Ziektu: Pu L.Keivom, Inpui.com Columnist
Lalpa, rul ka nuom che, Ka nun le êng pûk chu.-Upa Ngama
Saidan khaw mi Upa Ngama chun Lalpa thrang loa a hun a lo hmang ral tah po po chu a sui kir a, poiti le insîrin a awm a dom vong vong a. ‘Takchapa’ tia thrang khomin sekhon khat khom a kei kir thei ta nawh ti a hriet a,
Hun fe peihai, Lalpa loin,
Khaw lai am an tlung ta a ?
Kìr ruol loin muol an liem tah,
Hun la umhai iengtin am hmang ka ta?
tiin hla mawi le ropui takin kum 1945 khan a khêk suok a. Hi hla hi kum sawmruk nêka upa ni tah sien khom sak a la hlaw zing chauh khom ni loin, hnama ei dam khawsuoka, ei sakhuo khom ei la chel zing phot chun, a la ropui deu deu ding a nih.
A nih, mi tu khom Krista leh an intuok phaa an nuna thil hung tlung laia pakhat chu hun hlutzie le hun an lo hmangthai mei meihai kha zuk inpâma insîr ngawi ngawina lungril put a ni chu tie! Kong dang zawnga hril chun, hringnun tawizie dawnkhawl nachang an hung hriet a, thil thra thawna ding hun lawmum peka an um an lo hmang riral mei meihai kha an inpàm a, thil thra thaw dinga inhawmthawna lungril an hung put nghal hlak a nih. Pathien leh inzomna nei taphotin hun hlutzie le inpâmumzie an hriet chieng hlak. Chuleiin Upa Ngama khomin, “Lalpa rul ka nuom che, ka nun le êng pùk chu” tiin a khêk suok a nih. Isu intuokpuitu dang Zakai khomin, “Ngai ta, Lalpa, tuta inthok chu ka sum zâtve pasiehai sem ka ta, tu thil khom indik lo taka ka lakpek chun a lêt liin rul ka tih” a ti hrim a ni kha. Pa dung tawi le chèmbe ni sien khom Isu a’n tuokpui hnung khan chu a dung tawina hrimin thû a phur ta nawh.
Kan makpa Upa Ngama hming zuk sàm tâka chun lung hlui a sukleng vong vong a. Chuleiin, a chanchin tlawmte hang tar lang vak ei tih. Saidana kan in hmar tienga um, huon dai intrawm kan ni a. Pa zâng inkùl khauh, rawl thâm chât el, dumziel hè, chêr khen khon, fiemthu thiem le trongkam thiemna tieng chu ‘Ka pu tuk’ ti ang khopa a piengpui hrim a nih. Dier khom ama hi a kei sawt pawl tak niin ka hriet. Thuhril a thiemin a thu a hring a, mi sermon haw ve loa ama awma inthoka suok thu tharlâm phu suok hlak mi a ni leiin sawt tak a hril khomin nghok tik a um thei nawh. Hmar Hla Suina ka buotsai lai a chanchin indon dinga ka pan hlak bakah ama ngeia ziek dinga ka phût angin kimchang takin a hung ziek a. Chu le kum 1960-70 bawr vela hrang hlui la damhai chanchin anni kut ngeia ka’n ziektirhai chu hnam ro hlu an nih ti hrein indoi takin tu chen hin ka la kol thra a. Hieng hla phuoktu, mi hmasahai laia hun hlutzie le pamhmaizie hlaa hril rawn tak chu Upa Ngama niin ka hriet.
Upa Ngama hin a hming tak nekin a nau lutir hming chawia ‘Singhleipa’ tia hriet le ko duot a hlaw lem a. Ama hi Watkin Roberts-in Senvona gospel meiser a hung sit lut kum 1910-a Taithu khuoa pieng le a hnunga a’n pèmna Parbung khuoa a naupang laia lekha inchuk a nih. Ziek le tiem dan a’n chuk hnungin sikul a chawlsan a. Parbunga a’n pèm hnungin kristienah a’n pek a, sienkhom sawt riel loin a tluksan a. Pipu dana thangsuo tumin bu le sa ineina ding tiin siel a vai a. Hausak tumin Thanlon-ah dawr dam a siem a, sienkhom a thaw zom pei naw leiin Parbungah a kir nawk a. Butukhuonglawm dam thaw tharin, a thuneitu tak ‘Lawmlaisa’ an tia dam a thrang a, sùn le zàn zu inruiin a khawsa hlak a.
