Pathian ninghiohnak le konghoihnak thawn Otu Jesuh Khrih suakcam Christmas hleng leh lala hang ising. Kumsiar in Christmas caan ah out Bawi Jesuh Khrih vaicaang tlang in ang ngai in caan hmang tlang ṭeen de isng. Mi tampui in kaimah misual nun otu tuh in Pathian khiah taksa nai minung ah cang ai kaimah misual si tuh in le tlanleh tuh in kawi i, ti’n songlawi ngai in caan hmang ising. A remcang daandaan in aih-din thawn suaknia anghnak phuncang thawn hmang de ising. Mi hrekkhat in zu le sa thawn hiamhnak menmah in caan hmang ve i. Mi hrekkhat in December 25 nia heh Christmas nia peupeu i lo i, ti ai thupui in hmang lotu khai um lianglo ve i. A nia thu ah buaipuitu um lianglo i. Cia khai mah le ruat daan iman in mawhhluk tuh um sek cuang lo i. Ikhalselai sangtu tamsawn in thupui ngai in hmang tlang ising. Kin caan hmang daan te zong bang dun ṭeen tuh lo i.
Laivum pui huapin Christmas kin hmang daan khai phuncang cang in um i. Mi hrekkhat in, ‘mi cianghlim pakhat suak caan i’ ti ai thupui ngai loin caan hmangtu um i. Mi hrekkhat in, ‘amahte naper hlawhtlinghnak tuh in thilri khawnghnak tuh ian in hmang ve i.’ Nitla hmun ram lam ah tu Christmas camcu hleng fang thilri hnikpon te man bai ngai in zuar de napui kin Laimi hrekkhat tetu thil man tampui in zuar ai amah te phathnemhnak ca ian sik in Christmas hmang de i. Mi hrekkhat te lala in cen zaikhai siar loin um menma khai um i. Ciami Judah pa suakhnak menma titu khai um i. Ilekhaw a hmasaber Christmas caan lai ah tang ciami san lai ai minung te in Christmas konti’n hmang ve i? Sik tlang cuk nga sing.
1. Sumdawnghnak ah hmang i (Luk. 2:1-6).
A hmasaber Christmas caan lai fangin kumpibawi Augustus (Awkastas) in a ukhnak Rom ram song veksen mipum siar ai hmingkhum tuh sio in thu suah i. Hemi mipum siarhnak hmasaber caan laifang Quirinius (Kuirinias) khiah Siria ram uktu bawi i. Ciaman in aisusu khai mipum siar ai hmingkhum tuhin amahte suakhmun khua ṭeen ah tlung kul i.
Ciatiin mah le suakhmun khua lam tlungtlang lianglo fangin rongdawr le khualbuk naite ca ah caan pha, caan remcang ngai i. Zaiman tifangin khua hla, ram hla pui ah mah le pumpui khapkhat ca ṭeen naper kiaksai in a umtu te khiah mah le suakhmun khua ah tlung kul ngio hang. Innsang khimniu in a tlung tlang ṭeen fang amahte suakhmun khua ṭeen ai rongdawr le khualbuk ah mi dim roh ngai i. Ciaman in kin Otu Bawi Jesuh a suak fangin khualbuk ah caamhmun khaan co ve lo man ramsa rong aihmun kuang songah tekul hnak i.
Tunsan ah khai cia ang pah i pan lo awm? A hlaice in kin Lairam lam ah Christmas caan nong deuhdeuh fangin thilri man te manhar ngai de i. Mi veksen in kumkhat song zaikhai lai lo niu in um khal khaw Christmas caan ah tu thilri le hnikpon thar le mawi niuniu lai tlang ṭeen de ising. Ciafangin dawr naitu te thil khawng roh de i. Thilri man tampuipui in zuar man in amiat tampui ngah tlang i. Nitlak hmun ram khangso lam ah cen discount/sale ti ai thilri man te a bai thai tawp in ṭhumdun lai tengfang Khristian tampui umhmun kin Lairam lam ah tu thilri man khang amam de i. Christmas tihnak heh thilri khawng caan, daih ang in hiam roh ai um caan i, tiin laivum hnempuihnak lek sik in caan hmang pang aw sing maw?
