231/2017 Hla 6500 chuang phuah theitu

CHARLES WESLEY (1707 - 1788)

(Arranged and Based on Kristian Hla bu)

Charles Wesley a hi kum 1707 December ni 18 khan Rev Samuel Wesley leh Susanna Wesley te fapa pathumna ni turin Epworth, Lincolnshire, England-ah a lo piang a. Chhungrual tak niin an unau zinga a sawm pariatna ni a ni.  Kum khat leh a chanve a nih lain an chenna in kang a, mak tak maiin u John Wesley-a nen chhanchhuah an ni. A u John Wesley hi Methodist kohhran harhna lama hma hruaitu hmingthang tak a ni a.  Chhungrual tak an nih avangin Unau sawm leh pakua zet a nei a ni. A pa hi pastor hlaphuah thiam tak a nih avangin a chhun fuh hle a tihtheih bawk awm e.

Charles Wesley-a te unau hi lehkhathiam thei tak an ni. Londona Westminster School, Christ College, Oxford  kalin  kum 1730 khan B.A a zo a, kum 1732  M.A a zo leh a ni. An unauva Unjiversity an zilai hian zirlaite chuan sakhaw lam an ngaihsak lovin, an rinna chu a dal lutuk tih an hriat chuan isam tha turin “Holy Club” an din a, a \angkai hle a ni. Awmze nei takin an Club kalphung leh hmalakna an ruahman \hin avang chuan an hlawhtling hle a. Tel belh leh rawngbawl tur an tam a, a hming pawh ‘Methodist’ tiin an thlak ta a. Pawl lian leh \hangduang tak a nih thlengin Methodist tih hi an pu hlen ta zel a ni.

Kum 1735 khan Church of England-a Deacon ni tura nemngheh a ni. Kum 1735 vek khan Anglican kohhran chuan a u John Wesley-a nen  Indian ho zinga rawngbawl turin Georgia, U.S.A-ah Missionary turin an  tirchhuak nghal a. Lawngah chuan Moravian hnam Pathian thuhrila zin nen an chuang tlang ta a. An rawngbawlna leh hmalak dante sawia an awm lai chuan thlipui nasa tak a lo thawk a, tui a fawn nasa hle a.  Tuifawnin an lawng chhung a khuh hlup hlup lai chuan an dinhmun a derthawng hle tih an hria a. Mahse Moravian ho chuan chunglam en chungin hlauhna leh thlaphanna an nei miah lo a, lawm awm em emin an zai an zai a, an hlim zawk mah emaw ni tih tura an awm a hmuh chuanWesley-a rilru a hneh hle  ani. 

Pathian hmangaihna chungnung ber:

Kum 1936 January ni 25 khan John Wesley chuan ama chanchinbu “Wesley” ah chuan hetiang hian a ziak a.

“Pathian pawla hla an sak laiin tuipui fawn a nasa ta mai a, lawng chhia a let rem rum a, lawng chhuat te lah tuiin a vur hlup hlup mai si. Keini English tana hun rapthlak ber a nih laiin Moravian ho lah chuan chung lam enin tui em em hian hla an sa a. In hlau na nge tia an zinga mi pakhat ka zawh chu, ‘Hlau lo, Lalpaah kan lawm tlat alawm’ tiin” a chhang a ni. An nun hian a hneh em avangin Wesley-a hian an hmunpui Herrnhut, Germany a mite chanchin leh an hlate chu a zir pah reng a. Hla \hahnem tak a letling bawk. Kum 1737 a\anga 1786 khan Pathian fakna hla 63 a tihchhuah zingah Moravian ho hla kalhmang chu lungphumah a hmang nasa hle a ni.

           Wesley –a hian hlaphuah a thiam em em a, a awlsam hle bawk. Hla hi 6,500 lai a phuah a, a hlaphuahte hi \awngdanga lehlin hlawh tak a ni. A thil tawn apiang hi hla \ha tak phuahna atan a hmang nghal \hin a. Hla phuah tur a rilru a a lo luh tawh hi chuan biak hleih theih loh hian a khawvel dangah a awm ang hialin a rilru a pe nghal a. Hun bik nei chi hlate hi awlsam takin a phuah zung zung \hin. Chuti a nih avang chuan hla pawh a phuah tam nangiang reng a, hla \ha tak tak a awm \euh nachungin KHB siamtute hian mi pakhat kutchhuak tam lutuka dah bik an duh loh vang te pawh a ni ang KHB ah hian a hla 10 chauh dah a ni.

