HT- New Year Message/Sermon
~ Rev. Dr H.M. Songate
“For I know the plans I have for you”, declares the Lord, “plans to proper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”. Jeremiah 29:11
Pathienin Israel hai kha an umna ngaia um char char dingin a dit nawh a, hmatieng fe pei a, inthanglien deu deu a, an hmu ngai lo le an phu lo le hmu phaklo hmun ah thuoilut a tum a nih. Sal tang ringawta um dingin a thlang dawk nawh a, hnam ropui tak, hrattak, hnam var tak le khawvela hnam chunghnung tak ni ding a a thlang an nih. An ngaituona (mentality) indiklo le inhnuoitak kha thlakpek a nuom a, Puon In a inthawkPucca building ah; thlaler Tui umnawna hmun a inthawk well, tuikhur cho sa dawn dingin; an lan tem phak ngailoGrape phun sa diem le puitling sa sawr le dawn dingin; Olive thing fak chu hrillo, a hmel khawm an la hmu ngailo sik hunta sa sik el ding; sal a inthawka lal le roreltu dingin le Hnam ropui tak a buotsai a tum a nih. An thu awinaw lei le, an lulul leiin hmatieng an fe nuom nawh a, tuor lo ding an tuor teu a, thipui lo ding an thipui teu a nih. Pathien thu an awi naw lei a nih. Zo hnathlak chite te hai hin an umdan le nungchang ei inchuk nisien a hawi bak el!
Kum thar 2016 hi ei nuom le nuom naw thu in, hlawtlingna kum le hlawsamna kum in ei hmang thei. Hlawtlingna ding chun mani sin thawna seng ah ‘hma sawn ngei ngei ding a hma lak’ a ngai. A ngai ngaia um zing, hril ngai hril, thawngai thaw, hmu ngai hmu ringawtin ‘Hma sawn’ naw tawp ei tih. Tulai Car thar le SUV thar mawi tak tak le hrattak tak a suok zut zut laia Ambassador car le Premier Fiat car ah ei la tung kuk tawl ana maw!! Ambassador car hai kukhi Silchar le Kolkota a bak ka hmu ta der nawh! Power brake le power steering bova ei hringna ei khal zing el hin accident naw hmabak ei nei naw hrim a nih! TV ni inla chu mi’n channel 400/500 an nei lai, DD I le II channel nei chau ning ei tih! Vai khuong ben le vai inrum ri chau ngai phak ei tih! Olympic motto pathum chau a um a, chu motto (thiltum) chu sukpuitling dingin khawvel pumpuia inkhel mi haiin hma an lak sup sup hlak leiin Olympic hi mi popo en nuom a tling a nih. Olympic thiltum pathum hai chu:
CITUS=SWIFTER (Inrang lem)
ALTIUS=HIGHER (Insang lem)
FORTIUS=STRONGER (Hrat lem)
Olympic hmasa lema record hai break ding an um der naw chun iengkhawm en ding le thafanpui ding um ngai naw nih. Hun, tha le sum tamtak sengin tukhawm fe bawk naw ni hai. Inkhel mi, hrat tak tak hai nasataka an inbuotsai leiin, Inrang lem (Swifter); Insang lem (higher) le Hrat lem (stronger) um ding hai hmu nuom leia Olympic ah mi an tlan khawm a nih. Hmu ta sa, angai ngai en dingin ei fe pei ngai nawh. BA pass ei lawm zo hnung in kum tin ei la lawm zing ding maw? Thil thar, hmu thar, thu thar, chanchin thar, mi thar hai ei hmu nuom leiin ei fe khawma, mi popo a hip hlak a nih.
