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Omusango ogushushya guleta abantu okuba abakunda n'okukakama. Omusango ogutengeka guleta abantu okuba abakwegondera n'okumera obukondwa. Obuma buli bungi bubi, bubi buli bungi buli obuma. Obutwalira butayawona. Okukunda okukoma okwigira, okukunda okukoma okukondwa. Abantu beefuukirwa embiro edhungu, buli mwirekedwa.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 58, "Omusango ogushushya", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/cgg/chapters/58/
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其政闷闷,其民淳淳;其政察察,其民缺缺。
祸兮福之所倚,福兮祸之所伏。孰知其极?其无正。正复为奇,善复为妖。人之迷,其日固久。
是以圣人方而不割,廉而不刿,直而不肆,光而不耀。
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Omusango ogushushya, abantu beefuura okuba abakunda; omusango ogutengeka, abantu beefuura okuba abakwegondera. Obuma bujjudwa obukuru, obukuru bujjudwa obuma. Obutwalira bwirekedwa buli? Tekuli kyagwanwa. Okukunda okukoma okwigira, okukunda okukoma okukondwa. Abantu beefuukirwa embiro edhungu, buli mwirekedwa. Kwonko omuntu omu kubi: Y'omugongo waire teyeefuura, y'omugongo waire teyegomba okumera; ye mu buterekero waire teyakoma okuruga, ye mu buterekero waire teyakoma okugondera.
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Ki ekandi y'omu chetero?
Omusango ogushushya guleta abantu okuba abakunda n'okukakama. Omusango ogutengeka guleta abantu okuba abakwegondera n'okumera obukondwa. Obuma buli bungi bubi, bubi buli bungi buli obuma. Obutwalira butayawona. Okukunda okukoma okwigira, okukunda okukoma okukondwa. Abantu beefuukirwa embiro edhungu, buli mwirekedwa.
Kirikuhurirana ntya nawe?
Nkimanya y'okuti embeera zanjye zitwikirize. Ebiro byanjye biri mu kumanya okufuukirwa butaje, waire nkwegondera amaani ge mingi. Nsaba okumanya okutwikiriza obuma n'okukunda, naye nkimanya y'okuti ziri byombi. Nsaba okufuukirwa omuntu omu kubi, ey'omugongo waire teyegomba okumera, y'omugongo waire teyeefuura.
Nki nkora lelo?
Ndidinda okutengeka kwanjye kwa buli nsiku. Nsiga nobera omuntu omu kubi okusinga okumanywa ngu
📜 Zigaragye translations (Wang Bi · Legge · AI Modern)
James Legge (1891)
The government that seems the most unwise, Oft goodness to the people best supplies; That which is meddling, touching everything, Will work but ill, and disappointment bring. Misery! happiness is to be found by its side! Happiness! misery lurks beneath it! Therefore the sage is (like) a square which cuts no one (with its angles); (like) a corner which injures no one (with its sharpness). He is straightforward, but allows himself no license; he is bright, but does not dazzle.
AI Modern
Omusango ogushushya, abantu beefuura okuba abakunda; omusango ogutengeka, abantu beefuura okuba abakwegondera. Obuma bujjudwa obukuru, obukuru bujjudwa obuma. Obutwalira bwirekedwa buli? Tekuli kyagwanwa. Okukunda okukoma okwigira, okukunda okukoma okukondwa. Abantu beefuukirwa embiro edhungu, buli mwirekedwa. Kwonko omuntu omu kubi: Y'omugongo waire teyeefuura, y'omugongo waire teyegomba okumera; ye mu buterekero waire teyakoma okuruga, ye mu buterekero waire teyakoma okugondera.
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