EI KUA? (WHO WE ARE?)

EI KUA? (WHO WE ARE?)

‘Ei kua?’ cih a thulu na sim ciangin dawnna bangzah na lungsimah hong kilang hiam? Hih dotna pen tuciang dong a kibuaipihden, dawnna kician meel lo tawh a kihial bawl zel thu khat leh mailamah zong dotna thupi khat hiden ding hi. Bang hang hiam cih leh a kisapna kitheician to semsem hi.

Pasian teltuam minam Israelte in, ‘kua hi uh a, bang sem ding a, bang ci bangin nungta ding’ cih a kanloh uh a, a phawkloh hun uh, milim leh pasian tuamtuam bia-in, Pasian a phawkloh hun, ‘amau kua hi hiam’ cih a kitheihloh hun a buaina a tuakna thu hiam;

Pawlpi (church) kici, Jesu Khris hotkhiatna thu, lungdamna thu um a, sang a, Jesu Khris pen ama Honpa leh Topa a sang mite omkhopna, bang hiam kipawlna maimai bang hi lo a, kua hiam thalawpna lel hang a kipawlkhawm maimai ahihlohna leh;

Mihing thahatna, neih le lam, sum le paite, za leh leitung minthanna hang a kiletsakna hiam, thuneihna zat gawpna ding mun hi lo, Jesu sung a pumkhat, Ama sisan leh pumpi a tatkhiat mite omkhopna ahihna hang a leitung muhna pana mi genthei leh tagah, mi hau leh mi lian, mi khempeuh in kipumkhat a Topa gam ading a nasepkhopna ahihna leh, tua bang sem ding a sawlna a ngah mite omkhopna pen ‘pawlpi’ (church) kici ahihna ka gennop masak hi lo hi.

Tua teng, pawlpi khata om ciang a theih ding bulpi teng pen i ngaihsut khak kei a, kipawlna pawlkhat ‘maimai’ dana i ngaihsut khak a, ei zong kipawlna pawlkhat a mi ‘maimai’ khat dan a i kituat khak leh, pawlpi a kiphuhna hang leh a sep ding tak sem kha loin, thugina lo teng peuh tawh kibuai zawsop thei hi.

Pawlpi sunga khangnote kalsuanna-ah, ‘ei kua?’ cih pen ngaihsut a kisam mahmah thu ahi hi. Tuhun i kim i pam, leitung mun tuamtuam a om mite gamtat-luhek, nek le dawn, nasep, biakpiakzia nangawn, mun le mun a om mah bang a kimu, kiza, kithei, leh pawlkhat bang a kizat theih pahna leitungah teeng mawk i hih manin, ‘ei kua?’ cih pen ngaihsut hong kisamzaw semsem tawh kibang hi.

Mi nasepzia hoih, kalsuanzia hoih, gamtatzia hoihte mu a, kisin, zui leh a zang siam, tuate tungtawna mimal leh kipawlna khatpeuh a khantoh leh, tua bang mite mihampha hi mai hi. Cihnopna-ah, leitungah mi tuamtuam i omkhopna hang pen bang hiam kihuh, kihilh, kiciing (copy), kiphattuampih thei ding a omkhawm i hi hi. A kisin nuam lo, mi a huh nuam lo, na hoih zong a sem nuam tuan lo, leh mite phattuamna ding lamsang a ngaihsun het lo mi pen leitungah mi nasia lua hi khol lo kha ding hi.

A lang lamah i gensa bangin, ‘ei kua?’ cih ngaihsun lo a, ut teng sep sawm a, mi kalsuanzia hoih a sak bangbang a om sawm mawk pen piang thei lo zel hi. Khangno sung diakah, kithadahsakna lam hi loin, ei phak ciang, i pilna leh siamna, i neih leh lam, a milip mahmah in a cit ciang khata kalsuan dan, khantoh sawmzia theih leh ngaihsut kisam mahmah hi.

Tua i cih ciangin, Pasian muan loin, pilna siamna hiam, neih le lam hiam, mipi tamna hiam suang a kalsuan ding cihna hi tuan lo zel hi.

Tuipigal langkhat lamah pawlpi hun sawtpi ana kalsuansate leh, sum le pai hau mahmahte kalsuandan i muh, i theih, leh i zak bang a kalsuannopna lungsim lian mahmah mawk hi. Biakpiakna leh kalsuanzia tuamtuam nisimin i kiim i kiangah muh leh zak theihin om a, tua bang teekteek a Pasian phat nopna/utna lungsim bang pawlpi leh khangno sungah om thei mawk hi.

Guiter hoih kician khat zong a nei zo lote in tuipi gal a hunbit a kisin ngekngek, leitung mun tuamtuam a vak kawikawi pawlkhat biakpiakdan a Pasian biak i sawm mawk ciang hong buaihuai thei mahmah hi. Kum tampi a kisin ngekngek, nakpi taka Pasian tungah ki-ap a hunbup a kisinsin mite kalsuanzia bang leh, amaute gim le tawlna, haksatna theipih lo a, a gahkhiat uh bang a gahkhiat sawm a, tua bang pawlpi leh khangno sunga lametna in nakpi takin thadahna piangsak thei hi.

