EVERY DEVELOPMENT STARTS WITH A MOVEMENT

"Every development starts with a Movement"


Zomi te Pasian in hong lam to mah mah hi ci in ih ki pak mah mah thei zel aa, zong ei muh na ciat pan en koi koi leng zong ah man mah mah thu khat hi. Tun zong Zomi te in lei tung zel in, mun tuam tuam ah ih om a, mi pil na, mi an lim, tui lim te zong ah mau te mah bang in ki cing tak in ih ne a nuam tak in ih om thei ta hi. Tua bek tham lo, ni dang bang lo in khat leh khat zong ih hai na, ih pil na te, ki kawk thei ta hang. Tua bek tham lo mi te mah bang in, sum leh pai, za leh thu neih na te zong bang zah ta in thu pi hiam cih ih thei semsem ta hi hang. Tua bang in ih khan toh na te hang lung dam huai mah mah hi. 


Lei tung thu nei ( Authorities) te zong tawh ih ki en kak thei ta a, koi ma kai hoih a, koi ma kai hoih lo cih zong ih en dik ( compare) thei ta hi. Lung dam huai mah mah sa hang. Ih khan toh na ding mah ah hun hong tung ta hi ci in lung dam huai mah mah hi. Ah hih hang ei lei tung mi ten "gual zo" cih na ih lak ciang ( Describe )  bang tawh teh a bang tawh en ih hi hiam cih pen thu pi mah mah khat in na ngaih sun kha ing. Tua mi cing tak ( mature) mah mah ih cih te zong koi bang in ah mi pih te, ah pawl pi te  a ding han ciam hiam cih zong kan tel lai ding hoih ka sa hi. Mi nam a ding in sih na thuak, thong sung om zaw zen in ah sem khia te pen zong thu pi ih sak mah mah ding khat hong hi zel hi.  Lai siang tho tung tawn in pau ni ci leng zong " Israel leh Judah kum pi khem pueh ten zong ah mi nam a ding in Mi tul tam pi tak that uh aa, tua bek tham lo Egypt pan  Cannan gam lut na lam kawm kaal ah zong Mi lung neem pen pen Moses leh Pasian mi teen zong mi dang te tul za tam tak na that uh hi. Lei tung ah  gual zoh na ih cih , ah koi pen  ah maan hi a, ah koi pen ah khiel hiam. America te maan pen hiam ah hih kei leh Afganistan ( Osmar Bin Ladin) te khiel zaw hiam? Ah bang thu teng hang hi bang a War, Terrorists te hong piang khia hiam cih pen en mi hing te, ih theih na ah tawm mah mah tawh..ih gen khiat hang ( explaination) ki cing zo lo ding hi. Middle East te I  ki tel khielt na zong lei tung bup a mi pil ah ki sa mah mah, rocket ah bawl liang, Oxford University, Cambridge University pan  pil na sang pen pen ah nei te in zong tu dong in ki lem sak zo nai lo hi. “Mi hing ih cih te pen ei mun tawh ah ki tuak in ( context) ih sep bang bang maan ah sa mi te hi hang.” Nang man kei teh/ ko man zaw ung cih thu ih kan kan leh lei tung in hong bei san ta ding hi aa bang ci dan in tua kawm kaal ah thu hoih khat sem zo ding hiam cih ei Pil ah ki sa pawl khat in ih ngaih sut mah mah ding thu khat hi ci in na ngaih sun kha zel ing. 


