Chapter 67

E toru taurea a tā'ātea

三宝慈俭不敢为天下先

Original

天下皆谓我道大，似不肖。夫唯大，故似不肖。若肖，久矣其细也夫！
我有三宝，持而保之：一曰慈，二曰俭，三曰不敢为天下先。
慈故能勇，俭故能广，不敢为天下先故能成器长。
今舍慈且勇，舍俭且广，舍后且先，死矣！夫慈，以战则胜，以守则固。天将救之，以慈卫之。

Fāʻaohipahia

E 'ai noa atu te metua nō rā 'āpīgaroa i ta 'ātea nō rotou, me e haumaru roa. I muri iho, nā te mea e haumaru roa, e haumaru noa iho nei i te haumaru. Nā te mea e haumaru roa, e iti roa te mau a 'i nō teie mau taurea. 'Ē, mā te reira, e tā'ātea noa iho nei i te haumaru.

E toru mau mea taurea tō'u nō tā'u e purepure nei: e tahi, te 'ahō'ahō nō te noa; e piti, te 'ōpe'ape'a nō te here nō te mau 'enata; e toru, te here nō te mau mea a 'i.

Nō te 'ahō'ahō, e haumaru roa te 'āmu nō te pūpū mea. Nō te 'ōpe'ape'a, e rahi roa te 'ātea nō te fenua. Nō te here nō te mau mea a 'i, e haumaru roa te 'ātea nō te mau 'enata.

Me 'ā reira, nā te 'ahō'ahō, e 'āmu roa te pūpū mea nō te 'āmu i te fenua. Nō te 'ōpe'ape'a, e haumaru roa te fenua nō te 'ātea i te taura 'āmu nō te 'enata. Nō te here nō te mau mea a 'i, e haumaru roa te 'ātea nō te mau taurea 'ōna.

Me 'ā 'ore te 'ahō'ahō, me 'ōrā te 'āmu nō te pūpū mea i te 'enata. Me 'ā 'ore te 'ōpe'ape'a, me 'ōrā te 'ātea nō te fenua. Me 'ā 'ore te here nō te mau mea a 'i, me 'ōrā te 'ātea nō te mau taurea 'ōna. 'Ē, e 'ore roa te 'ātea! Nā te 'ahō'ahō, e haumaru roa te 'ātea i te 'āmu nō te pūpū mea. Nā te 'ahō'ahō, e haumaru roa te 'ātea i te here nō te fenua. Nō te 'ahō'ahō, e haumaru roa te 'ātea i te 'ātea nō te mau 'enata.

E 'ai te 'ātea nō te fenua i te 'ahō'ahō nō te here. E 'ai te 'ātea nō te fenua i te 'ahō'ahō nō te here nō te mau 'enata.

Manaʻo Hohonu

E aha tēia ʻāʻahito?

E 'ai te 'ātea i te pūpū mea nō te mau 'enata e haumaru roa i te 'ahō'ahō. E 'ai te 'ātea i te pūpū mea nō te 'ātea i te fenua e haumaru roa i te 'ōpe'ape'a. E 'ai te 'ātea i te 'ātea nō te mau 'enata e haumaru roa i te here nō te mau mea a 'i.

E pēhea tōna ʻāʻano ia'u?

E 'ātea 'āku i te 'ahō'ahō nō te noa. E 'ātea 'āku i te 'ōpe'ape'a nō te here. E 'ātea 'āku i te here nō te mau mea a 'i. 'Ē, e 'ātea 'āku i te pūpū mea nō te 'ahō'ahō.

E aha tāʻu e rave i tēia mahana?

E 'āmu 'āku i te tahi mau mea 'ahō'ahō i teie rā. E 'āmu 'āku i te 'ōpe'ape'a nō te 'ātea i te 'ātea. E 'āmu 'āku i te here nō te mau mea a 'i nō te 'ātea i te mau 'enata.

Nā ʻāʻahito Tutahi

Wang Bi (226–249 CE)

James Legge (1891)

All the world says that, while my Tao is great, it yet appears to be inferior (to other systems of teaching). Now it is just its greatness that makes it seem to be inferior. But I have three precious things which I prize and hold fast. The first is gentleness; the second is economy; and the third is shrinking from taking precedence of others.

AI Modern

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