~ Rev Benjamin Shakum
“Ngaiven unla, fimkhur ro; in hmelma diebol chu sakeibaknei inrum angin a fak zo ding zongin an vel ruoi hlak a nih.” I Peter 5:8
Tulai huna ei hun tawng mek tah a hin chu nu le pa hai khawm Pathien ei hlat deu deu tah a ni ti dingin a um ta a, ei nauhai tam tak chu biekin lam khawm an inhmang a, ei țawngțai taima naw hle bawk. Hi lei hin Setan le a rawihai chun ram chunga nasatakin sietna an intlungtir mek zing a nih. Dawi tieng thil khawm an lar nasa a, mi chunga thlarausuolhai sin thaw hmu le hril ding khawm a tama, ringtuhai hi Setan le a rawihai chun an mi huphur naw hle ni ngei a ta, thlarau suol/khawhri hai khawm an inlarna hai le chawkbuoia um țhalai țhenkhat hai chanchin hi hril zeu zeu ding a um zing ta a.
Hieng hi ei hmasuon a ni zing laiin ringtu tam tak chun Setan hi a um le a um naw khawm ngaisak rak loin a pangngai in nun ei la hmang zinga; a țhen chun ei piengthar taphawt le Setan le a rawihai chun a hnai khawm an mi hnai ngam lo dingin ei ngai pawng chang a; a țhen chun Setan le a sinthaw hi a țit in ei ți em em leiin a hril khawm ei ngam nawh a. A bikin ei țhalai hai nun hi Setan chun a suksiet nasa em em. Generation gap, țhanghlui le țhangthar kar, hi hlatak an ta leiin nauhai ngaituona le ditzawng a țha a țha naw khawm hre chuong lo nu le pa tam tak um thei a ni bawk. Ei hriet naw kar in Setan in ei nauhai, ei țhalai hai ngaituona fe dan nasataka thuhne in a tawpa chu ama (Setan) ngei khawm hi be dingin an lungril ah sin a thaw pei an tah. Ei țhalai hai nuna Setanin sietna intlungtir na dingin nasatakin hma a lo lak na hai hre a, ei fimkhur nawk zuol na dingin țhalai hai lai Setan in hma a lakna hmangruo țhenkhat suklang inla:
Hla/Rimawi (Music): Rimawi hmangin Satanin mi lungril ah lampui indiknaw an hraw na dingin țhang a lak thei. Hla thu hai hrim hrim hin idea le philosophy an puongsuok hlak, chuong chu miin a vel a vela an ngai lem chun hla thu a philosophy le idea hai chun mi chu thuhnein, chuong mi hai chu lampui indik naw ah a țhuoi thei. A bik takin rock music hi țhalai hai lai an lar em em leiin an hla an ngai hai hin ieng thu am an puongsuok a ti hi hrietchieng a țha hle awm. Hla țhenkhat a lem chu a hla hai chu a let a insaktir in Setan chawimawina thu hai dam a lo um hlak. Hieng hi ‘sublimnal messages in rock music’ an na, hla ngaithlak a um hai chun Setan inpakna thu inthup chu an puongsuok ve zing a. Chu thu inthup hai chu hla ngaitu lungrila ngaituona nei na dinga a hmang naw na hmun (subconscious part) a chun thunin a um a, lungril a um ta hrim hrim chu a tawpa Setan lawmzawng le ditdan hai chu chuong hla hai ngaithlatu ngaituona ah an hung inlang suok hlak a nih. Hla a thu inthup entirna:
Led Zepellin hai hla ‘Stairway to Heaven’ a chun a hla a let zawng a in sak tir (backmasking) chun hi thu hi a lo um: ‘ Oh, here’s to my sweet Satan. The one whose little path would make me sad, whose power is Satan. He’ll give those with him 666, there was a little toolshed where he made us suffer, sad Satan’ Eagles hai ‘Hotel California’ a chun hi thu hi a um bawk: ‘Satan he hears me. He had me believe.’Rock band țhenkhat lem chun Setan biekna an hmang hlak inchikna hai dam an album kawm ah an inchuon sa hlak. Heavy metal le hard rock tiengpang lem hi chu chuongang chu a tama, an hla thu a hai khawm Setan biekna thu a pawng a pui an suk lang el khawm tam tak a um. Hieng hla hai hi țhalai tam tak chun butak-khuk a an i khukpui a, a nawn a nawn in an ngai nawk nghal el si a, an lungril a chun ieng ang ngaituona’n am hmun chang rawn a ta ti chu thil ngaituo khawp a tling ta hrim hrim. Rock band țhenkhat hai chun Satan suk lawm an tumna leiin Setan chu an biek hiel a nih ti suklangna dingin hieng po chau hi entirna angin hei tarlang ei tih:
Metallica ti rock band hai chun hieng hin ‘The Prince’ ti hla a chun an sak pawng chang: "Angel from below...I WISH TO SELL MY SOUL...DEVIL TAKE MY SOUL with diamonds you repay I don’t care for heaven so don’t you look for me to cry AND I WILL BURN IN HELL from the day I die". Bon Jovi chun a hla “Homebound Train” a chun hieng hin a sak: ”When I was just a boy THE DEVIL TOOK MY HAND Took me from my home He made me a man...I’m going DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN On the homebound train.” AC/DC hai chun an hla “Highway to Hell” a chun hieng hin an sak bawk: ”Ain’t nothing I would rather do GOIN’ DOWN, PARTY TIME My friends are gonna be there too...Hey Satan, paid my dues...I’m on the way to the promised land I’m on the HIGHWAY TO HELL.”
