Arthakzawl Pawlitiks le Mission Buoina

By L.Keivom

An chĕngna ram vong sien la,

An in rausan chang raw se.

-Sam 69:25

           

Kumpui sul 36 hnungah      

            January 24, 1986 khan Parbunga inthokin inlănin Senvon khuo ka va sir a. Ka sunghai, ruol le pai mi threnkhat hieng Kh. Thang Dailo, Lala Khobung le J.Batlien, SDC, Parbung haiin an mi hung uop a. Inhman naw hlĕ kâra Senvon ka va sir vuoi nuomna sanhai chu (1) Manipur sim thlang biela Kristien sakhuo hung lutna kotsuo ka nauhai inhmutir; (2) Mission buoina le inthrĕna dinga thu an phierrukna hmun, a hnunga khawhrawngin a sawi chim vong nia an hril ARTHAKZAWL chu ke ngeia va sira a chanchin ziek; (3) February 3-6, 1950 a Independent Kohran zalen fihlimna an lawm le kei khom ka thrang truma Jubilee Lung kan phun chu va sir nawk le kha truma ka tlungna in kha va zong suok (hi Senvon ka sir hmasa tak trum hin kekor khom ka la bun naw a, tuolzakuo infaw hlâp el, khûp chena infuol ka la hak); (4) Kum 36 zet ka hmu ta naw sunga Senvon khaw inthrang dan va thlir vuot; le (5) tienami tawi LALNUNNEM KA NGAI EM CHE ti ka zieka ka ngaituonaa Senvon khuoa hmun threnkhat bisana ka hmang kha a tak le ka thil suongtuona thlalak an inmil am ti en fie a nih.

            ‘Hmar var a’n hnu’ ti takah, sorkar lamlienpuiin hi Manipur biela khaw lien taka rikawt ni rop, gospel mansa bangna ni bok hi sir loin a kawi el tiengin Tipaimukh ruom panin a nuor thla a. Vai hnung ramah, Tuiruong hung ting tum pawlhai zangaina far tlawmte lo hui dan an hriet hrăm leiin Senvon khuo chu inhoi deua motor tlan lut theiin an rel a, Parbung, Lungthulien le Pherzawl khuohai nĕk chun an la thaw thra ta tho tho. Amiruokchu, a lamlien kha rawra inkhum lo a ni leiin fŭr pha chu vok buol chunga tlan ang ning a tih. Inthlang phaa vote hung beisei dinghai inthuopui ding zong vat dingin lung phan hai sien, an thaw fuk ka ring.

            Senvon khuo hang kai tung tawm, Hmunte khĕlah tuhaiin amanih puithu takin lam sirah Indira Gandhi hriet zingna lung an phun a, a thu Saptrongin an ziek a. Mi thu hril an ziek sawng a ni deu tak a, an thu zam danah Congress (I) pawl thilthaw a nih ti inhmai ruol a ni nawh. Eini trongin, ei ngaidan char ziek lem inla chu thupui a fûn lem daih ka ring. Kum 16 neka tam rau a’n lal sung khan vote bawm pur nuoma hung a pawlhai laia mi tlawmte ti naw chun Senvon hi an sir ngut ka ring nawh. Ieng khom ni sien, kha lungphun khan khawpui lut ding a mi sukhoi bakah Pi Indira Gandhi khan ram pilrila khom hmun a lo chang a nih ti a mi hril.  Kei chu lungphun ropui le lien taluo um lo phu hlie hliea ka ngai chu gospel hung intluntu Watkin Roberts (Saptlangval) ngei kha a nih. Ke ngata hungin, chatuona hadamna sangson, a thlawna mi tin chang thei chu, a hung sem ngat el kha, ka mi ngaisang zawng a nih. Senvon khuo ka fangna taphotah pawl hrang hrang Jubilee lungphun ka hmu a, Saptlangval lungphun ruok chu ka hmu ve nawh. Khaw lai amanih a phun dam an lo um khiet rawi mawh!

