Kolimwana hoosalema mboka moko ya pekwa; Kufukana hoosalema kolanda; Kotalala hoosalema kosunga; Kopeha hoosalema elamu ya sika; Koyeba ebele nde na bino moko ya pekwa; Koyeba ebele nde na mingi hoosalema kosilima. Wanaoko moboti ya Mokonzi alandaka mokano moko mpo na bato nyonso: Atelemaki kaka na bolimwei na nkoma, wanaoko akomi mokano ya ye; Abengisi kaka na yango, wanaoko akomi lokola ya ye; Abotelaki kaka na elenge, wanaoko akomi likolo ya ye; Apotisaki kaka na komipona, wanaoko akomi o mobimba ya ye. Kaka na ntalo moko te, moto nyonso ya mokili apanzani na ye. Bali ya kala bolimwana esika ya kosunga, ye te makambo ya kaka! Mbote mosusu akomi na bino moko.
Nakoyeba ete kati na bino moto nyonso, komipona kaka te, koma bino mingi kasaulaka mboka. Kufukana kaka kona nandimi bilamu, koma bino mingi kona nzala na bilimu.
Nasengeli kosala nini lelo?
Yei mposa moko ya bino mokolo: Pona mosala moko ya sika kaka te, kasi telema kaka na komipona mpe kobengisa bino mobembe kasi kozela te.
The partial becomes complete; the crooked, straight; the empty, full; the worn out, new. He whose (desires) are few gets them; he whose (desires) are many goes astray. Therefore the sage holds in his embrace the one thing (of humility), and manifests it to all the world. He is free from self-display, and therefore he shines.
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Kolimwana hoosalema mboka moko ya pekwa; Kufukana hoosalema kolanda; Kotalala hoosalema kosunga; Kopeha hoosalema elamu ya sika; Koyeba ebele nde na bino moko ya pekwa; Koyeba ebele nde na mingi hoosalema kosilima. Wanaoko moboti ya Mokonzi alandaka mokano moko mpo na bato nyonso: Atelemaki kaka na bolimwei na nkoma, wanaoko akomi mokano ya ye; Abengisi kaka na yango, wanaoko akomi lokola ya ye; Abotelaki kaka na elenge, wanaoko akomi likolo ya ye; Apotisaki kaka na komipona, wanaoko akomi o mobimba ya ye. Kaka na ntalo moko te, moto nyonso ya mokili apanzani na ye. Bali ya kala bolimwana esika ya kosunga, ye te makambo ya kaka! Mbote mosusu akomi na bino moko.
Makanisi na ngai
What does this chapter inspire in you? How will you apply it?