Musician le singer thenkhat chun rapthlak takin hieng dam hin an tih:
“The throbbing beat of rock provides a vital sexual release for adolescent audiences.” (Jan Berry)
“Pop music is sex, and you have to hit them in the face with it.” (Andrew Oldham, recording manager for the ‘Rolling Stones’)
“We take kids away from their parents and their environment to where the only reality is the rhythm and the beat.” (Donnie Brewer of Grand Funk)“Rock music is a greater influence over the souls of men than primitive Christianity.” (John Denver)
“Sex is where its at in music… and I like it.” (Johnny Bristol)
“I’ve always thought that the main ingredients in rock are sex, really good stage shows and really sassy music, Sex and sass, I think that’s where it’s at.” (Debbie Harry, lead singer with Blondie)
“I’m in rock music for the sex and narcotics.” (Glenn Frey of ‘The Eagles’)
“Rock ‘n’ roll is 99% sex.” (John Oates)
“…you meditate and you got the candles, you got the incense and you’ve been chanting, and all of a sudden you hear this voice: ‘Write this down'” (Carlos Santana, Rolling Stone magazine, March 16, 2000, p. 41)
“Everyone takes it for granted that rock and roll is synonymous with sex.” (Chris Stein, lead guitarist with ‘Blondie.’)
“Rock music is sex. The beat matches the body rhythms.” (Frank Zappa, superstar of ‘Mothers of Invention’ fame.)
“I felt like a hollow temple filled with many spirits, each one passing through me, each inhabiting me for a little time and then leaving to be replaced by another” (John Lennon, People, Aug. 22, 1988, p. 70)
Ei țhalai hai hla ngai nuom zawng hai hin ieng thu am suong em em in an puongsuok a ti hriet chu țha hle ding a nih.
Setan Inchikna/Symbol: Setan biek na dinga hin inchikna/symbol tam tak hmang a ni hlak a. Chuong chu Setan a ngiel a ngan a be pawl hai chun an hmang hlak a nih. A ngiel a ngan a Setan la be em lo hai khawma an hriet le hrietlo khawma hieng inchikna hai hi an dit thei. Chun Setan in ama mi haiin an biekina ding a symbol hai hi hmangin thalai hai lungril thuhne dingin țhang a lak zing bawk a. Chuong inchikna/symbol hai chu T –Shirt a hai dam, poster a hai dam le tattoo (vun ziek tiel) a hai khawm hin an lang hlak. T-shirt le poster inchikna mak danglam chuongna hai hi țhalai hai chun hak le tar an lo nuom ten hlak a. Zawr a fe zek nuom nawk nghal a. A pangngai plain tak hak nekin T-shirt khawm mak danglam inchikna le a lim tuihnai lo deu hai le rock band hai album cover a milim dam hi țhalai tam tak chun hak an nuom. Setan in advertise na ni deu tak a tih. Hieng lim le inchikna hai hin mi lungril a hip thei rieu na ringawt a’nthawk khawma iengang in am țhalai hai hringnun chu chuong thil hai chun a thuhne ding ti khawm chu ngaituo um a ni ve.
