Rev. Khup Za Go: Dahpihna leh Phawkna laikhak pawlkhat
1. THE LAST JOURNEY (Khualzin Tawpna)
April 9, 2005 zingsang nai 9:20 pawl in phone ong ging a, “Siapa (Rev. Khup Za Go) mawtaw tuahsia in zato ah kipuak hi,” ciin hong hilh hi. Bangci tuahsiat a, koilai hi a, bang zato ah kipuak hiam cih nangawn kan sau thei mello in ka om hi. Hih thu in hong phawng lua ahih manin, gen ding leh sak thei loin ka innkuan un ka om cip uh hi. Pumpi cidamlohna hangin Siapa zatoah sawt sim tham lum a, Pasian misiangthote thungetna hangin hong damin, a taksa hong hoih dek laitakin a tuahsiatna thu i zak guih ciangin, a neu a lian lungsim ong phawng mahmah hi!
Zomi Christian Fellowship, Vice Chairman, Pu Khakhai Zou tawh a kipuakna Charak Palika Zatopi (Nu Cing Lian Kim sepna) ah ka delh uh hi. Zato ka tun ciangun, Nu Man (A lawmnu), Pa Gin Sian Lian leh lawm pawlkhat na om uh a, Siapa pen X-Ray lak dingin X-Ray khanah na om hi. A tal, a mitkhu leh muk bawk mahmah ahih hangin a lungsim tei in mi khen cian thei hi. X-Ray lak khit ciangin Siavuante’n a phei pan si tam luang lua ahih manin Safdarjung zato-ah manlangin puak dingin hongs sawl hi.. Charak Palika Zato a siavuante makaihna mah in a ambulance uh tawh Safdarjung Zato ka puak uh hi.
Safdarjung Zato pen ka nau Kikim sepna hi a, Siavuan nih leh a seppih lawmte 3/4 tawh sepding bawl ding teng a sempah uh hi. Hong lunghihmawhpih leh kinpih zia uh lungkimhuai mahmah a, hong dam ding lametna tawh thungen kawmkawmin innkongah mi tampi in kingak hi. Ahih hangin Pasian in Ama kianga om dingin deihzaw hi ding a, nai 3:00 pawlin hong beisan hi. Delhi khuasung a Zomi a thei kha khempeuh in Inn leh Zato ah hong delh in Zato innah mi tampitak kikhawm hi.
Rev. Khup Za Go in hong nusia zo ciin Siavuante’n hong hilh khit ciangun Zomi Fellowship upate vaihawmna tawh nitak nai 7:00 in Methodist Biakinn, R.K. Puram-ah suuna hun zat dingin kigel a, mipi kizasak hi. Methodist biakinn tekah Good Friday (25.3.2005) ni in Unau Joint Fellowship kikhopna hun kizang a, Rev. Khup Za Go makaihna tawh Pastor tengin Topa Nitak nekkhawmna kinei hi. Nitak nai 7:00 in ZCF, Delhi makaihna in Suunna hun kizang hi. Mi tampi kipaikhawm a, Delhi a pawl tuamtuamte’n zahtakna leh itna thu a gen bek hiloin sum leh paai tawh galna a pia uh hi. Tua hun ah Rev. Tunson, Pastor, EBC in thugen hi. A thugenna ah, “Pastor Khup Za Go, Zomite ding a, Delhi a martyr masa pen ahi, a nungzui ding mi bangzah i om uh hiam, ki ngaihtuah ni,” ci in mipite a to (challenge) hi. Mipite lungsim bun mahmah hi. Hun zat sungin itna thu leh van pia a pawlpi in sawmnih leh khat bang pha in kiciamteh hi.
A zing ciang nimit sawm in, Safdarjung luangkhoihna pan siapa luang lakhia in All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) ah embalm bawlsak dingin kipaipih hi. Delh ah embalm (a namloh nadingin zatui kap cihna hi) bawl theihna mun nih bek a om hi. Zato ah mi tampi mah in hong kithuahpih banah, a tenna inn Munirka-ah zong tam khopmah na tukhawm den hi. Rev. Dino Touthangte nupa, Pu Sangliana, MP leh mi ulian tampite’n hong uap in hong ompih den uh ahih manin lungnuam tuam mahmah hi. Nitak lamin a tenna inn kiang a Park-ah Tent House lamin Suunna Hun kizang leuleu hi. Tua hunah Rev.Dino Touthang, Upa (Dr) Langkham leh a midang tampite’n thugen hi.
A kep a cin, a tuute’n (Zomi Christain Fellowship, Delhi) Siapa in hong beisan takpi ciangin a thupi thei pen leh hoih thei bangin Delhi munah vui dingin kingaihsun hi. Ahih hangin, a innkuanpihte’n Lamka a vui ding a cih ciangun, amau deihna zahtakpih in, a luang Lamka a puak ding kithukimpih a, sum leh paii, tha leh zung siitloin Pawlpi in kithuahpih hi.
Nimit 11, zingsang lawltakin vanleng phual panin Delhi to Imphal tawh ka pai uh hi. Imphal tungsuak ding omlo ahih manin Kolkata tawnin paikul hi. Delhi Airport ah mitampi mah in ong kha hi. Kolkata airport tun gin vanleng pan ka tuah khiatkhit lian un, Sangampa Siam Za Muan Valte leh Pu Lamlal-te’n ong nadawn uh hi. Vanleng phualah Pu N. Neihsialte nupa, Tg. Thong Cin Thang, Tg. Lian Naulak leh midang tampi’n hong na dawn uh hi. Lia Zam Ngaih Lian leh Pu N.Neihsial-te’ mawtaw in Pu Lamlal flat lei thakna hong tawlnga sak uh hi. Tua munah ZCF, Kolkata in suunna hun hong zatpih uh a, Pu Khai Khan Thang in si luang pakpiakna leh thugen hun a zang hi. Kikhop khit ciangin, sunsiah limtak hong nekpih lai uh hi. Lungzuang mangbanga om ding kimlai, khamuangtak leh nuamtakin Kolkata ZCF-te’n ong ompih uh a, lungdamna lian mahmah hi.
Kolkata pan Imphal a Tulihal Vanleng phual ka tun uh ciangin mitampi takin hong muak leuleu hi. Phai khawsunga pawl tuamtuam leh Lamka pan hong dawn dingin tampi na om a, vanleeng phualah kikhopna hun nei pahin thupuakna hung ka zang hi. Tulihal Vanleen phual panin mawtaw 20 val kizui ngeingai in khawmial khit ciangin Lamka ka tung zo bek uh hi. Mi tampi takin a inn uah hong na dawn/ngak uh hi. Pasian tate sihna manphat zia hong phawk sak kikkik hi.
Rev. Khup Za Go in Delhi Zomi Christian Fellowship ah Pastor kum li tang bang a sep sungin kuamah khentuam neilo, a neu a lian tawh kipawl thei, kiniam khiat, cihtak, hunzat maan, a hoih lam vive ngaihsun leh genin nei leh mu in ciamteh ahih manin Delhi Zomite adingin a it huai mahmah Sia ahi hi..
Nimit 12, April 2005 nitaklam in Chin Youth Association hanmual, New Lamk-G ah vui in om a, ama ading in leitung a khual zinna a tawpna hi ta hi. Topa’n amah banga thupi khual Zomite lakah makai tampi ong piak beh ta hen!
G. Swan Za Lian, Chairman, ZCF, Delhi
2. ZOMI CHRISTIAN LITERATURE SOCIETY
56/8A Pinlong, Bogyoke St., Kalaymyo
Dear Mrs. Khup Za Go
A thu : Dahpihna lai leh sum khakna
A tunga thu tawh kizui Siapa Rev. Khup Za Go in Delhiah hong sihsanna thu ka zak uh ciangin; Zomite sungah lai lam i muan mahmah khat hong nusia cih pen a kua mapeuh kithanemin kidah mahmah hi.
Mimal khat, innkuan khat supna bekin kingaihsun theilo hi. Banghang hiam cih leh Zomite lai lamah i khantoh theihna dingin a hanciam mahmah leh avei mahmah khat ahih manin Zomi bup supna hi ci in ka ciamteh uh hi.
Tua a hih manin A 8 VEINA ZCLS TRIENNIAL MEETING (April 16, 2005) Leipi ah atuamin thungetna ka nanei uh hi. Tua banah delegate bup thukimna tawh dahpihna lai leh hehnepna sum Ks.20,000/- khak ding thukimna om mah bangin tu in hong khakzo pan ung.
Khrih sungah,
Rev. Suan Khen Mung, Executive Secretary/ZCLS
3. P A M M A I H Z E N S I !
- I. Hopih Tam Lawhna
- Khalam leh Taksa lamah ka PA,
- Kong it leh kong zahtak;
- Sia Khup .. Sia Khup aw ….