Arthakzawl

            Suo tienga inthoka Senvon lutna kotsuo lam thlangah huon zawl a um a, chu chu Bieki Pa (R.Dala) huon zawl tia hriet a ni hlak. R. Dala hi Saptlangval Mission hung phuna Zo hnathlahai laia tuoltro misawnari inthok suok hmasa tak, 1914-a Senvona hung lut le January 11, 1922-a Tuiruong kam Jakradawr-a inkhawmpui an nei truma tuihria thi a nih. Hi huon zawla R.Dala a um hma chun hi hmun hi ARTHAKZAWL an tih. Tien lai a khaw pumpui ta dinga kum tina voi khat sakhawhmang an thaw changin an lak ursun èm ém a, khaw sungah ri se siem an phal naw a, an arhai chen khom khuong lo dingin an hrĕn hlak. Chuonga khawser an thaw huna an arhai, arbawmah khum a, khaw sunga an khuong an inlau leia khaw puoa an thak khawmna hlak hmun chu a ni leiin a hming hi a put a nih. Threnkhat chun hi zawl hi ar thisen thea an inthawina hlak Daibawl hmun amanih Bawlhmun a ni leiin ARTHATZAWL an ti a nih tiin an hril thung. A ieng hming khom chu lo put ta hrim sien, hmun poimaw chu a lo ni phot el.

           

Hi huon zawl hi June 1927 khan khawhrawngin a sawi chim dar vong leiin tu hin zawl a um ta nawh. June 12, 1897 le August 15, 1950 a tlung, India hmar saka lirnghing rapthlak leh an inzom si naw leiin hi hmun a chim thla vong el hih lirnghing sawi chim chu a ni nawh ti a chieng. Zêldin thua an bel dan chun hi hmun hi sukrama a um san chu Mission indarna ding thuruk an phierna hmun a ni lei a nih. Hi hmun hi chu thil leia chim ning a ti? An naw leh, la chim ding hrima hmun nghet loa phierruktuhai an lo inkhawm palh leia a hnunga an hung hmet bel mei mei lem? ti ruok chu mihriem hang hril fie theina ramri khêl daia um a nih.  Chuleiin, hi zawl a chimna san nekin hi hmuna thil tlunghai chu sui lem inla.

Arthakzawl pawlitiks

            Arthakzawl chim thla kan fang ni chun histawri lo inlusu hnung an hung tho suou suou niin ka hriet a. Thu tin thu tangin ngaituona a dĕng a. Thuthanga an hril hi thu indik a ni chun hnuoi chim thla chun thurûk mak tak tak delde ngei a tih ti dam ka ngaituo a. A hnuoi chim chun thil a tawk siet rawn nawh. Amiruokchu, chu hmuna thuruk an phier ni dinga hriet ruok chun kakhawk a nei sei hle. Ei Mission muolhai hi mîmin a kei zing zing leiin tu chen hin muol khata inkop thei ta loa ei um bakah muol pêng hrang hrang a siemhai khom chu mîmin a kei zui pei leiin a muola chenghai inrŭm ri chu sun le zanin a tawp nawh.  Chu Setan chang kam inper chun kohran ngal chârah a khâwng a, an tlu pheng phung a, chu kakhawk chun ngal tam a la khâwng thlûk zing a nih.

            Pânna dam hnunga ngai khei nawk khom hoi ding ni inla, hi kansar zung hi kohran pawl tinah a la’n zam dar pei si leiin, ei nat tuor hi a san hre a, a damna ding ei dap theina dingin thu hnung hang sui kir ei tih. Saptlangvalin Senvon khuo sirsana Mission a hung phun chun hrat taka hma sawn peiin, sawt naw te sungin Manipur, Assam, Tripura le Burma rama chen kohran an hung ngir a. Hi Mission hi danglam tak el, hmun danga Mission pawl hlun le inzomna khom nei lo, tuoltro mission lieu lieu, a phuntu ti lo thoktu hlun po po khom tuoltro mi ngot, pawl chi dang tak a nih. A ram mihai hmanga ramthim nor chu a phuntu pawlisi a ni leiin ringthar an lak hrat èm ém a, thrang khat sungin 5,500 chuong an man hman a nih.

