HLA 600 CHUANG PHUAHTU ISAAC WATTS
(Arranged and based on Kristian Hla Bu)
Hman laia kohhrante khan thuthlung hluia Sam sak ho, chhiar rual ang lek leka an hla sa \hin chu mipuiten an ning a, thlak duhna pawh a lian hle a ni. Chutih laia lawm hlawh lo tak Protestant rawngbawltu leh French Calvinist rawngbawltu fanu raltlan chuan fapa Isaac Watts an nei a.
“Hnam tin hlapui” an tih mai “Kan Pathian, kan puipa pangngai” tih hla phuahtu Isaac Watts hi kum 1674 July 17 khan Southampton, England-ah a lo piang a.Unau pakua zinga a upa ber a ni. A pian lai hian Isaac Watts-pa chu England Kohhran (Church of England) a\anga inlakhran duh pawlah a tel ve avangin Lung Inah a tanga; kum 14 vel zet chu Isaac Watts hian hrehawm leh khawhar takin hun a hmang \hin a. Chu chuan a rilru a tipaukhauh a, thlarau nun a tihrisel em em lawi si. Naupang anih lai a\anga thu leh hla lama tui mi tak a ni. Abul vela mi inbe laite hi ngun takin a lo ngaithla \hin a, an \awngkam hmante lo chhinchhiahin a ri inrem mawi tur zawngin a rilawn (rhyme) a lo siam \hin a. A bengchheng leh ninawm khawpa a chin \han \hin avangin vawi khat chu a pa hian a hau a. “Ka pa, min khawngaihnate hi nei la, hla ka siam tawh lo ang” tiin a \ap chhuak hial a ni.
Kum 1714 khan England lal Queen Anne-i chu thichhawngin a let reng a, amah thlaktu fa a nei si lo va.Tunge a aiawh ang? tih ngaihtuahin an buai hle mai a. Hetih lai hian sawrkar hmasaten an duhloh avangin Isaac Watts-a pa chu tan inah an khung a. Watts-a pa chhuah tum mektu Lalnu lah chu a thi tep mai si, Watts-a chu a mangang em em Pathianah chauh beisei a nei tawh a, Chutih lai chuan Sam 90-na, "Lalpa, nang chu chhuan zawng zawng chenah kan awmna i ni thin, Tlangte pianhmaa, Leilung leh khawvel i din hma pawh khan chatuan ata chatuan thlengi pawhin nang chu Pathian i ni......." tih hi a chhiar a, Pathian ropuina leh chungnunna chuan a hneh hle mai a, Tichuan Pathian chauh beisei chungin he hla hi a lo phuah ta a ni. He hla hi a tirah chuan chang kua laia sei niin, John Wesley hian “Aw Pathian” tiin a thlak a, mahse a phuahtu’n “Kan Pathian, kan puipa pangngai... tih hi a inhmeh zawk hle a ni.
Naupan lai a\anga thu leh hla a mi ril tak Isaac Watts hi chhung inkhawm an neih laiin rapthlak khawpa auchhuak thut a, a awm lai chuan a chhungten a chhan an zawt a. Tapchhak (meichhemna) chunga hrui an zam chu, sazu hian a lo zawh mek a lo ni awm e. Chu thu ngawt pawh chu hlain a sa chhuak nghal a, naupang tih atan chuan a mak teh thut hle niin an sawi fo.
Fakna hla phuahtu ropui, Sapho phei chuan ‘Fakna Hlate Pa’ ti hiala an lo sawi \hin Isaac Watts hi a hming a hla phuah hi chu an hre deuh zel a. A hlaphuah zinga hla pariat KHB-ah dah a ni a. Heng chauh pawh hi kan fakna zinga \ha leh lar ber berte an ni hlawm. Kum za tam liamtaa a hla phuahte pawh vawiin thlengin kan la tuipui thei hi a \hatzia sawina atan pawh a tling awm e.
