Chapta 36

Wetin Yu Want Fi Kwiks

将欲歙之,必固张之;将欲弱之,必固强之;将欲废之,必固兴之;将欲夺之,必固与之。是谓微明。
柔弱胜刚强。鱼不可脱于渊,国之利器不可以示人。
If yu wən fi kwiks am, muos fi oltɛm de wɛn i big. If yu wən fi mek am wia, muos fi oltɛm bi we i strong pas. If yu wən fi trowei am, muos fi oltɛm bi we i ris. If yu wən fi tek we dɛn hab, muos fi oltɛm gi am fɔs. Wi kɔl dis 'di tik prablɛm we i stil'.

Di tin we i wia go win awɛ di tin we i strong. Fɪsh i kɛn nɔ lɛf di wota, ɔ i go dɛ. Di tɔl we i mek wan kɔntri strɔng, i nɔ fi sho di pipul.

Dip Tinkin

Wetin dis chápá na abaut?

Dis chapta i tal wə awɛ di tin we i go kam bak, i go big fɔs. If wan bodi wən fi mek somtin wia, dem go mek am strong pas. Wia i go kam bak, i no bi big we i kam. Dis na di wei di Wɛ dɛn kɔl Tao i wok - bɛhɛn di sin, dɛn no fight, dɛn jus go wei we i stil. Di tin we i wia go win, nɔ di tin we i big.

Aw dis tɔch mi laif?

Mi sabi se wen somtin i go ron mi, i fiks fɔ mek am big pas bifo i go dɔn. Lɛk fɔswel, a de tɛk am we i go kam awɛ mi byɛn, mek a smek i smol pas. A sabi se dis no bi awɛ a fiks, a jus tek am as i kɔm, an a lɛn fɔ it we i stil.

Wetin I mas du tude?

Tude, if wan tin i de trɔbel mi, a go rimɛmba se dis nɔ di tɛm fi wok mɛn fayn. A go mek wi tan stil, a go wɛt fɔ di wei we i go, an a go nɔ trɑi fi fɔs nɔtin.

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