Ebenezer: Lamtluan ah Bawipa in in Bawm

1 Sam 7:3-14

Tongfam simfiangnak:

Ebenezer timi tongfang hi Hebrew tongfang pahnih a kommi a si ih, r‰zEoDh_NRbRa Eben Haezer ti a si ih, a sullam cu Bomnak Lungto (stone of the help) tinak a si. Himi lung phun a phuntu hi Puithiam Samuel a si. Ziangtik ah an phun? Bawipaih bomnak in an ral, Filistinmi pawl an neh sun ih a phunmi a si. Ziangah a phun? “Bawipa kan lamtluanah in bawm” timi theih hngilh lonak dingah Mizpah le Jeshanah timi khua karlak ah a phun (1 Sam. 7:12).

A thuanthu um daan:

Filistine pawl in Israel pawl do ding in Mizpah timi khua kiangah an feh. Israel pawl cu an thin a phang tuk ziangahtile Filistine pawl cu an cak tuk ih an hlan an doawk khal ah aan sung dah zo. Curuangah, an tih zet. Cutikah, an puithiam Samuel hnen ah an feh ih Bawipaih hnen ah Filistin pawl ih kut sungih kan thih theh lonak ding thla in cam sak aw tiah an dil.

Ral neh thei dingah tuah a tulmi pawl:

Puithiam Samuel in hitin thu a cah. Nan ral pawl neh dingah cun, himi pawl tuah hmaisa uh tiah thu a cah. A cahmi kan zoh tikah, Filistin ral, leenglam ral hnak in sunglam ral a simmi Pathian dangdang ih va biak, va rian khi tih a nung deuh tiah a sim. Curuangah, Filistin nan ral pawl neh dingah a tanglam pawl hi tuah ta uh tiah a fialmi 1 Sam. 7:3 sungah kan hmu thei:

1.     “Nan thinlung zate thawn Pathian hnen ah kirsal uh.” Kan thinlung ih kan duhmi le ruahmi hi kan nun daan in uktu a si. Curuangah, nitin in hmailam ih kan nor thei sinnak dingah kan tuah hmaisabik a tulmi cu kan thinlung le ruahnak hrimhrim sungah Pathian lungawi ternak thu le hla lawnglawng ruat in a duhmi tuah ding lawng a ruattu kan si hmaisabik a tul. Na thinlung zate thawn Pathian hnen na kir sal le sal lo ziangtin na check aw thei ding?

2.     Pahnihnak ah, “nan lak ih a ummi ramdang pathian pawl, milem pawl kha hlon theh uh.” Thinlung zate thawn Pathian hnenah kirsal timi cu kan milem pawl kan hlon theh a tul. Kan milem cu ziang pawl an si? Milem timi cu Pathian hnak ih thupi ih kan retmi tisa duhnak le duhhamnak pawl an si. Pathian duhmi hnak in ziangmisi aduh deuh? Cumi cu na milem a si. Cumi kha hlon aw. Minung tampi in kan milem pawl kan hlon duh tuk theu nan kan hlon thei lo. Cumi cu ziangtin kan hlon ding?

3.     Pathumnak ah, “Nan thinlung Bawipaih hnenah hersal uhla, Amah lawng rian uh.” Himi zawn ah thu pahnih Samuel in a fial. Pakhatnak ahcun, nan thinlung put kha Bawipaih hnen ah her uh, a pahnihnak cu a mah lawng rian uh. Kan milem pawl a simi tisa duhnak le Pathian duh lomi ziaza pawl hlon thei ding ahcun, kan tuahhmaisa a tulmi cu kan lungput le ruahnak pawl kha Pathian hnen ah kan hersal hmaisa a tul. Ziangtin kan her ding? Thlacamnak, Bible siarnak, le zumtu dang pawl thawn pawlkom aw in Biakinn ih khawmnak in kan thinlung cu Pathian hnen ah kan herkir sal thei a si. Cumi cu ziangah kan tuah? Pathian ih duhmi lawng hawl in a lungawinak lawng ruat ih kan um theinak dingah a si.

Israel pawl Pathian hnen an pan daan

1.     Israel pawl in Pathian tluk ih thupi ih an retmi milem ziangkim kha an hlon theh ih, Pathian lawng thupibik le a duhmi lawng tuah ding in an thinlung zate le an nunnak zate in an hlan aw (c. 4). An milem pawl lawng an hlon men lo. Ziangah an tuah?

