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Le ndinyana ifundisa ngokuhlala okulula nokunikezelayo. Izwe elincane libonakala liba nokuthula, kanti abantu balo bayakwamukela.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 80, "Izwe Elincane Neluntu Oluncane", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/zu/chapters/80/
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小国寡民。使有什伯之器而不用，使民重死而不远徙。
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Izwe elincane neluntu oluncane. Vumela ukuba kuzoba nezinto ezingamashumi ayisikhombisa nobunxele kodwa zingasetshenziswa, vumela abantu ukuthi baxwaye ukufa kwabo bangafisi ukuya kude. Nakuba bangenabangoma namajelo, kungekho muntu ozawashayela; nakuba benamaqembu amakhulu, kungekho muntu ozawabekayo. Vumela abantu ukuba babuyele emsebenzini wokudonsa izinhlayiyana zokubala. Kabuhlungu kakhulu kwindlela yokudla kwabo, em均是 bomakhelwane babonana, amagwiji nabafana behlabela, abantu bahamba bedlula ngokugcina impilo yabo ngaphandle kokuhlala kanye.
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Le ndinyana ifundisa ngokuhlala okulula nokunikezelayo. Izwe elincane libonakala liba nokuthula, kanti abantu balo bayakwamukela.
Ihlobana kanjani nami?
Ngibona ukuthi ekuphileni kwami, kunzima ukuhlala nokuncane. Ngifuna ukufunda ukwamukela inzuzo encane.
Kungafanele ngikwenze ngani namuhla?
Namuhla, ngizoziphelelisa izinto ezimbalwa ezingadingeki, ngithokoze ngokunye.
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James Legge (1891)
In a little state with a small population, I would so order it, that, though there were individuals with the abilities of ten or a hundred men, there should be no employment of them; I would make the people, while looking on death as a grievous thing, yet not remove elsewhere (to avoid it).
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Izwe elincane neluntu oluncane. Vumela ukuba kuzoba nezinto ezingamashumi ayisikhombisa nobunxele kodwa zingasetshenziswa, vumela abantu ukuthi baxwaye ukufa kwabo bangafisi ukuya kude. Nakuba bangenabangoma namajelo, kungekho muntu ozawashayela; nakuba benamaqembu amakhulu, kungekho muntu ozawabekayo. Vumela abantu ukuba babuyele emsebenzini wokudonsa izinhlayiyana zokubala. Kabuhlungu kakhulu kwindlela yokudla kwabo, em均是 bomakhelwane babonana, amagwiji nabafana behlabela, abantu bahamba bedlula ngokugcina impilo yabo ngaphandle kokuhlala kanye.
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