Sulu yayi ya mono kusalaka nzila yankulu kanga zayakana ki kintu ya nzingu. Ngieti ye mbula ye yina nseke: kinkulu kya yasi, kwenda munku, ye kesa kuzayakana vaula. Buna biku bi kuma kuyuluka ye kuzayakana, ye kutangama bantu na nzila yankulu.
Key Concepts
三宝
慈
俭
不敢为天下先
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 67, "Bansonso Basamvanga Sayo Lyami Lyankulu", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/kg/chapters/67/
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Bansonso basamvanga sayo lyami lyankulu kesa kusalaka kiAkaka kintu kia zulu ko, kesa kusalaka ki. Kuna zayakaka ki kintu, yandi luvu kadi zanguka tontonoka! Ngieti ye mbula ye yina nseke ye yandi: ya kinkulu ye ya yasi, ya kia kwenda munku, ye ya kesa kuzayakana vaula kwa bantu ya nzila. Kinkulu kya yasi kya kuma kamba kuyuluka, kwenda munku kya kuma kamba kuzayakana, kesa kuzayakana vaula kwa bantu kya kuma kamba kutangama nzila. Yandi mono ye ya kinkulu kanga yuyuluka, ye ya kwenda munku kanga zayakana, ye ya mono ye mono kanga tangama nzila, buna yayi mbutuka! Kinkulu kya yasi, kuna kia nkangu, kya kuma yuluka; kuna kia mono, kya kuma zayakana. Sola ya zulu kya kusila, kya yimbakana ye kinkulu kya yasi.
Makanisi ya Nda
Lukanda lowo etangaka na nki?
Sulu yayi ya mono kusalaka nzila yankulu kanga zayakana ki kintu ya nzingu. Ngieti ye mbula ye yina nseke: kinkulu kya yasi, kwenda munku, ye kesa kuzayakana vaula. Buna biku bi kuma kuyuluka ye kuzayakana, ye kutangama bantu na nzila yankulu.
Luzolele bwanki na moyo na ngai?
Na mbutu mono mono, ngieti kuyuluka na kinkulu kya yasi. Kinkulu kya mono ya kwenda munku kya kuma kuzayakana ye bantu bia mono. Kesa kuzayakana vaula kwa bantu kya kuma kamba mono nzila ya nzila, kanga mbeki kanga bula.
Nakosala nki lelu?
Lunda kinkulu kya yasi na mbutu yayi: tanga muntu mukwikira ye nkumbu za mono. Kwenda munku na mbutu yayi: salama kintu ki mono kieti kesa, kesa kwenda. Kesa kuzayakana vaula: sama muntu wa nzuba akwenda ya nzila, mono mono yandi mono.
All the world says that, while my Tao is great, it yet appears to be inferior (to other systems of teaching). Now it is just its greatness that makes it seem to be inferior. But I have three precious things which I prize and hold fast. The first is gentleness; the second is economy; and the third is shrinking from taking precedence of others.
AI Modern
Bansonso basamvanga sayo lyami lyankulu kesa kusalaka kiAkaka kintu kia zulu ko, kesa kusalaka ki. Kuna zayakaka ki kintu, yandi luvu kadi zanguka tontonoka! Ngieti ye mbula ye yina nseke ye yandi: ya kinkulu ye ya yasi, ya kia kwenda munku, ye ya kesa kuzayakana vaula kwa bantu ya nzila. Kinkulu kya yasi kya kuma kamba kuyuluka, kwenda munku kya kuma kamba kuzayakana, kesa kuzayakana vaula kwa bantu kya kuma kamba kutangama nzila. Yandi mono ye ya kinkulu kanga yuyuluka, ye ya kwenda munku kanga zayakana, ye ya mono ye mono kanga tangama nzila, buna yayi mbutuka! Kinkulu kya yasi, kuna kia nkangu, kya kuma yuluka; kuna kia mono, kya kuma zayakana. Sola ya zulu kya kusila, kya yimbakana ye kinkulu kya yasi.
Makanisi Yami
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