UK
M.Th. (History of Christianity), United Theological College (Senate of Serampore College), Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Responsibilities in the church and ministries:

1971-1978 Field Director, Chin Baptist Association (affiliated to Manipur Baptist Convention & Council of Baptist Churches in North East India)
1982-1987 Assistant Director/Director, Christian Literature Centre, Guwahati, Assam
1987-1997 Executive Secretary, Literature Secretary, Mission Secretary, Pastor, CBA
1991-1992 Vice President, CBCNEI
1999-2000 Lecturer, John Roberts Theological Seminary, Shillong
2000-2005 Pastor, Zomi Christian Fellowship, Delhi

Attended/participated:

Nagaland Baptist Centennial, Impur, Nagaland, 1972
Billy Graham Crusade, Kohima, 1972
EFI Conference, Guwahati, 1974
Management Skill Seminar, Guwahati, 1974
Church Growth Seminar, Guwahati, 1974
BSI Translations Workshop, Rajpur, UP, 1974
Family Welfare Seminar, Guwahati, 1975
CBCNEI Silver Jubilee, Jorhat, 1975
EFI Silver Jubilee, Hyderabad, 1976
Baptist Union of India Assembly, Bangalore, 1976
Asian Baptist Congress, Hyderabad, 1979
Communication Workshop, Madras, 1983
Publication Workshop, Bangalore, 1983
Billy Graham Mission England, Bristol, UK, 1984
Asia Region World Association for Christian Communication, Bali, Indonesia, 1985
National Consultation on ‘Publications on Development Issues’, Delhi, 1985
CBCNEI Sesquicentennial Celebration, Dimapur, Nagaland, 1986
Consultation for the Christian Publishers and Booksellers in India, Delhi, 1986
International Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany, 1986
National Association of Christian Communication, Nagpur, 1986
Billy Graham Mission World, Shillong, 1990
CBCNEI Seminar on Leadership in 21st Century, Guwahati, 1996
Seminar on Mizo Identity organised by Hrangbana College, Aizawl and Art & Culture Department, Government. of Mizoram, 1996
North East India Pastors Conference, Shillong, 1997

Organisations:

Founder member, Evangelical Graduates Fellowship, Churachandpur, Manipur
Organised Churachandpur Baptist Fellowship
Organised Kuki-Chin Baptist Union, Manipur
1993 Patron member, Bible Society of India, Churachandpur, Manipur
1994 Life member, Chin Students Association, Churachandpur, Manipur
2001 organised Zo Research & Communication Centre, Delhi

Translated from English into Tedim:

Pasian’ Nalamdang Bawlte I & II(1972)
Mihing’ Lungtang (1973)
Sum Sawm Lai Thum Tangthu (1974)

Proofread:

Holy Bible in Tedim (1975-76)
New Testament Pocket size in Tedim (1995)

Authored in Tedim:

Zomi Baptist Convention (1981)
Tedim Lai Siangtho Hong Piankhiatna (1981)
Zat Tangzanng (1984)
Pasian Thu Bu (1984)
Lai Bang Ci Gelh Ding (1988)
Tedim Pau Leh Lai Khantoh Thu (1990)
Zo Minam Tawh Kisai Thu (2001)
Lai Zat Tangzang (2004)
Khristian Khutzat (2004)
Leivui Panin (2004)

Authored in English:

Christianity in Chinland (1985)
Chin Chronicles (1988)
A Critical Historical Study of Bible Translations among the Zo People in North East India (1996)
Zo Chronicles (2008) published by Mittal Publications, Delhi

Edited:

Zo Aw quarterly, Guwahati
Lungdamna Aw monthly, Churachandpur, Manipur
Zomi Christian International, bi-monthly, Delhi

Prizes, awards, etc received:

Certificate of Achievement by the Board of International Ministries, ABC, & ANTS
Proficiency Prize by the Serampore College, 1981, Serampore, West Bengal
Edward & Mary Prize by the Serampore College, 1981, Serampore, West Bengal
Research Fellow by the American Biographical Institute, North Carolina, USA.

The Zo Aw Publications has been established in his remembrance and in an effort to continue his work in publications.

A Kileek Kim Tawikhaina

Image via Wikipedia(Lungdamna Aw Lom 3, Hawm 3 March 15, 1978 laimai 1 leh 4 pan a kiteikhia)

“Topa in tawi khaina man lo a zangte mudah a, tawi khaina man a zangte tungah lungkim hi” ci-in Paunak 11 sungah Pasian thu i mu hi. Sum zuak sum leite in a man lo tawi khaina a zat uh Topa in mudah ahih leh, Ama thu tawh kisaia a man lo, a kileek kimlo thuhilhna pen nasia takin mudah zawtham lai ding hi. Tua a hih manin sawltakte, siate leh pawlpi makaite in kidawma i gamtat theih na’ngin a lunghihmawh huai diak thu pawl khat kikum ni.

Lai Siangtho hilhna a buppi-a ngaihsun masa lo-a kammal khat hiam, mun khat hiam bek bulphuha nei ahi zong, tua thu bek siksan a neih khak ding kidophuai hi. Sawltak Paul thuhilhna ahi upna hangah hehpihna tawh gupna ngah thu (Ef 2:8) i hilh ciangin Jesuh thuhilhna ahi gamtatna hoih om lo upna neih khak ding a lauhuaina thu zong kiphawkmawh bawl khak ding hi lo hi. Tham lo in Ef. 2:8 i sim khit ciangin din’ khawl pah lo-in 2:10 zong sim suk lai leeng gamtat hoih a gamta thei lo leitung mite in gamtat hoih i gamtat theih na’ngin Jesuh Khrih sungah hong kigumkhia, hong kipiangthaksak a hihna i tel pah ding hi.

Gupkhiat sa ahi, a piangthak, Jesuh nungzui a kici ei Khristiante in Mat. 22:37 sung thu siksan a, Pasian it ding, Pasian thu bek ngaihsun ding. Pasian tungah ki-ap ding cih thu bek gena nei-a, mihing it ding, mihing thu lunghihmawh ding thu gen mang pen zong a dahhuai thu hi thei hi. Tua bek mei letin 1 Joh. 4:20 thu lawng kha ngei kei leeng thu hilhna kicing lo hong suak thei ding hi. Tham lo-in Mat.22:37 pen thukham masa pen leh a lian pen hi cih i theih zawh ciangin tang 39 sim leeng, “Na pumpi na it bangin na lawmte (mihingte) zong na it in, a cihna thukham nihna in tua a masa thukham tawh kibang hi,” ci lian hi. Jesuh in a kibang hi a cih nungsang e’n zong a kibanga i san ding hi ding hi.

