By Rev S Vung Minthang.
Hichibang ka huat thilte na hih khit chiang un Tempul ah ka kiang a hong paiin, ka ma ah na hong ding ua, ‘ka bit uhi!’ na hong chi vial uhi(Jer. 7:10).
Saptuam’ tangthu ah kibawl thakna chituam tuam gam tuam tuam ah ana om sek hi. Aziak bel saptuam in Pathian thutak gen a, thum a, khalam a naktaka panla akichih laiin leng melmapa Diabol in koisan hiam aning khat ah thil hoihlouin Saptuamte ana subuai man nak hi. Tuabang hun chiang in biakna Pathian pomtak om theilou hi. Israelte’n leng kum tampi Pathian bia, adante zui akichih lai un Dawimangpa’n amaute bumhai in, guktakna, angkawmna, tualthahna, leh milim biaknate ahih kawm kawm un Tempul ah Toupa vabe zle uh Jehovah lungkim ding in agingta uhi. Toupa dawnna tuh tempul a hong paiin ‘ka bit uhi’ na hong chi vial ua, Nou ka Temple, gutate kibukna mun na sa ua hia? Na thilhihte uh theilua ka hi aw, chih ahi.
Saptuam tangthu ah, Protestant Reformation kichi Martin Luther, John Calvin leh mi tuam tuamte makaih a kibawlthakna zoh in, saptuam hong ihmu a, khovel mitna in hon tummang ding in a kisa hi. Huai lai-in Pathian in mimal khenkhatte kha a tokthou a kibawl thakna chikhat hong kipan hi. Tuate laka nih tomchik chik in enleng chi i hi. Khatna, Lutheran pawlpi apan Pietist Movement kichi hi. Kum 1616 leh 1748 kikal vel in German gam in buaina khat khit khat tuak tou tou in sa leh gal a kineihna ziak in lou nei thei leng om louin khosakna siat chihtak in sia hi. Kipiaksiatna ziak in thil bangmah ahiding bang a paithei omlou khopin mi hindan kisia hi. Huai toh kiton in mihing lungsim leng hiamgam gawp in saptuam na-ngawn ah hoihna, leh siangthouna muh ding omlou, thil teng teng solkal pai a pai, khalam kipahna leh suakta taka biakna om theilou hi. Tuabang khovel mitna in saptuam apum tuam laitak in a thuak zoulou mimal khenkhat Phillip Jacob Spener (1635 – 1705) heuin veina nei bangzah hiam te’n pianthakna diktak gen ding, Bible diktaka zuih ding, thumna uangbawl ding leh khalam hinkhua thuk zaw a hin ding, hiaite loungal khovel siatna apan suahtakna ding omlou ahi chiin nasep dan chikhat hon bawl khia ua ‘Khalam uangbawl Pawl’ Pietist movement kichi ahong piang hi. Hiaite saptuam dou pawl ahikei ua, saptuam dang phuh sawm leng ahikei ua Pathian deihna banga hinga, Kha Siangthou thahatna zanga khovel buahna apan saptuam hotkhiak sawm ahi uhi. A khonung lam in bel a khauhpai diak khenkhat hiai saptuam kihhuai toh om khawm khawm theilou ding chiin kituam huikhe pawl om uhi. Anihna a i etnop bel Puritan Movement akichi England gama saptuamte solkal toh kizawlpham a pai, khalam kipahna leh nopna omlou, makaite lah solkal milian bang hiala lian gawp uh, khovel mitna in saptuam zel gawp ahih man in Pathian adia mihangsan veina nei pawl khat in ahon patkhiak uh ahi. Kumpinu Elizabeth khatna hunlai a hong kipan ahi. Amaute vei pipen tomchik in thil thum in akigen sek: saptuam politics lua, saptuam in khelhna poisak neilou lua, saptuam in Catholic paidan (liturgy, vestments, hierarchy) hah zuih lua chihte ahi. Tuabang khalam panlakna te’n saptuam leh gampumpi moral lama pukse ding lai a honkhe hithet hi. John Bunyan, Jonathan Edwards, Finney, Wesley, DL Moody, leh midang tampi hiai panlaknate huzap in Pathian mizat a hong suak uhi.
Hiai khalam a kibawlthakna makaite Pathian adia mihangsante ahi uhi. Aziak bel kibawlthakna ding Synod hiam, General Assembly hiam, Khawmpi Lian hiam a thupukna semkhia ahi zen zen kei ua veina ziaka nasem ahi zaw uhi. Tuabang a makaite Saptuam a lupen leh heutupen leng ahikei ua university student khawng ahizawmah uhi. Amaute panlakna ziakin, saptuam leh politiks ana kikawilua khenkhiak in hong om a, saptuam makai dukdak lou tampite pholhkhiak hong hi ua, numei pasal kala thangtatna leh khotang sualna tuam tuamte bawl phat a om in revival thupi tak tak ana tung hi. Eilak ah bel kibawlthakna ding leh halhna tunna ding in heutute kipanle uh chiin mimal avei kichisun te leng mimohsate i bat lel ton tam hi. I thumna kikhopte uh leng Pathian buan taktakna hun suaksak in sharing kikhop hiam, fellowship pian a ut ut gam gen sekte khek khiak hunta hi. I thumna kikhopte uh a thumloute geel khiakna hun, zukhamte, kizuakte, khamtheih zuakte huatna kikhop hikei henla khelhna huatna leh Pathian buanna hizaw leh Pathian dawnna kimu baih zaw ding in lam-et huai hi. I gam leh i khotang awlmoh huai ahih dan hong kilang sem sem hi. I lakah morality niamkiakna thupi tak aom chih akilang hi. Khamtheih zuakte, numei thanghuaite, dal tak tak ding chileng ahihtute sang in adal sawmte’n upa mitlian tuah baihlam tak dinmun ahi. A moral sang in a dan (legality) peuh, human rights peuh i gen ua a thilsual hihte zalen sem sem ding abang uhi. I siatnate uh kibawl thakna ding lampi hoih pen zaw thumna ahi. Saptuam chih leh veng chih a thumtute khut kilen in Toupa lam ah ban zakin pankhawm ahun ahi, a kikhel ma in. Pietist leh Puritan ten amau hunlai khovel a khek bang un eite’n leng ei khang a saptuam leh khotang i khek zohlouhna ding san om tuan lou hi. I poimawh pen uh Toupa ma a khitui tak khat (one more drop of tear) ahi.
[Source: http://ktz.ebchq.org/editorial/779-rev-s-vung-minthang-editor.html]