Drugs culture: Zu le sa ti el chu tienlai thil an tah. Tulai chu damdawi chitinreng hi inruithei an nina hmusuok thiem an um pei ta a, No 4, Proxyvon ti hai chau ni ta loin Dendrite le Correcting fluid hai chen khawm inrui na dinga hmangna drug culture chu ei țhalai hai lai a hung inlang suok ta. Țhalai iemanizat experience ei ngaithlak a’nthawka hriet thei chu hi hi a nih: dendrite lem hi chu thlarau suol le inlaichinna nei na dinga hmang thei a nih ti hi. Lungril a suongtuona a tak a um anga ngai hlak (hallucination) el ni ta loin dendrite inrui hlak hai lai hin Setan tieng le inzawmna lampui a hmang thei a ni thei hmel. Hi lei hin dendrite a lo ‘senior’ ta hai chun power hai chu hmangin sum khawm nei thei na hai le an dit le an beisei nei theina hai chen khawm an kawl thei a ni awm ie. Hieng ruithei chieng hai hi thlanmuola hai khawm hin an tlang nel em em hlak a, hmun fienriel ah ‘power’ la ding khawma an inthawk hlak. ‘Power’ an lak an ti hi khawhhri an in zawmpui tina a nih.
Dawi (occult): Nunghak tlangval inditna leia dawi hmangna le theidana thikna lei a dawi hmangna khawm hi a nasa ta. Setan dit zawnga khawsa ta hai hin chun dawi power hmanga an dit hmuna ding le an nuom hai sukpuitling el hi pawi tina an nei nawh. Dawi hmangtuhai hin hmangruo hmangin thlarau suol hai thangpuitu le thilthawtheina an rawn tina a nih. Dawi hmangruo hai hi fak a dam pawl thei a na, powder ang a nal thei dam le țhi le kutsebi, nabe le ban le ke hlie chi ang khawm a ni thei. Hieng dawi hmangruo (occult objects) hai hi thlarau suol hai chun sirbi in an hmang, dawi a umhai chunga an sinthaw rilo tak an intlung tir hlak a nih. Hienga dawi thil hmang el nuom hi ei țhalai hai lai hin pawi ti lo an tam tah. Ei nauhai ta dingin țawngțai nasa nawk zuol ei tiu, hieng thil tlawmte ei hung tar lang hai hi hlatak a mi thil ni loin eini laia um zing an ni tah. Fimkhur ei tiu khai. Um mei mei a hun ta nawh!
“Ngaiven unla, fimkhur ro; in hmelma diebol chu sakeibaknei inrum angin a fak zo ding zongin an vel ruoi hlak a nih.” I Peter 5:8
Tulai huna ei hun tawng mek tah a hin chu nu le pa hai khawm Pathien ei hlat deu deu tah a ni ti dingin a um ta a, ei nauhai tam tak chu biekin lam khawm an inhmang a, ei țawngțai taima naw hle bawk. Hi lei hin Setan le a rawihai chun ram chunga nasatakin sietna an intlungtir mek zing a nih. Dawi tieng thil khawm an lar nasa a, mi chunga thlarausuolhai sin thaw hmu le hril ding khawm a tama, ringtuhai hi Setan le a rawihai chun an mi huphur naw hle ni ngei a ta, thlarau suol/khawhri hai khawm an inlarna hai le chawkbuoia um țhalai țhenkhat hai chanchin hi hril zeu zeu ding a um zing ta a.
