Chu-chi tell sey Wa Jehovah wo ki op like bow: lift up wa iina di darkness, press down wa waan big head. God tek fram dem wa hav too much, gi dem wa need more. Bot manma waan op backwards - dem tek fram di poor gi di rich. Jus so it gwo inna dis world.
Key Concepts
天之道
有余
不足
损补
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 77, "Wa Jehovah da-da weh stretch a bow", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/jam/chapters/77/
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Wa Jehovah mek, i no good different fram stretch out a bow? Wa过高体 dem put down, wa lose lower dem lif up; wa suplus weh iive, i削减, an wa lacking weh iina need, i补充. Wa Jehovah mek i削减有余 an补充不足. Bot manma way no so: i take fram wa lacking fi gi wa iive too much. Uure can gi dem surplus fi serve everybody bout地? Only dem wid di Way. So di sage ar did ar did wuk bat neva depend pon it, accomplish success bot neva claim it, neva want fi show off wa mek dem great.
Diip Reflekshan
Wah dis chaptа bout?
Chu-chi tell sey Wa Jehovah wo ki op like bow: lift up wa iina di darkness, press down wa waan big head. God tek fram dem wa hav too much, gi dem wa need more. Bot manma waan op backwards - dem tek fram di poor gi di rich. Jus so it gwo inna dis world.
How it relate to me?
Mi sí sey inna manma society, di rich get richer an di poor get poorer, an i noright. Bot mi learn sey di real way fi live no follow wa majority du. Di Way wa Jehovah waan wi fi follow inverse - gi out mor dan wi tek in, lif op dem wa downpressed, an no claim no bighead.
Wah mi fi do todeh?
Today, me wi find one way fi gi some a wa mi hab ta someone wa need i more dan mi. Me wi no do it fi praise, just du it say it di right ting fi du.
May not the Way (or Tao) of Heaven be compared to the (method of) bending a bow? The (part of the bow) which was high is brought low, and what was low is raised up. (So Heaven) diminishes where there is superabundance, and supplements where there is deficiency. It is the Way of Heaven to diminish superabundance, and to supplement deficiency.
AI Modern
Wa Jehovah mek, i no good different fram stretch out a bow? Wa过高体 dem put down, wa lose lower dem lif up; wa suplus weh iive, i削减, an wa lacking weh iina need, i补充. Wa Jehovah mek i削减有余 an补充不足. Bot manma way no so: i take fram wa lacking fi gi wa iive too much. Uure can gi dem surplus fi serve everybody bout地? Only dem wid di Way. So di sage ar did ar did wuk bat neva depend pon it, accomplish success bot neva claim it, neva want fi show off wa mek dem great.
Mi Reflection
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