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Kartilya ng Katipunan
ni Emilio Jacinto
2. POPULAR NA BERSYON NG MGA ARAL NG
'KARTILYA'
(Nilikha ng Kamalaysayan noong Hulyo 1992 para
sa Katipunan, Sandaan!; salin sa English ng
yumaong Paula Carolina Santos-Malay)
1. Ang buhay na hindi ginugugol sa isang malaki
at banal na kadahilanan ay kahoy na walang lilim,
kundi (man) damong makamandag." (A life that is
not dedicated to a noble cause is like a tree
without a shade or a poisonous weed.)
2. "Ang gawang magaling na nagbubuhat sa
paghahambog o pagpipita sa sarili (paghahangad
na makasarili), at hindi talagang nasang gumawa
ng kagalingan, ay di kabaitan." (A deed lacks
nobility if it is motivated by self-interest and not be a
sincere desire to help.)
3.
"Ang
tunay
na
kabanalan
ay
ang
pagkaka-wang-gawa, ang pag-ibig sa kapwa at
ang isukat ang bawat kilos, gawa't pangungusap
sa talagang katuwiran." (True piety consists of being
charitable, loving one's fellowmen, and being
judicious in behavior, speech and deed.)
4. "Maitim man o maputi ang kulay ng balat, lahat
ng tao'y magkakapantay; mang-yayaring ang isa'y
hihigitan sa dunong, sa yaman, sa ganda; ngunit di
mahihigitan sa pagkatao." (All [persons] are equal,
regardless of the color of their skin. While one could
have more schooling, wealth or beauty than
another, all that does not make one more human
than anybody else.)
5. "Ang may mataas na kalooban, inuuna ang
(dangal o) puri kaysa pagpipita sa sarili; ang may
hamak na kalooban, inuuna ang pagpipita sa sarili
sa puri." (A person with a noble character values
honor above self-interest, while a person with a
base character values self-interest above honor.)
6. "Sa taong may hiya, salita'y panunumpa." (To a
[person] of honor, his/her word is a pledge.)
7. "Huwag mong sayangin ang panahon; ang
ya-mang nawala'y mangyayaring mag-balik;
ngunit panahong nagdaan na'y di na muli pang
magda-daan." (Don't waste time; lost wealth can
be retrireved, but time lost is lost forever.)
8. "Ipagtanggol mo ang inaapi; kabakahin
(laba-nan) ang umaapi." (Defend the oppressed
and fight the oppressor)
2|HR_readings part 4
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THE TRUE DECALOGUE, BY APOLINARIO MABINI
Expounding on the ideals that Mabini believed the
Philippine Revolution should have had, he wrote El
Verdadero Decalogo in his humble hut in Los
Baos in May 1898. Aguinaldo authorized its
continued publication, together with Mabinis
proposed constitution. (Part of the commemoration
of the sesquicentennial of Apolinario Mabinis birth.)
First. Love God and your honor over all things: God,
as the source of all truth, all justice and all activity;
your honor, the only power that obliges you to be
truthful, just and industrious.
Second. Worship God in the form that your
conscience that God speaks to you, reproaching
you for your misdeeds and applauding you for your
good deeds.
Third. Develop the special talents that God has
given you, working and studying according to your
capabilities, never straying from the path of good
and justice, in order to achieve your own
perfection, and by this means you will contribute to
the progress of humanity: thus you will accomplish
the mission that God himself has given you in this
life, and achieving this, you will have honor, and
having honor, you will be glorifying God.
Fourth. Love your country after God and your
honor, and more than you love yourself, because
your country is the only paradise that God has
given you in this life; the only patrimony of your
race; the only inheritance from your ancestors; and
the only future of your descendants: because of
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