Biahmaithi
Thomas
nih a rak sak mi biakinn cu inn chiahru hmete asinain huham a ngei i, hro a
kual caah thlacam i ka va kal ahhin vunrang pipi ( mirang pawl) hmanh thla an
cam ah an thaw a phih hna. Zeiruangah dah Biakinn lian pipi tampi kaltak in hi
inn chiahrute hi tlaihchan in phaisa sing tampi dih in thlacam ah an rat hnga
ti ruah lo awk a ttha hrimhrim lo. Hi capar ah ka langhter duhmi cu Baibal
lengah a ummi tuanbia St. Thomas nun le zumtu kan nun kha van zoh tti ka duh.
St.Thomastuanbiatawi
St.
Thomas tuanbia kong hi fiang tein ttialmi tuanbia hrampi pa 3 a um. Cu hna cu:
1.Western
tuanbia
2.India
Tuanbia
3.PortugueseTuanbia
1. Westerntuanbia: Tuanbia
hlun theihtu Farquahar le a dang cio zong nih an chimmi cu Western tuanbia hi
amah lawng i a ummi tuanbia siloin a dang tuanbia Edessan tuanbia le
Alexandrian he pehtleihnak an ngei tiah an ti.[1]Western
tuanbia hi phun 3 in tthen khawh a si. Cu hna cu:
1.Lamkaltu
Thomas (Acts of Thomas),
2.Edessan
tuanbia/ Syria tuanbia le
3.
AlexandreanTuanbia / Egypt tuanbia hna an si.
1.1.LamkaltuThomas( Acts of
Thomas):
Thomas
tuanbia hi tuanbia ttial tampi nih dannak tampi lakah a hmanbik ko lai tiah zumhmi
pakhat cu siangpahrang Gundapharous (kawn-da-fo-ras) nih a umnak inn sak a rak
duh. Innsatu dingah zungthiam a rak herh ngaingai. Hi chan lioah Laban timi pa
hi chawlet a si i, Jerusalem hrawng ah chawleh ah a rak kal lengmang caah siangpahrangpa
sinah a chimmi cu Jerusalem lei ah na inn satu ding zungthiam an ttha.
Jerusalem biakinn zong dawh tuk in an sakmi ka hmuh ti kha a chimh. Siangpahrang
nih Laban cu inn satu zungthiam (lehtama) kawl dingah Jerusalem lei ah a thlah.
Laban nih Thomas cu a va chimh i, Thomas zongnih Laban a rak rat dingmi kha a
chunmang in a rak hngalh ti a si. An pa 2 cun India lei rat cu an van ithawh. 52
AD ah India an phan.
India
an phak in siangpahrang Gundapharous nihcun Thomas cu siangpahrang umnak inn
saknak ding ahcun phaisa tampi a pek. Asinain Thomas nih cu phaisa vialte cu
khuakip thawngttha chimnak, harsami le sikfak bawmhnak ah a hman dih.
Siangpahrang
pa cu a inn zoh ah a rat tikah Thomas nih a dehhlennak le leirawlnak vialte a
theih tikah a thin a hung tuk i, a rannak in tlai u law, thong ah thla u law
that colh uh tiah a ti hna.
Cu
lio ah thil khuaruahhar pakhat a cangmi cu Siangpahrang pa i a nau pa Gad timi
pa hi ruah lopi ah a thi. Cu tlawmpal ah
a van nung than i a chimmi cu, vancung ah a kai i inn ttha taktak mi pakhat ka hmuh
le a ho inn dah a si tiah ka hal hna i, na u pa Gundapharous siangpahrang pa
Thomas nih a sakpiak mi a si ti a si.
Kha bantuk thil a can tikah siangpahrang pa cu a lau i, cu bia nihcun a
nun a thlen. Hi chanlio ah siangpahrang nih lungthlennak an ngeih tikah a rak penmi minung vialte thlennak a rak ngei
ve. Thomas cu siangpahrangpa nihcun hmun kip ah thawngttha a chimter.
