Wednesday 7 May 2014

WWJD

Sticker-ah i hmu châmchi tawh mai thei, bracelet leh T-shirt velah pawh he consonant 4 hi a lar khawp mai. Kristianna nen chuan a inzawm ngei mai a, mi thenkhat chuan a lampum pawh hi kan hre meuh lo mai thei, mahse he thu hi Kristiante nunah chuan thil pawimawh tâwpkhawk a ni bawk si: "Isuan engtin nge a tih ang?"

Lehkhabu

1896 kum khan Charles Sheldon-a chuan a lehkhabu ziak 'In His Steps' a chhuah a, he lehkhabu hian hnuhma lian tak a la hnutchhiah ang tih Sheldon hian a hre lâwk kher lo vang. He lehkhabu hi lehkhabu danglam leh maksak tak a ni lêm lo va, chutih hunlaia Kristian lehkhabu tam tak ang tho a ni a, a chhûngah hian Sheldon-a'n Topeka, Kansas-a Congregationalist kohhrana a thusawi, sermon a dah a. Sheldon-a Pathian thu sawi tam ber chu Christian Socialism lam hawi a ni.

Sheldon chuan a lehkhabuah chuan Kristian nun chu thuhlâwm pakhatin kaihruai se a duh thu a ziak a, chu thu chu 'What Would Jesus Do?' hi a ni. Sheldon chuan Isua chu kan chhandamtu a nihna anga kan en mai bakah, kan nitin nuna kan entawn ber ni turin a duh a. A thu kalpui dân chu Social Gospel kan tih, mi tanpui a, ei tur nei lote ei tur pe a, Pathian thu chung mite hnena thlen a ni a, WWJD pawh hi chutiang rilru atang chuan Sheldon hian a phuah chhuak a.

Dialogue

'In His Steps' lehkhabuah hian Rev. Henry Maxwell leh chênna tur nei lo pa pakhat inbiakna chungchang a tarlang a. Rev. Maxwell chuan chu mi rethei pa chu a nunah Isua la lût turin a sâwm nasa hle a. Mahse, mi rethei pa chuan Kristiante thusawi hriatthiam har a tih thu a sawi a, Kristian tam tak chu an that hmel tehreng nen, mi rethei leh ngaihsaktu nei lote an hlamchhiah hle niin Rev. Maxwell-a chu a lo chhâng a.

Chênna in nei lo chuan, "Mi thenkhat biak-in chhûnga an zai leh tawngtai ka hre thin a...[an engkim Isua tan an ti thin a], biak-in kailâwn bula thuin ka lo ngaithla reng thin a, eng an tihna nge ni ang. Ka tan chuan khawvel hi harsatna namên lo hlir awmna a ni ber mai a, mahse biak-ina zaia tawngtai thinte tan chuan a ni lo pawh a ni mahna. Kei chuan heng thil hi hriatthiam har ka ti a ni. Tuna ka dinhmuna dingte hnenah hian Isua ni ta se engtin nge a tih ang? Biak-in chhûnga zaia tawngtai ringawt hi em ni a hniakhnung zui i tih awmzia hi? A châng chuan Isua zui tih hian hetia thawmhnaw tha ber ber nena biak in lian tak taka inkhawm a, chênna tur in tha tak neih a, chuta inkhawm bâna luh bo a, pawisa pawh nawmchenna lam thila leh mahni nawmna tura hman a, nipui chawlh hmang tura khawiah emaw kal hi a kâwk ber thin a, chutihlai chuan mi rethei, chênna in pawh nei lo, hna zawnga kawtthlera vak rawlai mai mai, retheihna hnuai seilian biak-in pâwnah tam tak an awm thung si a ni," tiin Rev. Maxwell a hrilh a.

Sheldon chuan Kristiante chu an awmna hmun apiangah leh an mi tawh leh hmuh apiangah 'Isua ni se engtin nge a tih ang?' tih zawhna an inzawh fo a duh a, kan nitin khawsakna leh kal velnaah te, hna kan thawhna hmunah leh biak-in kan panna kawngah te Lal Isua hnungzuitu kan nih chuan a hmangaihte tana thawk turin a sâwm a ni.

Sumdawnna

WWJD lampum hi "What Would Jesus Do?" a ni a, Kristiante zinga campaign-na tawngkam lar berte zinga mi a ni a, thalaite nen a inzawm a ni. 1989 kum kha a ni a, Central Wesleyan Church, Holland, Michigan-a thalai pastor Dan Seaborn an kohhran thalaite logo tur a ngaihtuah a, Charles Sheldon-a What Would Jesus Do tih hi a hmang chhuak ta a ni.

Lesco Company-a mi Ken Freestone-an WWJD hi kawra tar turin, badge ang chiin an print hmasa ber a. A hnuah Freestone-a leh a unaupa'n wristband-a siam a tha dawn riauin an hria a, wristband-ah an siam a. 1996 kum ringawt khan wristband, WWJD chuanna 2,50,000 chuang an hralh a, CNN-in a chanchin a chhuah hnuah a hralh a kal lehzual a, 1997 atang khan 15,000,000 zet an hralh tawh a ni. He campaign logo hi a lar tawh hle a, bikers pawl hming atangin radio station hming thleng WWJD hi hman a ni a. Wristband, t-shirt, sticker leh thil dangah hman lar a ni nasa tawh a, khawvela Kristian logo, kraws tih lohah chuan hman lar ber a ni ngei ang.

Thubuai

WWJD vang hian mi thenkhat chuan thubuai an lo neih phah tawh a. Chung zinga pakhat chu kum 2008 July thla khan Minneapolis-ah a thleng a. Minneapolis-ah hian Bullseye Collection Agency a awm a, an motto-ah WWJD an hmang a, lehkha an thawn chhuahah reng reng WWJD a awm zel a. Anmahni dawrtu hlun ve tak Mark leh Sara Neill te chuan Bullseye atanga an thil dawn reng rengah WWJD a awm ziah a, chu chuan an zalênna a bawhchhiatsak a, a rapbet a ni, tiin, an sakhaw zalênna ngaih pawimawhsak lovah an puh a. Bullseye chuan, he thu hi taima tak leh zahawm taka thawk tura mite an hriatthartirna hmanrua a ni tiin an tang a. Bullseye hian khinglêtin, eng dân pawhin WWJD hi an khap a nih chuan dân dik a ni lo va, Bullseye-ina Freedom of Speech an neih te, Freedom of Religion an neih te a kalh a, a dodal a, danina equal protection of law a phalsak an palzûtsak a ni, an ti thung a. A tawpah chuan Bullseye hian thiam an chang ta zawk a ni.

I nitin nunah khan 'Isua ni se engtin nge a tih ang?' tih hi ngaihtuah nawn fo la, i hnathawhna hmunah te, i zirna hmunah te, i awmna apiangah he thu hi nangmah kaihruaituah hman tum ang che. I tih thin leh i sawi thinte kha Isua ni ta se a tiin a sawi vein i ring em? What Would Jesus Do?
(Kristian Thalai, May 2014)

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