SANGAAK PALAI

~Jona Tawmbing

Author's Note:

Hiai tangthu ahihleh a taktak ahi. Kuamah zahlaksak sawm a hong kigelh ahikei. A changtunu (ka lawm nu) tanchin ahon gen apat ka lungsim ah ahong lang pah a. Hiai khovel ah mi tampi'n hichibang ina tuak ua, a tuak chiatchiat i thuak mualsuah dan a kibang vek kei. Akhen in hiai itna thuak zoulou in ana sih lawh ua, akhen in koppih dang muh na diin a zang ua, akhen in mahni hangsan na leh tup na ziakin ana thuak suah ua, himahleh hiai a in chu Pathian muang kawm a haksa ana thuak mualsuah ahi.

Haksa a thuak ziaka Pathian abelh dan leh tuni tan pha a hinkhua kipak tak a zang tou zel ahi chih chu kon gelh tel sisip kei. Himahleh, Pathian vualjawlna tagah genthei tak a khosa sek himahleh tuchiang in chu khovela mi enghuai penpente lak a simtel theih ahita. Sum-le-pai ahauh ziak ahikei. Huai haksatna ziaka tangtawn hinna nei di chih ka theih chiang mahmah ziak ahi.

 

Unau thum (3) lak a upa pen hi diing in ka hong piang a, kei nuai a pasal ahia, anaupang pen ahih leh numei ahi. Innkuan kipaktaka ka khosak lai un ka pa'n hunlou takin ahon mualliamsan a, ka nu heuin tagah hinkhua ka hon zang tou uhi. Singtang lou nei a nekzong maimai ka hi ua, himahleh buh kham ka nei ngeikei uh, nekdi tasam hiden, kum tengin mi nna sem in naupangchik himahleng ka kiloh sek uhi. Naupangchik himahleng mite hehpihna leh deihsakna ziakin piching lawh bangbang sum khawng ahon pezelsam ua. Himahleh, huai ka lawh suah sunsunte antang lei na dia bei tawmtawm, thildang poimoh ah akidaih ngei hi.

Siamsinna lam lah kilunglut, himahleh ka gentheih luat ziak un ka ut bang in le lai ka zil thei kei. Kum kim khawng hong hih chiang in ka laizilna tawpsan in nna ka sep ahong ngai a, school lam khawlsan in gamgiak zen a mi nna sem in ka kiloh khong ahong ngai zel hi. Class X ka zil kum inle zil sutzop ut mahleng genthei lua ka hih man un loh didan ka thei nawn kei ua, Exam form fillup nang sum lah kineilou ahih chiangin, chiin Exam le sawmlou in mi lou a giak in ka kiloh hi.

Huchia ni bangzah hiam mi lou a kiloh a ka giah nungin, zingkal khat vaikuan maste'n ka laithon di ahon puak ua, bang thu, bang la ahi mahmah dia aw,,,, chiin liing pepep kawm a hong in ka hon sim hi, ka Headmaster pa un ka Exam form fill-up na di mi kiphal te'n hon piaksak uh ahihdan leh akinthei lam a form fill-up dia ahon sapna thu a, hiai thu ka simkhit in kipahziak in ka biang ah mittui ahong luang pah a, Kai ngeilou Pathian hoihdan ka mukhe dundun mai hi. Ka kipah luat ziakin om didan ka thei kei, lamdang bang ka sa hial hi. Ka lungsim in Pathian kiang ah ka thum den a, Pathianin kei migenthei le hon hehpih ahi, naupang chik a school kai ka khawl di hon phallou in, hon hehpih tu di mi ahon pia a, chiin khentuam neilou Pathian tung ah ka kipak petmah hi.