2.     Rawl ul in Bawipaih hnen ah an sual an phuang (c. 6). Thlacamnak le milem hlonnak pawl hi a cem aw cih ringring. Milem a simi zuu maw, kuak maw, tisa duhnak dang maw na hlon tikah, cumi na ruah theunak thinlung kha Pathian thu ciah ter aw. Thlacamnak, Bible siarnak tam deuhdeuh na neih le, Pathian thawn tam deuhdeuh nan pawlkom aw tinak a si ih, a duhmi tam deuhdeuh in na thei ding. A thu tam deuhdeuh na ruah ahcun, cumi a thu in na nunnak a lo thianhlim ter sin ding.

Pathian ih mangbangza a thilti theinak a lang: 

1.     Pathian in khuari thawm thangzet le tektlak aw thawn philistine pawl cu a thuat ih, an lung a aa ter theh. An tangrual tlaang thei nawn lo c. 10). Pathian in Israel pawl ih ruahban lomi khuari aw in an ral pawl a thekdarh ter. Israel pawl ih Pathian cu kan Pathian a si ve. Kan Pathian cun kan ral pawl nehnak huham cu amah in a nei. Kan ral pawl hnak in a tum sawn ih a cak sawn. A duh ahcun, tuihsun khal ah amah in kan ral pawl a dawi hlo theh thei.  

2.     Israel pawl in an do ih, an neh (c. 11). Pathian ih a hnatuanmi kha Israel pawl khal in an bawm ih an do ve ti kan hmu. Pathian in nehnak in pe zo. Cumi nehnak cu la dingah hmai ih a nortu ding cu kanmah kan si. “Nan palmi leiram cu ka lo pe ding” tiah thu in kamtu a si (Daan 11:24).

3.     Israel pawl in an rak sun dahmi leiram pawl kha an la theh sal (cc. 13-14). Pathian hnen ah an thinlung an her sal ih, a duhmi lawng hawl in an tuah tikah, Israel pawl in an rak sunral zomi pawl hmuahhmuah an la sal theh a si. A hlan ah ziang na rak sungral dah? Sunlawinak, upatnak, damnak, le hnangamnak pawl na rak sungral pang maw? Phang hlah! Pathian hnen ih na kir ahcun Pathian in cu pawl khal a lo pe sal theh ding a si.

Lungawi thusimnak lungphun a phun:

Samuel in lungto pakhat a lak ih, lung a phun. A hmin ah, “Ebenezer” tiah a sak. A sullam cu “Pathian in kan lam tluanah in bawm” tinak a si. Pathian ih ttanpinak le umpinak hngilh lonak ah a tuahmi a si (c. 12).

Pathian ih sunlawinak huham cahnak kan nunnak ah kan hmuhton theinak dingah:

1.     Kan thinlung zate thawn Pathian lawng duhdawt sal uh si.

2.     Pathian lawng duhdawt timi cu Pathian ih duh lomi pawl hlon theh khi a si.

3.     Cumi tuah suak thei dingah cun, kan thinlung le ruahnak hrimhrim ah Pathian ih duhmi lawng hawl kan hawl a tul. Ziangtin kan hawl ding: Bible siarnak, thlacamnak, zumtu pawl thawn pawlkom awknak in kan hawl ding. Cuti in Pathian duhnak kan hmuhmimi kha kan nun in kan Pathian lungawi ter dingah kan tuah bet ding. Cutikah, Pathian ih sunlawinak huham cahnak cu kan mit rori in kan hmu dingih, lungawi thusimnak lungphun hi kan phun ve thei ding a si.

San No Thuan

May 20, 2013

Salai Ram Tin Thang, (U Phun Kar Thang ih fapa) ih Degree a laknak ah lompinak khawmnak ih ka simmi a si.

Obama to new grads: "No time for excuses"

President Barack Obama delivers the commencement address during a ceremony at Morehouse College on Sunday, May 19, in Atlanta, Georgia. Morehouse is a historically black college that has Martin Luther King Jr. and other prominent African-Americans on its list of alumni.

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• President Obama gives the commencement speech at historically black college
• The president says African-Americans have "no time for excuses" if they want success
• An alum who has criticized Obama for doing too little for blacks spoke Saturday
• Thunderstorms marred Sunday ceremony

Atlanta (CNN) -- Past, present and future came together on a thunderstorm-filled Sunday, as President Barack Obama received an honorary doctorate and gave the commencement speech at historically black, all-male Morehouse College, where the Rev. Martin Luther King and many other prominent African-Americans spent their formative years.

After opening with several one-liners, and more smiles than we've seen from him in the damage-control-filled recent weeks, Obama delivered a serious message to the class of 2013.

During a speech rife with both personal and historical references, the president invoked a past full of challenges, often resulting from racism, but noted that African-Americans need to break free from that past to succeed in a globally competitive economy.

Hear Obama inspire graduates

"I understand that there's a common fraternity creed here at Morehouse: 'Excuses are tools of the incompetent, used to build bridges to nowhere and monuments of nothingness,'" Obama said.

