Holy, Holy, Holy (Kilaakna 4:8-11)
Reginald Heber (1783-1826)
John B. Dykes (1823-1876)
Hih la a phuakpa Reginald Heber pen England gam Cheshire ah April 21, 1783 ni-a suak hi a, a nu leh a pate minuamsa, pilna sangpi a neite ahi uh hi. Kum 17 a phak ciangin Oxford University ah pilna sin kipana, tua lai-ah a laipilna leh laigelh lam a vakna mite’ phawkkhakin om khin malam hi. 1803 kum, Oxford University ah a om lai-in English poem khat a phuahna hangin “Newdigate prize” kici pahtawina khat ngah ngei hi.
Anglican pawlpi ah ordination kipia a, kum 16 sung England gam nitumna lama khuaneu mahmah khat ahi Hodnet ah sem hi. A nasep sung tawntung tat le heek siam Christian lungsim thupi a paii mi khat-in kiciamteh hi. Lai tampi a gelh mi, magazine tuamtuamah poem, hymn leh lai mahmah a gelh denkeii khat-in kithei hi.
Kum 43 pha a a sih ma kum thum lai, 1823 kumin Bishop of Calcutta sem dingin India gam kipaisak hi. Ama’ khawk zai mahmah a, India gam bek hi lo-in, Island of Ceylon leh Australia gam buppi zong kihel hi. A nasep tamin gik mahmah a, khuahun lah lum mahmah sawnsawn ahih manin a pumpi-in lel lua mahmah hi.
Nipi Ni zingsang khat India mite tampi kikhopna mun innpualam kikhopna khat ah India mite’ ngeina hoih lo “caste system” (nam pi nam neu kideidanna) a hoih lohna nakpi-a a gen khit ciangin a nisa thuakna tawh “sun stroke” ngah si vat mawk hi. Hun nai het lo pi-a a sih zawh kum khat a cin ciangin a nusiat a zi leh a lawmte in ama’ phuahsa hymn dawng 57 tengkhia-in khenkhia uh hi. Tua late tuni dongin kisasa lai hi.
Hih la bel a phuakpa Heber in pawlpi sunga pawi tuamtuam leh hun thupi tuamtuamte tawh kizui-a zat dinga (liturgical) a phuah hi a, Trinity Sunday-a zat ding a cih ahi hi. Trinity Sunday bel Thawhkik Nipi (Easter) khit nipikal 8 cianga tung ahi hi. Tua Nipi Ni a deihna taktak bel Trinity kici mimal thum Pasian khat upna kipsak phatphat nading ahi hi. Laisiangtho sungah “trinity” cih kammal a om lian loh hangin Pasian khat bek om-a, khat le khat kikim liana tawntung a hikhawm Person (mimal ci pong ni) om hi cih bel kitel mahmah hi. Heber in hih la a phuah lai-in a kammal zatte nakpi-in tenga kidawm mahmah hi, kici hi. Pasian leh biakna thu a kithupisak ding a deihna hi.
“Vuuk Paakna Gam Dawn Panin” (From Greenland’s Icy Mountains) a cih la zong Reginald Heber’ phuah mah ahi hi.
Hih la-aw pen “Nicaea” kici a, AD 325 kuma Asia Minor-a kibawl Council of Nicaea a kisamsak min ahi hi. Tua kikhopna ah Trinity upna kisittel-a maan taktak hi ci-in kikipsak hi. Christian upna-a a bulpi, a om loh a phamawh upna hi, ci-in kikipsak hi. 1861 kumin 19th century hun lai-a England gama church musician minthang mahmah Dr. John Bacchus Dykes in hih lamal tawh bulh dinga a phuah hilhial ahi hi. John B. Dykes in la-aw 300 val na phuaka, a tamzaw tuni dongin kisasa lai hi.
John Bacchus Dykes pen England gam Hull ah March 10, 1823 ni-in suak hi. 1847 kuma Cambridge University pan sang a man khit ciangin Church of England sungah hanciam takin nasem hi. 1861 kumin music khantoh nadinga a sepnate, hymn aw 300 val a phuahna pahtawina-in Durham Univeristy in Doctor of Music Degree pia hi. A la-aw phuahte Victorian hun lai la-aw kiphuakte lakah a ngaihpen-in kiciamteh hi.
John B. Dykes’ phuah la-awte lakah hih la “Siangtho, Siangtho, Siangtho” (Holy, Holy, Holy) banah, “I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say” (Jesu in Hih Bang Ong Ci Hi – Xtian La No. 158), “Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee” (Jesu Aw, Kong Lungngaih Bek Zong-Xtian La No. 234), “Eternal Father, Strong to Save” (Pa Pasian Aw, Na Khut Muanhuai-Xtian La No. 435), “Lead Kindly Light” (Khuavak Gi Aw-Xtian La No. 197), “Ride On, Ride On in Majesty” (Tuang Ou, Tuang Ou-Xtian La No. 91), “The King of Love My Shepherd Is” (Kei Ong Cingpa, Itna Kumpi – Xtian La No. 44), leh “O for a Closer Walk With God” cihte kihel hi. Rev. Zam Khat Kham (Christian Hymn te’ tangthu 2005)
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