David Kawl Lian Thang

Pa David Kawl Lian Thang Taangthu

 

Suah Ni                        October 17 1943

Suahnak                       Zawlpi , Falam, Chin State

Nu le Pa min                 Pu Lal Phung  , Pi Sa Tin Men

Unau suahpih              

(Lt.Col.Pa Kap Cung  Nung)

                                    (Pa Mang Lul)

Pa Van Ceu, (State Education Officer)

(Nu Kap Thiam) 

(Pa David Kawl Lian Thang, Chief Electrical Engineer Officer) 

(Pa Sang Lian Thawng)

Pa Tawk Al (Senior Auditor Township Cooperative Department)

 

Tawng kai nak               Primary School (Duhmang)

Middle School (Lumbang)

High School (Pathein leh MayMyo)

Innsang neihni               August 8 1976 , Vazaang khua 

Innsang Nu                   Nu Zi Za Len  

Letthat tu                      Rev. That Ci

Tui anip kum                 1957, Rev.Cuang Sum, Phaizawl

Canau                            Sung Tin Tial  (Bsc.Math,B.th,MDiv-MIT) ,Bawi Aung Thang  

                                      (Certified Medical Technician)

 

Thian Bi Thang @ Salai Pabi (2nd in Economics, Diploma for Electrical Power, 2 year-YIT), Hephzibah (Administrative)

Mai Sui Thian Mawi (MSCs,MBA-UK,Phd-UK final years),

International Marketing Director

 

Tute                              Ebenezer Thian Sui, Jasper Lal Muan, Throne Lal Lian.

 

 

 

Pathian a updan le tui a nipnak

Pa David Kawl Lian Thang cu a nu a pa le upa ten na kum 12 kim zo tui na nip hun zo tin so li haw hi. Mahtin a tih lih haw ten  nim hih tuk mang  keimah loli keima bulpak  in Pathian thu ka theih cel  bek ten nim tuk laih ing tin don hi. A kum 14 ten nunpat nak thu a  theih cel bek ten lungdam thatui zet in amah no tui nim tukin  Zawlpi pen Phaizawl ah  hawh  in Rev.Cuang Sum in tuinipnak pia hi.  A thin thek tik mi bible cang cu Johan 3:16 hi.                                                                                                                         

Nu le Pa a ih dan leh Innsang a zoh dan

Pa David Kawl Lian Thang cu nu le pa it thei zet hi.  Nu le Pa tei thu I tuk mahten el awng ma hi. Nu le pa  lungkim in um tu hi. Nu te pa te dam ngawl ten man ngawl zal pin ngut in veh leleng hi.

Timbaw ah khual a zin ten   inn ah phone set in lai kuat leleng thei hi.    Bible sial tuk te thu ngen tuk te hilh leleng hi. Sial tuk Bible cang te vang  kuat leleng hi.  Canau te Phun sawm ong khawng in leh Leihum Phun sang tawng ceng thei tuk tian in thapia tu hi.  

Nun Khuasak Na deh dan

1967    kum  in  Navy (tui ngalkap)  lut in   kum 12   sung Navy ah na    dek in 1976   August 8 ni ah innsang din hi. 1979 kum ah Navy pen pinsin la in  1980   Kum   ah in   Ngamdang Timbaw Electrical Officer deh thei nak tawng kai in, a ong ceng ten Assistant Electrical Engineer Officer in kum  3 dek hi. Kum 3 a deh cengten a nadeh khang in Chief Electrical Engineer   Officer in dek hi.  Chief Electrical Engineer Officer cu kum 29 sung  dek hi.  A Dam ngawl nak hang in 2009 kum ah a nadeh  cawl hi.

