Chapter 4
Te Mau Ti'ara'a o te Tao
Original
挫其锐，解其纷，和其光，同其尘。湛兮，似或存。
吾不知谁之子，象帝之先。
Fāʻaohipahia
Manaʻo Hohonu
E aha tēia ʻāʻahito?
E ha'apāpū teie pu e te Tao e maoro, e aore e pūā, 'aore hō e huru nō te reira. E maha hōhonu, e pē te aUa nō te mau mea apī nō te reira. E tāpū i te mau 'āite rā, e ha'apa'i i te mau 'āite nō te 'ē, e ha'uti i te mau māramatā, e fa'ahōhonu i te mau 'ōfa'i rirī.
E pēhea tōna ʻāʻano ia'u?
I roto i tāku ao, e 'ā te Tao nō te mea apī nō te reira. E tāpū tōku aō i te mau 'āite rā o te huru nō te mea rahi, e tāpū hō i toku 'āite nō te 'ē. E ha'uti tōku mārama i te 'ite o te aore e huru nō te reira.
E aha tāʻu e rave i tēia mahana?
I teie mahana, e 'ā toku aō i te aore e huru. E maha toku manava, e ha'apa'i hō toku mārama i te Tao e maoro nō te mea apī nō te reira. E hauhia te aore, e pē te aUa.
Nā ʻāʻahito Tutahi
Toʻu Manaʻo
What does this chapter inspire in you? How will you apply it?