Chapter 39
Nā Mea i Loaʻa i ke Kaulahao Muʻa
Kumumua
其致之，天无以清将恐裂，地无以宁将恐发，神无以灵将恐歇，谷无以盈将恐竭，万物无以生将恐灭，侯王无以贵高将恐蹶。
故贵以贱为本，高以下为基。是以侯王自称孤、寡、不谷。此非以贱为本邪？非乎？故致数誉无誉。不欲琭琭如玉，珞珞如石。
Unuhi
Akā, inā e hemahema kēlā mea kēia mea, aia nō: Inā ʻaʻole e mālie ka lani, e haki ana; inā ʻaʻole e mālie ka honua, e palekana ana; inā ʻaʻole e ikaika ka ʻuhane, e maʻi ana; inā ʻaʻole e piha ka awāwa, e pau ana; inā ʻaʻole e ola nā mea a pau, e make ana; inā ʻaʻole e haʻahaʻa nā aliʻi, e hiolo ana.
No laila, ʻo ka mahai ʻia, ʻo ka haʻahaʻa nō kona kumu; ʻo ke koʻi, ʻo ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa nō kona kelepono. Pēia nō hoʻi ka manaʻo o nā aliʻi e kapa aku iā lākou iho i nā mea kua a me nā mea hōʻino: ʻO ka haʻahaʻa nō kona kumu, ʻaʻole anei? ʻAʻole nō paha?
No laila, i ka nui loa o ka mahalo, ʻaʻohe mahalo. Mai makua e like me ka pōhaku mālie aliʻi, akā, e like me ka pōhaku kūpaʻa maoli.
Nōnōmea Hohonu
He aha kēia paukū e pili ana?
Ua haʻi mai kēia paukū i nā mea a pau i loaʻa iā lākou ke kaulahao muʻa, a ua lilo i mea maikaʻi loa lākou no laila. ʻO ka lani ua mālie, ʻo ka honua ua noho mālie, ʻo nā ʻuhane ua ikaika, ʻo nā awāwa ua piha, ʻo nā mea a pau ua ola, ʻo nā aliʻi ua pono. Akā, inā ʻaʻole e loaʻa kēia mea, e haki ana, e palekana ana, e maʻi ana, e pau ana, e make ana, e hiolo ana nā mea a pau. A ua haʻi mai hoʻi ʻo Lao Tze no ka mea nui loa, ʻo ia hoʻi: ʻo ka mea mahai ʻia, ʻo ka haʻahaʻa nō kona kumu. ʻO ke koʻi, ʻo ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa nō kona kelepono. Ua ʻike nā aliʻi i kēia mea, no laila, ua kapa lākou iā lākou iho i nā mea kua a me nā mea hōʻino, no ka mea, ʻo ka haʻahaʻa nō ke kumu o ko lākou kiʻekiʻe.
Pehea ka pilina iaʻu?
Ma koʻu noho ʻana, he mea nui ʻo ke kaulahao muʻa i koʻu ʻuhane. I nā manawa a pau aʻu e ʻimi nei i ka mālie a me ka pono, ua ʻike au i ka mea nui o ka haʻahaʻa a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana iā aʻu iho. ʻOiai ka honua e neʻi ana a haʻahaʻa, ma laila nō e noho mālie ai ka poʻe a pau. Ua aʻo mai kēia paukū iaʻu e manaʻo no ko ka poʻe haʻahaʻa a me nā mea maʻamau, no ka mea, ʻo lākou nō ke kumu o ka poʻe kiʻekiʻe a me nā mea mahai ʻia. Aia nō ko lākou kōkua, hiki iā mākou ke piʻi aʻe a kiʻekiʻe.
Nā Moʻo Pili
Kuʻu Manaʻo
He aha kā kēia moʻo e hoʻāla ai iā ʻoe? Pehea ʻoe e hoʻohana ai?