Chapter 38
Ikyange Ikyange Ior
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上德无为而无以为；下德为之而有以为。上仁为之而无以为；上义为之而有以为。上礼为之而莫之应，则攘臂而扔之。
故失道而后德，失德而后仁，失仁而后义，失义而后礼。夫礼者，忠信之薄，而乱之首。
前识者，道之华，而愚之始。是以大丈夫处其厚，不居其薄；处其实，不居其华。故去彼取此。
Numur
Vange Kpishi
Akpohol sha sha er a?
Er yaa hembele ipu or a nyamve ka ikyange ior ga kpor ipu a verenge. Ka ikyange ga sooja kpor ipu a verenge kpaa. Er yaa hembele ipu or a nyamve ka a tor ga kusa kpahulumen a iyol/u kpahulumen a ivaan; kpahulumen a ivaan ga kusa kpahulumen a ior; kpahulumen a ior ga kusa iyol/u; iyol/u ga kusa ihenda. Ka ihenda er yaa hembele ipu or a nyamve ka soojoo u tor ga sooje, ka a kpase u ve a ga yume nahan.
Iye a kwagh u iornengen sha wam?
Kpahulumen a ivaan ga kusa ipu ga guver kpor u ve a verenge ka ve a yume. Er ga kusa ipu or a nyamve ka ve kpor won ikyange ior ka ve tor ya a nyamve, ka soojoo u ve a verenge a kpaa. A yume iange er ga ne ipu nana ka a verenge er ga yume ka ve ga ne a kpor.
Ngu mba yange tase?
A tor ga ne u verenge ka ikyange ior, ka soojoo u verenge a ga sooje. Er sooja u verenge ka a guver u ve ka ior a ga kpaa. A verenge a man kpor a kpor won soojoo u ve a verenge, ka a man sooja u verenge a ga kusa a kpahulumen.
Akpohol sha tsambe
Vanger u Wam
What does this chapter inspire in you? How will you apply it?