A tleirawl laiin Isaac Watts chuan Pathian Biak inkhawmnaa an hla sak \hinte chu a duh khawp lovin a pa hriatah a sawisel fo mai a. Biak Ina an hla sak \hin mawi a tih loh thu leh sak hahthlak a tih zia thu leh Biak In zai dul lutuk a nin thu chu apa bulaha sawi leh a. Deacon pa chuan a ning ve ta deuh a, “Chuti, a aia mawi engngah nge i phuah mai loh!” tiin a lo chhang bung hle a; huatah la mai lovin, fuihnaah ngaiin Isaac Watts chuan Biak ina hla sak tur phuah a tum ta a. Chawlhni a lo thlen chuan a hla phuah hmasak ber ‘Ngai ru, Beramno ropuizia’ tih chu Kohhranah a pe lut a. Kohhran miten an duhin an lo lawm hle mai a; chuta chin chu IsaacWatts hian kumhnih chhung teh meuh mai Pathiannitin Fakna hla thar pakhat tal a phuah ta ziah a ni. Hla 600 chuang a phuah theih phah ta a ni.
Mizote zingah Krismas zaikhawm leh harhna boruak a lo len lai pawha kan sak nin theih loh chu “Khawvel lawm nana Lal Isua lokal thu” \ang et awta sak kan ching hi a ni. Kum tina sak hlawh loh Krismas hla a awm lai hian Kohhran tinin he hla hi chu vawi khat tal kan sa chhuak ngei ngei \hin an ti a. Lal Isua khawvela a lo kal tluka lawmna tur a awm chuan loh avangin lei leh van zai rawh se tih hi a awm reng a ni. Khawvel \hatna tura roreltu hmangaihna hi a mak em a ni! Chatuan thlenga thil mak a ni.
Isaac Watts hi kum 1702 a\angin London-a kohhran pakhat Mark Lane Chapel-ah Pastor a ni a. Kum sawm hnih pariat a nih kum a nih chu. 1703 a\angin vanduaithlak takin taksa lam bawrhsawmnain a tlakbuak a. A hna tam zawk pawh thawk hleithei lovin amah puitu (Assistant) kutah a dah a lo \ul phah hial a. A hun tawp lam kum 30 chhung chu bawrhsawmnain a khat a, a \hian Sir Thomas Abney bulah chengin hetah hian nuam tak leh hlim taka chengin hla \ha tak tak a phuah leh thu a ziak thei ta zawk a ni. A hrisel lohna chuan a kiansan tak mai loh avangin kum 1712 khan a Pastor hna pawh chu a chawlhsan ta a ni.
Isaac Watts hi patê tak mai niin, fit nga chauha sang a ni. Lemziak thiamten a lem an ziah pawhin a pianzia thupmawi nan Kawrfual lian tak tak an haktir \hin a ni. Apa têt êm vang hian nupui atana a beisei ve deuh Elizabeth Singer-i pawhin a hnawl phah a! Singer-i hian Isaac chu a ngaisangin a thiamna leh finnate chu ropui a ti a; Mahse pasal atan em chuan ani ang patê lutuk chu a iaiin thlahtu atan chuan a duh meuh lo a ni. Mahse he pate reuhte chaklo leh dawrawm tak hi alawm mi tena an ngaihsan em em, thu leh hla hmanga khawvel dengchhuak chu.
Hlaphuah bakah thuziak tam tak a nei a. Sakhaw lam chanchin zirbingna thu; Sermon pawh lehkhabu pathum; Rilru lam Zirna (Psychology); Finthuruk chhuina(Philosophy); Vansang lam chanchin zirna thlengin \hang thar lo awm zel turte tana thuziak \ha leh belhtlak tak tak a hnutchhiah bawk a. Tun thlenga amah kan hriatlarna ber zawk erawh fakna hlaphuahte hi a ni.
Maichama ran thisenin mihring sualna a tlengfai thei lo a. Isua Krista thisen luang chuan kan sualna leh a ser a tireh vek theih avangin kan sualna thupha chawi chungin, inchhira sim hi he hla hian a sawifiah hle a. Kraws thinga Isua an khenbeh kan en chuan kan phurrit, kan sual ngaihdam nan kan tlantu duhtak chu an khengbet a nihzia kan hre thei a. Chumi avang chuan Pathian chawimawi tur kan ni a, chatuana atana thawk tur kan ni.
Isaac Watts hian a tum ama sawi dan chuan “Hlaphuahthiam ropui tak leh dinhmun \ha taka inchawisan ka tum ngai lo a, kohhran tana chhiahhlawh rinawm leh chhawr nahawm tak nih hi a ni a. Kristiante awmze nei leh hlim taka an awm theih nana \anpuitu nih hi ka tum ber a ni” a ti a.