A
hnu deuh ah Thomas cu sangpahrang dang a simi Misdaeus (MazdaitiinSyria nih an
auh) pennak ah thawngtthachim a a kal. Mi tampi nih a thawngttha chimmi an duh
tuk caah siangpahrang nupi tiangin inn hlam lo in rawlulh thlacam lawng an rian
cang. Cun nu a simi hna nih nu le pa
sinak kha kaltak in thlarau thazaang laknak lawnglawng an ruah tikah siangpahrang
Misdaeus cu a thing a hang i, Thomas cu a thahter hna. Thomas thih hnu caan tlawnpal
ah siangpahrang Mazdai fapa a zaw i Thomas ruh a tawngh ahcun a dam ko lai ti in
Thomas ruh cu a va lakter hna i a ruak cu an rak phul diam cang ai.[2]
1.2. Edessantuanbia:
‘Edessa’
cu chanthar min cu Turkey ram i, ‘Urfa’khi a si i khrihfa mi an tam ngainak hmun
pakhat a si ve. Syria holh in Didascalia Apostorum ( the teachings of Apostles)
hi tuanbia hlun bik cauk a si ve i,
250AD ah Edessa khua ah ah ttialmi a si tiah an zumh. Hi tuanbianih a chimmi cu
Thomas cu india ah a rai an thah hnu ah a ruh kha Syria chawlet pawl nih an
lakti a si. Cucaah Syria ahcun Thomas ni hi 3rd July poah ah Syria
khrihfabu kip nih an tuah.[3]
1.3. AlexandrianTuanbia: Hi
tuanbia chung zongah Thomas cu india ah mission a tuantti mi kha tthate in kan hmuh
khawh.[4]
2. Indian Tuanbia
Hi tuanbia cu chankhat hnu chankhat pipu hna nih
tuanbia an chim mi hnu ah Hlan lio Khrihfa hlabu ah a cuangmi a si. Cu hla cu:
2.1.
Margam
Kali Pttu( the song of the ways) : Hi hla hi khrihfa lungthlennak
hla Malalamholh in sakmi a si i 1732 ah rak phuahmi a si.[5]
2.2.
Thomas
RabbanPattu: Hi hla cu Kerala thih-umhnak hla a sii
hi chungah hinThoms cu India ah a ra i khrihfabu 7 a dirh, siangpahrang tipil a
pek. [6]Mithi
19 a thawhter, Khuachia260 a thawl, thingmuihma 230 a damter, mitcaw 250 khua
an hmu, mizeng 220 an dam, holhthiamlo 20 an dam, pumsazawtnak 250 a damter hna.
Minung sangbik Bramins phung chungin 2800,Khstriyas chungin minung 2800,Vaisyas
chungin minung 3750 le Sudras chungin minung 4250 nih Pathian dawtnak an theih hnu
ah 3rd July 72AD ah a thi[7]tiah
a um.
3. Portuguese Tuanbia
Hi
tuanbia cu hram pa 3bunhmi tuanbia a si.[8] Pakhatnak
ah Malabar tuanbia (Kerala pipu pawl nihchimmi) a si. Pahnihnak cu Syrian
tuanbia (Syria lei i cauk pawl) a si. Pathumnak cu Mylaporetuanbia ( Mylapore minung
nih chimmi) a si. Hi tuanbia zong nih Thomas cu india ah a ratnak kong kha a
chim.
4.
St.Thomas
India ah Mission a tuanko ti tette zohnak:
Tuanbiatampinih
Thomas hi India ah a rak lo tinak hi tampi a um ve bantukin Thomas cu India ah
a ratnak kong hi an chim ve. Cucaah St. Thomas hi india ah a ra ko timi tette a
ummi cu:
1. Khrihfabu
pa 7 a dirhmi tuni tiangah zohkhawh a si. Cu biakinn min hna cu Cranganore,
Kollam, Chayal,Niranam, Kokamanglam, Kottakayal
le Palayure an si.
2. 1834
kum ah khan Thilhlun kawltu pawl nih phaisapia a hmuh i Greek le Paliholh in ttialmi
Gundapharus min a cuang. A let lei ah 46ADtiahai tial. Hi phaisapia hi tuchun ni
ah Calcutta Museum ah pia 24 le Bristish Museum ah pia 33 an um rih. Hi nih a
fiantermi cu Thomas india a rat hrawng ah hin Gundapharus hi siangpahrang a si ko
ti a langhter i, Greek holh in ai tialnak cu hi lio ah Greek holhnih vawleicung
a rak cul lio( Hellenization) caan a si.
3. St.
Thomas thlan zong tha taktak in Chennai, India ah tuni tiang vawleicung mi tampi
nih an rak zohpeng.