 

1967  kum penpan  Yangon khuapi ah um pan hi.  Mah hun laih ah in Yangon khuapi sungah   Laimi dawmno bek um laih hang in Laingam pen hung khual zin heng tei bulsing nak in na cang haw hi. A khangno laih pepen saya upa te upat thiam in Pathian nadek tu te it thei zet in a ma tih theih tawk in bawm thei tu hi. Mahtihbang in mihaksa nunau ca ngah te hehpih in sum le paai tuah bawm bek sial ngawl Pathian thu tuah mi nun hilh thiam tu hi. A mah cu mihehpih thiam tu a hihbang bok in zu le sa nun dan ziaza pha ngawl te leh thukam nak bang in a zui a mang ngawl te deih ving viang ma hi.

Mah hun laih in Yangon khuapi sung ah Chin Miphun hempoh pumkhawm thei nak tuk in (CBC) Chin Baptist Church din pat penpan a tih thei tawk sum le pai le thazang suah in din pih hi. Dawl lam ten Laimi te tampi heng pepel in 1998 kum (FBCY),Falam Baptist Chruch tin a din ten Church President deh vo la in sum le pai le a tih thei tawk in din pih hi.

Pathian na a deh dan

Pa David Kawl Lian Thang cu ngamdang timbaw zui in  a hawh ten  a hennak mun hempoh timbaw colhnak mun hempoh ah  timbaw a colh bek ten   I lai ah  biakinn um kaw tin biakinn zei ma sa bel leleng hi.  Mahten timbaw hum a khualzinnak pen midang ten  a ngui thei a  kham thei  si te puak sak in sum mahzong pia tuk hung tin  a kun li tu tampi um na ven  hi ti bang te ka biakmi Pathian in awi ma hi tin  el  leleng hi. Mahten  a hawhnak mun hempoh ah  thuthangpha lai te pia pepel hi. Leihum ngam hekkhat ah ngam sung ah Bible tuah pehdun mi na imah puak tum thei ma tih mi ngam te ah  timbaw a colhten  tolh in  park ah hawh in  Bible te vuisa te zem hi.     Mahten  timbaw a hawhlih laihtak haw in a mai  haw ah  cyclone  storm a nasezetmi  huih hual pi cu   timbaw hawhnak lampi ah na hung li hi. Timbaw nadek tu hempoh sungpen Pa David Kawl Lian Thang le a dang pakhat  mi panih bek umtu na   um haw hi.  Pa David Kawl Lian Thang in a ngualcam pa cu sam in   huihhual pi khi  timbaw hawhnak zin pen mundang ah a pial theihnak tukin  khukdin in nasezet in Topa I lakah thu ngen haw hi.  Thu a nget ceng haw ten a hungli mi huihhual pi  cu hungleh ngawl in dingin cawl hi.  Mahten timbaw cu mundang ah mawng in Topa I bopnak tuah suakca leh haw hi.Kum  29 sung  timbaw zui na a deh sung in   leihum ngam hempoh heng khawng man in leipi vei tampi kimkawn man hi.

 

Topa I bopnak hang thihnak pen luat

Pa David Kawl Lian Thang cu a timbaw sungah  Electric te itibang hum tih cek kawkawi in cik koihnak khan sung a tum ten kongka cu a pualam pen khakcih kha in a sungah khahkhum cih hi. A sung pen nasezetin au li naven kua mah in za haw ma hi. Tul theihnak tuk zei li na ven mu ma hi.  Khukdin in hitui tuah Topa aw kei hi lai pen thih tik pahsin tin nasezet in thu ngen hi. Topa in a lungmu sung pen otpih in  hum lam zotoh in hi tih bangin thei hi, hum lam a zohto ten cik khaihnak thik kawn cu mu hi. Mah tuah in kongka cu hong leh thei  in suakca leh hi. Mahten veikhat leleu cu  Singapore  a hen ten timbaw a colh ten khua sung ah hawh hi  a henleh ten timbaw cu mei in kang ta hi.  Thihnak hihen mei hi liamsuahnak tuk pen Topa in hup hi. Veikhat leleu cu  timbaw hum na a deh lai tak in  electric shock kha in a khut kang hi  a pumpi venghawng in kang tukmi dinmun hi na ven, Thihnak pen Topa in hup hi.  