- Bangci zaw zen!
- Bang tuak zaw zen i hia?
- Za nuam kei lua sing,
- Mu nuam kei lua sing;
- Ka mang hi zaw leh ut sing,
- Hong kikhemna hileh ut sing;
- Citciat mahmah aw,
- Sese mahmah aw;
- Laih theih ding hileh ken hong
- Laih zaw leng .. i mipihte meet
- Zaw lai mah ding hi ve’n.
- Laih theih nawn lah hilo,
- Khek theih nawn lah hilo;
- Liplep zen aw …
- Mulkim huai si cia …
- Cikziat huai si cia … Sia Khup,
- Pasian’ laitansa ci ni maw,
- A ihmut kala piang hi kei;
- Thu um tading sihsia omlo,
- Natsia zong omlo hi;
- Lamdang sa ke’n.
- Sihna khempeuh
- Vantung zuatna lampi hi.
- A hang kan kei ni,
- Kuamah ngawh kei ni;
- Deihna nei a hong pian’sak hi,
- Lungkim ni maw .. Sia Khup ..
II. Nak Pammaih Lua Mahmah
1. Zomite lakah leitung pilna sang nei tam nai hetlo lakah Sia Khup in: M.A. ong masa khat ahih manin nak pammaih lua mahmah hi.
2. Zomite lakah biakna pilna sang nei tam lua nailote lakah Sia Khup in: M.A., B.D., M.Th. hong thuah khat ahih manin nak pammaih lua mahmah hi.
3. Zomite lakah mi namdang a suak tampi om in, minam it ding a kikhaat mahmah kawmkalah Sia Khup in: minam it taktak, vei taktak ahih manin nak pammaih lua mahmah hi.
4. Zomite lakah Zolai theilo a, minam leh lai it ing, a ci tampite lakah Sia Khup in: Zomi it in, Zolai zuun a, lai tampi at, laibu tampi bawl a hih manin nak pammaih lua mahmah hi.
5. Sia Khup in: mailam saupi ading muhkholhna nei in, khangno kipawlna tuamtuam leh lai laihawm nam tuamtuam na phuankhia ahih manin nak pammaih lua mahmah hi.
6. Sia Khup in: gamdang mun tampi zinin, khawmpi mun tampi siim a, muhna zaipi tak tawh hong makaih ahih manin nak pammaih lua mahmah hi.
7. Sia Khup in: tangthu tuanthu tampi thei in, Kawlgam vaigam thu tel mahmah a, laibu tampi ah hong atkhia a hih manin nak pammaih lua mahmah hi.
8. Sia Khup in: kum1964-2000 kikal a nisim Dairy leh thului a at 86 gawm khawm in Leivui Panin (laimai 327) cih laibu khat hong bawlkhiat man in mipil ahihna, thumu ahihna, mi citak ahihna, a hi tiuteu ahihna mu in, nak pammaih lua mahmah hi.
9. Sia Khup in: Tedim Lai Siangtho neih masak (1977 June 12) khetna ah a endik (proofreading) ding in Shillong leh Delhi ah khali vilvel tam in tavuan lianpi hong laksak ahih manin nak pammaih lua mahmah hi.
10. Sia Khup in: Tedim Labu solfa tawh a kithuah masaknaah (1960-1970) a endik (proofreading) tavuan lianpi Calcutta ah hong laksak ahih manin nak pammaih lua mahmah hi.
III. Hehnep Thapiakna
Sianu Niang Khan Man leh tate mote …
1. Meigon’ tagah ei a pan masa hi zenzen lo, ei maiah zong mi tampi om zo, ei nungah zong mi tampi mah om lai ding hi.
2. Pa mel nangawn a theilo leh a mulo tampite lakah kum 68 a nungta Pa leh pasal hong neisak Topa hoih mah si e!
3. Thu um tading sihsia om lo hi aw, nungzuite leh sangmangte sihzia zong a lamdang leh a mulkimhuai nono hi sese hi. Sihsia lamdang sa kei ni.
4. No bek a dah hi lo, no bek meigong tagah hi lo, Zomi buppi leh mi namdang ten zong hong dahpih in hong thuakpih ciat uh hi, hampha lua hang.
5. Moses a sih in kum 120 pha a, a mitmang loin a tha kia lo hi, a cih bangin kum 68 a pha Sia Pa zong a tha angal kia tuan loin a mitmang nai hetlo hi.
6. Moses luanghawm nangawn it a, Vantungmi Michel a kemsak Pasian in, Siapa luanghawm it in thupha hong piaksak a, mun khat pan mun khat hong tun kawikawi hi.
7. Tate naute awnga kia ding om nawnlo a, kamvaak ding zong om nawnlo hi. Nu’ nau awih la kim khinta a, Pa’ sunmang tangtung khinta hi.
8. Pa a sih hangin i zuih ding a khekhap suak mahmah a, i zuih theih nak leh hong makaihkaih, hong nuntakpihpih suak ding hi.
9. Pa a om nawn loh hangin i Pa’ pumlang ahi i Nu omlai ahih manin, i Pa i itna teng i Nu i itna tawh gawmkhawm in i Nu tung ah lak ni.
10. Midangten i Pa a itna, pammaih a sakna pen i Pa in Pasian it in, Ana’ sem a, minam it in, lai tawh na tampi a sepna hang hi. Tuate in Abel biakpiakna bangin si ngei loin hing den ding hi (Hebru 11:4).
Siapa hong nusiat April 11, 2005 zingsang nai 11:00 hunin khualzin ka tunna panin za ing. Ka awm bingin ka khi luang a tawlkhat sung ka pau thei kei hi. Ka pau masak pen in: “Pammaih Zen Si,” cih ahi hi. A sawtlo in Sianu’ hong khak luangtuamna tangciing khat leh sihvuina maan (photo) 29 kangah a, lung lah dam in khi lah luanbeh hi. Tua zawhin Siapa’n New Delhi pan a hong laikhak leh hong laibu khak Leivui Panin ka ngah leuleu a, awm binbeh in khitui ka luan behbeh hi. Zanin ka ngaihsut khak nak leh ka ihmu thei nawn kei hi.
“Siatvat ngah lote lakah a dah pen pawl hi in ki um ing.”
No tawh a kap khawm,
Rev. Job Nang Khaw Thawng (Thawngno), Associate Pastor, Tahan Baptist Church, Kalaymyo, Myanmar.
4. SHILLONGAH KHAKNA
Shillong BWS (Baptist Women Society) in sum zonna dingin bawngsa phelh bawlin Pastor Quarter-ah a buai vengvung lai takin April 9, 2005 nai 1:00 PM pawlin phone hong ging a, Nu Ciinno ading na hi hi. A u Ngaih Lian in a pa neu Rev. Khup Za Go in Delhiah tuasia tuakin hopih theih nawn lo hi cih thu hong hilhna hi. Nu Ciinno zong a khitui luangin a om ciangin telephone ken ka la a, Pu Ngaih Lian tawh ka kiho uh hi. Pu Khup Za Go pen tua ni zinglam nai 9:00 AM pawlin lampi kan lai, bike in phu kha in zato ah kipuak a, hopih theih loh in om hi, ci in hong gen hi. BWS makaite bawngsa phelh zuak dingin a pai khiat khit uh ciangin Jingkieng veng a Nu Ciinnote inn ah Pu Ngaih Lian tawh kimu dingin ka pai suk hi. Amun ka tun ciangin Pu Ngaih Lian leh naupangte nih bek na om uh a, Pu Khup Za Go in hong beisan ta cih thu hong hilh ciangin gen ding thei loin tawl khat ka om hi. Tua khit teh thungetna nei in Topa deihna bang hi ta hen, ka ci uh hi.
Nitak ciangin a pai theithei Nu Ciinnote inn mahah pai khawmin Pu Ngaih Lian in a sih dan leh a luang Lamka a puak ding hong gen a, YPA makai Pa Lian, Pa L.P Tuang, Sia MV Pauno leh ken thugenna ka nei uh hi. Zan nai 11:00 pawl ciangin ka kikhen uh hi. A zing April 10, 2005 ciangin Pu Ngaih Lian leh Nu Ciinno Lamka pai dingin Guwahati panin vanleng tawh ding khia uh hi. Nipini hi a, Shillong ZBC Pawlpi kikhop ciangin Upa Gin Khan Mang makaihna tawh minute nih sung daidide in sunna hun ka zang uh hi.
