Chapter 57

Ikyongo Ga Kwagh U Kpenger Mbaye

以正治国,以奇用兵,以无事取天下。吾何以知其然哉?以此:
天下多忌讳,而民弥贫;民多利器,国家滋昏;人多伎巧,奇物滋起;法令滋彰,盗贼多有。
故圣人云:我无为而民自化,我好静而民自正,我无事而民自富,我无欲而民自朴。
Mba ikyongo ga kwagh u kpenger ga mbaye, mba har uchev ga kwagh u man ci ga mbanye, ga su ga kwagh u henger nanankir inema u mbishe u tyo ya. Or ga u doo u kpe sha a we? Iyol gaange: Inema u mbishe u tyo ya hembe mban ijyol tor, ga mbaagh a kenger a shii; ijyol hembe mban kar uchev, a nanem a man ya ga hembe hembe; ijyol hembe mban uche u man ci, oru mbu shin hembe hembe; migh ku igbun u nana hembe a kenger, warkara hembe a nyor hembe hembe. Kwagh u man ci hembe ange a yu a gun a gun: Or mba henger a yu, ijyol hembe a gumo har a yu; or mba kaange a yu, ijyol hembe a nanem a kpenger; or mba henger oru u henger, ijyol hembe a hembe iya; or mba henger ihyishi, ijyol hembe a hembe mbaan ya.

Vange Kpishi

Akpohol sha sha er a?

Ijiyol u lu ihyishi a, mba nanem a ver ya ga nanem u nana; kpaan a yu hembe ijiyol ga, kpaan a henger a shii ga; oru u man ci hembe a nanem a ve a iyol u henger. Mba ijiyol hembe a nver a igbun u nana, or hembe gaange a ver ya.

Iye a kwagh u iornengen sha wam?

Or a lu a henger ga, hembe a gun a nyor a iyol u henger shin a yi. Iyol gaange, u kaa a yi a nanem a ve a u ve a shii shin u nyor a iyol u henger ga.

Ngu mba yange tase?

Kpe a nanankir a yi a hia, hia u lu a gun ga. Mba u henger a iyol a yi kpaan a ve, ka u henger a ve shin u henger a iyol a man. Su gaange a u che a kpaan or hembe a nanem a ve a u ve ga.

Akpohol sha tsambe

Vanger u Wam

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