Xechapter lexi xi vula leswaku le henhla ni misava mi tshama nkarhi wo leha hikokaya leswi a mi ri karhi mi xurha kahambi. A mi shishi ekusukeni ka timhaka ta mi kahambi, mi nyika emahlweni ku endlela leswaku vuswa byi ya emahlweni.
Key Concepts
无私
长久
后身
天地
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 7, "Nkarhi wo leha wa le henhla ni misava", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/tso/chapters/7/
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Le henhla ni misava a mi hisa nkarhi. Swona sweswi mi hisa nkarhi wo leha, hikokaya leswi a mi ri karhi mi xurha kahambi, naswona hi xihiwe mi hisa ekusasekeni. Hi ngula leswi munhu wo tshama a nga ri na lexi a nga rhandzaka, naswona u kumeka swilo swo tshama. Munhu loyi a anavile swilo hi ku mi endla ehansi ka vangeni, u ya emahlweni. U mi susa evugini bya timhaka ta yena, naswona mukhuva wa yena u ya emahlweni. Hi yi fumeka leswi a nga ri na mupehi? Hi ngula leyi u nga yi rhandzi yi endla leswaku uva kun'wana ni kuhimba ka yena.
Ku Xiya ka Ndzulu
Sigava lexi xi vulavula hi yini?
Xechapter lexi xi vula leswaku le henhla ni misava mi tshama nkarhi wo leha hikokaya leswi a mi ri karhi mi xurha kahambi. A mi shishi ekusukeni ka timhaka ta mi kahambi, mi nyika emahlweni ku endlela leswaku vuswa byi ya emahlweni.
Xi hambana njani na mina?
Eka rifu ra ka, leswi xi endlaka leswaku ndzi teka nkongomiso wo hisa endlela wa mina hi ku hlehela swilo swa mina emahlweni. Ndzi fumana ndlela yo pfala loko a ndzi rhandzi swilo swa mina kahambi.
Ndzi fanele ku endla yini namuntlha?
Nchumu loyi ndzi nga wu endlaka hi namuhlanga: ku nyika rixaka ro tshamiseka endlela wa mina, kunga ri loyi a nga ta khoma swilo swa ka.
Heaven is long-enduring and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is that they do not live of, or for, themselves. Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in the foremost place; he treats his person as if it were foreign to him, and yet that person is preserved. Is it not because he has no personal and private ends, that therefore such ends are realised?
AI Modern
Le henhla ni misava a mi hisa nkarhi. Swona sweswi mi hisa nkarhi wo leha, hikokaya leswi a mi ri karhi mi xurha kahambi, naswona hi xihiwe mi hisa ekusasekeni. Hi ngula leswi munhu wo tshama a nga ri na lexi a nga rhandzaka, naswona u kumeka swilo swo tshama. Munhu loyi a anavile swilo hi ku mi endla ehansi ka vangeni, u ya emahlweni. U mi susa evugini bya timhaka ta yena, naswona mukhuva wa yena u ya emahlweni. Hi yi fumeka leswi a nga ri na mupehi? Hi ngula leyi u nga yi rhandzi yi endla leswaku uva kun'wana ni kuhimba ka yena.
Ku Xiya Kwangu
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