Christmas Message

THE CHRIST-LIFE MUST BE LIVED   Jesus Christ lived and symbolised divine consciousness. He was the very personification of divinity. He was born at a time when ignorance, superstition, greed, hatred and hypocrisy prevailed upon India, as elsewhere. The rulers were arrogant and unrighteous. The people were avaricious, indolent and heedless. Purity was forgotten. Morality was neglected. They were more intent upon worshiping mammon than adoring God. There was no idealism.   In the midst of these conditions, Christ was born and he worked a transformation in the lives of the people, though not quite successfully in his life time but through the following centuries by the means of his teachings. He gave a new spiritual turn to the lives of his fellow-men. Thus a new era dawned upon this world, and the teaching of Jesus spread far and wide.   Before discrimination and spiritual awakening dawn within the seeker, he has bigoted outlook, selfish tendencies and no thought for God or the higher divine life. He is then immersed in the pursuit of material interests. He is a slave of his senses. He has no spiritual ideal in life. He is desire-ridden. Arrogance, avarice and sensuality characterise his personality. He lives a life of lust, anger, greed, deluded attachment, pride, egoism and jealousy.   If this state of things must cease and the seeker must enter into a new life of spiritual aspiration, purity and devotion, then the Christ spirit must take its birth within one's heart. That will be the real adoration of Jesus Christ. That will be the true following of Christianity. When the divine element that is dormant within us begins to express itself, then indeed we open ourselves to the grace of the Christ. From then onward light begins to shine where darkness was before. Ignorance gives place to the beginning of wisdom. Impurity is replaced by purity. Hatred ceases and love begins to blossom forth.   In his innermost core, man is essentially divine. But through the medium of the human personality two forces keep acting. They are the forces of good and evil, light and darkness. The divine and the undivine both operate in the human consciousness. To completely overcome and eradicate the undivine elements and to fully manifest the supreme divine Consciousness in all its radiant light and glory is to be achieved through the living of the Christ-life in the utmost faithful detail. That is spiritual life. That is Yoga. That is Sadhana. That is the path of Self-realisation.   If the Christ-life is to be lived, first of all the child Christ has to be born in our heart. Only then does the real spiritual life commence for the aspirant. The first manifestation of the divine urge to progress in the path of goodness and virtue and to cherish noble ideals and eradicate vicious, negative tendencies signifies the birth of the infant Jesus in our consciousness. From hence starts the living of the Christ-life in all its details of sublime purity, faith in divinity, mercy, compassion, love, selflessness, desirelessness, egolessness, forgiveness, prayerfulness and so on. Hence starts the life of earnest Yoga, of self-restraint and simplicity, of unbroken serenity and peace, tolerance, balance of mind in pleasure and pain, unflinching courage and determination, and perfect dedication to the worship of God through the service of humanity. This is the spiritual implication of all the celebrations connected with Jesus Christ. This is also the message of the Easter.   With the advent of this Christ-spirit within the heart of a truly earnest seeker, all mundane desires come to an end. There is a cessation of all vicious tendencies in him. He begins to influence others around him. The spirit of Jesus Christ emanates from him. Many are made aware of that spirit and a great deal of good is brought into their lives. Thus, if every individual begins to live a new life of divine aspiration, fellow-feeling and social service, spirituality will gradually overcome materialism. There will be more of goodwill, more of harmony and more of peace in this world. The tendency to help each other, to understand each other and to decrease avariciousness, selfishness and egoism will grow gradually in every sphere, which would mean greater happiness in every hearth and home.   Spiritual life is neither exclusively meant for the poor and the lowly, nor is it beyond the reach of the wealthy. To pursue the spiritual path one need not seek the undisturbed assurity of food and shelter. But there is a significant point in the birth of Jesus. He was born in a simple, lowly place, a corner of a stable. Also he was born in darkness, in the obscure hour of midnight, when no one even knew about it, except a few blessed souls. The significance here is that spiritual awakening comes to the seeker who is humble and meek and simple. The light of divine consciousness dawns only when the delusive glitters of material glamour and the corruptive influence of wealth are absent.   The quality of true humility is one of the indispensable fundamentals. Only when there are simplicity, holiness and renunciation of all earthly desires and the pride of learning, goodness and merit, the divine light manifests within. Even as Christ was born unknown to the world and in the obscurity of darkness, so also the advent of the Christ spirit takes place in the inwardness of the soul when there is total self-effacement and self-abnegation. Where the urge of aggrandizement and vanity abides, there divinity cannot unfold itself, for these expressions of egotism are permanent hindrances to any kind of spiritual growth. You can be sure, a man of vanity is far from God. A man of selfishness knows nothing of God. A man of intolerance has thoroughly misunderstood God. 'Empty thyself and I shall fill thee', is the advice of Jesus. The kingdom of heaven is surely for the humble in spirit.   It was this secret that centuries ago Jesus explained to Nicodemus. The good man did not quite understand what precisely Jesus meant. 'How can it be? How can I be born again if I am to attain the Kingdom of God?' Asked Nicodemus. Then Christ explained that this birth was an inward transformation, not of the body, but of the spirit. Such inner spiritual birth is essential if one truly wishes to know Jesus Christ.   May the true implication of the Christ-life dawn within every heart. Realise fully that so long as thirst of power and arrogance of wealth infect the nature of man, until then the spirit of Christ is out of reach. As with the individual, even so with the community and the nation. It is only when real spiritual transformation occurs in the hearts of the individuals that its effects can be felt in the nations of the world. Let every soul understand the duty of the human life. Let everyone cultivate a sense of brotherhood, tolerance, charity, humility, mutual understanding, love and compassion. Let everyone aspire for greater knowledge, greater enlightenment and greater goodwill. Let the sense of evolution and perfection be eternally progressive.   Note: This message is one from "Christmas Messages of Sri Swami Sivananda," delivered in 1954. ------------------------------ "Serve with gladness"

