Rev. Hangpi, Book Review

Kisinsahna Piching Leh Kiselbuh

Rev. Hangpi Manlun, Khristian Thugin Zilna Bu (2004)
MGP Publications, Churachandpur; Aman Rs. … ; pp. 117 + viii; No illustrations. Paperback.

KUM 1988 VEL a Sunday Skul a Senior pawl ka hilai in Behiang ah ka om nalai a, tuami zou in Imphal ah skul kai di’n a hing kisawl pai ta hi. Tuami hun apat kum 15 val a pei ta a, hinanleh Sunday Skul (SS) a Senior pawl te’n text bu ka nei lou lam uh ka thei na lai hi. “Izip to Kanaan” zou in SS subject tawi ding ka nei non sih ua, Sawltahte Nasep Bible Study dan in ka sim zel uhi. Tua ziah in 2004 a kisun, “Khristian Thugin” pen Senior Pawl zil dia kibawl ahiziah in, naupang SS leh Zou khristian literature a dia khanletna thupi tah a ngaisut thei ahi.

Pu Hangpi in laibu (books) tampi banah, hunbihnei tanchinbute (periodicals) tanpha enton in tami text-bu ahing gelh hi. “Khristian Thugin” ahileh Khen 10 a kikhen ahia, tami thulute a huam pha hi: Bible, Paisian, Mihing, Hagau Siangthou, Hundamna, Sacrament, Hattuam leh Gingtute Mopuahna. Tami thulu te’n Tapidawte doctrine poimaw teng a tuun (cover) suah a, hinaleh ei Zou context leh Senior pawl-te lunglutna level toh kituah a tami thulute hilchet ding kisam zel hi.

BIBLE (LAISIANGTHOU) TANCHIN
“Khristian Thugin” in Bible toh kisai thu tampi a gentel hi. Bible chi kamteng umzia, huhakhumna leh Aprocrypha, gelh masatna hamte leh a kekhiatna chite a suut hi. Tami Khen 1 na ahileh “Bible Chanchin” (1990), Rev. Raltawnga gelh apat tampi enton hi di’n i gingta hi. Tami toh kisai in Rev. Dr. Zairema gelh “Kan Bible Hi” (2003) chi laibu hoi mama khat a kisun man kia ta a, etton ding tampi a um ngei ding hi. Tami khenpi sung a Bible translation toh kisai in Septuagin, Latin Vulgate, English leh German translation-te maimai bukim lou hi. Ei Zo minamte ham a Bible lekhiatna tangthu poimaw tah zong syllabus a telsah ding kisam hi. Zou sung ah Bible translation in kikhenna a hing tutdan uang gen ding hi zaw lou in, Zou Bible te’n Tapidaw hina leh i ham-le-pau a kepbitdan uang gen ding a dei huai zaw hi. Rev. Khup Za Go gelh “Bible Translations among the Zo People in Northeast India” (1996) leh Frederick S. Downs gelh “Essays on Christianity in Northeast India” (1994) chite bang tami lam a din reference manpha ahi ding uhi.

PASIAN LEH MIHING THU TOH KISAI
Khristian kisinsahna tampi Pasian hina (Trinity) leh mihing dinmun toh kisai ahi zing hi. Pu Hangpi in Trinity a gen ban ah Hagau Siangthou thu Khenpi 6 na sung a atuam vilvel in a sut kia sawnsawn hi. Trinity kigenna Khenpi 3 na sung a zong a ni a gawm khawm thei tah luat ahi. Mihing toh kisai hilchetnate a tomkim thei mama a, Bible thuhilna leh tuami philosophical context kiselbuh tah in a tahlang hi. Khenpi 4 “Mihing” chi sung a “Tahsa leh Hagau Thu” (peh 42) chi pen kichian zaw sem a hilchet ding kisam hi. Aziahpen tami thu toh kisai in Zou sung ah ngaidan dih lou tampi a um zou ta a, mihing hina bukim Bible thuhilna kisam hi. Tami mihing umzia toh kisai a Pu Hangpi thugen pen kiselbuh mama hi:
“Bible in ang hildan tangpi khu mihing in tahsa leh hagau ahuoptel hi… Greek leh Hindu khenkhat in tahsa leh hagau khu a gen tuom ua, a kidousah uh hi. Ahinlah Bible in gendang tuom selou in pumkhat ahina a gen uong hi. Tahsa leh hagau chi khun mihing pumpi a huop a, hagau tellou in tahsa khu ashi ahi … Pasian in tahsa angaikhoh dan khu am angel khu tahsa nei in ang pieng a, damloute zong asudam a, gilkielte zong nehdiing ana pie hi” (p. 42).