Hieng hi ei hmasuon a ni zing laiin ringtu tam tak chun Setan hi a um le a um naw khawm ngaisak rak loin a pangngai in nun ei la hmang zinga; a țhen chun ei piengthar taphawt le Setan le a rawihai chun a hnai khawm an mi hnai ngam lo dingin ei ngai pawng chang a; a țhen chun Setan le a sinthaw hi a țit in ei ți em em leiin a hril khawm ei ngam nawh a. A bikin ei țhalai hai nun hi Setan chun a suksiet nasa em em. Generation gap, țhanghlui le țhangthar kar, hi hlatak an ta leiin nauhai ngaituona le ditzawng a țha a țha naw khawm hre chuong lo nu le pa tam tak um thei a ni bawk. Ei hriet naw kar in Setan in ei nauhai, ei țhalai hai ngaituona fe dan nasataka thuhne in a tawpa chu ama (Setan) ngei khawm hi be dingin an lungril ah sin a thaw pei an tah. Ei țhalai hai nuna Setanin sietna intlungtir na dingin nasatakin hma a lo lak na hai hre a, ei fimkhur nawk zuol na dingin țhalai hai lai Setan in hma a lakna hmangruo țhenkhat suklang inla:
Hla/Rimawi (Music): Rimawi hmangin Satanin mi lungril ah lampui indiknaw an hraw na dingin țhang a lak thei. Hla thu hai hrim hrim hin idea le philosophy an puongsuok hlak, chuong chu miin a vel a vela an ngai lem chun hla thu a philosophy le idea hai chun mi chu thuhnein, chuong mi hai chu lampui indik naw ah a țhuoi thei. A bik takin rock music hi țhalai hai lai an lar em em leiin an hla an ngai hai hin ieng thu am an puongsuok a ti hi hrietchieng a țha hle awm. Hla țhenkhat a lem chu a hla hai chu a let a insaktir in Setan chawimawina thu hai dam a lo um hlak. Hieng hi ‘sublimnal messages in rock music’ an na, hla ngaithlak a um hai chun Setan inpakna thu inthup chu an puongsuok ve zing a. Chu thu inthup hai chu hla ngaitu lungrila ngaituona nei na dinga a hmang naw na hmun (subconscious part) a chun thunin a um a, lungril a um ta hrim hrim chu a tawpa Setan lawmzawng le ditdan hai chu chuong hla hai ngaithlatu ngaituona ah an hung inlang suok hlak a nih. Hla a thu inthup entirna:
Led Zepellin hai hla ‘Stairway to Heaven’ a chun a hla a let zawng a in sak tir (backmasking) chun hi thu hi a lo um: ‘ Oh, here’s to my sweet Satan. The one whose little path would make me sad, whose power is Satan. He’ll give those with him 666, there was a little toolshed where he made us suffer, sad Satan’ Eagles hai ‘Hotel California’ a chun hi thu hi a um bawk: ‘Satan he hears me. He had me believe.’Rock band țhenkhat lem chun Setan biekna an hmang hlak inchikna hai dam an album kawm ah an inchuon sa hlak. Heavy metal le hard rock tiengpang lem hi chu chuongang chu a tama, an hla thu a hai khawm Setan biekna thu a pawng a pui an suk lang el khawm tam tak a um. Hieng hla hai hi țhalai tam tak chun butak-khuk a an i khukpui a, a nawn a nawn in an ngai nawk nghal el si a, an lungril a chun ieng ang ngaituona’n am hmun chang rawn a ta ti chu thil ngaituo khawp a tling ta hrim hrim. Rock band țhenkhat hai chun Satan suk lawm an tumna leiin Setan chu an biek hiel a nih ti suklangna dingin hieng po chau hi entirna angin hei tarlang ei tih:
Metallica ti rock band hai chun hieng hin ‘The Prince’ ti hla a chun an sak pawng chang: "Angel from below...I WISH TO SELL MY SOUL...DEVIL TAKE MY SOUL with diamonds you repay I don’t care for heaven so don’t you look for me to cry AND I WILL BURN IN HELL from the day I die". Bon Jovi chun a hla “Homebound Train” a chun hieng hin a sak: ”When I was just a boy THE DEVIL TOOK MY HAND Took me from my home He made me a man...I’m going DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN On the homebound train.” AC/DC hai chun an hla “Highway to Hell” a chun hieng hin an sak bawk: ”Ain’t nothing I would rather do GOIN’ DOWN, PARTY TIME My friends are gonna be there too...Hey Satan, paid my dues...I’m on the way to the promised land I’m on the HIGHWAY TO HELL.”
Musician le singer thenkhat chun rapthlak takin hieng dam hin an tih:
“The throbbing beat of rock provides a vital sexual release for adolescent audiences.” (Jan Berry)
“Pop music is sex, and you have to hit them in the face with it.” (Andrew Oldham, recording manager for the ‘Rolling Stones’)
“We take kids away from their parents and their environment to where the only reality is the rhythm and the beat.” (Donnie Brewer of Grand Funk)“Rock music is a greater influence over the souls of men than primitive Christianity.” (John Denver)
“Sex is where its at in music… and I like it.” (Johnny Bristol)
“I’ve always thought that the main ingredients in rock are sex, really good stage shows and really sassy music, Sex and sass, I think that’s where it’s at.” (Debbie Harry, lead singer with Blondie)
“I’m in rock music for the sex and narcotics.” (Glenn Frey of ‘The Eagles’)
“Rock ‘n’ roll is 99% sex.” (John Oates)
“…you meditate and you got the candles, you got the incense and you’ve been chanting, and all of a sudden you hear this voice: ‘Write this down'” (Carlos Santana, Rolling Stone magazine, March 16, 2000, p. 41)
“Everyone takes it for granted that rock and roll is synonymous with sex.” (Chris Stein, lead guitarist with ‘Blondie.’)