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Christmas Sermon by Robert Thawngzam

Bible Hmuhsakmi le Cawnpiakmi Christmas Sullam   Bible Relnak: Mthew. 1:18-2:12, Lk.1: 26-38; 2:1-20,Isai. 4 :14,9:6   By Robert Thawngzam Germany 20 Dec 2009   Biahmaitthi: Pathian nih a kan pekmi Caan, Caanthennak tampi lak ah mi lungthin a hlaucemtu le   Ka nu, ka pa, ka U , ka Nau , ka Chungkhar, ka Khua, ka Ram, ka Miphun tiah ruahawk le taukawk hmanh a thei bal ti lomi nih, hnulei a vun cuanthan i (Homesick) Inn ngaih zawntnak a ngeih lio Caan, pumpak nunnak ah dawtnak a tharthan lio Caan cu   hi khuasik thla X´mas Caan hi a si ko rua tiah ka ruah. Cucaah hi X´mas a sullam theihfian hi kan herhngaimi a si. Vawilei fianning le Bible hmuhsakmi/cawnpiakm i tiah kan zoh hna lai.   I. Krih A Chuah Liocaan Isreal Ram Nainganzi (Uknak) AChine   Hi Krih a chuah lio Caan hi Isreal mi pawl cu Rom Cozah kuttang ah Sal an tan lio caan a si. Rom Cozah nih Palestin Ram kulh vialte hi a lak dih i a ram chung then kaudeuh cu Herod the Great (37-4BC)Siangpahran g pa Uknak kut tangah a chiah. Herod nih hin Isreal mi hi a rak hremtuk hna leng ah   Jerusalem Temple pi cu amah Sunparnak caah a hman i, Herod Temple ti tiang-in an rak kawh. Cu caah Iseal mi cu-cu Rom cozah kutchung in luatnakding caah Naingaizi (politic) an tuah ,i a ho nih dah cu Uknak chung cun a kan chanchuah lai tiah Hruaitu ttha an zoh lio caan a si. Bible Cahlun (O.T)  Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; Micah.5:2 le a dangdang chung i kan caah Messiah-Khamtu Bawi pek kan si lai timi hi , vawlei Uktu a si lai i, Rom kut in Independent a kan pek lai tiah an i ruah chan lio caan a si. Hi hi nihin i kan KawlRam sining he hin a khat ngai te. Asinain Boipa tinhpiakmi hna cu Vawlei Hruaitu le luat tertu siloin Thlarau lei tu khi a rak si deuh. Cucaah Jesus (X´mas) cu an ca ah tluknak pakhat a si ai.  Nihin ah kan nih zong Boipa Bia hi kan i fiandan kan i palh sual ah cun Isreal mi bantuk in Jeusus hi kan caah vuivainak le lungdonghnak a si lai i, kan X´mas hmanmi hi kan caan dihnak men le kan phaisa dihnak men a si lai. A sullam   fian kan hau......... ..   II. X´mas Ti Sullam cu Zeidah A Si? (What is X´mas?)   X´mas sullam cu phun hnih in vun zoh ta ah a tthacem a si rua tiah ka ruah. Cucu a tanglei bantuk hin an si.   A. Vawlei lei Hmuhning le Fianning   A. D.300 kum tiang cu X´mas tuah le Krih chuah ni lawmh timi hi Krifa Buu chungah a rak um lo. Aruang cu Krifa hmasa pawl, Krihfa Buu i Pa (church father) le pawl nih hin kan Khamtu chuahnak lawmh cu sual pakhat a si tiah an rak zumh caah a si. Zeitik ni, thla, caan setsai ah dah X´mas krifabu chungah aa thawk ti chim hi cu a harngaimi a si. Asinain AD.1500 kum ah hin kumkhat chung i ni 135 chungah  a dangdang ni cio ah Krifa buu tampi nih X´mas hi an rak tuah cio. Acheu nih December.25, January.6th, March.28, April.19,20, November.17 hna ah khin an rak tuah cio. A.D 361 kum ah hin Pope Julius nih December thla 25th ni hi X´mas ni siseh tiah bia a rak khiah. Cun A.D. 500 hin Krifa buu tamtu nih Dec.25 th ni cu X´mas ni sunglawi ah lungtho tein an rak hman cio.   Asinain Krihfaa Buu tampi nih hi Dec.25 ni cu an rak cohlang lo. Orthodox Church pawl le American church tampi nih cun January.6th le 8th ah X´mas cu an rak tuah. Cun Abyssinia i church pakhat nih cun kumkhat chungah vui 11 Zisuh chuahnak an rak lawmh ve. Cun amah Zisuh chuahnak Bethlahem khua ah hin a dang ni cio ah Biaknak phunthum hna nih Biakinn pakhat cung ah hi puai hi an rak tuah cio ve. ´´X´mas´´ ti in zapi nih theihmi Biafang a rak um hlan hrim hin Vawlei ram tampi le Krihfa Buu tampi ah Zisuh chuahnak ni hi Dec.25 ah an rak lawmh cio hna.   Rom pawl nih hi khuasik thla chung i sunglawi ngai in an tuahtawnmi puai min cu ``Saturalia` ` an ti i ``Saturn`` Pathian upatnak ca i an tuahmi a si. Cu puai ahcun miluat le sal, Bawi le Sal ti theidannak um lo in pakhat le pakhat laksawng i thlennak(giftchange ) hna an rak ngei. Cu tin Krifa biaknak cu Rom Cozah pi i biaknak ah a rak ca´n dih bak-in ``Saturalia`` timi puai min cu `` The Mass of Christ`` or ``Christ Mass`` ah an thlen.  Europe ram nichuak lei a ummi German miphun pawl nih Dec.25 ah hin puai sunglawi an rak ngeih theu ve. Cun Nichuah Europe ram i a sunglawi bikmi puai an rak ngeimi cu The Anglo-Saxon nih Zool or Yule an timi hi a si. Cu ´´Yule´´ min cu a hnu ah ´´Christmas´´ ah an thlen ve. Hebrew pawl nih hin Dec. 25 ah hin ´´Hanukkah´´ timi Puai hi an rak ngeih ve. X´mas hi Biafang pahnih fonhmi a si `Christ le Mass`. Christ cu Greek holh Christos in a ra i asullam cu `chiti thuhmi , thimmi´ tinak a si. Mass cu Hebrew holh ´Mass´ in a ra i a sullam cu ´Hmaizahmi , Upatmi´ ti nak   a si. Mass hi mitampi/buupi ti zong khin sullam ngeihter, leh khawh a si i, hi biafang ruang ah Mi tampi an lungbuai caah, a hnu ah Romancatholic (R.C) pawl nih ´Mas` ´´s´´pakhat ah an thlen. Cu caah X´mas ti sullam an langhter duhmi cu   ´´Zisu Krih philhlonak Puai´´ tinak khi a si. Nihin ah cun ´Zisuh Krih Chuah Ni Lawmhnak Puai´´ ti zong ah an kawh. Cuticun Krihfa hmasa pawl nih X´mas cu sunglawi ngai le upatnak tling he England ram ah Chistos Mass min in an hman, cun Spain ah Nalividad min in, Italy ah Natale min in, French ah Noel min in, Germany ah  Weihnacht min in X´mas Zan cu a thiang, a dai Zan tiah an rak pom, auh, hmang cio hna. Nihin ah cun X´mas cu Pathian lei le Vawlei lei cawhchih in an hman dih cang. Vawlei thil le Thlarau lei thil thleidannak um loin Secular style deuh in hman a si cang. Cucaah X´mas cu Krih philh lonak  ca le Krih chuah lawmhnak caah tuah siti loin Chungkhar, unau, cinglarualchan i tonnak le hoikom i tonnak tu ah hman a si cang.   Cu caah December 25th ni bak hi  Krih a chuah Ni bak a si ti na ruah sual i na fiansul ahcun na palh lai. Krih a chuah ni bak si lo-in Krih a chuah kan lawmhnak Ni le Krih philh lonak ca i kan ulhmi Ni tu khi a si deuh. Cucaah X´mas hi na tuah zong ah a ttha i na tuah lo zong ah na sual hlei lo. Belte cu na tuahning , na hmanning le a sullam na fiannig naa palh sual belte ahcun , na Taksa caah damlonak , na Thinlung zawtnak le na Thlarau thihnak tiang an phan pi kho. Nangmah duhning siloin a chuaktu, hrin a simi pa (Jesus Krih) a duhning tu in hman le lawmpiak i zuam tu hi a biapi deuhmi cu a si.   B. Bible Hmuhsakning le Cawnpiakning   X´mas timi Biafang(Word) hi Bible chungah kan hmu lo. Krih a chuah Ni zong, hi Ni bak hi a si tiah kan thei lo. Cu ruangah Vawlei cung Krifa buu cheukhat cu hi X´mas   hi an hmang lo. X´mas tuah le hman cu sual phunkhat le Boipa bia duh paoh in me´er ah an rel. Cu pawl zong cu an palh hlei lo i an hman hlei ve lo.   