April 12, 2005 ni in Lamka ah Sia Khup Za Go luang vuina om ding cih ka zak uh ciangin Shillong a om Zomite in zong khakna hun nei leng ci in ka ngaihsun uh hi. Nu Ciinnote inn (Jingkieng) ah zing nai 10:00 ciangin ahi thei peuhpeuh leh amah a phawk, a it a ngai teng kipai khawm a, tangvalte in tutna hong ngaihsut sakin inn dim takin ka paikhawm uh hi. Ken hun uk in, Rev. Neng Za Khup in Lai Siangtho pansanin hanthotna hun zang hi. Sia Neng Za Khup in Sia Khup Za Go pen mi kuhkal, Pasian ading a kipia zo, zi leh tate sanga lai lam a kin zaw leh haksatna tampi a phu kha ahih zia hong pulak hi. Innteek tangin ken ka gena, Sia Khup Za Go sanggam neih dan, a sangkahna, Pasian na a sepna, gamdang paina, lai lam leh Lai Siangtho a sep dan leh zi leh ta neih dan ka gen hi. Tua khit ciangin Pu Chin Khen Thang, IAS in Guwahati ah a om lai a na a sep khop dan, Zomi Christian Fellowship a kipat dan leh Shillong-ah a kikholh dante gen in Delhi panin laibu deihsak taka a khakte hong gen hi. Delhi-ah a damloh sunga zatui khatvei sut man Rs.1,500/- bang bei cih a theih ciangin aman zong Rs. 1,000/- tawh a huh dante leh mi it huai ahih dan hong gen hi.
Tua zawh ciangin Rev. Suan Khan Thang in Sia Khup Za Go tangthu hong gen leuleu a, 1970 kum in Hnahlan High School ah Headmaster dinga a sap lai tak un kumpi nasep sangin Pasian nasep a teel zawkna, Pasian nasepna-ah Pawlpi tuamtuam en in na sem a, lai lam zong a tangzai thei pen in sem nuam hi cih thute banah Zomi sung bek en loin khamtung mibup mu banin na sem hi. Tua ahih manin Zomi leh Mizo kigawmna ‘Zo’ cih siksan hi, ci in hong gen hi. Pa T.K.Suan. Tg.Pum Khan Pau leh Tg. Go Za Mung in zong thugenna nei hi. Tua khit ciangin mihon in thungetna kinei a, a nusiat a zi leh tate leh a Pawlpite, Zomite adingin thungetna kinei hi.
Shillong pen kum thum bang a omna sa ahih manin a khua zah khat in kingaihsun a, Shillong a om Zomite in zong itna ngaihna thu hih bangin kilak thei hi. Shillong ZBC Pawlpi in Puanlaisan khat leh BWS in Tangcing puan khat kipia hi. A nusiat a zi leh tate Topa in kem hen la, thupha hong piaksak ta hen.
(Hih thupuak pen a tupa Rev. G.K. Nang, Pastor, ZBC, Shillong in a gelh Laitai Vol.XV No.166 June 2005 laimai 16-17 sung pana kitei sawn hi. –Ed)
5. KA LAWMPA
Ka it mahmah ka lawmpa, Khup Za Go tawh ka kitheihna a sawt khollo abat hangin, kum 1957 pawl hi a, tua hun lai in amah Murlen khua (Mizoram) panin Lamka lam a sang kah dinga hong pai ahi hi. Kei zong Zotlang khua (tua hun lai a Lushai Hills) pan kum 1952 a Lamka lam a hong pemlut ka hi hi. Tua bangin hun tomcik sungin ki-itna leh kingaihna hong khangto deuhdeuh in, ut leh deih dan hong kibang zel ahih manin tua hun a kipanin lawm leh gual ki-it mahmah ka hi uh hi.
Hi bangin Sia Khup Za Go tawh ka kithuahnate kong gen ding hi. Kum 1957 akipanin, Bungmual khuaah Young Chin Association (YCA) ci in kipawlna khat Pu Thang Khaw Tuan-te pawl tawh hong bawlin tua sungah ko khua kiim leh paamte zong hong ko zel a, ka kithuah khawm uh hi .
Tua zawh sawtpi khit, kum1969 khawng pawlin Tangnuam khuaah Tedim Chin Union (TCU) vaihawmna tawh Khuado Pawi kibawl a, Pu Borthakur, Development Commissioner, Government of Manipur leh Deputy Development Commissioner, Pu A.J. Tayeng kisam a, haksatna tuamtuamte kigen hi. Hih pawi tawh kisai vaihawmna khempeuhah ama thukimpihna leh hong awina tawh kivaihawm hi.
Tedim Chin Union in India Constitution sunga Tedim Chin mite kigelh khalo ahih manin tua thu tawh kisai in kum 1970 in TCU Excutive Committee in kei leh Sia Khup Za Go Delhi-ah Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi Memorundum pia dingin hong sawl uh a, tua lai ah nipi kal khat sung khawng taam in muh ding a kilawm ka sak teng, S.C. Jamir Minister of State (Railways), G.G. Swell, Deputy Speaker (Lok Sabha), Hanuman Thaya, leh adang Minister-te ka mu kawikawi uh hi. A tawpnaah Shashtri Bhavan-ah Deputy Secretary nam lam tawh kisai ka mu uh a, thu tampi ka phawk uh hi.
Tua loin, Sia Khup tawh 1978 kum in Moreh ah Moreh khua meikang veh kawmin ka hawh uh a, Tamu ah Sia Chin Sian Thang sitnipa tawh zong kimu in zan khat Moreh a ka zintunna uh ah ka giak khawm uh hi.
Sia Khup Za Go pen amah Chin Baptist Aassociation (CBA) Founder khat ahih loh hangin, CBA deihsak mahmah khat ahihna tawh M.A. a zawh ciangin, Vaihawmte deihna tawh, Pasian in pha hong sakpihna tawh kum 1971 kum in CBA Director dingin kila a, tua a kipan in CBA -EC hi in vaihawmna khat peuhpeuh a hong nuamtuam pah hi. Ahang pen CBA -EC memberte sungah laisiam hiam Lai Siangtho sinsa om hetlo a thu khat peuhpeuh kinialna bei theilo in nuam hetlo a, om ahi hi. Amah hong kihel ciang in, Tuizang hausapa Pu Kham Khan Pau in agennaah, “Memberte thu kinial a buai mahmah lai bang Sia Khup in hoih taka hong gen leh alang alang pau nawn het loin hong daipah mawk hi,” ci hi. Tua bang ahih manin Sia Khup pen CBA akipsak leh akhangto sakpa khat ahi kici lo thei lo hi.
Tuabek hi loin, Sia Khup hangin, Lai Siangtho leh lai tawh kisai nasepna lamah na tampi hong sema, mipi adingin thu tampi hong phukhia hi, ci in ka ngaihsun hi. Kei mahmah in zong CBA President ka hih sungin amah tawh kithuah pen nuamsa in ka bil vaak mahmah a, thu leh la atheih tampite ei adinga zat theih tampi om ahih manin, nuam ka sa mahmah hi.
Tu in Sia Khup Za Go omdan leh a nasepna pan ka muh khiat ama hihna pawl khat hi bangin kong gen lai ding hi:
1.Mi deih tuam leh gup leh paih tuam neilo, a zawng a mang leh a pil a siam khenlo a, nasem ahi hi.
2. Zomite (Singtang mite) lo khawh singpuakna leh nekzonna a awlmawh mahmah ahi hi.
3. Economics tawh kisai asiam mahmah, sum ngahna leh zeekna a kituak thei pen a zang thei mi ahi hi.
4. Beh leh phungte tawh kisai a, thusim leh minam sungah hihsim tuttut a nei ngeilo khat ahi hi.
5. Amah nasep dan i etkik ciangin, a geelna sa khat om a, tua tawh kituakin aban bana sem toto khat hi leh kilawm bangin kimu thei hi.
6. Politics tawh kisai thu khatpeuh a om ciangin, ama ngaihsutna pen a Sim a Zo omlo a, Kuki, Hmar, Mizo, Paite, Vaiphei cih tawh kisai a politics bawl pen M.L.A. ut man bek tawh kibanga a thupi ngaihsut hetloh khat ahi hi.
7.Mi piangthak khat ahih manin, Pasian nasep ding dan leh Christian Organisation lam peuhmah awlmawh in, College a kah a kipanin, Evangelical Union (EU) pawl ah kihel pah hi. A sih dongin Pasian nasem mi khat hong suak ahih manin, amah zong lungkim mahmah dingin ka um hi.
Thu tuamtuam gennop omlai ahita zongin hiteng tawh kong khawl phot ding hi.