Ei India Mal-suah lam a evangelical Khristiante lah ah tahsa leh hagau thu nasatah in kikhen hi. Hagaumi kisa te’n khovel siatlei tuang nuasia a, huiva bang a thangvan tun ding maimai lunggel uhi. Pasian deilam van a bawl ahibang a lei a zong bawl ding ahilam manghil ua, kilepmang sawm gige uhi (escapism). Mikhialte ziah hi lou in, Khristian mihoite kikangkoi ziah a i gam-le-nam, i hattuam leh society sung buai ahi ta hi. I teenna khovel apat Khristiante kithasiat bawl ua (alienation), i khotang leh minam siamhoina ding in ngaikhona (involvement) kitasam hi. Tami lam thu toh kisai in John R.W. Stott gelh “New Issues Facing Christians Today” (1999) [1] a manpha pen ding hi. John Stott ahileh evangelical lamkai leh laigelh minthang mama ahia, tuni tan in London ah um in a dam nalai hi.

HUTDANMA THUGIN HUAP LETDAN
Pu Hangpi in Kenpi 7 na sung ah hutdamna chi thum – tu le tu a hutdamna, dachiang in hutdamna, leh hutdamna bukim – chite a gentel hi. Tualeh Khrist Jesu tatna letdan leh huapzoudan zong tamlou a gen belap hi. Tami pen kichian zaw sem a hilchet din ahoi hoi. Hutdamna nasep in mihing hagau leh tahsa huam a, silsiamte tanpha zong tuun phaban hi. Ei singtangmi Zou kampau singtang louhoumite a di’n tami gospel a kisam petma ta hi. Mangpa Jesu’n “Mual-aipate khandan en vawi un …” ana chia, i ngaisutna Pasian silsiamte lam a koi din a hing hanthon gige hi. I gam ah silsiamte dinmun leh hutdamna kizopdan kinelsia mama hi. Pasian in Eden huan suse ding hilou a, kepbit leh enkol din mihingte thu apia hi. “Gam chin ah kuan unlen Tanchinpha gen koi un” chi i evangelical mandate ahima bang in, “Silsiamte kepbit ding” zong i “ecological mandate” ahi ngal hi. Rev. Zairema in “Isua hnathawh-chhandamna thu” [2] chi a gelhna ah tahsa hundamna leh minam hutdamna umzia a gen hi.

HATTUAM LEH SACRAMENT-TE ETDAN THA
Sacrament-te toh kisai bukim tah a gen ahiziah in bangma belap ding tuan a um seng sih hi. Hattuam toh kisai a thu vantangte zong a hun a, hinanleh India Mal-suah lam a Presbyterian hattuam hing piandan toh kisai pen bukim zou lou deu hi. Welsh Calvinistic Presbyterian Mission in Lushei leh Khasi mite lah a tanchinpha a gendan uh tomkim zong gen ngai hi. Tami adin Dr. Mangkhosat Kipgen [3] gelh, “Christianity and Mizo Culture” (1997) leh F.S.Downs laibute enton din a hoi mama uhi. Tualeh 1976 MGP-ZCC kikhen ma a Manipur Zou kampaute Presbyterian a a-um lai huntan uh zong syllabus a telsah ding poimo hi. Tualeh mission khanthu i gen chiang in version tampi um thei gige a, tuaziahin tangthu zousia “ecumenical perspective” a gelh ding a dei huai pen hi. Kikhenna ding leh kimudana ding a tangthu suut ding hilou in, kilemna ding leh khantouna ding “ecumenical” lungsim piching kua ngai hi.

GINGTU ZOUSIA MOPUAHNA LEH CHOUNATE
Khenpi 10 na ah gintu zousia bawl dingte tahlat ahi. Tami sung ah mimal a devotional hinkhua, silpiah a nasep, mission nasep leh khawlni tang a kikhopna poimaw dan Pu Hangpi in a gen kha hi. Tami teng ban ah Khristian-te khotang mopuahna (social obligations) toh kisai Billy Graham [4] in a gente zong zetel din a hoi mama hi.

