Ua fa'aite mai nei te ari'i i te hauā tea roa o te tāupu nui rahi. I te mea e rahi noa atu te au moni e ravehia nei e te mau ta'ata apū, e hi'oa ana te fenua. E fa'aite mai noa hoi e, i te mea e rahi noa atu te fāito a te mau ari'i, e pōro no te ha'api'i i te mau ta'ata. O te 'āroni i te ora, oia te maha'a roa.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 75, "Te hi'oa o te fenua", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/ty/chapters/75/
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E hi'oa ana te mau ta'ata no te mea e rahi noa atu te tāupu e inu ra te mau ta'ata apū, a no reira, e hi'oa ana. E pōro na te ta'ata e ha'api'i, no te mea e rahi noa atu te rave a te mau ta'ata apū, a no reira, e pōro na. E māmā no te feiē o te mau ta'ata te make, no te mea e ha'apārau roa te mau ta'ata apū i to ratou ora, a no reira, e māmā no ratou te make. O te ta'ata nonoa i te mea e ha'ora ai, oia te reira teie i hoa rahi a'e i te ta'ata e ha'api'i roa i tana ora.
Manaʻo Hohonu
E aha tēia ʻāʻahito?
Ua fa'aite mai nei te ari'i i te hauā tea roa o te tāupu nui rahi. I te mea e rahi noa atu te au moni e ravehia nei e te mau ta'ata apū, e hi'oa ana te fenua. E fa'aite mai noa hoi e, i te mea e rahi noa atu te fāito a te mau ari'i, e pōro no te ha'api'i i te mau ta'ata. O te 'āroni i te ora, oia te maha'a roa.
E pēhea tōna ʻāʻano ia'u?
I to'u ora, e ha'api'i au i te 'āroni nā roto mai i te mātau. E mātau au e, i te mea e rahi noa au e inu nei i te moni o te fenua, e pōro te ora o tōku mau ta'ata. E mātau au e, e ha'apārau roa te ta'ata i tana ora, e hara noa i te ora mātau.
E aha tāʻu e rave i tēia mahana?
E mātau au i te ra, e tapuna i te moni e inu nei au. E ha'apītau au i te mau tāupu e ravehia nei e te hau e mātau ai au i te maha'a. E ha'amaniania tōku fenua i te rahi o te ava e tūtohu ra i te 'āroni o tōna mau ta'ata.
The people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors. It is through this that they suffer famine. The people are difficult to govern because of the (excessive) agency of their superiors (in governing them). Thus it is that to leave the subject of living altogether out of view is better than to set a high value on it.
AI Modern
E hi'oa ana te mau ta'ata no te mea e rahi noa atu te tāupu e inu ra te mau ta'ata apū, a no reira, e hi'oa ana. E pōro na te ta'ata e ha'api'i, no te mea e rahi noa atu te rave a te mau ta'ata apū, a no reira, e pōro na. E māmā no te feiē o te mau ta'ata te make, no te mea e ha'apārau roa te mau ta'ata apū i to ratou ora, a no reira, e māmā no ratou te make. O te ta'ata nonoa i te mea e ha'ora ai, oia te reira teie i hoa rahi a'e i te ta'ata e ha'api'i roa i tana ora.
Toʻu Manaʻo
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