BALANCING

BALANCING

I

Khatvei, legislator ding kiteelna ah, legislator a sem laitak mi nih cinna bial (constituency) ah amau party in guallel hi. Tuate cinlohna hang a gen uh ciang – khat in amah a kiteelcinna bial veh lo lua ahih manin amah a deihsak a party mite thalawpsak zo nawn lo, amau party adingin hanciam taktak zo nawn lo, kiteel leh kiteel kikal sungin a mite kep ding ngaihsun lo ahih manin ama taang a kuanglui (candidate) pen cing zo lo kici hi. A dang khat leuleu in a bial veh/phak nawh lua-in, ama bial sunga block leh unit makai kiteelna leh sep ding khatpeuh ah uang takin, deihsak tuam a neihte nakpi takin huhin, a deihsakloh lamte (amah a teelcingte ahi zongin) thupingaihsut vet lo ahih manin, amau sungah buaina uang semsem a, kiteel kik ciangin guallel hi. ‘Balancing’ om lo, a veh zo mahmah in lah [ama deihsakte ading bekin] na, sep cih takin sem; a sem lo leh a veh lozaw in lah uang lua liang ahih manin amau party in siatpih veve… kici hi!

 

II

Khristian nuntakna sungah zong ‘balancing’ pen a kisam/poimawh mahmah ahi hi. ‘Balancing’ i cih ciangin thudik leh zuau gawmkhawm ding cihna hi lo hi. Na khat bek, ei’ hoihsak, diksak, thupi i sak bek tawh kalsuan pen na dik khin khol lo thei a, zong hoih khin khol lo thei hi. Ei’ theihna bek pen hi sa lua, dik sa lua, a dang thudik leh thumaan om thei lo zah ding a ngaihsutna ‘extreme’ tak neih theih a, tua hangin, ei mahmah in thanemna leh, mite i hawmthawhna hangin i Khristian nuntakna ah mai kinawt thei loin, ki-opcip thei hi. Tua banah, midangte in zong (thudik hang hi loin, eimah dik i kisak luat manin) hong mukhial thei zawsop uh hi. Pasian thu i sanzia mahmah zong, Lai Siangtho mun khat bek hiam en ziau a, tua tawh nakpi taka kalsuan, tua bek zuih ding a kicing dana ‘extreme’ taka i ngaihsut leh khialh theihna tampi om hi.

III

Khatvei, mi pawlkhat in khualai ah thungetkhopna nei uh a, social media ah hong kisuaksak hi. Mi pawlkhat in tua bang mihon a thungetkhopna pen, “Farisi mite tawh kibang, midang muh ding deih a ki-khristiansak hi… amau bekin a ut uh leh koikoi hiamah ngen lel le uh…” ciin comment uh hi.

Thungetna leh lungdamkohna tawh kisai, Pa kiangah, Tapa Jesu Khris min suanga nget ding hi a (Joh 15:16; 14:13, 14; 16:23; Efe 5:20), Kha in hong huhin, kammal a i lawhkhiat theihloh nate eite adingin hong thuumsak hi (Rom 8:26, 27), tua pen thudik omsa ahi hi. Tua lam koih hoih phot le hang, Jesu in, ‘mi nih kithukim-a a nget peuhpeuh uh vana om a ‘Pa’ in pia ding ahihna leh, Ama min a nih leh thum a kikhop leh tua munah om ahihna thu’ gen a (Mat 18:19, 20), hih Lai Siangtho mun pansanin, thunget ciangin mi nih sese hiam, mi nih le thum hiam om teitei kisam, ci a ‘extreme’ taka i ngaihsut leh dik lo ding hi. Jesu mah in, “…na inndei sung uah pai unla, kong khakin a kimu thei lo na Pa uh kiangah na ngen un…” (Mat. 6:6) ci hi. Ahih leh, thungetna pen inndei sungah ei bek a nget ding cihna maw? Hi tuan lo e, inndei sunga ei bek a nget a hoih a sa pa-in, a hon a nget a, kilungtuak taka nget ding zong deihna a, lungsim takpi tawh nget ding thupi hi. Tua hi a, a mun tawh kisai Jesu genna mun khat bek i ‘focus’ leh mi kimawhsak thei a, a dik lo pen eimah kihi thei ding hi.

