THUPHA NA NGAHSA NGAIHSUN PHA IN
(Count Your Blessings)
Editor
Hih la, mite deih zia Gipsy Smith in a genna ah, “Pasal te’n la in
sa in, naupang te’n muktum in sa a, numei te’n luai a naukhimna in sa uh hi” ci
hi. Hih la in, a dah, a lungkia leh genthei a kisa mi tampite, Pasian’ hoihna a
thaka muhna leh thathak ngahna piangsak hi. Tua bek tham
loin hih la pen biakpiak kikhopna mun khempeuh phial ah a kisa la minthang
mahmah khat zong ahi hi.
Taang khatna ah, mihing nuntakna pen, tuihual lian
pipite nawk suk nawk toh tuipi bang hi-in lametna om lo, lungkiatna tawh kidim
nuntakna hi, ci hi. Ahi zongin, na ngahsa thuphate khat khatin sim lecin, Topa
in nang adinga hong sepsak thupha tampi na mu dinga lamdang na sa ding hi, ci
hi.
Taang nihna ah, mihing nuntakna ah gentheihna, lungkhamna
vangikte puak-hak kisa-in kilungmang thei hi, ci hi. Ahi zongin, tua
lungkhamnate kizo sak kei-in; na ngahsa thuphate sim toto lecin, na
lungkhamnate hong bei-in, lungnuam sa-in la na sa ding hi, ci hi.
Taang thumna ah, mite neihsa deihgawhna tawh kipawl kidop
ding thu gen hi. Leitung sum leh paai’ lei theih loh, a kip tawntung Zeisu hong
ciamsa vantung hauhna ah na lungsim leh na ngaihsutnate koih in, ci hi.
Taang lina ah, mihing nuntakna pen galdona bang hi-in, tua
galdona khat veivei lian thei, khat veivei neu thei hi. Bangbang ahi zongin
“lungkia kei in!” Pasian in na khempeuh thei-in uk a, na nuntakna a tawp dong,
hong hehnem ding leh hong huh dingin a vantungmite hong sawl hi, ci hi.
“Thupha Na Ngahsa Ngaihsun Pha In”
cih la a phuak pa, Johnson Oatman, Jr. nuntakna tawh kisai kitam gen lo hi.
Amah pen New Jersey, Medford khua gei, khua neu khat ah, April 21, 1856 in suak
hi. A pa pen sumbawlna tawh nungta in, lasak siam thu-um mi khat zong ahi hi. A
pa’ aw, ngaihsa mahmahin, a neu lai-in kikhopna khat peuhpeuh ah a pa’ aw a zak
nop manin a pa kiangah tu den hi.
Oatman a gol ciangin a pa nasepna huh hi. Ahi zongin nasep
tam lua sa-in, Pasian ading hun pia zo kisa lo hi. Hun khat ciangin a pa tawh a
nasepkhopna pan khawlin Pasian’ nasem dingin kipiakhia hi. Methodist Episcopal
Church in ordination pia-in, New Jersey Conference pawlpi khatah sia sem hi.
Tua a sia sepna ah suakta kisa lo ahih manin, pawlpi khat khit khat ah pai
kawikawi-in gospel thu gen dingin khensat hi. Thugen siamin a minthan loh
hangin kha mangthang tampi man hi. Kum 36 a phak ciangin Pasian nasepna ah a
lungkimnapen nasep lianpi khat mukhia hi. Tua in, la tungtawnin mi tampite
tungah Pasian thu genna ahi hi.
Tua zah khatin Oatman in Pasian phatna la dawng 5000 val
phuak hi. A la phuahte ah Zeisu Khazih thupipen sakin, Ama liatna leh Ama
gupkhiatna ah thahatnate a tam penin gen hi. Thu-um mite nuntakna ah thu-um
lote sangin a sangzaw a nuntak ding, a late tungtawnin hanthawn hi. A la phuah
man sum a kipiak ciangin dawng khat tungah dollar khat bek sang hi. Oatman la
phuah minthangte lakah “Higher Ground” (1892) leh “No, Not One” (1895) te zong
kihel hi.
September 25, 1922 in Oatman in Oklahoma, Norman khua ah, “A
Sangna Lam” ahi vantung gamah, a kihonkhiasa mi siangthote tawh vantung late
sakhawm dingin a Topa kiang zuan hi.
“Thupha Na Ngahsa Ngaihsun Pha In”
cih la aw pen, laphuak siam leh la aw bulh siam, Edwin O. Excell in a bulh ahi
hi.