Hun leh nite hong liam a, Unau melhaih hun ahong tung a. Huchia unau kal a buaina ahongsuah takin ka Nau, kou innkuan a ka pasal neihsun uleh innkuan kingakna pen in galte khut ah ahon sihsan nawn hi. Mihinglam ngaihtuah in chu thuaksiam ahaksa ahi, haksa takin kikhosa mahleh, ka nau ahong piching dia, amah ziakin mi nuai ah kikun gige kei na'nte, chiin kana kinem sek hi. Himahleh hichitan hon kem a hon pi tu Pathianin kou innkuan adia poimoh salou in, aman poimohh zaw hinte,,, chiin ka kinem ua, ka nau tung a lametna ka koih tengteng toh Pathian khut ah athakin ka kinga thei ta. Numei kia ka khosak du hon muang uh hinte chiin siamtak a thuak ka kisin mai uhi. Sa-le-gaalte ziak in khua a om vual ahi nawn kei, taksa damna dia gaaltai ahong ngai a, ka pa leh ka sanggam pa vuina khua taisan in khopi lam ka hon zuan uhi. Mihingte utthu hile bel chikmah chiangin ka taisan theih ka kigingta hetkei, himahleh a si sa zaw sisa ahimai ta ua, a damlaite makhua khualna ziak a ka utlouh tantan uh hih ngai ahih man in, ka pa leh ka nau kha' nangawn zah zoulou in ka hong taikhia uhi. (Pa, Nanau, ka dinmun uh bangkim na hon thei ua, na laukha un thangvan a pan na hon galdot ngei uh ka lamen hi, ka omdan uh, na lung uh akim keidi chihle ka thei uh, himahleh kou ut-thu a gamtang thei ka hihlouh ziak un na hon ngaihdam uh ka lem-en hi)

Huchiin, Pathian kepna tangin khopi ah mi inn luah in ka hong khosa ua, ka buai luat mahmah chiang un, huialam a ka sungte ana omsate muanna toh khosakna bul ka honpan nawn uhi. Nekzonna dang om tuanlou ahih man in ka innkiang uah Dawr neuchik bawl in, huai ka ngak zel a, kou innkuan kingakna pen himahleh, kingakna taktak a ching hetkei hi. Himahleh Singtang a khosak toh tehin zaw khopi zaw adan ana omdeuh hiin ka thei. Himahleh, nna dang sem gina thei omlou ka hih man un sum-le-pai ah buaina ka tuak den ua, ka buai luat mahmah chiang un khanglam a ka sungte kiang khawng leh saklam a ka sungte kiang ah ka nu ava tai zel hi, himahleh ka nu innlam ahong kiik chiang in melliap takin inn ahong tung kiik zela, ka nu mel a kipahna mulou ka hih man in thil omdan kana dong sek hi. "Tulai koule ka buailua uh, saklama te kiang ah ana tai mai ua" chiin ana dawng ua, utziak hilou in, buailaw mahmah ka hih ziak un lin kawm pipi'n saklam a ka sungte kiang ah ka nu ava tai zel hi. Himahleh saklam a ka sungte'n le khanglam a te dawn dan mah in khanglamte kiang a tai diin ana hilh zel ua, huchiin beidong takin ka om uhi. Himahleh Pathian hehpihna ziakin tuni tanin ngawllou in ka om ua, leitung a tanau lainaa te'n ahon itlouh hang un vana Pathian in hon it ahi chih ka theih thakthak ziak un, Pathianmah ka bel uhi.

Pa neilou, pasal omlouhna innkuan ka hih ziak uh hia, ka khosakna uh ahaksat luat ziak??? Hun bangtan hiam ka om nung un chu, kou tagah meithai, ka nu heu a numei hon lungleng tak leh patau tak a ka ki-et liakliak di Pathianin hon phallou in, kou hon hehpih a ka lunglen uh hon nem di mi, lengla ahon pe zel a, lawm-le-vual pawlhdi bang koumau khamkham in a hon pe zel hi. Nitak chiangin ka inn khawng uah ahong pawt khawm zel ua, amaute ziak mahmah inle nuam ka sa tuan mahmah uhi.

Khopi a ka omna ule a kum asim ahong hita, mihinglam ah keile nungak chia mite simtheih ka hong hita, ka kum naupangsim mahleh ka taksa alian a, huaikia hilou in pa dinmun a ding ka hihziakin keimah khamkham in chu piching khat hiin ka kithei veve hi. Sun lam chiangin Dawr neu ngak in ka buaithei mahmah mai a, ka nnasepna gim kisa in omsek mahleng nitak chiang a ka lawmte ka inn ua hong pawt di ua, amau toh kipak tak a kithuah theidi chih ka ngaihtuah chiangin ka nnasep gim ka kisakna teng bang a beizou hial hi.