Asiah Bible ah a um lomi cu zeiruang ahdah kan tuah kun? X´mas ti Biafang(word) cu kan hmu lo na in X´mas hi tuah phu le Krih chuahnak hi lawmhphu a sinak tu cu a huap kaupi in a kan hmuhsak. Aruang cu Jesus cu Vawlei ah Mary nih a hrin hrimhrim ko timi cu al-awk tha loin Bible nih a kan cawnpiak. Tnk....Trinity a zummi pawl caah Trinity timi Biafang hi Bible ah kan hmuh ve lo, nain Pathian cu Trinity bak a si ko timi tu hi al-awk ttha loin a huap kaupi in a kan hmuhsak ve . Bible nih Jesus kha vawlei ah a chuak rua rak ti seh law cu..tuah le lawm phu a si lai lo. Jesus chuah caan le chuahnak a lawm hmai satu pawl zong hi Rom Krihfa buu pawl rak si hna sehlaw cu lawmh phu le tuah phu a si hnga lo. Jesus chuahnak a lawm hmaisa biktu hna cu a pakhatnak ah Vanmi thiang pawl, cun Tuucawng pawl , le Mifim (Mifim pathum timi Bible ah a um lo, ´´pawl´´ timi plural word lawng a um) pawl an si.Cu nih cun lawmh phu a sinak a kan hmuhsak. Cucaah a caan le a ni ah buai lo in a sullam tu ah hin buai deuh hna u sih.    1.      X´mas cu ´´Pek´´ asiloah ´´Tthenh´´ tinak a si.(It is giving or sharing) Jhn. 3:16           i.            Adam le Evi cu Boipa nih amah  muikeng tein a ser hna. Zungzal a nungmi Pathian  a si bantuk in zungzal nung hna seh ti hi a duhpiak hna. Cucaah thihnak le nunnak ti-in phunhnih a um ti an theih/hngalh khawhnak ding caah thleidanthiamnak Thingkung cu Eden dum laifang bak ah a chiahpiak hna. Thingkung   Dum a laifang i achiahnak  chan cu  a ding, a fel, zumhawktlak, le dawtnak in a khatmi pathian a sinak langhter a duh caah a si. Minung nih zeihmanh ralrinnak caah information na kan pe lo tiah Pathian kha bia-alnak an tuah khawh lonak ding caah a si. Adam nih Boipa nawl ngailo in ei-loding thei a ei caah Pathian fa sinak in Satan fa (Sual Fa) ah aa cang. John. 8:44. Khamhmi fa sinak in khamh herhmi fa ah aa cang. Cu Ni thawk cun Adam sual ruangah Vawlei mi vialte cu sual kan si dih( Rom.5:12-21; 1 kor.15:21-22; Gen.3:1-7) i khamhnak pek a herhmi le, tthenh a herhmi kan si dih. Boipa nih Adam le Evi taklong an si i an ning a zah kha a hmuh tik ah Sa a thah i Sa phaw a aih, a khuh than hna-Gen.3:21. Cucu Adam le Evi caah ´´X´mas´´ (´´pek´´ or ´tthenh´' ) ti  cu a si ko. Krih nih Vawlei mi kan caah a tuah te dingmi hmuhsaknak cu a si ko.         ii.            Cu ticun Minung nih khamhnak an hmuh thannak ding caah le a nungmi Pathian a si langhternak ca´h Isreal mi pawl cu Boipa nih aa thimtthan hna. Cu aa thimmi mi hna nih khamhnak an hmuhnakding caah Moses hmang in Nawlbia (khamhnak an hmuhnak ding caah) a rak pek hna-Exodus.20: 1-20.  Cucu Bible Cahlun (Old Testament) ´´X´mas´´ ti zong ah kawhkhawh a si.       iii.            Sihmanhsehlaw, cu Nawlbia cu Minung nih kan zulhkhawh lo ca´h , a fapa ngeihchun te cu kan nih khamhnak caah a kan pek than.( Joh.3:16, Isaiah.7:14, 9:6). Cucu nihin i kan au pi lengmangmi X´mas (New Testament X´mas or Contemporary X´mas) cu a si. X´mas sullam cu ´´pek , tthenh´´ tinak a si. Phundang in kan chim ahcun X´mas sullam cu ´´mission´´(English-sending= Lai-thlah) ti zong ah auhkhawh a si fon.   Ø  Asi ah zeidah kan pek ve lai?   a.      Biaknak le Thangthatnak pek ding (Mt.2:11a)   Vanmi tthiang hna le Tuucaawng pawl le Mifim pawl i a hmasacem Krih an pekmi cu thangthatnak le Biaknak a si . Vanmi pawl le tuucawng pawl nih cun hla le aunak in , cun Mifim pawl nih cun khuk bil in thangthatnak an pek. Krih biaknak ah na khuk naa bil kho rih lo ahcun atu kum X´mas cun khukbil in biak khawh i zuam ve cang. Toidornak lungthin bia, tthangtthat tinak zong a si fon.   b.      Lungthin Innka Hunpiakding le Pekding (Mt.2:11b)   Mifim pawl cu Jesus an hmuh le cangkaa in an biak. Cun an i kenmi an thil mansungbik chiahnak Bukbau (Greek-thesauroi( s)   a hman i hihi Mt.13:52 ah khin cun thil chiahnak Inn ´´store house´´ tiah a leh) kha an hun a ti. Cu nih a langhtermi cu(storehouse) kan thinlung Innka hunpiak/pek khi a chim duhmi a si. Lungthin hi zeizong vial te nak-in nawl a ngeibik, thil a ti khobik,   sullam angei biktu a si. Bible nih na lung thin dihlak timi hi vuizakhat reng lo a chim.  Cu lungthin Innka cu awnhpiak law pe ve cang.   c.        LaakSawng Phunthum(taksa, thinlung, thlarau) Pekding.(Mt. 2:11c).   Mifim pawl cu an biaknak, thangthatnak le an thil mansung chiahnak bukbau an hundih hnu le pekdih hnu ah an laakawng phunthum...Sui lungvar, Zihmui mansung, le Muran hna cu an chuah i Jesus cu an pek. Cu laaksawng phunthum nih a langhtermi cu ´´Taksa, Thinlung, Thlarau´´ TTT pathum hi an si. Na Taksa in upat law, Na Thinlung in ruat law,Na Thlarau in thangthat ve cang ( Jh.4:24)   2. X´mas cu Krih he i Ton Tinak a si.( Mt.2:10-12; Luke.2:16-18)   Krih he i ton hi zumtu kan caah a herhbikmi a si. X´mas hman ve lengmang ttung i Krih he i ton bal ve lo cu Malaysia ah Phaisa tampi dih in kal ve tung in a zin hmanh hmuh hlan i Palek pawl nih tleih he aa lo. Phaisa tampi dih le caan tampi pek in X´mas hman ve tung i Krih he i ton lo cu ngeihchia a va si hringhran dah.   Hika zon ah hin Krih he kan i tonning tu hi aa lo cio lo. Mifim pawl cu Krih he an i tonnak ding ah Boipa ´´Arfi Ceu´´ nih lam a hruai hna , Khrih he an i tawn hlan lo Inn ah an tin lo, asinain Tuucawng pawl cu Arfi nih siloin Vanmi nih ´´Bia´´ in Krih he an i tonnak ding caah lam an chimh hna. Vanmi pawl chimhning in Krih he an i ton hlan lo an kal ve.   Unau, nihin ah nang le kei zong Krih he kan i tonnak ding ahcun Boipa Bia ning in kan kal a hau ve i, Krih he kan i ton hlan lo Boipa Ceunak-Thiang Thlarau hruainak Lam cu zul ko hna u si.( Rom.8:14) Herod tu cu Keizong Krih cu ka biak ve lai tiah a ka in a chim ko nain a lungthin cu Krih he aa hlat(Mt. 15:8). A chimbantuk in kal in Krih cu a va tong lo, a va bia lo. Cu nakcun Krih chuah Ni ah Mi a tthah i tthatlonak phun tling a tuah. Unau, Nangtah Krih chuah Caan ah , X´mas ah Krih he i ton loin tthiltthalo a tuahmi le Boipa lung a fak termi na si sual maw? Zuu dinnak le vawlei pum saduhnak in Krih a chuah Ni a lawmmi na si sual ve maw?   Ø  Asiah zeitin dah Krih he kan i ton khawh lai?   a)      Na duh bikmi, le na tleihchan bikmi Thil  na kal tak a hau (Lk.2:15-16)   Mifim pawl le Tuu cawng pawl cu Krih ka caah a chuak cang ti an theihbak in an duhbikmi le nitin an paw cawmnak a simi thil, rian vial te an kal tak. An Rian, an Sipuazi le thildang nakin Jesus hmuh le ton an duh deuh .. Amen ( Mt.10:37). Zeidah na tleihcanbikmi Krih tonnak ah an dawntu a si?   b)      Vawlei Pumsaduhnak He i Then a Hau. ( Mt.2:9-10)   Mifim pawl cu Herod (Herod nih vawlei tthil le Satan le  thilri a langhter) sin ah khan nuam ngai in an um peng lo. Herod he i thennak lam kha an kawl. Herod he an i then bak in Arfi ceu cu an caah a lang than i Krih an ton tiang lam a hruai hna.   Herod nih Vawlei pumsaduhnak a langhter. Mifim pawl nih nang le kei an langhter ve. Vawlei pumsaduhnak he i then ve law (1John. 2:15,1 Kor.5:9-11 etc.) cun Boipa ceunak na cungah a lang lai i , Krih he nan i tong kho ve lai.   c)      Boipa Bia hi theih lawng siloin zumh in a tak in tuah a hau. (James. 1:22)   Mifim pawl le Tuu cawng pawl cu Jesus ka caah a chuak timi thawngttha an theihmi kha , theih sawhsawh lawng si loin an zumh i a tak in an tuah. Herod cu a theihmi thawngtha kha a zumh ko nain a tuah lo, a thin tu a phang. Jesus a chuak ti a ttheihmi Bia kha tak in a tuah lo. Jesus a chuah ti theih ko nain zumh taktak lo le zumhnak kha a tuah in tuah taktak lo ahcun san a tlai lo. James.2:19- Khuachia le Satan zong nih Pathian cu an zumh ko, an  zumhnak kha a tak in an tuah,  a langhter chuah lo caah an zumnak cu san a tlai lo.   