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Kay tantachawixa jach'a tantachawinakaru yatiñatakiwa. Jach'a awayxañatakixa jaqinakaruxa kiki uñt'asa. Jach'a awayxañatixa taqi kunatakipxiwa ukatsti juk'a winïri awayañaxa jan apt'a. Jani awayxañanakwixa jaqinakaruxa awayxañanakwa sarnaqawinakaru utjapxi. Jach'a awayxañatakixa jan yatiñatakiwa ukatsti juk'a uñjasïwiwa.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 57, "Jach'a Tantachawiñanakaru Qillqata", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/ay/chapters/57/
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Original
以正治国,以奇用兵,以无事取天下。吾何以知其然哉?以此:
天下多忌讳,而民弥贫;民多利器,国家滋昏;人多伎巧,奇物滋起;法令滋彰,盗贼多有。
故圣人云:我无为而民自化,我好静而民自正,我无事而民自富,我无欲而民自朴。
Larut'ayawi
Jach'a tantachawiñakaru jach'a awayxañatawa. Aycha awayxañanakaru jach'a jani yatiñatawa. Jani sarantïri awayxañanakwalu nayra jarphi awayaña. Kunalïkitaynaqa: Jach'a tantachawiñanakaru manq'a awayxañanakwa achunaka uñt'asa. Jaqinakaxa manq'a awayxañanakwa sarnaqawinakawa uñt'asa. Jaqinakaxa janiw uñt'asa, ukatsti kiki uñt'asa. Taqi kunataynaqa jach'a awayxañatawa ukatsti jan winïri awayañaxa jach'a qullqiñatakiwa. Jichhürakiwa: Jach'a yatiñanakaruxa arxatïta: "Nayra jakawinak t'aqatawa, jaqinakaxa kiki uñt'asa. Nayra jakawinak uñt'atawa, jaqinakaxa kiki sarnaqasa. Nayra jakawinakaw jan sarantïriwa, jaqinakaxa kiki mä sañaxa. Nayra jakawinakaw jan yatiñatawa, jaqinakaxa kiki jach'a t'aqa sarnaqasa."
Ukhaxa Uñt'ayawi
Kunas kaypi qhananchata?
Kay tantachawixa jach'a tantachawinakaru yatiñatakiwa. Jach'a awayxañatakixa jaqinakaruxa kiki uñt'asa. Jach'a awayxañatixa taqi kunatakipxiwa ukatsti juk'a winïri awayañaxa jan apt'a. Jani awayxañanakwixa jaqinakaruxa awayxañanakwa sarnaqawinakaru utjapxi. Jach'a awayxañatakixa jan yatiñatakiwa ukatsti juk'a uñjasïwiwa.
Kunjamas nayaxa junta?
Kay yatiñxa nayriri jakawinakaru yatiñatakiwa. Nayraxa manq'a awayxañanakwa sarnaqawinakaw sarnaqasa, ukatsti awayxañanakwax kiki sarnaqawi. Jach'a awayxañatakipxiritaynaqa janiw sarnaqawi, jan winïri sarnaqawi. Kay yatiñxa nayra jakawipa sarnaqawinakaw jikxatarakiwa, ukatsti jach'a awayxañatakipxiritaynaqa kiki jakawinak t'aqapxi.
Kunats jichharu luratäni?
Kunataynaqa jach'a awayxañatakipxi. Jichhürakiwa manq'a awayxañanakaw khitinaka awayañataki sarnaqasa, ukatsti jan sarantïri sarnaqawi. Nayra jakawinakaw sarnaqawixa awayxañanakaw uñt'ata, jach'a awayxañatakipxiritaynaqa awayxañanakax kiki uñt'asa.
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James Legge (1891)
A state may be ruled by (measures of) correction; weapons of war may be used with crafty dexterity; (but) the kingdom is made one's own (only) by freedom from action and purpose. Therefore a sage has said, 'I will do nothing (of purpose), and the people will be transformed of themselves.'
AI Modern
Jach'a tantachawiñakaru jach'a awayxañatawa. Aycha awayxañanakaru jach'a jani yatiñatawa. Jani sarantïri awayxañanakwalu nayra jarphi awayaña. Kunalïkitaynaqa: Jach'a tantachawiñanakaru manq'a awayxañanakwa achunaka uñt'asa. Jaqinakaxa manq'a awayxañanakwa sarnaqawinakawa uñt'asa. Jaqinakaxa janiw uñt'asa, ukatsti kiki uñt'asa. Taqi kunataynaqa jach'a awayxañatawa ukatsti jan winïri awayañaxa jach'a qullqiñatakiwa. Jichhürakiwa: Jach'a yatiñanakaruxa arxatïta: "Nayra jakawinak t'aqatawa, jaqinakaxa kiki uñt'asa. Nayra jakawinak uñt'atawa, jaqinakaxa kiki sarnaqasa. Nayra jakawinakaw jan sarantïriwa, jaqinakaxa kiki mä sañaxa. Nayra jakawinakaw jan yatiñatawa, jaqinakaxa kiki jach'a t'aqa sarnaqasa."
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