Pasian thu bul bawl nuam kisa in, ‘Mi in khomun bek tawh nungta lo hi. Pasian kam sung pan pusuak thu khempeuh tawh a nungta hi,” (Mat. 4:4) thu i gen ciangin khomun a kici an nek tui dawn pen Jesuh in a thusim lo zaha muut khak ding baih hi. Izipt gam pan Israelte Kanaan zuan a a pai laitak uh a, vantung pana nek ding manna a khiat Topa in a mite adingin an nek tuidawn a lunghihmawh Pasian ahi hi. Leitung an nek tuidawn bek lunghihmawh pen a nei a, vantung nuntakna thu thusim lote hilhna tawh kisai in Jesuh in a gen dawimangpa khemna a thuhna hi zaw hi. “Tunia ka kham khop ding uh an hong pia in,” ci-in thu na ngen un ci-a a nungzuite thu a hilh, an nek ding hong deihsak pha mahmah, gilkial a om mi 5000-te nek ding ngasa leh khomun a vaihawmsak tantan migi Jesuh in an ngawla puksi dingin hong deihsak bang zia-a teci pan khak ding hi lo hi.

A tawntung a ding kha nuntakna pen khang khat bek ding ahi leitung pumpi nuntakna sangin thupi zaw hi cih thu i gen ciangin Jesuh pen kha bek it-a pumpi it lo zaha lah khak theih hi. Tua mah bangin kha leh pumpi in nuntakna bup sungah nuntakna nam tuamtuam nih ahihna thu i gen ciangin kha leh pumpi pen a kisai kha lo hiam a kikhen tuam vilvel zaha kipehna nei lo zaha hilh khak zong a ol mahmah khat ahi hi. Pumpi leh kha pen kisai kha tuah mahmah zaw tham ahih manin na pumpi hiang khat ahi na khut tawh mi na na guksak a, na kam tawh mi na hosiata, na khe tawh mite simmawhna tawh na pek zanzan leh tua na pumpi gamtatnate in na kha nuntakna tawh hong kisai mahmah zaw tham ding hi. Hih leitung ah na pumpi gamtatna in hong tung lai ding vantung a na kha nuntak na’ng tawh tua zaha kisai ahih chiangin kha leh pumpi tuam khen a thu hilh khak ding zong kingaihsut ding hi. Pasian Lungdamna thu a kicinna inah hih leitung nuntakna a kipan sih zawh cianga vantung nuntakna donga zat theih ding thu hi a, na kha bek hi lo-in na nuntakna buppi, na hinna buppi tawh hong it hi cih thu na phawk ciangin Pasian itna in bangzahta’n lian a, za a, thuk ahi hiam cih hong ngaihsun sak ding hi.

Pasian gupkhiatna in mipum khat khat bek tawh kisaia gen a, gambup a ding leh mi nam adingin gupna thu, hotkhiatna thu in khiatna nei lo banga kihilhna in zong a man lo thuhilhna khat hi thei hi. Gam sung leh gam bupa mawhna leh khialhnate khempeuh pen mi pum khat leh khat bek mawhna leh khialhna pana hong kipan khin kikeuh banga ngaihsut khak theih hi. Ahi zongin Lai Siangtho in mawhna pana kisik dinga a sap mite pen mi khat khat lak ten’ ziau ziau a kisik ding a ci bek hi loin mi nam bup khat, leitung bup in zong mawhna leh a khialhna nei hi ci-in tuate khempeuh zong a kisik dingin leh kikheel dingin deih hi. Mi khat khat pen mawh hi cih zong a man mah hi. (Rom 3:23)

Ahih hangin mawhna inah mi pum khat khialhna leh mawhna bek bang zia a ngaihsun a, a siangtho lo an nek tui dawn, a siangtho lo kimawlna a kipan numei pasal mawhna leh khialhna te bek khialhna leh mawhna sa kha-a mi nam kideidanna, leitunga zawnna ngaunate leh gam sung ki ukna sunga thuman lohnate thudon loh khak pen Khristiante ading a kicing hi lo ding hi. Thuciam Lui sung i et ciangin Pasian in mi pum khat bek gum lo-in a nam buppi a a gupna a huhna leh mi pum khat bek gimna pia lo-a a gam bup nam bup-a gimna a piakna mun tampi om hi. Sodom leh Gomorrah pen a vekun gimna kipia hi. Nineveh khua ah Jonah in thu a hilh lai in mi pum khat bek kisik dingin ci lo-in a khua buppi a kisik dingin ci hi.

Mat. 28:19 sungah Jesuh in mi pum khempeuhte nungzui suak dingin a cihna i muh mah bangin mi pum khat bek hi lo, mi nam in zong thukhenna thuak ding hi ci-in a genna Mat 25:31-46 kimu hi. Tua hi-a mi pum leh gam kikhen thei lo-in mi pum khat kigawmkhawm, kipawlkhawm a om i hi (Rom 13, 1 Pi 2, Ef 5 & 6). Mi pum khat bek nuntakna pen Pasian thu in a gen sak khakna bangin gam sung thu leh nuntakna ziate Khristiante in thudon kul lo ding ngaihsutna leh tuate suk khak leh lawn khak pen a siang lo zaha kihilhna om thei a hih manin dahhuai hi. Hih thu tawh kisai-in Billy Graham in “Jesuh in suahkikna thu khut lang khatah tawi-in a lang khatah tui hai khat tawi dingin hong hilh hi. Na dang khempeuh tawh gam sung haksatna leh thuman lohnate zong i lunghihmawh ding ahi hi. Lungdamna thu pen tangpi tangta nuntakna tawh kisai hi cih thu ka hanciam tawntung hi. Gam sung haksatna thute thudon lo-a om kha Khristian pen dahhuai hi” ci ngei hi.

1967 kuma America Kumpi in “Zawn’na Gal Do Ding” (War on Poverty) cih thu kikupna Washington khuapi-ah a pai lai-in mi tampite in a mawhsakna thu pen Billy Graham in a thuh kikna-ah mi zawngte leh ci mawhte kep ding don ding thu Lai Siangtho sung mun 175-ah om ahih ciangin zawn’na langpan’ dingin Lai Siangtho in hong hilhna lian khat hi ci hi. “Na khut taklamah Lai Siangtho tawi-in na vei lamah leitung thukizakna (newspaper) tawi leteh Pasian nasep zia ding na tel pan ding hi” ci-in gen ngei hi. Pasian thu aipeng noptuamna ding sa i hih manin angsung thei Khristian tampi ki-om kha-in “Kei siangtho peuh leng hih leitung bup gam bup pen a nit hang phamawh sa ke’ng” ci bang pianin mi tampite i nuntak manin i kingaihsut phat ding kul hi.

“Leitung” kici kammal telkhialhna in zong a dahhuai khat hi. Vantung thu leitung thu, Pasian thu deih kisa-a leitung thu leh leitung nuntakna thu khat peuhpeuh nasim lo hiam, a kihhuaia seh khit hiam zong man lo kha ding hi. Leitung nuntakna sunga gamtatna man lote genna in “leitung” cih mah a om manin kitel khial thei hi. Pasian in leitung ita a Tapa hong pai sak zaw tham a hih ngaihsunin, dawimangpa bek i piak bawl tawntung ding hi lo hi. Pasian deihlohna tawh kituak genna leitung leh a deihna tawh kituak genna leitung kammal omnate lim takin Lai Siangtho ah kan ding kisam hi. “Wheaton Declaration of 1966” kici sungah “Lai Siangtho cihna tawh kituak zia lo bang pi-in leitung pan pumpi kituam bawla i om sawmna bangin leitung haksatna leh kisapnate pha takin i sem thei kei hi” ci hi. Leitung a ding ci i hihna tuat pha ni (Mat. 5:13).

