Tial Hmung (Saya Shwe Hlaing) Thuanthu

Tial Hmung (Saya Shwe Hlaing) Thuanthu

Ting HLei Thang

A Suah Thu

Tial Hmung cu 1873 kumah Lungpi khua, Falam peng ah a suak. Cumi cu Khupleng khaw kiang, Tlangthlang hmun, Khualsim bial a si. A pa cu Leng Har a si.

Tial Hmung cu 1889-1893 kumah Kalaymyo peng ih Indin khua ah tlawng a kai. A tlawngkainak ihsin “Shwe Hlaing” timi kawl hmin a rak neihnak a si. Himi kum li sung a tlawngkainak ruangah Buddhist phungki pawlih zirh le ciahnehnak ruangah Buddhist ah a cang.

Khristian A Can Dan

Hlan Chin pupapawlih an rak uar zetmi le lar zet asimi ṭhi hlum tete (strings of beads) zuar dingah Mizo ram, Aizawl ah a so. Aizawl a thlen tikah cutawkih umpawl cu hla cabu (hymn books) kengin Pathian be dingah Biakin an feh rero cu a hmuh tikah a nih tla biakin ah feh vein biakin sung tonak (tohkham) ahcun a vung to ve. Cutikah a thinlung ah Khristian si caknak a suak ve.

Cutin Mizo ram ah a pehpeh in kum thum a umih tlawng tla a kai. Cutin lehhnu ahcun Khristian ah a rung cang. Ziangtikah baptisma a la ih zoin baptisma a pe timi ngankhummi a um lo. Mihrek cun 1897 ah a si tin an zum.

Himi hi a dik a si ahcun Chinmi lakih a hmaisabik zumtu Pau Suan, 1904 ih piangthar, 1905 ih baptisma co hnakin a hmaisa sawn. Cun Falam pengih Thang Tsin hnak khalin a hmaisa sawn. Ziang a va si hmanah a tikcu hi theihfelmi a si lo ruangah hmaisabik ih telh a theihlonak a si.

A Nulepa in a minung lem an rak vui

Shwe Hlaing cu kum thum sung inn tlung lo ih a um tikah a nulepa cun a thi a si tin an ruat ih hnahcang kung ih a sung note (plantain trunk) an la ih cumi cu hnipuan in an thuam hnuah kum 3 kimmi sia, vawk le vate tla that in vuinak an nei.

Kum thum hnu 1898 ah Shwe Hlaing cu inn a ra tlung sal. A nulepa in vawk sum-ruk, ar le vate sen (fowl) that in puai an tuah tum. Asinan Shwe Hlaing cun hivek puai tuah a ṭul lo thu le Khristian a si zo thu, lei le van sersiamtu Pathian a biak zo thupawl tla a sim. Asinan a nulepa cun an nunphung  daan cu thlun in an tuah sak thotho.

Chin mipawl hnenah a hmaisabik Calai   

Cumi laiah Chin (Chin Hills) pumpi ah Shwe Hlaing tilo cu cangan thiam an rak um lo. Shwe Hlaing cu 1893-1894 ah Kawl-ca ngan le siar a thiam zo. 1898 ah Mizo cangan le siar a thiam zo. Curuangah a nih cu Chinmi lakah casiar le ngan, calai thiam hmaisabik a si.

Kalaymyo ah A. E. Carson thawn Tawngaw

Rev. A. E. Carson cu Kalaymyo ah a thleng ti thuthang a theih tikah phur zetin Chin ramih missionary hmaisabik tawng dingin a feh.

Cutin Carson thawi an tawnawk ihsin Rev. Carson tei’ nupa in 1901 ihsin 1905 tiang mission tlawng kai dingin Rangoon ah an kuat.

A Rawngbawlnak

Shwe Hlaing cu Khualsim le Zanniat ram pawlah evangelist dinhmunin Pathian thu simin khaw khat hnu khaw khat a feh. Amah hi Chin rampumpi (Chin Hills) ih Pathian thu sim hmaisabik khal a si. 1910 ah Darbo khua ih Duh Cuai thawn an nei aw.

A Harsatnak le Retheihnak

Saya Shwe Hlaing in Pathian hnaṭuannakih a zuamnakin a thawkpek lam ihsin zumtu thar tete tla an um. Culai ih kan Chinmipawl ih kan nawmawknakbik cu puai tuah ih zu le sa ei/in phah ih lam hi a rak si. Asinan zumtu umsunpawl cun cui puai ah an telpilo tikah cupawl cun an mitkem ih ngaihawklonak tete a suak.

Nithla Theihtheinakah Bepi (sulphur beans) an rak hmang

Culaiah nithla siarnak (calendar) a rak um lo ih nitin thuhla ngannak (diary) khal a rak um lo. Curuangah Chin pawl cun ni, thla le kumpawl siarnakah bepi (sulphur-beans) an rak hmang. Khristian an rung si hnuah a hlanih an thingbul lungbul biak nun (animistic life) in ni le thla theihtheinak hrangah ziang ṭhathnemnak hman a rak pe lo. Ziangahtile an thawh veten thawh-hlam an ei, cun lo an feh ih sunvu hna an ṭuan zanlam a kim tikah zanriah an ei ih an it.

