Ekyo ezira mu ggulu kitonnya nga bwe kwaggula ebaka: ekigulumivu kiriko, ekigyukakyuka kiriko; ekizingako biriko, ekyetaagisa biriko. Ekyo ezira mu ggulu kiggyako ekyenjegere w'ekitundu, n'ekifuula ekyetaagisa. Enso bye abantu teziri bwo bwe tutyo: baggyako ekyetaagisa okugenda eri ekyenjegere. Ani alina okusingira kw'ekyenjegere okugatta eri ensi yonna? Bwe waire alina ow'ekiragiro. Kale omusajja ow'ekikulu akola nga sabi, ng'afunnya w'eri nga sabi, era siyagalanga kumenya nti ali mu muntu.
Okufikiirira Obungi
Essuula eno etaayirira ki?
Kino kiraga nti endaga ye ye mu ggulu efuna obukulu bwonna. Bwe waire omusajja ng'omu w'ekikulu, endaga ye ye ye ye mu ggulu eri ng'ekigulumivu ekigeredde, ekigyukakyuka ekiterekera waggulu, ne ekyenjegere eky'ezingako bwegubika mu byo ebyetaagisa. Kino kitukulumu akuze okukola okusingako okutereera.
May not the Way (or Tao) of Heaven be compared to the (method of) bending a bow? The (part of the bow) which was high is brought low, and what was low is raised up. (So Heaven) diminishes where there is superabundance, and supplements where there is deficiency. It is the Way of Heaven to diminish superabundance, and to supplement deficiency.
AI Modern
Ekyo ezira mu ggulu kitonnya nga bwe kwaggula ebaka: ekigulumivu kiriko, ekigyukakyuka kiriko; ekizingako biriko, ekyetaagisa biriko. Ekyo ezira mu ggulu kiggyako ekyenjegere w'ekitundu, n'ekifuula ekyetaagisa. Enso bye abantu teziri bwo bwe tutyo: baggyako ekyetaagisa okugenda eri ekyenjegere. Ani alina okusingira kw'ekyenjegere okugatta eri ensi yonna? Bwe waire alina ow'ekiragiro. Kale omusajja ow'ekikulu akola nga sabi, ng'afunnya w'eri nga sabi, era siyagalanga kumenya nti ali mu muntu.
Okufikiirira Kwange
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