Metsi ke tshupo ya go kgatlhantshwa kwa godimong. A thusa diswana tsotlhe ntle le go ganana, mme a dula mo difelong tse batho ba di nyanya. Se se re bolella gore go nna thata go kgatlhantshwa go ya kwa go Tao.
Key Concepts
水
不争
上善
柔弱
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 8, "Kgetho e Kgodimotshe", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/tn/chapters/8/
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Kgetho e kgodimotshe e tshwana le metsi. Metsi a thusa diswana tsotlhe ka go se competitive, a dula mo difelong tse batho ba di nyanya. Ka jalo a atlega go ya kwa thokomelong ya Tao. Mo godimo, nna mo seemong se se molemo; mo tlhogo, na le ka botlalo; fa o mpya, nna le lerato; mo lokwalong, thomamiso; mo tirong, bokgoni; mo motsamaong, nako e e maleba. Ka gore ga a ganane, ga a na mathata.
Katlholo e e Tseneletseng
Tekatekano eno e lebega ka eng?
Metsi ke tshupo ya go kgatlhantshwa kwa godimong. A thusa diswana tsotlhe ntle le go ganana, mme a dula mo difelong tse batho ba di nyanya. Se se re bolella gore go nna thata go kgatlhantshwa go ya kwa go Tao.
E amana jang le nna?
Nako tsotlhe ke kopa gore ke nne motho yo o thusang, mongwe yo o kgatlhanong. Go na le batho ba ba tshwanang le metsi, mme seo se nthusa gore ke itemsise gore bophelo bole nna thata. Ka jalo ke kopa gore lekeno le moshanyana o tle o ntshi.
The highest excellence is like (that of) water. The excellence of water appears in its benefiting all things, and in its occupying, without striving (to the contrary), the low place which all men dislike. Hence (its way) is near to (that of) the Tao.
AI ya kwa mootlwanenyana
Kgetho e kgodimotshe e tshwana le metsi. Metsi a thusa diswana tsotlhe ka go se competitive, a dula mo difelong tse batho ba di nyanya. Ka jalo a atlega go ya kwa thokomelong ya Tao. Mo godimo, nna mo seemong se se molemo; mo tlhogo, na le ka botlalo; fa o mpya, nna le lerato; mo lokwalong, thomamiso; mo tirong, bokgoni; mo motsamaong, nako e e maleba. Ka gore ga a ganane, ga a na mathata.
