Bongva Magazine - Vol 6

Chanthar Holh F. Lai Len

Biahmaisa Chanthar ti tikah 1990 kum in kanmah lei kha chim duhmi a si. Ralkap uk in aa thawk ti zongah, ti khawh a si hnga. Atu ahhin a kum in kum 25 lengkai hrawng si dawh in a um. Hi kum 25 chung ahhin ningcang loin a chuakmi, sullam a pingpalo ah a pialmi holh thar zeimaw- zat an chuak rua, tiah ka ruah. Cu ningcang lo le a sullam a pingpalo ah a chuakmi sercopmi, tu- ahcopmi holh thar lak ah: mipi, a hleice, asi, ca- par, monu le mopa, darling (DL), siangbawi te hna pawl hi an si. A dang a um rih. Perh lo kan perh, khoih lo kan khoih, khorh lo kan khorh ruangah kan hrawhhralmi biafang pawl kan ti lai cu! Cu hna biafang pawl a sullam taktak le a hman ningcang kha tlawmpal in ka hun thai ta hnik lai. Monu, Mopa Hi holh thar hi hmakhatte ah hun zoh ahcun, “Chimkem Bia” ah na ruah sual lai. Chimkem bia a si lo, chanthar holh ah sercop ` ung i a sullam a pialmi pawl tu an si. Nupi ` hit le va ngeihnak puai paohpaoh ah na theih ko lai dingmi cu, “ Monu le Mopa” timi bia- fang an si. “Mo” timi “va” a ngeimi nu kha, cu nu a ` hitu “pa” a farle nih an kawh-auh- nak biafang a si. Nupi a ` himi “pa” i a nule a pale zong nih “Mo” tiah an auh ko lai. Cucu Laimi pawl nih kan i kawh-auh ning biafang

DVL$¿DQJNRPLFX³0R´DVLORDK³0RQX´ timi a sullam cu, “nutling” bak a simi le “va”a ngei tharmi nu kha kawh-auhnak a si. “Mo” timi biafang cu “nu” ca lawnglawng ah hman khawh, hman phung a si fawn. Asinain, “Mopa” timi biafang thar dakmak hun ser- chommi hi cu, Laiholh ah sullam a pingpalo lei ah a kal cang. “Mopa” tiah auh khawh- mi cu, “nu” lungthin a ngeimi “pa” tu kha a sawh lawlaw. “Nu” lungthin a ngeimi “pa” nih zeitik hmanhah “nupi” cu a ` hi bal lai lo i, amah tu nih, “nu” lungthin a ngeih caah, ³SD´D GXK ODL WL FX D ¿DQJ WXN &XFDDK FX “Mopa” cu “pa” pakhatkhat nih ` hit a haumi tu a si. “Mopa”a si caah, amah lila nih cun pei, “pa” cu a duh fam lai cu! “Nu” lungthin a ngeih caah, “nu” pakhatkhat kha a duh lai lo, “pa” lawnglawng a duh lai. “Mo” biafang hi “nu” ca lawnglawng ah hman khawh a si i, “pa” caah hman khawh a si lo. Kha tikah, nupi ` hit le va ngeih tikah, mas- ter of ceremony (pumh a uktu) nih, nalkadak le hlawptlo ngai in,…..atu cu Monu le Mopa, donhhlei sang cungah an rak kai cang lai…a hun ti tikah, cu donhhlei sang cung i a hung kaimi cu,..Nutling bak a simi va a ngeimi “nu” le, “nu” lungthin a ngei/kengmi “pa” dahra an si lai tiah, fawite in ruah khawh a si. Nain, nemmamte cu, “Nutling bak a simi

Bongva Magazine

94

Chin Baptist Mission Church—DC

2017