4.
18thDecember 1955 lioah
India ram president a ttuanmi Dr. Rajendra Prasad nih Delhi ah Thawngtha bia ka
dangdang a phak hlan ah St.Thomas cu India ah thawngtha phaktertu a si tiinSt. Thomas
thangtthatnak Puai ( St. Thomas Celebration) a tuah i,vawlei pi a hninh dih.
Thomas Nun le Zumtu Nun
Thomas cu Jesuh zultu 12 ah ai tel ve.(Mat.9:9-13,Mar 2:13-17,Luke
6:15). Jesuh thawhthanak a zumh lo caah Jesuh
nih thihnak in a thawhthan hnu ah a sin ahcun a va kal i, an tuknak hma a
hmuhter ( luke 24:36-42, John 20:19-24, mark 16:14) Cu nihcun St. Thomas cu a
zumhnak khua a dei i, hnangamnak tling a ngei.
A zumhnak ral a tha. Thiangthlarau
tthawngnak a ngei. (Lamkaltu 1:8). St.
Thomas sining le kan sining zoh tti hna hmanh usih:
1. Jesuhzultu
a sinain lunghrinhna ka ngei.
2. Zumtu
tampi nih Thomas bang kan zumhnak ah lunghrinhnak kan ngei ve tawn hna.
3. Jesuh
thawhthan hnu ah Thomas sinah thlarau in ai langh.
4. Nang
le kei sin ahcun nifa tein thiangthlarau in kan sinah ai langh ve.
5.
Thomas nih Jesuh cu a zoh i a
nunnak dihlak in Ka bawipa le ka Pathian tiah a cohlan hnu ah, Jesuh caah a
nunnak a pek. A nunchungah khuaruahhar tthawnnak he Pathian rian a ttuan.
6.
Kannih the kan zoh i kan hmuhnak nih
zeibantuk zumhnak, hnangamnak le raltthatnak dah a kan pek.
7.
Thomas sinah Jesuhnih a chimtami cu“ Na ka hmuh caah na ka zumh. Sihmanhsehlaw,
keimah hmu loin a ka zumh mi hna caah cun lunglawmh awk a va si dah” tiah a ti.
8.
Khrih Jesuh hmu loin kan zumhnak nih
zeitluk in dah kan caah khuaruahhar damnak, thawngnak, hnangamnak le daihnak kan
hmuhk hawh. Nangmah na zumhnak cungah zeitluk in dah tete chim awk na ngeih.
Ruat tuah!
Biadonghnak
Ka
zumhnak ah biataknak le ralthatnak taktak kan ngei khawhlonak ruangah Pathian sinah
Hnangamnak tling ka hmuh nakhnga thla ka cam tawn. Cu ka thlacamnak nihcun kai hngalh
lo kar in ralthatnak le hnangamnak tampi a ka pek zungzal.Nangteh Jesuh na zumhnak
van ichek than ve tuah. Na zumhnak ahhin hnangamnak tling taktak na ngei maw?
Na zumhnak ral a ttha maw? Adoniram Judson(1788-1850) nih Jesuh caah kawlram ah
zeitluk harnak dah a tuar ngam. David Lingstone (1813-1873) cu Jesuh caah
Africa ah a nunnak apek. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) cu Tiluk ram Jesuh caah zeitluk
dah a tuar. William Carey (1761-1834) nih Jesuh caah india ah a thi. Vawleicung
a tulio ah Jesuh caah thong tampi zumtu thatha an nunnak a liam cuahmah lio le phaisa
sing tampi he Jesuh caah rian an ttuanlio ah hin, lunghrinh buin a phung men
khrihfa na rak si sual maw? Thomas nun
nih hin kan zumhnak ralthatter sehlaw, vawleicung caan tawite kan nun chungah Zumhnakfek
he Jesuh caah nun izuam u sih.
Sang
UkCung
[1]A.M Mundadan, History of Christianity in India,Vol.I.,
(Bangalore: Theological Publications in India,1984)..26-27.
[2]PratapDigal, “History of Christianity in India” (Manuscript
of a lecture delivered at the class, July 22, 2012), PratapDigal papers,
Serampore College Archives, Serampore.
[3]
Ibid.
[4]Sanuel Hugh Moffett, A History of Christianity in Asia, Vol.I(New
York, Orbis Books,1998). 31.
No comments:
Post a Comment