            Hieng khopa a mi tamzie le inphua ramthima ringthar pung hratna hi khawvel hmun dangah vâng hlêng a tih. Hi hi a san tak chu a ram mihai ngeiin gospel meiser chawi a, Pentecost thlarau meiser le thimna sumpui an nĕr lei a nih. Chu sŭmpui chu a’n kieng duok duok a. Ngaingam muta Setan inlalna ramhai khom gospel mei vara an hei khaw var zet chun mong inlang kûkin a thrung bik zing thei ta naw leiin a tlân se dŭr dûr el a. Sienkhom, Kalvari hnĕna hlado le an hranglam mup mup lai chun an inring nawna tieng sirah Thimna lal chun a hung kungfu tawla leh, êk vuok pher chu nêpte a nih.

            Do dan thiempa Setan,

            Râlhrângpa thaw dan hi,

            Einin hre thiem inla

tiin an khèk rong rong el a nih. Chu tektik chu a nih ‘Arthakzawl Pawlitiks’ ei ti chuh. Sîr hniah a ruolin a khêng a.

            Pakhatna, America tienga inthokin. Saptlangvalin America ram tienga inthoka thrangpuitu mi inpe zo a zong lai chun mi pakhat a hming H.H.Coleman an ti chuh a hung inpe hlauh el a. Saptlangval ta ding chun hnung tienga thlarau thienghlim sa barh anga hang bel naw thei ni naw nih. Coleman chu piengthar le rongbawlna tienga inhnik le thlarau bohmang ding invoi èm éma insâl, sum tienga hnienghnâr tak niin an hril. Indopui Pakhatna hnung, 1920-1933 sunga USA-a zu siem, zor le khap burna dan (total prohibition) bawsea zu tol le zor ruka hung hausa niin an hril bok a. Chuong ang mi chun testimawni, vaninrum anga mi nghor thei an nei tawng. Saptlangval chun a lâk ta hrim a. Amiruokchu, a pindan sûngah rûlngân a khawi a nih ti a hriet dĕr nawh.

            Chu a rûl vai chun hun sawt naw teah a hung chuk hrep el tah a. Coleman chun thuneina po po hung inchu fai vongin, a Mission phuntu le a ruoitu chuh êk trawng hnawlin a hung hnawl a. A chongpu chu a mikhuolah a hung thrang a, a ruoipa’n a ruoitu a pu chu a hung băn a, an ram tieng kirna ding poisa takngiel khom nei loin a khuongruong invai a, Hindu pachal pakhatin a kirna ding kalman a tumpek hlol a nih. Kha Hindu Samari kha Coleman-in ringtharin man a ti’m ti hi zawna indon thei lo laia pakhat chu ning a tih. Tu lai pawlitiks boruok inhnop tongkhonga khom hin Coleman hang khûm var ding chu zong fé ngai mei a tih. “A poi ngei! A va poi ngei de maw, tu chen khom hin!” ti hla dam hi hang phuok naw ruol ei ni nawh.

            Pahnina, India ram tieng. Kohran inthrèna hmangruo dingin ringnawtu le Hinduhai amanih hmang an ni naw a, a kohran lai ngeia mi bok hmang an ni lem. Isu inmantirtu khom kha chuong ang bok. Khanga NEIG Mission-in hma a hung sawn ruol pei khan Hmarhai ngirhmun hluo le chel khom a hung poimaw zuol pei a. Ofis tieng inenkolna trong chu Lusei trong ngot ni sien khom thlaraua inthoka phuok hla a hung suok truk truk ruolin Hmar hla thar khom ruopui vanawn sŭrin a hung sŭr thla a, dang ruol a ni nawh.  Chuong lai chun hla takngiel khom Lusei trong vonga phuok dinga ngaina a um hiel a. Chu ngaidan bang nor chimtu chu Hmar tronga hla hung phuoktuhai an nih. An hla phuokhai chu a hung indar a, an kawl le kienga trong dang hmanghai khomin an inbŭkpui tak a hung tling ta hiel a.