Nihin ah mi tampi cu X´mas a naih paoh ah kan thin a phang ve. Tthiltha cawknak, Zuu dinnak le Mehthawcawknak kan ngei sual lai lo kan ti ve. Unau nangtah zei dirhmun? Kaa lawng in siloin zumh in a tak in Krih cu pah ve cang u sih.    Biatlangkomhnak   Cucaah X´mas hi na lawmhning , na hmanning le a sullam nai fianning na palh sual ahcun na tak sa, na thinlung, le na thlarau caah zeihmanh thathnemnak a ngei lai lo.   Krih he aa tong cangmi Mifim pawl le Tuucawng pawl cu X´mas nih a chuahpimi hnangamnak le lawmhnak in an khat cang. Krih an tondih in Boipa bia a rami cu nan ratnak lam khan kirthan ti hla u. Lam dang in kir cang u a ti. Cu nih a langhtermi cu ´´Krih he    aa tong cangmi le X´mas sullam ngei tein a hmang cangmi hna ca ahcun Nunning Hlun kha a lo i Nunning Thar in a thawk cang tinak a si.( 2kor. 5:17) Krih he a tongcangmi cu a nunning hlun kha a lo i nunning thar in aa thawk/nung cang´´.     Kan nih zong atu kum X´mas cun Nunning hlun kha kal tak cang hna u sih law, Nunning thar in nun i zuam cang hna u sih.   X´mas daihnak nan cung ah um ko seh....!    Sources: 1. Encyclopedia Britannica (1961-ed), Vol.5, p. 642. 2. The New Schaff- Herzog Encyclopedia of  Religious Knowledge, Vol.3, p. 47-ff 3. Adlai Albert Esteb, Ph. D , ´´ What Christmas Means´´ USA: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1971, p. 9. ´´ giving and good will virtually spell Christmas´´ says, A. A. Esteb. 4. Jens Herzer, ´´ Die Ursprünge der Kirchlichen Feste: Ostern, Himmelfahrt, Pfingsten, Weihnachten und Ihre Biblischen Grundlangen ´´Germany: Deutsche Bibelgesellshaft Stuttgart, 2006. 5. Hans Förster, ´´  Weihnachten: ein Spurensuche´´, Germany: 2003. 6. Harmut Badenhap ´´Wieso Weihnachten?´´, Germany: 19889. 7. Eugene L. Brand, ´´ The Encyclopedia of The Lutheran Church´´ , 1965. 8. Monika K. Hellwig, ´´ The Modern Catholic Encyclopedia´´, June, 10, 1994. 9. Frank C. Senn, ´´ The Encyclopedia of Christianity´´, Germany: 1997. 10. S.K. Roll, ´´ Christmas and Its Cycle: New Catholic Encyclopedia´´ USA, 2003. 11. The Seventh Day Adventist Encyclopedia; Commentary, 1996. 12. O. Cullmann, ´´ The Origin of Christmas: The Early Church´´ Philadelphia, 1956. 13. A.T. Kraabel, ´´ The Roots of Christmas ´´ Dialog.21, 1982.   ================= Life is like a book, everyday is new pages

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Zophei CA ca ah Leitak aw-cawi a tthabik

Zophai CA ca ah Leitak Aw-cawi a tthabik By Pu Lian Uk A ruat huam mi caah:   Zophai khuatlang khua pawl hi hi Leitak in tlakmi le cu Leitak in tlakmi khua in va tlak chin mi khua  ngot an si hna.   Leitak in Leisen in Albik le Hlei Lian nih Khawcariat in Vuangtu in  Hriphi ah tlar khat. Vuangtu in Ngalang, Ainak, Siata, Zephai, Tluang ram ah khuatlak an peh chap rih.   Leitak in Khuabung in  Hlamphei le Longtlang ah tlar khat . Cu hnu ah Leitak in Aibur, Leitak in Zabung ti in Leitak in khua an tlak.   Hleilian Hriphi a phanh hlan in maw, a phanh hnu in dik Leitak in Hriphi ah a kal mi zong hi zazat an rak si. A bik in Hriphi khua hlun  Matu sang le Tlaidep sang timi hna cu Leitak aw holh a hmang mi an tam khun dah-ra ti awk khin kan mah hna,  Tawkcungpa mithi te, Saya Hmechum te, Hripikhuahlun Tlangbo sang Pu Dar Ling te ti bantuk a tthang tti mi kan hmet lio 1949 hrawng le a hnupi tiang hi arak si.   Cu chung ah holh kan ti mi hi Haka Khuahlun le Khuathar le Station  hmanh ah khin aw phaw an I dang dih manh cang si kaw, cu bantuk in khuadangdang cio an va tlak chin tik ah Leitak khua an um lio cio an rak chimmi aw phaw hna cu tlawmtete an va ithleng  kho ngai ko hna.   A sina in aa thlengmi a aw hi i-theih khawh lo lak in aa thleng mi an si rih  lo, i-theih cawlh mi zat tiang  long in aa thleng mi asi. Cu caah zei khua aw chuah spelling ning hmanh in kan ttial hmanh ah rel khawh itheih  piak khawh dih mi thlennak fa parik long asi rih. Matupi peng ah khin Cintlang lei, Ta-ua lei, Ngala timi (Haka khuachungbantuk Matupi khuachung a umve mi khuasang)  aw cawi holh khi cu tin a fa parik in an aw an idang cio na in ca an ttialmi an itheih piak khawh dih. Cu caah an hla cauk zong ah hin cu ticun mah le khua aw dang danghla cu an ttial tti dih ko hna ian itheihpiakkhawh dih.   Cuchung ah  Aibur, Leitak, Hmawngtlang, Phaikhua, Congthia, Zabung, Hriphi  khua hna ah Zophei khua tlang aw cawi in achim mi hna nih Leitak  khuazung  aw cawi in an aw cawi a um kho bik rih. Kan irel piak le kan itheihpiak cio mi tham cu Leitak khuazung origin aw in seh ca ka ttial duh ati mi caah atu Haka aw cawi ttialnak spelling in aa ttial kho ngot dih. Aa ttial kho lo mi tlawm palte a um mi ah: Haka aw in "ka nu" ti mi  ah "A nue" ti aw hin  cafang aw fonh ttial khawh  a si. Hika hin Leitak Khuabung Vuangtu awchuah aa khat dih.   Cu hnu ah Haka aw cawi in "Ka ta – keimah ta"  timi cu  " ka tie – ka ma ka tie" ti in ttial khawh asi. Haka aw cawi in  "Ka tuah lai"  timi ah "Ka tuah ah"  ti in ttial khawh a si ko lai. Hizong hi Leitak Khuabung-Vuangtu aw aa khat dih ko. Cu lo dang ah Haka aw cawi I an ngeih lo mi,  Zophai aw cawi I kan ngeih mi aw dang a um mi ruah rih khawh a si.****   Leitak khuazung aw nih Zawiphai ti mi "Phai" aw hi Haka aw he aa khat. Khuabung- Vuangtu  aw ah  a um lo mi aw in acheu nih hmuh nak a ngei mi an um kho  na in  "phai" ti mi hi Khuabung-Vuangtu aw zong ah chuah ter khawh mi phonetics aw asi ko.   Cun a um rih mi ah,  Leitak khuazung holh aw ah "Zawi, Zoi " timi hi Haka aw cafang komh aw ningte in  ttialkhaw a si na in,  Vuangtu Khuabung aw  ah apen perik  a flat nawn te in dannak te a um ning ah  "Ka nawi tie", "ka nwe tie"  ti bantuk in an um.  " _we"   ti phonetics aw chuah tam ngai hi Kawl holh zong ah an hman mi ah "Zwe" ticu asi I, "Zy" ti hman nak in "Zwe" ti hman hi zapi nih kan rel piak khawh deuh hna seh law he a dawh ngai. Hi kong hi ceih bal mi asi lo I hika hin kan ceih hmasa bia khi a si.   Vowel aw in "y"  hmanak hi Paletwa zong nih khin "nai ba ly "  hi   "Cu hnu ah" ti bantuk ah khin 'y'  an hman ve na in a aw chuah hi  "ba lau" ti he tu aa neih. Cun Mara nih khin "Y" cu an hman ve I, Paletwa an chuah mi aw he hin a neih ngai mi in an hman.   Zophei aw cawi hi Mara, Lautu, Zotung he zong aa neih mi a um ngai I, Haka aw cawi holh he zong aa neih ngai.  Haka aw cawi holh hi a phonetics ah Laimi kaa dang  aw cawi asi mi Tedim, Duhlian(Mizo), Falam, Matupi , Paletwa, Kanpetlet aw he khah nak tam ngai a um. Paletwa holh an ttialnak phonetics spelling aw hman mi siseh, Mindat lei holh aw an ttialning spelling fonh ning siseh Falam/Haka/Tedim  aw cawi kha Rev. Cope nih arak ttialning rak lak mi ngot an si. Cu caah Haka aw cawi phonetics he naih in  Zophei aw cawi holh pawl hi ttial ah cun Chinmi kaa dang tamdeuh ngai pi nih kan aw cawi rel awk an i fawih deuh kho ngai ding khi a si.   Cu tik ah Laimi aw cawi holh dang tampi kha Zopheitlang mi zong nih  rel khawh cawlh ding khi a si,  Arel kan i-fawih hna ah cun a cawnzong ifawih ding khi a si. Holh hi atam lei thiam paoh a ttha. Holh tam kan thiam ah cun an holh kan thiam mi hna nih kan cung ah zumh–rei nak tam deuh an ngeih khawh I dawtnak hri a sih khi a si. Zophei khuatlang nih Zophei khua tlang in khuachak lei he khuathlang lei he kan aw cawi holh aa neih dih caah kan tlang hmun hma mi caah tthat hnemnak tampi a um khi Zophei khuatlang mi nih i-theih ttha hrim asi. A tam pi nih nan theih ngai kocang.    