Sunday, 8 June 2014

St. Thomas Nun le Zumtu Nun




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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.

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[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.
                [5] Ibid.,32.
                [6]Cf.M.K. Kuriakose, History of Christianity in India:sourse materials(Delhi:ISPCK,1999).43.
                [7] A.M Mundadan, History of Christianity in India, Vol.1 (Bangalore, Theological Publications in India,1984).31.
                [8] Ibid.,38.

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