Tu huna Pasian thu gupna thu i san cianga i khialhna lian khat in Jesuh Khrih pen mawhna khialhna sung pana hong honkhia thei ciang bekin sangin Kumpi Topa ahihna i sang kei hi. A sia lamin gen leng, Jesuh pen i cihmawhna pan hong hon ding bek-a deiha, a thu zuih ding, a ukna man ding leh thudot ding a sang nuam lo i suak hi. Hong hotkhiatna pen hong uk nop man leh a deihna i zuih theih na’nga a hong honkhia hi zaw hi. Ama’n hong hotkhiat ciangin ama huhna tawh ama deihna zuih theihna thu hong guan hi. Tua pen Kha Siangtho nasepna hi. A tak takin Jesuh pen mi pum khat tung bek ah vaihawmna ana nei hi lo-in leitung leh vantung a ana khempeuh a neipa hi (Mat. 28:18). Na khempeuh ama piansak ahi hi (Joh. 1.3). Kumpi tokhomte, uknate, a sang bel nate leh vangliatna khempeuh zong ama piansak hi a, amahmah in uk hi (Kol. 1:15-20). Tua hi-a gupna deihna pen a kipiangsak nate khempeuh in suahtakna a ngah na’ng ahi hi (Rom 8.19-22). Mihingte pian’thakna ding bek hi lo-in na khempeuh in a thak a suah na’ng thu pen Lungdamna Thu ahi hi (Mang 21:5).

Lungdamna Thu Gingsak Un

(Lungdamna Aw Vol.1 No.1 March-April, 1976, laimai 1 leh Vol 1 No.2 May-June, 1976 laimai 1 leh 4 pan kiteikhia)

Ei mualtung gamte ah Khristian biakna thu hong tun nungsang kammal thak i zat bel khat in Mission ahi hi. ‘American Baptist Mission’ hi’ng, ‘Welsh Mission hi’ng, ‘N.E.I.G. Mission hi’ng’ i kici thei puut hi.

Tua in bang deihna, bang khiatna, bang cih nopna taktak hiam cih kan tuan nawn se lo-in, Khristiante’ kipawl khopna min bangin i zang thei pen hi. Tua pen a hih tei hangin biakna tawh kipawl a kizatna panin thupuak nasepna thu gen nopna hi zaw hi. Pasian lungdamna thu mi khat pan mi khat, mun khat pan mun khat leh gam khat gam khata kipuak sawnna nasepna in ‘mission’ kici hi.

Pasian thu khat leh khat kihilhna thu hi a, a mun a gam bangtan gamla hi ding cih thu pen a deihna lian hi masa lo hi. Tua banga nasepna a hong sem, thu a hong puak mite pen ‘Missionary’ kici hi. Abei sa kum bangzah hiam a kipanin tua banga Pasian thu a hong hilh Missionary-te in hong ciahsan zawh ciangun eite pen ‘T.B.A., ‘C.B.A.’, ahi zongin, ‘Presbyterian Synod’, ‘N.E.I.G. Mission Church’ ahi zongin pawlpi ci-in pawlpi (Church) min i kivawh leuleu hi. Gamdang mite’ kepna khoina Mission hun panin ei leh ei a ki-uk a kikeem thei Pawlpi-Church hun tung ta hang i kicih nopna khat ahi hi. Tua ahih leh mission kici kammal eite in i zatna ding a kisapna om nawn lo hi i ci thei ding hiam? Hih dotna in tu-a i kikup nop pen thu a hi hi. Mission bangcih nopna hiam? Lai Siangtho hilh siam Rev. Dr. John Stott in hi bangin ci ngei hi: ‘Pasian in Pasian a hihna hanga na a sepnate in mission hi. Lai Siangtho sunga nungta Pasian pen thupuak Pasian hi i cih ciangin Mission khiatna gen hi hang’ ci hi. Pasian in a Tapa Lungdamna Thu puak dingin hong paisak a, tua mah bangin eite zong tua Lungdamna Thu hilh sawn, gen sawn dingin Jesuh in thu hong pia hi. Tua pen Mission hi. ‘Pasian in Mission phuan a, Jesuh pen Missionary hi a, leitung pen Mission Field hi’ a cih pak pen thuman khat hi. Tu huna Mission Committee, Missionary Board, Missionary Society cihte hong kiphuh ngeingaina in hih thu hang ahi hi.

Mission kici kammal pen i zakna sawt zo ci phot ni. Tu huna i zak mun mahmah khat pen ahih leh Evangelism kici kammal hi. Hi pen Evangel kici pan hong kizang hi a, tua pen Gospel kici tawh a khiatna kibang hi. Gospel pen Lungdamna Thu ci-in i Lai Siangtho sungah kizang hi. Jesuh in Ama nuntakna tawh leitung mi mawhte hong gup khiatna thu, nuntakna thu gen nopna hi a, tua pen lungdam huai ahih ciangin Lungdamna Thu kici pah hi. Tua ahih ciangin Evangelism kici pen a tomin gen pak sawm leeng, Lungdamna Thu, Gupkhiatna Thu pulakna leh kizelhsakna nasepna thu kici thei ding hi. Bang ci-in Lungdamna Thu genin, semin, hilh le’ng kicing thei peen ding hiam cih thu in Evangelism hong suak hi. Hih tawh kipawl in Lai Siangtho thu a hihna, a hilhna bang a lente, a saangte in Evangelical Pawlpi ci-in zong kigen thei hi. Tua bang thu a lente leh a sang mite in zong Evangelical kici thei-a, amaute gamtatna leh sepna thu pen Evangelistic nasepna kici thei hi. Tua ahih ciangin tu huna Pawlpi nasepna sungah ei kammal a hi lo, Mission, Gospel, Evangelistic, Evangelical, Evangelism cihte hong kizatna pen thu lamdang hi lo zaw a, a khiatna leh a zatna i kikup taang ciat ding thu khat hi zaw hi. Kha khanlawhna hong tung a, Pasian nasepna tawh kipawl lawpna, thanuamna leh hahkatna hong piang a hih manin kuama peuh nuam hang.

Thu khat panin, ‘Pasian na sem ni’, ‘Gupna thu, Lungdamna Thu gen ni,’ i cih ciangin thu haksa lo tawh a kibat hangin, ‘Bang ci sep ding, bang ci gen ding?’ cih thu i gen ciangin ngaihsutna kibang kim pah loin, kikup ding thu tampi tak hong piang thei hi. Tua pen tang lai-in zong hi a, tu hunin zong hi ve ve hi.

