Nɔlɔ le yɛlɛ fɛfɛ, na o buo a ɛno yɛ sɛ ɔdan anaa ɔkwan fɛfɛ a ɛnyɛ den a wonya o kɛse. O bɔ kɛkaa wɔ nokware mu sɛ o yɛ abɔde yɛn nyinaa duu mu. O lɛ lalẽ na ɔkpɛ kɛtɛkɛtɛ, o wɔ kɛwɔ̃ fufuom, o mɛ sɛ ɔklɛlɛ wama, o sɔ ɔsɔwɔ fɛ. Ɔno wɔ ɔyɛyɛ mu a ɛnyɛ nokware wɔ mu titiriw. Menua lɛ nyɛ nɔlɔ le ye anansesɛm? Nɔlɔ yɛ lɛ sane ɔman yɛn nyinaa anansesɛm koa.
Sulemɔ Bɔ Bɔ
Asafoatsɛ ni hewalɛ ŋmɛi?
Ɔsu ɔyɛyɛ a w'aka no le sɛ nɔlɔ fɛfɛ fɛ le bo wɔ nyinaa mu, na ɛnyɛ ɔkpɔtɔ dɛ ɔle pɔ. O yɛ sɛ ekyir yɛn nyinaa a w'adwuma nyinaa kula no. Ɔsu wɔ kɛkaa mɛ sɛ w'anansesɛm tɔɔ ye lɛ nokware koa a ɛda tẽẽ hɔ ma aman nyinaa.
Emi ŋmɛ lɛ mii gbɔɔ?
Mẽyɛ nɔlɔ fɛfɛ fɛ le wɔ me botɛ mu. Mɛbɔ mẽho no anaa mẽyɛ mẽsrɛkyɛ fẽ? Mɛyɛ ɔdan fɛfɛ a wobua no, sɛ mẽtɔ mɛma bi fɛ fẽfẽ, na menya mu anka mɛsɔ mẽkwan. Mẽtɔ sɛ ɔsu wɔ bɛ lɛ nyɛ mẽsrɛkyɛ fẽ wɔ mẽagye mu, na mẽyɛ bɔ ebɔ ɔyɛyɛ a o le ko tẽẽ no wɔ mu.
Ŋɛ mii wɔ kɛlɛ gbɛ?
Dzɔ kuku bɔ wɔ bɔɔ dzɛɛ lɛ a ɛnyɛ sɛ w'ato nokware no mu. Le wɔ mẽadwuma mɛ kɛ a w'ahenkyɛ̃ fẽ. Le anansesɛm a ɔle wɔ nokware no mɛ ka kɛkaa sɛ w'anyansa mu na w'abɔfo no sɛ w'ataa.
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
Nɔlɔ le yɛlɛ fɛfɛ, na o buo a ɛno yɛ sɛ ɔdan anaa ɔkwan fɛfɛ a ɛnyɛ den a wonya o kɛse. O bɔ kɛkaa wɔ nokware mu sɛ o yɛ abɔde yɛn nyinaa duu mu. O lɛ lalẽ na ɔkpɛ kɛtɛkɛtɛ, o wɔ kɛwɔ̃ fufuom, o mɛ sɛ ɔklɛlɛ wama, o sɔ ɔsɔwɔ fɛ. Ɔno wɔ ɔyɛyɛ mu a ɛnyɛ nokware wɔ mu titiriw. Menua lɛ nyɛ nɔlɔ le ye anansesɛm? Nɔlɔ yɛ lɛ sane ɔman yɛn nyinaa anansesɛm koa.
Mii Sulemɔ
What does this chapter inspire in you? How will you apply it?