Kum 1939 khan a nauhai pathum le a nuhmei leh Pastor Thangler kutah baptisma an inchang a. Chu hnung kar khatah a naupa Singhlei, Taithua a puhai ina um chu thruoi dingin a fe a. Sunbu fak khopa Parbung tieng a hung kir chun lampuiah rawlin mi suol a nizie le Pathien ta a nizie a hung hril a, hlimna hril thei loa thuomin a um a, mitthli pumin Parbung a hung tlung a. Chu hnung chun a thil nuom zawng po po a hung inthlak danglam a, mi pieng thar a lo ni tah a nih. A kum nawk 1940-in hla a phuok tran a, KAN SIENGNA THIM LAL KULPUI ti chu a hla phuok hmasa tak a nih. Hi kum bok, patve hun laiin Hmarchamuolah a riek a. A hun liem tahai hmang loa a lo hmang ralhai chu a sui kir a, a’n pàm êm êm a,
Hun liem tah hnung chu a pâm an ta maw Lalpa!
I hmangaina leiin ko kîr thei ka ti’m?
‘Ko kîr thei lo e, ka nau, hun liem hnung chu’
tiin poi a tizie hlain a phuok a. Hi hlaa hin kha hmaa Diebol hmangruoa a lo thrang leia a’n sîrna thu le Pathienin a hung thlamuongna thu chieng takin ei hmu a. Chu hmangaitu ditsakna kut chu chel dingin thu an tiem tah hrim a nih.
Thina thim hnuoia a’n thrung laia a lungrila ‘pielral khawfing hung chat’ chu hla chaua puong suok loin khaw hrang hrangah puong dar dingin a’n zin suok a. Trongtraia mi sukdam theina khom 1942 khan a chang a, sienkhom sawtnawte hnungah lakpekin a um nawk a. Kum 1943 chawhmain mang mak tak a nei a. Mi pahni hin kelchalte keiin a tuolpuka an hung thlung a hmu a. A hei indon chun, “Lalthangpain, ‘Kei hlak ka um ta naw ding a ni si a, hi kelchalte hi Singhleipain hung kol ta lem raw se, hang pe ro’ a ti a nih” tiin an hril a. A zan nawk chun a bauah hmul tam deu el a lo mawng a, inhmaw takin a hang pot leh a tam lem a hung mawng nawk pei a. A mang lawk ang hrim hin Pastor Thangngur (Lalthangpa) chu kum tawp December 20, 1943-ah a thi a, hla tienga a kalbi lo rem tah chu Ngama chun hung sunzomin, a baua inthokin hla tam tak a hung put suok hrim a nih.
Kum 1944-45 khan Lungthulien ram Kawnpuiah a va’n bawk a. Ama ngeiin, “Hi kum hni bawka ka um sung hi hnuoi ka hluo kum sung po poa chu hi sunga ka sipna le ka lawmna hi a hma khom khan a hnung khomin a um ta naw hrim hrim a nih; vanchanglang khuo an ti ang pawl a nih. ‘I hnung tienga i umna hlui po poa khan i um nuomna lai takah um nawk thei la, khaw lai tak am um i nuom a?’ mi ti hai sien, ‘Kawnpui bawka khan um nawk ka nuom’ ting ka tih. Ka bawkte chu a dung hlam thum le kiuthle, a khang hlam hni le kiuthle, a lieng chu inji thinga ka khit de a ni a, a ropui naw hle a. A mi umpuipa a thra a, in ka hluo lai po poa chu in inhoi pakhatna a tling tak a nih” tiin a hril. Hi kum hin a nun hluihai sui kirin, hmang loa a lo khaw ralhai chu a ngaituo a, a’n pàm a,
Hun fe peihai, Lalpa loin,
Khaw lai am an tlung ta a ?
ti hla ropui tak hi a phuok hiel a nih.