“Rock music is sex. The beat matches the body rhythms.” (Frank Zappa, superstar of ‘Mothers of Invention’ fame.)
“I felt like a hollow temple filled with many spirits, each one passing through me, each inhabiting me for a little time and then leaving to be replaced by another” (John Lennon, People, Aug. 22, 1988, p. 70)
Ei țhalai hai hla ngai nuom zawng hai hin ieng thu am suong em em in an puongsuok a ti hriet chu țha hle ding a nih.
Setan Inchikna/Symbol: Setan biek na dinga hin inchikna/symbol tam tak hmang a ni hlak a. Chuong chu Setan a ngiel a ngan a be pawl hai chun an hmang hlak a nih. A ngiel a ngan a Setan la be em lo hai khawma an hriet le hrietlo khawma hieng inchikna hai hi an dit thei. Chun Setan in ama mi haiin an biekina ding a symbol hai hi hmangin thalai hai lungril thuhne dingin țhang a lak zing bawk a. Chuong inchikna/symbol hai chu T –Shirt a hai dam, poster a hai dam le tattoo (vun ziek tiel) a hai khawm hin an lang hlak. T-shirt le poster inchikna mak danglam chuongna hai hi țhalai hai chun hak le tar an lo nuom ten hlak a. Zawr a fe zek nuom nawk nghal a. A pangngai plain tak hak nekin T-shirt khawm mak danglam inchikna le a lim tuihnai lo deu hai le rock band hai album cover a milim dam hi țhalai tam tak chun hak an nuom. Setan in advertise na ni deu tak a tih. Hieng lim le inchikna hai hin mi lungril a hip thei rieu na ringawt a’nthawk khawma iengang in am țhalai hai hringnun chu chuong thil hai chun a thuhne ding ti khawm chu ngaituo um a ni ve.
Drugs culture: Zu le sa ti el chu tienlai thil an tah. Tulai chu damdawi chitinreng hi inruithei an nina hmusuok thiem an um pei ta a, No 4, Proxyvon ti hai chau ni ta loin Dendrite le Correcting fluid hai chen khawm inrui na dinga hmangna drug culture chu ei țhalai hai lai a hung inlang suok ta. Țhalai iemanizat experience ei ngaithlak a’nthawka hriet thei chu hi hi a nih: dendrite lem hi chu thlarau suol le inlaichinna nei na dinga hmang thei a nih ti hi. Lungril a suongtuona a tak a um anga ngai hlak (hallucination) el ni ta loin dendrite inrui hlak hai lai hin Setan tieng le inzawmna lampui a hmang thei a ni thei hmel. Hi lei hin dendrite a lo ‘senior’ ta hai chun power hai chu hmangin sum khawm nei thei na hai le an dit le an beisei nei theina hai chen khawm an kawl thei a ni awm ie. Hieng ruithei chieng hai hi thlanmuola hai khawm hin an tlang nel em em hlak a, hmun fienriel ah ‘power’ la ding khawma an inthawk hlak. ‘Power’ an lak an ti hi khawhhri an in zawmpui tina a nih.
Dawi (occult): Nunghak tlangval inditna leia dawi hmangna le theidana thikna lei a dawi hmangna khawm hi a nasa ta. Setan dit zawnga khawsa ta hai hin chun dawi power hmanga an dit hmuna ding le an nuom hai sukpuitling el hi pawi tina an nei nawh. Dawi hmangtuhai hin hmangruo hmangin thlarau suol hai thangpuitu le thilthawtheina an rawn tina a nih. Dawi hmangruo hai hi fak a dam pawl thei a na, powder ang a nal thei dam le țhi le kutsebi, nabe le ban le ke hlie chi ang khawm a ni thei. Hieng dawi hmangruo (occult objects) hai hi thlarau suol hai chun sirbi in an hmang, dawi a umhai chunga an sinthaw rilo tak an intlung tir hlak a nih. Hienga dawi thil hmang el nuom hi ei țhalai hai lai hin pawi ti lo an tam tah. Ei nauhai ta dingin țawngțai nasa nawk zuol ei tiu, hieng thil tlawmte ei hung tar lang hai hi hlatak a mi thil ni loin eini laia um zing an ni tah. Fimkhur ei tiu khai. Um mei mei a hun ta nawh!