Zophei aw cawi holh ttial tik ah cung lei ttial cia mi bantuk in,  international phonetics he neih ngai in rak ttialmi  Haka aw cawi ttial ning spelling in ttial a ttha. Zeicah tiah kan aw cawi kha Laimi phun kaa dang nih rel an I awlh deuh ding khi a kau pi in ruah hau a si. Cu tik ah Haka aw cawi kan tial ning spelling hmanbu in  kan mah khuatlang awcawi holh kha a herh nak ah ttial khawh tthiam asi lai I, kan khuatlang holh thlau khawh a si lo ding lam a si.    Haka aw cawi cu mitam deuh chimmi  Laimi kan holh pakhat asi. Cu caah mitam deuh chimmi asi kha pom lo ttha  a si lo. Kan thiam a hau mi hrim a si I kan fa nau le hna  nih an thiam  a hau mi,  thiam lo awk a ttha lo mi kan holh a si ko cang.  Kan zapi Matu, Mara, Lautu Senthang,  Mi-e lei, Zokhua lei, Thantlangpeng tluanglo lei khuatlang khua vialte kan I hrawmmi aw cawi holh asi I, an mah Haka khua holh long zong ah a si ti lo; mizapi I ttawmmi, ihrawmmi holh ah aa chuah cang. Cu ruang  hrim ah hi aa hrawmcang mi khuatlang vialte nih kan I hrawmmi holh, kan mah holh cio a si tiah thiam hrim a hau mi a si. Zapi kan I hrawmmi  holh pin ah Zophai tlang nih Zophai tlang aw cawi holh a hlei in kan ngeih mi tu kha kan miak deuh nak asi.   Hi khua holh pawl thlau lo a herh nak bik cu Laimi chanbia kanzawt nak ah tampi a bawmchan kho ngai. Tahchunnak ah: aa hlat tuk mi Laimi ti in ruah mi Asho Chin hna he "Salai"  ti kan ikhah te hna; a hlat chinchin  rua kan ti mi Angami Naga he hna Haka aw in  " Ka pa" timi hna  "A po " -  "a paw" ti in kan I khah ning hna nih Chinmi miphun khat kan si nak hri a sih ning hna khi arak ttha tuk mi asi.   Zapi hman mi Haka aw cawi kan holh le Zophai aw cawi aa neih tuk ah holhkhat bantuk an si ngai ko bu ah Haka aw cawi ah "Salai" tite hna  "A po" tite hna cu thlautak  cang mi a rak si . Asi na in,   chankhat lio I Chinmi kaa kip hmunkhat te ah kan rak hman tti mi holh fang "salai" ti bantuk "A po" "a paw" ti ban tuk in Zophei khuatlang aw cawi holh ah chankhat lio ah a rak i-khat tawn mi Chinmi holh  fang atutiang kan hman tti ve ve rih mi nih miphunk khat kan si nak hri asih peng rih khi  asi.  Dam te in, Lnk. --- Source: From: Lian Uk <lian1@verizon.net> Subject: [zophei] Zophei khuatlang awchuah atu Haka aw ttialnak phonetics spelling ning he neih in ttial ttha a si ning. To: zophei@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, December 20, 2009, 11:29 AM ------------------------------ "Serve with gladness"

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Chin, Lai, Zo Miphun kong

Chin, Lai, Zo Miphun Kong by Pu Lian Uk   From: Lian Uk <lian1@verizon.net> Subject: RE: [zophei] Chin,Lai ,Zo Miphun kong To: zophei@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 3:58 AM   Kawi Sang,   Hi ca na ttial mi hi thil a dik ning vun ttial nak ding a kong na vunchuah pi I a tha ngai. Hibantuk in theih fian lo mi kong ah a dik ning kawl hi a ttha tuk mi ruahnak asi.   Mah na tialmi Chart hi a palh cikcek mi ruahnak a si. Laimi/Chin mi vialte a khuaitu ral Chart a si. Hi chart hi aho Laimi hmanh nih a dik tiah pawm mi a si lo. Debate tuah lo mi Chinmi hrawh nak asi ti a thei lo mi minung nih thil a dik ning theih huaha  lo in an ttial mi asi. Chin mi kong athei mi mizei hmanh nih  an pom lo mi asi. Hmangti hlah u.   Hi ning hi kan zulh ah cun Laimi Chin timi hi a um lo.  Chin ti cun zeitin dah hi vialte ASHO,Cho,Khumi, Mizo, Zomi ti hi  hi aa peh thiam ning kong tial lo in, ruahnak sawh   arbitration long in an peh mi asi.   Chin cun zeitin dah Asho,Cho,Khumi, Laimi, Mizo,Zomi ti cun aa peh ti hi aa peh ning prove nak a um lo mi asi.   "Chin History, culture & Identity" timi ca uk chung "Emergence of Chin Hills Regulation 1896: Its scope and importance in History" ti mi Page 261 chungta kha ttha te in rak zoh te u.   Khua min rammin hi amah le a holh zulh in min tampi in kawhnak um a hman khi ruah awk ttha ngai asi.   Tahchunhnak fawibik in kan lak mi ah cun: Falam cu Tlai sun holh in kawh nak asi, Za Hau lei nih Far-tthawk an ti i, Zaniat lei nih Balai an ti. Falam khua khat nih holhdang dang minsak zulh in min pathum a ngei.   A ram in kan lak ah cun  India ti cu Hindi holh in Bharat an ti. Urdu holh in Hindustan an ti. India nih minthum angei.   Germany cu an mah German holh in Deustchland an ti.  Cu caah min hnih an ngei.   Cu bantuk in Europe ram atu Laimi umnak ram Sweden, Norway, ti vial te khi atlawm bik min hnih longte an ngei. Pu Perhkalh nih Europeram min tampian ngeih mi cazin a ttialmikha nanhmuh awk ttha ngai asi.   Cu bantuk in Chin ticu Haka holh in Laimi kan ti I, Tedim holh in Zomi kan ti I, Mindat holh in Cho kan ti cu asi. Rangoon University  Chin student Union Annual Magazine 1953 in 1968-69 tiang an chuah mi a holh kip in Chin ti cu Mindat holh in Cho, Falam/Haka holh in Laimi, Tedim holh in Zomi ti cu an rak hmanzungzal mi asi. Va`cek tthan hmanh u.   Hi ti Zomi phundang Laimi phundang in a ttialmi hna hi Tedim holh athei lomi nih an ruah sual bia ah a dik loning pi in an ttial mi asi.,Tedim holh kan chim ah "Ei Zomi te kan I ti" , I kanmah lila kha Falam/ Haka holh ah kanvun itthial I kanchim tik ah  "Kan mah Laimi"  kan I ti tthan ve mi hi atu nifa kan hman mi asi. Tedim holh nan theih lo nan thiam lo ah cun a ruah awk nan thei lo kho men I asi.   Hi kong hi Tedim le Falam Haka apa hnih in a thiam mi vialte nan hal hna ah cun  Chin ti cu Tedim nih Zomi an ti I, Falam Haka nih Laimi an ti i, Mindat nih Cho ti an hman mi cu 1968-69 Uniniversity Chin Literature and Culture Sub Committee Annual Magazing chunghrim ah fiang tuk in hmuh khawh mi asi.   Cu ruanghrim ah hi na hman mi Chart cu a palh cik cek mi a thei lomi nih an ruahnak an ttial sawh sawh mi asi.   Hikonghi adik ning na theih duh ah cun "Chin History, culture & Identity"  timi ca uk chung "Emergence of Chin Hills Regulation 1896: iIts scope and importance in History" timi ca uk Page 261 chungta cu ttha te in rak zoh hrim te u.   "Falam le Hakha nih CHIN cu LAIMI tiah kan leh tikah Tidim le Mindat zong Laimi kan siter chih hna" na ti mi hi adik mi asi. Kan si ter chih hrim hna. Zeicah tiah Falam Haka holh in Chin timi cu Laimi asi ruang te ah cun asi.   Kawl nih cun Bama an I ti na in pei Laimi holh in Kawl ti inkan auh ca hna ah Lai holh kan chimtik ah Bama tiah auh lo in Kawl tiah kan au hna cu ta. Na hmanghballo maw? na hman hrim ko lai nifa te Haka Falam Tedim  kanzapi in  Kawl cu Bama kan ti hna lo/ Kawl kanti hna.   Tedim nih Bongsa an ti mi cu bongsa ti hlah u Cawsa ti u ti in zeitin dah na ti khawh hna hnga,  an holh in bongsa an timi cu an mah holh asi caah ti hlah u kan ti kho hna lo. Cu bantuk in Kawl nih Thailand cu Yodaya anti hna. Thailand nih Yodaya kan ti hlah u an ti hna lo, zeicah tiah Kawlholh in Thailand ti an kawhnak min asi.   