Lai Siangtho siam khat ahi Leighton Ford in a genna panin Thuciam Thak Bu sunga Pasian nasepzia (Evangelism) pawl thumin hong lak hi.

1. Khat leh khat ki-itna tawh kipawl khawm a, teci panna (Koinonia). Marka 2:16 sungah Jesuh in a sepzia kimu hi.

2. Khat leh khat kikep kikhoina tawh teci panna (Diakonia). Cinatna nam tuamtuam a veite damsakin, dawite hawlkhia-in Jesuh in Pasian na seem hi (Marka 1:34).

3. Lungdamna Thu genna, pulakna tawh teci panna (Kerygma). Mawhnate kisik a, Lungdamna Thu saang dingin Jesuh in thu hilh hi. (Marka 1.14) Tanglai sawltakte hun lai-in zong hi bangin na seem uh hi. Khat le khat ki-itna tawh kipawl khawmin teci pang uh hi. (Sawltak 3:6). Tua ciangin hahkatin Pasian thu hilh uh hi (Sawltak 5:42). Gambup Pawlpi in a hi zong, khua pawlpi in a hi zong, mi pum khat in a hi zongin Pasian na i sepna uh, Jesuh a ding teci i pan’na-ah hih thu thumte ki-itna tawh kipawlna (fellowship or koinonia), hehpihna tawh nasepna, gamtatna (service or diakonia), leh kam tawh hilhna, pulakna (proclamation or kerygma) a kicingin i zat kim ding, i zuih kim ding a hi hi.

I phawk kik ding thu pawl khat om hi. Pasian Thu, Lungdamna Thu, Lai Siangtho Thu, Khristian Thu Upna kici leh biakna dang a tuamtuamte kilamdanna lianpen in Kha nuntakna thu a hi hi. Lungdamna Thu kici-in mihingte in mawhna sungah a sihna pan nuntak kikna a ngahna thu cih nopna hi. Johan 3:16 in a gen zong tua thu hi. Tua hi-a tanglai mah bangin tu hunin zong Jesuh Khrih a saang, Amah hanga nuntakna thak a ngah, Amah hanga mi thak a suak leitungah a ni ni, a kha kha-in kibehlap tawntung a hih manin Topa min i phat hi. Tua laitak mahin gupna thu, suahkikna thu, lungdamna thu a saang nuam lo, a saang thei lo mi tampi tak Pawlpi sung mahah a hi zong, Khristian kici min pua mite lakah a hi zong om lai a hih manin dahhuai hi. Tua bangin thu-um nai lo, Pawlpi pua lamah a om lai mite i teci pan’na kitelh zo lo hi. Amau ading thu i ngetsak ding i tavuan lian hi. Tua ciangin Lai Siangtho thu a thei, suahkikna thu a kamngah, Lungdamna Thu a thei, a hih hangin amah pen Jesuh tungah a ki-ap lo Jesuh thu a zui lo hi napi’n ama theih bang a thei lote a simmawh pawl khat a om manin dahhuai sem hi. Tua ciangin amah in gupna thu sang a, kha nuntakna zong ngah takpi hi napi, ama muhna leh theihna bang leh zuihna bang a ngah nai lote a hi zong, ngah nai a sak lohte a hi zongin te pen neu et kha pah a, amah leh amah tawh kibang zaw diakteng pen ‘misiangtho’ pawl lima kibawla pawl tuam phuan a hi zong, a phuat sawm a hi zong om thei hi.

Tua banah amahin suahtakna, nuntakna thak, kikheelna thak a ngah kha beek zong hi lo napi tua ‘misiangtho’ pawl penah va kihel sam a, amau pawla kihel lote a thusim hiau lo mi pawl khat mah om hi. A taktakin ci leeng hi banga thu zuau gen a, a kineih, tuu vun a silh ngiate hangin mi tampite in Jesuh hotkhiatna thu sang thei lo uh hi kha ding hi. Lam khat panin tua banga a kineih a kibawlte hanga ei a lunghihmawh, a deih taktak kimlai-in Jesuh thu thudon lo-a mot om pen lah dahhuai sawnsawn hi.

Tua ahih ciangin Pawlpi makaite, thuhilh siate leh thu-um mite khempeuh in i Pasian nasepna, i teci pan’na kingaihsun pha ciat ni. Lungdamna Thu a kicingin mi buppi adingin hilh ding hi. Gupna in tawntung nuntakna thu hi a, tua kha a nei mipa/minu in pumpi leh lungsim nei mihing a hih mah bangin, it khin hehpih khin, gum khin nuam hi. Gum thei hi. I thu hilhna in vantung lam bek sukha lo-in leitung zong a suk khak ding hi. Jesuh vantungah om den lo-in leitung ah hong kumsuk ciangin Lungdamna Thu kici hong piang thei pan bek hi. Pasian Thu a za nai lo, gupna thu a sang nai lo, khuavak a ngah nai lo mite lakah “Leitung ci” leh “Leitung khuavak” i suah ding pen i mission nasep hi. Ci leh khuavak in leitung panin al kei luateh, mial luateh ci-in kidaithah mawk-le-uh amaute a alsak, a vaksak Jesuh adingin amau geelin kimanna nei lo suak ding hi. Khatvei College ah ka kah lai-in ka siapa un Khristian nuntak zia ding, pawlpi nuntak zia ding hong lahna tu dongin ka mit kha-ah luai lai hi. Suang laivom sungah mihing lungtang a hi zong, pawlpi lungtang lim a hi zongin dingin beem (o) golpi gelh hi. Tua beem laizang takah beem khat gelh kikin, tua sungah Khrih omsak phot hi. Tua Khrih beem panin Pasian tawh kipawlna (worship), lawmte tawh kipawlna (fellowship), Lai Siangtho simna (Bible study), thungetna (prayer), thuhilhna (proclamation/preaching), leh gamtatna nasepna (service) te hong mengkhia sakin a gol beempi pen a kikim ciatin hong kihawmsak liailiai hi. “Jesuh Khrih sungah i khantohna a kidom kim ding hi, khen tuam dei tuam om lo ding hi” hong ci hi.

Tua ahih ciangin thugenin, Lai Siangtho enin Mission leh Evangelism thu pawlpi in lim takin a ngaihsut ding thupi hi. Kha mangthang a zong lo pawlpi in a mangthang pawlpi hi a kicih mah bangin mi ngah na’ng i hanciam ding hi. Tua kha mangthang i zawn penin nang leh keimah bangin a gilkial thei, natna satna a thei pumpi nei, a heh thei, a nuam thei, a dah thei lungsim nei hi cih zong phawk khial lo-in, Jesuh mah bangin a buppi-in i it ding hi. Jesuh in a phel lang khat bek it lo hi. “Kha Siangtho tua bangin kikaisak lecin (lehang), vantung na seem dingin siam ding sawt lo-in.”