            Chu hmasawnna chu a dodal pawl le lungrila nasa taka thîk pawl an hung um a. Chun, H.K.Dohnunin Saptlangval ditsakna dong a, hotu tak nina a hung chel kha lo er le khak thlâk tum rân pawl an lo um bok a. Hmarhaiin ngirhmun poimaw an hung chel nghet pei ding dangna dinga kawitan nia an ngai chu Saptlangval le a kaiza vengtu Dohnun thuneina sat chat phot a nih. Chu thaw theina dinga lampui hnâi tak nia an hriet chu Hmar ti lo, hnam dang po po kha hril tri a, an inthuruol naw chun Hmarhaiin an chǐm nel ding a nih ti zawnga an lungril sukhel phot a, chu zoah rênga Hmarhai arûka do hron chu a nih. Hieng phierruktuhai hnawdok chang kam dan hi ngainuomum takin Rev. Thangngur chun a ziek a, chu chu a hnunga hin inchuon a nih. 

            Rev. Thangngur hril dan chun, kum 1926 khan Senvon-ah Presbytery inkhawmpui a um a. Chu trum chun palai hung po po chu Hmarhai thrang ve loin arûkin zanrilah Arthakzawl-ah an inkhawm a. Hi inkhawma hin Saptlangval le Dohnun bân dan ding ro an rot nia hriet a nih. Chun, hi Presbytery rozam hi a ripawttu dinga ruothaiin London/America Council kuomah an thonin kha Presbytery-a an rĕl sa ni lo thu belh an nei ngei a nih ti ring a ni bok. Chutaka an belsa nia hriet chu Saptlangval an dit ta naw thu le a thlaktu ding Sap dang an dit thu a nih. Hi Presbytery rozam ripawttu dinga ruothai lai hin Hmar mi an um nawh. Senvon inkhawmpuia thil hung insersuon le America tienga kuo lo suottu Coleman hisapna chu an mil hlein a’n lang. 1928-a Pherzawla Presbytery an nei truma Coleman a hung khan arûka iengkim phan sa diem le Saptlangval hneng dok tum râna hung insingsa a nih ti Thangngur lekha zieka hin hmu thei a ni bok. Chun, Coleman-in Lianhawla lekha a thon, Thangngur lekha zieka inthoka inlanga hin, ruongchaiche an lo thlak dan chu chieng hlein an lang. Hieng thil hi a nih ARTHAKZAWL PAWLITIKS ei hang ti tak chu. A sawi chim chu nasa tak a nih.

Coleman Factor le a kakhawk

            Coleman le a rawihaiin ngawi an daw dan le ruongchaiche an thlak dan hi sui tham a nih. Thurûk phor suok tuma ei lilut inthuk po leh a li truong lo inhnopzie ei hmu rawn el. Phuokfawma inbeina a tam leiin Coleman thruoina hnuoia lekha tam tak le ripawt an siemhaia inthokin thudik man fuk a harsa el thei. Hming meu suot a, a ngal ru inlang rawta hril lo, a hawihawm le thawi zawnga thu ziek a tam leiin thil suituhaiin chieng lema an hung phor suok pei ei beisei. Chun, a hnunga thil umzie ei hang dap pei chun, Coleman-in hmangruoa a hmanghai kha a hmangna san a hlen hnunga a mamaw tawl ta naw hnung chun ienga ding khom a ti tawl ta naw a, a hnâr kîr hmasa le tril hmasa an ni zat zat a hoi khop el. Sui tham a tling.

