Chapter 73

Fua 73: Ko e maau Tokalelei ke Toa

勇于敢则杀,勇于不敢则活。此两者,或利或害。天之所恶,孰知其故?是以圣人犹难之。
天之道,不争而善胜,不言而善应,不召而自来,繟然而善谋。天网恢恢,疏而不失。
Ko e tokalelei ia 'oku fakaivia ʻe he toa ʻa e mate. Ko e tokalelei ia ʻoku ʻikai ʻivia ʻe he toa ʻa e moʻui. ʻOku feituʻu ʻa e nemahina ʻe ʻua ko ʻeni, ʻe toe maʻu pē ʻa e lelei pe ko e kovi. ʻOku fehiʻa ʻa e palupalu fakatalaonu ki he meʻa ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻe he langi. ʻE hē ʻoku lau ʻa e ongo mafai? Ko ia ʻoku tau ʻata ʻaki ʻa e poto ʻe lave ʻo fokotuʻu. ʻOku ʻuhinga ʻa e hala fakatalaonu ki he hala lelei ʻo e langi: ʻoku ʻikai tau ʻaki, kae ʻiloʻi ʻa e manako lelei; ʻoku ʻikai lea ʻaki, kae tali lelei; ʻoku ʻikai fakafeho ʻaki, kae ʻafio mai; ʻoku felotoi ʻaki, kae fuofua lelei. ʻOku lau lelei ʻa e nunulaʻa fakatalaonu ʻo e langi, ʻoku tapu ʻa e kātoa kae ʻoku ʻikai mole ha meʻa.

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Ko e hā ʻa e vahe ni?

Ko e kupu ko ʻeni ʻoku fakahā mai ai ʻa e fanongonongo lahi ʻo e hala fakatalaonu: Ko e tokalelei ʻoku lahi ʻaupito ʻe mafai ʻo ʻuhinga ki he mate, kae ko e tokalelei ʻoku nofo ʻi he fakafefeka ʻe mafai ʻo ʻuhinga ki he moʻui. ʻOku ʻuhinga ʻa e hala lelei ʻo e langi ki he ʻikai tau, kae ʻilo ʻa e manako lelei; ki he ʻikai lea, kae tali ʻa e meʻa kotoa; ki he ʻikai fakafeho, kae ʻafio mai ʻa e monūhia; ki he felotoi, kae fuofua lelei ʻa e meʻa kotoa. ʻOku lahi ʻa e nunulaʻa fakatalaonu ʻo e langi, ʻoku ʻosi vave kiate kinautolu kotoa.

ʻOku fēfē hono fekauʻaki mo au?

ʻOku ou talaʻi pe ʻe au ʻi heʻeku moʻui ʻa e lau ʻo e taimi ʻoku ou ʻomai ʻi ai ki he fakaʻaonga pe ʻo e tokalelei. ʻOku ou ako ʻe he kupu ko ʻeni ʻoku ʻilo ʻa e fola ʻa e moʻui ʻi he taimi ʻoku ou fifili ʻi he meʻa ʻoku ou fai. Kapau ʻoku ou fai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku mapelesi kiate au, ʻe taʻofi ʻa e meʻa lelei mei he moʻui. Kae ʻoku ou ako ʻe he langi ʻoku ʻafio ʻo tau ʻi he hala lelei, ʻo ʻikai tau ʻaki ʻe he langi, kae momoni ʻo tuku ha meʻa kiate au.

Ko e hā ʻe ngāue ai au ʻapongipongi?

ʻO ki he ʻaho ni, ʻe ou fai ha meʻa ʻe taha ʻo e hala fakatalaonu. ʻE ou tuku e taʻe tau ʻi ha meʻa, ʻo talangofua ʻa e meʻa ʻe hoko ʻi he taimi. ʻE ou felotoi ʻo taimi ʻe nofo pē, kae ʻilo ʻe he langi ʻa e hala lelei ʻo e moʻui.

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