Chapter 9

Ikyoroshon Yange

持而盈之,不如其已;揣而锐之,不可长保。
金玉满堂,莫之能守;富贵而骄,自遗其咎。
功遂身退,天之道也。
Ikyor a yange mbur, a i gbian kpwkpo; nger a i yange kpa i pur, a i kyondo kenger. Ienge u kpir u yange nguv, a i kyondo wuaa; imbor i yer a u yange iper, a i yange shigbander u tor. Ikyor a yange nger iper u tamber, a i gbuaa kenger; imbor i yer a u yange iongwaa, a i yange kpwkpo u kpe. Kpa iper ya u yange kpaa, a iongwa, mbee a u yange aka u yange kpe. Iozaan ya u yange nyamwaa, iper u a yange hemba kpaa, i yer a u yange hemba iongwa. Ikyor iper ya u yange kwagh u yange yindi, iongwa kpwkpo iper, mbee u yange aka u kpaan sha ityo.

Vange Kpishi

Akpohol sha sha er a?

Ikyor a yange mbur a i gbian kpwkpo; nger a i yange kpa i pur, a i kyondo kenger. Iper u kpir u yange nguv a i kyondo wuaa. Imbor i yer a u yange iper, a i yange shigbander u tor. Iozaan ya u yange nyamwaa, iper u a yange hemba kpaa, a i yer a u yange hemba iongwa. Ikyor iper ya u yange kwagh u yange yindi, iongwa kpwkpo iper, mbee u yange aka u kpaan sha ityo.

Iye a kwagh u iornengen sha wam?

Ikyor a yange mbur a i gbian kpwkpo yaange man a yaa. I yer a u yange iongwaa iongwaan yaange, a imbe a u yange aka u yange shigbander u per u hemba iongwa. I per u a yange hemba iongwa yange, a i yer a u yange aka u yange hemba iongwa. Iozaan ya u yange nyamwaa iongwaan u yer u per u hemba iongwa. Ikyor iper ya u yange kwagh u yange yindi yaange man a yaa; i yer a u yange hemba aka u kpaan sha ityo.

Ngu mba yange tase?

Shin iper ya u yange aka kpaan. Per a u yange iongwaan iongwaan, imbe a u yange aka u yange hemba aka. Shin kpa iper u yer u per u hemba iongwa; nger iongwaan u yer u per u hemba iongwa, a i kyondo wuaa. Ikyor iper ya u yange kwagh u yange yindi, iongwa kpwkpo iper. Iper ya u yange hemba a yaange, iongwa kpwkpo iper, a i yange aka u kpaan sha ityo.

Akpohol sha tsambe

Vanger u Wam

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