By: Joseph Saia
Kum
1741, July 8 zânah khawvêla Pathian thu sawi thiam tak Jonathan
Edward-a chuan Amosa 9:2-3 denchhenin, “Pathian
thinurna kuta sual fate” (Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God) tih thupui
hmangin Massachusetts State, Northampton khuaa Church of Christ biak inah thu a
sawi a. Pathian thinurna hlauhawmzia leh Pathian rorêlna hmaah mi tin kan la
ding vek dâwn tih a sawite chu mipui lo kal khâwmte chuan ngun takin an
ngaithla a. Ṭhenkhat phei chuan hremhmunah an tawlh liam nghâl mai dâwn emaw
tiin an thutthleng vawnbân chu nghet takin an vuan ang fer fur hlawm a.

A
thusawi tâwp lamah chuan, “Unau duhtakte
u, ni khat khatah Pathian thinurna chu a lo thleng ngei dâwn a, chu chu tu mahin
kan pumpelh dâwn hauh lo a ni. Kan zîngah Krista la nei lo kan awm em? Kan awm
chuan Pathian thinurna lâk atânga inthlirfihlim dân ngaihtuah tûrin ka fuih duh
a che u,” tiin a thusawi chu a titâwp a. Thlarau Thianghlim hnathawh avângin
a hnu lawkah Northampton, Massachusetts-ah thlarau harhna nasa tak a lo thleng
a, mi tam takin an sualte an sim a, Pathian tâwk tûrin a inbuatsaih ta vek mai a
ni. Chuta ṭang chuan harhna chu hetih hun laia New England tia an koh Maine,
Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island-ah te a
thleng zêl a. Hei hi America rama harhna ropui ‘Great Awakening’ bul inṭanna chu
a lo ni ta reng mai a ni an ti.
Zâwlnei Amosa pawh hian Israel chhûngte
chunga Pathian thinurna leh rorêlna lo thleng tûr chu chiang takin a hria a,
chu vâng chuan Israel mipuite hnênah, “Chuvângin,
Aw Israel, i chungah hetiang hi ka ti ang: i chungah hei hi ka tih dâwn avângin,
aw Israel, i Pathian tâwk tûrin inpeih rawh.” (Amosa 4:12) tih thu hi huai takin a puang ve ta a ni. Kan thupui a fiah
deuh zâwk nân Thuthlung Hlui huna Israel chanchin tlêm târ lang hmasa ila a ṭha
ang.