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Le ndima ibonisa ukuthi umuntu osesikhashini wehlwayo ukuthatha umhlaba ngamandla, uzophuthuma. Umhlaba awuyona into ehlawulwayo noma eqhubekayo ngokwemibono yabantu. Lowo ovuna ngamandla uyabhubha, kanti nalowo ophethe ngokungagciniyo uyalahlekelwa.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 29, "Abafuna Ukuthatha Umhlaba Ngamandla", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/zu/chapters/29/
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将欲取天下而为之，吾见其不得已。天下神器，不可为也。为者败之，执者失之。
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Lowo ofuna ukuha umhlaba wamabandla ngenhlanhla, ngiyabona ukuthi ayikwazanga. Umhlaba ngumqulu wangokwamunye, awukwazi ukuqhutywa. Okuphuthuma ngakho konke kwaba lokho, kube ngukuhlambela; lowo ophethe ngamandla abhubha. Ngakho ke, ziningi izinhlobo zezinto: ezihamba phambili, ezilandela; ezivutha kancane, ezivutha kakhulu; ezinde, ezifishane; ezigqoka kanzima, eziswelakele. Ngenxa yalokho, umuntu ongumsulwa uyakhawula kakhulu, uyakhawula indlu enkulu, uyakhawula umbusazwe.
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Likuphathelene ngani lo mbhalo?
Le ndima ibonisa ukuthi umuntu osesikhashini wehlwayo ukuthatha umhlaba ngamandla, uzophuthuma. Umhlaba awuyona into ehlawulwayo noma eqhubekayo ngokwemibono yabantu. Lowo ovuna ngamandla uyabhubha, kanti nalowo ophethe ngokungagciniyo uyalahlekelwa.
Ihlobana kanjani nami?
Ngiyajwayela ukuzama ukulawula izinto nezimo ebangeni lami. Ngiyabona ukuthi igagasi lezinto alizange lichaze ngokuhlakanipha kwami, kodwa ngokuhlakanipha kwangokwemvelo. Le ndima ingisiza ukuthi nginike umoya ukuhlala ngokuthula nangokwamukela izinto njengoba zivela.
Kungafanele ngikwenze ngani namuhla?
Namuhla, ngizama ukusula ukuhlambela kwangokwami kokunquma nokulawula. Ngizokwamukela izinto ngokuzalwa kwazo, ngizokhona njalo lapha, ngisondele emadodakazini amabi.
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James Legge (1891)
If any one should wish to get the kingdom for himself, and to effect this by what he does, I see that he will not succeed. The kingdom is a spirit-like thing, and cannot be got by active doing. He who would so win it destroys it; he who would hold it in his grasp loses it.
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Lowo ofuna ukuha umhlaba wamabandla ngenhlanhla, ngiyabona ukuthi ayikwazanga. Umhlaba ngumqulu wangokwamunye, awukwazi ukuqhutywa. Okuphuthuma ngakho konke kwaba lokho, kube ngukuhlambela; lowo ophethe ngamandla abhubha. Ngakho ke, ziningi izinhlobo zezinto: ezihamba phambili, ezilandela; ezivutha kancane, ezivutha kakhulu; ezinde, ezifishane; ezigqoka kanzima, eziswelakele. Ngenxa yalokho, umuntu ongumsulwa uyakhawula kakhulu, uyakhawula indlu enkulu, uyakhawula umbusazwe.
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