(Mat. 1:22-23; Luk. 2:8-14)
Tikcu le caan te herliam zianzo i. Khaal caan khuasa ngai khai liam rianro ai fuur caan ah ruah tampui si ai kin beh lianglo fawn i. Cia hnua fangin khuasik caan khiah hleng panpan hang ising. Pathian ai ninghio le konghoihnak man in Otu Jesuh Khrih suak caam Christmas hleng lala hang ising. Kumsiar in Christmas caan ah Otu Bawi Khrih khiah vaicaang in anghnak lianpui thawn caan hmang tlang de ising. U le nau songkhat hrekkhat te hlanmual kin liamsan zotu khai um ai, harsahnak tampui tawk caan khai nai ising. Ikhalselai hemi Christmas caan a khim fangin mi tampui thinlung songah kaimah misual, mimawh i otuh in Pathian khiah minung ah cang ai kaimah si tuh in zuktolh i, ti’n songlawi ngai in caan hmang tlang ising. Khuadang hmundang ai umtu te khai unau songkhat khimniu in um tlang thil tuh in khualsi hmun ṭeen an tlung leh tlang i. Mah le remcang daan sik in ai-din a phunphun thawn suah nia anghnak caan hmangtlang de ising. Kin hiam tlang ṭeen ngai i. Kin Bawipa Jesuh Khrih khiah songlawi hlaice ngai i.
He caan hlengfang in a thar in kin hih leh sal dehnak pakhat tu “Immanuel” tihnak “Pathian kin hnenah um i,” tihnak khiah i. Thupeu in rel le singkhaw Pathian khiah kin hnenah kum khat song pumpalah kin umpui ṭio i. Baibal Lai Cianghlim songah kin Pathian in “kih mah” tihnak ponka hmangin kin hnenah um qiotu a ihnak laar ruai zo i. Tun caan fangin um thar i lo i. Ikhalselai a hlaice in tun ang caan ah kin hih sal leh khai pha pah hlen i.
Bawi Jesuh a te (suak) fangin amah caangtu hnakin zaikhai siar hang lotu mi tam sawn um tuh i. Tunnia ah khai ciatih ang pah um lai ising. Zaiman tifangin Christmas tihnak khiah kaimah ca i, ti’n ruat lotu te ca ah Christmas heh thupui ah dah hiam veng lo khai i thai i. Kaimah i nun otu Jesuh suakhnak thu i, ti’n kinmah bul rori ai kin lang thil fang ian in thupui ah dah thil tuh ising.
Ilekhaw tun caan ah i relhiamhnak tu: a hmasaber Christmas khiah kon hmun ah hmang i? Aisu te pawl in hmang i? Zai ang tikcu caan ah hmang i? ti khiah sik tlang rih nga sing.
1. Christmas hmasaber hmang hmun:
Tunsan ah biakinn phapha nai ai, mai tleu thawn, hlanzaphnak thawn, awring phuncang thawn khim sio in nai sio ising. Ikhalselai minung te kin thazawng ngai i. Pumkhawm zuam lo tamngai ising. Kumkhat songah khawm le khawm lo sik le singkhaw pumkhawm lo caan kin tam sawn menma tuh i. Zaiman khawm de lo ing, ti khiah thu phuncang rel tuh nai bial tuh ising. Hiam ngai in Pathian bia thil hlen napui pumkhawm zuam lo tampui ising. Zaiman ini? Poi ngai i, ti’n ruat ve aw sim?
Ikhalselai a hmasaber Christmas a hmangtlang laifang biakinn khai um lo, awring e, zai e ti khai um lai lo i. Pathian bia khawmtlang hmun khiah hampalak dai-tlok hnia ah i. Cia hmun ah zaan dapkhep lai tengfang tuukhal te khiah a tuu te kil in um tlang lianglo teng i. Baibal ai nganhnak ang ile khaw rin lopui vacung nalang te laar ai larem sa aw za tlang i. A larem sahnak tu, “A ithnak minung te umhmun laivum ah remhnak leeng tuseh” (Peace on earth good will to men) tihnak i. Thuthangpha a phuanghnak tu, “Tun zan rori ah David khua songah ningmah Otu Bawi Khrih suak zo i”, ti i (Luk. 2:11).
