Nyanyagawo tso funu le go geɖe. Ele be newo kple nyamesra, nu ka hiã le nuwuwu me tso funu, eye wome-kpɔ o. Si dome tso o la, wo-do kuku tsitretsi gbɔ, ke me-bɔ kuku o.
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被褐怀玉
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 70, "Nyanyagawo Tso Funu Le Go", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/ee/chapters/70/
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Nyanyagawo tso funu le go, tso funu le se. Nuwuwu katã me-lõ se be nàdzã wonu, se be nàxexea wonu. Nyanyagawo ana yedome, ayikpom le dzogã. Ele be wofoforã, eye wodzĩ se be nànye do. Eye si dome tso o le kuku, eye wo-do kuku. Ke boŋ, ametsonyenõ la kpɔ be ye xoxo tsitretsi, eye ƒu wo.
Dzedze
Neveƒe nye didi?
Nyanyagawo tso funu le go geɖe. Ele be newo kple nyamesra, nu ka hiã le nuwuwu me tso funu, eye wome-kpɔ o. Si dome tso o la, wo-do kuku tsitretsi gbɔ, ke me-bɔ kuku o.
Aleke na kpɔe ŋtim?
Nyametsunyenɔwo dome be nyanya tso tete me le go geɖe. Gake menye geɖewo na-do nyamɛ o. Ne menye gblɔ be yevu dzi miamɛ o la, menye do ake o.
Nukae mɔ na wo egɔna?
Ɛ̃, menye nanyanya wu la, manye gɔ̃ɖo. Miamɛ naɖo nyanyaga si menye se o la, eye mamɛ na-dɔdzɔ mɔ kple dukɔ me.
My words are very easy to know, and very easy to practise; but there is no one in the world who is able to know and able to practise them. They who know me are few, and I am on that account (the more) to be prized. It is thus that the sage wears (a poor garb of) hair cloth, while he carries his (signet of) jade in his bosom.
AI Modern
Nyanyagawo tso funu le go, tso funu le se. Nuwuwu katã me-lõ se be nàdzã wonu, se be nàxexea wonu. Nyanyagawo ana yedome, ayikpom le dzogã. Ele be wofoforã, eye wodzĩ se be nànye do. Eye si dome tso o le kuku, eye wo-do kuku. Ke boŋ, ametsonyenõ la kpɔ be ye xoxo tsitretsi, eye ƒu wo.
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