2. Thinraw le huahnak thawn hmang i (Mat. 2:16-18; Mikah 5:2-4).
Kumpibawi Herod in nisuakhmun lam mifimte a hnenah hleng fangin a thin lau ngai i. Mifim te in, “Judah mi te ai kumpibawi tuh a suakhnak nauniu kon ah um i? A arsi khiah nisuakhmun lam ah hmu man in amah bia tuh in kawi i ing,” ti’n a ti fangin a thin lau amam i. Zaiman tifangin i tohmun i suttu tuh i, ti’n a thinlung thupniu in ruat ai iksikhnak thinlung suak i. A thin khai raw ngai i. Cia zolo puithiam le daanthiam te pawl a ko fangin cia mi thu khiah a peu thungaingai i, ti ai Profet Mikah in relcia awnghnak thu a rel tlang fangin a thin lau roh amam i. Cialek zolo, mifim te pawl a hnenah letleh lo ai lampui dangin amahte ram lam ah tlung leh zo i, ti thu a za fangin zawlhnak tawk i lo ingmaw, ti’n a thin raw-hnak so amam i. Ciaman in Bethlehem le a hiang cingkiim khua ai umtu pasal naupang kum hnih tanhnia lam veksen rek sio tuh in thu pe i. A hmasaber Christmas caan ah thinhnawm thin-ur kul thil cang awng i, ti’n ti thil ising.
Jesuh Khrih i hnenah kawi le khaw tun ai i nun daan ihnak te pawl i thlengsio pang ngai, ti ai thin lau manin thin lung kho roh tu mi tampui um menma thai ising. Kinmah daih angin nung tuh kin daih sawn le Jesuh in kin uk pang le khaw kinmah daih daan ai nung thil tuh lo hang ti ai lautu khai um thai ising. Zaiman tifangin Jesuh Khrih khiah i otu le Bawipa i, ti’n kin thinsong an co ngah lio le singkhaw kinmah daihhnak ang in nung thil lo hang man ti’n ruat tu um thai ising. Bawi Jesuh in kin uk lio le khaw Jesuh daihhnak ang in nung kul tuh hang ising. Tunṭum Bawi Jesuh vaicaang fangin Herod angin a caangtu tang um pang aw sing maw? Kinmah le kin nunhnak ṭeen cekfel dun kin kul ngai hang i. Christmas puai kin hmang hiam ngai, tihnak tah in Otu Bawi Jesuh kin thinlung muril songin vaicaang ising, tihnak khiah thupui sawn tuh i. Christmas kin hmang fangin thinrawhnak, iksikhnak, hua dunhnak ti ang thinlung pawl thawn vaicaang pang le sing khaw Chirstmas khiah kin ca ah sullam nai tuh veng lo i khaw.
3. Khukhlep bia ai lehsawng petu khai um i (Mat. 2:9-10; Luk. 2:16-20).
Ni suakhnak lam mifim te ituseh, mi nauta ti’n aisu in khai zai siar lohnak tuukhal te ituseh, nauniu Jesuh suakhmun ramsa rong aihnak kuangah hleng tlang fangin khukhlep bok in bia tlang i. Mifim te in amah te kenghnak lehsawng: sui, frankincense rimhmui le mura zihmui te suah ai pe tlang i. Tuukhal te in pe tuh zaidang nai ve lo man in a naihsun niu amah te thinlung khiah lehsawng ca pe i. Cia hnua ah Pathian thangphathnak la sa kong in let leh tlang i.
Pathian ithnak khiah he laivum minung umhmun ah zuktolh i, ti’n thu kin rel hnelhno tu Christmas ai a muril hmu ngahtu, co ngahtu te in thinlung hniadorhnak thawn khukhlep bok in bia ve tuh kin kul ngai i. Kinmah le kin naihhnak lehsawng pe dun tlang in vaicaang ve nga sing. Pe tuh lehsawng dang nai lo le sing khaw kin thinlung lehsawng khiah pe in vaicaang nga sing. Christmas tihnak nauniu Jesuh a suakhnak man in mi tampui ai nun thleng ruai i. Anghnak le a bo thil lo thinngamhnak kin co ruai i. Otu kin nun ah co ngah thil ising. Ciami nauniu suak ta lo selai nang le kai ca ohnak thu um tuh lo i. Anghnak le thinngamhnak khai um tuh lo i.
