REV REGINALD ARTHUR LORRAIN

REV. REGINALD ARTHUR LORRAIN

(Vaili Mahpaw)

Reginald Arthur Lorrain he Mongyuh râh (England) khihpi London liata apahrâpa nôvah James Lorrain nata Louisa Hawkins zy sawchapaw seihnai chaipa châ ta, târi noh 10^th Khipa (July), 1880 liata a pihpa a châ. Unawh pathôh nata sietanô pakha a hnei.

R.A. Lorrain he School hâti a châ no tawh chhao ta a palôhru liah-mari chaipa liata alai chai tyhpa cha Amazon chyhsa nata Africa râhzohpa liata a pahrâpazy he ama châ tyh. Achuna lâ liata Witheriff Grammar School tawhta Junior Cambridge a patlô.

A vaw pitloh tawhta Pheisaih nata Cowboy raizy he a pahâhkhei chaipa châ ta, Canada nata USA râh rietheichhih kawna suzy liata kô 4 chhôh tlai vaw y ta. He daihti nota a palôhrupa liata alai chaipa cha chhâzaw hriena rarôh-y ngaitapa su liata chyhsa thysâh hluhpi pasa ama tao awpa he “Ahy a uasa hlei” tahpa bie he a châ tyh.

Kô 1902 liata a raihria tyhpa Pheisaih nata Cowboy raizy bâhsaipa ta London lâ vaw kua lilaw heih ta, arypaoh sala lâpi phapa â pahy khiahtala râhzohpa lâ sie awpa ta apalôhrupa liata pachâna chôta Mission Society py thokhazy hnohta ahawna tao ta. Châhrasala, a hlaotloh vei. A hlaotloh leipa hnabeidypa ta, London Office liata raihria ta, Missionary châ â chhuahnazy bâhsai khaipa ta, lahpinôzy hnei ta, London liata sôhdaona taopa ta khihsana paryh awpa liahsa â chhuah ha bâ.

He bietluna a tao tawhta daihti rei leita kô 1905 Hmypi (February) 11 liata Khazohpa awna ao, râhzohpa lâ sie awpa ta awna, sia ngâsâpa dao ta. Khazohpa ao a theipa cha he he a châ: “India râh chhâna liata pahrâpazy thâtih roh la, thâtihbu liata papua teh” tahpa ao a châ. A pachâna pahno tu taraw leipa ta, a palôh a hria kawpa vâta nata ao a theipa cha a pahno pasia kawpa vâta chhôhpadâhpa lâ thlai a ngia ta, Khazohpa hnohta ao a theipa cha ano Khazohpa ao tlai a châ khiahtala Bible bie tawhta pasia awpa ta thlahchhâna ta â haw. Thlah a chhâ khai tawhta Bible thlai pakai ta, Luka 10: 16-20 na châh he a pakai. He châhzy hry liata a palôh la chaipa nata hria chaipa cha, châh 16-na, 18-na nata 19-na châh zy he a châ.

Missionary châ awpa ta awna liata a sia tarawpa ta India râh khei hawhpa su lia tlaima a hria aw tahpa a pahno pasia leipa vâta a uhta Lunglei liata Baptist Missionary ta hria haipa J.H. Lorrain hnohta châ paphao ta. A uhta ta pho chichhihpa nata luh la hmâhpa, tlâh râh liata pahrâpa, ama yna su tawhta chho lâ liata pahrâpa, ‘Lakhers’ pho ama ypa thâtih nata âmo châta Lushai Krizyhpazy ta Khazohpa lâta Missionary tuapa awpa ta thlah khâ ama chhâkhei tyhpa thâtih za chho ta. He châpaphaopa a hmô tawhta cha Lakher pho hnohta Missionary ta sie awpa ta bietluna a tao haw.

Abeipa Khazohpa tawhta pasia via byuh khao leipa ta awna ao nata hriana awpa su taihta asia ngaitapa ta pahnona a hnei hapa vâta a palôhrupa ta thlachhâna chôta Mara chizy hnohta thâtihpha bie tlôkhei cheingei awpa cha khâchâ achhuahna siapa hnei ha ta. Mission Society nano nanopazy a ngâchhâ khao hlei leipa ta ano kuphei tlaita hria awpa ta a vaw patohpatia ta. Thlahchhâna chôta a chhôhkha nata viasa richâh thokhazy pahruapa ta târi noh 11^th Hmypi, 1905 liata Mission Society thiehpa, “Lakher Pioneer Mission” cha London khihpi liata a vaw padua haw.

