“Damsung lamsuk-toua pai in,
Kum tampi i paikhengta:
Nopna-dahna zong i thuak,
Maitaini-maigumni zong” (BKL 295)
Kumlui khakkhiatna hunseh lap dia vangkhua zuan thei hizenpi, kumthakni a lenna tuan himhim ka thanop ziakin 01 January 2013 phalvak in Indira Gandhi Domestic Airport, New Delhi kipanin ka ‘Indigo’ tou viahviah mai ve. Taklam nawl a tu hiveng, zingkhua hong vaksiang in nuailam ka en a, leilam kimuban se lou. Meipi bokdim memouhte tunglam pek a lengsang ka nahi uh. Veilam en nawn ing e lawm, meipi kawm a hong dawk khia tangdung sangtakmai ka enchim thei kei. Vuk in mun tamzaw khuhdim hi. Bang tangdung hidiin na ngaihsun a le?
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati ah dakkal kimkhat hon khawl pih ua, huchiin vaihamsan hunin Imphal zuan in ka lengkhe nawn uhi. Meipi omlou a, vansiin siang mahmah ta. A gamleitang omna asaan ziak adiam, huihkhua sang lawmlawm lou a leng ka bang uhi. Mualkuam hingdup ki-kiai; phaizang etlawmtak lak a lungmuan melpu luidung kihekkawi ngiu-ngiau te leh; lamlian-lamneu kizungkhak zingzeng te chiantak in kilang. Lamlian a gari neu, pasisep chia pha; lamnawl a lawital gamta te lohpi chia leh; mihingte akpi chia vel in kimu thei hi.
Sun dak 1140 in Tulihal Airport, Imphal boh mahle ung kisak bukim sung in dak 1300 ging tou dektak hi. Sanggampa’n hong dawn hiven, cellphone a kihoulim teutau khawng toh tehkak in maituah a kihou chituam mahmah. Gennop ka hau tuak ua, kipautuh kawm sim zel in ka chiak vakvak uhi (cheksuak di kei taai!) Nui suih kawm in, “Mohpuakna khenkhat midang khut a koih hial a hong dawn ka hi, lenkhop khawng bangle ki lunggulh thou hi hiven! Na chindante zaw mak thei deuh hiau hiveh aw, kumthakni a lenna tuang ngeita chih deih sese!” hon chi a, ken, “Lungkham koh tunitak leh zingchiang hun omlai ahi, na vangphat leh zinghal chianga le khekleh khamoh lou ding uh ahi, na ‘rikup’ trok dia himai,” Chia dawng.
Bishenpur ka tunkuan un, ka ma ua tai car khat leh Phailam zuan pei-nihnei ana kitauhtuah buk uhi. Tuakkhial thei hichiat mahle, Lamphei-lammamna tak ahih man in pilvan zoh louh ziak chu ahi peuhmah. Taihat lua uh ahi chih le chiang kilkel. Pei-nihnei a tuang te hahtakin liam ua, sisan toh pumkawt uhi. A hektupa diak houh, a biang taklam pawm gai - theihai pum mah bang. Suitcase sunga Vodka tholh sak cheuh leng a natthuak uh dawn zangkhai deuh kha ding hi. Himahleh, deihkhop khin thou uh hiin kilang; a perfume gim uh le hat lahlou! Tulh phallou in ka tawpkik maita. Gari a pua in Bishenpur District Hospital ka tun ua, “Heihpihhuai lua uh!” chihlouh ngal lohtheih nei nawnlou chu, damdawi-inn a semte leh Siamtu khut a koih in maban ka sunzom nawn uhi.
Kumthak lopna - salam ankuang, kei innpipa omna College Veng, New Lamka lam ah ka siim ua, khalam ann ahihleh kou omna Khominthang EBCC a umm. Kumthak lopna ninih nia Pathian mizat in, mihingte’n i damsung a lamsuk-lamtou tawn tou zeldi, kum 2013 ngei a le anuam-ahaksa paltou khawm nilouh di ihihdan uh leh Pathian toh pang a hinkhua maituah poimoh ahihdan te nounel taka hon gen ka zak in lenna sunga ka tuanlai a lampi kigiit zingzeng (abiktakin tanggam, motor tai theihlouhna mun a lamneu) ka etsukte bang lungsim mitkha ah hong kilang hi.
Huai lamneute, loulam; gamvakna, leh; khuate kikawmtuahna ahi ngei ding uh. Atawnkha mite’n lamtouhna mun ah, “Tou lotel ngal, gimhuai lua!” chiin tutkhawl nilouh mawk le uh bel lambansam leh tawlsam kha ding uhi. Tupna mun ahun-aphat in tung lou ding uhi. Huan, lamtou sang in lamsuk gimhuai lou zaw napiin, van-gik pua a pai, nuam lo-louh louhial hi. Kaihza peuh zau in khuk zoi nuam. Tai ek mawk di lah lamkhang a lenkhiak lauhuai. Leisikna mun hoihtak a et ngai zawmah. Lampheina mun ah, ngaihmuang in paina di enkei mawk in thaldak zawzen leng, lawi-ek leh buannawi khawng daitum thoih a kitotah zawkmah theihna ahi. Khaugui, singbul-suangbul ah le kipalpuk theih.
I tung sunni suahlam ah suak in, tumlam a tumkik zelzel hiven, theihlouhkal in nektak zonna mun zuan a ka ‘Air India’ nii ding uh Zanuar ni 15 hong kiheisuah liit-liit hi. Innlam zot toh zaw tehvual ahi kei khopmai. Nutate toh hikei ngial leng bangphet ka suak tazen diam…Goutan neu nihte’ khotheih nung a lenna ka tuan khawm masakna ding uh ahihmanin, kilawp ua, leilawn a ka kal touh lai un Hoihngaihlian in, “Wows! lian thou hilou! Papa nang a hektupa di maw?” chiin hon dong venchin, lungsim in, “Hekthei hileng ut mahtak ing!” chih phet in om hi. Siampi kichi khat in, “Lenna hek khawng haksa hi zenzen loupia – a paidan thei le…” a chih bang kiphawksuah hial akale. Thilbangkim baihlamna ding in zaw, a paidan theih masak poimoh ana hi nguttak mahve aw maw!
Haksat hun in Pathian ah kinga in amah muang le thuaksiamna tha hon guan ding a, kipuk mahle hon phongtou ding ahi. Huan, nuamsa a ngaihmuang tak a i om hunchiang in le pilvang sem ni: hiaibang hun ah ahi Setan in panmun a lak naknak. Sapuul omna mun ah kam leh nak kihum a, kimkhatte’n romol hiam, khutpek a nakgong zap uh e; paikheng kin nuamlou kua ta om ding hiam? I omna mun leh thilchiinte midang leh Pathian a dia sapuul omna mun sanga kihhuai zaw ahih khak ding pilvang ni.
Simtu deihtak, i tenna khovel kumthak a akikaklut toh kiton in, 2013 in nang leh na inkuanpihte diin damna, lohchinna, kiningchinna leh a nuam-haksa maituah siamna ‘a paidan’ theihna hon tun kumtawn molh hen!
Simbeh tuak - Hebrute 10: 20-24
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