Pathianin mihingte abawl tuung apat a, mihingte tuahdia aseh 'tuailai hun' ka hon zangtou a. Hun sawtpi akipat ka lawm, kana kithuahpih gige, nitak teng a ka inn ua hong pawt gigete lak a khat toh theihsiam vuallouh in ka hong om uhi. Kingai chih hikei mahle-ung ka mit uh akituak kha chetchet khawng leh, ka thil hih bangkim mit kelou phet a hon en zuizui ahi chih a-omdan apat haihvual ahikei. Himahleh kenbel huchi lam himhim in ka ngaihtuah ngeikei a, ka genthei ua, pa le neilou, kou hon hehpihziak a hong pawt maimai in kei bangdi ahon chi mahmah dia,,,, ka ngaihtuahna diklou hi, chiin kei leh kei ka kikhem a, akhenchiang bangin ka ki-iplah tha khawng ahong suak zou hial hi.

Ka ngaikei, amanle hon ngai mahmah ken teh, chiin ngaihtuah sek mahleng ka lungsim ah atham den a, ngaihtuahlouh ka sawm chiang bangin ka ngaihtuah deuhdeuh zawmah hi. Keilam mahmah ale 'Iitna' a chih uh huai ka lawmpa lak a nei hiin ka kithei a, himahleh abul pan diin hangsanna bangmah ka nei ngamkei. Kei meithai ta, mel-le-puam ale kuamah phalou, huchihlai a amah innkuan panngai tak apat khangkhia, huchibang mi lak ah bangziakin ka itna thu ka gen ngam mahmah dia??? Lehlam ah, Tuailai hun a iitna neilou hileng piangsual/miphalou hidi ka hihchiah chiin khosakna niamin, genthei mah leng,,,,, chiin ka kinem zel a, ka muhdan in amanle ahon iit ahi chih bel chiangtakin ka thei hi.

Huchihlaiin nitak khat ka lam-et phak hetlouh in iitna thu ahon gen mawk hi. Huaithu ka zak phetin ka kipak a, lamdang bang ka sa, gintak mawk diin lah haksa ka sa a, gintaklouh diin lah ka phal si kei. Lungsim buai takin ka om a, ka dinmun bangteng gen in kipha mahleng, khopi a ka omtung uapat hon theichiang mahmah tu amah hi zel,,,,,,

Hun leh ni te hong liam zel a, bangzahvei hiam ahon gennung in ka nu theihpihna leh lemsak na in kingaizawng chu ka hong hita ua, himahleh kei lam ah ki-sitna alian deuhdeuh hi. Nidang a kimaingal tak a kihou gige himahle ung huaini apat ka omdan uh ahong kikheng a, kougel kaal ah kizahtak tuahna khat hong om in, ka gen nop nangawn gen ngamlou in ka om uh. Himahleh a guuk in ka lungsim u bel a kipoh mahmah zel hi.

Amah Umang (Min phuahtawm) toh ka hong kingaih tak un ka lawmhoih taktak te'n zong ahon kipahpih siam thei mahmah mai ua. Kei tagah, kipahni himhim nei ngeilou, kei adia kipahna ni suak ngei diale ka gintak ngeilouh lai a hichibang hinkhua ka tuah pe'n lamdang sakna lianpi ka nei a, Pathian in genthei leh dah tak a ka hinkhua ka zatdi hon phal gige samlou ahi, amah ka Umang ziakin ka kipak a, tua ka kipahna sang a lian leh thuuk zaw denchiang hun a ahon tut leng ka lam-en lailai hi.

Hon kipahpihtu, ka lawmte tung ah le'ng tamtak in ka lung adam hi. Himahleh, hon kipahpihtu tengteng kiang a ka tanchin uh bangkim hilh ka sawm kholkei, huchihlai in khopi ka om tung ua pana asia apha ka hilh gige, aman le ama dahna leh kipahna tengteng ahon hilh gige, ka lawm hoih mahmah Kikim (Phauh tawm) kiang ah bel bangkim ka hilh a, Kikim pen Umang toh le kithuahthei mahmah ahih ziak un amah tungtawn in tanchin bangkim ka kihilh thei zungzung zel uhi.