Mission ca na a deh dan

CCOC Nadehnak te CMC na dehnak te ah  a pat penpan tu ni  tian ah  tihzawhtawk in  na dek hi.

Miphun Ca Nadeh Dan

Ngawn labu

A masabel bawlmi Ngawn Labu te sia pepel in man tuk um leh ngawltoh  hangin  a veinihnak  Ngawn Labu bawl tukin thusonnak nei haw hi.   Pa David Kawl Lian Thang in 2005 kum ah a veinihnak Ngawn Labu  bawlnak sum suah hi.

Ngawn Bible

Topai  I hehpihnak tuah Ngawn Bible bawl thei pepel  in 1996  kum in  Ngawn Bible thak  ( New    Testament), leh 2015 kum in Ngawn Holy Bible (Old Testament & New Testament), 2018 kum ah Ngawn Bible Audio suah nak leh 2020 kum ah Reviewer Committee Uniform bawl nak te ah tel pih thei hi.

Ngawn Chin Literature & Culture Society

2018 kum ah Ngawn lai cunnak lam ca in KG level tei la zil tukmi Lacing (17) cu studio record nak tel pih thei hi

Radio sung ah la a saknak pawl

Pa David Kawl Lian Thang tei  tangval  hun laih in   Kawl ngam a cozah in  taingzinta   pawl  mai awn tuah  Radio sung pen thuthang te la te  suah theinak nak  program  bawl pan haw hi.  Chin mi ca bawl mi program sung pen    Ngawn awn tuah in la saknak te nei thei bok hi.  Radio sung a Ngawn awn tuah la a sak mi te   a tu ah vang in um leng laih hi. Mah nung ten Chin mi ca in Falam awn bek mang ta hi.  Mah hun ah Chin National Day ah Pa Tawk Al tuah a unau haw in  la Sali tu  te  na  hi haw hi.  

A Dam Ngawlnak

Pa David Kawl Lian Thang cu 2009 kum in dam ngawlnak tuah nadeh cawl hi.  Pumpi a lang  phia thei ngawl pepel in um hi. A zi le a ca ten it zet in a hawh nuamnak hempoh hen kawkawi haw hi.  Innlam Vazang, Valung,  kum sial pinto pih haw hi. Zawlpi khua heng thei  ngawl toh tavang in  Zawlpi ngam muh theihnak tuk tian hawhpih haw in Zawlpi ngam zo ta leleng hi. 2015 ah USA Chicago ah veikhat  heng  ha 4 sung um  Kawl ngam ah pin leh haw hi. A ngei ngawlin  USA ah hawh nap ing USA pen  ka cate a kimno in tawk thei tung.  Ka thi vangin ka cate a kimno tuah um in Topa lak hawh tuk ti hi. A cate vangin pa I deihnak bangin bawl suak  thei tuk in zuaampih haw hi.  Topa I hehpihnak tuah 2019  November ni 7 ni in USA Chicago ah a veinihnak heng thei haw hi.  A hen ceng ha 3 lawi ten Covid nat khang ciamco in  leihum ngam hempoh ah lockdown bawl khawg haw hi. Mahticun tang pepel haw hi, a ngei ngawlin  Kawl ngam buai leleu in  pin theih ngawlnak thu te piang pepel  hi.   Amah hi pumpi lang phia thei ngawl bek sial ngawlin Thikhang, Lungna  Thihum, Zinhum nat te a neisa hi.   2022  February ha ni 18 ni in  Pneumonia  tuah na in Sizung ah heng hi.  Sizung umsung  sibawi ten tih theih tawk in tuamlawm  mi sung pen muansan tuk um   ngawl toh hangin  March ni 24 ni in inn ah pin pih haw hi.  Inn pen vang in sibawi te nurse te ni sial hung in  a kil khawi haw sung pen  2022 March  28  ni nazi 1:30pm ah nunnak bo ta hi. Ka cate a kim no tawk thei tung tin a ngaihsutnak bangin nautabel Mai Sui Thian Mawi vang heng thei in  sizung um sung hempoh tuamlawm  thei hi. A ngaihsutnak bangin Topa in kim tik hi.

