Zumtu & Halloween?

Halloween cu USA ramih commercial holiday ah larbik 2 nak a si.  Americans mipi in kumtin $5 billion dollars cu Halloween hrangah an hmang tlangpi. Cubakah USA ahcun kumkhat sungih “candy” an zuarngahmi ih ṭhenli ṭhenkhat cu Halloween can ah an zuar ngah caan khal a si.

Ziang ruangah himi October 31 hi an uar ciamco? Bible in teh  a simmi um maw? Halloween ih tel ve hi a sual maw lole “candy” einak puai men si maw? Zumtu in teh  kan tuah ve dingmi a si maw?

Bible le Halloween?

Halloween cu nitlaknak ram “western custom” ih nunphung pakhat a si. Bible ah direct ih nganmi a umlo. Sinan Bible thawn a kaihaw maw tih cu zohṭhim ding tampi a um.  Halloween ziang a si ti hi theih hmaisabik a ṭul.

Ziangsi Halloween timi?

Halloween timi a san taktak cu “All Hallows Day (or All Saint’s Day)” ´’mithianghlim pawlih ni ‘ tinak a si ih,  November 1 ih rak tuahmi a si. Halloween tin a rak cannak cu Mirang ih “Allhalloween, All Hallows’ timi an komkhawmmi a si. Cucu October 31 zanlamah “Evening and All Saint’s Eve” tin an tuah ṭheu. Asinan nehhnu vivo ah Halloween cu candy dil zan, trick-or-treating, pumpkins, mithla “ghosts” and mithi, thlarausual tivek pawl thawn nuamnak  zan ah a rak cang.

Zumtu in Halloween kan hmang ding maw?

Philippians 4:8 , “Thunetnak ah, ka u le ka nau pawl, a ṭhami, porhtlak a si mi, a taktak a si mi, upat tlak a si mi, a dikmi, a thianghlimmi, duhnungza a si mi le hminṭhatnak a petu thil pawl thawn nan thinlung cu khatter uh.”  tin in ti.  Cuti sile Halloween hi Pathian duh zawng daihnak, zalennak le rundamnak hrang a si maw lole nuamnak men ṭihnung zawngih puai tuahnak sawn a si?

Cubakah Bible  “witchcraft, witches, sorcery” dawi, khawsia, khuavang tivek hrimhrim Pathian duhzawng a si lozia hmuh theih a si. Leviticus 20:27 “Mipa siseh, nunau siseh, thimi thlarau a kotu pol le dawi thiam pawl cu lungto in den that an si pei; hibangtuk a tuahtu cu amah ih sual ruangah a thi a si,” tiah a ti. Deuteronomy 18:9-13 khalah, “Bawipa nan Pathian ih a lo pek dingmi ram nan thlen tikah cutawkih a rak um ciami miphun pawlih fihnungza umtlan daan pawl cu thlun hlah uh. Biakṭheng parih meisa ah nan faale pawl cu thawinakah pe ve hlah uh; nan minung pawl lakah tinzohthiam siseh, dawithiam siseh, aizingthiam siseh, pol siseh,  miham thiam siseh, mitkher thiam siseh, mithi kawh thiam siseh, cupawl a tuahtu zohman um hlah haiseh. Cubangtuk fihnungza thil a tuahtu pawl cu Bawipa nan Pathian huatmi an si; curuangah a si hmaiih nan nor deuhdeuh tikah hi miphun pawl a dawisuahnak cu!  Bawipa nan Pathian ih rintlak taktak si dingin um uh.”  

Halloween tel ve a poi maw?

 Ephesians 5:11-12, “Milai ih tuah ṭheumi santlai lo thil le khawthim sung thil pawl cu a dai in dai hlah uh. Cubangtuk thil pawl cu tleunak ah thlenpi sawn uh. Thim sungah a thlithup ih tuahmi thil pawl cu ningzakza an si; a ṭong hman ṭong ngam ding an si lo.  (2 Corinthians 6:17) “Cule Bawipa in:“Annih pawl tlansan uhla, an hnen ihsin ṭhen aw uh. A thiang lomi cu a dai in dai hlah uh; Cutin ka lo cohlang hai ding. “

Bible ih Pathian duh zawng tuah ding in simmi cu  Exodus 22:18; Leviticus 19:31; 20:6, 27,. Acts 8:9-24, Acts 13:6-11 le Acts 19:19) pawl khalah siar a theih.

Cuti sile Halloween cu zumtu pawlin kan hmang lo ding maw? Kan fa le nauhak tete  princess , cowboy le super hero pawl vekin hnipuan an hruk ih candy an dil a sual maw? Sual lo. Sile ziangmi si kan hrial ding mi a um maw? Um lawlaw!  Nu le pa pawl in fa le nauhak pawl candy dil an feh ding le setan ih thlemnak telmi party nak le ṭihnung (satanic character) tivek telmi hnipuan hruklo ding a thupi zia sim ding. Thil fate tak teten setan a cangvai ṭheu.  Zumtu pawl hivekih tel a duhmi cun Philippians 1:27 thawn a kaih aw maw ti check aw ta seh.

Hivek caan ah kawhhran hrekkhat cu Pathian thu ca “tracts” tete ,  Halloween candy thawn an zem ve ṭheu. Ziang khal sile zumtu cun Romans 14 in sim vekin, kan tuahmi ah Pathian hmin a sunglawi maw timi zoṭhim in ziangkim tuah sawn ding kan si.

(PS. Mirang article dangdang ta lakkhawmmi a si)