He aha kēia moʻo? Hōʻike mai nō ia i ke ʻano o ka ʻōlelo akua: he maikaʻi a maopopo nā ʻōlelo, akā ʻaʻole nui ka poʻe e hoʻomaopopo ai. ʻOiai he āwiki ka poʻe i loaʻa ai, he kūikawā lākou. ʻO ka mea naʻauao, aia nō ia me ke ʻaʻahu ʻāhinahina, akā ua huna ʻia kōna pōhaku maikaʻi.
Key Concepts
易知
被褐怀玉
知我者希
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 70, "Nā ʻŌlelo aʻu He Maikaʻi Loa Ke Hoʻomaopopo", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/haw/chapters/70/
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Nā ʻōlelo aʻu he maikaʻi loa ke hoʻomaopopo, he maikaʻi loa ke hana. ʻAʻohe mea ma ka honua e hoʻomaopopo ai, ʻaʻohe mea e hana ai. He mau mea nui nā ʻōlelo, he luna ko nā hana. No ka noʻonoa wale nō, no laila ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻomaopopo iaʻu. He ʻāwiki ka poʻe i hoʻomaopopo iaʻu, akā he mau mea kūikawā lākou. No laila, ʻo ka mea naʻauao, aia nō ia me ke ʻaʻahu ʻāhinahina, akā ua lilo kōna pōhaku maikaʻi i loko nona.
Nōnōmea Hohonu
He aha kēia paukū e pili ana?
He aha kēia moʻo? Hōʻike mai nō ia i ke ʻano o ka ʻōlelo akua: he maikaʻi a maopopo nā ʻōlelo, akā ʻaʻole nui ka poʻe e hoʻomaopopo ai. ʻOiai he āwiki ka poʻe i loaʻa ai, he kūikawā lākou. ʻO ka mea naʻauao, aia nō ia me ke ʻaʻahu ʻāhinahina, akā ua huna ʻia kōna pōhaku maikaʻi.
Pehea ka pilina iaʻu?
Ma ke ʻano he kanaka maʻi, nui nā mea aʻu e ʻike ai a e hoʻomaopopo ai. ʻO ia nō, pono nā mea maikaʻi ke hūnā ʻia. ʻAʻole au e ʻimi i ke aloha a i ʻole ka mahalo o ka poʻe ʻē.
He aha kaʻu e hana ai i kēia lā?
I kēia lā, e noho haʻahaʻa me kou naʻau. Pono nā mea a kou naʻauao ke hōʻike ʻia ma kou hana, ʻaʻole ma kou ʻōlelo. E hana me ke aloha, e noho me ka haʻahaʻa, a e hoʻomaopopo i ke alahula.
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
Nā ʻōlelo aʻu he maikaʻi loa ke hoʻomaopopo, he maikaʻi loa ke hana. ʻAʻohe mea ma ka honua e hoʻomaopopo ai, ʻaʻohe mea e hana ai. He mau mea nui nā ʻōlelo, he luna ko nā hana. No ka noʻonoa wale nō, no laila ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻomaopopo iaʻu. He ʻāwiki ka poʻe i hoʻomaopopo iaʻu, akā he mau mea kūikawā lākou. No laila, ʻo ka mea naʻauao, aia nō ia me ke ʻaʻahu ʻāhinahina, akā ua lilo kōna pōhaku maikaʻi i loko nona.
Kuʻu Manaʻo
He aha kā kēia moʻo e hoʻāla ai iā ʻoe? Pehea ʻoe e hoʻohana ai?
