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Le ndaba ithi amathafameli namaLwandle ayakwazi ukuba ngamakhosi ngokuba ngenzondo yokuzithoba. Ithi uma ufisa ukuhola abantu, kufanele ubekezele ngemva kwabo. Ithi umuntu ongcweti usez panti ngenkathi abantu bengenalwane. Ngenxa yokungabi namzabalazo, akekho owake wamelana naye.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 66, "AmaLwandle Ngenxa Yokuzithoba", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/zu/chapters/66/
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Original
江海所以能为百谷王者,以其善下之,故能为百谷王。
是以欲上民,必以言下之;欲先民,必以身后之。
是以圣人处上而民不重,处前而民不害。是以天下乐推而不厌。
以其不争,故天下莫能与之争。
Incazelo
AmaLwandle namaKhe ayakwazi ukuba ngamakhosi ezigodzini ngokuba ngenzondo yokuzithoba, ngakho-ke ayakwazi ukuba ngamakhosi ezigodzini. Ngakho-ke uma ufisa ukusebenzela abantu, kufanele ubesebenzise amazwi okuzithoba; uma ufisa ukuhola abantu, kufanele ubeke ubuhlungu bakho emuva kwabo. Ngakho-ke umuntu ongcweti usez panti ngenkathi abantu bengenalwane, behlala phambili ngenkathi abantu bengenalutho. Ngakho-ke wonke umuntu uyathanda ukuqhubeka kepha akanaki. Ngenxa yokungabi namzabalazo, akekho owake wamelana naye.
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Le ndaba ithi amathafameli namaLwandle ayakwazi ukuba ngamakhosi ngokuba ngenzondo yokuzithoba. Ithi uma ufisa ukuhola abantu, kufanele ubekezele ngemva kwabo. Ithi umuntu ongcweti usez panti ngenkathi abantu bengenalwane. Ngenxa yokungabi namzabalazo, akekho owake wamelana naye.
Ihlobana kanjani nami?
Le ndaba ingifundisa ukuthi ukuhlakanipha kokucashile kukuzithoba, hhayi ukusungulwa ngokukhalipha. Ngiyabona ukuthi uma ngizithoba, ngithola amandla ngokungenakulinganiswa.
Kungafanele ngikwenze ngani namuhla?
Namuhla ngizozithoba ngokuphelele kuyo yonke into engenzayo, ngizilandelele abanye ngokunganaki, futhi ngizibuze ukuthi ngingasiza kanjani ngokungenazwi.
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James Legge (1891)
That whereby the rivers and seas are able to receive the homage and tribute of all the valley streams, is their skill in being lower than they; it is thus that they are the kings of them all. So it is that the sage (ruler), wishing to be above men, puts himself by his words below them.
AI Modern
AmaLwandle namaKhe ayakwazi ukuba ngamakhosi ezigodzini ngokuba ngenzondo yokuzithoba, ngakho-ke ayakwazi ukuba ngamakhosi ezigodzini. Ngakho-ke uma ufisa ukusebenzela abantu, kufanele ubesebenzise amazwi okuzithoba; uma ufisa ukuhola abantu, kufanele ubeke ubuhlungu bakho emuva kwabo. Ngakho-ke umuntu ongcweti usez panti ngenkathi abantu bengenalwane, behlala phambili ngenkathi abantu bengenalutho. Ngakho-ke wonke umuntu uyathanda ukuqhubeka kepha akanaki. Ngenxa yokungabi namzabalazo, akekho owake wamelana naye.
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