Hunteng, niteng in ka ki-iitna uh apung deuhdeuh hiin ka thei. Tomchik sung kimulou a ka om chiang bang un haksa ka sa thei petmah ua. Umang inle ahon theisiam a, a-omdan leh paukam zat dan apat in ahon ngaipoimoh ahi chih le haihvual ahikei. Nitak khat lel ahong pawt louh diing chiang bang in ahon theisak a, hihdi poimoh a nei ahi chih gen in akuan lam chiang in ahon tawn a, ahihdi poimoh achihte hih khin in, zan sawt nung himahleh ahong hoh teitei sek hi. Huchibang a Umang in hon ngaipoimoh ahi chih ka theih ziakin ka kipak a, kipaktak leh lungsim nuam tak in, nna sem a abuai sung nangawn in ahong kiik hundi khawng ngakin zan sawt nung tantan kana ngak teitei sek hi.

Nungak tangval, ki-iit kingaite kaal a thil tung gige ahih ziakin koule ki-iit kingai himahle ung kihihheh ni chih khawng ka hon nei sam ua, huai hun chiangin ka lawmhoih mahmah Kikim tungtawn in ka kilem thei nawn zel uhi. Aziakbel Kikim kiang ah bangkim ka genzel a, kei theihna chiang ah amanle naktak in ahon panpih ahi chih ka thei. Amah Kikim te'nle alawmpa (Atangvalpa) toh buaina tuamtuam khawng ahonneih chiang un kei kiang ah thil bangkim ahon hilhzel a, kenle ka theih bang khamkham in kana panpih zel sam hi.

Huchihlaiin Nu leh pa aang a khangkhia, leitung khosakna lam ale mi hausalua chia gendi hikeimahle uh amau kham in aneizou ua kuamah neih englou a khosa, sepna tuamtuam nei Kimkim ka tung a hichi khop a ahong kipiakzoh mawk khawng lamdang ka sa. Lehlam ka ngaihtuah chiangin Pathian in ahon sehsak ahi,,,, kei adia hichi khopa ahong kipiak zoh chiin ka ngaihtuah sek. Huchihlaiin Kimkim pen a tangval toh ki-hih siamlou in ahong kikhen mawk ua, amah thuakna sang mahin ken kan thuakpih zaw hi. Ka siam bangbangin ka neem zel a, amanle bangmah phatuam nawnlou ahi chih atheihziakin a tangvalpa le ngaihtuah zui nawnlou in Umang toh kou ka thum un ka kithuah zel uhi.

Hun leh nite hong bei a, kumte ahong kivei in Umang toh ka kizuihna uh kum 5 bang hong chingta hi, akhen chiangin buaina khawng tuaksek mahleung kikhen lam himhim ka gen kha ngeikei uh, amah toh chikni chiang hiam a Saptuam mite mai leh Pathian mai a kiteng a, Kristian nupa hi diing leh Kristian innkuan din khe ngei dia kigingta, huai hundi khawng ka ngaihtuah chiangin kipahna in ka dim hi.

Kipak tak a hun ka zattouh lai un, Kimkimte ahong kikhen uapat a hun sawtle pai nailou in Umang omdan ahong kikheng mahmah mai a, nidang banglou tak in bangmahle hon gen masa lou a hong pawt louh zan khawng ahon nei a, ka kimuh chiang ua ka dot thak chiang in bel buaina dang nei ahih dan khawng ahon gen zel sam hi. Himahleh ken amah ka muang mahmah ahih ziakin hichibang a ahon topsan ka gingta ngei kei, agen peuh thudik hi dia gingta in bangmah ka genbuai ngeikei hi. Himahleh nidang a asun azan ahong pawt gige, ahong pawt theihlouh ni ale hoih taktak a hon gen zel hia, Nidang toh zaw a-omdan a kibang nawn hetkei hi. Ken chu amah Saptuam, Tuailai pawl khawng kizang mahmah ahih ziakin thudikmah hon hilh dia gingta tinten mawk ka hi. Amah ka Umang ka gintak kia hilou in ka lawm hoih mahmah Kikim tung tanpha ah ka ginna ka nga hi.

