Bonso lonkaka ya mokili azua tǝ be mabula moko kasi mpo na kolandisa baye basalǝli, ntango mosusu na okozwa. Ezali na makasi ya kolanda bomesɔ ya nguya, mpɔ namɔ na ntango moko, se mabula mokǝ! Mabula mokozwa bomesɔ ya nguya, nzelu emonwanaka bomɔ̌, etealaka bosɔlɔ. Bonzɔ na mokili bazua na bolengei ye, kasi bakokaki kolanda te. Banso basalai lokola bango: « Moto afungolaka nsǝlǝ ya mboka, alingi kǝ nkǝlǝ ya mboka. Moto alongolaka biabi ya mboka, alingi kǝ nkǝlǝ ya mokili mokǝ.» Ntǝmǝ ya nkombo ya lisolo ezalaki lokola ebongwanaka.
Makanisi ya mozindo
Mokano oyo ekokani nini?
Bonso wana akomi kili ya kosala bomesɔ ya nguya mokozwa, kasi banso bazua te. Nzelu ebongwana nguya, bosɔlɔ ebongwana katiaka. Banso bazua na motuya eye, kasi bakokaki kosala yango te.
Ezali na boyokani nini na ngai?
Mokolo na nǝ, nkombo nayesɛlɛ na ngǝ sǝ nguya mpo na koteka bǝkǝ. Kasi bilili bitambolaka: nzelu ya nǝ ekozwa bomesɔ ya nzela. Nabolɛ nkombo nayesɛlɛ mpo na kolanda bilili.
Nasengeli kosala nini lelo?
Loblɛ nǝ mokolo na nǝ na boyani mpo na kosilɛ nzelu na bǝkǝ ete bomesɔ ya nguya bokozwa. Sǝlɛ bǝkǝ bilili bilɛ na boyani.
There is nothing in the world more soft and weak than water, and yet for attacking things that are firm and strong there is nothing that can take precedence of it—for there is nothing (so effectual) for which it can be changed. Every one in the world knows that the soft overcomes the hard, and the weak the strong, but no one is able to carry it out in practice.
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Bonso lonkaka ya mokili azua tǝ be mabula moko kasi mpo na kolandisa baye basalǝli, ntango mosusu na okozwa. Ezali na makasi ya kolanda bomesɔ ya nguya, mpɔ namɔ na ntango moko, se mabula mokǝ! Mabula mokozwa bomesɔ ya nguya, nzelu emonwanaka bomɔ̌, etealaka bosɔlɔ. Bonzɔ na mokili bazua na bolengei ye, kasi bakokaki kolanda te. Banso basalai lokola bango: « Moto afungolaka nsǝlǝ ya mboka, alingi kǝ nkǝlǝ ya mboka. Moto alongolaka biabi ya mboka, alingi kǝ nkǝlǝ ya mokili mokǝ.» Ntǝmǝ ya nkombo ya lisolo ezalaki lokola ebongwanaka.
Makanisi na ngai
What does this chapter inspire in you? How will you apply it?
