Thlarau dinga tawngintai(Praying for the Souls):-

Cham khatka ki neia, ani hi keima angka dena nu nih pa neita loi achang ve a, chun ani hi catholic a changa, kei protestant. Nika chu kin chiar vel lai chun zawna khatka anen dawna, ni nu hi ne ngai thin mo? Keihom chun khel hril loiin aw ken ngai fe achang ki tia. A zawna chu a tawp ding ki sona, chang zokloiin zawna dang den ahong nei ta a, ni nu thlarau dingin ni tawngintai thin no mo atia. Ken lai raka, keichun ki ti chu, ehh ki nu thlarau chu Pathian hnianga a kir tak a chang, maleichun ama dingin ki tawngintai atul tano ki ti peka. Changhomin ani chun a awi thei no a, hun sawtka kinin hnial ta a. Mataka tang chun “thlarau dinga tawngintai” a ti tawngbai chu ki lungrila a tang ret leiin ki ngaitua a, bible ken kawm ta a chang. Chun ni tamka hnung chun ki hoi suak chu “thlarau dinga tawngintai” hi ihman a poina chu a boi ma rual rual chun inhlawkana hom anei sa chuang no a chang.

Christian tamka (abikin sim tiang khawvela mi hei) hei hin thil khatka an i practice chu “all saints day” and “all souls day”. Ma hi kum tin November ni hni in(2^nd) hmang a chang thin. Ma ni hin an ni chun mi thi tak hei thlarau ding chun nansa vaikan an tawngintai thin. An ringdan chun ma an tawngintai na lei chun thlarau tuar an awm chun maheichu thlamuang na an hmu thin/an sual ngaidam a chang theina dingin. Ma angkata thlarau dinga tawngintai hi inka tawkin mo ei Pathian thu rek an ziak loi hang ngaitua rei.

Ma chungchanga ei ngaitua dingchun thil khatka hoi lak atul; thina hi imo achang? Ma hi khawvela zawna hlu chem hei laia khatka a chang. Thina hi I hrim mo a chang ma chungchanga hin ei bible homin ihman a hril no.Manmasi dekchun ei hoi phak ruala a chang no asanchu mihriam hi khawvela hin voika ei pianga voika chai ei thi ding chang. Maleiachun thi hnung hin i thil mo a awm, taksa khawvel pu tiang chun machu ei ni taksa nih thisena ngir mihriam hei ding chun hoi an thei no. Pathianin manmasi hi khawvel lua sip ding nih asunga thil awm hei kapai chunga thunei dinga malsawmna apek a chang. Ma rual rual chun thuruk tamka mihriam hoi dinga aphal loi an awm ti chu Deuteronomy 29:29 a han ei hmu. ke ngaidan chun ‘thina’ hi chatuan kawt achang. Chatuan huna lut ding chun thina hin kar akham le ding a chang. Chatuan huna chun khawvel taksa chu alut theino leiin taksa nih thlarau inthen chu atul thin achang. Machu a chang thina(death) ei iti chu. Chatuan huna rithla a luth hin thil inhnika a chang thei, Chatuanram(Vanram) nawle Chatuan bawiralna(meithum pui). Mihriam chatuan dinghmun chu khawvela aleng laia a sin tho en zelin pe changa ti, chatuan huna voika alut chun ngirhmun chu mi tumo chang/suapui unai/nu nih pa tawngintaina/ringna leiin an thleng thei no ti chu thuthlung thara Luka ziaka han Inchawng pa nih Lazara thephung hmangin chiangvaikan Isua ngeiin ane hril. Chun atawpna achun ki hong I ti awi chu ma “all souls day” hi khawvel pumpuia Christian tamkan an I hmang thin a chang(both Catholic and Protestant). Achangin khawvel pumpuia ahnem tianga Christian heiin an hmang thin ti lei mai in mahi adik inmo ei ngai thei? Ki hoi thial no chun, ei ni Darlong Christian hei chun ma angkata “all souls day” hi eila hmang no. Ei hmang loina san chu ki hoino, mi then tamkan eila hoino hom achang thei, then tamkan mahi catholic hei chai ihmang thin angka homin eiin ngai mai thei. Ma chunga chun ihman ki ti chu tha ki ring no, changhomin ki ti awi chu “thil dikloi hichu i i angka homin tho inla thil dikloi nai ala chang(There is no right way of doing the wrong thing).