WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS

By ~ McMuan S. Ngaihte

Zing ninou etlawmtak hong suak in Lamka khuapi a hon tanvak singseng hi. Nidang bang in khua a hoih a, huih te nung hiauhiau in, vasa leh silpak etlawm te’n siamtu phat in a hoih na te uleh a aw te uh a hon suah uhi. Mi khenkhat te’n nidang bang in a nasep na mun uah kuan ding leh a zing na uh sem ding leh a niteng nek zong na lam chiat uah kuan ding in a kisa siausiau ta uhi. Himahleh huai ni chu Rayburn skul naupang te a ding in ni poimoh tak leh kum khat a khatvei tung, ana ngaklah mahmah ni uh “PARENTS DAY” ahia, skul naupang khempeuh a phur chiat uhi. Hiai ni in skul naupang khempeuh in a Nu-leh-Pa te uh skul ah pii in,function thupi tak nei in, kipolh lim na te, thil dangdang leh special item tuamtuam neih a hi sek hi. Hiai te banah skul naupang te a dia hun nuam pen chu a lawm te uleh a classmate te lak uah a Nu-leh-Pa te sepna, a Nu-leh-Pa te hihna te leh amau sungkuan dinmun leh khosak dan gen ahi pen sek a, a Nu-leh-Pa te uh ziak a a kiletsak theih hun uh ahi pen hi.

Skul naupang dang te’n a ngaklah mahmah ni uh himahleh, Mawite a ding in ni ngaklah huai lou pen, a damsung in tung ngei kei lele poi a sak louh ni ahi hi. Ahi tak in zaw a huphurlh mahmah. Zing baihtak a thou in, nidang bang in skul kai ding in a kisa tei a, himahleh nidang a skul kai di a phur sek mahmah mel pen muh ding a om kei. Kitchen ah pai suk in fridge sung ah nek di bangbang a om a chih en in a nek theihtheih ne in, a tiffin di guang zou in, ngui tak in skul lam manoh in a kuan ta hi. Ngui tak a a pai kawm in a lungsim ngaihtuahna zaw a pai sau ngei mai. “Bangchi’n skul ah suanlam ka bawl dia?” “ Bangchi’n ka lawm te leh kaclassmate te’n a ngai di ua?” Nidang bang a a lawm te nuihsan leh chiamnuihna lel di ahi chih thei kawm in nguitak leh dak le dak ngamlou in a pai zom zel a. Huchia nguitak a apai kawm in a theih louh kar in a skul gate uh chu tung ahi ta mai hi. Nidang bang lou tak in tutung zaw a skul uh nai deuh se in a thei hi. Skul huangsung ah a lawm te leh a classmate te a Nu-leh-Pa te utoh nuamtak a omkhawm, a gal lehlam ah skul naupang khenkhat nuamtak a kimawl te thawm ging a za lou het kei a, muh le a mu lou tuan kei. Himahleh a lawm te leh skul naupang dang te huchi bang a nuam tak a a om uh amah a ding in a lunggim behlap tu leh a lawm te a engna behlap tu a himai mah hi. Nuam sa lou tak a om kawm in a kin thei bang pen in skul auditorium lam a zuan ngal hi.

Zinglam dak 10:00 a hih toh kiton in skul auditorium chu skul naupang te leh Nu-leh-Pa te a tu dim ta ua, a khen te thu tuamtuam gen leh a khen te a Nu-leh-Pa te uh kimeltheihsak in a buai laihlaih uhi. Huchia a buai lai un, a skul principal uh Miss Zonun chu a hong ding khiak toh kiton in mipi thawm le a hong dai hiaihiai ta a. Mipi a dai ta maw chi in Miss Zonun in thugen a hon pan ngal a, Nu-leh-Pa te leh mipi hong pai khawm tengteng tung ah kipahthu gen kawm in program teng kimtak in a hon taklang ngal hi. Huchia Miss Zonun in a thugen a zoh toh kiton in skul naupang te’n a hih ding bangbang uh, item tuamtuam te a hon hih ta ua. Huchia item tuamtuam a zoh un item khat chiah in a sam ta hi. Skul naupang tampi te ngaklah mahmah leh nuam a sak hun uh ahia, huai chu bang hiam i chih leh Nu-leh-Pa te introduce na ahi hi. Skul naupang te khatkhat in stage ah kaltou in mipi te mai ah a Nu-leh-Pa te uh introduce na nei in, a sungkuan tanchin te uh, a sungkuan ua hun nuam a zatna te uh a hon ban gen uhi. Huchia a lawm te leh classmate te un hun nuam tak a zat lai un kilkhat ah nguitak in Mawite chu ana tu den a, hithei hileh huai mun a pat leng khiat a mun gamla pi ah om daih a ut tel mai. Thil hithei lah a hi kei ngal a. Stage ah sam le uh bang ava gen dia, ding pih di kua a nei a, a lawm leh vual ten a sungkuan dinmun uh, nuam a sak dan te uh a gen lai un aman bang a gen ta dia. A ngui a, a lungkham mahmah mai a, bangmah hih theih lah a nei tuan kei. Huchi bang lak ah a heutute deihsak na ziak in special number present di lah hi bok si. A lunggimna chu a lehnih in a kibehlap hi.

