“Zomi Christianity and Cultural Transformation” – Etkiikna saulou! ~By Upa Chinsum
Kawlgam-vaigam leh gamdang a khawsa laizom Zomite laka heutupa suan mahmah khat Rev Dr. G.K. Nang [hun khatlai a Executive Secretary, Chin Baptist Association, Lamka a len] in Bible lam a Ph. D. laakna diing a a laigelh “Zomi Christianity and Cultural Transformation” LAP-LAMBERT PUBLISHING Company (Germany) in a sutsak, ISBN-978-3-659-41464-0 nambat tawh kikhen ngat; laipau (literture) lunglut mi khempeuhte leitheih leh sim theih di'n manta. Hallelujah!
Thukalzeh: Laigelhtu Sia G.K. Nang in CBA Executive Secretary apuak hunlai leh hiai laigelhpa’n Zougam Tangkou monthly magazine etdikna a sailai (Lamka Printing Press/ LPP, Go Cin Khup Veng, New Lamka a sutsak sek hive’n) kituak kha hi. Khatvei LPP pisa maizawn a om CBA pisa ah hih laigelhpa valengla, Siapa leh Upa Sum kihouna: “Sia, Zomi plural form a gelh ngaihna mun ah mi pawlkhatten ‘s’ behlap thei zel uhi (as Zomis). A khente leuleu in ‘s’ behlap tuanlou! Bangci’n na ngaihsun hiam?” Siapa dawnna, “A nih (Zomi - as singular or plural) adik theihna dan om veve hiveh aw. A zangtu zat dandan himailou diing hiam?” Navakhuai e! Ahia, “the Zomi people” va-cih bel, Zo a ‘mi’ kibelhkhin ahihman in akigentuan (repetition) thumal khat om bang maw! Zo leh mi kigawm ‘Zomi’ hi a, the Zo people (the Zomi) ci’a zatna diing om ahihlebel thutuam – Zo people ah a ‘people’ thumal kisam mah ei, guai. Ka theihna a tawm ngei e TOUPA…
I tangkoupih Laibu “Zomi Christianity and Cultural Transformation” gelhtu Sia Nang in hici’n ci: “…hih laibu pen leitungbup a laibu kikhente lakah nambat (ISBN) nei thei dinga hong kikhetsak ahihna leh tukum Cope Topa in Zolai hong bawlsak kum 100 a cin’ kum tawh hong kituak lailai ahih manin ka lungdam hi. Hih laibu pen gamdang a kikhen ahih mah bangin a man zong tamin, Euro 79.90 (US$106) hi a, ei sumin tampi tung mawk ahih manin mi kim in kilei zo lo ding suak hi. Ahi zongin gamdang a om Zomi pawl khat ten online (Amazon.com leh www.morebooks.de) panin lei thei ahih manin lungdam huai hi.”
Toupa ei di’n hoihna e!
Lungdam,
Upa Chinsum
New Delhi.
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LUNGDAM KOHNA
- Rev. Dr. G. K Nang
LAP-LAMBERT PUBLISHING Company (Germany) in ka laigelh “Zomi Christianity and Cultural Transformation” kici hong khetsakna tawh kisai-in Sia Sawm Lian tungah lungdam ka ko nuam hi. Bang hang hiam cih leh laibu a khet theih dingin tawm khat puah zek kul a, kei hih theih loh teng aman hong hihsak ciangin laibu-in hong kikhen thei ahi hi.
Hih laibu pen ka Ph.D. lakna dinga ka gelh hi a, ka zawh ciangin ka sangkahna Fuller Seminary-te in mi khempueh sim theih dingin Microfilm kici tawh zaih uh hi. Tua pen Lambert Publishingte in na mu uh hi ding a, 2011 kumin facebookah lai hong khak uh hi. “Na lai gelh a bu-in ka khen nuam uh hi, na phal hiam” ci-a dotna ahi hi. Ahi zongin tua hun lai-in facebook zang lo ka hih manin ka mu kha kei hi. Tu kum bul a kipan facebook ka zat ciangin tua laikhak ka mu pan hi. Kei zong laithuk pahin khet dingin ka phalna thu ka hilh hi. Amau zong ma hong la pah uh a, a laibu tuamna lim leh mel ding deih dan leh a tuamna tunga lai gelh dingte hong khak uh hi.