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Sang Leh Lai Tawh Kipattahna Panin

(Zolai Kum Sawmnga Cinna Pawi 1925-75 Lamka, Laimai 15-18 pan a kiteikhia)

Leitung bup minam ciaptehna pan Mongolian minam a hi, Tibeto-Burman kam a zang Zomite pen Burma, India leh Bangladesh gamte-ah i teeng hi. Burma-ah Chin Hills, Upper Chindwin leh mun tuamtuamah i teeng hi. India ah Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland leh Assam gam mun tuamtuamah i teeng hi. Bangladesh-ah Chittagong gam sungah i teeng hi. Tua bangin mun tuam gam tuamah teengin kikhenthang i hih manin i ngeina, i gamtat leh kampau kibang kim lo hi. Tua hangin mite in zong minam tuamtuam mah hong sa-in Chin, Kuki leh Lushai cih bangin min tuamtuam hong guan uh hi. Tua bangin eite in zong i kam zatna tawh kituakin Laimi, Mizo, leh Zomi cih bangin i kilo hi. A tomin ci leeng, minam khat hi napi hangin gam tuamtuamah min tuamtuam leh kam tuamtuam zangin i om hi. Tua a hih manin mi tuam nam tuam takpi mah a kisa zong i om hi. A hih hangin tu hun ciangin lai pilna tawh khuamuhna, gamtatna leh ngaihsutna hong tangzai zaw ta a, kikawmna, kiphakna zong hong ol zaw ta a hih manin pum khat sa khat i hihna pen kitel pianpian ta a hih manin lungdam huai hi.

1890 pawlin British Kumpi in hong khangin i gam hong uk a, tua tawh kitonin Khristian makaite hong tun ciangun i minam tangthute lai-ah kikhumin, i kam i lai zong tua hun ciangin hong piang hi cih ding a hih manin a khangmoi mahmah lai minam khat i suak hi. Tua ahih manin 1900 ma lam tangthu gen ding tam pha lo-in a beisa kum 75 sung thu panin i minam leh gam nuntakna zia kikum thei leeng zong a kicing mahmah lai ding khat ahi hi. Tu-in kum za-sim 20-na a cin’na ding kum 25 bek in sam lai a, seh li suah seh thum pen i zang khin hi. Tua a hih ciangin kum 2000 a cin’ nading a sapna kum 25 sung teng pen bangci bangin zangin zeek leeng i gam i lei, i minam a dingin manpha thei pen ding hiam cih thu ei tu khang mite in i lunghihmawh ciat ding kilawm hi. Hong tung ding kum 25 sungin a beisa 75 sunga thu piang, na piang leh mi piang khempeuh sanga tam zaw leitungah piang ding hi ci-in mipilte in ummawh uh tham lo-in, tua phawk kawm gige-in kalsuan ding, ngimna geelna neih ding hanciam uh hi. Tua a hih leh, Zomite in zong lungpilna ngaihsut siamna tawh i kalsuan kul ding hi.

Mi dang gam dangte zahin i pilna, i siamna leh hauhna a kicin’ nai lohna hang tawh kihawmthawhna tampi i neih hangin i gam in lei leh a ni a kha tawh kituakin thupha tampi Pasian in Zomite hong pia hi cih thu i phawkkhialh loh ding thu khat hi. British kumpi in kum 60 tang hong uk zawh uh 1947-48 ciangin Burma leh India in suahtakna ngahin, tua pan Pakistan hong piangin, Pakistan panin 1971 kumin Bangladesh hong piang hi. Tai patle 13,902 a zai, mihing 32,300 (1973) a pha Chin Hills pen 1948 ciangin Chin Special Division kici-in Chin Affairs Council leh Chin Affairs Ministry nei-in ki-uk hi. Gam vaihawmna-ah Vum Ko Hau, Mang Tung Nung, Shein Htang, Vuan Tu Maung, Za Hre Lian, Ral Hmung, Thang Lian, Lun Pum leh ulian dang tampi min hong kidawk hi. Kumpi nasepna sungah Thawng Cin Thang, Tuang Hmung leh mi dang tampi mahin min hong nei uh hi. Galkap lam zong kidawm tuan lo-in Dal Za Kam, Lian Cin Zam, Khen Za Mung, Hrang Thio, Putpa, Pau Khan Thang leh adang tampi mah i lungnoppih uh hi. 1962 kuma General Ne Win’ makaihna tawh galkap in gam vaihawmna hong let ciangun Chin Supreme Council kinei a, Son Kho Lian in hong makaih hi. 1974 ciangin Burma in Upadipi thak nei a, Chin Special Division pen Chin State hong suak hi. Gambup vaihawmna lian pen Council of State-ah Chin State panin Khen Za Mung leh Thakin Aung Min, Council of Ministers-ah Vankulh, leh vaihawmna hiang tuamtuamah ulian tampi kihel hi. Khristian pawlpi lamah S.T. Hau Go, Van Bik, Kyon Bil, Hre Kio, Kam Khaw Thang te-a kipan mi dang tampi in hong makaih uh hi. Tua bangin khantohna hong piang a, tu ciangin kumpi nasem ulian, galkap mang, zato siavuan, sitni omin, M.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. cih mah a ciangciang panin hong pusuak nainai hi i ci ding hi.

Tai patle 8143 a zai, mihing 332, 390 (1974) a omna Lushai Hills pen 1952 kumin District Council-in ki-uk hi. Tua huna kipanin R. Vanlawma, Pachhunga, Lalsawia, Ch. Saprawnga, H.K. Bawichhuaka, Chalchhunga, Lalmawia, R. Thanhlira, C. Pahlira, A. Thanglura, Hrangaia, Lalbuaia leh mi dang tampi min hong kigen hi. Kumpi nasepna panin Hmingliana, Lalbiakthanga, Khawtinkhuma, C. Lalrema leh a dang dang in za lian hong ngah hi. Galkap panin Thenphunga, C. Vankunga cihte in min hong nei hi. Khristian pawlpi lamah Zairema, Ngurauva Ralte, Pazawna, C. Lalhminga, leh a dang tampi mahin makai uh hi. 1972 ciangin Mizo Hills District pen Union territory hong suakin Mizoram cih min hong pua hi. Legislative Assembly nei-in Chalchhunga, R. Thangliana, H. Thansanga, Ch. Saprawnga, Vaivenga, Khawtinkhuma, Lalsangzuala leh ulian dang tampi in vaihawmna len hi. Sangliana in M.P. sem hi. Tua bangin khantohna piangin, zum nasem ulian, siavuan, galkap mang tampi omin, M.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. cihte leh I.A.S., I.F.S., I.P.S. cihte a gamgamah hong kicing mahmah hi.