Mara râh lâ a kaw sie hlâta thohna thaina a chu awpa a peimawhpa ta a pahnopa vâta Livingstone Medical College, London liata thohna thaina kô 1 chhôh a chu heih tua ta, Diploma Course apha ngâsâpa ta a patlô. Kô 1906 Phiapi (November) noh 12 liata Maud Louise Ulander cha lahpinô ta hnei ta, târi 18^th January 1907 ta England puasaipa ta India râh chhâna Mara râh cha ama novâh ta ama kaw pangai. Tilaipi chô liata noh hluhpi balyh hmâpa ta ama vaw sie khai tawhta phei ta kaw sie lymâ heih ei ta, târi 26^th Thlarâh, 1907 zâlâ dawh 4:00 pm rachhôhpa liata Saikao khih amâ kaw ngia haw.

Saikao beipa Thylai Hlychho nata khihsawzy paryhsana hawhta Lakher Pioneer Mission Station cha Saikao khih liata ama vaw padua. Rev. R.A. Lorrain heta Mararâh a kaw tlô tawhta rai hluhpi hria ta, a raihria tlâhpi viapazy cha:

v  Kô 1908 liata Mara Alphabet maniah taopa ta, Siku chhao a pahypâ haw.

v  Kô 1908 Phiata pachyhnoh zâ ta Saikao beipa o laikah tawhta Mara reih ta Khazohpa bie tlâh-awna a hnei. He nota Biehrai bo nata châh â tlyhpa cha, Isai 60: 1 na “Thyula khaih teh, na khaihna cha a vaw tlô haw”tahpa bie he a châ.

v  Kô 1914 liata Mission Bungalow pha kawpa vaw padua ta, atanoh taihta aduah thlâhpa he a châ.

v  Biehrai palie ta, Biehrai Thiehpa (New Testament) he kô 1928 liata a papua thei haw.

v  Biehrai parohpa a palie hleikhô ta, Mongyuh hlazy Mara reih lâta palie ta, hlabuzy chhao a vaw papua.

v  Mararâh chhôh liata thâtihpha chho laih ta, Awnanopa apaduatuhpa a châ.

v  Pahânoh maihta Khazohpa bie achuna Sunday School avaw pathaotuhpa a châ.

v  Atlâhleipazy cha thohna hmâpa ta thlahchhâna ta a vaw mohôh lymâ tyh.

v  School liata pachu awpa Chutuana bu, Arithmetic bu, Geography bu nata a hrohriapazy chhao a vaw papua hra.

v  Mara Dictionary nata Mara Grammar a tao hleikhô ta, Khumi Dictionary, Khumi Hlabuzy chhao a vaw tao khai ha hra.

v  Kô 1921 liata a nô asatuhpa atheithlâhna châta “Louisa Lorrain Memorial Press” a padua.

v  Kô 1926 tawhta Krizyhpa Chiamie Tôna a papua pathao.

v  Ama chakaona râh-ri awpazy vaw tao khai ha ta, râh-rina liata ngiana alôzy a vaw bô laih khai ha hra.

Rev. R.A. Lorrain he Lakher Pioneer Mission Society paduapa ta Mararâh chhôh liata a chakaona raihriana kyh liata Khazohpa khihnarâh pakawhna nata British Empire châta hriatuh phapa nata ngâchhihpa a châpa vâta kô 1937 Patô (May) 12 liata “The Coronation of King George, the Sixth” daihti nona khata British Sawhkhâ ta Civil chyhsazy palyupalihna asâh kawpa a vaw hlâ tyhpa, ‘Coronation Medal’ cha Rev. R.A. Lorrain hnohta Sir Robert Reid, Assam Governor ta a vaw hlâ. 

Mararâh liata kô 36 chhôh Khazohpa chakaona rai a hria tawhta kô 64 chyhsa châpa ta târi noh 1^st Hmypi (February), 1944 zâlâ dawh 4:45 pm liata a hrona zydua a pie khaipa ta a vaw chakao lymâpa Abeipa hnohta â pahâ haw. Kyhpachâ ngâsâpa ta a vaw chakaona su Mararâh leilô, Lorrain Ville, Saikao liata Abeipa â vy heihna hâpa ta a lei sapa cha pabupa a vaw châ haw.

“Abeipa ta râh thiehpa miah a piepa cha ângia kaw dia” tahpa ta lâhlapi tawhta asai ngâpa Saikao khih liata a lei sapa cha chhâzaw khihdei tita rônah ngâsâpa ta pathyu heih awpa ta paziapa a châ chy.