Tao ezali ebale na ntango nyonso, koma ebele mpenge. Ezali na leli ya biloko nyonso, koma ekendele kati ya biloko nyonso. Ezali na nguy ya koyeba biloko nyonso, koma ekende mbala moko.
Key Concepts
道
虚空
本源
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 4, "Tao azalaki ebale mpenge", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/ln/chapters/4/
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Tao azalaki ebale mpenge, koma bokoli na yango ebele mpenge. Moke moke, ekokani na nzoka nyonso. Eshinda makaya mokolo moko, ebwama biloko nyonso, eketisaka bintu ya lundemba, ekokana na fufu nyonso. Ebele mpenge, ekokani ete ezali na bongo. Nakoyebi te ezingami nde, koma ezalaki liboso ya Nguya ya Likolo.
Makanisi ya mozindo
Mokano oyo ekokani nini?
Tao ezali ebale na ntango nyonso, koma ebele mpenge. Ezali na leli ya biloko nyonso, koma ekendele kati ya biloko nyonso. Ezali na nguy ya koyeba biloko nyonso, koma ekende mbala moko.
Ezali na boyokani nini na ngai?
Na bío, nakendele na nguya ya ntongo moko moko, nakoki kolanda biloko nyonso. Bongo nakokani na biloko nyonso na nguy moko moko. Nalingi kolanda bintu moko moko ya kolanda.
Nasengeli kosala nini lelo?
Lelo, soki oyebi te olingi kozóngela, kende kofungola nguya mokolo moko mpe kolanda biloko ya ntongo moko. Lakisela bino nyoso na tína.
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 azalaki ebale mpenge, koma bokoli na yango ebele mpenge. Moke moke, ekokani na nzoka nyonso. Eshinda makaya mokolo moko, ebwama biloko nyonso, eketisaka bintu ya lundemba, ekokana na fufu nyonso. Ebele mpenge, ekokani ete ezali na bongo. Nakoyebi te ezingami nde, koma ezalaki liboso ya Nguya ya Likolo.
Makanisi na ngai
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