He hla hi India rama hruaitu ropui tak pakhat dam lo khuma mu bet reng chu an kan \umin, kristian hla zinga in thurin puangchhuak thei ber min sak sak rawh u”tia a ngen avangin chutiang hla chu an ngaihtuah rei hle a. He hla
“Isua Kraws mak tak chungah khan
Ropuina lal thi ka hmuhin
Ka hlawkna ber ka ngainep a,
Chapo uanna ka ngaitlawm a”tiin he hla hi an sa a ni. Chang lina erawh hi chu ngunthluk taka ngaihngil a ngai awm ex
Puritan-ho hian ni serh an nei ngai lo va. Krismas emaw Good Friday emaw an serh ve ngai lo. He hla hi Lalpa zanriah atana phuah niin an sawi fo \hin. Galatia 6 : 14 “Lalpa Isua Kraws azarah khawvel hi ka tan khenbehin a awm” tih kha a chang nghah chhan a ni.
1944 May khan Indopui II hran vanglai tak a ni. Colorado-a Grand Canyon-ah tlangvalho an thukhawm a, ni tlak dawnah kawl a lo eng a, tlai ni tla turin a vel tlang chu a kap sen no nghulh a, romei zam karah tlangchhip lo lang riai riai an thlir lai tak chuan nizung eng chu inkawkalhin kawl bulah chuan a hmuh theih a, a hnuai lama chhum awmte chu a rawn en a. Chu ni zung eng kawkalh kraws chu thukhawmho chuan an thlir a, “Isua kraws mak tak chungah khan” tih hla hi an han sa chhuak ta hlawm a ni.
Chutiang ngei chu a phuahtu hian mi rilru ni thin se a tih chu a ni reng mai. Chumi tlaia Grand Canyon tlai tla eng chu hmu ve se, Watts-a hian eng hla tak han phuah eng maw mtiin an ngaihtauh a. He hla khum zo tur hi chu phuah chhuah a har hle mai ang le!
Isaac Watts-a pian lai hian a pa chu England Kohhran (Church of England) a\anga inlakhran duh pawlah a tel ve avanginLung Inah atanga; hun engemaw chen chu Isaac Watts hian a u nen chauh khawhar takin hun an hmang \hin a ni.
Kum 5 a nihin ‘Latin’ \awng a zir a, kum 9 a tlinin ‘Greek’, kum 11 mi anihin ‘French’ a zir leh a, kum 13 mi anihin ‘Hebrai’ a zir leh a ni. Kum 13 mi lek a nihin |awng chi nga thiam takin a hmang thei tawh a ni. Rilru chak leh lehkhathiam thei tak a nih avangin Oxford-ah emaw Cambridge-ah emaw a zir thei turin thurawn an pe fo a. A senso sum leh paiah pawh puih an inhuam hle nachungin kum 16 a nihin Londona Non ComformistAcademy-ah a zirin, a Graduate ta zawk a ni.
Pa bawrhsawm tak leh pate tak Isaac Watts hi lu lian leh hnar chakai ek ve tak ni mahsela a landan ang ngawt a ni lova Essay leh pathian thuzirna (29 treatises on theology) a ziah te hi chikzui tham a ni. Kum hnih chhung leka hla 210 biak ina a phuah a\ang khan “Hymns and Spiritual Songs” hla bu chu kum 1707 khan a tichhuak a. Sap \awnga hla bu pangngai neih hmasak ber niin an sawi nghe nghe a ni.
Naupang ngaina tak niin, amah hi nupui nei lova \halai rilrupu reng a nih avang “devine Songs for Children” hla bu chu naupang hla bu hmasa ber turin kum 1715 khan a siam bawk a ni. Chu thuhmahruaiah chuan “England naupang zinga chak leh chak lo, naupan laia baptisma chang leh chang lo, ten hlim taka he hla bu an sak theih tur atana buatsaih”a nih thu a ziak tel a ni.