            Chun, hun la hung um peiah, entirnan kum 40 hnunga Independent Church of India (ICI) sunga buoina le NEIG Mission sunga buoina ei hril tah hai kha histawrianhaiin kum sawmli vel hnungah hung sui a, 1968 hnunga ei buoina tuok leh hin an la hung khaikhin pha chun, “E khai, kum 40 hmaa a thunon kha ei hung rem nawk a ni hi tie!” la ting an tih. Chîk taka ei hang bi chun buoina hmasak le nuhnung hi a bawlhlopui inang a tam a, buoina bêl choktuhai tektik khom a danglam hlei rak nawh. Se rângin se râng a hring ti ang deuin, a râng le râng naw chu thlier hranpa ngai loin ei inthre suou el. ‘Coleman thil chu Coleman kuomah pe unla, Watkin Roberts thil chu Saptlangval kuomah’ ti thukhawchang a hoi ngot el. A danglamna chauh nia ka ngai chu a hnunga buoi kha chu hnam bing sunga inkungfu an nina chauh kha a nih. Coleman hlimin a la zui zing a, Arthakzawl pawlitiks khom a la pangngai zing. Iengti leia hi Mission hi khawhrawngin a sawi vet el am a na? A trobul indik naw lei am a ni? Hunin a la hung hril fie pei ding a nih.

Kakhawk dangdai

            Thil iengkimin thratna muol an nei seng leiin Mission buoi khom hi tukver danga inthokin hang thlir ve thung inla. Mission kha buoi loin, a fe pangngai ang khan fe pei sien chu thil ei hmabak ding pakhat a um: trong inhmang. Iengkim thawnaah, thu le hla chu Lusei tronga thaw vong a ni a, a chǐm hrât hle. Buoina um loin a fe pangngaiin fe zing sien chu Hmar tronga lekhabu tiem ding a um dĕr naw ding a ni leiin Hmarhaiin literechar nei naw ni hai a, tu hin chu an trong inhmang dĕr ta mei an tih. Khanga an buoi sa khom khan Independent Church Minute Book po po kha India ramin 1947-a zalenna a hmu hma po chu Lusei trong vonga an rikawt a nih. 1947-a inthok khan chu Kawnzar (Senvon) a Nomination Council thurel 2^nd April 1949) ti chauh naw chu Hmar trong vonga rikawt a ni tah.

            Chuleiin, Mission buoi hmasak ra suok lieu lieu chu Hmar trong humhala a um hi a nih. Hmar chauh ni lo hieng Gangte, Paite, Simte, Vaiphei le hnam dang dang, NEIG Mission koi hmaa a chimhai po po khom khan an trong an hum pha bok a nih. “Pathienin mani trong ngeia ama chawimawi le inpak a nuom a nih” tia la pawlhai ta ding chun Mission buoi chu vangneina a ni ve tho. Pawlitiks tukver danga thlirtu, lien lema Zo hnathlakhai inzomkhawmna dittuhai ta ding ruok chun Mission buoi khan kalchawi a sukchai nasatzie ngaituo ve thung an ta, inchek tlok tlok bok an tih. Lien lema intêl khawm am, an naw leh hnam bing chita inlak hran hi hnam damna a ni le a ni naw thu chuh hril sei rak khom a ngai nawh. Chǐn lem thlang chu ngaituona bûi mei tawi, a tawpa inzui ral a ni naw thei nawh. A ieng khom chu ni sien, ei ngirhmun hril hin mihriem thilthaw thrat le suolin kakhawk a hang nei hlat theizie a tar lang chieng hlein ka hriet.

            Tuoltro Mission um sun hienga buoina thliin a not zing el hi thil beidongum thlak tak chu a ni phot el. A phuntu thil tum le riruong kha chu mihriem hisapna ringot chun thil ditum a nih. Rev. Thangngur chun, “Hi buoina hung suokna bul hi Pathien hmangai lei ni loin, suol le tisa trânghma sielna leia hung suok a nih ti kan ring a nih” tiin a ziek a. Ama ngeiin chu thu laimu a khè chu hang ngaithla lem inla.

*Keivom is a former Indian diplomat and well-known writer.