Kuna kayu sutinwa: Yatiqiri yatiqt'atawa, jani yatiqt'añani. Jan yatiqt'ayatasa yatiqt'aña chhaqiyaw chhaqi. Chhaqitasa chhaqitasa jani chhaqiti. Yatiqiri yatiqt'atawa, jan yatiqt'ayatasa sami chhaqi. Yatiqt'aña yatiqt'atawa.
Key Concepts
知
不知
病
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 71, "Yatiqiri Yatiqt'Ama Suma", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/ay/chapters/71/
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Original
知不知上，不知知病。夫唯病病，是以不病。圣人不病，以其病病，是以不病。
Larut'ayawi
Nayraqipa yatiqt'aña yatiqt'awa, janiwa yatiqt'añani. Jichharu yatiqt'ayaña jan yatiqt'ayatampi, sami chhaqiyaw chhaqi. Chhaqitasa chhaqitasa, jani chhaqiti. Jilañataki sami chhaqiti, chhaqitasa chhaqitasa, jani chhaqi. Yatiqt'aña jan yatiqt'ayatampi, yatiqiri yatiqt'ata. Yatiqt'añasa, jani yatiqt'añani. Yatiqiri yatiqt'ata, jan yatiqt'ayatasa jani chhaqiti.
Ukhaxa Uñt'ayawi
Kunas kaypi qhananchata?
Kuna kayu sutinwa: Yatiqiri yatiqt'atawa, jani yatiqt'añani. Jan yatiqt'ayatasa yatiqt'aña chhaqiyaw chhaqi. Chhaqitasa chhaqitasa jani chhaqiti. Yatiqiri yatiqt'atawa, jan yatiqt'ayatasa sami chhaqi. Yatiqt'aña yatiqt'atawa.
Kunjamas nayaxa junta?
Jichhankiri yatiqt'añasa nayaxa qhana qhana. Jan yatiqt'ayatasa yatiqt'aña samas, jilañataki munayaña. Yatiqt'ayaña jan yatiqt'ayatasa nayaxa jilañaru qhana.
Kunats jichharu luratäni?
Jichharu nayriwa jilañaru yatiqt'añasa yatiqt'aña, jan yatiqt'ayatasa yatiqt'aña. Jan yatiqt'ayatasa yatiqt'añaruwa qhana.
To know and yet (think) we do not know is the highest (attainment); not to know (and yet think) we do know is a disease. It is simply by being pained at (the thought of) having this disease that we are preserved from it. The sage has not the disease.
AI Modern
Nayraqipa yatiqt'aña yatiqt'awa, janiwa yatiqt'añani. Jichharu yatiqt'ayaña jan yatiqt'ayatampi, sami chhaqiyaw chhaqi. Chhaqitasa chhaqitasa, jani chhaqiti. Jilañataki sami chhaqiti, chhaqitasa chhaqitasa, jani chhaqi. Yatiqt'aña jan yatiqt'ayatampi, yatiqiri yatiqt'ata. Yatiqt'añasa, jani yatiqt'añani. Yatiqiri yatiqt'ata, jan yatiqt'ayatasa jani chhaqiti.
Nayan Uñt'ayawi
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