Lak man pe tiyo ki i wiye, o-tiyo ki kom man. O-luk ki pwonye mapol, o-woto ki tic man, o-lok ki pinye ki kwo man. Kwan man o-woto ki i Lak, ki pe wi nyako o-nge ki wiye. Lak ma pe ononge o-kare ki kombeni ki i kwo man, oswee nyako o-nge ki owuli man.
Key Concepts
道
虚空
本源
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 4, "Lak Pe Tiyo Ki (Lak Pa Kom)", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/ach/chapters/4/
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Lak pe tiyo ki i wiye, ka onge ki tic kiye pe o-fille. Otubo ni yie, tye ki pe kine. O-luko ki twero ki i twero man, o-woto ki pwonye, o-lok ki pinye, o-gwire ki i tic man. Piri man o-kare ni onge ki kwan, ka o-tiyo ki kombeni pe o-nonge. A-pe wi ki owuli ma o-lokre ki Lak pe. O-tiyo ki kombeni ki i kwo mag Lak.
Tam malit
Loka man tye ikom ngo?
Lak man pe tiyo ki i wiye, o-tiyo ki kom man. O-luk ki pwonye mapol, o-woto ki tic man, o-lok ki pinye ki kwo man. Kwan man o-woto ki i Lak, ki pe wi nyako o-nge ki wiye. Lak ma pe ononge o-kare ki kombeni ki i kwo man, oswee nyako o-nge ki owuli man.
En kede ango ki an?
A-wi ki Lak man o-luko ki kwo a-nyingo ki iye. A-keto ki i kom man ni ka a-liero ki piri man o-woto ki wangeye, a-liero ki wangeye a-pe kare. A-keto ki i tic man a-tyeko ki wangeye a-tyeko ki tic mar pe-tic. A-liero ki kwo man ma Lak o-tiyo ki iye ki pe o-fille.
Angec atima ngo tin?
Kano wangeye pi kano kiye pi Lak man. Pe tyeko ki tic mar pe-tic, liero wangeye a-pe wi ki kwo man. Tyeko ki piri ki wangeye, pwonye kwo mar pe kine.
The Tao is (like) the emptiness of a vessel; and in our employment of it we must be on our guard against all fulness. How deep and unfathomable it is, as if it were the Honoured Ancestor of all things! We should blunt our sharp points, and unravel the complications of things; we should attemper our brightness, and bring ourselves into agreement with the obscurity of others. How pure and still the Tao is, as if it would ever so continue! I do not know whose son it is. It might appear to have been before God.
AI Ikin
Lak pe tiyo ki i wiye, ka onge ki tic kiye pe o-fille. Otubo ni yie, tye ki pe kine. O-luko ki twero ki i twero man, o-woto ki pwonye, o-lok ki pinye, o-gwire ki i tic man. Piri man o-kare ni onge ki kwan, ka o-tiyo ki kombeni pe o-nonge. A-pe wi ki owuli ma o-lokre ki Lak pe. O-tiyo ki kombeni ki i kwo mag Lak.