"We've got no time for excuses -- not because the bitter legacies of slavery and segregation have vanished entirely; they have not. Not because racism and discrimination no longer exist; we know those are still out there. It's just that in today's hyperconnected, hypercompetitive world, with millions of young people from China and India and Brazil -- many of whom started with a whole lot less than all of you did -- all of them entering the global workforce alongside you, nobody is going to give you anything that you have not earned," he said.

Opinion: What Obama must say to African-American grads

"Nobody cares how tough your upbringing was. Nobody cares if you suffered some discrimination. And moreover, you have to remember that whatever you've gone through, it pales in comparison to the hardships previous generations endured -- and they overcame them. And if they overcame them, you can overcome them, too," he said.

Morehouse valedictorian Betsegaw Tadele praised Obama for setting a strong example.

"There is no impossible. There is no unbelievable. There is no unachievable, if you have the audacity to hope," Tadele said, paraphrasing the name of the president's 2006 book, "The Audacity of Hope."

Following Tadele -- whom Obama jokingly called "a skinny guy with a funny name" -- Obama reflected on how being an African-American has affected his personal journey.

"Whatever success I have achieved, whatever positions of leadership I've held, have depended less on Ivy League degrees or SAT scores or GPAs, and have instead been due to that sense of connection and empathy, the special obligation I felt, as a black man like you, to help those who need it most; people who didn't have the opportunities that I had -- because there, but for the grace of God, go I. I might have been in their shoes. I might have been in prison. I might have been unemployed. I might not have been able to support a family. And that motivates me," the president said.

The president's repeated mention of connection to the black community comes after blunt criticism from Morehouse alumnus Kevin Johnson, a pastor from Philadelphia, who criticized Obama in an April 14 editorial in the Philadelphia Tribune, calling him "a president for everyone, except black people."

Johnson gave a baccalaureate sermon on Saturday as part of Morehouse's graduation weekend.

The president's speech on Sunday was well-received, though the crowd had to brave some thunder and lightning and endure pouring rain.

One awkward silence came when Obama slightly deviated from his prepared remarks. He was expected to say, "Be the best husband to your wife, or boyfriend to your partner." However, instead, he said "Be the best husband to your wife, or your boyfriend, or your partner," eliciting some clearly confused responses from the crowd.

Later, he noted that Morehouse men can set examples for other groups that have been subjected to discrimination: Hispanics, gays and lesbians, Muslims, and women.

"It is not just the African-American community that needs you. The country needs you. The world needs you. As Morehouse men, many of you know what it's like to be an outsider; know what it's like to be marginalized; know what it's like to feel the sting of discrimination. And that's an experience that a lot of Americans share," he said.

Obama said his job, as president, is to advocate for policies that generate more opportunity for everyone, and he implored the Morehouse grads -- and all Americans -- to "advocate for an America where everyone has a fair shot in life."

"There are some things, as black men, we can only do for ourselves. There are some things, as Morehouse men, that you are obliged to do for those still left behind. As graduates -- as Morehouse men -- you now wield something even more powerful than the diploma you are about to collect. And that's the power of your example," he said.

Obama finished his speech with another message not just to the newly minted Morehouse grads, but to all Americans -- a message based on Martin Luther King's refusal to be afraid.

"That's what being an American is all about. Success may not come quickly or easily. But if you strive to do what's right; if you work harder and dream bigger; if you set an example in your own lives and do your part to help meet the challenges of our times, then I am confident that, together, we will continue the never-ending task of perfecting our union," he said.

And despite lots of big-picture talk about success and giving back, Obama made it clear that without appropriate focus on those closest to you, big-picture accomplishments mean little.

"Everything else is unfulfilled if we fail at family -- if we fail at that responsibility. I know that when I am on my deathbed someday, I will not be thinking about any particular legislation I passed. I will not be thinking about a policy I promoted. I will not be thinking about the speech I gave. I will not be speaking about the Nobel Prize I received. I will be thinking about that walk I took with my daughters. I'll be thinking about a lazy afternoon with my wife. I'll be thinking about sitting around the dinner table, and seeing them happy and healthy and knowing they were loved. And I'll be thinking about whether I did right by all of them."

By Mark Morgenstein, CNN

updated 5:54 PM EDT, Sun May 19, 2013

KA NU: Pathian Hmuihmel Langtertu Ka Nu

Pathian Hmuihmel Kengtu Ka Nu (A Song for Mothers)

Pathian Hmuihmel Langtertu Ka Nu

Phuahtu: San No Thuan

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Zing    thlapit   khuavan hlanah,         kan hrang rawl na zaal     Khuavan hlan in

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Pathian hmuihmel lang tertu,               sunghno maw ka nu          Ka si bang in

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