Rev. Dr. Zaichhawna Hlawndo
Hunte leh hunbite kawltu Pathianin kan hnam nihna tak chhui chhuak tur leh chu hnam nihna tak puang turin min lo ruat dan hi keimah pawh hian mak ka ti. Ka thiamna leh finna ni lovin, amah Lalpa Pathian zawk hian min hruai a, thurûk inthupte min lo hriattir a, min puantir ve zêl mai chu a nih hi. Ka thuziah hmasa lamah ‘ Bo Chikimin Kan Bo’ tiin kan bo dan te ka lo ziak tawh a. Tun tumah chuan ‘Kan Thlahtu |obul Ka Chhuichhuah Dan’ tih hmangin Lalpa Pathianin kan nihna dik tak ka hriatthiam loh min hriattir dan leh min chhui chhuahtir dante ka rawn ziak dawn a ni.
Hnama kan harh theih lohna chhan bul ber chu bo chikima kan bo vang a ni a, kan thlahtu bul pawh hre tawh lova kan lo bo rei tawh vang a ni. Kan thlahtu bul kan hre lova, khawi atanga lo chhuak nge kan nih pawh kan hre lo. Kan kalna apiangah kan hnam hming ni lo, miin min phuah sakte kan pu a, kan nihna dik tak kan hriat miau loh avangin hnamdangte pawhin tunge kan nih min hriat dan a inang lo. India ram rorelna hnuaiah hian Mizo (Lushai), Lai, Mara, Kuki leh Hmar anga hriat leh chhinchhiah kan ni. Burma ramah Chin angin, Bangladesh-ah Kuki, Bawm leh a dangte angin. Kan awmna ‘apiangah thendarh la awpbet rawh’ tih policy hmangin kan chipeng te te hmangin a te thei ang berin min thendarh a, rorêlna hrang hrang min siamsak zêl a, Hnam nihna (National Identity) pawh nei lovin kan awm a ni. Mahse hunte leh hunbite neitu Lalpa Pathian chuan kan nihna dik tak chu tudang ni lovin ‘Hnam Ropui Khawvel Tana Eng tur’ Zosefa thlahte Zosefa tu leh fate ZOFÂTE kan nih angin hrui khat min vawn tir dawn ta a ni. Kan thlahtu bul chu Zosefa (Zoa) a nih dan leh chumi atanga Zo hnahthlâk hrang hrang kan nih thu Pathianin min hriattir dan leh min chhuitir dante kan tar lang dawn a ni.
1. Chanchin ziaktu (Historian) te pawhin kan pu Zoa bak thlahtu hming hriat an nei lo:
Kan thlahtu chhuituten Zoa lo chu hming dang hriat an nei lova, an lungrual tlânna chu tudang ni lovin Zoa thlah kan ni tih hi a ni. Chung thlahtu chhuituten thlahtu hming an sawi leh ziah dan te chu Yo/Jo/Zo/Dzo/Zoa tihte hi an ni. Chhuitu tam tak an awm a, chung zinga mite chu an lehkhabu ziahna hming leh a phek number nen enchiang duhte tan pawh kan han tarlang a ni.
(1) V. Lunghnema “Mizo Chronicles’, p.3,
(2) Dr. Lalthanliana ‘Mizo Chanchin’, p.38
(3) Captain .K.A. Khupzathang ‘Zo Suanh Khang Simna Lai bu’, p.3
(4) Vunsom Suantak ‘Zo History’ p.352
(5) Mangkhosat Kipgen – Christianity and Mizo Culture, p.17,
(6) Vumn Ko Hau – Prifile of Burma, p.238.
Hengte hi chiang lehzuala zir duhte chuan ka lehkhabu ziah ‘Tudang Kan Ni lo Zofate Kan Ni’ tih bu kha in lo chhiar ve dawn nia.
2. Kan thlahtu bul hming kan lo lam dang hrang hrang awmzia te chu:
(1) ‘Yo’ Bible a Hebrai tawng chuan Zosefa kha ‘Yosef’ emaw ‘Yusuf’ tihna a ni a, chumi lamtawi, kohna leh hming phel sawi nan ‘Yo’ tih kha kan pi leh pute khan an lo hmang thin a ni
(2) ‘Jo ’ tih hi English-a Joseph tih lam tawi a ni a. Chuvangin Zosefa hming an hriat reng an sawi dan leh lam dan ri dang leh deuh hret mai a ni.
(3) Zo/Dzo/Zoa tih te pawh hi Zosefa hming lamtawi an sawina vek a ni tih pawh a chiang hle. Kan pi leh pute khan an thlahtu Zoa a nih tih an hriat reng avang khân anmahni nihna an lo sawi reng reng pawhin Zo kan ni an lo ti thin tih a chiang a. An chenna ram, lui leh tlang hming chenin Zo tih an hmang rim hle. Tun thleng hian kan thlahtu sawi nan Zo hnahthlak kan ni kan la inti vek a. A hnahah chuan kan chiang a, amaherawhchu a kungpui kan pu Zosefa (Zoa) lam kha kan lo ngaihtuah loh avangin kan lo inthen darh mai mai a ni.
3. Kan thlahtu hming emaw kan hnam hmingin British mite hming kan lo phuah sak zel: Zofate hian hnamdangte hming phuahsak kan ching khawp mai. British mite an lo kal pawh khan kan nihna hmangin hming kan lo puttir zel a. Kum 1871-a Katlichera thingpui huana a pa James Winchester that a, a fanu an man Mary Winchester pawh kha a hming an phuah sak chu Zolûti tih a ni a, Zoa thlahte Zofate chenna ram Zoram a lo luh ve tak vang a ni. British missionary lo kalte pawh kha hming dang kan phuahsak lo, ‘Zo Sap’ tiin kan hnam nihna hming chhal khan an hming kan lo phuahsak thin. Wales missionary hmasa ber D.E. Jones kha Zosaphluia kan ti a, Edwin Rowlands a kha Zosapthara kan ti. Lushai sap emaw Mizo sap kan ti ngailo. Kan thlahtu bul hming leh kan hnama nihna hming hi kan lo hai lo tih a chiang khawp mai.
4. Kan thlahtu Zoa hming kan pu chhunzawm zel: Kan thlahtu bul hming ‘Zo’ hmingpu hi kan tam êm êm! Hun bite a la kim loh vang pawh a ni ang, a hming putute pawh hian kan put chhan leh a awmzia pawh kan chiang lo. Kan hnam hming dik tak hi kan pu Zosefa hming lamtawi hming atanga kan neih a ni tih pawh hrelovin kan pu a lo ni. English ten Zosefa hming an lam dan Joseph tih hmingpu pawh kan tam a, Zofate chenna khaw tinah kan awm hial awm e. Chung kan pu Zoa hming chawia hming kan lo put tam tak ziah tur a awm a, chung zinga kan hriat lar deuhte chu – Zokûnga, Zoduhi, Zohmangaiha, Zonunmawii, Zoremsiama, Zothansiami, Zothanpuia, Zothangpuii, Zosangzuala, Zoramthari, Zoramsanga, Zoramthanga, Zosangzela leh Zonunsangi tih te an ni. Heng kan hming put chhan hi awmze nei vek a ni. Hnama kan la harh loh avang leh kan nihna tur ang taka kan dinchhuah rih loh avangin heng kan hming put zawng zawng pawh hi a nihna tur a takin kan la hmu lo mai a ni. Hnama kan harh kim a, Zoram a lo pian a, kan nihna chung Pathian ruat anga kan insuihkhawm hunah a takin kan lo parchhuak tawh dawn a ni.