Sabbath Ni asilole Lalpai Ni asilole cawlh ni le cawlh-um caan (holiday) tvk an rak nei dah lo. Asinan Khristian an si hnu cun Lalpai/Bawipai Ni hmang dingin thuthluknak an tuah. Cutin Saya Shwe Hlaing in inn-tin ah be-pi (sulphur beans) pa 7 cio a rak pe hai. Cule cui’ bepi cu zing an thawh veten zing khat pakhat bel/khuat pakhat khat sungih thla ringring dingin a sim. Cutin cumi pa 7 a cem tikah cuini cu Cawlhni (Sunday) a si ti theihtheihnak dingah a si.

Zumtupawl Tlanin Hmun An Khuar

Saya Shwe Hlaing le amah tluntu zumtupawl an kiangkap minungpawlin an hua, an nautat, khawlal khalin cumi khami nan tuah thei lo tin mipi hmaiah a simih khua ihsin a dawi hai. Curuangah Zom Tlul le Darbo ih Mang Tiam le Khuahlun khua ih Lian Khum tepawlih hohanakin Khukkhel (kawl hmin – Kabani) ah hmun thar an hmu ih cutawkah hmun khuarin an um. Cutawkih an um cu Kawl (Burmese) ramtawipawlin an hmuh tikah nan umnak hi a niam tuk, tiva kiang a si fawn ṭoṭum (thli le ruah) a rat canah harsatnak nan tawng ding tin an sim.

Cupawlih ruahnak pekmi cu thil cang thei a si tin an zum ruangah hmun thar Kawlpawlih Sedaw tiih an kawhnak hmun ah an ṭhawn. Cumi cu 1913 kum a si. Cui’ hmun cu zumtupawl an va umnak hmun a si ruangah zumlotupawlin “Zisui’ khua” (Jesus village) tin an ko. Cui hmin cun reipi kawh lan a si nan lehhnu ah cun Angṭeng tiih theihmi a si.

A Hlawhtlinnak

Pathian in Saya Shwe Hlaing cu a ṭuanzuamnak ruangah a thlawsuah zet ih kum reilote ah zumtu thar tampi a nei. 1906 ahcun Saya Shwe Hlaing cu Saya Thang Tsin thawn kutkaiaw in hna an ṭuan tlangih himi hi an hlawhtlin cuangnak le zumtu thar an ngah tam cuangnak khal a si.

Tuini ahcun Saya Shwe Hlaing ih hna a rak ṭuannak hmun cu thingbul lungbul bia (animist) an um nawn lo, an zaten Pathian betu lawnglawng an si ṭheh. Himihi Saya Shwe Hlaing in thlaici mangkhung a rak tuhtami ih rahsuah cu a si. Amah cu Khualsim le Zanniat tlangtluan ih Arsi pakhat, meitlu keng hmaisabiktu a si.

A hnaṭuan cawlhnak

Himi laiah kumpi cozah ih ukawknak ah Chinmi sungin calai lam thiam deuh kha  Naga hills ih hnaṭuantu parties hohatu dingah le cutawkih feh dingin amah cu thupek a si. Cutin Saya Shwe Hlaing cun kumpi cozah ih thupek cu el ngamloin Nga hills ah a feh.

1918 ah Chin Hills pumpi ih Khristian zate cu Angṭeng ah annual meeting cu tuah a si. Hiṭumah Rev. Cope in Saya Shwe Hlaing cu a hmu nawn lo tikah a thin a heng zet. Lehhnu ah Rev. Cope cun Saya Shwe Hlaing cu, “ a thupi tukmi Chin hills pumpi ih Chin Khristian hmuahhmuah tawnawknak meeting ah ziangah ka lo hmu lo, khuiah na rak feh, cun ziang duhsan ahsi na um lo”? Tin a sut. Saya Shwe Hlain cun kumpi cozah in Naga hills ih feh ding an ti thu cu a sim. Cutikah Rev. Cope in, “ziangvek thu pawipeng a um tla asile ziangah caan khelin i sim lo” tin thinheng deuh in a let sal. Cumi cu Saya Shwe Hlain in tawk a ti zet thlang ruangah a thin tla a heng ve thlang ih cutin a full-time hnaṭuan ihsin a suak.

Cui’ thawk ihsin amahte free-lance evangelist in hmuntin ah Pathian thuthangṭha simin a caan a hmang.

A ni neta (tlailam ni tla a liam miarmo)

1951, amai rak hmuhmi hmun, Thiamthi ah lo tho ding a timtuahnak ah thing in a nen/tluk ih cutin a nunnak a liam. A falepawl cu Thiamthi ih U Van Sum le U Van Nei (Za Mawi pa) Anṭeng ah damlai tla an si.

Zohrawnmi Cabu

Kip Thian Pau, “Trials and Triumphs of the Chin Pioneers”  

S. Vum Cung Nung, “ A history of Christian Missions Among the Chins with Special Reference to American Baptist Missionaries and Their Contributions to the Transformation of the Chin Culture,” M.Th. Thesis, SAIACC, India, 2007.