- Dr. Sylvanus Lamare,
Principal, St. Edmund’s College.
Nga la ïoh ban ïakynduh bad ïaphylliew jingmut bad u Rev. Dr. Iarington Kharkongngor ha ki katto katne snem mynshwa bad kine ki dei ki jingtip kiba nga la ïoh lum na i bad kiba nga la bynsat ryngkat ka jingwad jingtip jong nga.
U Pastor Iarington, u dei uwei na ki nongthoh kot Khasi, uba la noh synniang bha sha ka Khasi literature, Khasi kolshor bad sha ka ktien Khasi. Une u rangbah, u dei u khun jong i Kong Drissila Kharkongngor bad i Bah Bodri Khyriemmujat. Ïa une u khraw pyrkhat la kha ha Nongkrem ha ka snem 1936. U la pyndep ïa ka B.A. na Gauhati University ha ka snem 1966; ïa ka B.D. na Senate of Serampore College ha ka snem 1972 bad u la ïoh ïa ka D.D. (Honoris Causa) na Senate of Serampore College ha ka snem 2005.
Na ka jingïathuh jong u hi u la ong ba u la trei kam sorkar ha ki por Assam ha ki kyrdan kiba pher naduh ka snem 1955 haduh 1969. Ha ka snem 1975, u la sngew ïa ka jingkhot bad rai ban shakri ïa U Blei bad la ordain ïa u ha Khasi Jaintia Presbyterian Synod. U la trei ha ka Khasi Jaintia Presbyterian Synod naduh ka snem 1972.
Ki kot kiba une u rangbah u la thoh ki long kine harum:
1962 Ki Biria U Peh-Sylli Part I
1963 Ki Biria U Peh-Sylli Part II
1968 Ka Dienshonhi (First edition)
1968 Ki Nuksa Ha Ka Jingim Ba Dei Ban Phikir
1973 Ki Biria U Peh-Sylli Part III
1973 Khasi Glossary
1994 The Tribal People
1998 Ka Jingim Tip-Briew Tip-Blei (Part I & II)
1998 Ka Lawei u Khasi (revised in 2006)
2002 Ka Dienshonhi (A Khasi Encyclopaedic Dictionary) Second & revised edition)
2004 Ka Jymbriew Bad Ka Thymmei Longkur Longjait U Khasi (The Culture and the Origin of the Khasi Clan)
U Khasi Bad Ka Mariang (Part I) (The Khasi and His Concern for the Environment)
2013 Ka Dienshonhi (kaba la pynheh bad pynjanai)
Ki Kot Niam kiba une u nongthoh u la thoh ki long kine harum:
1969 La pyndep
1975 Ki Nonghikai Bad Ki Skul Pynpaw
1979 Ki Briew Ha Ka Bible
1980 Ka History Ka Balang Laban
1981 Ka Matti U Blei
1997 Ka Jinghikai Shongtynrai Jong ka Jingpynbaptis
1999 Ki Jingkynshew Ha Ka Bible
Hei! Ïakhmih La Ki Song (A Collection of Seminar Papers)
Une u rangbah, u la noh synniang ruh da ki jingthoh ha ki kot, ki kot khubor, ki kot sah kynmaw ha ka ktien Khasi bad English na kawei ka por sha kwei pat. Kiba kham paw na kine ki long: “A Critical and Analytical Study of Dr. Homiwell Lyngdoh Approach to Khasi Literature With Special Reference to Khasi Traditional Religion” ba la pynmih da ka Syngkhong Kyntiew Ri at the Birth Centenary Celebrations of Dr. Homiwell Lyngdoh. “Ka Thymmei bad ka Nongtymmen ka Thoh Khasi” bad “Ka Rukom Kren bad ki Jait Ktien”, ba la pynmih ha ka Improved Instruction in Khasi, ha ka snem 1976. “Ha ka Jingïadei bad ki Aiñ jong ka Shongkha Shongman katkum ka Indian Christian Marriage Act bad Indian Divorce Act”.
Ha ka jingpule ïa ka Theology, u Rev. Ïarington Kharkongngor, u la don kti ha kaba kyntiew ïa ka na ka kyrdan B.Th sha ka kyrdan B.D. College. U long ruh mynta u dkhot jong ka Seminary’s Governing Board. Ha ka jingïadei bad ki kam ka Balang, une u rangbah, u la ïadon bynta ban kyrshan, kdew lynti, lam lynti bad trei bad met bad mynsiem ha ka jingpynphriang ïa ka khubor ka jingieit jong U Blei.
Une u rangbah u long ruh u dkhot uba shitrhem jong ka Khasi Authors’ Society; ka Khasi Christian Literature Committee bad kiwei kiwei ki seng kiba ïadei bad ka Balang ne bad ka imlang ka sahlang.
Ka jingkhlad noh jong i Rev. Dr. Iarington Kharkongngor ha ka 21 tarik u ‘Naitung, 2020, kam dei ka jingduh tang ïa ka ïing ka sem, ki kur ki kha, ka Balang Presbyterian hynrei wat ïa ka jait bynriew hi baroh kawei. Kum u ‘riewwad jingtip nga dap da ka jingburom ïa ka jingkloi jong i ban batai kumno i la sdang ban thoh ïa ka Dienshonhi bad haduh katno i la trei shitom ban pyndep ïa ka. Ngi dem bad ngi ai nguh ïa u Blei ba u la pynmih u Khraw Pyrkhat kum i Rev.Dr. Iarington Kharkongngor uba la shakri met bad mynsiem ïa la ka ïing, ka Balang bad ka Ri bad ka jait bynriew.
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