Bongva Magazine - Vol 6

ta,” a ihnak khan ahcun ka hei lut.

“ ~ ialku ziah na ule sin zong ah na um ko lo, nangmah lawng cu na umhar tuk tawn lo maw?” a bia ka van tan. Sofa ` hutdan cung ah ` hu in kan pahnih biaruahnak. “Aw si ko nain mu U Cung, na theih bang a cheukhat cu sikan an ngei lo tuk, zurit bu in zantlaipi ah kutka an hun, an lut an chuak, cun pa tamtuk nak i um cu kan him lo eh, na theih ko kha, naite hna chungkhar pak- hat kong kha,” tiah lau pah nawn in a van ka chimh. “Ka thei rua lo, zei bantuk kha hme! Ma- laysia cu buainak tete a tam lengluang hi,” lunglut ngai in ka van hal. Cikhat te a thawpi a van i chuah. “An khua le minung min cu kan chim lem lai lo, (amah ral vennak caah) zan an ih lioah a nupi nau a sualpi i an rak buai tuk si. Thongtlak ding a si ko nain kannih Chinmi cu thlachiat kan ruat le pengtlang upa, Khrih- fabu nih an ` hat remh hna kha, chim ahcun a dang a tam tuk rih,” a ti pah in a lu aa lei. “Khah kan tlai lai Chin Chin te inn kalnak ding caah suimilam 1:30 lawng aa duh cang i kholh ` awl law kan kal lai cu,” tiah hnawhpah nawn in ka van chimh. “Aw si tak hme cu, khoi ka thil kaa thleng lai na mit i chinh ka ningzak hih,” a hmai sen- nawn in a van chimmi bia. “Poi lo cuh, i phoih ko ningzah hna maw na thiam ve,” ka phone tuai pah buin ka hei capo. A ` angcung hup in towel rangte cu aa venh i ti kholhnak khan ahcun a lut. Minutes 15 tluk a ruah hnu ah thirh lengmang in a hung chuak. A thil cu a van i hruk a bawili kha aa hruk kho ti lo, a hnulei in clips hrenh ding a si caah aa tap.

“Zei dah kan bawmh la,” a towel cu aa tlaih buin bawli hri sih ding cu a rak i zuam len. A hnu lei in ka van remhpiak. A hnulei in ka dir i duhsah tein ka van siam remh, ka minung sinak in duhsah tein ka umtu cu a hung i thleng. A titvun ngo hna le a sampo rim thaw hna nih ka khuaruahnak a van muihter. Ka tak hnur pah in a van ka naih, ka thawch- uah a hung i su, a liang in ka van tlaih, hmai- tonh in a ihnak kam ahcun kan hung dir. “Cawl lo tein kan dir, kan pahnih kan mit aa tong, a biangki hna cu duhsah tein a hun- gsen, KL zilthli zong zantlai hnu ah virvir in a hung hrang. ~ ialku, awrau chuah lungthur cawh bu he ka van auhmi nih ~ ialku cu cikhat te a van lauter. Tuzan cu naa dawh khun, ka thinlung ram vialte cu theih lo kar ah na rak lak dih, asinain atu bantuk in nangmah he tonnak caan ` ha ka hmuh cu ka caah a sung- lawi tuk, na kiang ah ` hen lo in um zungzal ka duh,” ruah lopi in thinlung chung chuak bia hna cu phuan a hung si cang. Ningzahnak le awthir chuah buin, “U Cung kei zong a si ve ko, ka cung i na dawtnak thup lo tein na phuan cu ka caah teinak ngan bik ka hmuh bantuk si, kaa lawm tuk. U Cung zeitik hmanh ah ka kal tak hlah mu,” a thawchuah a ba ngai buin a van chim- mi bia hna cu nihin tiang ka hnathlam ah an hung thang ` han tawn. A khabe in ka vun tlaih, duhsah tein a lu a hun tun, a mit aa chinh, a cilkari dolh thawng cu fiang tein ka hun theih khawh. A ihnak thlalangawng in zan thlapa nih mirh zuai in, “Nan pahnih kar duhdawtnak mei alh chin ko seh,” ti phun in a van kan lomhpi ve. Kan pahnih kan thintur a hung rang. Ih- nak khan ahcun kan pahnih kan dir. ~ ialku cu a mit aa chinh, ka tai in a hun ka kuh, a biangki senno te cu ` hep lo in ka hun zoh. A hmur pante, lum ziziai te cu ruah lopi in ka

“U Cung zaangfahnak tein van ka bawm

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Chin Baptist Mission Church—DC

2017