Tai patle 8628 a pha, mihing 10,72,753 (1974) ten’na Manipur pen suahtakna ngah ciangin State minin tawmvei sung ki-om hi; tua zawh ciangin Part C State kihi kik a, tua pan Union Territory in sawtpi mah a ki-uk zawh ciangin 1972 ciangin State i ngah kik uh hi. Tua sungin gam vaihawmna-ah Teba Kilong, S. Vungkhom, Paokhohang Haokip, Paolen Haokip, T. Goukhenpau, Pauneikhai, N. Gouzagin, T. Gougin, Haukholal Thangjom, Ngurdinglien leh a dang ulian tampi hong khang khia uh a, India Parliament-ah Paokai Haokip M.P. in i nei hi. Kumpi nasepna-ah Thangkhopao Kipgen, T.C. Tiankham, H. Vum Khaw Thang cihte leh mi dang tampi in hong makaih uh hi. Khristian pawlpi lam panin Nengzachin, Rochunga Pudaite, T. Jam Khothang, Dongkhothang Singson, Mangkhosat Kipgen leh a dang tampi mahin hong makaih uh hi. Tua ciangin zum nasem ulian, siavuan tampi M.A., M.Sc., a kipan I.A.S., I.F.S., I.P.S. cihte dongin ulian tampi hong piangkhia hi. Manipur gam mi buppi seh li suah seh thum tang pen Meitei hi a, seh nihte pen Naga leh Zomite hi hang cih theih ding hi. Tua hi napi-in a mi tawh kituakin Zomite in nasepna leh vaihawmna kilen kawikawi bilbel hi.

Kampau leh lai tawh kisai-in Mizoramah Lusei kizangtang pen hi. Mualtung Manipur ah a kizat kim theih loh hangin Manipur-ah Meitei kam kizangtang pen hi. Chin State ah a kizangtang kam piang zo nai lo a hih manin haksatna leh supna tampi om hi. Lai leh kam pen pilna siamna kihawmna, kikawmtuahna bulpi a hih ciangin i lunghihmawh ding thu lian khat hi. Hih thu tawh kisai-in Tedim kam pau mite in tavuan lian nei uh hi ci le’ng kikhial lo ding hi. Bang hang hiam cih leh kam nam khat zang panin Chin State sungah a milip tam pen a hih mah bangun zum nasem, sangsia, galkap leh lai pilna a ngah zong tam pen a hi uh hi. Sumsin sumbawl a hahkat mi a hih mah bangun neih leh lam zong a kicing zaw gam hi a, Chin State pua Burma gam sung mun tuamtuamah Tedim kam a zang mi a om bek tham loin India gampi dongin kizang thei kawikawi hi. Sang leh lai tawh kisai-in Burma ah gambup kam leh lai a hi Burmese banah gamkete leh minam tawmte’ kam leh lai zong zum sung sang sungah zat theih, puah theih na’ng thu a thak Upadi Nambat (Article) 102 leh 152 sungah lim takin hong kikhumsak ciatciat hi. Tua bang mahin India gamah zong gam bup kam a hi, Hindi leh English banah gamkete leh mi nam tawm zawte’ kam leh lai puah ding, zat ding thu Upadi Nambat (Article) 29, 30 leh 46 sungah a kicingin kigelh hi. Ei a puah ding, a zang ding mite i ginat ding, i kivak i kizen ding bek thupi hi. Kumpite in hong huh nuamin a mansa-in om uh hi.

Lokhawh singpuak haksatna gam, sing kawm suang kawma teeng, kumpi tuamtuam vaihawmna nuai-ah a kikhen minam i hih hangin a toma i gen samsamna bek panin zong i gamah khantohna nakpi tak piang hi i ci ding hi. Tua thu i ngaihsut ciangin Pasian in Zomite deihna zatnopna khat hong nei hi ding hi cihna lungsim hong guan hi. Gentehna pak panin, 1973 August kha-in Calcutta khuapi-ah Zomite khat Customs & Excise zuma mang lian Collector khat ka mu hi. November kha-in New York City-ah Indian Mission to UNO-ah Secretary a sem khat na om hi. 1974 May kha North East India Christian Council kumcin’ kikhopna Tezpur ah President a kipan ulian dang tampite in Zomi vive a hi uh hi. Gauhati vanleng tualpi-ah 1975 September kha-in Manipur Gam Director of Tourism, Manipur gam Secretary, India kumpi Income Tax Officer, Gauhati University a Ph.D. a kah laitak, Allahabad University pan M.A. a man khinsa, Eastern Theological College pan B.Th. a man khin lian tawh zing tungin ka kisutuah kha uh hi. 1976 January kha-a Hyderabad khuapi-ah Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) Silver Jubilee khoppi lian a kineih lai-in hun ukpi a kipan makai dangte leh Pasian phatna lapawl sate in Mizoram leh Manipur pana pai Zomite a hi uh hi. A kha kik February kha-in Imphal vanleng tualpi-ah Manipur gam Cabinet Minister leh Hill Standing Committee-ah Chairman a sem masa penpa te gel tawh ka kimu kha uh hi. March kha-a Manipur Baptist Convention kum nga hal kikhoppi Imphal-ah a om lai-a mihing 10,000 mai-ah, “Hong Honpa Itna Gengen Nuam Ka Sa” ci-a la tawh teci a pang, tua late mah April 2, nitak nai 5, minit 5 hun lai taka All India Radio, Imphal, pana hong sakhia zuaizuai mite in Chin Baptist Choir (Manipur) te a hi uh hi. Hih banga i mit tawh i muh, i bil tawh i zak thu tawm khat i kaihkhop pakte nangawn in Zomite khut sungah talen lian hong kikoih hi cih hong lak hi. Tua hi-a Pasian zahtak kawma sang leh lai tawh kipattahna panin gam leh lei-ah khantohna, mainawtna leh nopsakna piang thei-a, piang thei lai ding hi.

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Mangthang nuam maw, mangthang nuam lo?

- by Rev Khup Za Go
Leitung minam khempeuh in minam vanglian, gam leh lei nei, biakna, ngeina kician nei, lai leh pau kician nei hi hong kicih ding i ut ciat hi. Gam leh lei nei lo, pau leh lai kician nei lo, biakna leh ngeina kician nei lote pen minam mangthang leh mi tavaite kici hi. Tua banga kumpi vaihawmte leh leitung minam dangte in mi mangthang leh mi tavai a hong cih ding kuamah in i ut kei ciat hi. I ut loh mawk hangin ut lohna bek tawh hong kisai khin thei lo hi. Mi haite pen a hai a hih lam uh a kithei lote mah hi. A hai a hih lam uh a kitheite in a pil na’ng uh zong pah hi. Mi in cina a hih lam a kitheih ciangin a dam na’ng zatui zaha a zong pah hi. Tapa taimang in zong a mang a hih lam a kiphawk ciangin inn lam hong delh pah vilvelin a pa kiang hong kidenna a, a mang lo hi ziau hi. Minam mangthangte in zong amau mangthang kisa lo kha ding hi. Mite in minam mangthang khatin hong ngaihsun hi, a mangthang minam hi hang cih a kitheite pen kibawlphain, kipuahpha ding uh a, mangthang lo takpi ding uh hi. Tua pen eima khut sungah om gige hi. Na um maw?