Tuate ka hih khit ciangin a laimai nawl teng (margin) letmat khat sehthum suah sehnih (3cm) in hong koih in hong ci hi. Tua pen laimai a tung, a nuai, vei lam, tak lam3cm a koih ding cihna hi. Ken hih thei lo ka hih manin hong huh thei ding ka ngaihsun a, America a lawm luite khawng laikhakin, ka gelh laia Editor a ka zat pawl khat zong lai ka khak hi. Ka gelh lai-in zong ka siam lohte editorte kicial a, nai khat $20-25 cih bang a kipia ngekngek ahi hi. Ph.D. sinte a tamzaw in a siam lohte uh editorte a kihuhsak vive mah ahi hi. Hih pen a sung a thute hi loin, laimai koih zia, footnote koih zia, index koih zia cihte ahi hi. Editor a ka zat luite khat lai ka khak leh ong thuk kei hi.
Cihna ding ka theih loh ciangin ZBC zuma sem Sia Sawm Lian in ong huh theih khak leh ci-in ka hopih leh ahi thei bangin hong huh sawm leng ahi ve hong ci hi. Ken zong laimai gei teng 3cm a koih ziau ding ka sak leh tua na hi lo mawkin, 3cm a kikoih ciangin laimai nambat hong man nawn lo, a sunga thute pawl khat a omna man thei nawn loin lep 24 Laitai October 2013 thak kisam na hi mawk hi. Tua teng khempeuh Sia Sawm Lian in hong hih sak a, kal khat phial hun bei hi.
A zawh khit teh ka et uh leh a nung lama Index kici thumal poimawhte zon-olna pen hong man nawn lo leuleu hi. Tua pen ka gelh lai-in zong ken hih thei loin editorte hong hihsak mah hi a, a puah zia ding zong ka thei kei hi. Ahi zongin Sia Sawm Lian mah in hong hanciamsak a, nithum sung vingveng sun leh zan hong sepsak khit ciangin “Zo ing ei,” hong ci hi. “Lungdam ei, Praise the Lord” ka cipah hi. Tua bang nasep haksa leh mi khempeuh hih theih zong hi lo thatang tampi a bei banah siamna kisam hi. Tua zahin Sia Sawm Lian in hong huh ciangin khet theih dingin akizo hi a, Germany-ah ka khak leh hong sansak pah uh hi. 2.8.2013 ni-in ISBN-978- 3-659-41464-0 nambat nei-in laibu-in kikhen khia hi. Tua ahih manin Sia Sawm Lian tungah kalungdamna thu kong tangko hi. Amah banga computer siam, mi kuhkal, leh mi phatuamngai I neih pen hampha hi hang cih zong ka pulak nuam hi.
Tua bek hi loin hih laibu pen leitungbup a laibu kikhente lakah nambat (ISBN) nei thei dinga hong kikhetsak ahihna leh tukum Cope Topa in Zolai hong bawlsak kum 100 a cin’ kum tawh hong kituak lailai ahih manin ka lungdam hi. Hih laibu pen gamdang a kikhen ahih mah bangin a man zong tamin, Euro 79.90 (US$106) hi a, ei sumin tampi tung mawk ahih manin mi kim in kilei zo lo ding suak hi. Ahi zongin gamdang a om Zomi pawl khat ten online (Amazon.com leh www.morebooks.de) panin lei thei ahih manin lungdam huai hi. Tua banah Europe leh USA gam sunga laibu sai liante ah zong kingah thei ding hi. Hih laibu pen Lai Siangtho Sanginnte leh Pawlpi zumah om thei leh hoih ka sa hi. Laibu a sim kha khempeuhte leh Sia Sawm Lian Topa in thupha tampi hong piaksak tahen! [Taken from: LAITAI, Vol. 4. Issue 10. October 2013 (A monthly newsletter of the Zomi Baptist Church), RNI.No. MIZ.MUL/ 2009/29499. Postal No. MZR 82/2013 – 2013. Edited by Rev Suan Khan Thang. Soft copy of the Laitai magazine can be read at: http://www.zominational.com/images/PDF/Laitai_October_2013.pdf]
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