 

Thungetsaktuk                                                                                                                                            

Pa David Kawl Lian Thang I zam ta mi innsang nu  Nu Zi Za Len ,Canu upabel   Sayama Sung Tin Tial, Maakpa Bawi  Aung Thang , Capa  Thian Bi Thang (pabi), Mo Hephzibah , Canu nautabel Sui Thian Mawi, Tute  Ebenezer Thian Sui, Jasper Lal Muan leh Throne Lal Lian.

Lungdam thu

2009 kum a dam ngawl penpan  leihum nun a zam tuk tian  sum le pai tuah a bawmtu hempoh, um mun pen thu ngetsaknak tuah a tanpih tu hempoh, thu ngetnak tuah a vehli tu hempoh,  dangleng in thazang a piatu hempoh te leh, The Bible Society of Myanmar, Rev. Khoi Lam Thang, Siangbawi Rev. Dr. Hre Kio, Rev. Bawi Thian Ting, Ngawn Christian Church, Rev.Mike Zung Ceu, Rev.Thawng Cin, Rev.Dr.Mang Cuai, Rev.Thang Tin Sum, Sayam Cer Thila, Rev.Dr.Tin Tun Win, Salai Rajiv, Falam Baptist Church Yangon, Rev.Hau Lian Sang, Rev.Khuang Bil Thang, Sayamah Mawi Dim, Ngawn Baptist Church, NBC homecell Yangon, ,Thian Ham Ting (Nu Ham), Ngawn Pastors hempoh, Ngawnmi unau miphun hempoh le, Sizung khung laih a zoh mi Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital ah Doctors leh Nurses te, Hospice & Palliative Care, Hospice Team Doctor leh Nurse te, Pastor Stephen Chad, na veng hawng uh hum ah a tangmi innsang ten lungdamnak ngengpi nei ung hi.

Tuni  Pa David Kawl Lian Thang  vuinak ah  el kim piam le pam pen a hung mi u le nau, ngaihsak zet in state dadang pen  a heng mi u la nau leh ngualcaam te  le online pen a zo a ngai tu na venghawng uh hum ah lungdam zet ung.Na venghawng uh hum ah  a nung mi Pathian in thupha pialeh zal ta hen. 

 

A nun ah a zui mi Bible cang

Johan 13: 34-35

“ Thutiam Thak nohte pia ing. Pa khat leh pa khat na itdunta un hi. Keimah in nangmuhte ka ih bangbokin, nohte vang pa khat leh pa khat na itdun bok ta un. Pa khat le pa khat na itdun uh tale mi hempoh ten nohte cu Keima nungzuitu na hihlam thei haw tuk hi,” tin don hi.

1John 4:20-21

Kua Hei hihen Pathian it ing ti thah leng na pi in, a unau a huatu cu zolthu son hi.  Itahim ti tale mit a muhmi, a unau hei a it ma tale muh theih ngawlmi Pathian cu it thei tukma hi. Khrih I piakmi thukham cu hi tih bang in hi. Kua hei hihen Pathian a ittu cu a nunau vang it bok tuk hi.

 

 

 

English Eulogy

Eulogy

 

Place of Birth

David Kawl Lian Thang was born on October 17, 1943 in Zawlpi Village, Falam Township, Chin State, Myanmar to the late Pu Lal Phung and Pi Sa Tin Men. He was the fifth of seven children, Lieutenant Colonial Kap Cung Nung, Mang Lul ,Van Ceu (State Education Officer), Kap Thiam, David Kawl Lian Thang (Chief Electrical Engineer Officer), Sang Lian Thawng and Tawk Al (Senior Auditor Township Cooperative).