Hi hlaa hin a hun sei lem a hmang ral hnung, a hun lèr tieng nia a hriet hnunga hringna thar amaa par anga hung vul chu lawma a hlim thu a hril laiin, hun liem ta hnung hmang loa a lo hmang ral mei meihai chu a’n pàm êm êm thu a hril bok a. A ‘nun le êng pùk’ chu thlarau thrangpuina zarin a hmun lia rul a nuom a, inhawmthawna lungrilin a sip a. Hieng ang lei hin rongbawlin hmun tinah a’n zin suok a, hla ropui tak taka thuomin a um pei bok a nih.
Hi hla a phuok hin kum 35 mi chauh a la nih. Sienkhom, a hun sei lem a hmang zo hnung, a hun lèr tieng niin a ngai a, chu chu a hlaah chieng takin ei hmuh. Hieng hun laia India rama mihriem dam kum pangngai chu kum 30-35 vel a ni hrim a a nih. Tlangrama rimsi taka thosi, thrangthrâm le invot kara natna tinreng tlakbuok hnuoia kum tluona hling le hrâm bul insuolpuihai lem chu an hringnun a tawi zuol a. Khaw hrang hranga thlan muol hang fang inla, lungphuna an kum zat an ziekhai hi hang bi inla, kum 30- 40 inkara muol liem deu vong an lo nih. Chuleiin, a hun lèr tieng tlung taa a’n ngai hi thil awm hrim a nih.
Chu thu, ‘hun lèr tieng’ zuk hril tâka chun kum sawmnga deuthaw liem taa D.M.College-a ka kai laia English hla phuok thiem P.B.Shelley hla A Lament ti ka baihat ka zuk hriet suok chu tie! Shelley chu kum 30 chauh (1792-1822) a dam a, sienkhom English literature a hring sung chun a hming le a hniekhnung maksanhai hi bo ngai naw nih. Kum sawmthum a tling hma khomin a hun lèr tienga chuong a ni tah ti a hriet leiin,
O World! O Life! O Time!
On whose last step I climb,
Trembling at that where I had stood before;
When will return the glory of your prime?
No more-Oh, never more!
Out of the day and night
A joy has taken flight:
Fresh spring, and summer,and winter hoar
Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight
No more-Oh, never more!
tiin, lawmnain an trinsan tak thu dam, sik le sa inthlak danglam chun hlimna neka lungngaina an hung phur lem takzie dam le a vanglai hunhai chu an hung kir tah naw ding thu dam mawi le rienginko takin hlain a lo insam suok a ni khah. Hi hla hi ka tiem zatin ka lung a sukno naw thei nawh.
Sienkhom, Upa Ngama-in a hun sei lem a hmang zo hnunga hun lèr tienga a nuna Krista a hung vul thu a hril ruok hi chu P.B Shelley hla anga sùnna thu ni loin lawmna thu le inhawmthawna thua sip a ni lem. A nun le êng pùk chu lawm taka a let lia rul dinga a’n tiemna chu Pathienin a don a, hi hla a phuok hnung hin kum 37 zetin a dam kum a la sukseipek a nih. Parbunga inthokin Rengkaiah a’n pèm a, Rengkaia inthokin Saidanah a’n pèm nawk a. Leilet thra a bengbel hnung chun fak le dawnah a hung phuisui ve ta a, lo sin thaw tienga inhmang loin a hun awl tam lem chu Kailamhnuoi le Kailamchung biel hrang hrangah thuhrila inzinin a hmang thei tah a nih. Chu ruol chun hla thra tak tak amaa inthokin a luong suok a, chuonghai chu voisun chena ei sak nghok thei lo hla an la ni zing. Hla a phuok tam tak hi a thu le thluk a ruola hung inlang an ni leiin, a phuoktu ni loin a ziek thlaktuah an ngai a, ama ngeiin, “Secretary-a thrangin kan ngai lem” tiin a hril.
