Lal Isua kan thian tha berin
Phuahtu: Joseph M. Scriven
Lettu: Rev. J.H. Lorrain
KHB 133.
Doh is F
Lal Isua kan thian tha berin,
Kan mangan laiin min lawm;
Ama hnena kan tawngtaiin,
Kan thlen a piang hi a pawm.
Muanna tam tak kan chan fo va,
Lungngaih mangan kan tuar thlawn;
Engkimah Lal Isua ringa
Kan tawngtai loh avangin.
Thil hrehawm leh thlemna tawkin,
Buaina lo awm bawk sela;
Tuilairapa lungngaih aiin,
Isua lam tawngtai ila.
Amah tluk thian hlu leh rinawm,
Min pui tur kan hmu lo vang;
Kan sual kan chak lohna zawng zawng,
A hre vek tawngtai ilang.
Rilru lamah chak lo ila,
Mangan, rit phurh nei pawhin;
Isua hlu hi kan humhimna
Lamah tawngtai ilangin.
Chhungten min tuithlar mah sela,
Thianten min hmusit sela;
Isua hnenah thu thlen ila;
Kan phaw hiann min thlamuan ang.
Joseph M. Scriven (1819-1896) hi Irish mi a ni a, kum 25 a nih laiin nupui nei tura hlim taka a inbuatsaih mek laiin, an inneih ni tura ruat hma chiah ni ah a nupui tur chu rapthlak takin tuiah an chesual a, a thi ta hlauh mai a, Joseph-a tan chuan a hrilhhai thlak duh khawp ang le. Thinlung hliam nasa tak tuarin Joseph-a chuan a awmna hmun chhuahsain, nun bul tan tha leh turin Canada a pan ta a. Canada ah chuan zirtirtu hna thawkin a inbengbel chho ta a ni. Chutia tui ti taka a hna a thawh lai chuan Eliza Roche, (a zirlai pakhat chhungte) nen intawngin an innelin an in hmangaih ta hle a, inneih ngei tumin an inhual ta hial a. Mahse hun a lo kal zel a, Joseph-a beiseina leh a lo mitthla thin zawng zawng ti tawp tur chuan Eliza chu na taka dam lovin an inneih hma chuan a thihsan leh ta!
Joseph-a chan hi han in chan ta ila, engkim hi a tawp ta vek niin a ngaih theih awm e. Amaherawhchu Pathiana a innghah tlatna hian beidawnna ruam atangin a khai chhuak a tih loh theih loh ang. Eliza-in a thihsan leh tak hnu chuan zirtirtu hna bansanin Plymouth Brethren a zawm a, Baptist kohhran ah rawngbawlna lamah a hun pum pek a tum chho ta a ni. Nupui neih leh reng reng a tum ngai ta lo va, a nun, hun, pawisa, thawmhnaw…etc. zawng zawng chu mi chanhai zawkte hnena hlan zovin, a kalna apiangah Lal Isua chanchin a hril pah ta zel a ni.
Eliza-i thih lai bawr vel khan, Joseph-a chuan an ram, Ireland-a a nu dam loh thu a dawng a. Han kal zung zung a remchan loh avangin a nu hnenah chuan lehkha a thawn ta a; chu a lehkhaah chuan a nu a thlamuanna thu bakah a hla ziak (poem) zinga pakhat, ‘Lal Isua kan thian tha berin’ (what a friend we have in Jesus) tih chu a chilh tel bawk a.
Kum tam tak hnuah chuan Joseph-a chu na tak hian a dam lo a, a damlo kan chuan a thian pakhat hian a rawn tlawh hlauh mai a. He a damlo a kan tum hian a thianpa chuan a hla thu ziak te chu en kualin tha a ti hlawm hle ni tur a ni, heng a poem zingah hian Lal Isua kan thian tha berin tih pawh a tel nghe nghe. A thianpa rawn kan nghawng kal zelah, a hmaa a nu hnena lehkha leh a hla a lo thawn tawh atanga kum 30 zet hnuah chuan Joseph-a hla chu lehkhabu pakhat, ‘Hymns and Other Verses’ tihah chuan tihchhuah tan a ni ta a. Hemi hnu lawkah hian musician thiam tak Charles C. Converse (1834-1918) a thluk siamsak in music mawi takin a lo thuam chho ta a, musician, revivalist ni bawk, Ira D. Sankey (1840-1908) chuan kum 1875 khan he hla hi Hla bu hriat hlawh tak Sankey’s Gospel Hymns Number 1 an a telh ta nghe nghe a ni.
Joseph Scriven thih hnu hian Port Hope, Ontario, Canada-a mipuite, a rawngbawlsak thinte chuan a hriatrengna monument an siam a. Hun harsa leh hun khirh tak tak tawka paltlang thin chuan, a thian Isua neih a hrechiang a, a innghat ngam a, a lungngaihna zawng zawng in chhawk tirin he hla kan sak thin chhung zawng chu, thi tawh mahse a nung reng tawh dawn a ni.
“Mihringin a thian aia a nun a paih aliama hmangaihna nasa zawk tuman an nei lo.” ( Johana 15:13)
Source: czars wordpress page
Joseph M. Scriven Hlate
Fakna Hla (Songs of Gospel)
Lalpa chu ka auva, chhanna reng ka hmu lo (Min kalsan ngai lo)
Hahchawlhna an zawng, chawlhna an hmu lo (Danglam lo Krista)
Krismas chibai
Ni li a liam ta
Aw Isu ka lawm e
A chanchin hril chu ka duh
A chhuak malsawmna tam kalvariah
A hmangaihna fakin i zai ang
A hmangaihnaa ka chawlhin
A lo kal leh dawn Lal Isua
Hahchawlhna an zawng, chawlhna an hmu lo (Danglam lo Krista)
Krismas chibai
Ni li a liam ta
Aw Isu ka lawm e
A chanchin hril chu ka duh
A chhuak malsawmna tam kalvariah
A hmangaihna fakin i zai ang
A hmangaihnaa ka chawlhin
A lo kal leh dawn Lal Isua