Tua banah, “Na Pa un na nget ma un na kisapnate uh thei” (6:8) cih khawng, ‘Kha in eite adingin hong thuumsak’ (Rom 8:26, 27) cih Lai Siangtho ah a om manin, thu ngetloh ding cihna zong hi tuan lo hi. “Ngen un, na ngah ding uh hi” ci a Jesu in a gen bangin, upna/muanna tak tawh nget ding hizaw a, khatvei leh ei guakin, khatvei leh a honin ngenin, tua banah, i kisap, ngetzia ding zong i theihloh nangawn Kha in Pa kiangah hong thuumsakin, a kingah hizaw hi.

IV

Khristianna pen kilemna maw kilemlohna? Khris a nei mite mi khempeuh tawh kilem dingin i lamen hi. Lai Siangtho mahmah in zong ‘khat le khat ki-it ding’ thu khawng nakpi takin gen a, a lang lamah Jesu in ‘kilemna puak ding a hong pai hi loin, namsau a khah ding a hong pai ka hi hi’ ci hi (Mat 10:34). Jesu hangin leitung mi khempeuh kilem ding maw ahih kei leh kilemlo khin ding… A kilem a om laitakin, Jesu hanga kilem lo om ding hi, cih pen i theih kisam hi.

Pasian nungzuihna pen hauhna maw gentheihna, nopsakna maw thuakna, gilkialna maw gilvahna, supna maw meetna…? Khat bek ‘focus’ a ‘hauhna hi’ ahih kei leh, ‘Jesu zuih pen gentheihna thuakna hi’ ahih kei leh, ‘nopsakna/supna’ bek hi, ci a i ngaihsut leh kikhial ding hi. Jesu nungzui, Pasian mite pen mi tuamtuam, siamna tuamtuam nei, Pasian in zong sep ding tuamtuam nei-a a bawl ahi hi. Haksatna tampi thuak a sihna, Stephen banga thuak om ding a, Abraham banga Pasian in thupha tawh a phungvuh om ding a, Paul banga pilna siamna tungtawna Pasian in zat mahmah zong om ding a, Philemon banga mi hau zong om ding hi. Bang bang ahi zongin, hauhna, zawnna, vahna, kialna i nei phial zongin, leitung pen a nuam bekbek, a haksa bekbek hi khin lo a, Pasian tawh kizopna tungtawnin Ama sungah tua mun panin lungnopna kingah thei hizaw hi. Tua hi a, zawnna leh hauhna, sum le pai hauhna leh hauhlohna pen Pasian ta hihna aa tehna dingin zat ding hi lo a, a hau a zawng, a pil a siam zong Pasian ta hi thei veve hi.

Cidamna hoih nei thei mahmah lo pawlkhat in Pasian um mahmah thei a, cidam mahmah khat in Pasian phawk kha lo thei hi. Pasian a um taktak mite in cidamna hoih tak ngah ding kici thei khin lo a, natna tungtawnin Pasian thupi a kilatna ding a mizat, Job bang om a, Jesu in cina tampi damsak hi. Damlohna khatpeuh tuak ciangin Pasian uploh mana cina hi pah lo thei a, a thahat khempeuh Pasian a up/muan zawhna uh hang a thahat hi khin tuan lo hi. Khristianna, Pasian-mina pen cidam leh damloh pana teh ding hi lo hi.

Pasian in pawlpi sungah a mite khalam letsongte (spiritual gifts) hong pia ciat a (Rom 12; 1 Cor 12; Efe 4; 1 Pet 4), tuate pen hoih taka Khris pumpi ahi, pawlpi khantohna ding, mainawtna dinga zang dingin hong deihzaw hi. Pumpi hiang tuamtuam tawh hong genteh a, i kisapna om ciat, a kibang lo, sep theih kibang lo ahihna tawh gencian hi. Khalam letsongte pen khat bek i ‘focus’ a, ei aa bek dik i sak leh dik lo hi! Thugen theihna letsong a ngahte in hoih tak a Pasian thu a gen pen a Kha-mina leh Pasian lungdamna hi a, ahi zongin tua bek pen Pasian lungdamna a sakloh ding ahi hi. Lai hilhna, hansuah theihna, midang kitasamte huh theihna, makaihna, lainatna lahtheihna, na lamdang bawl theihna, kamsanna leh adngte. a neite in zong amau sep ding theih pen kician tak leh hoih takin sem ding a, tua amau nasep bek pen Pasian nasepna omsun hi, ci lo ding hi. ‘Balancing’ takin, ei sep theih kician taka theiin, khalam letsong tungtawna mi sep theihte zong Pasian nasepna maan taktak mah ahi, cih phawk ding kisam hi.