He hla hi II Timothea 1:12 tih KHB-ah behchhana tarlan a ni a. Rom 1:16 “Chanchin Tha chu ka zahpui si lo va; tupawh a ring apiangte tan chhandamna tura Pathian thiltihtheihna a ni si a;”tih nen pawh hian inrem tak a ni. Henry Drammond chuan a thih dawn \epah he hla hi a sa a “He hla luahlan tur hi eng mah a awm lovang”tiin a duhzia a puangchhuak a ni. Ngun takin chhiar la, \awng\ai chungin sa la, Pathian awmpuina i chang nghalin ka ring tlat.
Isaac Watts-a pian lai hian a pa chu England Kohhran (Church of England) a\anga inlakhran duh pawlah a tel ve avanginLung Inah atanga; hun engemaw chen chu Isaac Watts hian a u nen chauh khawhar takin hun an hmang \hin a ni.
Kum 5 a nihin ‘Latin’ \awng a zir a, kum 9 a tlinin ‘Greek’, kum 11 mi anihin ‘French’ a zir leh a, kum 13 mi anihin ‘Hebrai’ a zir leh a ni. Kum 13 mi lek a nihin |awng chi nga thiam takin a hmang thei tawh a ni. Rilru chak leh lehkhathiam thei tak a nih avangin Oxford-ah emaw Cambridge-ah emaw a zir thei turin thurawn an pe fo a. A senso sum leh paiah pawh puih an inhuam hle nachungin kum 16 a nihin Londona Non ComformistAcademy-ah a zirin, a Graduate ta zawk a ni.
Pa bawrhsawm tak leh pate tak Isaac Watts hi lu lian leh hnar chakai ek ve tak ni mahsela a landan ang ngawt a ni lova Essay leh pathian thuzirna (29 treatises on theology) a ziah te hi chikzui tham a ni. Kum hnih chhung leka hla 210 biak ina a phuah a\ang khan “Hymns and Spiritual Songs” hla bu chu kum 1707 khan a tichhuak a. Sap \awnga hla bu pangngai neih hmasak ber niin an sawi nghe nghe a ni.
Naupang ngaina tak niin, amah hi nupui nei lova \halai rilrupu reng a nih avang “devine Songs for Children” hla bu chu naupang hla bu hmasa ber turin kum 1715 khan a siam bawk a ni. Chu thuhmahruaiah chuan “England naupang zinga chak leh chak lo, naupan laia baptisma chang leh chang lo, ten hlim taka he hla bu an sak theih tur atana buatsaih”a nih thu a ziak tel a ni.
He hla thupui hi “Min hre reng rawh” tih a nih angin, Lal Isua tuarna \awmpui tura hla inhmeh tak a ni a. Sacrament sak chiah hian a hriat hle \hin. A tuar nasain vana ni pawh khi a ngui ruai a, chhumin a hliah ta vek a nih kha. He hlaphuahtu hian a hla hmang hian a tawrhpui thiam hle a. Kraws hmaah a lu kunin a tuarpui a, lawm avangin a biangah mittui a luang hial a. Min ngaihdamna tura a tuar hi a maka, a ngaihtuah chhuak zo lo a ni.
Isaac Watts-a’n kum 1719-a a phuah a ni a. Isaac Watts-a hi missionary rilru pua hla phuah hmasa berte zing a mi niin an sawi a. Kum 1700 chovah khan Chanchin \ha hril hi kohhran ten an ngai thutak lutuk lo a, kohhran ho chuan ram chhung leh rawngbawlna dang an la vei zawk a, an hla-ah leh sermon lamah pawh sawi chhuah a hlawh ngai meuh lo. Chuti chung chuan Isaac Watts-a chuan Isua lalram zauh dan t<r chu a vei em em a. Pathian fakna hla hmangin uar takin a lo puang chhuak a ni.
Pacific tuifinriat chhim lama thliarkar hrang hrang, South Sea Islands an tihah hian hnam \ihbaiawm tak tak an cheng a, tam tak chu hringei an ni. Chung zinga a lar leh kawlhsen deuh bera an ngaih chu Tonga thliarkar mite an ni a. Vawi khat chu Fiji thliarkara mite chuan an awmna lam pana Tonga mite lawng lo kal an hmu a. An hlau em em mai a, hringei hovin an r<n dawn a nih hi tiin nun^ute chu an thlabar hma hle a. Nimahsela, phur tak chunga Bible lei tumin lo kal hi an lo ni zawk a!
