Wine into Water

T.Graham Brown country singer aw pa tak maiin he hla lungrun tak maia an sa vang vang mai hi chuan rilru ava hneh tak em.Zu in avanga zu bawih a tang te, zu in lo chuan darkar khat pawh awm hleithei tawh lo te tana nghei a harsat tur zia hi kan chhut pui ngai em.

Zu tur khan an an thisen zam a fan hnen em em tawh a, an in duh huna in tur an neih loh chuan an khur ngawt ngawt mai zel anih hi, thenkhat ah phei chuan an chiri hial a, mipui karah mualpho takin an tal buai phah hial thin.

Chutiang khawpa zu bawiha tang mek chung si chuanhe hla siamtu hian a sal tanna zu lak atang chuan in thiar fihlima, sim a duh em em tawh a, mahse a puitlin hleithei silo, vawitam taka ngeia sim a tum a, a hlawh chham zing hle tawh mai.Pathian hnen ah pawh vawitam tak sim tura tanpui turin a dil tawh thin a, mahse ama zu chakna te chuan an kian san siloh avangin a in leh nge nge thin a ni.

Zankhat chu amah chauha a awm lai chuan, Pathian hnen ah a tawngtai ta a, lungngai em em leh hnuk ulh tak chungin ti hian Pathian au ta a, " Mi tam tak ten ka tana an tawngtai nasat zia te, i hria e. zu ka nghei theih na tura an dil nasat zia hi. Tunah pawh hian ka rawn tawngtaia, thildang dil tur chuang che ka nei lo, he ka saltanna zu bawih ata hi chhuah ka duh a ni. 

He indona nasa tak mai hi keimahin ka theih ang tawkin ka lo sual ve a. Mahse Lalpa i puihna tello chuan he indona ah hian ka chak thei lova, keimahin ka hneh thei lo a ni" tiin mangang taka tap zawih zawih chungin Pathian chu a au leh ta a.

Tichuan amaha zu chakna chu a hneh zo ngang silo, a bula a whiskey bottle  chu an en vang vang thin, nghei a duh tawh a, tlai atanga in tan anih tawh avangin a rui hle tawh a, thil dang pawh ti hleithei lo khawpin a chau em em a ni, mahse chuti chung pawh chuan Pathian chu thinlung zawng zawngin a au leh ta a." Zanin hian ka ruiin ka chau em em a, kal pawh kal hleithei lo khawpa chauin ka tlu a, thui pawh ka che sawn hlei theilo" tiin.

 A rilru ah chuan a naupan laia a chhiar thin Bible chang Johana bung 2: 1-11 thu, Lal Isua inneihna a kal tuma, wine an neih tawh loh avanga tui wine a chantir thu kha a rilru ah a rawn lang thut maia, tihian a tawngtai chhunzawm leh ta a, "Hmanah khan tui kha wine ah i chantir thu kha ka hria, tunah pawh hian ka ngen a che, he zu hi tui ah i chantir leh thei zawk lo em ni, thingthia i lam hawiin ka ngen a che Ka Pa" tiin a au leh ta rawih rawih mai.

A nun hi ava han beidawngin he a zu in thin hi sim ava han duh tawh tehlul em, mahse heng zu tur te hian a thisen ah a fan hneh tawh em avangin sim har a ti em em a ni si a, a dinhmun hi a lainat awm takzet a ni.

Heng a zu in avanga a thil lo tihsual te, midangte tana a hnawksakna te, a chhungkua a nupui fanau te ngei pawh an rilru a tihnat thin zia te chu a mithhla ah langin a hre chhuak uaih uaih a, " Vawitam tak ka hmangaih te rilru pawh ka ti na in, an tan hnawksak ka ni a, ka lakah an ralmuang lo em em thin, khang zawng zawng avang te khan ka inchhir em em a,tunah chuan nun thara nun ka va han duh tawh tak em.Ka theih tawpa sim tumin ka bei chho ve bek bek a, mahse he zu hi i kuta hlana ka sim siloh chuan rei tak ka hnenah hian an awm peih dawn em ni? tiin a chhungte tana a hnawksak thin zia chu a hre chiang em em a.

Rei tak a tawngtai hnu chuan amah ah inthiam lohna nasa tak leh a sualna zawng zawng te chu a ngaithuah chhuak a " Khang ka sualna zawng zawng avang te khan min tuar tir bik nia hria in, i lakah ka in hrosa vak vak thin a, Lalpa min ngaidam la, tlawm taka i hmaa thingthi

chung leh kut suih chungin i ngaihdamna ka dil mawlh mawlh a che. Keimaha ka nghei thei tawh loh, he zu bawiha ka chhuah theih na tur hian thil mak han thlen tir lul rawh" tiin mangang tak leh lunngai em em chuan Pathian chu a au a.Chutia rei tak a tawngtai hnu chuan a bula whiskey bottle chu leih bua in, in leh tawh ngai lo turin a intiam zui ta a.