Ah tam zaw ih theih ma kai hoih ih cih te pen kua mi te hiam ih cih teh, ah kua ma ciat in ih lung sim tawh ah kit tuak pen pen te mah ngaih sut in nei ciat kha ding hi hang. Ah tam zaw in tu lai tak in ma kai hoih ih cih pen, ah gam mi te gil kial sak lo a ann kham tui kham a ah koih zo te ci in ih gen ciat kha ding hi. Tua mah bang in ei zomi ah tam zaw zong ma kai hoih te kiang  ah zuan zuan hi ta hang. “ Ma kai hoih ding in han ciam lo in ma kai hoih te kiang ah zuan ci leng ki khiel lo ding hi.”  American President Brak Obama kiang ah, “hey.. nang pai in la Kawl gam ah president va sem in. Nakhasum sang ah tam zaw mah mah hi ta leh, American gam kum pi na sep man in na sum ngah tuam tuam ding te sang ah tam zaw hong pia ning va ci leng, ah ut tam. Ah man bang “kha” ( Spirit ) nei hiam cih thei kha lo hi hang. Pawl khat ten bel ci thei in teh.. “ah mau Mivon te zong.. America ah ei dan mah a Refugees ah hi zong in, sal ding ( slavery) in ah om uh hi e ci thei mah ding hi hang.” Mivom te America tun na thu tak tak zong thei cian leng ei bang American  ah, ah mau ah ki pat dan in ki pan ding hong ci leh ih ut tek diam. Mi kang te sal in ( sum piak loh in) ih om zo diam. Cih te zong kei ai tuam in na ngaih sun thei zel ing. 


Tun ei zomi ten bang  vei na ( spirit) nei ih hi hiam na ngaih sun kha thei zel ing. Ah siang tek in gen ni ci leng..kawl gam a ih nut siat Pastor te pen ( tua mun kit tuh tuh te ) kua te hiam? Ah mau te pen zong hai ih sak mah mah ( pil na lam ah), bang mah zong ih thu sim loh teng kawl gam ah ‘ mi lim biate’ (Buddhist 90 % of the nation population) te ah nawk ding in aa nu sia hi hang. Ei ten Mi gam te ‘Election process’ te, Mi gam ma kai te lung sim puak te hoih ih sak mah mah leh… tua mi te i  ‘ ah vei uh’( Spirit) pen bang ah hi hiam cih ken zong na ngaih sun sun kha ing. 


Ei ten ih gam leh ih lei tang a ih Pawl pi pen ah nu sia vi ve hi ta hang. Bang “ vei na kha” ( Spirit) ih gam a ding neih sak lai ih hi hiam? Bang hang in ih gam a sia te/ pastor te tut phat ki tuh2 uh ah hi hiam cih te ih kan khiat ding bek hi lo in, ih gam a ding in dieh sak na tak pi tawh ah mau te tawh va om khawm in, ih paak tak mah mah gam dang ma kai te bang in… ih gam leh ih lei ah ih lu tang ih phum ding ki sam ta hi. Ah tam zaw Zomi SDA mipil hong piang ma sa sa te in ih gam/ ih pawl pi tai san  tek ih hih man in tua ih pawl pi thu buai teng zong hong piang hi lel  ah tom no khat in. Bang bang hi ta leh “movement” ma kai teng khem peuh kei  ai tawm in ( personal) in Congratulations!, leh appreciations! ci in pah tawi na hong pia den hing. No i ham ciam na te zong, no i mi pi/ pawl pi na deih sak na uh ah hih man lung kim huai lel hi. 