Israel mite in a pahtak luatloh uh makai hoih Moses bang om a, a zuih diamdiam uh Joshua bang zong om hi. A mipihte in thah ding-a a zon niloh uh Nungzuipite leh Sawltak Paul bang om a, a mipihte mahmah in suang tawh a denlup Kha tawh a kidim Stephen bang zong om hi. Baal siampi 450 thakhat a thah theihna dingin vangliatna Pasian in Elijah tungah a piak hangin, kumpinu Jezebel lau-in gamlapi ah kibu a, hangsan takin a thuak ding thei kawma Jerusalem lam a zuan Peter bang zong na om hi. Pahtawina ngah maw ngah lo, gensiatna thuak maw thuak lo, cih lamah Pasian-mina kinga lo a, Pasian mi mahmah, pahtawina ngah a om laiin, gensiatna leh thahna ciang a thuak om thei, cih i gennop ahi hi.

V

Mimal nuntakna sungah, Pasian thu leh leitung thu i cih bang ciang? Na khatpeuh ei hoihsakloh leh thukimlohte siat gen a, ei hoihsak leh lungkimna bek pen Pasian thu dana tuat kha zel i hi kha hiam? Lai Siangtho sunga thu a tamzaw tham pen Pasian gam i manawhna lampi, hih leitung a zat ding ahih laitakin, hih leitung a Pasian deihna banga nuntak ding, Jesu hong thuhilhna leh Lai Siangtho sung a Pasian mite gamtatzia ding a gente ngaihsun meel lo a, ‘kikhamisak luatna’ hang a leitung thu leh Pasian thu, ngaihsun hoih meel lo a thukhen ziauziau i hi kha hiam?

Innkuan, pawlpi, minam sungah kalsuandan, ngaihsutzia kibang lo, ei thu bek ‘extreme’ taka kalsuanpih sawmna hang leh, ei hoihsak bek a dikpen hi a theihna hangin buaina tampi piang hi.

VI

Zomite’ khristianna sungah, khatveivei ‘extreme’ lua kha pahpah hi hang. ‘Balancing’ lam ngaihsun lo, ei hoihsak, diksak, kilawm i sak khatpeuh mi khempeuh in hoih a sa ding, Lai Siangtho tawh a kituakpen dana ngaihsun pahpah, mite in lah hoih sa kim lo, Lai Siangtho tawh lah kituak kim sam lo ahih mana ei le ei kithanemsak, mite hawmthawhna tawh mainawt thei lo… Pasian deihna, Kha Siangtho nasep, Jesu hong vaikhak cihte, kawciik taka ngaihsun a, tua ngaihsutna bek thupisakna hangin eimah mahmah phun, nuak, pawl tai pahpah! Mite ngaihsutna khempeuh hoih khin cihna hi loin, a kiim a pam, mite ngaihsutzia zong thupi veve, i uang luat mana paikhialhna tampi om thei a, zong om khin ahih manin, na khatpeuh i sep ciang a kiim a pam ngaihsunin, Lai Siangtho i sim ciangin zong a kiim le pam banah, mun dangah bang thu kigelh cih pen ngaihsut ding ahi hi.

‘Balancing’ a om kei leh, a mai lama legislator i gente mah bangin, i ‘extreme’ luatna hangin siatna om ding hi. I sep tam naak leh a siatna lianin, i sep het kei leh zong a gah hoih tuan lo ding hi. Tua ahih manin, kitheihsiamna, khat le khat kithupingaihsutna, i theihna pen a kicingpen hi tuan lo cih kitheihna pana midangte ngaihsutna zong a thupi tampi om ahihna leh ki-itna tawh hanciam a, kal i suan siam ding i kideihsak hi.

~ T. Sawm Lian || daihna_cabin 

26|01|2019 [edited on 16|03|19]