Tami thulute ban ah Khristian numei dinmun (gender issues) toh kisai zong tam lou gentel thei ahi. Ei singtangmite lah a numei in hattuam, khotang leh innsung ah dinmun niam tah a nei nalai hi. Tami thute theological perspective a hilchet kisam a, pasal in numei dinmun theisiam kisam ta hi. Tulai tah a Lalrinkimi in edit abawl, “Agape” [5] chi tanchinbu 1989 apat hasim in Aizawl Synod Press apat na kisun ta a, tami tanchinbu in numei (gender) toh kisai thute a ngaikhoh hi. “Agape” apat laigelh khenkhat ei Zou hattuamte context a din zong zatthei ahi. Tualeh Mission leh Development kikal zong tomkim a hilchet dia hoi ahi. Bible in, “Mi gilkial khat kung ah, vah tah leh tai tah in pei in, chi la chin bang a phatuam diai?” (James 2: 15–16) ana chi hi. Development pen solkal-te maimai nasep ding hilou a, mission nasep nadia khutlai poimo pen ahi. Skul, laisim, nesui-tahsui leh veng-le-paam a khantouna (development) pen Tapidaw-te khotang mopuahna hiphaban ahi chi i nelsia ziah un i hattuam leh minam te’n tuantual loh uhi.

THU-VAIHAH (CONCLUDING REMARKS)
Tam a tung a i thu kikupnate tup-le-nim ahileh Nipi Saang kisinsahna piching leh kiselbuh zawh sem nei ding ahi. Tuami ding in laibu peh khansah a, amelpuah dan mama zong kilawm leh laimal sim nop huai zaw dia bawl thei ahi. Pawlpi zousia (adiah a Zou Synod leh ELCC) in SS syllabus atuam-apai a bawl sese lou a, SS Text Book Committee khat nuai a bawl khawm thei ahi mai hi. Tuahileh laibu copy tam zaw, kiman zaw leh changkang zaw in kisun thei ding a, Zou Tapidaw zousia hamphatna ding ahi ngal hi. English gen lou, Mizo ham nasan sim thei lou Zou kampau mi tampi ki-um ahiziah in, eima ham a Khristian literature kiningching nei ding lunggul huai hi. Tami i tangtun theina din Zou Synod leh ELCC in “literature partnership” nei a, lamkaihna a lah ngai ta hi. Tu-le-tu dinmun in, Zomi Christian Literature Committee (ZCLC) in Bible lehna dia joint project aneite leh Zou Synod leh ELCC in partnership a labu a sut sawmte khantou vai mama hi. ZCLC ma in piching leh naupang Sunday Skul subject teng partnership a sut ahitheina din pan hing la thei leh Zou sung ah Khristian literature in masawn thei pan ding hi.
Aw nou Zou tapidaw literature khankhua ding khualte’n
Houlung tuah in i louma uh hing zuun khawm ta un;
Zodawn luitate bang a i luan khawn lai teng
Mangpa leh i gam a din silthupite i mualsua ngei dia
Thudih deina leh theina laigil apat michin tong kikum ta ding.

David Vumlallian Zou, Belfast, UK
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Endnotes
[1] Stott, John R.W. (1999) “New Issues Facing Christians Today” London: Marshall Pickering. Tami laibu Indian edition zong um a, a version lui pen ahileh “Issues Facing Christians Today” kichi hi.
[2] Zairema, Rev. Dr. (2003) “Isua hnathawh-chhandamna thu” in Kan Bible Hi. Aizawl: Self-published; pp. 273 – 303.
[3] Kipgen, Dr. Mangkhosat (1997) “Christianity and Mizo Culture: The Encounter between Christianity and Zo Culture in Mizoram. Aizawl: Mizo Theological Conference.
[4] Graham, Billy (1984) “Social Obligations of a Christian” or “Am I My Brother’s Keeper?” in Peace with God.
[5] “Agape” (1986 apat kisun) ban ah “Didakhe” (1972) apat kisun tanchinbute Mizo ham simtheite a din subscribe tah mama ahi uhi. “Agape” ahileh numei lamkaite adin a hoi hi. “Didakhe” pen pastor, evangelist, hattuam upa leh mission worker-te a din a hoi diah khol hi. Ahitheileh, Zou sung a hattuam chin in tami tanchinbute subscribe ding deisah ahi. A suntute ahileh Synod Office, Mission Veng, Aizawl ahi uhi.