A kankɛw tɛ kukumasɛ fɛ. O ne ni mabɔ cɛ! Kana se a kankɛw bɛ kukumasɛ fɛ, awa kojugu ye dugukolo fɛ. Tile fɛɛ, ɲinɛfɛ bɛ yen min bɛ ɲinɛfɛ. Min bɛ yen kɛ kɛ, a bɛ ye dugukolo ɲɛfɛ. Min bɛ dugukolo kɔnɔnɔnkali ɲɛfɛ, awa a tɛ se kankɛli kɔ.
Key Concepts
死
杀
大匠斫
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 74, "A kankɛw tɛ kukumasɛ fɛ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/bm/chapters/74/
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A kankɛw tɛ kukumasɛ fɛ, o ne ni mabɔ cɛ? Kana se a kankɛw bɛ kukumasɛ fɛ, awa min bɛ bɔlɔ fɛɛ, ne bɛ ye ye ɲini, kɛ o bɛ cɛ fɛ. O ne ye min bɛ se? Tile fɛɛ, ɲinɛfɛyali bɛ yen min bɛ ɲinɛfɛ. Min bɛ yen kɛ kɛ, o bɛ ye dugu kɛfɛ la sira ɲɛfɛya ye. Min bɛ ɲinɛfɛli ɲinɛfɛ, a bɛ ye ɲinɛfɛyali ɲɛfɛ. A bɛ ye dugukolo kɔnɔnɔninkali ɲɛfɛ. Min bɛ dugukolo ɲɛfɛ, awa sira fɛɛ, a bɛ ɲiniwalikɛli kɔnɔ.
Miirili Jɛlen
A daminɛ ye?
A kankɛw tɛ kukumasɛ fɛ. O ne ni mabɔ cɛ! Kana se a kankɛw bɛ kukumasɛ fɛ, awa kojugu ye dugukolo fɛ. Tile fɛɛ, ɲinɛfɛ bɛ yen min bɛ ɲinɛfɛ. Min bɛ yen kɛ kɛ, a bɛ ye dugukolo ɲɛfɛ. Min bɛ dugukolo kɔnɔnɔnkali ɲɛfɛ, awa a tɛ se kankɛli kɔ.
A bɛ kɛ sira mo?
N gɔnɔya la, bɛɛ n bɛ jɔyɔrɔ sira ɲɛfɛli la. N bɛ fɛ n suguya kɛ tile fɛɛ, n bɛ fɛ n yɛrɛ kɛ ɲinɛfɛli ye, n tɛ sira bɔ o la. N bɛ ɲuman ye Dugu Kɛfɛ la hakilinyabana la, wa n bɛ fɛ n tɔrɔ fɛɛ ni kojugu bɛ kɛ la.
Mun bɛ kɛ tile nin na?
Ka tile kɔnɔ, kɛ o kɛ n'sɛbɛ lafɔli la: n tɛ sira bɔ ɲiningbɔni kɔ, n bɛ fɛ ɲɛnw bɔ tile bɔli kɔfɛ, n bɛ fɛ n yɛrɛ kɛ dugukolo fɛ ye, tile tile.
The people do not fear death; to what purpose is it to (try to) frighten them with death? If the people were always in awe of death, and I could always seize those who do wrong, and put them to death, who would dare to do wrong? There is always One who presides over the infliction of death.
AI Kalanden
A kankɛw tɛ kukumasɛ fɛ, o ne ni mabɔ cɛ? Kana se a kankɛw bɛ kukumasɛ fɛ, awa min bɛ bɔlɔ fɛɛ, ne bɛ ye ye ɲini, kɛ o bɛ cɛ fɛ. O ne ye min bɛ se? Tile fɛɛ, ɲinɛfɛyali bɛ yen min bɛ ɲinɛfɛ. Min bɛ yen kɛ kɛ, o bɛ ye dugu kɛfɛ la sira ɲɛfɛya ye. Min bɛ ɲinɛfɛli ɲinɛfɛ, a bɛ ye ɲinɛfɛyali ɲɛfɛ. A bɛ ye dugukolo kɔnɔnɔninkali ɲɛfɛ. Min bɛ dugukolo ɲɛfɛ, awa sira fɛɛ, a bɛ ɲiniwalikɛli kɔnɔ.