Huchilaiin ka lawm muan mahmah Kikimte lah a tangvalpa toh a kikhen laitak uh ahih ziakin nidang teng sangin ka kingai zaw ua, ka thil gen ut zawng khawng uh hong kibang zawta ahih manin ka kithuahnak zaw uhi. Kei lungsim noplouhnate ka gen chiangin amanle hoih taktakin ahon kum a, huchi mahbangin amah lungsim natnate le ka theihbang khamkham in ka ne'm zel a, kine'm tuah in lawmta ka hihman un ka hun uh ka hon zang tou zel uhi. Umang in khenna thu hon genhial kei mahleh amah omdan a kipan ka et chiangin nidang a ka muan ngam bangin ka muang ngam nawn kei. Ka kal uh khi nak mahmah hiin ka thei ta.

Umang hon bawldan theisiamlou in ka lawmnu kiang hicin ka chi a "Umang kianga nidnaga kana gen sek, nang ji nei dek maw? Nakianga midang moupuan silha ding di chih ka ngaihtuah khakchia in hithei ka sa mahmah kei, ka ngaingam mahmah kei" khawng chia gensek ka hi, ka chih leh Kikim inle, "Na thuge'n ahilaw tel mw, ngaihngam huai mahmah lou eimah ve." Chiin ahon dawng hi. Huai hunlai a amah tangvalpa'n le midang neihsan ahih manin a tangvalpa toh midang kitengdi chih khawng ngaihtuah khawm zaw ahi saam dia, mittui pak nilnel kawm in ahon dawng zel hi.

Kou lawmta chu ki-it tuah tak in ka khosa touzel ua, haksatna, kipahnate khawng kikum khawm zel in hun ka hon zang uhi. Huchih laiin, Umang in buaipih biik deuh nungakdang nei ahi chih thu khawng ka hon thei khia a, bangmahlah gen ngamlou, thu dong lelah kingailou chih ngen a hon dawng a, a-omdan lah nidang toh kibang nawnlou ahih chiah gen didan dangle ka thei tuankei.

Saptuam leh khotang khawng a hihtheih tantan a kizang ka hih ziakin Sigalna, tuailai vai chihte khawng ah ka tel ahong ngaisek hi. Himahleh umang toh Niangbawi (Umang lawmnu) omkhawm khawng leh ahong kizui khawng uh ka muh chiangin haksa ka sa a, ka mit in en ngam mahmahlou ka hi chih Kikim in ahon theih ziakin, nangzaw hongtel dah mai aw,,,, Umangte om uh ahi, nuamle nasa kei dii chiin ahon hilh zel a, kilawm lou sa mahleng ka thiltuah haksa salua ka hih manin haksa sa kawm pipi'n innlam ah ka kiik zel hi. Thikthuse zen a ana ngaikha chu ka hi peuhmahve!

Umang omdan hong kikheng henla, nidang a ka omdan un om thei nawn le ung chiin ka ngaihtuah a, amah ka iit luat ziak in thudik hon hilh lam-en in a vangkim in ka dong thihthe hi. Ka iit luat ziak mah in Niangbawi toh a pawtkhawm na khawng uleh a thil hih khawng uh ahon gen chiangin "Thudikmah hon hilh hinteh" chiin ka pom siam suk zel hi. Himahleh,pawtkhawm, semkhawm uh chih chiangtak a ka theih nung ale hon thulim bawllou tak a zuau chih theih ngawihngawih ahon gen chiangin chu na ka sa thei petmah hi.

Iitna ichih zaw engbwl di ana hi hetlou dan ahi, mihing khat a piang i hih ngal leh, mel-le-puam ziak khawng, neih-le-lam ziak khawng in iitna ki nelhsiah sak kei ni. Pathian in ahon piak hisam a, huchihlaiin mihing i kibang kim kei, ei hon iit mahmah en i iit-theih hetlouh mile omthei, en i iit mahmah aman hon iit thei hetlou chih bangle omthei tham mah ahih ziakin kamsiam in athu omdan ki theisiamsak leng, kuapeuh adia le puakdan nuam deuh diin chih khawng ka ngaihtuahna ah ahong lang dundun mai hi.

