By: Dr. Ro Dinga

Nova lawng tia kan hriat lar, “Ark Encounter” hi Grant County, Kentucky State, USA a Christian thurin leh Pathian thilsiam entirna hmun a ni a, 2016 ah hawn a ni. Park nuamtak chhung lailitakah Bible Genesis a ziak “Noa Lawng” Pathian Thupek ang ngei a kum 40 a tuk, tuilet laia an humhimna ang chiah mai chu an siam a, a ding ‘lurh’ mai a ni. He lawng hi feet (510) a sei; avang lam feet (85); a san lam feet (51) a ni. Indianapolis atangin miles 160 vela hla a ni a motor in darker 3 kal vel a ni.

He ‘Ark Encounter’ din leh neitute hi “Answers in Genesis (AiG)” group an ni a, “Young Earth Creationist (YEC)” tia hriat an ni bawk. AiG hian Ark Encounter atanga miles 45 a hla, Petersburg, Kentucky state ah “Creation Museum” an nei bawk a, Pathian in leilung leh a chhunga awmte a siam dan Bible a ziak anga entirna Museum a ni. AiG hian Bible zirna leh hrilhfiahna ‘Website’ thra tak an nei a, Training leh Course-te an buatsaih bawk. ‘Pathian in engkim a siam’ tih ringhleltute leh an zirtirnate chu Bible tlawhchhana hrilhfiahna lamah AiG hian an thawhhlawk hle a ni.

Ark Encounter an sak dawn hian Kentucty state sawrkar chuan ‘Tourism’ lamah state tan atangkai dawna an hriat avangin city, county leh state atangin ‘tax’ an hniam (tax incentives) a, an sak zawh hnua a chhunga thawktute chu ‘Pathian ka ringe’ tia (Sign statement of faith) an sign tir avangin Pathian ring lotute beihna an tawk nasa hle a, Court a khin an ni nghe nghe a ni.  nimahsela, U.S. Federal Court in 2016 ah AiG hi thiam a chanter zawk ta a ni.

Lawng hi chhawng 3 a ni a, feet 18 a sang, pindan (bays) 132  awm a ni. Tlawhtute chu a hnuai ber chhawng atangin an lut a, a chung ber chhawng thlengin a lawn theih a ni.
A hnuai ber chhawngah hian tuilet laia Lawng chhunga an phurh ni awma an rin ransa lemte an dah a, Chhawng 2-na ah chuan ransa limte bakah Noa’n Lawng a tuk lai entirna hmanrua chi hrang hrang leh an chhungkaw awmdan tur vel an dah a ni. Chhawng 3-na ah chuan tuilet laia boruak leh thil awmdante entirna an dah a ni.

Lawng hi lei atrangin feet 15 a kam/chawi san a ni a, concrete ban hmanga chawi san a ni. Lawng hma lam chu feet 80 a sangin an siam a, khawthlirna rem tak siam a ni bawk a ni.

BULTAN DAN

December 1, 2010 ah YEC/AiG chuan Ark Encounter hi siam tumna ruahmanna an siam a “Bible a ziak angina, khawvel pumpui tuilet laia Noa leh a chhungte, ransa zawng zawng an him theihna, Pathian in a tuk tir ngei LAWNG chu feet 500 a sei in I siam ang u” an lo ti a ni. February 2012 ah a hmun hi an lei a, Bible a Noa Lawng awmzia an zirchianga, a ang taka sak an tran ta a ni.

Cary Summers-a chu he Lawng ‘design’ ziaktu a ni a, Patrick Marsh-a (Creation Museum design-tu) in a puibawm a. “The Troyer Group” Indiana state Mishawaka khua a in satuten an sa. Amish builders ho tihdan ang ngei in thing hmangin an sa a, mistiri (craftsmen) 1,000 chuang in an sa.

HAWN NI leh TLAWHTUTE

Ark Encounter hi July 7, 2016 ah hawn a ni a, hemi ni 7/7 (July 7) hi Genesis bung 7, chang 7 (Gen 7:7) “ Tui a lêt dâwn avângin Nova leh a nupui chu, an fate leh an nupuite nên lawngah chuan an lût a” ziak hi tlawhchhan in July 7 hi “Hawnni” atan an thlang a ni.

AiG chuan a hawnni atangin ni 40 leh zan 40 chhung chu chhun leh zan chhunzawmin an hawng (open) a, hei hi Bible a ni 40 leh zan 40 ruah sur kha an entirna a ni. An hawnni ah chuan AiG member-te, sum thawhtute (doners) leh chanchin mite (media) 7,000 hnenah a thawlna luhna ticket an pe a. An hawnni atrangin ni 6 chhungin mi 30,000 in an tlawh. Ni 1 ah mi 5,000 zelin an tlawh tihna a ni.

AiG chuan kum 1 ah tlawhtu 1.4 million atrangin 2.2 million an neih an beisei a. Nimahsela, 2017 khan 1 million vel in an tlawh niin AiG thupuan chuan a sawi. Grant county sawrkar chuan July 2017 atangin June 2018 thleng khan he hmun tlawhtu 862,471 an awm niin an puang a. Grant county thupuan hi luhman (fee) pet e chauh an chhiar avangin a dik lo deuh niin AiG chuan an sawi a, kum 5 chin hnuai lam naupangte a thlawmna luhtir an ni a, kum 1 chhung tan ticket lei (annual pass) leh dam chhung tana daih ticket lei (lifetime pass) an chhiar tell oh avang a ni an ti.
Engpawh ni sela, Ark Encounter hian kum 1 ah tlawhtu million 1 (nuaih 10) a nei a nih hi.