Early Education

David Kawl Lian Thang went to Duh Mang primary school, Lashoi primary school, Lumbang middle school, Pathein high school, and May Myo high school where he completed his matriculation examination.

Family

David Kawl Lian Thang married Nu Zi Za Len on August 8, 1976 in Vazaang Village and three children were born from this union, Sung Tin Tial (Mai Hnih Thet), Thian Bi Thang (Salai Yawthanlyan Pabi) and Sui Thian Mawi (Mai Hnin Shwe).

Faith and Relationship with God

At the age of twelve, David Kawl Lian Thang’s parents and elders from his church asked him to be baptized. But he told them that he would be baptized only when he personally accepted God’s word. He would read John 3:16, learn the word of God from his parents, preachers, and would privately pray to communicate with God personally. At the age of fourteen, he voluntarily went from Zawlpi Village to Phai Zawl Village to be baptized by Rev. Cuang Sum.

Career

He joined Burma Navy in 1967 till 1979 for twelve years and then retried. In 1980 he took a test to become an international seaman and passed the test. He started as an assistant to Chief Electrical Officer. After three years he took another test to become Chief Electrical Officer and passed the test. He worked as Chief Electrical Engineer for 29 years. In 2009, because of his health issue he retired from being an international seaman.

God’s Stewardship

During his career as an international seaman, every time he had a chance to land he would first look for church to worship. He was asked several times to smuggle illegal drugs for money but he always refused because of his relationship with God. He would spread God’s word by sharing pamphlets everywhere he went. When he arrived at places where bible was not available, he would go to public park or places and share the gospel.  On one particular day, there was a huge storm coming towards the ship at where he worked. There were only two believers, David Kawl Lian Thang himself and one of his colleagues. He asked his colleague to kneel down and pray that God would move that storm away from their ship. After praying, the storm was completely calmed down that they could continue their journey safely.

 

God spared his life

As an Electrical engineer, David Kawl Lian Thang was responsible for monitoring electrical related areas on the ship. While he was in one of the rooms on the ship, the door was accidentally locked from the outside that he could not open.  He was shouting from that room but no one heard him. He was looking for other exits to get out of that room but could not find any. And then he started praying to the Lord.  And he realized that God was speaking to him and he heard a voice like “look up”. When he looked up he saw an iron hook up there and then he used that to open the door and could get out of that room.  At one time, when his ship arrived at Singapore, he just wanted to get out of the ship to visit the city. As soon as he got off, that ship was on fire, realizing God just saved his life again.  At one occasion when he was working on the ship, there was an electrical shock which could have burned his whole body but the grace of God he suffered only minor burn on his arm.

 

Contributions in Christ Ministry

He contributed as much as he could for CCOC and CMC missionaries. He was the main sponsor for reprinting hymnbooks in Ngawn dialect. When Ngawn Bible translation was started in 2005, David Kawl Lian Thang’s house in Yangon was the place where the translation group would stay. He contributed most of their living costs and transportation costs. In 2017 by the grace of God, there was an opportunity to produce Ngawn Audio Bible. God used David Kawl Lian Thang to be a part of that project. Ngawn Audio Bible was released in 2018.

Other Contributions

He lived in Yangon since 1967, when there were very few Chin people living in Yangon. When people from Chin State came to Yangon, they would come to David Kawl Lian Thang’s house and stay there. David Kawl Lian Thang would provide food, money and their other requirements during their stay at his house. He would treat those people as his family members.

 

 

Rest in Christ’s Love

David Kawl Lian Thang, 79s, died March 22, 2022 at his son’s home in Warrenville, Illinois, USA after pneumonia infection. He is survived by his wife Pi Zi Za Len, three children, Mai Hnin Thet & Bawi Aung Thang, Salai Pabi & Nu Hep, Mai Hnin Shwe, and three grandchildren, Ebenezer Thian Sui, Jasper Lal Muan and Throne Lal Lian.

Favorite Bible Verses

John 13:34-35

“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

1 John 4:20-21

Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.