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Lo mhlahla ubikezelwe ngamaTha angenakubalwa, ongabonakali kodwa awuhlala ubuhlambulwi. ITha liyakhawulela, liyabuna, futhi liyazwelana namaphuli. Lidolobha elihlotshwa futhi lingasabonakali. Liyindalo embi kunawo wonke amaqhawe.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 4, "ITha Elinemfuba", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/zu/chapters/4/
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道冲，而用之或不盈。渊兮，似万物之宗。
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ITha linemfuba, futhi uma lisetshenziswa lingakaphelelwa. Lindi kakhulu, libonakala ngokungathi yisona saso sonke. Sichotshe amaxeme, siyophula izinkinga, siyagquma ukukhanya, siyalingana nephuli. Siliqinile kakhulu, libonakala ngokungathi sisakuba khona. Angazi ukuthi yindawo kaubani, selibuqumla phambili kwabaphambili.
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Likuphathelene ngani lo mbhalo?
Lo mhlahla ubikezelwe ngamaTha angenakubalwa, ongabonakali kodwa awuhlala ubuhlambulwi. ITha liyakhawulela, liyabuna, futhi liyazwelana namaphuli. Lidolobha elihlotshwa futhi lingasabonakali. Liyindalo embi kunawo wonke amaqhawe.
Ihlobana kanjani nami?
Kusasa, ngihlangabezana nezinkinga ezinganani ezizwakalayo nezingabonakaliyo emhlabeni wami. Lo mhlahla ungisiza ukuthi ngibone ukuthi kukhona amandla abandayo angeke ngikwazi ukumelana nawo. Ngikwazi ukuhlala ngiphumule futhi ngisabele kumaTha, angisazikwazi ukulinganiswa nezinkinga.
Kungafanele ngikwenze ngani namuhla?
Namuhla, ngizama ukuhlala ngiphumule ngokuthi ngibheke konke okwenzekayo ngokunganaki. Ngizama ukuhlambela amaxeme ami, ngisule izinkinga zamahloni, futhi ngizame ukuhlala ngifane ngelanga.
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James Legge (1891)
The Tao is (like) the emptiness of a vessel; and in our employment of it we must be on our guard against all fulness. How deep and unfathomable it is, as if it were the Honoured Ancestor of all things! We should blunt our sharp points, and unravel the complications of things; we should attemper our brightness, and bring ourselves into agreement with the obscurity of others. How pure and still the Tao is, as if it would ever so continue! I do not know whose son it is. It might appear to have been before God.
AI Modern
ITha linemfuba, futhi uma lisetshenziswa lingakaphelelwa. Lindi kakhulu, libonakala ngokungathi yisona saso sonke. Sichotshe amaxeme, siyophula izinkinga, siyagquma ukukhanya, siyalingana nephuli. Siliqinile kakhulu, libonakala ngokungathi sisakuba khona. Angazi ukuthi yindawo kaubani, selibuqumla phambili kwabaphambili.
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