Inlarna dang ka hmu leh ta. Vanramah chuan him taka tla thla riai riai hian ka inhria a, an nunphung zawm ve in, chengfo tawh ang mai ka ni, ka hmuh than ang maiin ka tlang nel nghal em em mai a.
Van boruak paw ruih mai te, tlang
sang tak te, ruam mawi tak, thingtlang huan ang mai, grep huan mawi em em mai
te, pangpar mawi tawp leh, luite luang del del te — tuipui erawh ka hmu hauh lo
— chung zawng zawng chu tawngkama sawifiah rualloha mawi tak vek an ni. Dik
tak chuan hmun tinah, sava zinga sava duhawm ber leh rannung zinga a mawi ber
berte an awm a, thildang tam takte pawh.
Ka thil hmuhte chuan min man bet ni
ber hian ka hria. Heng rannung ka hmuh hian ka hamhaih deuh a, a chhan chu,
rannung leh ramsate thawhlehna chungchang hi rinhlelhna ka nei deuh fo si a. Amaherawhchu,
chutah chuan an awm ngei chu ania. Mahse le, inlârnaa ka hmuh mai a ni ve bawk
a.
Engpawh nise, chu ram mawi taka hriatna
chungnung zawk nei chengte chu ka ngaihven berte an ni. Van ram chhunga
thilsiam dang tam tak ka hmuhte aiin, a lan danah pawh, anmahni zah chunga
beiseina ka siam ang ngei an ni, aw! thuziak hmanga sawi theih aia sang zawk ropuinaa
thuam an ni.
Vantirhkoh sipaite chu an awm a,
rangkachak kawtthlerah chuan kawng zawh ang mai hian an lutin an chhuak a, a
nih loh leh vur ang maiin chhum chunga van boruak chu an khuh ni mai hian a
lang.
Thisena tlansa mipui tam tak, an
hnathawh tur hrang hranga buai emaw, huana tei khawthawng emaw, lui kama hahchawl
emaw, Lalthutphah hmaa inkhawm emaw, an sakawr var chunga van kawtthlera vei
emaw te chu an awm bawk a.
Naupang chi hrang hrang an awm a,
naupan laia boral, mipa leh hmeichhia famkima lo puitling ta, entawn tur ropui
tak takte hual velin, leh an chhehvela thlarau ropui tak takte kaihhruaina dik tak
hmanga zirtir puitlin an awm, tin, chutah chuan engkim kaltlangin, Van chatuan
Lal ropuina in a hliahkhuhna hnuaiah an cheng mek a ni.
Chutih mek lai chuan, he van ropuina
leh mawina sawifiah phak rualloh ah hian, sawi chak awm tak si, hun reilote
chauh ka la awm nachungin thil danglam tak, hrehawm tak pawh a ni ang, he
hlimna ram nena inmawi hauhlo lo thlengin, a lo thleng mai dawn ni hian ka
hria. An hmelah chuan langchhuakin, nilo, khawii lai hmun pawh lungngaihna in a
fan ni ber hian ka hria. He thil inhmehloh tak mai ka ngaihtuah lai hian, a
awmzia tur awm chuan mak tihna in min tuam a ni.
Chu thil inthup chu reiloteah
tihfiahin a awm ta, ngunthluk taka ka thlir lai chuan, vanram meuhva thil
danglam bik chu ka mithmuhah tarlan in a awm ta.
Vanram nuama cheng mek Tlansa mipuite
tan chuan intawhkhawmna ropui tak koh a ni. Khawpui thianghlima hmun
chungnungberah buatsaih a ni a, punkhawmna hmun lian tha zet mai, mi sang tam
tak len theihna, tlang mawi tak tak to-lurh te’n an hual vel hmun a ni.
Mithianghlimte chu hmun zawl laiah
chuan an pungkhawm a, vantirhkohte erawh chu a chhehvel hmun sang sir tuakah chuan
an tlim chho hmur mai a, an vai hian kohkhawm an nih chhan chu nghakhlel taka
thlirin an ngaihven hlawm a, hriattirna engemaw tak chu an dawng tawh bawk a.
