Chapter 16

Ukufika ku Mwinga wa Lesa

致虚极,守静笃。万物并作,吾以观复。
夫物芸芸,各复归其根。归根曰静,是谓复命。复命曰常,知常曰明。不知常,妄作凶。
知常容,容乃公,公乃王,王乃天,天乃道,道乃久,没身不殆。
Fikila kua mvuunda mujimu, londa ukushala bujimu.
Bianka byonso bilelama, nkudi welangula bua kufika kua munda wabinshi.
Bianka bionso bilelama ne bimvua kua munda wabinshi.
Ukufika kua munda uyu udi wufila ukushala —
ne dikala didi ne munda mua mushikankatshi.
Dikala didi ne munda mua mushikankatshi udi wufila bu kakuxo —
nekala ka bu mukatshi wa Lesa.
Ukusangana ne bu kakuxo bua Lesa udi wufila ditunga —
newa udi wuela bualu bwakudimu.
Wabi tshisangana ne ditunga, udi uyela mu mishika.
Wakusangana ne ditunga, udi ulonda bualu bwa bantu banshi.
Wakusangana ne bualu bwa bantu banshi, udi ulonda mushinga wa Lesa;
Lesa udi ulonda mwinga;
Mwinga udi wuela bualu bwakudimu.
Bianka byonso bilela ne bimvua kua munda wabinshi;
ne mu dikala didi ne ditunga, kadi kayuluka buakafy.

Kufwaya Mûno

Cisabu ici ciamba tshinyi?

Mu tshiloba itshi, Demba Tata udi wulangusha bua kufika kua mvuunda mujimu ne ukushala bujimu. Udi wufila bualu bwa babi baakatshi balelangula bua mu bianka byonso ne munda wabinshi ubu bimu. Dibu dionso didi mu munda wa Lesa, ne diyakufika kua munda uwu mu bushikankatshi. Ku munda mua Lesa kudi ku kakuxo ne ditunga dyakudimu, ne wamena udi wuela bualu bwakudimu bua tshiye mu bufyondaji bufya.

Ciungamana tshinyi nami?

Mu bulami bwanga, nkudi wudibuela bwa kukala mu ukushala ne ku kalunga, bua ku langula bualu bwa Demba Tata mu dikala didi ne mu tshipeta tshia bantu banshi. Ndi wula mu bualu bwakudimu bua ku suminangana ne mwinga wa Lesa mu bulami bwanga.

Nkashite tshinyi lelu?

Lelu, nkudi nkale munkatshi mu butalala bwa mu munda wanga, nkudi ndi wukushilama ne nkudi ndi wuela. Nanshi, nkudi ndi wukusangana ne bualu bwakudimu bwa Demba Tata mu bualu bwa bantu banshi, ne ku mufika kua munda wa Lesa mu dikala didi.

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Kufwaya Kwangu

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