O lenei telea e fa'aalia pe faigofie upu a le Tao, ae le gata i mea e tatau ona malamalama, e leai se tasi e iloa po'o le faia. O le Tao e masani ona lilo, e leai se mea e mana'omia le iloa mamao.
Key Concepts
易知
被褐怀玉
知我者希
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 70, "O Lau Upu E Faigofie Tele ona Malamalama", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/sm/chapters/70/
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O a'u o la'u upu e faigofie tele ona a'oa'oina, faigofie tele ona faatinoina. Ae leai se tasi i le lalolagi e malamalama ai, leai se tasi e faatinoina. O upu ua iai se puna, o galuega ua iai se ao. Peita'i, ona o le le malamalama, o lea le i le aise le fia iloa a'u. O le iai o le aise o lo'u iloa e laiti tele, o lo'u tauagatonu e maualuga tele. O le agaga tele ia o lo'o lilo i totonu o se tagata o le eleele.
Mafaufauga Loloto
O le a le uiga o lenei mataupu?
O lenei telea e fa'aalia pe faigofie upu a le Tao, ae le gata i mea e tatau ona malamalama, e leai se tasi e iloa po'o le faia. O le Tao e masani ona lilo, e leai se mea e mana'omia le iloa mamao.
E faapefea ona fesootai mai ia te au?
E masani ona ou nofo manino e uiga i mea o lo'o ou malamalama, ae maise i mea o lo'o ou malamalama i le olaga. E mana'omia ona ou malamalama le luitutilega o mea ou te le malamalama.
O le a la'u faia i le asō?
Tausia se aoao e uuna'i ai le malamalama i lou ola ta'iala, aemaise o mea e fesoasoani ia te oe e malamalama lou lava mea.
My words are very easy to know, and very easy to practise; but there is no one in the world who is able to know and able to practise them. They who know me are few, and I am on that account (the more) to be prized. It is thus that the sage wears (a poor garb of) hair cloth, while he carries his (signet of) jade in his bosom.
AI Modern
O a'u o la'u upu e faigofie tele ona a'oa'oina, faigofie tele ona faatinoina. Ae leai se tasi i le lalolagi e malamalama ai, leai se tasi e faatinoina. O upu ua iai se puna, o galuega ua iai se ao. Peita'i, ona o le le malamalama, o lea le i le aise le fia iloa a'u. O le iai o le aise o lo'u iloa e laiti tele, o lo'u tauagatonu e maualuga tele. O le agaga tele ia o lo'o lilo i totonu o se tagata o le eleele.
La'u Mafaufauga
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