       He hla hi Rev Dr C.L Rema lehlin niin, chang lina hi tarlang ila;

 I thil siam tharah min siam la,

Thianghlim bawlhhlawh kai lovin;

Chhandamna famkim chu changin,

Nangmah n>n inrem lehin.

Ni tin ropui deuh deuh z>lin,

V^nram nuam kan thlen thlengin;

Chutah kan lallukhum dahin,

Hmangaih fakin kan l>ng ang.

Aw, Mi sang tam tak zai te chu :

Kum 1738-a khan a inpekna leh a nun siamtharlehna a chan a\angin hla phuah leh thuhril; rawngbawlna lamah a in hmang nasa zual a. Hla phuah a thiam mai piah lamah hian Wesley-a hian thuhril rawngbawlna lamah hian a thawh hlawk hle a. A unaupa John Wesley-a leh George White field-a te chuan Harhtharna khawmpui an buatsaiha, chutah chuan thu hril rawngbawlna pawh a nei \hin a. Kum 17 chhung thu hrilin a zin kual thin a, kum 1756 hnu lamah erawh chuan a chak lohna avangin Bristol leh London ah te chauh rawngbawlna a nei ta a ni.

      

      He hla phuahtu hi Charles Wesley-a (1707-1788) a ni a.  Wesley –a hian hlaphuah a thiam em em a, a awlsam hle bawk. A pianthar champha vawi 11-na, kum 1749 May 21- nia a phuah a ni. Wesley hi Moravian ho nunin a hneh em avanga piangthar a ni a, Moravian hruaitu pakhat Peter Bohler-a chuan, 'Lei sangkhat nei ila, avaiin Isua Krista fak na ka hmang vek ang,' a ti thin a. Chu chu Wesley-a bengah a cham reng thin. Tichuan, a pianthar champha vawi 11-na ah he hla hi a phuah ta a ni. A tirah chuan he hla hi chang sawm pakua zeta sei a ni a. A hla hming atan pawh “Ka pianthar hriatreng nana hla” tiin a ziak a.  'Aw mi sang tam tak zaite chu, Tlantu ropui fakin.....' tih hi hla chuai thei lo a ni zel dawn a ni.

Pathian thu Sam 150.6 thu tlawh chhan hi a inhmeh hle  ani.

Ngai r’u, van mi tlangau chu:

A naupan tet atang rinna kawnga duhtui tak, Oxford University atanga lehkha zir chhuak, Georgia, USA a Missionary tura chhuak meuh ni mahse a rawngbawlna a hlawhtlin loh avangin an kir leh thuai a. Wesley-a hian Moravian ho ang khan a thinlungah thlamuanna leh hlimna a nei lo tih a inhria a. An Missionary-na hmun U.S.A atanga beidawng taka an lo haw hian London-ah Moravians ho inkhawmna Aldersgate Hall-ah peih lo chung chungin a tel ve fo a. He inkhawmna hmuna a tel atang hian ‘thiltih vang ni lovin rinna avanga khawngaihnaa Chhandam’ kan nihzia a hre chhuak  ta a. 

Hemi zan hian nun thlamuanna leh hlimna thlen theitu, thlemna tinreng tlansan thei tura chakna pe thei tu leh a thil dil leh ngaihtuah apiang tihsak thei tu Lal Isua chu a lo hrechiang ve ta a. Hetia nun thar a neih hnu hian Lal Isua hmangaihna mak a tih zia leh a ropui a tihzia chu hla in a puang chhuak a.

An unau, John leh Wesley hian hneh theih loh nun nei turin tumruhna an siam sauh sauh a. Ni tin darkar 15 a\anga 18 vel chhung chu Pathian tana hnathawkin hun an hmang \hin a. An unau rawngbawlna hi an chhut chiang a, mel tam tak, maktaduai chuang Great Britain ramchhungah rawngbawlna neiin an zin a/ An zinna tam ber chu sakawrin a ni lehnghal a, vantlang inkhawm hmun sing li chuangah an nei hman a ni.  Charles Wesley hian hla pawh 6500 chuang a ziak a ni.

He hla 1938 vela Welesly hla phuah hmasak pawl a ni a, a hla hi Church of England hla buah telh a nih dan chu tihpalh thil thu a ni. England kohhrante hian Wesley hla hi an duh lo thei hle a, mahse khawlchhutu chuan hre lovin a chhut tel avangin duh lo hle mah se a awm ta zel a. An hriatchhuah meuh chuan a lo reiin, a lo lar tawh bawk si a. Paih hleih theih lovin a tel ta zel a ni. William haymen Commings-a hla siam thiam hmingthang tak chuan dahremin, ‘Mendelssohn’ tih hla siam thiam hmingthang chawia a dah a ni. Tho thang \ha vet vawta zai ho nana sak leh mi mal, groupa rual taka sak hian phur lo taka sak a har hle a, hla danglam bik tak a ni kan tithei ang.

