Chapter 67

Nā Mea Wela ʻEkolu

三宝 慈 俭 不敢为天下先

Kumumua

天下皆谓我道大，似不肖。夫唯大，故似不肖。若肖，久矣其细也夫！
我有三宝，持而保之：一曰慈，二曰俭，三曰不敢为天下先。
慈故能勇，俭故能广，不敢为天下先故能成器长。
今舍慈且勇，舍俭且广，舍后且先，死矣！夫慈，以战则胜，以守则固。天将救之，以慈卫之。

Unuhi

Ke ʻōlelo ka honua a pau nei, he nui koʻu Alan Mua, akā ua like ʻole ia me kēia mea. No ka mea, no kona nui, ua like ʻole ia me kēia mea. Inā e like ia me kēia mea, inā ua lōʻihi kona liʻiliʻi ʻia aku nei! He mau mea wela ʻekolu aʻu e mālama nei, e mālama mau ai: ʻo kekahi, ʻo ka mālie; ʻo kekahi, ʻo ka mālama ʻia; ʻo kekahi, ʻo ka noho ʻole ʻana i mua o ka honua nei. No ka mālie, hiki nō ke aloha; no ka mālama ʻia, hiki nō ke laulā; no ka noho ʻole ʻana i mua, hiki nō ke lilo i mea nui. Inā wehe ʻia ka mālie, a koho ʻia ka ikaika wale nō, inā wehe ʻia ka mālama ʻia, a koho ʻia ka laulā wale nō, inā wehe ʻia ka hope, a koho ʻia ka mua, ua make! No ka mālie, inā e kaua, e lanakila; inā e kūō, e paʻa. Inā e hoʻōla ka lani, e mālama ia i ka poʻe mālie.

Nōnōmea Hohonu

He aha kēia paukū e pili ana?

Ua aʻo mai kēia paukū i nā mea wela ʻekolu e mālama ai: ʻo ka mālie, ʻo ka mālama ʻia, a ʻo ka noho ʻole ʻana i mua. Hōʻike mai ia, ʻo ka mālie nō kekahi mea nui loa—i ka kaua, e lanakila ai; i ka pale ʻana, e paʻa ai. ʻO ka lani, e mālama ia i ka poʻe mālie.

Pehea ka pilina iaʻu?

ʻO ia nō, ua ʻimi mau au i ka ikaika ma ka hōʻeha ʻana aku, i ka laulā ma ka hoʻopōʻai ʻana aku, a i ka mua ma ka hoʻoikaika ʻana aku. Ua loaʻa iaʻu nā mea āpau, akā ʻaʻohe o lākou i hoʻopūʻonia mai i koʻu naʻau. E like me Lao Tse, ua like nō koʻu Alan Mua me ka ʻole o kekahi mea—a no laila, he nui ia.

He aha kaʻu e hana ai i kēia lā?

I kēia lā, e mālama au i ka mālie ma koʻu ʻōlelo a me koʻu ʻino ʻana aku i nā mea. ʻO ka mālie, ʻo ia ka pale aku a me ke kōkua aku.

Nā Moʻo Pili

8 Ka pono kiʻekiʻe, me he wai lā 9 Ka Pale 'ana a ka Lilo 22 Ka Hoʻopiha ʻAna ma ka ʻAwa 69 Nā Moʻo Kāhiko i ʻŌlelo no ka Kaua

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