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Kunatakiwa alaxpach apanaka utjkiti, ukaxa qhipa自己的生活a ukhama sarnaqapxañapaqiwa. Qhipa自己的生活a kunatakiwa?, kunatarakiw kunawsapawa, ukhamaruwa qhipa自己的生活apwa utji. Qhipa自己的生活a kunatarakiwa suma uñtasi ukaxa juk'amp utjapxañapaqixa.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 7, "Alaxpach Apanaka Utjkiti", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/ay/chapters/7/
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天长地久。天地所以能长且久者,以其不自生,故能长生。
是以圣人后其身而身先,外其身而身存。非以其无私邪?故能成其私。
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Alaxpach apanaka utjkiti. Alaxpachap anakarakiwa akapachanaka utjkiti, kunawsapaw qhipa自己的生活a, ukhamaruw qhipa自己的生活a. Kunatakita?, qhipa自己的生活a, ukhamarakiwa suma uñtasi. Ukhamaruw aytanaka juk'ampiw sarnaqapxañapaqiwa. Kunatakita?, juk'amp lwenasawa, ukhamaruw juk'amp utjapxañapaqiwa. Kunatakiwa?, qhiska qillqañata munañapaqti, kunatarakiw qhipa自己的生活a ukhama sarnaqapxtan沾? Ay, qhiska qillqañata munañapxitiwa, ukhamarakiw qhipa自己的生活a suma uñtasi.
Ukhaxa Uñt'ayawi
Kunas kaypi qhananchata?
Kunatakiwa alaxpach apanaka utjkiti, ukaxa qhipa自己的生活a ukhama sarnaqapxañapaqiwa. Qhipa自己的生活a kunatakiwa?, kunatarakiw kunawsapawa, ukhamaruwa qhipa自己的生活apwa utji. Qhipa自己的生活a kunatarakiwa suma uñtasi ukaxa juk'amp utjapxañapaqixa.
Kunjamas nayaxa junta?
Kunatakiwa juk'ampiw sarnaqapxañapaqixa, ukaxa qhipa自己的生活a ukhama sarnaqapxañapaqixa. Juk'amp lwenasawa kunatakiwa?, kunawsapawa, kunatarakiw qhipa自己的生活apawa utji. Suma uñtasi ukaxa qhiska munañapaqtiwa, ukhamaruwa juk'amp uñtasiñapaqiwa.
Kunats jichharu luratäni?
Wasitxa juk'amp lwenasma, kunawsapawa, ukhamaruwa qhipa自己的生活a sarnaqapma. Qillqañata juk'ampiw sarnaqapma, kunatarakiw qhipa自己的生活a suma uñtasiñapaqiwa.
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James Legge (1891)
Heaven is long-enduring and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is that they do not live of, or for, themselves. Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in the foremost place; he treats his person as if it were foreign to him, and yet that person is preserved. Is it not because he has no personal and private ends, that therefore such ends are realised?
AI Modern
Alaxpach apanaka utjkiti. Alaxpachap anakarakiwa akapachanaka utjkiti, kunawsapaw qhipa自己的生活a, ukhamaruw qhipa自己的生活a. Kunatakita?, qhipa自己的生活a, ukhamarakiwa suma uñtasi. Ukhamaruw aytanaka juk'ampiw sarnaqapxañapaqiwa. Kunatakita?, juk'amp lwenasawa, ukhamaruw juk'amp utjapxañapaqiwa. Kunatakiwa?, qhiska qillqañata munañapaqti, kunatarakiw qhipa自己的生活a ukhama sarnaqapxtan沾? Ay, qhiska qillqañata munañapxitiwa, ukhamarakiw qhipa自己的生活a suma uñtasi.
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