Cubantuk in Geramany an mah holh in Deustchland an i-ti mi cu Mirang holh in Germany an ti hna caah an mah holh ngeih kha Germany nih an ruah piak thiam hna. Atu hika kanca ttial hrimah cun pei English England ti cu an min asi ko na in Haka Lai holh in Mirang kan ti hna hi asi cu. Kanmahholh in English kha kan kawhnak hna min asi ve. Mirangnih Mirang kantihlah u anti lo, kanmah holh te in kankawh nak hna min asi ve caah.   Tuluk zong an mah holh in Chunkuo an ti ,Japan zong anmah holh in Nippon  an ti I,  Korea zong anmah holh cun  Hankok ti bantuk a si.Asina in  Mirangholh ah mindang an ngeih dih khi ruat hmanh.   Cu ticun khua min, ram min le mindangdang zong amah le holh zulh in  min tampi an ngei cio hna.Hibantukkonghiv uitamtukkan ttial cang, nanrellem lo caah asi lai.   Rose hlingngeipangpar cu Kawl nih phundang Mirangnih phundang in rose nih mintam pi holh kip ah angei dih,.   Cubantuk cun thil akal caah na hman mi chart hi Tedim holh a thei lo mi nih an ttialmi apalh cikcekmi asi va hmang ti hlah. Cun na ttialrih mi ah:   " i, Tidim le Mindat nih CHIN cu Zomi or Cho ti in an i leh ve tik ah Falam le Hakha zong hi Zomi or Cho an kan siter chih ve"; na timi hi  a dik mi asi ning a cung lei ah kan ttial dih cang.Ttha te in rak ruat hmanh.Na vunttial rih mi ah:   "nain nihin tiang kan kal ning ahcun cohlang mi a si rua lo" na timihi cohlan mi asi tuk cang. Tedim holh athiam lomi Mindat holh a thiam lo mi nih cun an thei lo rih kho men ko. Asina in a theimi nih adik anti dih lai; Cohlan mi asi tuk cang, lung aw ttawm awk a um lo.Na ttialrih mi ah:   "Zeicatiah, Zomi a timi  le Cho a timi zong laimi ti cu an duh bak lo bantuk in Zomi le Cho si cu Laimi aa timi nih kan duh ve lo"  na vun ti mi ah  acung ah kan ttial dih cang; Bama ti cu Laimi nih Kawl kan ti tik hna ah si she,  Thailand cu Kawl nih Yodaya an ti tik hna ah si she, Deutchland cu Mirang nih Germany an titik hnaah si she, an mah an duh duh lo kha asi lo I,  an mah le holh ning in an rak ngeih mi min asi kha universal in an pawm cio mi asi ti hi vialte tet-te kan langhter ah cun theih khawh lungtlian khawh awk ngai asi cang.   Cucaah hina hman mi chart a palh ning hi research dang tuahhau lo in hika kan ttialmi vulei cung thilkalning hrim nih hin hi chart cu hmantlak lo hnawmbawm chunghlawh ding men asi ning alang ter kko tuk cang I hi Chart hrim hi zeitik hmanh ah hman awk asi ti lo ti theih khawh nakngai asi. Damte in. Lnk.   ---------- From: zophei@yahoogroups. com [mailto:zophei@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Zasang Cinzah Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 11:43 PM To: zophei@yahoogroups. com Subject: RE: [zophei] Chin,Lai ,Zo Miphun kong   Key Points:   1. "[Mirang nih ]Mizeimi phundah an si ti an vun hlat tikah…. kum 750AD  lio Kawlram ti in Anaw[z]rah tha siangpahrang nih a rak dirh khawh hlan kum 300 lio in  ttialmi lungca ah Chin ti in an ttialmi miphun nunphung le holh a hmang mi Chin miphun ram a si kha Mirang nih an rak hmuh khawh hna."   2. "Chin timi min chung ah aa tel dih mi an si tiah cu upadi chung ahcun mi rang nih an ttial." 3. "Chin timi cu Falam le Haka nih Laimi tiah an ileh I Tedim nih Khamtung mi ti le Zomi ti in an leh . Mindat lei nih Chio tiah an leh ve. " Falam le Hakha nih CHIN cu LAIMI tiah kan leh tikah Tidim le Mindat zong Laimi kan siter chih hna i, Tidim le Mindat nih CHIN cu Zomi or Cho tiin an i leh ve tikah Falam le Hakha zong hi Zomi or Cho an kan siter chih ve; nain nihin tiang kan kal ning ahcun cohlang mi a si rua lo; Zeicatiah, Zomi a timi  le Cho a timi zong laimi ti cu an duh bak lo bantuk in Zomi le Cho si cu Laimi aa timi nih kan duh ve lo.     Cucaah, Mirang nih Upadi ah an ttial bantuk in CHIN chung ah  aa telmi MIN {miphun] an si timi ruahnak; Human Right Watch Website ah an tarmi te hi CHIN Miphun kan sining te cu a si ko lai dah! Damte in Asang.     ------------------------------ "Serve with gladness"

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Kan Pulpit in kan Miphun remh kan hau cang

Kan Pulpit in kan Miphun remh cang hna usih   From: lianhei cung <lianheicung@gmail.com> Subject: [Metkhuabo] Kan Pulpit in kan miphun kan remh hna lai To: "chinuniversityalumni" <chinuniversityalumni@googlegroups.com>, tabclairam@googlegroups.com, Metkhuabo@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, November 28, 2009, 7:14 AM   Dawtmi miphun hawi hna, Kan miphun kong ah mah le ruahning cio in tial le langhter a si, kei zong ka hmuh ning in kan miphun caah ka ruahnak langhter ka duhmi a um ve. Minung hi nang na palh kei ka palh ti kan i el nak in kan ca i a thabikmi theih, ruahnak i pek le tuah hi a biapi deuh. Ram tampi cu phanh khawh a si lo nain Malaysia cu kan miphun ning nawn in rathnawhmi le kan duhmi hngahnak hmun ah kan hman cio. Hi Malaysia ram phan Laimi cung lawng in ruahnak kan chuah ahcun a dik thlu lai lo nain a tam u a si lo le, zeimawzat cu a hmaan kho men ko ka ti. Refugee in kan kalnak bik hmun a si caah ramthumnak a phanmi hi a tam u cu Malaysia in phanh a si i, cu in kan vai kalpimi nunzia cu hlonh thlu khawh cu a si lem lai lo. Cu kan zia le kan nunning kha Lai nunphung ( Chin Culture) ah ai cang te ko lai. Kan nunphung kan kalpi ning hi zoh tikah tih a nung ngai ko. Tuan deuh i ka rak tial bantuk in nitlaklei Khrihfa miphun ah Laimi hi can kan awl ngai ko cang. Hiti zozawt ngai le fello ngai, hruphrap ngai in kan nun hi mah le hmuh ning in chim ve ning law, kan pulpit in kan rak i cawnpiak ning he ai pehtlai rua ka ti. Kan biaknak le kan pulpit nih kan miphun hi a thanchoter ko, asinain thil timi cu a tha thlu lawng um phung a si ve lo bantuk in kan pulpit caan sau deuh a rauh cun nitlaklei lawng uar tuk i mah ram ah um duh lonak lungthin pu tiang in a kan cawnpiak caah aho cio paoh Refugee hi Paradise ah kan ruah sualnak a hram pakhat cu a si. Kan cozah puh ding a rak um hi cu Laimi caah vanthat ngai a si ve. Ram dang ah miphun dang zong an pem cio ko nain an ram kir than le an ram ah thil tha tuah ding hi an i tim peng. Laimi hi kan si ning in chim usih law, Ram tha seh ti cu kan kaa in kan chim ko nain (ahlei in ramleng phan Laimi nih ) ram that tak lai cu kan duh taktak rua lo ka ti, a sullam cu ramthumnak phan ciami nih kir lai phan a si i, Malaysia hrawng, India hrawng in Refugee hngakmi nih hawi ramthumnak phanh i kan ram kir lai cu tih taktak a si, cucu Laimi kan dirhmun taktak a si. A cunglei kan langhtermi tete hi Laimi kan lungput zeimawzat te khi a si, hi kan lungput ai thoknak a hram cu kan biakinn ai thokmi a si. Ruah caan a phan ngai ve cang. Laimi hi ram leng kan chuah tikah lung a rawk ngaimi cu Ramchung nak in a let tamtuk in kan i dawtnak ai then, kan miphun in kan i then i donghnak ahcun kan phun hna hi Lai ( Chin ), ti loin kan khuamin chin a hau te ko rua lai. Hlan kan pa le Khrihfa ai thokka i kan Pastor te cu mawh chiat awk an um tuk lem lo, Pathian bia te am lam chimh kan Khua cio Khrihfabu a thawnnak ding an kan chim, upat awk ngai an si. A vun dawttu Pastorte pawl nih ramdang an kal i, ramdang a nuamhnak an bia in an kan chimh pin ah an kan pemtak tikah kan miphun nih pem in than kan i tim. Cun Sunday School kan hngakchiat lio ah an rak kan chimhmi cu kan Khrihfa biaknak i zumh awk tlakmi hna tuanbia ( Eg. Adam, Esther, ... tbk ) an rak kan chimh tikah kan upat tiang kan i thanpimi cu Pathian a