Tawpsi..

Ziak leh chhiar ka thiam tantirh atangin lehkha chhiar hi ka hrat khawp mai a, ka unau dangte rawl tawp tawpa an zai lai pawh hian an bulah ngawi rengin lehkha ka lo chhiar mial mial a, mak an ti thin hle. Chutih lai chuan ka lehkhabu hmuh phak apiang mai hi ka Zawnghnahnemban chawt zel mai thin a, ka Pa lehkhabu bawm lah ka ching let hneh narawh, Class IV ka nih atangin Tirhkoh Paula chanchin, Mithianghlim Luka chanchin, Krista panna kailawn, An Danglamnate, A Lenlai nite, Sermona hman chi tehkhinthu, Bible hrilhfiahna bu hrang hrang, Sadhu Sandar Singh, Martin Luther King, Samuel Logan Brengle, Ka thlarau zin kawng, Tunlai Khawvel thlirna, Cotacomb martar-te, Ka Pa tiin ka ko ngam ta, Indona Thianghlim, Krista Pasalthate tih leh a dang lehkhabu thehlep te te pawh ka chhiar teuh mai ka hre seng tawh lo. Lehkhabu chhiar tur ka van viau chuan Bible (Thuthlunghlui) hi ka thawnthu chhiar hmiah zel.

Vawi khat chu khawi kawmkar atang emawni hian lehkhabu tereuhte, zawr zet, ung tawh tak, kawm pawh nei tawh lo, bul leh tawp pawh nei lo hi ka chhar chhuak nawlh a, ka han chhiar chu ngaihnawm ka ti em em mai a, a phek hmasa berah chuan…

“Bawihte tap suh, mi’n an hria ang che,” tih a ni a, bul awm lo, tawp pawh awm lo a nih avangin ka chhiar tanna a laklawh ang zetin a tawpna pawh chu a laklawh a. Eng lehkhabu nge ni-a engtinnge a tawp tih hrechiang chakin ka awm reng a.

Kum engemawzat liam hnu-ah he lehkhabu ngei hi a kim thlapin ka chhiar ta a, a ngaihnawmin lehkhabu tha tak a lo ni reng mai.

Pu Toma In (Uncle Tom’s Cabin) tih hi Harriete Biecher Stow-in kum 1852 –a a ziah tawh a ni a, Ka chhiar hmasak-a a intanna lai khi Pu Shelbyan sal naupang Harry-a loh theih loha a hralh avanga a nu-in a tlanbopui tur a siam lai vela a tawngkam a ni a, ka khawngaih em em mai, hnukulh teuhin ka chhiar a ni.

Tawpsi hi he lehkhabu hre pha chin chuan naupang bal leh ninhlei tehkhin nan an hmang fo thin. St Clair-an a cousin Awfeli (Ophelia) tana a leisak, I zirtir turin ka lei a tih kha a ni a. He nu-te hi ka lawm em em mai. A thu chu hetiang deuh hi...

Mihang hmeichhe naupang kum 8/9 vel tur hi a ni a. A dum chiang hle a, a mit chu a bial kal mai a, a de thiang rial mai a ni. A sam chu a theu re ru a, a kawh sung mai bawk a. Awfeli chuan a han be vel ta a..

“Kum engzat nge i nih Tawpsi”

“Ka hre lo, ka Pi”

“I kum zat i hre lo maw? Tuman an hrilh ngai lo che em ni, Enge i nu hming”

“Nu ka nei reng reng lo”

“Nu ka nei lo a, enge a awmzia, khawiah nge i pian?”

“Ka piang reng reng lo”

“Khatiangin ka zawhna min chhang tur a ni lovang. Fiamthu ka thawh lo a nia. Khawiah nge I pian a, tu nge I nu leh pate min hrilh rawh”

“Ka piang reng reng lo, nu leh pa pawh ka nei lo, tihian ka lo chawr chhuak ve tawp mai a ni”

Awfeli tan chuan beidawnthlak dawn hian ka hre thin khawp mai a, Tawpsi hi ka lawm reuh bawk si. Khum puan phah dan a zirtir laite hian a kutkawr leh ribbon-te a lo ru hman a, a kawrbana a rawlh luh chu a rawn lawr ta si, Hei naupang sual, I ru a ni maw? tiin a han sawi nawk nawk a, Ka pi, ka ru lo reng reng, ka kawrbanah hian a rawn lut ringawt a niang tiin dawt muhlum hlak chu a han sawi a... !!!! Awfeli beidawng mangang chuan engtinnge maw ka han tih ang che aw… a ti vang vang a, Tawpsi lah chuan, Ka pi, min vaw mai rawh, vuak loh chuan engmah ka ti duh ngai lo, ka awmna hmasate pawn min vaw thin a ti mai.

Chutia a pi Awfelin a vuak veleh chuan pawnah a chhuak a, a thiante ho bulah chuan Vawiinah ka pi-in min vua a, min vaw lo thei lo a ni tite-in a va sawi leh a, Mi hangte u, misual vek in ni, tupawh misual vek kan ni, mahse keini mihangte hi kan sual zual bik a ni, ka piin a ti te a ti a, a thiante zingah chuan a inuisalehlin a, a nui ver ver thin.

Tawpsi ang mihring hi a awm theih tak tak angem le tiin ka ngaihtuah thin a, khang hunlai, sal neia, mihangten nasa taka an tawrh hun lai khan naupang bul bal nei lo, an nu leh pa-te sala hralh, anmahni ngei pawh man tlawm zawka hralh, chhungkua pawh hmun hrang hranga awm darh hi an awm ngei ang tih a rin theih a ni.

He Pu Tawma In hian America ramah nasa takin hna a thawk réng bawk a, Civil War hial chhuah phahin a hnu-ah phei chuan Sal tihtawp a lo ni thei ta a, he lehkhabu ziaktu hi a ropui hle. 1862-a Abraham Lincoln-an Harriet Beacheri a chibai pawhin, “Ani-te hi maw he Indona ropui tak bul tantu chu?” a ti e an ti.

Tawpsi, naupang luhlul, bal bawk si chu naupang pakhat Eva, zaidam ngilnei leh Pathian thu-awih tak mai avangin a nun a inlet ve tlat mai. He lehkhabu ziaktu-in a tum bulpui ber chu ni chiah lo mahse, Pathian hmangaihna-in mihringte nun a tihdanglam theihzia hi Tawpsi nun a tang hian a lang chiang khawp mai.