Josper S. Dura
U Haracles u la siat da u khnam ia u mrad dur-briew, u Nessus, hadien ba la wieh ia uta u khnam ha ka bih snam jong u Hydra, na ka daw ba u Nessus u la jan leh khlam akor bad khlem rain ia ka tnga jong u, ka Deianeira. Uta u mrad dur-briew u la iathuh ia kata ka kynthei ba ka sopti ba la pdem ha ka snam jong u kan kylla long ka nongring jingieit kaba donbor ban pynshoh jingieit bad pynthame iano iano ruh haba phong ia ka. Uta u mrad dur-briew un leh hok ia kaei kaba u la ong ha ka.
Ha ki snem kiba hadien u Heracles u la iapmat ia ka khun Syiem IOLE. Ka Deianeira, namarkata, ka la phah sha u ia kata ka sopti ba la khleh bih bad long bih. Khyndiat por shuwa ka jingrakhe ia ka jingknia-ainguh ia u kpa jong u, u Zeus, u Heracles u la phong ia kata ka sopti. Ha ka sngi ka jingainguh, kaei kaba la jia ka long ba ha ka khyllipmat ba u Heracles u dang synreit jingiwbih ha ka ding kaba meh ha duwan, ka jingkhluit jong ka thylliej ding ka la pynum hin ia ka bih ha kata ka sopti bad ka la ngam shapoh ka met jong u.
Ka jingpang ka la rhem bad ka la pynsyllang kumba dung da ki ki thyrnia khluit ia ka met u Heracles bad um lah shuh ban shah. U la lynniar kliang bad pynkylla khongpong noh ia ka duwan. U la ialeh ban tar iakata ka sopti na u, hynrei ka la dait tdam haka doh jong u. U la tar tyngeh bad jubor ia ka sopti, bad pynban ka doh jong u ka la khoh klang, bad ki shyieng jong u ki la paw lieh shaid. Ka snam jong u ka la kynshait bad thnam kum ka um khluit. Hapdeng kat kata ka suhsat bad ka kordit, u la noh ialade sha um bad ngam jlang shapoh wah, hynrei kata ka bih ka nang trei jur pynban. Naduh kata ka por kita ki um ki la shu khluit sah, bad la khot ia ki namarkata Thermopylae.
Haba um lah shuh ban pyllait ialade na kata ka sopti-bih, u Heracles u la hukum ba dei ban kynton diengiap noh khnang ba un thang im ialade. Mar ia dep leh kumta, u la kiew joit ha kita ki diengiap ba la kynton, bad, da ka jingkwah jong u, ki paralok jong u ki la ai ding puk ia ki. Ka ding ka la ieng buk bad ka la bam duh ia u Heracles. Dei da kumne u la iap noh. Bad u Zeus, u kpa jong u, u la ong:
“Kata kaba im junom ha u Heracles ka la lait phar na ka jingiap. Ngan sa pdiang sngewbha ia u sha Olympus. Ki ‘lei shynrang bad ki ‘lei kynthei kin sa ia kubur lang ia ka jingkylla-blei jong u”.
Ka dor jong u briew ka long kaba thikna tang lada u long uba la pynkhreh ban knia ia la ka jingim na ka bynta ki nongrim ba u ieng (Convictions). (The worth of a man is certain only if he is prepared to sacrifices his life for his convictions).
Ha ka History jong ka pyrthei bad ha kiwei pat ki kot bad ki jingthoh, ngi la ju pule ia ka jingim jong ki briew kiba la ieng bad bat skhem ia la ki jong ki nongrim bad ki jingngeit haba ki sngewthuh ba ka long ka jingshisha. Kum ka nuksa, haba ka dorbar ki Jiw ha Jerusalem ka la byrngem ia u Petros bad u Ioannis ba kim ym kren shuh hano-hano ruh ha ka kyrteng u Jisu, hynrei u Petros bad u Ioannis ki la iathuh ha khmat kata ka dorbar, “La ka shong hok ha khmat u Blei ban sngap ia phi khamtam ban ia u Blei, to khan ma phi: namar ngi ngim lah ban ym kren ia kiei-kiei ruh ia kiba ngi la iohi bad ngi la iohsngew”. Ha ka jingbishar kut ia u ha u worms ha u snem 1521, u Martin Luther, da ka jingsngew skhem bha, u la ong, “Hangne nga ieng. Ngam lah ban leh da kumwei pat. Ah Blei iarap ia nga. Amen” (Here i stand. I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen). U William Wilberforce (1759-1833), uta u MP ka Ri Bilat u la iakhun pyrshah ia ka jingkhaii bad jingring mraw ia ki dohiong. Khatduh u la jop ia kane ka thma. Dei tad haduh u snem 1833 (u snem ba u iap) ba ka British Parliament ka la pass ia ka Bill kaba ai jinglaitluid noh ia baroh ki mraw kiba don bad kiba shong hapoh ka Ri Bilat bad ki Ri ba synshar ma ka. U Wilberforce u don ha ka jingthiah pang mynba u la iohsngew ia kane ka khubor, bad u la ainguh eh ia u Blei. U la khlad noh na kane ka pyrthei ha ka 20 tarik, July, 1833 bad la tep donburom ia u ha Westminster Abbey. Ki paidbah ki la ia synran ia ka metiap jong u ki la shlei mam ki surok bah, bad iwei na ki laingut ki la thab ia la ka shadem bad iam pait dohnud dohnam.
