Goonga ɗin mbiɗi ɗo on: Ko ɗo on hootii, on fuɗɗii, ko woni Tao, kadi ko on ngulii e ɗo on suɓii. Tao woni ɗo eɗɗo, kadi ɗo on feetee. On feetee ɗo e laawol eɗɗo, sabu ko woni ɗo feetee, on suubii e ɗo on mboddi.
Key Concepts
道
无形
惚恍
古始
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 14, "Hootorde Wootorɗe", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/ff/chapters/14/
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Hootorde wootorɗe mbiɗi ɗo 'yii', ngulaare wootorɗe mbiɗi ɗo 'fof', nguurndam wootorɗe mbiɗi ɗo 'ye'. Ndin mbiɓe ɗo ko on feetee wooweede, nden feete ndin wadaade e ɓannge eɗɗo. Kadi oon ɗo, ɗo jeyɗo on feetee, ɗo ɓeyɗo on feetee, ndin ɓurngaade e woni ɗo, kadi feete ndin ɗo e laawol. Kadi ndin woni ko ɓurngaade e wootorɗe e laawol, ko ɓurngaade e ndee e hootorde, kadi ndin mbiɗi ɗo 'hooƴƴe'. Oon ɗo on, hata oon fuɗɗii, kadi oon ɗo on, hata oon warii. Oon jeyɗo e ɓannge on, oon ɓeyɗo e ɓannge on, kadi oon hata eɗɗo. Oon ɓanngii ɓannge wonngo nden, oon himo maɓɓe e duuɓe ndin wonnde ndin.
Nedinnaade Nedinɗo
Ko woni hitaandeowo ɗin?
Goonga ɗin mbiɗi ɗo on: Ko ɗo on hootii, on fuɗɗii, ko woni Tao, kadi ko on ngulii e ɗo on suɓii. Tao woni ɗo eɗɗo, kadi ɗo on feetee. On feetee ɗo e laawol eɗɗo, sabu ko woni ɗo feetee, on suubii e ɗo on mboddi.
No ngon-ɗen e mi?
Nde woowe nden, ɗam himo huutoraade koomɓe debbo e laawol on. Oon yidi on mboddi eɗɗo e ɓaawo ɓannge on, sabu oon mboddi e ndin laawol on. Tao woni e dow duuɓe, kadi oon himo ɗo eɗɗo.
Miiɗi ɗo ɗon ɗii?
Nde woowe nden, ɗo on haani ɗo wootorde eɗɗo. Hito on e ɗo ɓurngaade, sabu on mboddi ɗo e ndin mokkalu.
We look at it, and we do not see it, and we name it 'the Equable.' We listen to it, and we do not hear it, and we name it 'the Inaudible.' We try to grasp it, and do not get hold of it, and we name it 'the Subtle.' This is called the Form of the Formless, and the Semblance of the Invisible; this is called the Fleeting and Indeterminable.
AI Modern
Hootorde wootorɗe mbiɗi ɗo 'yii', ngulaare wootorɗe mbiɗi ɗo 'fof', nguurndam wootorɗe mbiɗi ɗo 'ye'. Ndin mbiɓe ɗo ko on feetee wooweede, nden feete ndin wadaade e ɓannge eɗɗo. Kadi oon ɗo, ɗo jeyɗo on feetee, ɗo ɓeyɗo on feetee, ndin ɓurngaade e woni ɗo, kadi feete ndin ɗo e laawol. Kadi ndin woni ko ɓurngaade e wootorɗe e laawol, ko ɓurngaade e ndee e hootorde, kadi ndin mbiɗi ɗo 'hooƴƴe'. Oon ɗo on, hata oon fuɗɗii, kadi oon ɗo on, hata oon warii. Oon jeyɗo e ɓannge on, oon ɓeyɗo e ɓannge on, kadi oon hata eɗɗo. Oon ɓanngii ɓannge wonngo nden, oon himo maɓɓe e duuɓe ndin wonnde ndin.
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