Chutah ka Lalpa — ka Lal ka Chhandamtu
chu a lo chhuak ta, ngaichangtu maktaduai tam takte mit fukna hmaah chuan thu
puang chhuak tura lo ding a ni.
A landan chu ka sawifiah zo lo.
Khawvela ka damchhung zawng khan he
Mithianghlim landan tur awm te, mualphona tawp paltlanga a awm laia a hmel put
hmang tur awm sawifiah tum khan ka pamtul ta thak kha a ni a. Tunah, Pa Ropuina
zawng zawng nen inthuama, a chatuan Lalramah ngei, lalna leh thuneihna zawng
zawng a neih hnua a awm dan sawifiah han tum chu a va harsa lehzual em. He thil
theihloh tawp hi chu ka tum talh lo mai ang.
Nunna leh Ropuina Lalpa’n he
inkhawmpui mak tak a buatsaihna chhan chu sawihona neih a, ngenna siam a duh
vang a ni deuh ber a. Tlemte chu ka sawi chhawng thei. An ngawih thiap lai
chuan Chhandamtu Malsawm chuan thuchah a sawi ta. Hengte hi a sawi tlangpui ka
lawrkhawm theih chu a ni:
‘A nun hlan meuha a tlan tawh khawvelah
ngei chuan harsatna namenlo a lo thleng a. Khawvel chu a lo chhe lehzual ta si
a. Hriatlohna, helna, tihduhdahna, indona, awihlohna, inbumna, inlaichinna
chhia, leh sualna dang sang tam takte chuan A thinlung a hliam nasat em
avangin, sual zungzam paihthlak nân leh khawvêl chhandamna atân beihpui thlakpui
leh tûrin hmalak a lo tul leh ta a lo ni.
"Van Pathian laka helna tihbo
tumnaah te, sualna lo pung zel tur tihtawp tumnaah te, Lalpa tana raldotu mi
huaisen tak takte chu nasa taka tam hnehin, hmakhalh an ni ta si a a, indona
hmunah vuak emaw petchhuah emaw an tawh lohna turin ral-hmatawngte chu nasa
taka tihchak a tul tak zet a ni.
"Chuvangin, a sipai beihpui
thlak mekte tanpui turin, khawvela indona tam tak lo hmachhawn tawh van mipui
zing atanga thlan chhuah a, Van mi maktaduai khat tirh zai a rel a lo ni."
"Tichuan tisa leh thisenin an
inthuam leh ang a, mualphona, harsatna, hmuhsitna te hmachhawn leh turin. Ni
lo, buaina awm thei zawng zawng thlirin, chu hmunah chuan tihduhdahna an
paltlang leh ang, hrehawm tuar turin an inpeih tur a ni, thihna ngei an tawk
anih loh vek pawhin, vuak tuarin, lung in bang an zut leh ang."
A kutphaha tuarna chhinchhiahnate chu
lantirin a lo ding chhuak a, A hmaa van sipai rual ropui takte hnenah chuan,
"Tunge kal ang?" ti-a chovin, lei indona bei mek A Sipaite tha tichak
turin a sawm ta a ni.
Sawi ngai lovin, he thu phurawm tak a
puan lai hian, ngawi thiapin, thaw-lo lekin an ngaithla a, amaherawhchu, a
thusawi a tawp chiah a thil lo thleng chuan ka thinphu a ti ding thung a ni.
Van mi zawng zawngte chu tui tam tak
ri ang maia au-chhuakin an lo tho a, indona hmachhawn tur chuan phur em em mai
hian an inpe ta suau suau mai a ni.
Hotupa/Lalpa thupekah thehhmeh ang maiin
an reh leh ta thiap a, A tuarna kut hmangin thlarau indona hmachhawn tur
Thlarau Maktaduai te chu a han thlang fel a, a sawmna chhangin chung mite chu
an lo penchhuak ta. Mitin mai chuan an ngaisangin, thlan nih ve an chak theuh
a, van boruaka vantirhkoh rualte lawmna chu a thangkhawk rum rum bawk a.
Thawm a daih leh hnu chuan, Hotupa
chuan a sawi zawm a, ngenna dang siam leh a duh a ni -
"Indo mite chu an inpeih
ta," a ti a. Indona hmunah an awm nghal ang a, an hmabak hlenchhuak ngei
turin an in ralthuam ang, rinhlelhna reng a neilo.