hna a tla lai maw ti in kan sual ko bu zong ah ruahnak kan ngei. A caan nih a vun kan kalpi lengmang hi a hlei in 1990 hnulei pawl ah Sunday School i cawnpiakmi cu kha zumh awktlakmi hna kong chim ti lo in, na piangthar maw? ti deuh lawng kan cawn tikah Khrihfa phung i dinnak cu kan kaltak diam i, Bible tlaih in lih chim hi kan caah a awl ngai ko cang. Dinnak timi cu Lai miphun caah David Van Bik le Bawi Hu dictionary chung lawng ah neih dawh kan si cang, kan nunnak ah dinnak kawl cu a har taktak ko cang. A zei a va si hmanh ah Miphun kong ahcun a tlai ti um lo in thil tha cu kan theih le cangka in tuah hi a tha bikmi a si ko. Atu ning in cun Laimi cu Pulpit in ai hruaimi miphun ah kan cang ko rih le, kan pulpit cawnpiak ning hi thlen a za cang ko lo maw? Kan miphun a ngan a damnak ah a herh lomi thil tampi hi kan pulpit in hloh a za cang ko rua, kan caah a thami hi kan pulpit in aupi a hau ko cang. Cuti cun kan miphun hi serhram i thok cang hna usih, a hlan ahcun kan pulpit cio in mah le associations cio tanhnak kha kan rak chim tawn, pianthar i sual khawh ti lonak kan rak chim, ramleng le phaisa lawng in ram remh khawh a si ti in kan rak aupi, cu nih a chuahpimi cu Miphun tlau-nak le miphun theknak a chuahpi cu mithmuh kuttongh a si ko. Tu chun caan ah cu kan rak i palhnak vialte cu a thar in ramh cang hna u si. Kan miphun le kan thlarau a damnak ding caah kan Pulpit cu a dikhmaan ning te in hmang cang hna u si, kan cozah sianginn hmanh in kan miphun a hruai te ding kan fale kan chimh khawh hna lo, kan church school ( Sunday School ) tal in miphun ca ah thlaici cin le thlak hram thok cang hna u si. Upatnak he Lian Hei Cung ------------------------------ "Serve with gladness"

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THO le LAI KUMTHAR by Pu Lian Cin

LAI THO LE LAI KUMTHAR ICBC Tho Puai Pu Lian Cin Biachim mi Tucaan ah biachimnak caan ka hmuh ve caah hi proggramme a tuah tu Nunphung le Zatlang hruaitu upa hna sin ah siseh, hi bantuk caan rem a kan pe tu kan Pathian sin ah siseh lawmhnak bia chim hmasa ka duh. U le nau hna, nihin hi, Nunphung le Zatlang caan hman sawhsawh long siloin, Laimi nih kum 40 reng lo, kan rak theih ti lo mi, kan rak hngalh ti lo mi, Tho puai, theih nawlhnak le langhter thannak caan zong a si ve caah, DOT HNIH in biachim ka duh. Dotkhatnak….. Nunphung le Laimi Mirangholh in ( Illusion ) timi bia a um i cucu Minung kan nunnak ah hin hmun tampi ah a um lengmang. Illusion timi cu zeidah a si ? Illusion timi cu thil sining hi a mah a sining tein hmuh lo in, a si lo ning pi in hmuh, a si lo ning pi in theih, a si lo ning pi in hngalh ti khi a si. Tahchunnak ah ram avai mi pa cu, zanlei khua a muih nawn tik ah thinghmui pakhat khi a hei zoh i sa ah a rel. Fiangfai tein a ngia ti lo, sakhah kha a duh caah meithal in thinghmui pi cu a kah. Cucu Illusion cu a si. A si loning piin a hmuh, a ruah, a hngalh ti khi a si. Hi bantuk thil umtuning hi Laimi nih kan Nunphung, kan theihning, kan ruahning, ah hin hmuntampi ah a lang lengmang. Vulei cung thil umtuning kan zoh tikah, miphunkip nih nunphung cu ngeih cio a si i cu an nunphung cu an biaknak in tlangkawm a si lengmang. Bia dang in kan chim ah cun Nunphung timi chung ah hin Biaknak hi hmunhma a khuar ve lengmang. Cu long siloin, cu an nunphung cu an ngeihmi thilri, eidin in an sunlawi ter. Tahchunnak ah nupithit le va ngeih hi Biaknak a si lo. A si nain Thitumpuai an tuah tikah Kawlmi nih Phungki le Biteih Saya timi kha an auh hna, Lawki phung kan um lio ah Ar-at tu nih thlacamnak a tuah, Khrihfa Biaknak nih Pastor te nih lehthahnak tuah a si. A si nain Kawl le Lai kan ihal, kanithit, kan ichawnh ning cu a dang. Hi thil umtuning ah nunphung timi le Biaknak timi hi a ri fiang tein a lang ko. Cu bantuk in Kawl Tincianpuai khi an kumthar a si ve nain an Biaknak in an fehter bantuk in Laimi nih Tho puai, Hlukhla puai, Sariahthawh, Laamserh puai, Khuangcawi puai, Bawite, Bawipi an bawi lio ah siseh, Tirawl tampi an lak I lawmhnak puai an tuah mi Rawlsawmtuk, Cakeifim tibantuk puai an tuah tik ah siseh, an biakmi khuahrum sin ah thlacamnak tuah a rak si ve. Cu bantuk cun Laimi hi Lawki Biaknak chung kan rak um lio ah kan Nunphung kan hmannak zawn tete ah Lawki Biaknak in tlang kan kawm long siloin kan rak eidin mi tirawl hna in kan sunlawi ter lengmang. Cu tikah Nunphung le Biaknak hi hmun tampi ah then awk har ngai in an ihrual, an isengchih. Cu bantuk dirhmun kan si lio ah Khihfa Biaknak Lairam a vun luh ve tik ah, Laimi nih kan Nunphung, kan Biaknak le kan eidin hna kha a hliah kan rak phoih thiam lo caah le a ri kan rak thenthiam lo caah, cheukhat kan nunphung dawhdawh hna cu Lawki Biaknak he hmunkhat ah hmawnbawm ah kan hlonh chih hna. Cun Lairam a rak kaimi Missionary pawl hi Bibleca a cawngmi cu an si ko hna nain miphun dang sin ah zeitin thutdir awk, ruahawk tuahawk tibantuk Training pakhat hmanh an rak ngeih lo tik ah Biaknak le Miphun timi kha a ri an rak khiak piak thiam hna lo. Ruahnak zong an rak pe thiam hna lo. Mirang nih Africa ram an thlah mi Missionary pawl hna tu khi, Training tha tein an pek mi hna an si caah nihin ni tiang Africa pawl cu an phunglam thlau lo in Khrihfa ah an cang hna. Pathian an biak tik hna ah anmah an pupa hla aw hmang in siseh, an laam kan kui zong hngakchia upa in an thiam rih. Cucu Africa way of worship an ti theu. Cu bantuk akhyuanhazi ci laimi kan rak sung. Bia le Hla timi chimkem bia a um. Chim duhmi cu Bia thuk Bia tha Bia hmual cu Hla ah a um ti a si. Kan pupachan ah Hla cu Laamnak nih a zulh cawlh. Cu bantuk Laamnak le nuamhnak hmun ah cun, an rak ngeihmi, Zu kha eidin caah an rak hman. Bia, Hla, Laam le Zu cu hmunkhat ah an kal ti tik ah, Zu kha a hrampi ah an rak ruahsual i Lai Laam laam cu khuachia biak tluk ah an rak ruah sual. Cu caah Lawki phung a ummi thitumpuai le chunhthah long ah Lai laam laam a si i Khrihfa chungkhar thitumnak ah Laihla le Lailaam cu an rak hnon i Lawki Biaknak he hlonhchih a si. Cu long siloin Paih zong hi Laimi kan ngeihmi Lentecelhnak a si. Lawki Biaknak ah a um mi nih Thitumpuia le adang Puai phunphun an tuah tik long ah Paih cu ser a si i Khihfa a si mi nih Puai an tuah tik ah Paih cu hlonh a si. Kum relnak ah an rak hmanmi Tho puai hmanh hi Lawki Biaknak he kan pehtleih ter i Thlaithar Tho tiin kan thlen hnu ah Tho puai cu Khrihfa hna nih kan rak hnon, kan rak hlonh. Duh sah tein puai a ngei lomi miphun ah, kan theih lo kar ah, kan pil thluah mah. Khihfa Biaknak he a pehtlaimi X'mass le Kumthar puai dah lo cu zei puai hmanh a leng ti lo. Cu caah X'mass le Kumthar puai tuah, eidin, inuamh cu Laimi kan caah hin a sunglawi khun. A ruang cu zei puai hmanh a um ti lo caah a si bik. Cheukhat nih Laimi cu Khrihfa miphun kan si ti tiang in kan chim. Vulei cung ah Khrihfa miphun tihi a um thiam mi a si lo. Kawl miphun, Kala miphun , Mirang le Zapan miphun zong Khrihfa an um ve ti hmanh kan ruat ban ti lo. Cu ban tuk thil kal ning cu Ilution timi cu an si dih. Lawmh awk ngai a si than mi cu, kanmah Khihfa lila nih kan nunphung a bia pit ning, kan herhning, kan vun ruahnawlh, kan vun kawlthan, kan vun tunmer than tikah kan mino hna nih kan bia le kan hla, kan laam le kan kui, kan