‘Ei kua?’ bang ci bang Pasian phatna ding vanzat i nei a, bangci bangin hanciamin, i hanciam zawh ciang neiin, mapha takin zang thei dingin i kisin a? Mi bat hiam, mite biakpiak bang sese a biakpiakna a omloh ciang nuam sa loin, thanemna peuhin i zang kha hiam?

Pawlpi sung a omkhawmte zong bangci bang mi i hi hiam? Midang, kim le pam, leh leitung mun tuamtuam a mite gamtatzia leh kalsuanzia tawh kiteh (compare) a, thanemna leh phun le ciakna a nei tampi ki-om thei hi. Mite gualnopna hiam, mite nasepna leh biakpiakna tawh kibang lo deuh a om mana ahoih lo lama bang hiam khat ngaihsutna, mi pha lo leh mi sang a niamzaw leh mi phalah dana kingaihsutna tampi om thei mawk hi.

Makaite lakah, mipite deihkhoplohna, hawmthawhna, tua bang lawmlawm a om… cihna ahi zongin, mipite lakah makaite hawmthawhna, muanlohna, hoihsaklohna, makaih siam lo leh sepdan thei lo hi a theihna pen kipawlna thanemna leh hatlohna a khangsak bulpi ahi hi. Tua pen ‘ei kua?’ cih i kitheihloh man ahi hi. Makai hoih, nungzui hoih cih pen makai leh nungzuite in ‘ei kua?’ cih kanin, ei sep ding hoih takin sem leng, kipawlna pen khantohloh phamawh hi. Khua, pawlpi, minam, gam sungah ‘ei kua?’ ‘bang sem ding?’ cih i theihloh manin kipumbuaigawp thei hi.

Biakpiakna sungah, ei – Khristian, hehpihna hang a hotkhiatna a ngah, tua tungtawna hong hehpih leh hong it Topa phatna sungah, mi sangin ei’ lungsim taktak tawh i phat ding kisamzaw hi. Ei hihna leh phak ciang theician lo a, tai tampi a kalsuan khin, gah tampi a gahkhiate delh sawm lo a, amau maiah pai i sawm ciang, tua bang dan hi thei vatvat lo ahih manin thadahna leh thanemna hong tun zawsop thei hi.

I biakinn, i vanzat, i septheih ciang, i member zah, i mun le mual, leh i hanciamna zahzah a kalsuanna pen theisiam sawm a, tua pan mainawt sawm a, citak taka i hih theihna tanah Pasian ading a hanciam kisam hi. Tua hi lo a, ei’ hih theihna leh Pasian hong makaihna bang ngaihsun lo a, midang peuh, mun dang gam dang-a a khangto mahmah sate kalsuanzia bekbek khawng mitsuan a, tua bang a pian theihloh ciang a thanemna zang mawk i hih leh a gah pen kuamah dangin lo lo ding a, eima tung mahah hong tung ding hi.

‘Ei kua?’ bang ciang sem thei dingin Pasian in hong koih, i tunna ciang bang, bang ci bangin khangto lai ding, bangci bangin Pasian gam adingin ama deih biakna taktak pumpi mahmah hing tang a kipia a, ama adingin kisiangthosak ding, cih pen ngaihsut den ding hizaw hi.

Pasian in bang sem dingin hong deih? Bang ci bang siamna hong pia a, bangci bang dinmun ah hong koih hiam? Tua panin bangci bangin khantoh theihna ding lampi hong honsak hiam? cih pen ‘eima hihna’ kitheihna panin kithei-in, tuate tungtawnin mainawtna ding zong kitheisiam pan ding hi. Tua bang i theih kei leh, i mimal nuntakna, innkuan, pawlpi, leh vai khatpeuhah lungkia leh thanemin, nuntakna manpha het lo hi a kitheiin, nuntakna cimtakhuai mahmah thei hi.

Pawlpi sunga khangnote, Khris sisan a tatkhiat, Pasian in ama thupina a pulak ding leh, hih leitung khuamial laka vaak a tangkhia ding a hong sap leh lamet i hi a, mi mawkmawk hi loin, i omna pawlpi zong pawlpi mawkmawk hi lo, Jesu in a sisan tawh a tatkhiat mite ading-a a phuh pawlpi ahi hi. Tua pawlpi tungtawnin, Jesu in hong kam vaikhakna/sawlna a lawhcingsak ding a kipawlna thupi khata om i hi hi. Mite neih le lam hiam, thupina lam hiam hi loin, Jesu mitsuan a, ‘ei kua’ cih ngaihsun a, i hihna (identity) – Khris sisan a tatkhiatsa i hihna tungtawna Pasian min thangsak ding khangno i hihna mangngilh loin, i hihna kitheihna tungtawna mawinawt zel dingin Pasian in thupha hong pia ta hen.

T. Sawm Lian

28.8.2017

(Lanva CBA Souvenir adinga gelh)