A rongbawlna a hlawtling vanglai takin, Lal Davida ang khan Phulpui khuoah ngalri phêngphet an ti angin nunghak lakah a tlu a, kohran phuorna chen a tuok pha a. Mani insukhlum hiel nuom khopin suolna tinreng khurah iemani chen lutin a’n tàl buoi a. Khanga inhawmthawa a hun sei lem hmang zoa inngai tah khan a kum tlawmzie suonlamin,
Theina ieng khom ka nei nawh,
Ka kum khomin a dai nawh;
Hmingsietnahai tuor zo
Hmel khom ka la put nawh;
Ka phur a rik taluo, ka Lalpa!
tiin a key a thlak danglam nawk dai el a nih. Ringtu fel le suongum tak tak khom an sir inphet a, suol bawiah an tlu lut pha chun an hmel siet le hemna inkhumna dinga an dap hmasa tak chu suonlam a nih. Adam khomin Eden huona ama inhril hlîpna dinga hmangruo a dap hmasa tak chu suonlam a ni kha. A hming khom hi pangzatum ka ti tlat chu tie!
Hienga a khawsak hnung hin 1953 kristmas tuk khawfing chat ruolin a lungrilah harna khawfing a hung chat a, “Misuol dum tak a varna chu, Kalvari thisen hlu a nih” ti hla hin a kei tho nawk tah a nih. Har tharna hung dong zui peiin Kohran Upaa namnghetna khom February 7, 1971 khan a chang tah a nih. Ama hi pa huoisen le lêmderna nei lo, a tlak nawna khom ip dêr loa hlaa inzawt ngam a ni a, a hming a put indik khop el.
Kan inhmu nuhnung tak chu kum 1981 kum bul khan a nih. Chuong lai chun Saudi Arabia-a kan um lai a nih. Kum 1980 kristmas hmangin Churachandpur-ah kan suok a, Sielmat PMS Bungalow-ah kan innghat a. Ka lekhabu buotsai ‘Hmar Hla Suina’ khom sut zo a ni tah leiin January 31, 1982 khan Sielmat Christian High School-ah chuong laia Manipur sorkara Minister (Agriculture) Pu Ngurdinglien chun a tlangzar a. Hi trum hin Tuithraphai Hmar khuo tina inthoka mi poimaw le challang chu an kim vong ti thei khopin an hung thra a. Upa Ngama khom phûr êm êmin a hung thrang ve a. Ka lekhabua hin Pastor Thangngur ti loa chu mi mala hmun hluo rawn tak a ni leiin a lawm a. “Ka thlan chunga lungdaw neka lungdaw poimaw lem le hlun lem ding i mi dawpek leiin hamthra ka’n ti takzet a, ka lawm bêk bêk a, Pathien hmingin lawmthu ka hril che. Lal ram ta ding le ei ram le hnam ta dinga thil nasa tak thaw pei dingin Pathienin vengin malsawmnan vur pei raw se che” tiin lawmthu le malsawmna thu a mi’n hlàn a. Kan inhmu nawk hma, November 22, 1982 khan muol a mi lo liemsan tah a nih.
Sienkhom, hla thra tak tak a mi maksanpekhai leiin hnama ei dam khawsuok sung chu a hming le a hlutna rè ngai naw nih. A bula inthoka ei hla thur suok hi lungril taka sak a, kum thar phek ei phok trana inthoka mi tinin, “Lalpa rul ka nuom che, ka nun le êng pùk chu” tia ni tina a tak taka ei nun ngeia Lalpa thratna hi a lêt lia rul dinga hma ei lak seng chun, Gospel Centenary kum khel tieng hi kum vangnei le hlawk tawpkhawkah inchangtir ei tih. A lêt lia thil thra thawa Lalpa thratna rultu chunga chun Lalpan a tlawm takah a lêt rietin rul ngei a tih. Inchuklaihai khom, Lalpan thil thra thawna dinga hun hlu a pek tawl hi kum dang anga hmangthai mei mei loa Ama chawimawina le ropuina dinga a lêt lia rul tuma lekha an tiem lêt li an tiem phot chun, kum hmasa nekin a lêt liin hlawtling lem an tih. Chu nêka New Year Resolution thra lem le ropui lem chu um naw nih.