Ha ka 31 tarik, July, 1834 da ki hajar ki Negros (mynta ki khot noh ki Africans) ki la ialum lang ha ki iingmane jong ka British West Indies da ki khmat kiba phuh samrkhie bad shlei da ka jingkmen namar ka jinglaitnoh na ka jinglong mraw. Haba ka por shiteng synnia ka la poi, joit ki la ieng bad pyrta da ka jingkmen. Ka jingsawa ka jingpyrta jong ki sngew kumba kan jynrat ia ki tnum iingmane. Naduh kata ka khyllipmat ia ki 800,000 (phra lak) ngut ki mraw dohiong kiba la shah bat mraw hapoh ka hima Bilat, la pyllait noh ia ki na ka jinglong mraw bad ki la ioh ia ka jinglaitluid. U Wilberforce, u Wilberforce – u la bat skhem bad dait neh ia la ka nongrim ba u ieng (a man of principles). U la ju ong, “I am sick of battle and long for quiet. But I’ll not leave my poor slaves in the lurch” (Nga la thait ia kane ka thma bad kwah ban shong kynjah noh marwei. Hynrei ngan ym iehnoh ia la ki mraw ha ki diengshiah).
Ngim lah shuh ban khein ia ka dor ba shisha jong u Mahatma Gandhi, u Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, u Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, bad kiwei kiwei pat ki riewkhraw jong ka ri India, ba haduh katno ki la leh bad knia ia la ka jingbit khnang ban pynioh ia ka jinglaitluid na ka jingsynshar u Phareng, ba ka shyllangmat jong u paid India kan iaryngkat kyrdan bad kiwei pat ki kynhun briew jong ka pyrthei.
Ngin ia phai noh mynta sha la ka jong ka Ri, ka Ri jong ngi u Khasi Pnar. U Tirot Singh, u Syiem jong ka Hima Nongkhlaw, u la ieng skhem ia la ka nongrim da kaba u la jied ban sah kum u Syiem hapoh phatok ban ia kaba long u Syiem tyngshop halor ka khet. U la bthah ia la ki nongap ba kin leit phai noh sha shnong bad ba kin iathuh ia ki khun ki hajar jong u ba u Tirot Singh u la im bad la iap u Syiem (That Tirot Singh lived and died a King). U Woh Kiang Nangbah um shym la tieng bad kyiuh ha khmat ki dohlieh haba ka khyllipmat ban phasi noh ia u ka la jan. U ieng triang kum u diengbah bymlah pynkhih da ka shyllangmat jong u nongjop. Ha kaba batai shaphang ka jingbishar jong u Woh Kiang Nangbah, u Col. Dunsford u la thoh ba u Woh Kiang Nangbah u la kyntait ban ong ia ki ktien jingsmai ba la hukum ia u ban bud. Ha ka jaka kita ki ktien u la ong pynban, “Ngan kren ia ka jingshisha watla phi phasi ia nga na ka bynta kata” Shaphang ka jingiaid jong ka jingbishar, u Col. Dunsford u la iathuh ba u Woh Kiang Nangbah u leh bymkhein briew bad u khlem kyrpad ban pan map ia u. U la kiew sha ka rynsan phasi khlem salia bad khlem tieng, bad ha ka sur kaba shai kdar u la ong, “Peit sha nga, ko ki khun jong kane ka Ri ba la ai u Blei. Lada ka khmat jong nga ka phai sha ka diang haba kamet jong ka shad padoi ha u tyllai, ngin sa sah mraw junom. Hynrei lada ka phai sha ka mon, kine ki mynder kiba wan thombor kin sa phet na ka Ri jong ngi hapoh ki shispah snem naduh mynta”. Ka khmat jong u ka phai sha ka mon. Ka jingphasi ia u Woh Kiang Nangbah ka la long ha ka 30.12.1862 ha Iawmusiang, Jowai. U la long u briew jong u Blei. Ki ktien jong u ki la long ki ktien ka jingiathuhlypa. Ki Pharreng ki la mih noh na Ri India 84 snem hynniew bnai khathynriew sngi hadien katei ka sngi ba sah kynmaw pangnud.
