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Ibi bivuga ko ubucuti buhejuru ntibushaka kugira ubucuti. Iko kugira ubucuti gutuma ubuntu buronderwa.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 38, "Ubucuti bwo Hejuru Ntibugira Ubucuti", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/rn/chapters/38/
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上德不德，是以有德；下德不失德，是以无德。
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Ubucuti buhejuru ntibugira ubucuti, bikomereye ubucuti; ubucuti butari hejuru burinda ubucuti, bihenze ubucuti. Ubucuti bwo hejuru ntibushakisha kandi ntibugira; ubucuti butari hejuru bushakisha kandi bugira. Ubushakanyi bwo hejuru bushakisha kandi ntibugira; uburenganzira bwo hejuru bushakisha kandi bugira. Ibipimo bwo hejuru bushakisha kandi ntibishikizwa, bibwira intoke no kubyamira. Biko bibaye ko hatawe Inkengeri, hajyeye Ubucuti; hatawe Ubucuti, hajyeye Ubushakanyi; hatawe Ubushakanyi, hajyeye Uburenganzira; hatawe Uburenganzira, hajyeye Ibipimo. Aha Ibipimo ni ubushikano bw'amatsembo, n'ibishamiro by'ibiharanye. Abakenyeri boka, Inkengeri ni ubuhimbano, n'intambure y'ukugira mpaka. Biko umugabo w'ishure yerekera ubunyenene, atari ubushikano; yerekera inyota, atari ubuhimbano. Biko arategera iryo, agira iri.
Kwibaza Mu Zinda
Iki gice kivuga iki?
Ibi bivuga ko ubucuti buhejuru ntibushaka kugira ubucuti. Iko kugira ubucuti gutuma ubuntu buronderwa.
Gifitanye isano ite nanje?
Mfise ingeso yo kugira mbuke kubantu. Nzombi kwiga ko kutagira ingeso zironderewe birashobora kunderekana.
Ngomba gukora iki uyu musi?
Uku musi nzokora ibintu bimwe ntanshaka kumenyekana. Nzoshima abandi ntanshaka umushikirano.
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James Legge (1891)
(Those who) possessed in highest degree the attributes (of the Tao) did not (seek) to cultivate them, and thus they were possessed of them (in the highest degree). Thus it was that when the Tao was lost, its attributes appeared; when its attributes were lost, benevolence appeared; when benevolence was lost, righteousness appeared; and when righteousness was lost, the proprieties appeared.
AI Modern
Ubucuti buhejuru ntibugira ubucuti, bikomereye ubucuti; ubucuti butari hejuru burinda ubucuti, bihenze ubucuti. Ubucuti bwo hejuru ntibushakisha kandi ntibugira; ubucuti butari hejuru bushakisha kandi bugira. Ubushakanyi bwo hejuru bushakisha kandi ntibugira; uburenganzira bwo hejuru bushakisha kandi bugira. Ibipimo bwo hejuru bushakisha kandi ntibishikizwa, bibwira intoke no kubyamira. Biko bibaye ko hatawe Inkengeri, hajyeye Ubucuti; hatawe Ubucuti, hajyeye Ubushakanyi; hatawe Ubushakanyi, hajyeye Uburenganzira; hatawe Uburenganzira, hajyeye Ibipimo. Aha Ibipimo ni ubushikano bw'amatsembo, n'ibishamiro by'ibiharanye. Abakenyeri boka, Inkengeri ni ubuhimbano, n'intambure y'ukugira mpaka. Biko umugabo w'ishure yerekera ubunyenene, atari ubushikano; yerekera inyota, atari ubuhimbano. Biko arategera iryo, agira iri.
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