ZAWNG NAPI, A HAU INNKUAN
Kum 1946 Easter Sunday pen manghilh ngei nawn keining. Kum 14 ka pha a, ka nau nu Ocy kum 12 hi in, ka u Darlene 16 pha hi. Ka nu leh ko unau teng thum inn ah ka teng uh a, a
beisa kum 5 hun in ka pa in ko unau 7 leh ka nu hong nusia hi.
Kum 1946 in ka u numeite in pasal nei khin uh a, ka sanggam pasalte in zong ka inn uh nusia in mun dangah om uh hi. Easter Sunday a tunma kha in ka Pastor un, Easter Sundayciang mi zawngte huhna ding kikaikhawm ding ahih manin, kua-mapeuh kiging khol dingin hong vaikhak hi.
Kikhawm ka ciah uh ciangin bangci sum nei ding cih kagen khawm uh a, Alu tampi lei a khakhat sung tua heng lengciin ka khensat uh hi. Tua in ka meh neng leina ding uh pan sum Dollar 20 khawng mizawngte huhna ka pe thei ding uh hi. Electric lights a tam thei bang pen off in, radio zong ngai kei le ung,electric bill pan zong sum kikhawl thei ding hi. Ka u Darlene inmi inn hah siang in kithalawh thei a, kei leh ka nau in mi naucing in ka kithalawh uh a, Dollar 20 kim bang ka ngah thei uhhi. Tua hun sung pen ka damsung a nuam ka sak penpen hun hi.
Nisim in ka sum muh sa uh ka sim zel uh a, zan ciang light tamzaw off zel ka hih manun khawzing nuaiah tukhawm in, mi haksa innkuan, pawlpi ten huhna sum a piak uh ciang a lungdamdan ding khawng uh ka gen khawm zel uh hi. Ka pawlpi uh member 80 khawng ka pha uh a, tua teng in sum a piak khop uh pentam mahmah ding cih ka tel mahmah hi. Nipi ni simin Pastor incimawh huhna ding vai hong zasak den hi.
Tua nitak ka lawp dan uh bangmah tawh teh theih dingbang hilo a, zong ka ihmu thei kei uh hi. Cimawh huhna dingDollar 70 tak nei ka hih manun, puan thak ka neih loh uh hanginphamawh sakna ka nei tuan kei hi.Kikhawp ding ka ngaklah lua uh a, Nipi ni hong tung a,tua ni guah hong zu lailai a, lukhu zong nei lo ka hih manunguahthuak sa in Biakinn ka tung uh hi. Sum ka piak khiat ding bekbek un lungsim luah hi. Khangno pawlkhatte in puan lui tengmah silh den ci a hong gen ka zak hangin phamawh ka sa vet keia, sum hizah piak ding ka neih manun hau ka kisa lua hi.
Huhna sumte hong kaikhawm uh a, lungkim takin ka piauh a, lungsim takin ka kisathei mahmah hi. Ka ciah uh cianginzong lampi ah ka vek un la sa kawm in lungdam takin ka ciah uhhi. Tua nitak in Pawlpi Upa khat hong pai a, ka nu tawh inn pua ah a kiho khit ciang un lai-ip khat tawh ka nu hong lut kik a, asungah bang om hiam ci a ka dotna uh kam khat zong hongdawng loin lai-ip hong hawng a, cimawh huhna sum Dollar 20 lai thum, Dollasr 10 lai khat leh Dollar 1 lai sagih ana om hi.
Ka nu in lai-ip sungah koih kik a, gen ding thei lo kiho lo insawtpi ka om uh a, a hau mahmah a ka kingaihsutna lungsimkhempeuh zawng hi a kitheihna in hong khek pah lian hi.Niik leh puan, van ahi zongin ka neih sunsun uh a kisampeuhpeuh in ka zang uh a, midangte bangin na khempeuh akicing in ka neih loh lam ka thei a, ahizongin mi zawng banginka kingaihsun kha ngei kei hi.
Tua ni a kipan ka zawn dan uh ka phawk khia a, Pawlpi Upa in mi zawngte huhna sum hong pia ahih ciang koh zong azawng ka na hi gige uh hi. Mi zawng hih ka ut kei a, ka puan leh khedap te ka et ciangin lah lui in siaahih manin ka maizum thak kik a, mi khempeuh in mizawng ci in hong thei khin ding ahih manin Biakinn pai zong ka ut nawn kei hi.
Sanginn lam ka ngaihsut ciangin tan 8 ah khatnaka hi a, tan 9 ka sin ta a, ka lawmte in ka zawnna uh hong thei hileh zumhuai lua ding a, khua zong heek ngam lo ding ka hih manin Sang khawl ding bang ka ngaihsun liang hi.
Dai dide in sawtpi ka tu uh a khua hong zing in lupna lam zuan kik in kuamah ka kiho ngei kei uh hi. Sangkah in ciah kik in bangmah gen loin nipi kal khat sung bang tuaci ka om uh hi.Nino ni hong tun ciang ka nu in huhna sum te bangci zat dinghiam ci in hong dong hi. Mi zawng ten bangci sum zang uh hiam?ka thei kei uh a, mi zawng ka hih lam uh ka na theih ngeilohmanun tualam bangmah ngaihsutna ka nei kei hi.
Nipini hong tun ciangin kikhop ka ut kei uh a, ahizong kanu in kikhawm teitei dingin hong ci ahih manin ka pai uh a,lampi ah bangmah gen lo pau loin ka kizui uh hi.Biakinn ka tun uh ciangin Missionary speaker ka nei uh a,amah in Africa gama thu-um mite haksat dan khawng leh biakinn tung khuhna ding nei lo uh ahih manun sum Dollar 100 khawng kisam hi ci in hong gen hi. Tua ciangin thugen pa in”Hih mi haksate a huh thei ding, a kipiakhia thei i om hiam?”hong ci a, koh innkuan teng ki-en in kalkhat sunga a khat veinadingin ka nui uh hi.
Kanuinaipsungpanlai-iphonglakhiainkaupiaa,kau inkeihongpiainkenkanauOcykapesawna, kanauinvapiahi. Huhna sum kikaikhawmte a kisim ciangin sum 100 kiim hongcing ahih manin Missionary pa zong hong lawp mahmah a, hibang pawlpi neuah tam a ngah ding kilamen lo hi. “Na pawlpiun mi hau na nei uh hi” ci-in hong gen a, tua thu in nakpi takinhong lawng a, Dollar 100 pana 87 pen huhna ka ngah uh panaka piak uh ahi hi.
Missionary in, ‘Pawlpi sungah mihau omi’ a cih pen koh innkuan hong genna hi cih ka thei a, tuani a kipan zawng ka kicingei nawn kei hi. Jesu ka neih manin mi hau ka hi cih ka kiphawktawntung hi.
(Hih thu, “Old Easter Storyi” cih tangthu pana kitei sawm hi.Bangteng hil taleh, Jesu hangin mi hau hi in i kithei hiam ? Ed.)
Source : Laitai March/2017
Source : Laitai March/2017