Ka Rimai Nangbah ka kha ia une u khla-ka-wait ha Tpeppale, Jowai. U dei na ka thymmei Sookpoh. U kiang Nangbah bad ki nongbud jong u ki ieng da ka wait, u sum, ka stieh, bad u khnam ban beh ia ki nongsynshar mynder, hynrei ki la shah jop da ka jingshet kylla ki parakher paramer, kiba long kita ki daloi tyngker. Ki nongdie ri ki la ioh mar mar shih hajar tyngka, na ka sorkar phareng. Haduh mynta mynne, ngi dang iohi ia ka bor tyngka ba ka synshar donbor.
Namar shi kham u sbai Rupa,
Ki die duh ia ka Ri shirta.
Ha kane ka juk kaba mynta, ha kane ka ri jong ngi u Khasi Pnar, ka i-paw ba ka long kaba eh than ba ngin ioh ia ki nongialam – ki briew kiba skhem ha ka jingmut jingpyrkhat. Kumba ka paw, ngi iohi ba ngi don pynban ki nongialam-ri kiba synjor bad sator, ki bym neh skhem ha la ka jong ka nongrim, bad kiba shu soh-padoi nawei shawei (swinging leaders) tang ban bit ban biang ialade bad ia la ka iing ka sem da kaba leh klet noh ia la ka jaidbynriew ha kaba ki ruh ki long ka bynta kaba donkam. Kum ka jaidbynriew kaba im ha kane ka juk kaba mynta, ngi lah ban ong ba ngi long kiba sniew bok eh. Ia kane ka pateng jong ngi lah ban khot ‘Ka pateng jong ki nongialam bym seisoh’ (A generation of unwanted leaders). Ym tang katta, hynrei ki dak ki shin ki la paw shai ba kita ki nongialam bym seisoh jong ngi , ki long kiba la pynkhreh ban kieng atiar ban bam duh ia kane ka jaidbynriew jong ngi haduh ka pasoh, ka khlein, bad ki shyieng ki shruh jong ka. Ha ka sien kaba ar, u Barack Obama u la jop biang ia ka Election President ha U.S.A. Ha ka jingkren paidbah jong u ha Chicago, u la ong, “…..and we know in our Hearts that for the United States of America, the best is yet to come” (Bad ngi tip ba hapoh ki dohnud jong ngi ba na ka bynta jong ka United Sates of America, kaba bha tam ka dang ap ban wan) – (Ref. The Shillong Times, November 8, 2012). Ha kaba iadei bad ngi pat u Khasi Pnar hangne ha la ka jong ka Ri, ngi nud ban ong ba kaba sniew tam ka dang ap ban wan lynser ia ngi.
U Rama u la rung shapoh Ayodhya, hadien ki khatsaw snem jong ka jingshah pynryngkang-par. Ha kane ka por u la lah ban pyllait ia kane ka pyrthei na ki bor basniew, na ki rakot (demons) kiba la pynsaja ia ka da ki spah snem. U la sngew hun ba u la lah ban pynjot ia ki. Shuwa ia kane, ki paidbah ka Ayodhya slem-slem ki la iai ap ia ka jingwan phai u Rama. Ki ju iarwai paidbah, “The Eagle shall bring hither from a distance him that is fit to be called, wandering wild in strange lands” (Ka pukni kan sa wanrah sha kane ka jaka na ka ri ba jngai ia uta uba bit ban shah khot, uba dang iaid sakma ha ki ri nongwei).
Pleng dang dei ban kha ia u/ki nongpynim ia kane ka jaidbynriew jong ngi. Lano kata kan long, dei sa tang ka por hi kaba lah ban iathuh. Ngi ju ia rwai mynshuwa-
Balei sha, balei sha,
Ki saw ki sla ha khlaw;
Balei sha, balei sha,
Ka ud ka langbyrkaw.
Ko ki khlur ki nongphira
Bad phi ki lyoh bun rong,
Hangno ngan shem u maw shongthait,
Ia dohnud kaba mong.
Phi don ban ong eiei?