Engtin nge ni? Ka Chhandamtu:

“ Min hmangaiha a thisenin kan sualte lak ata min tlanchhuak a ” Thup 1:5

  He hla ‘Engtinnge ni ka chhandamtu’ tih hi May 20,1938 a a phuah a ni a. He hla ropui tak hi tun thleng pawh a mite thinlung khawihtu leh ngaihhlut pawl tak pakhat ala ni reng a ni. Kristiante hian Kalvari hmangaihna kan ngaihtuah chhuak thei a nih pawhin Charles Wesley a hla ropui tak mitthla chunga ngaihtuah hian Kalvaria Lal Isua tuarna hi ngaihtuah se a fiah lehzual awm e. 

Epworth, Lincolnshire, England  chhuak Charles Wesley-a te unau hi a pa  duhthusam ang ngei a lehkhathiam leh rawngbawltu tangkai tak an ni a. An unau an tam ang bawk hian an kutchhuak pawh a tam a ni.

            Naupang nih lai a\anga rinna kawnga duhtui tak, University-a lehkha a zirlai pawha zirlaite rinna khawp kham loh avanga pawl hian din a ni.  U.S.A atanga a lo hawn hnu, Aldersgate Hall-a thlarauva poantharna a neih a\angin s nun hi s danglam em em a. He zan hian Lal Isua chu a lo hrechiang ve ta a. Hetia nun thar a neih hnu hian Lal Isua hmangaihna mak a tih zia leh a ropui a tihzia chu hla in a puang chhuak ta a…

 Engtinnge ni ka Chhandamtu,

Thisenah hlawkna hlu ka hmuh ?

Thihna rapthlak tuartirtu kei,

Ka tan a lo thih tak ni le…

Thiamloh chan reng ka hlau tawh lo’ng

Isua ka ta , kei ama ta;

Mi nung Krista zawmin ka nung,

Pathian felna ka inthuamna… 

a lo ti thei ta a ni.

Lalpa chu a tho leh ta, haleluia ! :

Charles Wesley chanchin kan sawi tak angin Lal Isua thawhlehna leh hun bik nei hla phuah a\anga mite hriat chhoh a ni \an a. Kristian Hla bua I Korinth 15.20 bible behchhan tarlan a nih angin, Matthaia 28:6 “Hetah a awm tawh lo ve; a sawi ang ngeiin a thawhleh tawh kha. A mutna hmun hi rawn en teh mah u” tih thute nen hian a inhmeh em em a. Easter Hymn a nih angin Music Meter 77.77 hi sak nuam tawka ngaih a ni a. Tho thang \ha taka sak hian a rilru tur kan hre thei awm e.

A tirah chuan he hla hming “Thawlehna ni hla” tih niin hla tlar li, chang sawm pakhata siam niin, tunah erawh hla chang nga chauh hriat lar a ni ta. He hla lar zet thluk siamtu leh ziaktu (composer of music) hi tun thlengin hriat theih a ni ta lovin 101 hymn stories ah chuan tarlan a ni a. Kristian Hlabu-ah erawh chuan H.Carey (1690 - 1743) tih tarlan a ni thung. A thluk dan ziakna hmasa ber chu “Lyra Davidica” hla bu kum 1708 khan a sak dan thluk awm chu chhuah a ni tawh thung. Ama kutchhuak anga ngaih theih erawh a ni ta awm lo e.

Londona Wesleyan biak in hmasa ber chu thir rawhtuina ang mai a ni a. Kum  1739 khan Charles Wesley hian an biak in inkhawmna hmasa ber an neih \umin a phuah a, hei hi Adersgate-a insiamtharlehna a neih hnu kum khatna a ni.  “Foundry hmuna hla an sak \hin” Foundry’s Collection hla bu a chhuah zingah a tel a ni. He lehkhabu-ah hian hla 50 leh Sam bu chu ziah tel a ni bawk. 

Haleluia tih hla tawpa awm zel hi a tirah chuan Wesley-a hian a ziak tel lova, a a phuah dan ni lo mah sela hla siamtu ten remchang leh mawi zawka an ngaih avangin an telhsak ta bawk. Haleluia tih an telh hi hmanlai Hebrai miten Pathian an biakna hmunah an ching \hin a. An hlasak tawpah hian a remchan dan mila ‘Haleluia’ an lo tih \hin vang a ni. Chu chu kohhran hmasate khan an chhunzawm ta zel a ni. Tun thleng hian kan lo telh ve ta zel a ni.