Mi pawl khat ten tua movement te i “pai dan pen.. tua dan hi zaw leh, tua dan ah cih uh pen hai vai tak ei” ah ci om ding hi uh teh. Ei pen ah gam la pan a ‘world cup ih et dan hi’ ah “kwin”  ( Field) pua lam pan baw lung ih khe tawh zong sui leng ah kha lo ding ten zong “WAI PHAN” (critics) ah pia thei te tawh ki bang hi hang. Tua ah hih man in ah piang na khem peuh ah… ih lung sim puak ding pen bang hoih sa ka hiam cih leh “ Zesu bek mah en un la Ih sep khiat ding hoih sa ing” “Seventh-Day Adventist Chruch ih cih zong Pasian i thu tang ko ding “Agency” ah tam sung lak pan khat ih hih man in tua zah ta in tua pawl pi sung ah ih om hang ki pak in Vang Tung gam 100% sure in tung ding hi hang cih na om lo hi. Lai siang tho sung ah zong Pasian pawl pi ih cih pen… “Suang tung ah ah ki phut”,leh  Rev. sung bang mah in, van tung mi 3 thu tang ko ding leh thu kham 10 ah zui pawl pi hi. Ih theih sa ciat mah bang in “ Pasian i ‘invisible’ ah ki mu thei lo pawl pi khat bek ah om mah bang in Ei te in Tua “Visible” ah ki mu thei pawl pi ‘church’ ah ih min ah om loh hang “ Pasian i ah ki mu thei lo ‘invisible’ chuch ah ih min om den ding ki sam lai hi.  Zesu zong lei tung ah, ah om lai in “ biak in ah ki khawm hi’ cih bek mah ki thei hi a, ah ma it mah mah Abraham suan leh khak Judah ( Israel) ten ah ma om na ding mah a  ah Lam Biak buk na sem te tawh zong na na sem khawm tuan lo in, ah ma i Pasian na sep na zong ah ma i “Planning” ah hi “ Saving the Sinners” cih thu lu tawh na hong sem hi. Theoritically or Theologically in gen ni ci leng, Pasian mi te phuh khiat leh E.G. White ( Pasian tung pan mang muh na tawh) leh (Spiritual) kha makai te i phut khiat ah hi SDA pawl pi pen man sa lo in nang ah tai san hi lo aa, tua pawl pi sung ah ah om Jerusalam biak buk ma kai or Pawl pi ma kai te i hong deih loh na tawh ah mau pawl pi pan na min uh ah lak khiat bek ah hih leh nang pen mi man pha mah mah hi teh. “Biak buk ma kai ten hong it loh hang/ hong bawl siat nawp hang na Mawh na pi pi mah tawh Zeisu in ka kiang ah hong pai ve ve in hong ci denh lam phawk ciat ni.”Lai siang tho sung ah, ah cih man bang in ‘ thu khen na ‘ ( Judgement) ih cih pen (Mi hing te na sep hi lo aa Pasian na sep ding hi zaw hi). “Topa Zeisu ih cih pen mi te ah hawl khia hi lo zaw in deih sak na tak tawh, it na tak tawh, kam neem tak tawh, mi te bang zah in sia ta leh hong zawl zawl Pasian hi.” Lei tung pen mawh na tawh ah ki dim ah hih man, Jerusalam Siam pi te, lai thei te mah bang in , tu lai tak in.. ih GC/Union/Mission mai kai te hong it na , hong muh dan te zong  ah lam dang  khat hi thei ding hi. 


Ah hoih pen thu khat ( bottom line) ah Nang i sep khiat na tak tak, nang I up na tak tak pen bang aa ding aa na sep khiat tak tak hiam? Nang I sep khiat na pen Topa Zeisu i sep khiat na tawh ah ki zui in sep khiat nop na tak tak ah hih nak leh… biak buk mah kai/ lai thei te i hong huat na te/ hong muh dah na te pen Topa Zeisu tawh  Na thuak khawm un” cih bek mah hi mai hi. Ei i ah hoih pen lim hong lak pen ( example) pen ih Topa Zeisu bek mah hi cih ah kau mah ciat in ih theih ding ki sam den hi. Pasian na ih sep leh mi te mai/ mawk na tawh ah ki dim hih lei tung ah mi ten “ appreciations!, Congratuations! cih zong hong pia khol lo ding a, Zeisu bang in mi ten hong hua in, ah tawp na ah Sih na dong ih thauk zawh ding bek mah lam pi om hi. “SDA te i bul phuh ah hi ih 28 doctrine tung ki nga in, Pasian ah lang pang lo mi khat na hih nak leh ( King Sawl bang in Pasian ah lang pang na hih kei nak leh), Pasian hong piak thu kham te ah man bang in na zuih nak leh Nang pen Pasian i ‘ ah ki mu thei lo ‘ ( invisible church) pawl pi ah om lai hi  teh. “Mi hing te tawh ki lem loh pen ah piang thei thu hi aa, Pasian tawh ki lem ding ki sam zaw hi.” Tua ah hih man in ‘ movment’ khat ah han ciam pa khat na hih leh 1. Ni diang sang thu tam nget zaw un la, 2. Laisiang tho zong tam sim zaw un la, 3. Pasian mi te nun tak dan zia ding tawh nung ta un la 3. Pasiang lang pan ngei loh ding, leh ah ma thu kham lang pan ngei loh ding ki sam pen hi. “ Pasian mi  khat na hih leh Mi hing ( mawh nei) khat I puk nang leh hak sat na ah tuak nang, thong sung ah tun nang cik mah hun in sem ngei lo ding hi teh. Topa Zeisu bang, Paul te, Peter te bang in minn thong sung hong khum zaw ding hi”. Bang bang na sem zong in “ Topa Zeisu Lei tung ah hong om lai in ah na sep dan, ah ki niam khiat dan, mi mawh te ah it dan te mi dang te lung sim sung ah, ah thak sak zel zel zaw ding hi hang. Tua hi leh mawh nei te it theih ding hi teh.” 