Huchia Rayburn skul ah parents day zat a hih lai tak in Mawite Pa, Thangpu le zing a thou pan a. Zan nitak a dawn tam deuh ziak in a pengnawng sim lai a, hak chiang thei khol lou in a lupna apat a hong thou khia a, kitchen ah nek di zong in a kivei phei diangdiang hi. Himahleh nek di khat le ana omkei, hehtha suak kawm in a tanu Mawite chu aw ngaihtak in a sam ta hi. A sapna dawng di a om louh tak in a heh mahmah a, kintak in Mawite room ah ava lut a, a va zong hang in a mu tuan kei. A heh luat man in a room sung ah van om teng a paih zak vek a, laibu om teng, a puanthuah teng a paih zak vek hi. Huchia thangpai tak a van teng a pai zak vek lai in Mawite lukham nuai ah a Diary a mu a. A diary kawm etmai in le diary poimoh tak ahi chih a theihtheih mai hi. Huchi’in Pa Thangpu le lupna tung ah tu kawm in Mawite diary chu a en a, huai ni page ah thu tam lou a kigelh a, huai kar ah envelope nih le a om hi. Pa Thangpu in le a tanu diary chu a hon sim ta hi..

“Nu, tuni ka skul uah Parents' Day lopna nei dek kei ve ua. Ka lawm te leh ka classmate te’n, a Nu-leh-Pa te uh a hon tonpih vek di ua, himahleh ken kuamah tonpih di ka nei kei. Na tanu na hon it kei a hia? Ka lawm te lak ah Nu-leh-Pa tel lou a kava om di na ngai ngam hiam nu aw.? Ka lawm te leh ka classmate te nuihsan a ka om non di hon phal na hiam nu aw..? Nu hon dampih lai hile chin zaw bangkim fel vek di hia maw, mi te eng a om lou di hing a maw. Na hon omlouh san nung ka pa lah sun-leh-zan in zu-leh-sa ne in a kham den a, zu kia ngaihtuah in a hun teng a zang liam a, a chang in kei tak ngial le amah a dia om lou tuk ka hi. Tuni ka skul program uh hilh le ka hilh ngam kei, hilh leng le phattuamna a om ka ging ta tuan kei. Nu hon dampih lai hi le chin zaw maw tuni i sungkuan ua kipak tak a va ki tel thei di hia maw.. ka miss te uh deihsakna ziak in special number present di’n a hon seh ua, nang om hile chin na laa deih mahmah ka Pa heu a va kisa di hia maw. Nu ka hon ngai lua mahmah, tuni chouh na kha in hon kithuahpih hamham in aw Nu aw. Nu aw ka hon ngai lua..”

Huchia a simzoh toh kiton in Pa Thangpu le a pengnawng bang a harlh kuau hial hi. A tanu a it mahmah in hichi khop in maw it tu ding leh enkol tu ding ana poimoh. Himahleh a Pa hinkhua zatdan ziak lel in maw bangmah a gen khiat ngam louh. Kum 3 paisa in Mawite Nu’n a na beisan ta a, huai ziak in khovel ah dam man amah a dia om non lou tuk a kingai in zu-leh-sa ah kibual in a hinkhua ana zang tou hi. Amah a dia a dam man om a tanu tak ngial le it zou non lou hial in a kikoih hi. Innsung Pa’ dinmun len zou lou ahih lam kithei thakthak in a omdan a kisik mahmah mai a. Huchia Mawite diary a sim zoh in envelope chu a hong a, a sung ah Mawite Nu’ damlai a, a sungkuan limlak uh ana om hi. Huai limlak a et toh kiton in dang vual louh in a mittui a luang zoihzoih ta a, huai limlak chu deihthoh tak mai in a tawp ta hi. Huchi’n a khat pen a hon et non leh Rayburn skul, Parents Day function a invitation ana hi hi. Huai zoh kin tak in a room ah a tai lut ngal a, a van neih hoih penpen, Mawite Nu’ toh a kiteng lai ua a silh, a coat suit chu kintak in a silh ngal a, kintak in Rayburn skul lam a delh ngal hi.