A lawm it,
Nok Swan Lian, Lanva
6. ‘…I KIHO NOPNA TAM NGEL HI VEN’
Rev Khup Za Go tawh kihona, H Kham Khan Suan
“Kei pen holim siam ding a hanciam ngiat ka hi hi”.
– Rev Khup Za Go
‘…I kiho nopna tam ngel hi ven’ ciin Sia Khup in 12 March 2005 hong email ngeungau hi. November 2004 pan a lamdang natna in nuaigawpin, a damkang pan Sia Khup in a zing ciang (March
13) Delhi hawh ding ka gelna hong pian theihloh phamawh asakna thu gennuam ahi hi. Ka gel bangin a piang thei hileh Zo Research and Communication Centre, Delhi innteekna tawh a kigel seminar sim kawm in paper zong a pia ding ka hi hi. Lawmpa David Vumlallian Zou zong a laisimna Belfast, UK pan field study hong pai ding a, Delhi ah kituak kawm ding leh Siapa’ hat tawh kituak in kimuh khawmna hunkhat neih ding ka ngaihsun uh hi. Sia Khup pen a damkang pan, zato inn tuakkhia bek leh a laibu Zo Chronicles thak zong man pian a, etphat (proofread) ding bekin kisam ahih manin a hawmkhia ding (publisher) ka kan san laitak uh zong ahi hi.
Tua sung mahin a damloh tawh, hatzo kisa nawnlo hi dinga, ZCF pastor za pan ki-awngsut dingin lai na pia khin hih tuak hi. Nasep, kalsuan zia ding gelna leh ngaihsutna tampi hong nei ding ahih manin hong kuppih nop tam kha dingin ka um hi. ‘Ong pai thei hi lecin i kiho nopna tamngel hi ven’ hong cih ngeungau pen ka bilkha ah tham den hi. Hih thu in ka lungsim hong zo lua hi ding hiven u Ngaih Lian in Pa Khup’ mualsuang phuh cianga ding ‘nang zong tawm na phawkna ong gelh ve’ ciin hong zaksak ciangin Pa Khup’ kammal mah siksanin kong gelh hi.
Mail hong khak khit kha khat zong cing loin (9 April) Sia Khup in hong nusia vat a, a lunggulh tawntung ‘kiho’ ding pen huih letkhiat anvai delh a cih hong suak hi. Sia Khup tawh maitang kihona ka neih theih nawnloh hangin a khekhap zui in, a khutma tawh ‘kiho’ ding bei thei ngei dingin ka um kei hi. Tua khekhap leh khutma panin a lavui gelh, a laibuta Zo minam tawh kisai thu kawm (cover page) a tuang pen, ka benghem in ka za den hi:
- “Pianpih Zo mi gia bang zun ding
- Banzal leh sinthu tongkum
- Holung kisang dih ni e, lia leh tang aw e”.
Mikangte paunak khat in ‘mihaite a nuntak sungun kiphawk a, mipilte bel a sih khit ciang un kiphawk kikkik hi’ na ci hi. Mi pawlkhat leuleu pen a nuntaklai bek uh hiloin a sihkhit ciang nangawn un kiphawk diak se hi. Tua bang a mi’ phawk leh thupisimte sungpanin Rev. Khup Za Go zong khat hi ci in ka ngaihsun hi. Sia Khup pen ka muhma pek panin ‘amah tawh kisai’ – tulai pau le hang ‘amah signature’ – tampi lakpanin ka theih pawlkhat hih bang hi: pil, thukhual, thulai sat siam, thungaihsun thei, thusaumu, mi citak leh a kiniamkhiat mi. December 2000 in Delhi Zomi Christian Fellowship (ZCF) ah pastor sem dingin hong pai ciangin amah mizia taktak ka tel pan hi. Tua laitakin kei zong ZCF Youth Department (YD) ah Finance Secretary za ka len a, a sawt lo in Secretary, YD ka sem hi. Amah hong tunkhit in ZCF Thubullet leh Thumeilet (Constitution and Bye Law) zong hong kilaih a, Pastor in Secretary za hong lenkhawm ahih manin ZCF Executive Committee meeting a om peuh ciangin ka paikhawm thei zel uh hi.
Biakna tawh kisai bek hiloin laisimna hangin zong kinaihna lianpi ka nei hi. Ka omna leh sangkahna Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) tawh amah innsapna kinai sawnsawn ahih manin Delhi hong tun cil December 2000 pan May 2004 nasepna ngahna hangin JNU ka nusiat dong mimal kihona leh kimuhna hun tampi ka nei thei uh hi. Sia Khup tawh ka kihona panin amah thumuhna (worldview), i gam leh i minam a itna leh awlmawhna, Zolai leh Zokam mahmah it in nakpitak hanciamna tawh a sep a zuunna ka mu hi. Delhi ah hong pai tawh kei M.Phil. research hih lai hong kituak kha ahih manin a kisam mahmah tha hong pia in, hong angtang sak tuam mahmah hi. Thukanmi (researcher) khat ahih tawh kizuiin JNU hawh ding pen hong ol mahmah hi. A sauveiloin amah thapiakna tawh JNU ah Zomi sung research hihte kikaikhawmin Zo Research and Communication Centre (ZRCC) kici ka phungvuh uh hi.
ZRCC pen mimal lunglutna leh Zo minam tawh kisai awlmawhna tawh u Kam Khan Sing in a na phuat hi a, Sia Khup lamlahna tawh ka hihtheih bang un ma ka patpih uh hi. Zolai leh Zokam puah zia ding, ngeina leh minam hihna (culture and identity) kepbitna ding thu cih bangin thulu (topic) bawlin thugen ding ka kiseh khol masa uh hi. Tua pansanin thukikupna khasim in khatveita ka nei thei uh hi. Tua sung panin Sia Khup in hong luikhiat thului khat pen ‘online dictionary’ tawh kisai ahi hi. Zo pau leh lai kepbitna dingin laimal leh pau zattang (vocabulary) i neihte website ah khum in i neih nailohte mikang leh pau tuamtuam i theihte panin teisawn in website ah khum toto lehang a sauveina ciangin hong picing ding a, Wikipedia Encyclopedia bang khat a nei suakin olno khat in i pau hong picing ding cih a gelna ahi hi. Haksatna tuamtuam hangin tuciang dong kibawl khia zo nailo a, bawlhuai in a neihhuai mahmah khat ahi hi. Tanglai Greek mite pilna leh mipil thungaihsun (philosopher) tampi hong piankhiatna a kikan ciangin lai leh pau hauhsakna pan hi ci in ki ngaihsun hi. I lai leh i pau in i thumuhna limlang hi gige hi.
Sia Khup pen laipilna sangpi a nei, thungaihsun leh minam a it mahmah Pasian nasem ahi hi. Zo minam tawh kisai -pau leh ham, ngeina leh hihna (culture and identity), biakna leh kipumkhatna (church and unity) uk in lim ngaihsut in zong tel a, hih thu tawh kisai thu thukpi a thei mikhat hi ci in ka ciamteh hi. Hih thu tawh kisai holim a ukzia leh a siamzia thupi kasa diak hi. Topa nasem in tua Thupha mah bulphuhin ‘minam gampi khat, minam minpi khat leh minam paupi khat’ bawlding na tangko pih den hi. Greek pau in gen ni ci le’ng ecumenical mahmah mikhat ahi hi. Pastor activist khat hi cile’ng zong kikhial dingin ka um kei hi.
‘Zo minam’ kici laipau a zatna zong hih panin kingaihsun thei hi. A laipau zat pen Chin, Kuki, Mizo leh Zomi minte a kalhna hiloin tuate sangin tangzai zaw a zattheih ding a gelna pan hong piangkhia hi zaw dingin ka ngaihsun hi. Tuabang ka cih ciang, amah pen Chin, Kuki, Mizo leh Zomi min sungah a kituiphumsa hi a, ahih hangin haksatna tuamtuam hangin hih minte a za huapzaw in kizang thei nailo hi cih limtak a phawk leh a tel hizaw hi. Kuki-Chin Baptist Unionte’n laibuta hong hawmkhiat uh, In search of identity (1986) kici hong piankhiat theih nadingin nakpi takin na pang hi. Chin, Kuki, Mizo leh Zomi hikhin napi, ‘Zo minam’ cih a laigelhnaah (adiakin 1990 kiim pawl panin) a zat ngitngetna panin thusaupi amuhna leh a theihna hong musak hi. Amah adingin ‘Zo minam’ cih pen deidanna neilo, Zo minam sung sanggam (tribe) 44-te khaikhawm thei pen dingin a ngaihsutna ahi hi. I theihsa bangin amah pen Zo minamte tenna teng a siksuak phial makai khat ahi hi. Hih bang ngaihsutna a neih theihna ka kan ciangin amah ukna leh a khankhiatna/zia hang hi dingin ka um hi.
