Xó dó wá nyìxó tɔn. Xó wá xwèfún ɖò, xwèfún wá nyìxó tɔn. Xó nyàxwe tɔn ɖò, xó wèjì tɔn ɖò, xó àɖàgbè tɔn ɖò. A jì ɖàxò wà nyì é nǔ tɔn, xwèfún wá nyì xòjí tɔn.
Key Concepts
道
虚空
本源
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 4, "Xó dó nyìxó tɔn xwèfún", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/fon/chapters/4/
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Xó dó wá nyìxó, nǔ yì wá tɔ́ ɖò òfɔ́ mɛ. Gbedé tɔn, hwéjí yěkùn wá mǐ kan yěyí tɔn. Xó xwe tɔn ɖò, xó nyáxwe tɔn ɖò, xó wèjì tɔn ɖò, xó àɖàgbè tɔn ɖò. Xòjí tɔn, xwèfún wá nyì xòjí tɔn. A jì ɖàxò wà nyì é nǔ, xwèfún wá nyì xòjí tɔn.
Ðɔxó Tomɛgbegbɛ
Hwexóxó elɔ ɖɔ nɛ̌?
Xó dó wá nyìxó tɔn. Xó wá xwèfún ɖò, xwèfún wá nyìxó tɔn. Xó nyàxwe tɔn ɖò, xó wèjì tɔn ɖò, xó àɖàgbè tɔn ɖò. A jì ɖàxò wà nyì é nǔ tɔn, xwèfún wá nyì xòjí tɔn.
Mɛ nyanya xa azɔnkɛ etɔn ɖie?
A ɖàxò wà nyì é nǔ wá nyìxó tɔn. Nǔ jì ɖàxò àjì má nyìxó wá ɖò. Nǔ jì àjì má xwèfún wá nyì xòjí tɔn, xwèfún wá nyì xòjí tɔn. Nǔ jì ɖàxò àjì má nyìxó wá ɖò.
The Tao is (like) the emptiness of a vessel; and in our employment of it we must be on our guard against all fulness. How deep and unfathomable it is, as if it were the Honoured Ancestor of all things! We should blunt our sharp points, and unravel the complications of things; we should attemper our brightness, and bring ourselves into agreement with the obscurity of others. How pure and still the Tao is, as if it would ever so continue! I do not know whose son it is. It might appear to have been before God.
AI Ɖokpo
Xó dó wá nyìxó, nǔ yì wá tɔ́ ɖò òfɔ́ mɛ. Gbedé tɔn, hwéjí yěkùn wá mǐ kan yěyí tɔn. Xó xwe tɔn ɖò, xó nyáxwe tɔn ɖò, xó wèjì tɔn ɖò, xó àɖàgbè tɔn ɖò. Xòjí tɔn, xwèfún wá nyì xòjí tɔn. A jì ɖàxò wà nyì é nǔ, xwèfún wá nyì xòjí tɔn.
