Beck The best leaders the people barely know. The next best they love and praise. The next they fear. And the next they hate.
Blackney As for him who is highest, The people just know he is there. His deputy's cherished and praised; Of the third, they are frightened; The fourth, they despise and revile.
Ta-Kao The great rulers - the people do not notice their existence; The lesser ones - they attach to and praise them; The still lesser ones - they fear them; The still lesser ones - they despise them.
Beck Those who lack trust will not be trusted. Then they resort to promises.
Blackney If you trust people less than enough, Some of them never trust you.
Byrn If you don't trust the people, they will become untrustworthy.
Chan It is only when one does not have enough faith in others that others will have no faith in him.
Crowley As the rulers lost Confidence, so also did the people lose confidence in them.
Hansen When reliability is inadequate in it There will be unreliability in it.
LaFargue When sincerity does not suffice it was not sincerity.
Legge Thus it was that when faith (in the Tao) was deficient (in the rulers) a want of faith in them ensued (in the people).
Lindauer Where there is belief without enough within A lack of believing what is within is present.
LinYutan When they do not command the people's faith, Some will lose faith in them, And then they resort to oaths!
Mabry If the leader does not have enough faith in his people, They will not have faith in him.
McDonald "Not believing people you turn them into liars" - such bosses don't command the people's faith. They lose faith in them and take to oaths!
Merel They have no faith in their people, And their people become unfaithful to them.
Mitchell If you don't trust the people, you make them untrustworthy.
Muller If you lack sincerity no one will believe you.
Ta-Kao For where faith is lacking, It cannot be met by faith.
Walker If you fail to trust people, they won't turn out to be trustworthy.
Wieger They became disloyal, though having been treated disloyally. They lost confidence in him though receiving only good words which were never put into effect.
World If one perceives others as untrustworthy, then that will be the experience that one acknowledges. The selective acknowledgment of untrustworthiness verifies one's perception of the untrustworthiness of others.
Wu When you are lacking in faith, Others will be unfaithful to you.
Beck But when they accomplish their task and complete their work, the people say, "We did it ourselves."
Blackney He is aloof, as if his talk Were priced beyond the purchasing; But once his project is contrived, The folk will want to say of it: "Of course! We did it by ourselves!"
Byrn The best leaders value their words, and use them sparingly. When she has accomplished her task, the people say, "Amazing: we did it, all by ourselves!"
Chan (The great rulers) value their words highly. They accomplish their task; they complete their work. Nevertheless their people say that they simply follow Nature.
Cleary it is from the high value placed on words. Works are accomplished, tasks are completed, and ordinary folk all say they are acting spontaneously.
Crowley How hesitating did they seem, the Lords of the Age of Gold, speaking with deliberation, aware of the weight of their world! Thus they accomplished all things with success; and the people deemed their well-being to be the natural course of events.
LaFargue ("Reticent - he is sparing with words.") He achieves successes he accomplishes his tasks and the hundred clans all say: We are just being natural.
Lindauer So remote, those treasure words Outstanding service performed, efforts successful the one hundred families say We did it naturally.
LinYutan But (of the best) when their task is accomplished, their work done, The people all remark, "We have done it ourselves."
Mabry The best leader puts great value in words and says little So that when his work is finished The people all say, "We did it ourselves!"
McDonald The wise man is a clever ruler; he values his words highly. It's so hard to get a single word from at any price that when his task is finished, a work well done, everyone says, "It happened by itself, and we did it."
Merel When the best rulers achieve their purpose Their subjects claim the achievement as their own.
Mitchell The Master doesn't talk, he acts. When his work is done, the people say, "Amazing: we did it, all by ourselves!"
Muller How careful she is with her precious words! When her work is complete and her job is finished, Everybody says: "We did it!"
Ta-Kao Now how much importance must be attributed to words!
Walker Therefore, guide others by quietly relying on Tao. Then, when the work is done, the people can say, "We did this ourselves."
Wieger How delicate was the touch of ancient rulers. When everything prospered under their administration, the people believed they had done everything themselves, of their own free will.
World When the leaders are in harmony with their followers, few laws are necessary and all tasks are accomplished with ease. The followers, not perceiving the administration of leadership, marvel at the manifestationsof harmony and experience a sense of self worth.
Wu The Sage is self-effacing and scanty of words. When his task is accomplished and things have been completed, All the people say, "We ourselves have achieved it!"