Umang lungsim diktak theih but louh a-om. Hichi khop a lungsim na a ahon om sak nung inle ka iitna tengteng amah kiang a pe khinvek ka hih ziakin ka ngaihtuahna atawl thei ngeimai, zan ihmut sangin ihmut louh hun ka hau zaw a, ka taksa nangawn in a siat lawh zou hial hi. Ihmu thei ngeilou ka hih man in zing Biakinn a devotion hohkal khawng ka ngaklah hun atam thei mahmah mai. Biakinn akihon hakni deuh chiang bang in Biakinn chahbi ka vala a, ahong a kapan hun bang atam mahmah mai hi.

Khitui, naptui kham vuallouh, koi a hong kipan ahia chih di bangmai toh devotion hunte ka zangzel a. Zingkal baih taktak a ka kuan sese ziak khawng kuamah muh ka ut louziak ahi. Tuni tan in hiai pe'n chiindan in ka nei den a, hampha ka kisak mahmah na khat ahi.

Hun leh nite hong liam zel a, Umang omdan ka theihsiam louh kia hilou in, ka lawm hoih mahmah Kikim omdan zong nidang toh ahong kibang nawn hetkei mawk hi. Nidang a kipak tak a kithuah gige, dah hun a kidahpih, nuih hun a kinuihpih gige hi unga, tualah bangmah genpih theih a om nawn lou, houpih lenglah ka houpihna teng kia hon dawng, ken lah ka lunglenna hon ne'm tu di midangteng sang a amah ngai zaw ka hih chiah ahon houdante nuamlou sak ton nei mahleng heh thei ka hikei, kingainiam takin ka thuak teitei hi.

Umang toh ka kaal thu ule bangmah genfel a-om kei, hon deihlou a hon iitlou na hihleh hoih takin hon gen mai lechin, kei adiale haksa lua ahi, kon dot chia lah kisuanglah mel tak a kingailou na hih dan uh genzel chin a, lah na omdan uh kon etet chiang a lah kingailou hichi khop a kithuah chih theisiam theilou ka hi chiin tamveipi ka gen a. Himahleh, kingailou ka hi uh, chih teng khawng amah lak apat dawnna ka muh om sun ahimai hi.

Lawmte toh kituak taka hunzang tou zel ka kisak lai in, nikhat ka lawmte khat in thil hilhdi honnei ka hi achih ziakin kikhawm tawp amah toh ka kiton ua, Umang toh Kikim kingai uh chih leh kiteng hak nawnlou di uh ahi chih thu zakha inga, bang chidan ahia, nang toh kingai hilou maw, ahimhim a Kikim le na lawm hoih mahmah hia, bangkim hon theihpih tu, na tung a hichibang lungsim aneih mawk lamdang ka salua,,,, chiin ahon gen mwk hi.

Himahleh, ka gingta thei kei, hithei mawklou ahi, Niangbawi toh a kizui sek uh chih zaw ka thei, himahleh, Kikim toh sese zaw kingai lou du hiveh aw,,,, chiin ka dawng a, na gintak keileh ana en le maw, kenle a theichiang mahmahte kiang apat ka thuzak kon hilh ka hi" chia ahon gen takin kenle thudik mah hinte chiin ka pom suk mai hi. Lamdang ka salua a, ka tha azoitop, gen di le kathei nawn kei a. Huai zan chu khat veile ka ihmukei. Bngchi dana amaugel kingai theimawk uh ahia, apasal in anumei vagen pan hilele anumei in khawldih, inung ima-te hahsiang photni, ana chitheilou ahi dia aw,? anumei le tuamah bang a pasal in va gen pan hilele kougel kal hon theichiang mahmahtu omsun hia, huai dan a ana dawng theilou ahi dia aw,,,,,? Huaite ngaihtuah lumlet in ka khovak hithet hi. Lamdng sakna in ka dim ahi pen mai.