Leitungah minam min kician, gam leh lei kician leh lai leh pau kician khat a neite pen minam mangthang khata seh ding kilawm lo hi. Kumpi khat a hih lian loh hangin gam uk khat sung kumpi khat sungah zong minam tuamtuam om thei a, minam kician leh minam mangthang hi lo hi cih theih ding minam kician cih theih na’ng mah om veve hi. Tua ahih leh ei minam pen bang dinmun ngel ah i ding hiam i ki-et nadingin leitung minam pawlkhat en pak sai dih ni.

Sen (Chinese)-te in kumpi gam khat ahi China kici gam khat nei a, pau zong tampi a neih hangun zattang diak Mandarin pen Sen kam hi ci-in kiseh hi. Sente omna khuapi tampi a om hangin Beijing pen amau khuapi hi a, mite in zong Sente’ khuapi mahin seh sak hi. Sen minam mah in Taiwan kici kumpi gam tuam khat zong nei a, tua ah Taipei kici a khuapi uh hi. Tua gamah Madarin mah lai leh paupi-in zang uh hi. Leitung gam tuamtuamah, kumpi uk tuamtuamah Sente a om kawikawi hangun minam mangthangin kiseh lo hi.

German minamte in Germany kici gam khat nei a, Berlin kici pen a khuapi uh hi. German lai leh pau cih zong om hi. German mi gam dang tuamtuamah a om hangun minam mangthang kici thei tuan lo hi.

Mikang (English) minamte pen England gam bekah hi loin leitung mun tuamtuamah a om kawikawi hangun England ah kumpi nei uh a, England khuapi leh phualpi London pen Mikang minam khempeuh khuapi-in kisim hi. Pau leh lai zong English ci-in a kician, a thupi khat nei uh a, American English cih bang a om tei hangin English-te pen minam mangthangin kisim tuan lo hi.

Tanglaiin India gam a kici pen lian mahmah hi. Sri Lanka, Burma, Pakistan, Bangladesh kici gamte India pan a leengkhia vive hi. Tua a hih hangin tuin zong India mite in India gam cih ding nei hi. Tua sung ah Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi cih bang khuapi lian tampi om hi. Ahih hangin tua sungah Delhi pen kumpi vaihawmna leh phualpi-in kiciamteh hi. India gam sungah kampau nam tampi - Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Sindhi cih bangin tampi a kizat hangin Hindi pen India lai paipi leh leh pau paipi hi ci-in kiciamteh hi. India mite leitung gam tuamtuamah sum thalawh, kuli, sangsia, kumpi nasem a om kawikawi hangun minam mangthangte kici thei lo hi. Bang hang hiam cih leh kumpi gam India, khuapi Delhi, leh gambup kampau Hindi a nei, a zang minam kician khat mahin kingaihsun hi.

Kawlte in Burma (Myanmar) kici kumpi gam khat nei a, Rangoon (Yangon) pen kumpi phualpi leh munpi hi. Kawl lai leh pau mah kumpi in a zang bek hi loin Kawl kici minamte in lai leh pau nam khat a nei suak hi. Kawlte pen minam mangthang hi cih ding kilawm lo hi.

Bengalite in Bangladesh kumpi gam nei a, Dhaka khuapi a vaihawmna uh hi a, Bengali (Bangla) kici pau leh lai nei hi. Tua banah India gam sungah West Bengal kici State khat nei uh a, Kolkata kici khuapi leh phualpi nei uh hi. Hih State ah zong Bengali (Bangla) pau leh lai mah nei veve uh hi. Gam nih ah a kikhen hangun khuapi kici thei a kicianin om tuak a, tua gamah minam min kician Bengali leh lai leh pau kician Bengali zang tuak a hih ciangun minam mangthang cihhuai tuan lo hi.

Nepali (Gurkha) minamte pen India, Burma, Bangladesh, Pakistan leh England gam dongah sum thalawh, kuli, kongcing, galkap, palik, kumpi nasem cih bangin om kawikawi uh hi. Lai pil kim lo, hau kim lo a hih manun mite in neu-etin, simmawh pian kawikawi hi. Ahih hangin gam kician khat Nepal gam nei-in tua ah kumpi nei uh hi. Kathmandu pen Nepali minamte khuapi leh vaihawmna hi. Nepali lai leh pau nei uh hi. Minam min a nei, gam a nei, lai leh pau a nei, khuapi kician khat a nei Nepali mite pen gam tuamtuamah a om zelzul kawikawi hangun minam mangthang cih theih laizang ding hi lo hi.

Hih banga leitung minam tangthu tawmkhat i lah pakna panin minam kician kicite khempeuh in minam min kician khat, gam kician khat, khuapi kician khat leh pau leh lai kician khat nei hamtang uh hi cih i mu hi. Tu’n ei minamte ki-en cian dih ni. Minam min Chin, Kuki, Lushai, Mizo, Laimi, Zomi, Shou, Chou, Zo cih bang tampi i nei zihziah hi. Gam zong Magwe Division, Sagaing Division, Chin State, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura leh Chittagong Hill Tracts ah i nei kawikawi hi. Gam i neihna mun dang zong thei lai ding hi teh. Khuapi zong Tonzang, Tedim, Falam, Haka, Thantlang, Matupi, Mindat, Kanpetlet, Paletwa, Champhai, Aizawl, Lunglei, Lawngtlai, Saiha, Kolosib, Parbung, Thanlon, Singngat, Lamka, Henglep, Kangvai, Kangpokpi, Motbung, Molvom, Haflong, Agartala, Jowai hi a, a dang zong na theih beh lai ding hi. Pau leh lai zong kihau bilbel a, dozen nih val - Tedim, Falam, Haka, Khumi, Dai, Zanniat, Ngawn, Hualngo, Siyin, Lusei, Hmar, Mara, Bawm, Biate, Ralte, Paite, Simte, Gangte, Thahdou, Ashou, Zotung, Zou, Chou, Chote, Chorei, Chiru, Hrangkhol, Mara pau ci-in i kiciau zihziah hi. Hih banah ko pau zong kihel nai kei lai zong na ci nuam kha ding hi.

A tunga i gensa minam kician leh a mangthang lo minam i gensate bangin i minam min, i gam min, i phualpi leh khuapi min leh i lai leh i pau cih ding khatkhat dawhkhiat ziauziau ding nei lo i hih manin minam kician, gam kician, khuapi leh phualpi kician leh lai leh pau kician a nei sinsen minam i hi hi i kicih nop hangin suak thei lo “thong” hi. Kawlgam sanggamte cihdanin a “kingah lo ngiat” hi. Tua hi-a eimite pen Mizogam Leisanzote cih banga i “khauh pai” nop hangin piang zo lo hi. Minam kician khat suah na’ngin
Pai nuam le’ng nai cik hi a,
Ut kei le’ng lah gamlapi
cih la i apply thei ding hiam?