Mizogam Murlen khuaah piang in, Lamka khawk (district) Bungmual khua pansanin sangkah in, Imphal leh Guwahatiah laisinna sangzaw anei hi. A laisim kawm mah in Zo lai leh pau mah zuun ding a hanciam den mi khat ahi hi. Yangon pan a kihawmkhia Zomi Tangko ah thuzeekpawl (editorial board) na 1960-62 sung a sem kha ngei hi. Guwahati ah Masters a man ciang Christian Literature Centre kici Council of Baptist Churches in North East India nuaiah Director hihna sem ngei hi. 1980 bul pawl hi a, tua khuapi mah pansanin amah mimal hanciamna tawh Zo Aw kici thukizakna hong hawmkhia hi. A kum ham khit nungin M.Th. Bangalore panin va zo a, a thesis gelh pen Chin Baptist Literature Board, New Lamka in sutsak in hawmkhia hi. A thesis, A critical historical study of Bible translations among the Zo people in North East India (1996) cih pen North East India tawh kisai limtak a kante’n sim hamtang loh phamawh laibu khat ahi hi. Lai Siangtho kampau khempeuh tawh pheng teisawnna in minam (Zo minam) a kigawmthei ding kimlai phelkhapin, pau tawh kizuiin kideidanna, kikhenna nakpitak piangsak hi cih a thulu ahi hi.
Hih bangin pau tawh kizui a kikhenna pen Lungdamna Thu (gospel) bek mah in phiat zo ding hi cih Sia Khup’ ngaihsutna ahi hi. 1988 August kha a kihawm Lungdamna Aw, Vol.XII, no.8, pp1-4 ah hih tawh kisai a thusun ciantak kimu thei hi. ‘A kipawl thei dingte i hi hi’ cih thulu zangin Sia Khup in kigawm ding, kipumkhat ding thu mah genbel in na nei hi. Mailam hun ah lailam saite, adiakin laiteite’ tavuan ding limtak na mukhol hi cih zong hong ngaihsun sak khol hi. Hihbang ngaihsutna a neihtheihna pen 1984 in Oxford ah laibawlna/hawmkhiatna (publishing) tawh kisai course a sinna pan hi dingin ka um hi. Tua bang hamphatna a ngahna panin siamna lianpi nei a, Zo minam tawh kisai thu hong sai, hong van ciang’ a zaizaw leh ciimzaw in hong en leh mu thei ahi hi.
Siapa tawh kisai gending tampi om hi. Amah pen mi kiniamkhiat, mi nehno leh pau aki ip zo mahmah khat ahi hi. Muntuam, gamtuam tampi pha in, nuntakna nuampi a zangthei ding kimlai Zo gam, Zo minamte mah tawh khuasa a, a sih dong hong nuntakpih ngitnget na in a kipumpiakzawhna hong pulak hi. Zo minamte’n amah nuntakna leh laigelhna panin tampi sin ding nei hi. ‘I minam pen i sihpih ding hi lo a, i hinpih ding hi zaw hi’ cih pen Sia Khup ngaihsut thu khat hi gige hi.
Laigelhpa H Kham Khan Suan in tulaitak Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh ah Lecturer sem hi.
2 Sia Khup in a laigelh masa lamah Chin, Kuki, Mizo leh Zomi na hah zat mahmah hi. Adiakin Chin Chronicles (1988) kici laibu sim lecin kitel diak ding hi. 1990s kiim pawl panin minam tawh kisai a zaizaw ah hong gelh ciangin ‘Zo minam (Zo people)’ hong zang leuleu hi. Hih in amah pen thumu mi, a thumuhna tawh kikhel in a kalsuan thei mipil ahihna kilangsak hi. A lunglutten India khuapi New Delhi pan laibu sai Mittal te hong hawmkhiat pah ding Zo Chronicle kici ah muh theih ding hi.
7. NA NUA CIANG
Dear Pa Khup,
Pa kiang nong zawtsan zawh kiho kha nawnlo ihih manin nupite cih dan tak leh ‘ka patna ding zong thei kei ing’. Tuni ciang dong na nungsang ah nong nusiat teng na damdam buang ung. Nang paina lamte a dam kim uh hiam? Na tunni in hong lim dawn buang un teh maw? Na tun leh zua angah nuam takin kingeksak thei ding na hih manin hampha kong sa hi. Ko zong hong phawk nawnlo in nuamsa ta dingin kong um hi. It leh ngaih a paisa teng tawh kimu in vantung Tuuno phat in lamlam lel nuteh maw!
Nong nusiat ni in Kanpur pan kong delh a inn ah kong muh loh ciangin na dam loh masak a i kimuhna Safdurjang Zato kong delh kik leh na luanghawm bek ka mu a, Pa Khup.., ciin kong sap hangin nong dawng kei hi. Kihisak bil bel teh! Ni dangin kong sap ma in nong sam a, kong hopih ma in nong hopih hi. Nong dam hiam, na gim hiam ciin itna tawh nong hopih khial ngei kei hi. Tua ni buang bel kihisak lua na hih manin ka hehsuak a, kong hopih kik kei hi. Ka u Sianno kiangah Pa Khup kihisak lua hopih ut nawn kei ing ci in kong paisan hi. Na mihing nuntakna om nawn lo ahih hangin Zomi tangvalte in na luanghawm kilawm takin hong zem hi. Paknamtui tawh hong zut uh a, puan siangtho leh hoih na silh ngei lohte tawh hong zeem in, kilawm takin na tunnu kiang zuan dingin vanleng tawh Lamka ah hong pua uh hi. Meltheih u leh nau, it leh ngaih leh khuasung mipi khempeuh in na khualzinna leitung panin thupi takin hong kha uh hi.
Nang hampha mahmah ciai. Delhi ah nang hong it khempeuh in nang phawkna in New Delhi Methodist biakinnah galna hun nei uh hi. Tua mah bangin innah zong ka lunglen uh hong uap hong tut pih innsung kitalo a, a lian aneu, a khang a ham in hong suun hi. Tua zah in mite in nang hong it lamdang ka sa liang hi. Hihte khempeuh lah khat bek nang thei nawn lo ding cin a maw! Nangma mittang mahmah in mu in, nangma kam mahmah tawh lungdam thu ko lecin na lungkim heha ding a, kammal zong kicing zolo na sa ding hi . Delhi pan na pawlpi Zomi Christian Fellowship-te in hong khak ni un, mihing hi zahta in ei tagah bilbawk innsung pan a khangkhia lelte hizah in hong awlmawh, lunghihmawh in hong uap uh lungdamna thu ka gen hi. Na kammal leh na awsuakte ka ngai mahmah hi. Akno, mupi in a pi a tuahsak tawh ka kiteh a, ka khasiat hong suak mahmah hi. Delhi ah Pa dinmun a luah ding, thuvan thei ding omlo cih ka ngaihsut ciang neutung pana na khankhiat dan uh ka phawk a, dahluat manin ka khitui hong luang hi. Bang sem khial, bawl khial a hih bangin khat khit tagah i hiam ka ci hi. Ahi zongin i pian ding i sih ding, i nuntak zia ding khempeuh a gel Pasian in hong nusia lo ding hi cih ka um hi.
Kolkata na tun ciang thupitakin hong na vaidawn uh a, pawlpi in hong gal in, mimal in hong gal in, a thei kha peuhmah in hong delh a, na hamphatna nang na mu thei kei hi. Delhi ah hong kizem zah mah in kilawm takin nang hong kituam a, zahtakna hong kipia in, itna kammal pusuak a, na sep na bawl a cihtak hetlote hong kipahtawi sak in milian bangin nang hong kha khia uh hi. Hih zahta vangliatna tang dingin nang bang hi lel tak na hi hiam? Na mite ading a thupi lua na bawl bang ahi hiam? Leitung hauhna leh nopsaknate zong masa lo a van Pasian na itna leh Ama na nasep sak man hi kei leh hizah mite itna leh ngaihna na tan nading ka thei kei hi. Pasian a itte a it ding Pasian in pia hi ka ci hi. Champhai College, Mizoram a Principal dinga hong kisap laiin pai hi lecin, na sihni in tuazah hong it omlo kha ding a, tuazah pahtawina ngah lo mai ding hiteh.