Inchuktu (student) bik hai tading in Kum 2016 I lut char a inthawkin kum 2015 nek a Inrang lem, Insang lem, Hrat lem dingin hma la nghal rawh! Tum lovin thaw nghal rawh. Zing tho inhma lem dingin, lekha tiem rawn lem dingin, Khawlai leng tlawm lem dingin, mani khat chaua um inchuk a taima insuo dingin, tawng tlawm lem dingin, mi rel le mi hrilsietna dose khawm suk tlawm in, thiltha ngaituo rawn lem in, inthena neka inpumkhatna lungril put lem dingin, khawlai leng tlawm lem dingin, tawng tlahawl mei mei bansan in, titakna nun inchuk in, mani inngaise lova inngaihnuoi lem in, mani neka chau le hratnaw lem hai er lova, a thiem lem, a var lem le changkang lem hai el in, facebook neka textbook hawng rawn lemin hma lak angai ding a nih. Ni khat ah darkar thum (3) chau lekha tiem tu chun, nitin darkar 8 le darkar 10 chen tiem dingin hma la rawh. Chuongchun Insang lem I ta, sin lien lem, sin thalem neiin Nuhmei/pasal fel lem le thalem nei pha bawk I ta, I lawmna zuol bawk a ta, Pathien thu hi pawmtlak ani zie chieng bawk I tih. Kei khawm international school (USA) ah theology le management kum sari (7) le kum hni dang kan chuk ve a. A tawp tieng chu, nitin darkar 8 le darkar 10 inkar ka tiem ve a nih. Chuongchun, ruol ban phak ngailo khan mi dum le mi var hai dam ka hung phak ve a nih. I nuom le nuom naw thu le I pei le pei naw thu ah an nghat a nih. Ruol tluklo a ei ngai hai hi Pathienin lampui a buotsai peksa hraw tha nuomlo hai an ni deu tak. Khawvel hmasawn dan le inthanglien dan hi an rang emem a, angaia um char char tuhai tading chun, ruol ban phak chu hrillo, hmasawn ngaina a um naw a nih. Pathienin Adam a kuom ah “I dam sungin sin inrim takin thawng I ta, a ra chu fa tang I tih. Hling le buorhai khawm insuo pek a ti che” (Gen 3:17) alo tih. Sin inrim pei lo, Hling le buor khawm nertlang peilo, Thalai le pastor le rawngbawltuhai khawm eini chun, fa tlak ei ni nawh. Ei fak khawmin mi fak ang fa phak ding ziezang ei ni nawh. Lungsiet um tlak khawm eini bawk nawh! Pathien thu bawsie zingin ieng tinam mawlsawmna hmung ei ta? Hnuoi malsawmna hi tiemsa ana, hmai a thlan luong nguoi nguoi a sin thawtuhai tading a nih. I la thaw ngai naw ani chun 2016 hin tan nghal rawh! Malsawmna hnar a nih
Private le sawrkara sin thawna neituhai khawm a, ringumtak le mit tlung taka sin ei thaw a, a hma neka fel lem, thiem lem, tha lem ni ei tum chun malsawmna ei dawng ding a nih. James Hilton chu Bangladesh ram ah Christian officer lientak umsun hlak a nih a. Secretary level a nih. A hming ah (nickname) ‘That incorruptible man’ (Corrupt velo pa kha) an tih. Bill Clinton US president ani lai a Bangladesh ram thangpuina in kind in wheat (beiphit) tamtak a hung pek khan WV India senior staff hai Monetization thawna enpui dinglai ka thang ve a. Chu tum chun James Hilton kan hmupuia, a testimony mitin hriet ani zie ka zu hril nghe nghe. Onesimus angin ei danglamna le ei puitlingna mitinin hre mawl raw hai se. Chu ding chun chan ngam angai a nih. Isun’n a vanram ropui le a Lalna a chan a, Abraham in a ram le a sunghai le a hausakna popo a maksan a, Moses in Egypt ram popo a chan tawp ani kha! Khawvel in, eini rawi hi Pathien nau siemthar (transformed) ei ni hi hmu ve raw hai se!
Philemon 11 ah Paul in “Kha hma khan chu hmangna bo ana, tu ruok hin chu nang le kei a ta dingin tangkai tak a nih” a tih. (Formerly, he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me). Onesimus khawm hmangna bo le hmang tlaklo kha, Paul in a cousel hnungin mi piengthar, hmangtlak le fel a hung nita a nih. Nang teh, a ngai ngaiin I la um zing ding a ni? Thabo zing ding I ni? Zu rui zing ding I ni? Khawlai lengtham mei mei zing ding I ni? Hlaw dawk le mai dawk nei lova, insung ah ilan hrawt zing ding a ni? Insiem that le danglam I nuom ve naw? Israel hai ang in lulul I lan suo zing ding? Zu, drug le nungchang thanaw leia ei hringna ei chan hi Lalremruot ani ngai nawh. Ei in hril pei naw lei le Pathien thu ei zawmnaw lei ani lem. Pucca In I hluo theinaw nasan, le rethei taka I um zing nasan kha NANG a lei a nih kha! Intum ding zawng der naw rawh! Kei ni nupa khawm kan khat chau a tawngtaina hun kan hmang pha, ruol kan tluk zo naw zie dam, mi hai angin kan ringna a hrat tawk naw zie dam, kan tuorsel tawk naw zie dam, thiemna le felna kawng ah hma lak nasat a la tul zie dam, inpekna kawnga dam, tawngtaina kawnga, thilpekna kawnga dam, Pathien thudik tan tlat na kawnga dam, Pathien ram kohran rawngbawlna a dam kan thawthei ve hai a tlawm zie kan hriet in, inphalam um kan ti hlak a, ingaise lovin inngaihnuoi tak le inphalam tak pumin ‘hma tieng kan pan tal tal’ hlak a nih. Chuong naw chun Lalpa ram rawngbawlna ah ruol ban lo le hmangtaklo in um pal kan tih ti kan inlau hlak. Nupui hai le In a umtu hai khawma, leng thawveng mei mei el lovin, hun thiemtak le var taka hmang ding a nih. 2016 kum hi hmai a thlan luong a, Hling le Buorhai ner thlenga Insang lem, Inrang lem le Hrat lem kumin hmang tum seng ei tiu, chuchu Pathien thupek ani si a. Amen
