Niannin kpɛlɛ a ɛkɛ yɛ, niannin ɛbɔ, ɛkpɛlɛ dugbe kpɛlɛ a. Ɔwula niannin a, dugbe kpɛlɛ a ɛyɛ kwa kwa. Ninnin a kpɛ, dugbe kpɛlɛ a ɛkpɛlɛ kwa. Niannin kpɛlɛ a ɛkɛ yɛ, ɛkpɛlɛ dugbe kpɛlɛ a.
Key Concepts
无为
无不为
自化
无欲
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 37, "Niannin kpɛlɛ a ɛkɛ yɛ niannin ɛbɔ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/bci/chapters/37/
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Niannin kpɛlɛ a ɛkɛ yɛ, niannin ɛbɔ, ɛkpɛlɛ dugbe kpɛlɛ a. Ɔwula niannin a, dugbe kpɛlɛ a ɛyɛ kwa kwa. Ɛyɛ a kɛ, a mɔ bɔ kpɔn niannin kpɛlɛ a, dugbe kpɛlɛ a ɛkpɛlɛ kwa kwa. Ɔkpɔn a, niannin kpɛlɛ a ɛkpɛlɛ kwa, ɛkpɛlɛ dugbe kpɛlɛ a. Niannin kpɛlɛ a ɛkpɛlɛ kwa, ɛkpɛlɛ dugbe kpɛlɛ a. Ɔkpɔn niannin a, dugbe kpɛlɛ a ɛyɛ kwa kwa.
Nyan yɩli
Se a wu tɛ bu?
Niannin kpɛlɛ a ɛkɛ yɛ, niannin ɛbɔ, ɛkpɛlɛ dugbe kpɛlɛ a. Ɔwula niannin a, dugbe kpɛlɛ a ɛyɛ kwa kwa. Ninnin a kpɛ, dugbe kpɛlɛ a ɛkpɛlɛ kwa. Niannin kpɛlɛ a ɛkɛ yɛ, ɛkpɛlɛ dugbe kpɛlɛ a.
A kpɛna a m' nannan?
Ɛ kwa yɛ kpɔn niannin kpɛlɛ a. Kpɔn niannin a, dugbe kpɛlɛ a ɛyɛ kwa kwa. Ɔkwan ninnin kpɛlɛ a ɛkɛ yɛ, kwa yɛ kwa kwa, kwa kwa kwa. Niannin ɛkpɛlɛ kwa, kwa yɛ kwa kwa.
Bʋʋ kpan kpɩnn yɩ?
Kwa niannin, ɛkɛ yɛ kwa kwa. Kpɔn niannin kpɛlɛ a, ɛkɛ yɛ niannin. Kwa kwa kwa, kwa yɛ kwa kwa. Kwa kpɔn a, dugbe kpɛlɛ a ɛyɛ kwa kwa kwa.
The Tao in its regular course does nothing (for the sake of doing it), and so there is nothing which it does not do. If princes and kings were able to maintain it, all things would of themselves be transformed by them. Simplicity without a name Is free from all external aim. With no desire, at rest and still, All things go right as of their will.
AI Kpakpa
Niannin kpɛlɛ a ɛkɛ yɛ, niannin ɛbɔ, ɛkpɛlɛ dugbe kpɛlɛ a. Ɔwula niannin a, dugbe kpɛlɛ a ɛyɛ kwa kwa. Ɛyɛ a kɛ, a mɔ bɔ kpɔn niannin kpɛlɛ a, dugbe kpɛlɛ a ɛkpɛlɛ kwa kwa. Ɔkpɔn a, niannin kpɛlɛ a ɛkpɛlɛ kwa, ɛkpɛlɛ dugbe kpɛlɛ a. Niannin kpɛlɛ a ɛkpɛlɛ kwa, ɛkpɛlɛ dugbe kpɛlɛ a. Ɔkpɔn niannin a, dugbe kpɛlɛ a ɛyɛ kwa kwa.