Na ngahsa khempeuh sanga thupi zaw in hong ngak a, tuunnu kiang na tunni in khitui luang lo om lo hi. Mite’n nang hong sam a, na dawng kei hi. Hong hopih uh a, na dawng kik kei hi. Thu hong dong uh a, na hilh nawn kei hi. Lamka mipite kahna aw na za kei a, na sanggamte hong hopihna na kitheihmawh bawl hi. Khasiat huai hi. Phaipi vanleng tual pan in na it na ngaih khempeuh in hong dawn in, khitui naptui tawh hong ngak uh a, a neih val uh leitawi liangin nang dawnna dingin puanza leh pak kilawmte lei in hong ngak diimdiam uh hi. Ahi zongin kam khat bek na hopih kei hi. Hi zahta a hong kithupi bawla nang na dawn kik loh ciang kua khasia lo ding hiam? Kua heh lo ding a, kua ta dahlo peuhmah ding hiam?
Pa Khup aw, na seppihte in hong ngai uh a, na lawmluite in hong mu nuam hi. Na panpih khakte, a lutung vua khut nga a na thugetsakte, aw, na hawh na ciahna a hong zui mite, na kikholhpih lawm leh gualte’n hih zahtak a nang hong it a nang kam khat bek na hopih loh ciang mi khempeuh dah khin hi. Pakkual hong kipia a, na nui kei hi. Puan hoih hong kisilhsak a, na maitai tuan kei hi. Nang ma khe tawh hong kipaisak lo a, a nuam thei pen ding ciin in vanleng leh mawtaw hoih penah hong kituangsak hi. Khe tawh pai nadingah zong tangvalte in hong puak hangin lungdam thu na ko vet kei hi. Ko kamsiam in cin zo lo a, ko theihna un a gen khin zo kei hi. Na nu kiang tung napi’n, “Nu aw, hong tungta ing” zong na ci beek kei hi. Aw! i leitung hong kilamdang vat si e maw!
Pa Khup, na lawm leh gualte kiangah ka gen ding uh thei kei si ung e. Na pawlpite kiangah ka koh ding uh thei kei si ung maw. Nang mahmah in hong gen in nangma mit tektek tawh a mu hilecin nagen ding beilo dinga, na kammal in cin zolo in, nang zong lungdam in na khitui luang veve ding a hi maw!
I kimuh nunung laiin leitung haksatna hanga khua khat pan khua dangah na pem kawikawi thu Leivui Panin cih laibu mel muh ding kaal nangaklah dan leh kawlgam na zin thu, naupangte mailam khualna tawh Delhi na zawtna hang khawng i kikup lai in, mawtaw tun lohna ah mawtaw lampi sialsial sang in, a tunna sa lam zot zawk ding hi na cih khawngte zanni mah a bang hi. Ka ciah ding ciangin maitai taka na lengla khan a lupna tung pan nong bansah toh diatduat khawng ka mit khaah hong lang hi. SB Suanno tawh damlo a, zato lupna tungah i kimuh masak hunte khawng ka kimangngilh bawlbawl ta hi. Delhi ah kimuh masak na dingin limci hetlo a, kimuh tawpna zong tua mun mah ahih khong lamdang kasa hi. Zato innah zingsang thawh tung leh nitak lup ding sim a nang lungdam kohna hong nei in nong cih hunte tuni in tanglai suak zo hi. Hun in hong ngak lo a, ko zong nang kiang kong tun ding cik ciang ahi tam ka thei kei uh hi.
Murlen nong zin thum vei ka thei hi. A hun leh kum ka ciamteh nawn kei a, ahi zongin ka naupang thu theih khat om hi. Tualpi kiangah ka ten lai un nong pai a, nitak khuamui zawh ciangin nong tung hi. Bang hang cih ka theihloh hangin ka pi (Nem Za Awi) tawh kikawi in na kap mawk uh hi. Tuni dongin bang hang hi ding hiam cih ka thei tuan kei a, zong kong dong kha ngei kei hi. Na ciah ding ciangin kapi puanten gial bialbual khat na nusiat a, khitui mah tawh na ciah kik hi. A hang ka thei kai kei lai hi. Nong pai kik ciangin kei ka om kei a, ka pi leh ka nu in zong hong nusia zo a, pawlpi pan in hawm ding zanpuan bangzah hiam na pua a, tuate Mizogam ZBC gam sungah nong hawm hi. Murlen ZBC in vok khat go in hong tawl ompih cih ka za hi.
Kei mun dangah sangkah in kahih manin vawksa ka ne kha kei hi. Champhai leh Sesih ah Sia Lian Cin Do tawh nong zin lai un Champhai ah i kimu a, Murlen napha kei hi. Champhai pawlpite in hong khak ni zan un Upa J.K. Thang innah Sia Lian Cin Do leh nang Guitar tawh la hong sasak uh a, mipite in khut ka beng zaizai uh hi. A thumna pen leh a tawpna pen 1999 kum in ka Nu Man leh Khual Lian Mung in hong zui a, Lungdam Bawl i zang khawm hi. Na ciah ciangin Vapar dong kong kha hi. Murlen khualu Pu Thawng Lang mual geiah khongma kung lak leh Vapar a Pu Gin Khaw Haute inntualah maan i kila hi. No mawtaw tawh Champhai zuan in kei khe tawh Murlenah ka ciahkik hi. Kei bek hita ka hih manin lam tawntungin ka aktai a, khua ka tung baih zawzen hi!
Leitung khua hun kihei tawh kituak in Shillongah kum 1997 in i kimukik a, na innluahna vuah ankuang tam veipi i umkhawm hi. Na pa, kei adingin ka pu Neng Do Lian, India Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee tawh kimu khin Delhi pan hong ciah laiin no innah aksa in na vaidawn a, ankuang i um khawm hi. India PM thupi na sa hiam? na cih ciangin ka Pu Do in, “Ei zong mipil hiazah in hong umcih leh kihai nuam ding hiam”, ci in hong dawng hi. Lamkaah ka Nu Tawng (Huai Khaw Dim) in hong nusiat in zong nangma kha limah ka tukhawm uh hi. Nekhawm dawnkhawma i om laitak in no Delhi zuan dingin na kithawi uh a, kum 2000 kum tawp pan kimu nawnlo pen kum 2004 kum tawp ciang na zato lupna tungah i kimukik a, tua kum Lungdambawl Pawi zangkhawm in innah aksa i ne khawm hi. Nuam pan pan kilungmuang panpan cih laitak in nang vantung gama kimu kik dingin April 09, 2005 in nong paisan hi.
Na laibu zawhloh Zo Chronicles leh a dangte Tuangpu leh Mungno in hong hanciam ding uh a, na lunggulhnate hong mualsuah ding uh hi. Na lung himawh kei in. Tuangpute’n zong tanu nei uh a, Kanpur pan ka phone ciang a pi in Man Sian Muang ka phuak ciin hong hilh hi. A nu leh pa kiteen lai a na lungdamna email ah nong khak khawng ka phawk hi. “Tu zan Tuangpu in nungak khat hong ciahpih in mo nei khat a kisuak hi mawk in, mo lawp kawm leh Jesuh Sih leh Thawhkik Pawi zang kawm dingin hong pai in. Dalpu (Dal Suan Pau a cihna) te zong hilhzo ing, amau hong paithei ding uh hi,” nong cih lai a kong pai theihloh pen tudongin na kasa hi. Ka siapa in zin ding hong phalloh pen tuni dongin ka mawhsak nuam phial hi.
Leitung haksatna, dahna, nopna i cihte mihing nuntaknaah a kigawm khawm ahih manin ka dah uh ciang kong phawk uh a, ka nuam uh ciang kong phawk sem uh hi. Nang loin vaihawm ka siam loh uh tampi om hi. Ahi zongin hehnem siampa in hong ompih a nisim maban na zom thei zel ung, hong lungkhampih lua kei in. Kei zong maban zomin Taiwan ah May 22, 2006 pan Post-Doctoral Research kum khat sem dingin pai ing. Ka pai dingin Delhi inn pan mah in ka dingkhia a, Punjab ka zin zel lai tawh a kibat lohna pen nang na om loh bek ahi hi. Taiwan zuan in ka pai ciangn Singapore-ah lawmte hong vaikhak na laibu Leivui Panin bu nih ka pua hi. Ahi zongin Singapore vanleng tual ah kimu theilo ka hih manun ka omnaah ka puasuak a, ka sim zel hi.
Na heina Sian anglai nuamah it leh ngaih a paisa khempeuh kiangpan leia omlai meltheih teng in mangpha hong khak ung cih na gensak in. Nang nungah Vapar pan Pu Gin Khaw Hau, Ngur khua pan na tunu Nian Za Cing leh Lanva pan ka pi Nem Khaw Hau no kiang hong zin a, limtakin na vaidawn un. Nuamsa taka lengkhawm in hi leitung ngai nawnlo ding in kong lamen hi.
Gengen ni ci leeng bei thei lo ding hi. Gennop tampi tawh hih zah in hunsak phot ning. Na vekpi un hong phawk mahmah ung.
