Tao no get fini, e neva get shap Bot e du evriting. E bi Mama wey mek evriting an e no proud. E brok all di konfus wey pipul get an mek evriting bi wan. No pipul sabi we e kɔm from, e kɔm pas God.
Key Concepts
道
虚空
本源
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 4, "Tao Liki Empti Wata", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/kri/chapters/4/
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Tao liki wata wey empty, bot e wok for evri wey yu put e for e. E deep deep, e bi laik Mama wey mek evriting. E mek all sharp tings no sharp, e sort evri konfus, e mek di laik bi wan, e mek di dust tok wan. E no bi tine, e bi laik no tine. Ai naga sabi who bi e Papa, bot e de bifo God mek evriting.
Dip Tinkin
Wetin dis chápá na abaut?
Tao no get fini, e neva get shap Bot e du evriting. E bi Mama wey mek evriting an e no proud. E brok all di konfus wey pipul get an mek evriting bi wan. No pipul sabi we e kɔm from, e kɔm pas God.
Aw dis tɔch mi laif?
Tao bi laik di wata wey no get shap Bot stil e fit mek evriting grow. Wen Ai fiil lɛk Ai naga sabi wetin Ai du, Ai fi remind mi se dis emptiness no bi bad tine. E bi chance for new tine.
Wetin I mas du tude?
Tude Ai go sit quiet wey no tink of aniting, no try to shap eniting Bot let di mind rest laik stil wata.
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 Modern
Tao liki wata wey empty, bot e wok for evri wey yu put e for e. E deep deep, e bi laik Mama wey mek evriting. E mek all sharp tings no sharp, e sort evri konfus, e mek di laik bi wan, e mek di dust tok wan. E no bi tine, e bi laik no tine. Ai naga sabi who bi e Papa, bot e de bifo God mek evriting.
Mi Yon Tɔt
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