Kum 1862, Pentikost ni tak khan, Tonga thliarkara an lalpa chuan a khawnbawlho leh mipuite a kokhawm a, "Vawiin a\ang hian Tonga ram hi Kristian ram a ni ta tih ka puang e," tiin an rin phak hauh loh thu chu a puang ta mai a. Mipui 5000 chuang lawm lutuk chuan an lawmna chu thuin an sawi chhuak thei lova, tu rawtchhuah bik nge tih pawh hriat loh hian an zai ta \hup \hup a, he hla hi an lo sa a.
“Khawiah pawh ni chhuahna piangah,
Isua Lalin ro a rel dawn,
Thla thar det ban hma loh chuan,
Khawvelah a ram a zau vang”
He hla hi zaipawl kaltlanga Pathian fak nuamti tan chuan sak loh theih loh tluk a ni a. Thluk danga sak pawhin thinlung a khawih em em a ni. Kum zabi pawh a ral hma 1779-a William Carrey vahvaih a\ang khan England chuan Chanchin \ha meichher a chhi nasa ta hle a ni.
Isaac Watts-a hi mi ngilnei leh zawiawi tak a ni a. Mi rethei a khawngaihin thei hle tiin an hre fo \hin. Sum leh pai lamah pawh mihausa a ni ngai lo a, a neih ang tawkah erawh chuan a thilphal em em niin an sawi bawk. Mi chhumchhia leh harsa zawkte a hmangaihin a sum neih chhun pawh an tan a pe phal \hin. Kum 1748 khan kum 74 mi niin a boral a. A ruang hi London-a Bunhill Thlanmualah phum a ni a, he thlanmual hi Kum zabi 17 leh 18na a thuhriltu ropuite an phumna \hin a ni.
Amah hriatrengna lungphun pawh England Biak In lian Westminster Abbey-ah a awm ve nghe nghe a ni. Hla 600 chuang phuahtu England mi ropuite zinga dah a nih hi thil inhmeh tak a ni awm e.
Khawvela hla siamtu ropuia kan sawi lar reng tawh tur G.F Handel te, J. Sabastian Bach te pawh hian Isaac Watts hla thluk milin hla an siam \hina hriat a ni a. Chumi tichuangtu atan chuan Handel-a hian “Aw Lalpa fak ru” tih te leh Bach-a hla “St. Anne’s Fugue” ah te hian “Kan Pathian kan puipa pangngai kan hmalam beiseina” tih te nen hian a thluk pawh a inpawlin, siam danglamah an ngai a ni.
Isaac Watts-a’n a thiamna leh theihna miten an ngaihthlut chhan pakhat chu a hunlaia kohhran mamawh leh kawngsialna lam hla a siam \hin hi a ni. A hlaphuahte hi a lunglên zawng leh a vei zawng chauh a phuah lova, Biak ina sak tur leh a hunlaia inhmeh tur hla a phuah a; tunthlengin a hun ta zel a nih hi. chu chu kohhran tan malsawmna a lo ni ta a ni. Kohhran hmasa tana a hnathawh leh a hlaphuah thar avanga “father of hymnody” nihna an pek pawh hi a awmin, Pathian fakna hla bung thar min kaipuitu a ni.
Pathian fakna hla sak laia rilru hmun khat pu chunga sak loh chuan zai a tui ngai lo a. Kristiante chuan lawmna hi hlain kan sa ngei tur a ni. Van thlen hma pawhin khawvelah hian Vanlal fa nih hi a lawmawm a. Van thlen hunah phei chuan kan lungngaih mittui a hul tawh dawn avangin lawm taka zai mai hi kan tih tur a ni. Lalber khawpui mawi leh thianghlimah kan awm dawn tawh a. Zion tlangah pawh a chhipa lawn turin min sawm thiam hle.
Source :
1. 101 Hymn Stories, Kenneth W Osbeck, 2016, Pub by GS Books, Telangana
2. Hla phuahtute Chanchin, RK Hmangaiha, 2001, Pub by the author, Aizawl
3. Hla leh a phuahtute, Rev PD Sena,1989, Pub by The Synod Publication Board
P.S. Heng hi ka buatsaih mek Kristian Hla Bu leh a behbawm a mi tur ani a. Thiante endik atana upload a nih avangin chhuah chhawn atan chuan hman rih loh nise.
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