Christmas tihnak khiah hlanlai kum 2000 zolo ai thu lek ilo i. “Tun zan” tihnak ponka khiah tunnia tian ca khai tel ban ṭio ilai, ti khiah ling ṭeen singlai pha tuh i ti’n ruathnak nai ing. Tunnia kinte ca tuh a thar in suak leh sal i. Kum hezah liam zohnak te khiah zai loi lo in liam ruai menma pang aw sing? Sermon tampui ngai zo, kin thinlung song ah tang kontin lang tlang de ising? Kin thinsong ah tang cam peupeu awm? U le naute, kin nunhnak phangai in cekfel leh nga sing, ti’n ning so i nuam i. Kontin ruat tlang ve isi?
2. Christmas hmasaber ai pumkhawmtu te:
Christmas hmasaber pumkhawmnak ai teltu te khiah Puithiam te, Farasi te, Sadusi te le Daanthiam te pawl i lo i.
Puithiam te tu biakinn songah amah te bawnkel le bawn daan te, hibawltuh hnak te thawn buai tlang hnelhno i. Otu Jesuh suakhnak thu tah in nisiar a bawn kul de hnak thula te tawlrel hnenhno man in Christmas tihnak khiah zai i tikhai ling ngah lo i. Ciaman in a hmasaber Christmas ah tel ngah tlang lo i.
Daanthiam te khai amah te tlangtlang a thuruathnak te el dun tlang hnelhno i. Farasi le Sadusi te khai daan thukham thula te reltlang ai el tlang murhmo i. Ciatin Pathian thula te rel ai, el dun tlang hnelhno napui a thinlung song ngaingai ah Pathian thawn nong dun veng lo i. Ciman in a hmasaber Christmas pumkhawmhnak ah tel ngah nawn ta lo i.
Ikhalselai ciami khawmhnak ah a tel ngahtu te khiah a thinlung dawngkham hong ṭiotu, Judah peng songah aisu in khai zai khai siar veng lohnak tuukhal te pawl i. Zaikhai thiamhnak nai lo, naihhnak khai nai lo, mi nauta te pawl i. Phundang deuh in rel le singkhaw thinlung dawngkham a hong ṭiotu, thinlung hniata cuhtu te pawl i. Kin lingkulhnak pakhat tu thiamhnak nai lo, naihhnak nai lo, mi nauta te inapui ai Pathian ling hiam lo, hngal le puar roh thai tampui um ising. Ciabang te in Christmas hmasaber pumkhawmhnak ah tel ngah cuang lo i. Hemi khawmhnak ai a teltu te khiah mi nauta cuh tu, thinlung veksen Pathian rinsan ṭio ai thinlung dawngkham hong ṭiotu te ian i. Tunnia kin dinhmun khai phaniu in sikfel dun kin kul hang i, ti’n ruathnak nai ing. Kaimah ling sawn ing, thiam sawn ing, nai ber ing tihnak te le zaikhai i lo ing, kai ang rongra ti ang te Lai Cianghlim ai zirhhnak i cuang lo i. Kaimah ca i nun otu Bawi Jesuh suak ile Amah vaicaangtuh in le thangphat tuh in thinniam cuh in i thinlung dawngkham hong ing, ti khiah thupui sawn lo awm? A hmasaber Christmas ah kin tel ban ve lo napui tun caan ah khai tel ngah loin kin khelhsual lio tuh khiah poi ngai tuh i, ti’n ruathnak nai ing.
3. Christmas hmasaber ai pumkhawm caan:
A pumkhawm caan khiah zaan caan i. Ni tla hnua ai khuathim caan ti lek ilo ai thinlung le nuncan ziaza lam ah ituseh, rauhla nun lam ah ituseh, thim roh caan ah i. Minung te ai thinlung songah Pathian thu tleu varhnak um lo ai phat lohnak le mawhhnak thawn thim roh caan ah i. He laivum pumpui a thim roh teng ah Bawi Jesuh khiah te i.
