Chapter 34

Te Huanui Nui e Tāpapa Whānui Ana

大道泛兮,其可左右。万物恃之而生而不辞,功成不名有。衣养万物而不为主,常无欲,可名于小;万物归焉而不为主,可名为大。
以其终不自为大,故能成其大。
Te Huanui Nui e tāpapa whānui ana,
Āna e whakahaere ana i ngā mea katoa.
Ko ngā mea katoa e whakawhirinaki ana ki tēnei Huanui kia ora ai,
Kāore e turn, kāore e whakakāhore.
Nāna ngā mea katoa i whakatutuki, engari kāore i kī ia ia anō hoki.
Nāna ngā mea katoa i hōhā, i whāngai,
Engari kāore ia i noho hei Ariā.
I ōna wā katoa, kāore he hiahia, i āhei ai kī tēnei he iti noa iho;
Ko ngā mea katoa ka hoki mai ki tēnei, engari kāore ia i noho hei Ariā, nā reira i āhei kī he nui rawa.
Nā te mea ia i kore rawa e kī ia ia anō he nui, nā reira i āhei ai tērā ia kia nui rawa atu.

Whakaaroaro Hōhonu

He aha tēnei upoko mō?

Ko tēnei upoko e pānui ana mō Te Huanui Nui, te ara o te Tāngata. Ka kōrero mō te āhua o tēnei Huanui e tāpapa whānui ana puta noa i te ao, āna e hāpai ana i ngā mea katoa i roto i tērā e ngāwari ana, āna e tautoko ana i te ora katoa. Engari, ahakoa nui tērā i whakatutuki, kāore ia e tū hei Ariā, kāore hoki ia e rapu ingoa mō ōna mahi. Ka āhei tēnei Huanui kī he iti, engari anō hoki kī he nui, nā te mea kāore ia e momotu i ōna ake mahi nui.

He aha tēnei ki ahau?

He mōhiotanga nui tēnei mō aku mahi ia rā. Ahakoa āku mahi katoa, me āta noho ngākau mōrire, kore rawa e tū hei ariā mō ngā mea katoa i tutuki i ōku ringa. He mea nui kia maumahara ko au anake te kaiwhakahaere mō ōku ake ao, kāore te wairua o te ao e hiahiatia ana kia mōhio ki ōku ingoa. Me ako au kia nui ngā mahi engari kia iti te whakapōmara.

He aha tāku mahi āpōpō?

I tēnei rā, me mahi ia tētahi mahi hei āwhina i tētahi atu, me kore e pā ki te ingoa. Ehara i te mea me kōrero koe mō tō āwhina, engari me tuku noa iho i taua āwhina me te ngākau hari. Kōrerohia ake tēnei ki a koe anō, arā, ahakoa nui te mahi, kia noho ngākau mōrire tonu.

Wāhanga Honohono

Ōku Huritao

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