Lai at, na ta Cinpu (Hau Za Cin), Taipei, Taiwan
8. HONG CIAH TA MAI IN
“States ka om kum nga zawh ciangin ‘Ong ciah ta in’ nong ci a; kum guk zawh ciangin, ‘Ong ciah ta lo ding maw?’ ci’n nong dong a; kum sagih ding petpet ciangin, ‘Ong ciah ta mai in’ nong cih ka bilkhaah mang theilo hi!” Ngaih Lian
Kong it Pa Khup aw,
Ka naupang thumangmawh theih in Murlen i om lai in pheituam siing nong puak ka phawk hi. America pan nong ciah 1973 kuma Bualkotah na maanbu thak tawh innkuan maan nong zaih leh slide show nong puak ka ute tawh kikhek ngekngeka ka et lai uh; nang coat vom silh a Mangkangte tawh maan na kilakte ka etna pen kong tel masakna suak hi. Tua ma peuhmah ka pi, ka nu leh pate in ‘Na Pa Khup sang kahkah in tun lai tawp (MA a cihna uh) sim ta’ ci in hong gen zel cih loh buang i kimu zel ahi zongin kong tel nai kei hi. Kum 1976 ciangin Tangnuam Model School ah sangkah a Tangnuam Christian Centre-ah ka pi anhuansa ne khawma i om ciangin kong tel taktak pan hi. Tua laiin nang sikkeu tawh an ne in tawm cikcik (thuk khat val ne ngei lo) na nek pen ‘lai siamte in an hai lo’ a cih uh a maanna bangin ka ngaihsun hi. A takin ci le’ng nang an tam a ne zo lo na hi zaw gige mawk! Tua laiin nang siktaw laikhetna tawh puak ziahziah a lai na khet zel pen kong eng mahmah hi. Tua banah Kawnpui postman Pu Thangruaia in gate bul panin, “Pu Khup Za Go a awm em?” ci in na laikhak ngah ding America leh gam tuamtuam pana hong tung ka san zel pen lungdamin laikhak tua zahzah ngah thei ci in thupi kong sa mahmah hi.
New Lamka ah kum 1977 in Pa Khual in innpi ding a lam zawh ciangin Tangnuam pan i kituah hi. Inn thak luttawh kitonin nang steel sikkeu leh sikkeu ka (fork) a set in nong lei a; nang lo buang kuamah in sikkeu zat zia ka thei kei uh hi. Tua kumin i inn kianga zanglo i seem hi. Kumpi buh tam piangsak kidemnaah kihel ding ci in buh suan ciangin a kitang ding deihna in khau khungin nang a langkhatah lenin buh i suan hi. Tua ni in Lanva a Pastor Lang Gin’ zi Nu Cing Za Awi in zong hong huh a, i khau kaih niloh pen zekai huai a sa mahmah hi. Ei pata teng lah kidemna a pang ding ci dep in i hanciam mahmah hi. Tua banga hamsapi taka i suan buh zung kip man nailo in Dr. T.Hatzawte kitten ni-in guah tampi hong zu in tui in i buh suan teng long in hong taihsak hi. November 12 in Nu Man tawh na kitenna mopawi bawl ding ciangin Bualkot leh Kalzang panin meltheih u leh naute hong paikhawma, bus tawh Lamzang ah mopi in innpi-ah molopna nuamtakin i zang hi.
A mai kum ciangin Serampore ah B.D. kah dingin Nu Man tawh na kithawi uh a; Sia Pau Khan En zong no tawh kiton dingin hong pai in innah hong kinga hi. Zin khan kinei tuam lo ahih manin ka lumkhawm uh hi. Siapa taihkhedap a khau nei lo pen hoih ka sa mahmah hi. Tua bangin, tan sagih leh tan giat ka sim sung teng a om khawm i suak hi. Serampore pan B.D. zo a nong ciah kum 1981 in ka u Mang, Tura Govt. College ah kah a, kei Imphal DM College of Science ah ka kah cil kum ahi hi. Calcutta pan vanleng tawh April 08 ni in nong ciah uh hi. Phaipi vanleng tual pan Nu Man’ pa Imphal a RMC ah zato lum na vehna uh ah i kituah hi. No Lamka paisuak in ken hostel zuanin i kikhen hi. Kum nih khit ciangin Guwahati CLC ah sepna nong nei a, ken July 1984 in B.Sc. sim ding in kong beel hi.
Guwahati-ah nasep sungin nang a kha a sim England, Germany, Indonesia leh India gam mun tuamtuamah khual na zinzin a; Nu Man leh Tuangpute unau tawh inn ngak in nong nusia zel hi. Inn na om sun ciangin zum nasep teng banah Zat Tangzang bu leh Zo Aw magazine bawl in i manlah thei mahmah hi. Tua kawmkalah mite’n nang hong thei uh ahih manin passport leh meileng ticket tawh kisai hong kan tam mahmah hi. Tuate gel tawh kisai hong gen khempeuh ken ka buaipih a, i pata in i khomin i manlah thei mahmah hi. Tua banga kum nih kum thum tang i kithuah sungin na thuakzawhna, cihtakna, mi holimpih zia leh lai tawh kisai nasep na lawp zia leh phincil taka na hih tiltelnate tu’n kei adingin nong nusiat go manphapi a suak hi.
1998 July kha in States pai dingin Lamka pan Shillongah ong pai masa dingin nong vaikhak bangin kong pai a, ni nih sung hun nuamtak i zang hi. Shillong pan ka dinkhiat ding ciangin Pa Zam tawh station dong taxi tawh nong kha uh a, bag thak khat i lei hi. States ka tuna kipan mailam nuntak zia ding leh na laibu bawl nop thute laikhak leh email tawh tatsat loin i kiho hi. A hun tawh kizuiin hamsatna khatpeuh i neih ciangin ahi thei bangbangin i vaihawm khawm den hi. Kum 2001 a kipan Delhi nong om ciangin college kah i naute nang beel leh muang kawmin ei tawh kikhomin a hunkhop mah hong pai uh hi. Tua teng tawh US dollar zangin khatvei peuhmah voksa, aksa na khamtak un na ne un ci in dollar bang zah hiam kong khak a, no zong na omna uh Munirka-ah hun nuam takin na zatna thu uh ka zak leh na maante uh ka muh ciangin manpha ka sa hi.
2003 in States ka om zawh kum nga a cin ciangin, “Hong ciah ta in” ci in nong sam hi. Ken ‘tawm khat ong om tadih ning, ka MRE sin zong laklawh lai hi, kong ci hi.’ Tua zawh a sawt lo February 12, 2004 in MRE ka zawhna thu kong hilh laikhak tawh nong lungdampihna thu ka mangngilh thei kei hi. Tua kum July 14 ni in khatvei mah phone tawh i kiho laiin, “Hong ciah ta lo ding maw?” ci in nong dong hi. Tua ma teng pen ka Pi Awi Khaw Dim leh ka nau Suanno in hong nutsiat sawng ahih manin kei zong inn lam lungngai mahmah in a om den ka hi hi. States ah mawtaw nuam bel tawh lampi hoih penah hawl in, inn nuam leh an lim a kigen – Japan an, Sen an leh Mang an ei beka ne leh khawsa a om sangin i biak Pasian in hong kawm i nuntak hun tomno sung lel pen i innkuanpihte tawh om khawm kana manpha zaw om kei, ci in nakpi ngaihsutna ka nei hi. Lai Siangtho sungah: “Mi khat in leitung khempuh nei in, a nuntakna mangsak leh bang phattuamna nei ahi hiam?”(Luka 9:25) cih ngaihsun kawmin ciah ding khensatna nei in ka om hi. Kum 2004 bei kuan ciangin lamet lohpi in pumpi cidam lohna tuakin zatoah gim mahmah in na om hi.
Tua laiin Delhi ZCF makai lawm Swan Za Lian thusiamna tawh na damlohna thu zonet ah a hunhun in kikhah den ahih manin leitungbup Zomi khempeuhin itna leh deihsakna takpi tawh tatsat loin thungetna hong neihsak manun cidamin Zato panin nong tuak khia hi. Natna tua zaha nasia panin Pasian in hong damsak kik ahih manin ka lungsimah, “Ka pa neu in tawlkhat hong nuntakpih lai ding ai ve maw”, ci in Pasian tungah lungdam ka ko hi. Tua banga nong damkik zawh a sawt lo kum 2005 bul lam pawl in email tawh thu tampi tak nong at khit ciangin, “Hong ciah ta mai in” ci in a thum vei sapna kam nong khak hi. Kei zong ngaihsutna tampi tawh March kha tawp lamin kong ciah khia zo bek hi. Nu leh pa kiang masa phot in tua khitteh Delhi lam hong dam hawh ding cih lungsim nei in Shillongah tawldamin ka om hi.