Baibal Lai Cianghlim kin siar fang Pathian in amah le amah minung hnen ai laar dun nuam fangin zaan caan khai hmang de i. Vai tampui ah Pathian in khuathim caan ah naper de i, tikhai hmu thil ising. Faro kut song an Israel mipui te ohnak a co caan khiah khuathim zaan caan ah i. Samual a ko caan khai zaan khuathim caan, a mitmu lai teng ah i. David in Saam la tampui a phuah caan khai zaan khuathim caan i. Paul le Silas te pahnih Filipi thawnginn song ai thangphat la a sa caan khai zaan khuathim caan i. Thawnginn dawngkham te a hong sio caan khai zaan khuathim ah i. Cia ang pah in nauniu Jesuh a suak caan khai zaan khuathim ah i.
Sangtu te kin ling sa sio angin Bawipa Jesuh a suak caan khiah laivum pumpui ah nuncan ziaza ah ituseh, rauhla thu ah ituseh, a thim ngai caan i. Ciateng laifang hampalak ai a umtu tuukhal te hnenah rin lopui in thuthangpha hleng i. Cia mi caan ah a hmasaber Christmas pumkhawmnak hmang tlang i. Tun ṭum Christmas kin hmang caan tang zai ang caan ah hmang nga sing maw? Pathian daihhnak angin hmang tum aw sing? Kin thinlung song ngaingai in otu Bawi khiah thangphat tlang nga sing maw? Kinmah le kin ihnak ṭeen khiah phaniu in cek dun kin kul ngaingai hang i.
Thutawphnak
Tunnia ah Biakinn phapha, mawimawi nai ising. Hiam ngaiin Pathian thangphat thil ising. Larem mawimawi, thurel thiamroh tampui nai ising. Ikhalkhaw zaiman in Bawipa thangphat tuh kin zuam ṭeen lo i?
Pastor te, konghoitu te khai Pathian thangphat tahhnakin a dang thula tampui ah thupui sawn dah in buaipui deuh aw sing? Pathian napertu ing, ti kong in khai Pathian thupeu songah nung ben lo tang i pang aw sing?
Pathian biakhawm tuh in sun, zaan ti loin caan tampui nai ising. Zaiman in pumkhuawm zuam lo ising? Pathian biakhawm zuam loin kin khamtu zai ang te um i? Zai ang te in kin kham pa de? Kinmah le kinmah phatak ngai in kin nun cekfel sio leh kin kul hang ikhaw.
Pipu te in a rel awnghnak song an i hih ṭio hnak thu pakhat tu, “Hlanlai kin san ah Pathian thu tampui ling lo i ing. Ikhalselai kin lingzah ang in kin nun ah nungpui i ing. Tun ning santhar ah Pathian thu ning linghnak khiah van tian tongban ihang. Ikhalselai nin linghnak ang in nungpui lo isi. Ciaman in thu ruat pha tampui um i” tihnak thu i. He thu heh sangtu piangthar ing, titu te pawlin thupeu suah in ruat leh kul hang ising, ti’n ruathnak nai ing.
A hmasaber Christmas caan ah biakinn nai lo i. Pumkhawmtu te khai aisu in khai zai siar lohnak te pawl i. Inapui ang ngai in pumkhawm caan hmang tlang awng i. Kinte tun san ah kinmah phutua ṭeen in za-awihnak nai ising. Kin kul hnak thilri te a cateng nai tlang ising. Ciaman in kin nunhnak caan comniu songah ang ngai le thinmuang ngai in, pha ngai in hmang tlang nga sing.
Bawipa Jesuh in ohnak a kin pehnak khaih kin thinlung songah coṭeen in a daihhnak zai i, ti’n a kin zirhhnak te khiah hlun ai amah thawn pawldunhnak nai ṭio tuh khiah kin Bawipa Jesuh ai daihhnak i. Christmas thinngamhnak, remdunhnak, itdunhnak, anghnak te khiah ning veksen vumah cat loin um ṭio tu sehlaw! Amen.
Ithnak thawn,
Rev. Dr. CJ Hrang Hmung