Dear Tawngno,
Khatvei Dr. Kam Khaw Thang innlak vak aciah leh a tapa nitak vak ding tawh innmai ah kituak in, Dr. Kam Khaw Thang in a tapa kiangah,“koilam paisawm?” ci-in adot leh, “thei nailo” ci-in a tapa in dawng kik hi. Tua leh a pa in, “na paina ding mun na theihnai kei leh ciah kik in la, inn pan in na paina ding ngaihsun in. Na theih khit ciangin kithawi kik in pai in,” ci hi. Ka zaksawn hi-in a taktak ahi kei zongin hih thu ngaihsut huai sa ing.
Dr. Kham Khaw Thang in a thuahkhak thute sungpan in zuih dingin hoih asak thu (18) te hong gelh suk ing.
(1) I mawhna te imcip lo ding. Mi tawh thu i neih leh maizum selna peuh in pang tentan loin thum bawl zaw ding. I mawhna te im loin pulak zaw ding.
(2) I zawh ngaploh dingte langbawl se loin om hihiat ding.
(3) Sum leh paai, annek tuidawnte-ah thang gamtat lo ding.
(4) Kineih khem se lo ding. A zawng i hih leh i zawn’ na imlo ding, ahai i hih leh i haina imlo ding. A zawngpi kihausak, a haipi kipilsak, cih bangte hoih lo hi.
(5) Mi gensia se lo ding. Midang khat thu i gen leh zong tua i gente pen i gen mite zak-in i gen ngam dingte bek gen ding.
(6) I siamlohnate-ah a siam kineih se lo ding.
(7) Kamciamna khat peuh i neih leh tangtung sak ding. I tangtun’sak zawh loh dingte kamciamna nei vet lo ding.
(8) Mi simmawh bawl in neu ngaihsut se lo ding. Tu hun-a a neute nidang ciang alian suak thei-a, tu hun-a a liante nidang teh a neu suak thei zel hi. I simmawh bawlte i mai-et hun hong tun’ ciangin zumhuai mahmah hi.
(9) Innkuan sumzeekna-ah ngeina kip nei ding. Sumpi, sumkhol, zattawm ding anam tuam ciat in ama sansan ah aval-in zat loh ding.
(10) Leiba nei dingin sum zang lo ding. I ngahna tawh kizui-in zang bek ding.
(11) Midangte’ ngaihsutna zui-in na simin gamta lo ding. Eimah mah in man isak bang bekin na sem ding. Midangte’ ngaihsutna zui-in i gamtat ciangin thu haksa khat hong om leh e’n sian’sakna ding siamna neilo ihih manin zumhuai hi.
(12) I tungsiahte langpan’ huai lo hi. I paunak-ah,“Lam sak leh pute kizo ngeilo,” na ci hi. I tungsiahte langpan’ lehang eima gimna hi lel hi.
(13) Zuau gen se lo ding. Ahi bangbang in gen den ding. Mi khat kiangah thu khat gen, adang khat kiangah a tuampi khat-in gen zel cihte pawl hoih lo hi. Lungsim nam nih nei se lo ding cihna hi.
(14) Ei leh ei kiphattawm se lo ding. Midangte’ phat dingin i om leh lungdamhuai hi. Ei leh ei kiphatna pen zum huai mahmah hi.
(15) Thulian khensat ding aom leh khensat pah loin, hong kikum phot nung, ci-in a hun sotin limtak in ngaihsun ding.
(16) Hun awng omsak loin manlah den ding. Na nam tampi sep theih ding hanciam ding. A awngkhong luate siatna tawh kizom thei hi.
(17) Khangno lai-a siamna leh theihnate kip ahih manin khangno lai-in pilna leh siamna tampi i sin ding kisam hi. Khangham khit-a sinte kimangngilh pahpah hi. Hih pen khangnote in a hun lai-in a phawk ding thupi hi.
(18) I hat laitak, i liat laitak, vang i neih laitak in midangte’ na sak dingin gamta-in na sem lo ding. A thuakte in a khan’tawn in mangngilh lo hi.
‘Kineihkhem se lo ding. A zawng ihih leh i zawn’na imlo ding, a hai ihih leh i haina imlo ding. A zawngpi kihau sak, a haipi kipilsak’, acih mah tamvei sim pen in ki-um ing. Nang zong na simgaih khit ciangin dikna sak penpen khat hong genkik ve leh, Tawng, na pa’n zong hong gen kaih teh!
Hong it,
Na pa
Columbus, OH
September 1, 2016
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