Tua sungin nihvei phone tawh i kiho a, phone sung pan kinohsiat in ken zong Delhi kong hawh sawmzia leh a hun ding khawng kong hilh hi. Tua bangin i muang om laitak March 29 ni in BSF a Sub Inspector a sem i sanggampa Tg. Mang Za Pau in damlohna hang in hong nusia hi, cih ka zak uh ciangun ka pa zong om thei nawn lo in a luang lap dingin Lamka zuanin hong paisan pah hi. Lungzuang leh khawngai taka i om laitak April 09 ni sun kim pawlin lawm Gin Sian Lian in na tuahsiat thu ong zasak a, tua zawh a sauveiloin kihopih thei nawnlo, cih ka za kik hi. Lungsim leh ngaihsutna khempeuh bei in, ‘ka mang hi leh ut zaw si’ng’, ci in inn sung tengah ka kileh kawikawi hi. A taktakin ka dah kei a, ka heh a suak hi. Mai lam nuntakzia ding maitang kituah in i ngaihsutnate kikum khawm le’ng ci a i geelna khempeuh pen huih letkhiat meipi bangin mang in, sapkik sawm taleng zong huihpi nung delh tawh kibang hi! “Ong ciahta mai in”, nong cih bangin kong ciah a i kimu man tuan kei hi!
Na luang phum khit ciangin na sul nung zuun dingin Nu Man tawh June 16, 2005 in Delhi ka tung uh hi. A zing leh thai nitakin Pu H.T.Sangliana leh Pa Zamkhothang’ te innah hawh in a thusiamnate hangun lungdam ka ko uh hi. June 19 Nipini sun ZCF kikhopnaah Nu Man leh ken na dinna zel pulpitah dingin Pawlpi mite leh makaite in hong thuakpihna leh huhnate hangin lungdam ko in kikhop tawp ciangin biakinn kong tualah Pawlpi mite tawh niangtui dawn khawm in nitak ciangin upa bul teng tawh innah an nekkhawmna ka nei uh hi. Delhi a hong it leh hong thuakpih a diakin Manipur leh Mizoram pana pai pawlpi mite leh makaite kiangah lungdam koh ding tampi i nei hi. Eima neihsa a kipan kam leh muk hi in tha leh ngal tawh thuk zolo i hih manin i biak Pasian in amaute gim leh tawlna, sup leh bainate khempeuh a thupha tawh hong thuhsak kimciat ta hen cih ka thungetna uh ahi hi.
Delhi ah Nipi kal nih ka taam hi. June 24-26 sung teng Nu Man, Ngaih Lun leh Niangbawi tawh sim leh mal, sak leh khang pana na kaih khop niloh na go manpha pen ahi bizu (almirah) nih dimin na koih laibute ka ciamteh uh hi. Tuate Tuangpute unau in packing bawlin December 2005 in meileng tawh a pu Sian Mung hong puasak a, tu in Guwahati Innpi ah ka kem hi. Nidang ciang na laibute siksanin laibu tuamtuam kaikhawm in Khup Za Go Library cih minvawh a kep ding ka hanciam uh hi. Na sepna sate phawkna leh na khutmate ka zopna un na sanggamte leh tate in laibu ka bawl peuhmah uh Zo Aw Publications cih ding pha ka sa uh hi. Tua bangin a semkhia zo dingin i biak Pasian in a dam laite hong siam ta hen!
Na pattah, Ngaih Lian Swante, Guwahati
9. KAWLGAMAH KONG SUUN HI
April 10, 2005 zing tungin ka pianna pu uh Tuan Khan Lian (Tahan khua a teng) ka zintunna Taungzalat Hotel, Kalemyo-ah hong pai a, “I u Khup si ci hi lo maw,” hong ci hi. Ka lungsim sungah ka zinkhiat ni dingin Guwahati vanleng tualpi ka zuat lai-in “Tu’n a ding khia ding hi ing, nong vaikhak nop a om hiam,” ka cih leh “I u leh naute na video camera tawh hoih takin hong zaih in” hong cih ka kiho tawp nading uh ahih lam ka nung phawk hi. Tua zing kikhopna ah (ZBCM Kum 10 cinna) siate leh pawlpi mite in Sia Khup Za Go sihna tawh kisai in Zomi nam bup supna leh dahna ni hi cih pulak kawmin suunna hun khat kizang hi. Ka pumpi Kawlgamah a om hangin, ka lungsim innlamah om hi. Thugenna nih vei ka neih hangin ka ngaihsutna tampi Delhi khuapi, Guwahati leh Lamka kikalah kileh in manlah mahmah hi. Tua ni khoppi kinei lai leh thugenna hun ka neih manin u leh nau hong thuakpih tampi sungah ka puak nuam tuam mahmah hi.
A zing ciang April 11, 2005 ni in Pu Tuan Khan Lian inn Tahan ah meltheih sanggamte tawh U Khup sihna thu gen khawmin ka kap khawm uh hi. Sia Thang Khaw Tuan in “Lawm Khup aw khat vei kimuh sawm ni in, niangtui i duh bang dawn khawmin thu kikum ni,” cih phone tawh ka hopih a nunung ding na hi mawk, ci hi. U Go Khaw Nang in u Khup a neu lai panin amah theih dan leh hong nutsiat a khawngaih dan gen hi. Ka pianna pupi uh Tuan Khan Lian in gen nop a hauh mahmah hangin, a tupa a it mahmah suun ahih manin thugen nangawn deih bangin gen thei lo hi. Nu Ciin Za Vung zong gen nop a neih hangin niangtui lam ama sai ahih manin innsung leh innmai kawm tuah in buai mahmah hi. Ken zong u Khup tawh kisai ka theih bangbangin u leh naute kiangah ka gen a, a zi it mahmah u Niang Khan Man, a tapa Pum Khan Tuang leh Khual Lian Mungte adingin thungetna ka nei khawm uh hi. Hong suunpih u leh naute tawh niangtui leh moh ne khawmin dahna ni ahih hangin “Ei teng kimu khawm zenzen mataw,” ka kici uh hi. Hih bang hun adingin “Jesu i nei hi” cih tawh khitui mualtuang laipipi ka kikhen uh hi.
Tua nitak lunglen khawngaihna hong thuakpih dingin Rev. Kham Sian Khup ka giahna hotelah hong giak a, khualgama om ka kicih hangin Kawlgam u leh naute’ hong thuakpihna uh ka muh ciangin inn lama a luang tawh tukhawm mah ka bang hi. Kong ciah ding kuanin ka lungsimah “Dah teng thuakpih nuam Jesu bang; Lawm maan dang mu zo ding maw” cih hong ging velval hi. “Aw Topa nong thuakpih manin lungdam ing, van leh lei a bawl Topa in hong thuakpih hong suunpih” cih in ka tawl hong dam sak hi.
A sanggampa: J.M. Ngul Khan Pau,
Guwahati
10. KONG PHAWK SEMSEM HI
U Khup aw,
Hih anuaia thute ka lungngaih ciangin na manphatna ka phawk semsem hi:
1. Kum 1966 pawlin nang om lo hi le teh CBA Pawlpi bang tan a tung tam?
2. Kawlgamah Tedim Lai Siangtho leh La Bu a kikhet theih loh laiin nang om lo hi le teh i Lai Siangtho leh La Bu bang hunin a kinei tam?
3. I Zolai it in zuunin theih tawp suaha na puahpuah nangawn hi ciang kitung a hih leh tua bang zahta in na puah lo hi le teh i Zolai bangci ciangah a om zen tam?
4. I pau i lai nang awlmawh zahin a kem leh a zuun zo mi tawm mahmah hi.
5. CBA ah Field Director na sep laia biakna lama na pattah -Rev. G.K.Nang, Rev. Dr. J.M. Paupu, Rev. Dr. Sianpu, Tg. Ngaih Lian leh kei in Pasian thu mah simin ka na suut toto uh hi.
Nong om loh san pen kong phawk mahmah hi.
Pasian thu tawh na pattah, Suan Khan Thang, Pastor,Zomi Baptist Church, Aizawl.
Rev. Khup Za Go Tangthu
(A Biography of Rev. Khup Za Go)
A kaikhawm: Tg. Neng Ngaih Lian
Thangtawng says
Rev. Khup Za Go leh Dr. Do kham in Zomite ong nusiabaih lua sa ingh e…hong damoih lai leuh uh Zomi bup tua asangin kithu tuahna om zawlai ding in ka um kalem hi.