thil le kan thuam hna zah pi nak um ti lo in vulei cung tiang thanh le hmuhsak ngamnak lungthin an vun ngeih than tik ah kan miphun kan himbawmnak a thar in a chuak than tiah a langh caah lawmh awk ngai a rak si. Nunphung upat le kilven hi rumnak a si lo, fimnak zong a si lo, thancho zawng a si lo, A simi tu cu miphun dirkamh, miphun dawt a si tihi chimduhmi a si. Cu caah nihin zong Nunphung le Zatlang hruaitu upa hna nih an kan hruainak ah hin lungtho tein itel, cawlcangh cio awk in sawm kan si. Dothnihnak…..Laimi le Tho Tulio hrawng E-mail i an tial, an ceih mi pakhat cu Tho le Zu ti hi a si. Tho cu Tho a si ko i Zu cu Zu a si ko. A fiang tukmi cu Tho cu puai a si i Zu cu din ei awk thil khi a si. Puai kong maw kan ceih, eidin kong dah kan ceih, tihmanh a fiang lomi kan lo. Hi bantuk thilhmanthlak pakhat Laimi sin ah a um mi cu Chin National Day le Zupu tihi a si. CND tuah ah cun Zupu tuah a hau tiphun in kan ruah. CND Falam ah minung 5000 nih an rak ceih an rak khiah lio ah zei Zupu um hlah. Zupu cu CND hlan in siseh, Zu cu Tho puai an tuah lo caan zong ah siseh a um ciami a si tiah kan theih ko bu ah Tho le Zu, CND le Zu kan ti peng. A poi taktak. Illusion long te an si. Hi thilhmanthlak nih a kan chimhmi cu Laimi hi mipaangpar phun kan si rua ti khi a si. Thil hi a ning taktak, a muru taktak, hlai lo in, kawl lo in, a cungpavuan sawhsawh in, kan ruah, kan chim, kan rel, ti a langh caah hi bantuk lungput le nunning hi kan hrial ah a tha. Tho timi hi cheukhat nih (mithi an tho ) timi zumhnak in a ra mi a si caah, Lawki Biaknak he aa pehtlai tiin an ruah. Lawki Biaknak ah thawhthannak tihi a um lo. Mithi cu an thih hnu ah mithi khua ah an kal tihi zumhning cu a si. Cu caah mithi khua i a ummi minung thlarau kha Khuavang sin in mithi khua ah an chawnh biak hna i cucu thi tlawng tiah an ti. Tho timi cu kum a tho than, kum a vui than, kan tho than, kan itung than tiin a ra mi tu a si. Cu caah Tho puai cu Kumtharpuai ( New year Festival ) ti zong in cheukhat nih an auh. Tho puai an tuah lio thla cu Tho thla tiah auh a si i September thla cheu hrawng in October thla 15 tiang hrawng khi Tho thla tiah auh a si. Tho thla hlan ah Hniang thla ti a um August thlacheu in September thlacheu chung khi a si. Hniangthla timi cu a hniang bik, hngakchia bik, a dongh nak, a netnak ti khi a sawh i kum donghnak, kumdihnak ti khi a si. Cu bantuk caan ah hin tirawl hi a chambau cang, tirawl thar a chuahhlan a si i (Licham Tharban ) timi bia zong a um. Chim duhmi cu ( ka li le ka cantiang a dih, ka ti le ka rawl a dih, ka ei awk a dih, a cham, athar, rawlthar ka vun banh, ka phandeuh rih lo ) ti khi a si. Cu caan ah hawikawn, dawhria, he rawldumnak puai, inuamh hi a sunglawi tuk in hmuh a si bantuk in cu lio caan i puai an tuahmi cu Hnianghrawm tiah an auh. Cu caah Hniang le Tho timi cu kumrelnak, kumdonghnak le kumtharnak khi a chim duhmi a si. Kan pupa hna nih Thothla a chuakmi khi kumkhat tiin an auh hna nain hngakchiate cu Hniangthla ah a chuah ah cun, Thothla ah khin, thlahnih long a si nain, kumhnih tiin an rel than. Cu nih cun kan pupa hna i kumrelnak a si ti khi a langh ter. Laimi nih Hlukhla, acheunih Thalkut, Capcar Kut an ti i February 20 in March 15 karlak ah puai hi an rak tuah i cucu kumcheu puai a si. Chimduhmi cu kan pupa hna kumrelnak hi anmah le an ning tein an rak ngei ti khi chim duh mi a si. ( Pa Hlun nih cun ek cik cek in an chimh khawh ko hna lai ). Hi bantuk in Tho thla ah Buhthar, Sathar, tirawlthar, an vun hmuh tik ah, an ilawm hna i Puai phunphun cu tuah a si. Cheukhat nih, unau chungkhat he siseh, Innpa chakthlang he siseh, Hawikawm dawhria he siseh, Lohrawm Dawhria he siseh, vawk hna an rak vulh chung i, Tho vawk an ti i, Tho puai caan ah an thah, an ihrawm, an ithen, an ei ti. Inn bing in cheukhat nih, Ar khong khi a kum in, an erh, Zabui an erh, Chang an iring, Zupu zong an i ring, Zusa, vasa tiang, in an khawmh. Kum a vui caah an ilawmhnak kha, puai phun in Tho ni tiah an khiah i nithum chung an hman. Mikip, Innkip, khuakip, vengkip an ilawm, Kan miphun pining in, lawmhnak in a khat, diriamnak le lunghmuihnak in, hnakchia upa thlu lo, kan thinlungchung ah a erh in aa erh.. Kum thar he pehtlai in Mirang phun, hi cu January nikhat, nikhat hmanh a si lo eh, December ni 31 zantim, thu hluk mak in kan ih lio, mang kan manh lio, ah an ilawm. Cucu miphun kan idannak, Laimi cu mirang kan silonak, Mirang cu Laimi an si lo nak, Kan idannak, a langh tertu, hmelchunhnak, a si i cucu NUNPHUNG kan ti theu mi cu a si. Education timi cawnnak kong a si loh. Dr. Degree kong a si lo. Computer kong a si lo, Khamhnak kong a si lo, NUNPHUNG timi cu…Miphun kan idannak kong tu a si. Laimi hi thih a fahsak ngaimi miphun, thi le sa a tleih chan ngai mi miphun kan rak si. Cu caah THI Tirh tihi kan rak ngei. Chim duhmi cu mithi hi kumthum tiang ruah peng, ngeih peng, a rak si. Kumthum tiang hi an tah peng hna, an hlam peng hna, Nu le Va thihtian a tian mi an si ah cun kumthum chung hi va ngei lo, nupi thi lo in ulh a rak si. U le nau hna, ruat tuah hmanh uh ? Zeicahdah X'mass caan ah kan chungkhat kan hlam hna ? Kan unau, kan khuami, kan pengtlang, kan hawikawm,he zeicahdah X'mass rawl kan dum ti lai tiin saduh kan thah ? Zeiruang ah ? Zeiruang ah ??? Aphi cu kan tleihchan hna, kan ngai hna, hmuh kan duh hna, ……A si lo maw ??????? El awk a um lo. A dik mi a si ko. Laimi kan pupa hna zong hi unau chungkhat, thi le sa a tleihchanmi an si ve. Kanmah nak hmanh in an zual deuh ti khawh an si. Hi bantuk in Lothlomi, dirhmun, in Buhthaw, Sahthaw he nuam ngai in Tho caan an vun hman tikah, a thi cia mi , chungkhat kha an vun hlam ve hna. Cu caah Tho ah hin mithi rawldangh ti khi an rak hman. Buh thaw, Sa thaw an chuanmi kha mithi kan dangh hna tiin Inn leng Thengthan ah rawl cu an hunh hna. Tho nih rawl a rak tlanh tik ah mithi thlarau a si tiin ei law-ei law tiin lungzur ngai in an rak chim. Mithi a rak ngeimi chungkhar hna zong kha mithi ruak a suangmi bang in an to pi hna, an ngeihchiatnak an hrawm pi ve hna. Tho puai a dih hnu cun an i lungsak ve, mithi an kal cang tiin an i lungsak. Hi bantuk in Tho hi Lairam pengkip ah an rak ngei cio. Tidim kan unau hna nih Khuado puai tiin, Falam kan unau hna nih Fang Er puai, Dongpui puai tiin Matu kan unau hna nih Minkut tiin anmah le peng le tlang hoih in min an ngei i an rak hman cio. Hihi kan Laimi identity pakhat a si caah Lairam ah Lai Cozah a rak um lio Parlimen chan ah khin Lairamkulh ah nithum zungkhar an rak tuah.October thla Sianginn kharte caan ah khin an rak tuah. Cu bantuk in Lai cozah nih a dir pi tikah kan miphun pi ning in Tho caan a sunlawi ning hi kan tem, kan ton, kan nun pi. Miphun pakhat kan tlinnak a hmual a lang. 1962 kum in kan ram ah Ralkap uk nak aa thawk tik ah Tho caan zungkhar cu a tlau. Khrihfa Biaknak nih le Illusion timi thil um tu ning ruang ah tha pek lo a si I kum 40 reng lo kan rak philh cang. A tu ah a thar in kan vun kawl than mi hi kan miphun caah a tha ngai mi a si caah, kan identity a si mi puai hi sunlawi ter cio awk in forh duhmi cu a si Kaa lawm. 10/18/09 ------------------------------ "Serve with gladness"

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