Ka neu lain Mizogam Murlen khua Pa Khai Do Thang kici khat in, “Hat mahmah leng gala mualpi pen ka khe tawh suikhia, pekkhia zo ding hi’ng” a cih laizang leh, a lawmte in um loin nial huan uh hi. Ahih hangin amah in, “Hat mahmah peuh leng” a ci teitei hi. Tua bangin minam kician khat suah ding ut mahmahin a tunga i gensa i minte sung pan minpi dingin khat teelkhiain, gam tuamtuamah i kikhen hangin a tunga i tenna gamte lak panin khat pen gampi dingin bulbawlin, khuapi tampi i neih sung panin khat pen i minam khuapi minvawhin, pau leh lai tampi i neih zihziahna sung panin khat penpen paupi, pautaang dingin minvawh lel lehang olno, nai cikin minam kician khat suak ziau ding a, mite in hong simmawh thei lo ding a, eite zong kigawmin, kilomkhatin na sem khawm peuh lehang i thahat ding hi. “Hat mahmah peuh leng” cih bangin ei kithutuakin ut mahmah peuh lehang Kawl kumpi, India kumpi, Bangladesh kumpi, leh UNO kumpi nangawn in hong kham zo ding hi lo a, hong kham nuam ding lah hi lo a, hong kham ding ngeina zong lah hi laizang lo hi. Dawi leh kau nangawn in hong kham zo ding a hih lopi!

Gentehnain Kawlgam, Vaigam leh Bangladesh gam donga a kikhen eimiteng in Zo minam ka hi uh hi, Chin State pen ka pu ka pa uh gam hi, Tedim khua pen ka khuapi uh hi, Tedim pau pen ka paupi uh hi, ci nuam lehang kuamah hehna ding om thei lo hi. A tungin tua pen Kawl kumpi, India kumpi leh gam dang kumpite in hong phawksak pah tuan nai lo ding hi. Ahih hangin ei a mihingte in kip takin lenin, tua bangin zang peuh lehang a sawtna ciangin kumpi ngeina bangin ciaptehna (recognition) i ngah veve ding hi. Tua ahih kei leh, Mizoram pen ka gam uh hi a, Aizawl khua pen ka khuapi uh hi a, Lusei (Mizo) pau pen ka paupi uh hi, ci nuam lehang kuamah hehna ding thu om lo hi. Hih a tunga i gensa bangin i minam min, i tenna gam, i tenna khua, i kampau zatte sung panin khat peuhpeuh lungkihualin teel thei diam lehang eimau thu hi lel hi. Leitung bup Zomite a khanglota i hi hi cihna hi lel a, leitung bup in min khat, gam khat leh pau leh lai khat a nei, minam kiciante ci-in hong ciamteh ding hi lel peuh hi.

Tua bang kicih ding a vaihawm thei i om kei a, i kicih nop kei leh lah, Tamu khua Sia Gin Khat Suan in a nuntak laia a gen theih zel mah bangin “eimite lah tawm si, hai si, zawng si,” a cih ngakngak theih zel mah bangin kuama phawk loh minam, minam mangthang lah a kici nuam het lote hi zenhoh ve hang. Tua tak ciangin eite kisikin i khe tawh lei siksikin gam leh minam ka it hi ci-in i kikoko hangin Sawltak Paul cih mah bangin “ka phattuamna bangmah om lo hi” cih mah hong hi veve ding hi. Thuhilhna in a cih mah bangin “a mawknapi, a mawknapi, na khempeuh a mawknapi” i suak ding hi. Jeim in a gen niloh mah bangin “gamtatna in a zui lo upna guak pen a si ahi hi” a cih tangtang mah bangin gamtatna, sepna leh suplawh ngamna tawh a kiton lo gam leh minam itna zong a mawkna hong hi ding hi. Tua tak ciangin gam lah a nei, min lah a nei, pau leh ham a nei, minam ngeina lah a nei hi napi-in minam mangthangte i suak veve ding hi. Tua lah ut lo ciat i hih ciangin “Zo mi aw, khanlawh hunta” cih la mah i saksak kul lai ve!

Sum leh pai a hau mahmah khat leh nih i om man, lai pil mahmah khat leh nih i om man, kumpi ulian khat leh nih i om man bekin minam khat, gam khat, pau leh lai khat a nei minam kiciante cihna a kingah ding hi lo a, kiniamkhiat ciata Chin Sate, Mizoram, Manipur, Assam leh i minamte tenna leitang khat peuhpeuh pen i gam hi ci-a i san ciat ciangin, Haka, Falam, Tedim, Lusei, Thadou, Paite, Hmar, Biate, Hrangkhol, Bawm cih bang kampau i neihte pen i kampau hi ci-a sang ciat a, Haka, Falam, Tedim, Mindat, Aizawl, Lunglei, Lamka, Kangpokpi, Haflong, Tripura cihte i khuapite hi ci-a i sang ciat nop ciangin gam khat a nei, khua khat a nei, pau khat a nei minam kisuak pah ding hi. Tua tak ciangin i kim i pama om minam dangte in zong hong zahtak pan ding hi. Hih i pau tuamtuamte pen kisin nuam taktak lehang theih lah ding om lo hi. Chin State, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, Chittagong gam sunga om i minamte sang kahna, khawmpina mun khawngah ka muh ngeisa, ka kikholhpih ngeisa vive hi.I pau, I ham a kihaul mahmah vive hi. Kihaza-a “ei aa lo buang” ci ciata i om lenlan ciat leh akta duhgawl kilawhkhuh cih bangin gam kician, khua kician leh lai leh pau kician nei lo minam kisuak ding a, tu zawh kum sawmnga, kum za pawl ciangin ei sanga minam tamzawte in hong deep mang ding hi. Ut mahmahin ki-it mahmah lehang minam kician khat hih ding ol mahmah hi. Tua ut loin kiliansak, kiphasak, kihisak ciat, kihaza ciatin ei leh ei ui leh kel i bat den leh pen ‘akta duhgawl kilawh khuh’ cih i bang bek ding hi. Faro’ lungtang vomin kinawknawk lehang ut lopi-a minam mangthang suah hong baih mahmah ding hi. Tu huna kumpite leh mipilte in “globalization” ci-a a gengen pen un tua bangin hong hei ding hi. Ki-it kingaia kilomkhata minam kician khata om ding utzaw maw, ahih kei leh, ei leh ei ui leh kel banga kigalbawl den a, kiliansak, kisathei ciata mangthang nuamzaw? Hih thu lim taka lungngaia i dawnna pen bangbang a suak ding i hi hi. Mangthang nuam maw, mangthang nuam lo? Tua pen eimau thu hi.

* Rev. Khup Za Go, M.A., M.Th. in Manipur gam Chin Baptist Association pan 1997 a pensen zawh ciangin John Roberts Theological Seminary, Shillong ah tawlkhat lecturer sem hi. Delhi Zomi Christian Fellowship ah Pastor a sep laitak (2005) in hong nusia hi.

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