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Laimi le Pumkhatnak

Reuben Nobual Hrang
October 2, 2024

LAIMI LE PUMKHATNAK

(CBCUSA le CBANA Minister Conference Presentation, March 3-4,2024)    

Lairam laimiphun silo thuthangtha phuannak dang a um lo maw tiih Siangbawinu Laura Carson tah hla cu laimi hrang Pathian in mal a sawm ti loh theih a si lo. Ahleice in 1899 lairam missionary hmai sabik Carson tei nupa in Haka ah hmun khuar in lairam laifang, tong laifang, an rak hril hi Pathian tumtah a um ti theih a si. In summi Thuthangtha in laimi kan mit in vanter lawng silo in kan social nun tiang in thanso ter, leitlun ram thabik in thlenter. Khristian in pumkhat in canter, tuankhawm khawmnak nuam kan ti, cucu CCOC in a fiangter. Asinan tu ah laimi ziang kan cang ti ruah ding kan nei. Kum 1885 dinmi telephone company hminthang Nokia cu 2013 ah ding thei nawn loin zuar tul dinhmun a thleng. Cuticun 2014 ah Microsoft company hnen zuar in an ap awk ni press conference ah Nokia CEO cun hnuk ulh cingin “ziangtitha tisual mi kan nei lo nan kan tlu a si’ a ti. Tufang ground zoh tikah tisual mi nei lo ti cingin pumkhatnak in in suahsan cuahco cu a si.  Tho in din sal uh si.
Laimi pumkhat sinak ti nung vivo dingah thuanthu sia hngilh in a thami nung ter uh si. Laimi pawl British in lairam a run do tikah kanmai khua le ram cio in rak do a si.1917 ah Haka peng in Britist an do sal tikah Falam Sim hrin pacang za rual in va bawm dingin an pok ti a si. Cinmual tlang in Chin-hills Batalion ralkap pawlin an rak kham ruangah feh tlang thei lo in an um, an hruaitu lu mi 5 an kai ih Michain thawng inn ah an thlak, an hotu bik Khiangzang khua Pu Thang Hre cu thawnginn kum 13 a um hnu ah a thi. 1992 ihsin Falam ummi Chinhills battalion ah laimi pengtin ihsin ralkap lutin rak um khawm a si. 1975 ahhin Haka ihsin Subuder Kep Lo le Farrawn in Halvider Falam an ra tlawng, Chinhill batalian laiih an neih mi Haka khualbuk zuar ding an si. Kum 1930-45 Chinhill battalion ih an tuanpi, kum 40 lai hmuh nawn lomi an rual Falam ih Jameder Than Thiam thawn an tongaw cu hmuh an nuam tuk, an kuahaw, an ngaiawknak hla an sak. An hla pakhat cu ‘Runpi remh hlei, tleu maw zankhua mawt ah, meitan farvan bang, a dawhtu ah khuaivom sathian maw a dawh hnga ang -khuai rualban hme” ti a si. Pupa san ah khualkhua ah an biak awk theilo hman ah hla in an bia aw ti a fiangter. Culawng silo Jam Than Thian hin Jam Cung Ling thawn an duhawk daan a sim ning thei lo.  
Cun laimi pawl hi Lailun ih kan rak um khawm laiah lai thilthuam ziangvek an hmang ti kan rak thei lonan tu ih Falam pawlih hman tlangpi bik lai hni ttelh le tawnlo puan khi Chuncung khua ihsin lak mi a si. 1850 hrawngah nikhat cu Khawrua lal fanu Khuang Par le an salnu Rulbu khua an tlawng, lamlak ah Chuncung ramtawi pawlin an kaih ih salah an hruai. Khuabawi fanu a si vekin hna dang tuanter loin an thlen sal hngak in thiam lawnglawng an tahter ti a si. Cuticun kum 3 hnu ah sia 30, cangping ho nei le saihrem lam 3 in an tlen sal. Khua a thlen tikah a thiam mi lai hnipuan tah in tuini tiang hman lanta mi a si. Kan anka, hrinhnam, zaihla le thuamthil, ihsin pumkhat sinak kan thuan thu in a fiangter. Laimi pumkhatnak thuthangtha hi kan tesin fa tiang pe lan thei dingin kan zaten tuanvo kan nei. Tulai laimi khualak titi leeng ah a te lam a then aw lam, bang awklonak lam hawl ih fehpi tumtu pawl khi kan do ngam tulmi a si. Laimi zaten kan missionary pawl pekmi pumkhatnak thuthangtha hi sandeng tiang hmun ter uh si. “A remh thiam maw khuanu nih kan lennak, thluatlang dawh le par tha tin zo tithiang lennak, thlir sin uh law Van Bawi donhlei tthengpar sang cungin thang thar nonawn kan zalen” tihi laimi zate hrang kumkhuan kan hla si hram seh.

Ref:1) American Chin Baptist Mission, Johnson, 2) Chin Politic thuanthu, Pu M. Kham, 3) Laimi le thansonak, Article, 4) Vanglai ni, Article, 5) Capt Thai Cawn, Sein Tin, 6) Rev. Dr. Steven Hre Kio, 7) CCOC, Rev. Dr. Cung Lian Hup, 8) Rev. J.Tial Dum (late), (9) Ex-Jam Than Thiam, Chinhills Batallion (1912-97), 10) Pi Par Sung(1927-06), 11) Upa Sang Tin Kam, Tahan                

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