Huchia Pa Thangpu le skul auditorium a va tung phet in skul naupang ten introduction ana nei lel ua. Amah le tutna nunglam ah dai tak in ava tu tei ta hi. Sawt lou nung in stage ah Miss Zonun a hong ding non a introduction leh special number pia ding in Mawite min chu a hon sam ta. A khatvei sap na in Mawite a ding khia kei a, thumvei a sap non zoh in Mawite chu a tutna apat in a hong ding khia khongkhong a, awl chikchik in stage lam a hon zuan ta hi. Huchia stage tung ah a hong ding in a mel et mai in le a lungkham leh a mangbang chih a theihtheih mai hi. Gen masak di pen thei zok lou in nuai lam en in a kun charchar a. Mipi te’n le ngak in ana dai sipsip uhi. Huchia dai dide a a ding nung sawt lou in awl chikchik in a aw chu a hong suak a, “Nu aw hon panpih in, ka hon ngai lua..ka hon ngai luamahmah.. kei kia in ka hi thei kei.....”. A thugen mi tampi ten a theisiam kei uh, himahleh a nunglam ah tu a Pa’n zaw a haih het kei. Huchi’n bangmah gen zom thei non lou in a Nu laa deih mahmah 

“WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS” chu a hon sa ta hi....

What a friend we have in Jesus

All our sins and griefs to bear!

What a priviledge to carry

Everything to God in prayer!

Oh, what peace we often forfiet,

Oh, what needless pain we bear,

All because we do not carry

Everything to God in prayer!

Huchia changkhat a hon sak zoh in, dang vual louh in a muttui a hong luang a, a awm a bing a, a dang a awk a, laa a sa zom thei non ta kei. Sawt lou ki dik hithit a a om nung in a nunglam a pat in guitar awl chikchik in a hong ging a, maksa tak in Mawite in le a en a, himahleh a mu chiang thei kei. A mit nuai in muh chiang teitei a sawm a, guitar ging in a hon naih deuhdeuh tak in a thil muh chu lamdang sak na in a dim ta. A Pa it tak, a naupang lai apat a laa sak teng a guitar ana tum gige leh laa ana sak pih gige chu ana hi maimah hi. Gintak haksa a sa ngei mai. Himahleh a pa a et chiang in zu ngolvei, a tanu thei lou khop a zu-leh-sa ah kibual ahi non ta kei a mithak ahi ta. A biang ah a mittui a lung zungzung a. Pa Thangpu le stage tung ava tung tak in a tanu biang a mittui te a nul sak kawm in a tal a duat tak in a tawp a, “ Bawi, hehpihtak in hon ngaidam inaw...” chih teng kia a gen thei lel. Huchia a om lai un mipi ten bangthu om hiam chih thei lou in ana en heuhou uhi. Huchi’n Miss Zonun le stage ah va pai in, Mawite te sungkuan dinmun leh amau pata hinkhua te mipi theih ding in a hon gen ta hi. Amau pata deihthoh tak a kipom mipi ten a muh un kuamah khasia lou a om non ta kei. Huaizoh in a pata un nidang pek a a Nu damlai a a laa deih mahmah “WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS” a hon sa zom ua..

What a friend we have in Jesus,

All our sins and griefs to bear!

What a priviledge to carry

Everything to God in prayer!

Oh, what peace we often forfeit,

Oh, what needless pain we bear,

All because we do not carry

Everything to God in prayer!

Have we trials and temptations?

Is there trouble everywhere?

We should never be discouraged

Take it to the Lord in prayer.

Can we find a friend so faithful,

Who will all our sorrows share?

Jesus knows our every weakness;

Take it to the Lord in prayer.

Are we weak and heavy-laden,

Cumbered with a load of care?

Precious saviour, still our refuse

Take it to the Lord in prayer.

Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?

Take it to the Lord in prayer!

In His arms He’ll take and shield thee,

Thou wilt find a solace there.

Blessed Saviour, Thou hast promised

Thou wilt all our burdens bear;

May we ever, Lord, be bringing

All to Thee in earnest prayer.

Soon in glory bright, unclouded.

There will be no need for prayer

Rapture, praise, and endless worship

Will be our sweet portion there.

Mipi paikhawm tengteng tutmun ah tu muang thei om non lou in khut beng thei ten beng in, a hong ding souhsouh ta uhi. Huai ni bangbang a ni kipah huai leh mipi kipak sak Ray Burn skul ah a tung ngei nai kei hi. Kum tamtak amau pata kikar sia pen bawlhoih a hong hi ta.

Laigelhtu laikung pan: Hiai tangthu tomkim pen phuah tawm ahia, min kibang leh hinkhua kibang ana om khak zenzen a leh a gelhtu tup mawng ahi kei hi. A tangthu simnop zawk na di ngim na in a skul min ding in a om khinsa mah kizang hi. Hiai tangthu tomkim sim tu tengteng i Toupa’n hon vualzawl hen la theihsiam na lungsim hon pia chiat hen chih ka thumna ahi gige.

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