Ah Tawp na ah…Topa Zeisu zong lei tung ah hong pai lai in ah ma mi te kiang ah hong om in, ah ma mi te gam leh lei ah hong om in,  ah sih dong in na hong sem hi. Topa Zesu pen hong pai lai in America pai in Pasian na na sem ma sa lo ah hih man in Ei ten zong, ih hih theih leh ngaih sut huai mah mah hi. Ei ten zong tua mi nam dang ten ah gam ah lei a mi te a ding in na ah sep dan uh, kum pi ding a ah ki tel dan uh te ah hoih dan, ah lung sim puak dan uh ah hoih dan te ei Zomi SDA te tawh en kak kak lo zaw in… En zong ih gam leh ih lei, ih Pawl pi khan toh na ding ih deih sak tak tak leh Topa Zeisu mah bang in “ Ah mun leh ah lei tang mah mah, ih mi nam pih te mah tawh va om khawm in, ih sih dong in na ih sep khiat ding ki sam hi”.  Mi gam mi lei tang ah Union president na hih hang, ei zo gam a “Saimun khua  leh Tedim ki kal khe tawh pai in Pasian na sem mi te Thu pi sa zaw hang. Congratulations! Mi gam mi lei ah Pastor thuap 10 na ngah sang in, Ei gam ei lei tang ah tut phat ki tuh2 na pi in ah theih zah, ah pil na neih zah tawh, hai sa mah mah ta leng Pasian na ah sem te thu pi sa zaw hang. Ah thu pi pen ka sak ah, Reformation khat ih deih tak tak leh, Theodore Beza, Martin Bucer, Heinrich Bullinger, Johannes Hus, John Calvin, Andreas von Carlstadt, later a Radical Reformer, Wolfgang Fabricius Capito, Martin Chemnitz, Thomas Cranmer, William Farel, Matthias Flacius Caspar Hedio, Justus Jonas, John Knox, Jan Łaski, Martin Luther, Huldrych Zwingli etc…te mah bang in ah gam la pan ah “WAIPHAN” te hi lo zaw in ah mun tak tak pan ih sep ih bawl ding in hong han thawn nuam ing. Tua hi leh hai ih sak mah mah “ movement” ma kai te sang ah hoih zaw sem thei ding hi hang. Ah “ Process” man tak in ih ‘movement’ te ma kaih thei pah ding hi hang. Thu khat leu2 ah Pasian in hong zang nuam peuh leh “ Suang te zong ah zang thei ah hih man in” deih sak na tak tawh hi in, ei ai tuam nun tak nang ah hih kei peuh leh Pasian in ih hai na, ih ki cin loh na te hong thei siam den in ah ma thu leh la lei tung bup ah ah zeilh meng meng nang hong zang ngei ngei ding hi cih hi mai hi.  Ah tel sian ding in Pasian in thu pha hong pia ciat na ding mah ka lung gult na hi.  


Remark: Zo lai  ka neu tung a ki pan sin ngei lo ka hih man at khielt ah om leh hong mai sak un.


Secondly, ih lai pen kei leh kei zong ah ki at/ ah ki thei sak ka hih man kua mah personal in ka cih nawp na hi lo hi cih hong thei siam sak un. 


Pasian sung ah it na tawh,


Tg. Thang Sian Mang 


MDiv, MBA ( AIIAS) Philippines