Hon deihlou na-na-na chu keile valut teitei sawm hihetlou, hon deihlou ahih lele thil omdan teng atheihvek sa hi ua, kamsiam bekin hon theisak leuzaw, na ka sak, haksa ka sak pen kiam di ka chihna hilouin mihing theihsiam na in ahon jui dia, haksa tak a ka pomsiam bangle ki-gingta tinten hi inga, ahihhang in kamsiam hon zang hita leule nasa zaw tham di ka hihziak ahi diam aw, ka chi zel a,,,,

Zingkhua hong vak a, nitak a ka thil zakte ka ngaihtuah thak chiangin lamdang ka sakna ahong lian deuhdeuh hi. Himahle, ka iitna tengteng pe khin ka hih chiangin thudik hidiin ka phal kei a, zuau thu hinteh chiin kanepna neuchik toh ka hun ka zang lailai hi.

Huchihlaiin kei hon theisiam mahmahh leh hon iit tu hi a kana koih gige, kenle ka iit pe'n mah ahi chia kana muan mahmah Umang toh kum 5 hoihtak bang ka hong kingaih nung un, ka lawm hoih pen, kei adia gin-om gige, keile amah adia gin-om gige, ka tanchin tengteng iim omhetlou a thei, amah ale ken ka theihpih, Kikim a tangval pa toh kikhen ta, a tangval pa'n midang neihsan ta ahih man in, a tangvalpa lak a phuba lakna dia Umang zang a kingai in Umang toh kiteng maidi dinmun a ding in thu ahong thang mawk hi.

Thuchiang bangmah zaw ka thei kei, himahleh zingkhat Biakinn a Devotion hoh diin ka kuan khia hi. Biakinn kong ah ka Saptuam ua Upa khat in ahon chibai mawk a, ahon chibaina ziak thei lou ka hih manin thil omdan ka dong a, huchia thil omdan ka dot takin amanle lamdang ahon sakiik zozen hi. Akhen chiangin amah thuzaak diklou hia chiin a gen a, lah denzek chiang a kitenna lai Biakinn kong a hong kitaak di chih chu Saptuam Upa khat in chu thei mahmah zel diin ka ging hi.

A thuzak zaw adik mah ahi, himahleh kei hilou in, Umang toh Kikim kiteng di chih thu ahi. Hiai thu ka zaak toh kiton in ka omdan tengteng ahong kikheng a, ama a mi gengen tangtung dek taktakta eive maw, ken ka iit ka ngaih luat ziakin mi genteng kana gingta nuam kei a, bang ngaihtuah ka hia, bang chia om di ka hia chih ka theisiam kei, ka dinna mun ah ka ding den a, ka mit hongvaai a, ka lung bang ahong am' zou hial hi. Upa pa'n le thil omdan theisiam zaw ahi ngei dia, kisuanglah mel takin bangmah gen nawn sese lou in ahon paikhiaksan a, keile awl in ka omna pat paikhia in innlam ka zuan kiik vengveng hi.

Inn ka tung a, nidang a pawt ka pai chiang a kipak tak a ana vaidawn gige, ka nu leh ka sang-gamnu'n zong nidang a ahihdan mah un kipak tak in ana houpih pah ua, himahleh ahon houpihna uh dawng diin thahatna ka nei kei. Bangmah genlou in bedroom ah ka lut paisuak a, ka lupna tung ah ka lumsuk hi. Thil omdan ka ngaihtuah chiangin kei numei awmnem thuak diin a haksa ka sa lua, kisum diin ka kisu'm theihna in ahon zou nawn kei a, ka mit apat mittui hong luangkhia ka dang zou kei, ka ut mawnga kap ka hi kei a, kaplou di chimahleng ka thiltuah na salua ka hih man in kisum thei ka hi nawn kei. Ka mittui in ka lukham teng a kawtsuak a, ka sungte hon theihdi lau ka hih manin ka thoukhia a, ka dakkhiak leh kongkhak bul ah ka nun mittui pak liik-liak kawmin ana en hi.