En rawh, chhum zingah a lo kal:

Rev PD Sena chuan he hla hi ama phuah liau liauah ngai mahsela, KHB ah chuan Rev J Cennick nena phuah a nih thu tarlan a ni a, Rev J Cennick erawh kan chhui hman lo ang.

Lengkhawm hla hmanga zaikhawma lam mup mup hi a ni mai awm e. Hlim harhna a thlen apianga sak hlawh \hin a lengkhawm thluk hi a lar zawk a. Bible hi hlaa dahchhuak ang maiin Lal Isua chhum zinga a lo kal tur hi a sawi  thiam a. Hai derh theih loh khawpa Tawtawrawt a rik hun chuan mi tinin an hmu ang a, amah khengbeta a thu zawm lo chuan lungngai tawpin an hmu dawn a ni. Chhandamna kan chan tawh dawn avangin lawm taka fak chungin kan hmuak ang. A nghak hlel tawh hle a ni

Isu, ka thla hmangaihtu:

Charles Wesley nunah hian rawngbawltura America ram an kal kha a pawimawh hle a. A nun inthlakna tura hmahruaitu leh a hla phuah kawngah pawh behchhan tur daihriat a neih vang a ni.

He hla hi a hla phuahte zinga \ha ber pawla mi ten an ngaih a ni a. |awng hrang hranga Pathian fakna hla bu siamah chuan a tel deuh zel e an tia. He hla thu a ziah zawh hian endik sak turin a u John Wesley hnenah chuan a thawn a, mahse John-a chuan a lo hnawl sak ta tlat mai a nih chu. A chhan chu a sentimental lutuk a ti a, a hun harsa paltlang zawng zawng kha ngaihtuah chianna awm lova thinlung no lutuk vang leh inveng lo taka ziak mai mai niin a hriat vang a ni.

Charles Wesley thih hma chuan a lar lo reng a, a  thih hnu 1740 chuan Hymns and Sacred Poems tih hla bu; hla 139 zet telna tihchhuah a nih avangin mipui tlanglawnin an hre chauh thung a ni.

Sawi dan tam tak a awm a, mi \henkhat chuan thlipui a tleh lai khan Wesley-a pindanah sava chu inhumhimna zawngin a thlawk lut a. Chumi changchawia phuah a ni tih te, a \hen chuan a rawngbawlna pawl dodal avanga mipui thinrim a hmachhawn vang a ni ti an awm bawk.

Kum 1736 favang tawp lam khan USA atangin England panin Lawngah a chuang a, Thlipui nasa takin a nuai a, tuifawn pawh a nasa hle mai a. An boral ngei ngei dawn niin a lang tawh. Chutiang hun hlauhawm karah chuan,"Ka thih hun ni thleng pawhin ka Lalpa, min hruai zel rawh," tiin he hla hi a phuah phah ta a ni. An lawng erawh chu tluang takin December ni 3 khan vaukamah a thleng ta a ni. America rama thuhriltu lar Henry Ward Beecher-a chuan,"Wesley-a anga hlaphuah thiam nih hi lei chunga Lal zawng zawng hmingthanna ai hian ka duh zawk a. New york-a pa hausa ber nih aiin he hlaphuahtu nih hi ka duh zawk. Khawvel ropuina a ral ang a, Tawtawrawt hnuhnung a rik hunah pawh he hla hi chu a la hlu fan ang," a ti hial a ni. dr Bodine chuan “ Sap \awnga hla phuah tawhah chuan thinlung dek thei ber hla a ni” tiin a duhzia a sawi bawk.

Aw, ka thlarau tho la, i sualna kalsan rawh:

He hla hi Charles Wesley phuah a ni a, a chanchin kan sawi lang nual tawh avangin a hla chungchang hi sawi ta ila. Thluk khatna hi Rev John Darwell siam niin, Thluk hnihna siam danglamtu chu DR Towner a nih thu kan hmu a. Rom 13:11 “Tun lai thil awmzia in hriat avang leh muhil thawhharh a hun tawh tak   zet tih in hriat avangin chu chu ka sawi a ni; tunah chuan kan rin tirh lai ai khan kan chhandamna chu a hnai ta zawk si a” tih behchhan anih angin Bible thu dang, Isua tuarna behchhan tur inhmeh thei tam tak pawh a awm a.

