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Aka jurijanaw sami thoko luräwipax yatichata: tukuy amuyunakan utjäta, jichha amuyunaka utjäta. Juk'amp xarakïta, kunaymana tuqita yawri utjäta. Kunaymana sarnaqawi sapa kayurin juk'amp puräw, juk'amp puräw. Sapa sarnaqawixa nayriri tuqita saräw, jichha thoko luräwi tuqita. Aka juk'amp puräw ukax kunaymana tuqita yawri. Yatxatänwa.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 16, "Sami thoko luräwi. Akuqañanakana arxatañapataki", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/ay/chapters/16/
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Original
致虚极，守静笃。万物并作，吾以观复。
Larut'ayawi
Tukuy sank'ankaña uñjäta, sarnaqawsanakawa sapa. Sapa qullunaka phaxsitanakawa. Tinkuyasa, qillqaru qhipa t'aqäni. Nayriri sank'ankañ ch'aqiw ukax samäni. Jichhürakiw, ch'ama juk'ampi arxatañapatakiw sapa qulluwa. Juk'ampïrina arxatañäni ukaxa, sapa qulluxa saräna uñjäta. Saräna uñjasaxa, samäniwa. Samäna ukaxa, nayriri tuqita yawri. Nayriri tuqita yawri ukaxa, kunaymana tuqita yawriwa. Kunaymana tuqita yawri yatxatäna ukaxa, quyuq uru saräni. Kunaymana tuqita yawri yatxatamänwa, juk'ampi tuqita yawriw ch'aqiw, juk'ampi tuqita yawrixa tunka tunka tuqita yawri, tunka tunka tuqita yawrixa pachaka tuqita yawri, pachaka tuqita yawrixa sami tuqita yawri, sami tuqita yawrixa aka sami thoko luräwi. Aka sami thoko luräwixa, juk'amp yäqäwi. Juk'amp yäqäwixa, nayriri qullux walja sarnaqäwinak yatxatäwi.
Ukhaxa Uñt'ayawi
Kunas kaypi qhananchata?
Aka jurijanaw sami thoko luräwipax yatichata: tukuy amuyunakan utjäta, jichha amuyunaka utjäta. Juk'amp xarakïta, kunaymana tuqita yawri utjäta. Kunaymana sarnaqawi sapa kayurin juk'amp puräw, juk'amp puräw. Sapa sarnaqawixa nayriri tuqita saräw, jichha thoko luräwi tuqita. Aka juk'amp puräw ukax kunaymana tuqita yawri. Yatxatänwa.
Kunjamas nayaxa junta?
Nayrax kuna yäqäw utjäta. Aka pachax walja sarnaqäwinak utjäta, uka qullunaka sapa puräni. Nayriri juk'amp sami amuyun thaqäna. Jichha amuyunakan thaqäna ukaxa, utji juk'amp quyuq saräw. Uka juk'amp quyuq saräw ukaxa, kunaymana tuqita yawri yatxatäna.
Kunats jichharu luratäni?
Jichha pachpachaw sapa uñt'añataki, juk'amp xarakïta sami saräw. Sapa sarnaqawixa nayriri tuqita puräw. Uka tuqita saräw yatxatäña.
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Wang Bi (226–249 CE)
致虚，物之极也。守静，物之真正也。动作生长者，虚而不屈。归根则静，故曰静。静则复命，故曰复命也。复命则得性命之常，故曰常也。
James Legge (1891)
The (state of) vacancy should be brought to the utmost degree, and that of stillness guarded with unwearying vigour. All things alike go through their processes of activity, and (then) we see them return (to their original state).
AI Modern
Tukuy sank'ankaña uñjäta, sarnaqawsanakawa sapa. Sapa qullunaka phaxsitanakawa. Tinkuyasa, qillqaru qhipa t'aqäni. Nayriri sank'ankañ ch'aqiw ukax samäni. Jichhürakiw, ch'ama juk'ampi arxatañapatakiw sapa qulluwa. Juk'ampïrina arxatañäni ukaxa, sapa qulluxa saräna uñjäta. Saräna uñjasaxa, samäniwa. Samäna ukaxa, nayriri tuqita yawri. Nayriri tuqita yawri ukaxa, kunaymana tuqita yawriwa. Kunaymana tuqita yawri yatxatäna ukaxa, quyuq uru saräni. Kunaymana tuqita yawri yatxatamänwa, juk'ampi tuqita yawriw ch'aqiw, juk'ampi tuqita yawrixa tunka tunka tuqita yawri, tunka tunka tuqita yawrixa pachaka tuqita yawri, pachaka tuqita yawrixa sami tuqita yawri, sami tuqita yawrixa aka sami thoko luräwi. Aka sami thoko luräwixa, juk'amp yäqäwi. Juk'amp yäqäwixa, nayriri qullux walja sarnaqäwinak yatxatäwi.
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