Hla : A THA IE! KA THLARAU TA DINGIN A THA IE! ti hih!

               Hla :  A THA IE! KA THLARAU TA DINGIN A THA IE! ti hih!

                                               - Charles Lalenglien

    

Hla phuok eiti hih vawikhat phur hluta phuoktu haiin an phuok/ziek dawk el hi ni naw tawp a tih. Vawikhat phur a ziek dawk thei el mi lo um hlak de hai sien khawm, an hla phuok hai chu Kristien hla hring tak tak, ringtu nun thuoitu le kei har tu ni phak kher naw nih. Min hla anlo phuok hai hi harsatna le lungaina annawleh lawmna tupui sunga pil vang vanga chu ngirrhmun anthawka Pathien pawlna dawnga an zieksuok hlak ni ngei a tih. Chuongang ngirhmun lo pal ve tu chu khi a chunga ei hla tarlang, zieksuoktu pa khi ni ve ngei a tih.
    Hi hla “A tha ie” ti hi ei hriet deu vawng ring a um. Kumkhat lai khan nupui pawl haiin inruolsiekna hla a hmangin an inchuk mup mup kha  ania.
     Hi hla hung suok dan hi tawite in hang tarlang ei tih. “A tha ie, Ka thlarau tadingin a tha ie” ti hla  hi a phuoktu Horatio Spafford hringnun vangduoi thlaktak anthawka zieksuok ania.
   

 Horatio Spafford hi lawyer thaw hlawk tak el, Chicago khawpuia hmun le hmang neia, farm tha tak neia khawsa a nih. Kum 1871 khan Chicago rama chun kangmei nasa takin a suok a, Great Chicago Fire tia hming anin buk hiel chun a in le huon hai po po chu kang fai pek vawngin, harsatna nasatak an tlun pek tah a, a tadinga tlaksietna le tlakramna ani tawp a nih. Chuonga harsatna nasataka atlak buok hnung chun intungding nawk tuma sumdawngna tieng a hei bei nawk le, kum 1873 chun a ram economy siet luot leiin a sumdawng tumna tieng chu a hlawsam nawk ta peia. Chuphingleh a nuhmei Anna le a nau nuhmei pali hai le Europe khawpui tieng inzin dingin SS Ville du Havre lawng ticket chu lain anin singsa a. Fe el dinga anin singsa mek lai chun Horatio chu kangmei suok leia thil thenkhat khat hai sukfel ding la um leiin a fe el theinaw ding leiin, a nuhmei le nau nuhmei pali hai chu lo fe hmasa lem el dingin an rel tah a. Chu lawng chu Atlantic tuipui chunga anin tawl lai mek in vangduoi thlak takin lawng dang Loch Earn le in suk tuo in a pil ta a nih. Horatio nau nuhmei pali hai chu tui a chun an thla hlum vawng a , a nuhmei chauh chu an sanhim hman a. A nuhmei Anna chu Europe ram a tlung hnung chun thalvai takin a pasal Horatio kuoma chun thirhrui (telegram) “Saved alone” (Ka khat chaua sanhim ka nih) ti chu a hung thawn a nih!
   

 Horatio chu a nuhmei, a nau nuhmei pali haiin Europe pana an fe laia an thisan tuorna em ema um chu hmu dingin Atlantic tuipui chu hraw in lawngin a fe ve ta a. A nau nuhmei hai lawng tuoksiet tuokna hmun, a hmangai em em hai hringna an chan na hmun ngei an hang  phak chun hi hla thu hi Pathien thlamuongna maktak dawngin a zieksuok tah a nih..

    “ Thlamuongna’n tupui angin a mi chim a
    Lungngaina tupui fawn laiin,
    Ka tadinga i buotsai thil iengkim chu
    A tha ie, ka thlarau tadingin.....
    Setanin min huolin thlemna hung sien khawm
    Hrietchiengna hin mi thunun sien
    Thangpui ngaia ka lo um in Krista chun
    A thisen in amin tlan suok ta....”

Hi hnung hin Spafford hai nupa hin nau pathum an nei nawk a. Chulaia an naupasal neisun Horatio Goertner Spafford chu kum 4 mi chau ani in ‘scarlet fever”(natna chi khat) leiin a thisan nawk ta rawp a! Vangduoinaa sip el an nih!,ti thei a nih. Hi hnungtieng hin Israel tieng anin pem nawk, Jerusalem khawpui lai gruop pakhat, mirethei hai thangpuina sin thawtu ding American Colony ti anin din a, rawngbawlna sin anla thawpei a nih.
    Tiemtu dittak, i in le lo po po chan vawng la, i thilthawna taphawta hlawsam nawk pei la, chu zoa i nau hai po po chan nawk vawng la, chu ngirhmun a chun Pathien ah lawmin “ A Tha ie, a tha ie..ka thlarau tadingin” la ti thei i tim??? In ngaituo rawh!