Kitab iko manyatoan kalau kato sabana (jujur) indak baagok elok, saroto kato nan elok-elok (manarik) indak sabana. Urang nan baik di hati, indak babantah bana. Urang nan banyak ilmunyo, indak manyombong. Sorga itu mamajikan untuak ka-samua tanpa marugiakan. Urang balimo, mauek tanpa batik-tangkek jo urang lain.
Key Concepts
信
善
不积
不争
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 81, "Kato Sabana Bukan Nan Elok-Elok", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/min/chapters/81/
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Kato nan sabana bukan nan elok-elok; kato nan elok-elok bukan nan sabana. Urang nan baik indak baparguta; urang nan baparguta indak baik. Urang nan manyahgie indak manyala; urang nan manyala indak manyahgie. Urang balimo indak manangkok; makin banyak dipabagi ka urang lain, makin banyak pulo nan didapek. Carito sorga iolah mamajikan indak marugi; carito urang balimo iolah mauek indak batangka.
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Apo tentang bab ko?
Kitab iko manyatoan kalau kato sabana (jujur) indak baagok elok, saroto kato nan elok-elok (manarik) indak sabana. Urang nan baik di hati, indak babantah bana. Urang nan banyak ilmunyo, indak manyombong. Sorga itu mamajikan untuak ka-samua tanpa marugiakan. Urang balimo, mauek tanpa batik-tangkek jo urang lain.
Baa kaitan e jo awak ambo?
Dakuan jo urang, saring bana kato nan datang dari hati. Jangan tariantu jo kato nan elok-elok tapi indak sabana. Waktu manyahgie, indak harus banyak bantahan. Samakin banyak ilmu dipabagikan, samakin banyak pulo ilmunyo.
Ado apo nan harus kua buat kni?
Ciek aksi partamo: katiko mandanga atok bicaro urang lain, den supayo bisa mandanga,好好 mangarajoannyo jo budi sania, bukan mamparatian. Kedua, carilah satu katoan utamo dari pagulangan iko, lalu bagiliah jo satu urang sabato
Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere. Those who are skilled (in the Tao) do not dispute (about it); the disputatious are not skilled in it. Those who know (the Tao) are not extensively learned; the extensively learned do not know it. The sage does not accumulate (for himself). The more that he expends for others, the more does he possess of his own; the more that he gives to others, the more does he have for himself.
AI Modern
Kato nan sabana bukan nan elok-elok; kato nan elok-elok bukan nan sabana. Urang nan baik indak baparguta; urang nan baparguta indak baik. Urang nan manyahgie indak manyala; urang nan manyala indak manyahgie. Urang balimo indak manangkok; makin banyak dipabagi ka urang lain, makin banyak pulo nan didapek. Carito sorga iolah mamajikan indak marugi; carito urang balimo iolah mauek indak batangka.
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