Goonga ɗin mbiɗi ɗo on: yimɓe e jilliɓe ngiɗi foo e mboddo maɓɓe, hata cuuɗiinde woodi e ndee. Ko hata oon fuɗɗii? Oon fuɗɗii ndeen sabu oon waddi on ndee ndeen. Teemeefo on, teemeefo on duuɓe.
Key Concepts
宠辱
身
天下
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 13, "Yimɓe e Jilliɓe Ngiɗi", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/ff/chapters/13/
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Yimɓe e jilliɓe ngiɗi foo, hata cuuɗiinde dow majje ngiɗi foo. Ko woni yimɓe e jilliɓe ngiɗi? Yimɗo woni cuuɗiinde, fuɗngol kadi cuuɗiinde, o wattii dow yimɓe e jilliɓe ngiɗi. Ko woni hata cuuɗiinde dow majje ngiɗi? On mbiɗi on: On waddi on hata cuuɗiinde nden, sabu on waddi on ndee ndeen; feete oon waddi on hata cuuɗiinde nden, on waddi on hata ko? Nden feete, oon mo hata o yidi on haalaango ɓaawo e duuɓe, oon mo hata o yidi on himo maɓɓe e ɓaawo duuɓe, kadi oon mo hata o yidi on himo maɓɓe e ɓaawo ɓannge on.
Nedinnaade Nedinɗo
Ko woni hitaandeowo ɗin?
Goonga ɗin mbiɗi ɗo on: yimɓe e jilliɓe ngiɗi foo e mboddo maɓɓe, hata cuuɗiinde woodi e ndee. Ko hata oon fuɗɗii? Oon fuɗɗii ndeen sabu oon waddi on ndee ndeen. Teemeefo on, teemeefo on duuɓe.
No ngon-ɗen e mi?
Ɗam haani himo huutoraade koomɓe debbo e wariiarde e ɓaawo ɓannge on. Oon yidi on feereere e ko yimɓe mbiɗi ɗo on, sabu on mboddi ɗo e hata cuuɗiinde on nden. Oon yidi on wadi kadi e dow ndee, hata on cuuɗii.
Miiɗi ɗo ɗon ɗii?
Nde woowe nden, ɗo on haani ɗo haalaango e duuɓe on, teemee on jilliɓe e yimɓe on, kadi himo on nde ndeen.
Favour and disgrace would seem equally to be feared; honour and great calamity, to be regarded as personal conditions (of the same kind). Therefore he who would administer the kingdom, honouring it as he honours his own person, may be employed to govern it, and he who would administer it with the love which he bears to his own person may be entrusted with it.
AI Modern
Yimɓe e jilliɓe ngiɗi foo, hata cuuɗiinde dow majje ngiɗi foo. Ko woni yimɓe e jilliɓe ngiɗi? Yimɗo woni cuuɗiinde, fuɗngol kadi cuuɗiinde, o wattii dow yimɓe e jilliɓe ngiɗi. Ko woni hata cuuɗiinde dow majje ngiɗi? On mbiɗi on: On waddi on hata cuuɗiinde nden, sabu on waddi on ndee ndeen; feete oon waddi on hata cuuɗiinde nden, on waddi on hata ko? Nden feete, oon mo hata o yidi on haalaango ɓaawo e duuɓe, oon mo hata o yidi on himo maɓɓe e ɓaawo duuɓe, kadi oon mo hata o yidi on himo maɓɓe e ɓaawo ɓannge on.
Miijo Am
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