John Wesley leh Charles Wesley te unau hi rawngbawlnaa inkawp rem tak an ni a, London-a kohhran ro lai taka piangthar an nih angin he hla pawh hian thinlung a khawih bik em em a ni.

Rev PD Sena chuan “Harhna \um hnihnaah te khan an duh khawp a, ‘Hliam nasa tak a tuar’ tih lai hi an duhzual leh uar bik chu a ni a, an hla hrilin runthlak taka ‘Hliam nasa tak a tuar’ tih an hril laiin mi pakhat chuan a rilrua a uarzual bikzia entir nan a ni ber ang chu tih takzet hian ‘A inpal at em ni?’ tiin a lo auchhuak ve ta a ni; runthlak ti em emin uar ngaihna dang hre lovin  a ti ni ngei tur a ni. Tin, A \awng\ainaahte chuan ka tan min ngensak \hin’ tih hi Kristian Hla bu chhut hmasaah chuan “An \awng\ainaah te chuan’ tih a ni a, chu chuan a phuahtu tum a kawk zawk a ni. Sap hla lamah chuan ‘Hliam nasa tak’ tih ni lovin, ‘Hliamna panga’ tih a ni. Chung hliamna panga te chuan kan tan min ngensak \heuh a ni a ti. A suangttuah mak hle mai” tiin a sawi a.

Rev PD Sena chuan “Hla leh a phuahtute tihah chuan he hla letlingtu hi Pu Suakpuia a ni. Thluk hnihna hi kan hmang lar zawk reng a, Kristian Hla bu ennawn hnuhnungah an thun lut ve ta a ni” tiin a hriat dan a sawi thung. Kan hmanlaiah erawh Rev |hianga tiin tarlan a ni a. A dik zawk turah pawh ngai ila a pawm a nuam hle a ni.

Isu, zaidam leh nunnem :

“Nimahsela Isuan chu chu a hmuhin a lungni lo em em a, zirtirteho hnenah chuan, “Naupang tete ka hnenah han kaltir ula, hnar suh u; Pathian ram chu hetiang mite ta a ni si a - Marka 10:14” tih thu chhiar hmasak hi chuan he hla deh dan hi a dang zelin ka hre \hin.

Sap hla lamah chuan chang nga lai a awm a. Chang hnihna leh chang ngana hi lehlin tel a ni ta lo a ni. Zosaphluia (Rev DE Jones) hian chang khatna chauh hi a letling a, chutah chuan “Isu, zaidam leh nunnem, naupangte min enkawl a” tih hi “Isu, zaidam leh nunnem, naute i enkawl em em” tiin a letling a ni. 

A hnu lama hla bu ennawnin an lehlin belha, tu nge kutthlak tih erawh kan hre thei dawn ta lo a nih hi. Rev PD Sena chuan hla lehlin hian lehlin kim hram hram tum a \hat thu a sawi a. Amaherawh chu hnam hrang hrang hian hetiang hi kan lo nei deuh vek mai a ni.

A hla thluk hminga ‘Innocents’ a nih angin naupang pawi sawi lo thinlung leh he hla hi a inhmehin a \hatna tizualtu a ni a.  Lal Isuan naupangte a lawm chhan leh a voh bik dan nen pawh a inhmeh em em a ni. Mizo hla thu har leh um elh tak tak hmang lova naupang ten awlsam taka an hriatthiam tura lehlin a ni hi a hlu zual hle a. Kohhran hmasa te Pathiain thu an hriatna kawngah an ril lem lo a, chuti a nih phei chuan naupang zawkte enkawl leh hruai kawngah te, naupangten Isua an hmuh dan tur awm ang tak hla thu a nih avang pawhin naupang tan a chiang thei viau a ni. Zofa H Chhangte

 Isu, zaidam leh nunn>m,

Naupangte min enkawl la;

Ka ^tna min ngaidam rawh,

I hn>nah min kaltir rawh.

 Nangmah anga awm t<rin,

Thu awih theihna min pe la;

Ngilnei leh khawngaiha khat,

Thinlung thar min neihtir la

Foot note ka dah lo a, a reference atan chuan hengte leh google lam a mite hman a ni

1. Kenneth W Osbeck, 101 hymn stories; 2016, published by GS Books , Secundarabad

2. RK Hmangaiha, Hla phuahtute chanchin; 2001, published by RK Hmangaiha, Aizawl

3. Rev P.S Sena, Hla leh a phuahtute; 1989, published by The Synod Publication Board, Aizawl

P.S : On-going work a nih avangin la chhuahchhawn loh nise. |hiante Proof atana update rih a ni