Amaherawhchu mihringte anga penchhuak
tur an nih avangin, ralthuam leh chhawmdawlna, indo chhungin an mamawh dawn a
ni.
"Nang," A ti a, thupe aw
tak ngaihno bei siin, “he van hmun nuam takah hian rualduhte nen - hlimna, hmangaihna,
hna leh inpawlhona neiin I cheng dawn a, an ni erawh chu,” thlante chu kawk in,
“chu hrehawmna khawvelah chuan thinlung chhuntlang khawpa thawhrimna leh
hrehawm tawrhnaah an awm ang.” Zawhna dang a zawt leh ta, "An rawngbawlnaah
tuin nge an chungah lainatna lantir ang a, an hlawhtlin ngei theih nan tawngtai
ang; tin, an rosum neihte hlanin tuin nge an thlawpzia lantir nan thilpek pe
ang?"
A hnu lama thil thleng chu ka
sawifiah theih phak rual a ni ta lo. Hetah hian inlarna chu ka hmufiah thei ta
si lo a, chutih lai chuan aw chhiar sen loh, mak tak tak, inrem tak si, hmun
tinreng atangin a lo chhuak ta a ni. Ka ngaihthlak lai chuan mipa, hmeichhia
leh naupangte aw — naupangte chu an awm ve avangin — ropui takin buai deuh niai
hian an au chhuak vek ni berin ka hria. Pakhat chuan: “He van indonaah hian ka
Lalpa tanpui theihna chanvo sang tak min pe hram ang che;" a ti a, pakhat
chuan: “Ka neih zawng zawng, Chhandamtu duh tak, ka thian huaisen tak takte
tanpuina turin la rawh;” mi dang pakhatin -: “Hêng mi huaisen, malsâwmna
dawngtute ruala kal ve hi ka duh, an tân hna ka thawk ang e, ka ngen a che, a
nih loh leh engemaw kawng tal a an rawng ka bâwlsak theih nan,” a ti a.
Mahse, hetih lai hian inlârna chu a
chiang lo lehzual a, zawi zawiin a reh ta a ni. Ka mithmuh atanga thil ropui
tak hmuhnawm hnuhnung ber a bo rual chuan fakna hla ri ring tak ka beng bulah a
rawn ri a, chutah chuan mi thianghlim leh vantirhkohte chuan hla an sa rual a.
Tin, an hla phurrit tak kara lo richhuak chu "He hnathawh ropui tak atana
thlarau maktaduai a thlan avangin kan Chhandamtu Lalpa chuan ropuina leh fakna
leh chawimawina te chang rawh se, an mamawh zawng zawng phuhrukna turin, an
mamawh aia a let maktaduai khata tam zawk a pek avangin!"
Thian duhtakte u, ka inlarna hmuh hi
in ngaihtuah zui turin ka hnutchhiah a che u.
Ka sawifiah kher ngai lovin a hman tangkai
dan i hmufiah ngei ang. The Salvation Army hian Pathian tan, an mihring puite
sual leh hrehawmna leh hremhmun laka chhanchhuahna atan indona tha hmun chhiar
sen lohah an bei mek a ni. Ka Lalpa chuan heng ralhrat sipaiho hi a thlang ngei
a, hriak a thih a, inlarnaa ka hmuh ang khan, ral-relna zawng zawng chu van
rorelna pindan chungnunga tihfel ang maiin a tir chhuak theuh a ni.
Harsatna chhiarsenloh leh hmelma chhiarsenloh hmachhawnin dinhmun ropui leh rapthlak takah an ding mek a ni. Fiahna tam tak an tawk a, a ṭhente phei chu tuar harsa takte a ni; mahse, INDONA ṭha tak an bei a ni. AN RAWNGBAWLNA HI KA HRECHIANG EM EM A NI. Thahnemngai taka tanpui tlak an ni. Ka Chhandamtu chuan chutiang tak chuan min ngen a ni.
Chhiartu duhtak, thinlung taka i thlawpzia i lantir ve dawn em?
Lettu - Jean Ralte
2nd July 2024