Pathian in a ithnak liamber laar ruaihnak khaih Nauniu Jesuh kin hnen ah kin pe ai laar ruai i. Kin te in tang kin anghnak laar ruai tuh in Pathian hnenah zai pe leh ve nga sing? Kin naihhnak thilri te pawl khiah Pathian daihhnak tang ini maw? Thil dang zai khai pe tuh nai lo le singkhaw kin ‘thinlung lehsawng’ khiah pe ṭeen nga sing. Ciami ‘thinlung lehsawng’ khiah kin Bawipa in daih ber i. Kin thinlung khiah amah ca cang ruai tio tuh khiah Bawipa in daihhnak ber i.
Thubonak
Ciaman in laisiartu sangtu u le nau, Jesuh Khrih suakcaan Christmas heh konti’n hmang ve ising? Kinmah le kinmah cek dun kul ngai ising. Hiamhnak menma ah hmang aw sing? Ilolekhaw thinrawhnak, iksikhnak, hua-hnak thawn hmang sawn aw sing? Ilolekhaw kinmah phathnemhnak, kin miathnak menma ah hmang de ising? “Christmas” tihnak khiah otu Jesuh Khrih suak nia hnikhnaihnak i. Rel zo angin a nia khiah December 25 nia i ṭhiah i, ti khiah um peu lo i. Ikhalselai Christmas hmang nia bang dun lo bial man in bangdun thil tuh in December 25 nia ah hmang tuh in laivum sangtu vekin in hmang tlang thliahthlo zo ising. Kum raipui hmang zohnak i man in a nia thu ah tu buai pha um lo in ruat ing. Kin buaipui taito in khai dang cuang tuh lo i. A thupuihnak pakhat tu Christmas kin hmang daan le kin thinlung zai ang nai ising ti ah um sawn i.
Christmas ti hnak khiah mirang ponkam pahnih kom hnak i. A pakhathnak ponkam khiah ‘Christ’ i le ‘Jesuh Khrih’ tihnak i ai, a hnuata tu ‘Mas’ ti i le ‘mass’ tihnak in kawihnak i. A sullam tu “Jesuh Khrih suakhnak thawn pehzomtu mi burpui, pumkhawm’ tihnak i. Christmas tihnak ponkam ai laifang pakhat ṭeen in sullam pakhat teen nai ve i. Laifang pakhat ṭeen ai sullam in Christmas ai ihnak fiang ngai in laar ruai i.
C – Christ – Khrih Jesuh
H – Herod – Herod siangpahrang
R – Redeemer – Sualhnak in tlantu, luatruaitu
I – Israel – Israel miphun (‘Immanuel’ ti’n khai hmang i)
S – Savior – Nun Otu
T – Trust – Sanghnak (‘Three East Wise Men’ ti’n khai hmang i)
M – Manger – Ramsa rong aihnak kuang (‘Messiah’ ti’n khai hmang i)
A – Angel – Vancung nalang
S – Shepherd – Tuukhaal
He a vum ai laifang pakhat ṭeen ai sullam te kom sio le singkhaw “Khrih Jesuh khiah Herod kumpibawi san ah sualhnak in tlantu, luatruaitu tuh in Israel miphun ihnak lang ai ramsa rong aihnak kuang songah suak i. Amah a sangtu te ca ah otu i ai vancung nalang te le tuukhal te in khai bia tlang i” tihnak sullam suak i. Ciami Jesuh Khrih khiah laivum otu Bawi i.
Ile khaw ithnak sangtu u le nau, Christmas konti’n hmang de ising? Zai ang in hmang tum lai pa sing? Christmas khiah kin ca ai zai sullam nai i? Hiamhnak menma ah hmang aw sing? Kin ca ah ‘otu’ suak man in anghnak thinlung ngaingai thawn hmang aw sing? Christmas anghnak, thinngamhnak, remdaihhnak, ithnak te ning veksen vum ah um tu ṭio seh law! Amen.