JESU KAN RUALPI T’HA BIK By Joseph Scriven

Joseph M. Scriven (1819-1896) hi Irish mi le sa a si i, kum 25 asi lai fangte ah nupi nei dingih phurzet le lungawinak thawn a timlam awk rero laifangah an neihawk ding ni simfiang tum ih an ruah/pol rero lai fangah anupi ding cu rapthlak zetin tidai ah a cangsual tariai, rin lo piin anunnak a cemcih. Joseph dinhmun vun ruahsak cun ziangtluk  thinna le riahsiaa in tikcu caan hmang pei maw??. Thinlung hliam nasazet tuarphah cingin  Joseph cun a umnak suahsan in nun tobul/ hram  thawksal dingin Canada lam panin a fehsuak ta. Canada ahcun cazirhin anunhram a vun thawk sal asi cu. Cui tiih phurzet le lungawizet ih ahna a t’uan rero lai fangah  Eliza Roche, timi a tlawngta zir rero laimi pakhat, asung le pawl thawn an nelawzet cutin an duhdawtaw emem cun caan a vun hmang thawk, cutin atawinak in ni le thla ziang mawzet ahung herlaim awk hnu cun duhdawt awk menmen sinawn loin neih awk dingih hualawknak  tiang neiin dinhmun a hung thleng. Asinan caan a hung herliam vivo cun, Joseph a tumtah nak le beiseina hmuahhmuah pawl titop dingin Eliza cu nasatuk in a hung na lala, an neih awk zikte ti ahcun a thihsan lala, Aw mingun ruahnak men cun tuar dan thiam a va hare m..riahsiatnak sumzingpi cun anun cu a zelkhat t’heh asibik.

Joseph dinhmun hi kan dinhmun ah vun ret cio sehla, ziangkim, ziang hmuahhmuah khal hi an tawp t’heh asi lo sawm kan ti ka zum. Asinain PATHIAN neitu sinak le A mah hnenih hngahawk nakhin beidonnak hawrkuam sung ihsin akhaisuak lo ti zo si sim theitu um ding? Eliza ih mual  a vun liamsan lala cun aziang le khaw le zirhtu hna ihsin a bang a hung bang lala ih, cutin Plymouth Brethren a vun zomsal, culen Baptist Kawhhran lamah a rawngbawlnak tikcu le caan pe dingin a thinlung timtuah a thok. Cutiih aduhdawt zetmi a fala le pawl ih an vun thihsan hnu cun a minung ruahnak ahcun nupi naih ti hrimhrim a rel in a tum nawn lo, anun, a caan, pawisa, thuamhnaw ziangtinkim hmuahhmuah khal cu mi fahrah ei le in ding nei lo pawl hnenah a zem t’heu. A fehnak hmuntin ah Thuthangt’ha khal cu a sim phah vivo fawn.

 A duhdawt zetmi Eliza athih pek hrawngah khan, Joseph cun an ram, Ireland ih um, a nu adam lo ti thu arak dong. Duhduh ih feh sukso thil olsam asi lo ruangah anuh hnen ahcun ca a hei kuat, cumi a cakuat ahcun anu thlamuannak thu hleiah ahla phuah mi ( poem ) lak ih pakhat, “JESU KAN RUALPI T’HABIK” (What afriend we have in Jesus) timi hla te hi, a cakuat mi cahnah te ahcun a kilhcih. Kum tampi hnu ahcun Joseph cu nasazet a damlo ih, adamlo va kan ding cun rin lo piin arualpa a vafeh dukdi aw,  hi a damlo va kan dingih va feh cun Joseph ih hlaphuah mi cu u lukzet avun zoh, avun siar, arualpa cun t’ha tiin a lungkim nasa, himi a hla phuah mipawl lak ahcun “Jesu ka rualpi t’ha bik” timi hlamawi khal cu arak tel cih ti asi.

Arualpa vun kantu hnenih, hlan laiih a rualpa feh tlangin anu hnenih ca  arak kuat mi lak ih atelhcih mi hla mawi (What a friend we have in Jesus) Jesu kan rualpi t’ha bik timi cu akuat ihsin kum 30 rei hnuah Joseph hla cu cabu pakhat, “Hymns and Other Verses” timi ahcun an suah thawk. Himi hnu rei lo teah  musician thiam zet mi Charles C.Cinverse timi cun (1834 – 1918 ) kum ah athluk mawi zet in a vuntuahm cutin athu a t’ha emem hleiah a thlukmawi emem le music mawinak cun a vun khuh vivo fawn, musician, revivalist khal si  tho, Ira D.Sankey  (1840 – 1908 ) cun  kum ( 1875 ) ah himi hla hi Hlabu theih hlawh zet Sankey’s Gospel Hymns Number pakhat nak ah telhmi, mi thinlung khawihzet mi, minun hneh zettu hla mawi le um zenei zetmi ah a hung cang suak.

 Joseph Scriven a thih hnu ah Port Hope, Ontario, Canada ih mipi pawl, rawng abawlsak t’heu mipawl cun amah theih ringring nak monument an tuah. Caan harsa le caan khirhkhanzet paltlang t’heutu cun, a rualpi Jesuh anei a theifiang, Bawipai nunsung ahcun hahdam tein a hngat ngam aw t’heu, a riahsiat nak hmuhhmuh khal cu a sawn awkter t’heu asi, hi hla kan saksung hmuahhmuah hi cu, anih cu thiin mual in liam san zo hmansela, anung ringring thlang ding.

“Mi pakhat in  a rualpipawl hrangah a nunnak a liam, cu mi hnakih ropisawn duhdawtnak zohman in a nei lo.” ( Johana 15:13)

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Joseph M. Scriven

Poet

Joseph Medlicott Scriven, was an Irish poet, best known as the writer of the poem which became the hymn "What a Friend We Have in Jesus". Wikipedia

Born: September 10, 1819, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Died: August 10, 1886

Education: Trinity College, Dublin