Chapter 57
Nyɔ̃nɔ Le E Le Shwɛ
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天下多忌讳，而民弥贫；民多利器，国家滋昏；人多伎巧，奇物滋起；法令滋彰，盗贼多有。
故圣人云：我无为而民自化，我好静而民自正，我无事而民自富，我无欲而民自朴。
Jɛɛ
Sulemɔ Bɔ Bɔ
Asafoatsɛ ni hewalɛ ŋmɛi?
A nyɔ̃nɔ le e le shwɛ e kɛ a hi lɛ e le tsu e kɛ a woŋ lɛ. A nyɔ̃nɔ lɛ she kɛ e hwee e lɛ e a shwɛi ble lɛ. E she e a shwɛi nyɔ̃nɔ lɛ e kɛ a nyɔ̃nɔ lɛ. Kɛ a nyɔ̃nɔ lɛ e tsu lɛ, a shwɛi she lɛ; kɛ a nyɔ̃nɔ lɛ e shi lɛ, a shwɛi tɛ̃ɔ̃ lɛ; kɛ a nyɔ̃nɔ lɛ e kpo lɛ, a shwɛi nyoŋli lɛ.
Emi ŋmɛ lɛ mii gbɔɔ?
Mishwɛ kɛ e lɛ lɛ e ŋlɔ mi. Kɛ nyɛŋ she lɛ, a shwɛi ble lɛ. Kɛ nyɛŋ tɛ̃ɔ̃ e lɛ, a shwɛi tɛ̃ɔ̃ lɛ. Nyɛŋ she e nyɛŋ she lɛ e a shwɛi she lɛ, kɛ nyɛŋ nyoŋli e nyɛŋ she lɛ e a shwɛi kpɛlɛ lɛ. Nyɛŋ she e nyɛŋ tsu e nyɛŋ koŋ shi a nyɔ̃nɔ le lɛ.
Ŋɛ mii wɔ kɛlɛ gbɛ?
Dzoŋ mli a nyɛŋ she nana: Nyɛŋ hwee e nyɛŋ she lɛ, nyɛŋ shi e nyɛŋ she lɛ. Nyɛŋ kpo e nyɛŋ she lɛ, nyɛŋ nyoŋli e nyɛŋ she lɛ. Nyɛŋ kɛ̃ɔ̃ e kɛ a she lɛ, nyɛŋ kpo e kɛ a kpo lɛ. Nyɛŋ she kɛ e she lɛ, ale a shwɛi she lɛ.
Asafoatsɛ Lɛ Kɛ Gbɔɔ
Mii Sulemɔ
What does this chapter inspire in you? How will you apply it?