Ka nu mel ka muh phet in ahon theih khak lau in nuih ka sawm a, ka mittui kintakin ka nul hi. Himahleh ka Nu'n ka omdan bangkim ana theikhin vek ahi chih a-omdan apat ka thei. Lupna apat thou khe dia ka kisak leh kei lam manoh in ahongpai a, "Bawi, na thuakna bangkim hon theihpih keive,,,,na lungsim a na ahi chih le ka thei, hon hilh pah ut himahleng na lungsim ahong nat luatdi ka lauh ziakin ka hon hilh ngam pahkei a, hon ngaidam in aw....... I tung a thil tungte Pathianin ei adia ana sehsa vek ahi, kap lele bangmah phatuam nawnlou, hiai lei a mihingte'n hon deihlou in, hon taisan mahle uh chiklai peuh a hon iit, hon taisan ngeilou Pathian i nei vele maw,,,,,, bangmkim amah khut ah khoih ni,,,,,," ka Nu hon nepna paukam in ahon nem zou kei a, ka mittui sampawt tu mai ahi. Ka thawm uh hon za in ka sang-gam nu ahong lut a, amahle thil omdan theisiamta ahih man in bangmah hilh ngailou in ka kiang uah kidangkoih sim tak in a mittui ana nul in ana kidiik feihfeih mai hi. Ka nu'n akhut in ka nau toh ahon kawi a, "Bawite kap nawn kei un, i kahkah hang a bangmah phatuamlou ahi,,,,," chiin ahon khem a, himahleh ka kisum zou tuankei. Kisum zoulou in ka kap a, kap nawnlou dia hon khemtu ka nu zong keisang mahin a kap nak zaw hi.

Room apat ka pawtkhia ua, zing ann nek hunta ahih manin, nidang a ka hihzel bang un Innkuan Maitam doh diin ka hong kisa uhi. Ka nu'n Bible chang mun khat ahon sim khit in thumna ahon nei a, ka nu thumna nei nidang a hichi ngeilou hinapi, khase takin Pathian kiang ah kei adiin ahong thum keuhkeuh mai hi. Sawtpi thum mahleh thu bel tam agen man hetkei, athugen sung sangin a kah hun sung a sawt zaw. Innkuan Maitam ka doh khin ua, ann ka nek tanpha un mittui in ahon lawi kei, annkuang ah mittui toh ka ki-en liakliak mai uhi.

Khitui toh annkuang a hun zangin ka ki-en liakliak ua, nidang a ann ka nek chiang un nui kawm a kihoulim a koumau khamkham a kipak thei lawsam hi unga, tualah kou innkuan a dia kipahna lakmang toh kibang in thazoi takin ka om uhi.

Hun paisa ka ngaihtuah a, ka pa leh ka sagampa ka phawk a. Umang toh nuamsa tak a hun ka zatlai ua zaw phawk pha mahmah lou hi inga, tua haksa ka sak ziak a ka phawk khiak mawk bang demhuai ka kisa hial hi. Amau hon dampihlai hile uh kihichi tellou maithei hi. Gentheih zaw bangkim a ana poi hiveh.

Hun leh nite hong liam zel a, ka lunggim mangbatnate hun in mualliampih maidi ka sak lai in, lungsim ah ahong thak deuhdeuh zawmah hi. Umang pen ka tan khak louh zaw poisa lou chihna hikei lele, kei adia kisiam lou ahi a hinteh ka chithei a, na ka sak mahmah hangin anep zaw. Lele ka lwmnu pen, hiai kala kin-le-buanga hong kiguanlut mahmah lamdang ka sa petmah, aman ka lungtang a nasak zaw in ka thei. Nidanga haksa ka tuah hun ale mittui pak nengnung maha han hehnemtu, ka lawm hoih pen hi a, khovel zaw lamdang ka salua. Ka khitui man atam mahmah diin ka gingta ve.

Hilele, ken khitui tampi toh lametna kichi himhim ten hon taisan vekta hia koih a, kingaise taka hun ka zat laia, Pathian muanhuai dan kana muhkhiak na ahi a, keia dia kahna guam ka tot, dawn di tuikhuk omna mun ana hi maimah. Huchi di ahihlam ana galmuh pha ban leng zaw, ana kapkap lou di hiveng.

Tu khawnga huailai hun zangkiik di hileng zaw ka ngap hetkei, hilele, huai a haksa ka tuah huna, Pathian toh kithuahna hun ka zat anopdan ka mangngilh ngeikei dia, ka haksat hun pen Toupa toh kana kinaih hun pen ana hi maimah. Pathian ka muan pen di ahihdan chu ka sinkhe nak mahmah e.

THE END

©Siamsinna leh Vakiangbu