Tablet of My Heart: Pate Ni

Mipate hi chi thlah tura khuanu duan anni ngei ang, amaherawhchu chhungkaw puipa ni tur chuan mi bik nih a ngai thung.

Naupangte’n PA an chawimawina NI bik hmang tura ruahmanna hi Spokane, Washington-ah a intan a. Kum 1909-a NUTE NI thuchah Sonora Smart Dodd-i’n a ngaihthlak atanga rawn inmun a ni. Sonora-i hi a nu in a thihsan hma avangin a pa William Jackson Smart-a’n a enkawl seilian a, atana a hlutzia hi a PA hriattir ngei a duh. Nu leh Pa nih fawmin huaisen leh inpumpek, hmangaih taka enkawlin a pa hian an unauza a chawilian a. A pa pian thla June chawiin PATE NI hmasaber hmanna atan June ni 19, 1910 chu a thlang ta a ni.

Kum 1935 khan PATE NI Silver Jubilee pualin lehkhabu buatsaih a ni. Chu lehkhabu te-takte ah chuan tihian a inziak, ‘He NI lo chhuahna hi kum 37 liamta a Washington tlang pakhat Big Bend an tih, huan pilril taka awmah khan a ni. March thla thli na tak thawt vuk vuk na kara lungngaihna namenlo lo thlengah chuan a ni.

Khawhar takin pa pakhat hi a indawm kun a, a velah chuan a fate’n tap chungin an bawr laih bawk a. Vur thli lo tlehin an tukverhte a khuh luk a, thlipui a inmun mek lai chuan, a fa tlum ber chu thawklehkhatah pawn lam panin a NU au chungin a tlanchhuak ta vut mai. Chu hraichawi awrawl chuan a chunnu, thihna kutin a chelh tawh chu a au ei(h) zo si lo!

Hmanhmawh takin a pa chuan naupang chu a thlazar hnuaia awm turin a umzui vat a, tichuan thanghnih lian zet chu William Jackson Smart-a chuan chun lovin, nu leh pa dinhmun chelhin a fate a lo awpkhawm ta a ni.

Senora Louise Smart-i, Mrs.John Bruce Dodd lo nita tan he thil thleng hi, PATE tana Ni bik siam tura a ngaihtuahna khalhtu pawimawh tak a ni. A pa hmangaihna leh inpekna te, a pasalin a fapa a hmangaihna a hmuh leh hriatte atang chuan PATE NI serh chu tihpuitlin ngei tumin a bei a, ram pum huapin hman a lo ni ta.’

Kum 1926 khan New York khawpuiah National Father’s Day Committee din a ni a, kum 1956-ah America rama Congress Joint Resolution in a pawm. Tichuan, kum 1972 khan US President Richard Nixon-a chuan June thlaa Chawlhni vawi thumna chu America ram pumah PATE NI bika serh turin a lo nemnghet a ni. Salvation Army te pawhin kan ni bikah dahin khel lovin kan lo hmang ve ta.

Pa neite tana pa an hlu tluk zetin pa neilote tan pawh pa an hlu. Zua tello-a chawilen ka ni a, Pa neilo chu ka ni hauhlo. Pa uapna tawnhriat ka nei tlem hle a, ka tawnchhun erawh ka thlamuanpui thung. Chuvangin ka tan PA a hlu bik riau in ka hre thin. Nu tana nu leh pa kawp chu thil namai a ni hauhlo ang. Ngai teh u, Pain min hmangaihna chu a va nasa em! ‘Pathian faahte’ min vuah tak hi; chutiang chu kan ni reng e. [I Johana 3:1] He thu hi a va hlu em!

Vawin Pate Ni ah hian Pathian lehkhabu Rom 8:12-17 thu hi lo thangmawi lehzual se a va tha em! “Abba! (Ka pa!)” tiin khawi hmunah pawh, enghunah pawh kan au thei a, kan thatna tura min thawhsak tur hian ‘super power’ ni mai lovin ‘Supreme Power’ neitu a la ni zui. Khawvel leh a chhunga awm zawng zawngte hi a kutphah chhungah kan awm asin!

Pa?

v ‘PA in a fate tana a tih theih hlu ber chu - a fate NU a hmangaih hi a ni”

v ‘Nu te ang bawkin PA tur renga piang an awmlo a, mipa te hi PA ah an lo thanglian zawk thin a, PA nih hi an thanlennaa hun pawimawh tak a ni’ - David M. Gottesman

v ‘A fa hrechiangtu chu PA fing a ni” – William Shakespeare

v ‘Ka pa kha engang mi nge a nih a pawimawh ber lo, a pawimawh zawk erawhchu engang mi niin nge ka hriatreng’ – Anne Sexton

v ‘Naupangte nunah PA uapna aia thlamuanpuiawm zawk awm theiin ka hrelo’ – Sigmund Freud