While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Luke 2:8-14)
Nahum Tate (1652-1715)
Arranged from
George F. Handel (1685-1759)
16th century pawlpi kipuahphat hun-a kipan 18th century dong England gam leh America gamte ah tu-a i hymn-te kisa lo hi. Thuciam Lui sunga Late (Psalms) la-a kiphuakte bek kisa hi. Tua hun lai-a kizang mahmah khat bang ci lehang Sternhold-Hopkins Psalter kici labu hi a, 1562 kuma kikhen ahi hi.
Tua labu sunga Late1 la-a kiphuak bang ci lehang:
- The man is blest that hath not lent
- To wicked man his ear,
- Nor led his life as sinners do,
- Nor sat in scorner’s chair.
- He shall be like a tree that is
- Planted the rivers nigh,
- Which in due season bringeth forth
- Its fruits abundantly.
- Whose leaf shall never fade nor fail,
- But flourishing shall stand,
- E’en so all things shall prosper well
- That this man takes in hand.
A tunga i muh bangin Late 1 hih bangin la-in kiphuak-a kisa hi. Sternhold-Hopkins Psalter pen Thuciam Lui a kigelhcilna Hebrew tawh a kinai mahmah hangin a kizang kammalte la suah khol lo, pawlkhatte bang mi laka zat dinga a kilawm khol lo kammal tam simsim ahih manin palwpi mite tampi in deih lo semsem uh hi.
A tawpna ah 1696 kum, William leh Mary-te in kumpi a sep hun sungin Irish mite nih Nahum Tate (1652-1715) leh Nichlolas Brady (1659-1726) te in tua huna mite’ deih dan tawh a kituak zawdeuh dingin Late veve mah la-in phuak kik uh hi. The New Version ci uh a, upmawh bang lo-in kideih lo zawsop hi. Percy Dearmer in Songs of Praise Discussed kici laibu sungah a kisasa sa late a kikhel cianga mite’ lungkim lohna thupiang nihte tawh na genteh ngei hi.
Khua neu khat-a sem pastor khat in khua mite khat banghanga lasakna ah a kihel nawn lohna thu a dot ciangin, “Sia aw, David in a gente kitel mahmah a, telkhialh nemnum nading om ngei lo hi; ahih hangin Tate leh Brady-te in a late sung panun i Topa hemkhia uh hi” ci-in dawng hi. Mr. Tate ngiat in zong tua bangmah tuak ngei hi. A lawnte’ inn khat ah thungetna hunah kihel kha a, tua inn-a nasem numei khat in tua labu a deih lohna hibangin gen hi: “Na theih nop taktak leh maw Sia, Zeisu Khazih Late na sak laiteng kong sak pih dinga, tu’n bel nang’ bawltawm Late sa na hih manin, na sak nop leh nang guak in sa le teh” ci hiauzen hi.
Tua hun lai-a kumpi ahi King William III in Church of England sung bupah a kizangzangsa Sternhold-Hopkins Psalter munah New Version kizang ding hi, ci-in thupia hi. England gam panin America gam tunga 1789 kumin American Episcopal Church sungah kizang hi. Ahih hangin 1700 kumin Tate leh Brady-te in tua New Version laih nading khat bawl khin uh hi. Tua labu thak sunga kihel late’ lakah Luke 2:8-14 bulphuh-a Tate in a phuah vantung mite in tuucingte’ tunga a taangkona uh “Tuucingte’n Zanlai Gamlakah” cih hih la zong khat ahi hi. A dangte bel kimangngilh khin mai hi.
Nahum Tate bel 1652 kumin Ireland gam Dublin ah suak hi. A pa Irish minam biakna nasem khat ahi hi. Trinity College ah pilna sina, 1690 kumin 1689-1702 sung kumpi sem William leh Mary-te’ kumpi inn-a sem dingin ‘Poet Laureate of England’-in kiciamteh hi. A nuntakzia hoih lo a (zu kham denin sum uangzat lua), tua mah a pukna suak hi. 1715 kumin London khua Southwark-a leiba pia zo lote’ omna debtor’s refuge ah si hi. A lawmpa Nicholas Brady bel Irish minam mah hi a, Oxford leh Trinity ah pilna sin hi. Anglican pawlpi sungah nasema Englang gam Cork ah sem ngei hi.
Hih la, “Tuucingte’n Zanlai Gamlakah” bel Lungdambawl huna kisa Christmas carol-te’ lakah a kideihpen khat hi a, Protestant hymnal khempeuh ah om kim hi. I Topa’ suah hun laitaka tuucingte’ thu bekbek la-a kiphuak hi a, naupangnote nangawn in a mitkha vua a bawl theih ding zah vua kitel la khat ahi hi.
A la-aw bel music phuaksiam pente’ laka siampen khat ahi George Frederick Handel’ phuahte’ lak pana kila ahi hi. Amah Germany gam Halle ah February 23, 1685 ni-in suak hi. 1713 kuma kipanin England gamah tengzaw a, 1727 kumin England gammi suak hi. A music phuahte’ lakah 1741 kuma a phuah The Messiah kici oratorio mah minthangpen hi.
Tua oratorio a zawh nadingin ni 24 sawt hi. Hih The Messiah sung panin a sakkik kila pen Halluluijah Chorus ci-a i saksak lapi ahi hi. Handel in Hymn aw pawlkhat a phuah hangin hih la “Tuucingte’n Zanlai Gamlakah” banga minthang la-awte bel ama’ phuah la dawng saupite pan kila-a a kigualpha la-awte hizaw bilbel hi.
Rev. Zam Khat Kham
Christian Hymn te’ tangthu 2005
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