Zisu Na Tep Dah Maw?

Chicago Divinity  School ih phunsang tlawng (University) ah kum tin ten “Baptist Day” timi an nei ringring. Cui puai ahcun suncaw an kenmi cu lengih hrampi parah an ei ṭheu. “Baptist Day” tinten ṭuanvo neitupawlin tlawngih zirhtu dingah Pathian thu lamih zirhtu ropibik an timi pakhat cu an sawm ringring.

Kum khat cu Dr. Paul Tillich cu zirhtu dingah an sawm. Dr. Tilich cun nahzi pakhat le a khuai sung Zisui thawhsalnak a dik lo zia le a sual ziapawl a simfiang rero. Cabu pakhat hnu pakhat, a siarmi le a theihmi sungtapawl a rel. Netabik ih a simmi cu thuanthu zawng khalin thawhsalnak timi cu a um lo, kawhhran ih biaknak nunphung cu thudik ngai a si lo, an sopaw an phursual menmi a si, ziangah tile Zisui thawhsalnak timi cu a taktak a si lo tin a sim. Cule thusuhduh nei nan um maw tin a sut hai.

Seconds 30 hrawng a rei hnuah, putar, taksa ngo tuk lo, cal ngolh nawn, ṭuakpar phah mi pakhat cu mipi hmaiah a suakih Doctor Tillich, thusuh ding pakhat ka nei a ti, cuveten mipi mit cu cupai hnenah a feh thluh.

Hmaiah a va suakih a dip sungih apple paimi a phorh ih a ei. Dr. Tillich…HMUAT, HMUAT…ka thusuh duhmi cu lolam te a si ko, a apple cu a vun kawh bet …. HMUAT, HMUAT, HMUAT  … kei cu original Greek Bible khal ka siar thiam lo … HMUAT HMUAT … Niebuhr le Heidegger thu khal ka thei lo …CRUK, HMUAT HMUAT….”

A thil ei mi cu a cem … “Ka theih duhmi cu ka ei-mi Apple kha a thlum maw a kha saw?

Dr. Tillich cu reilote thu a ruat ih “na thusuhnak cu fiangfelin ka lo sang thei lo ding, ziangahtile na ei-mi apple cu ka tep ve dah lo pi, a thlum tla a si thei, a kha tla a si thei, ka fiang lo” a ti.

Putar cun a ei-mi apple hrekkhat cu cahnah parah a khak ih a dip ih a san hnuah Dr. Tillich cu a hun zoh ih nuamten, “Ka Lal Zisu hi na tep ve dah maw Dr. Tillich” tin a hun sut.

Mipi 1,000 lenglo cu an sup aw thei nawn lo ih an hni, an khek ih an kut an beng, an ‘cheers’ aw ciamco.

Dr. Tillich cun mipi cu ka lungawi a tiih zamrang ten a suak lohli.

Zisu na tep ve zo maw?

“Bawipa ih ṭhat zia cu nan mah tein tep ciak hnik uh; A hnenih himnak a ngahtu cu mi thlawsuak an si” (Saam 34:8)

Ref: Inspire 21