Dear Yong Peng,
How about?
13. "Yathaa ida.m tathaa eta.m - yathaa eta.m tathaa ida.m."
as / this / thus / that / as / that / thus / this
As this is, so is that: as that is, so is this.

With metta, John

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Ong Yong Peng" <yongpeng.ong@...> wrote:
>
> Dear friends,
>
> after some thoughts, I find the following poorly translated. Does
> anyone has a better sentence? Thanks in advance.
>
> metta,
> Yong Peng.
>
> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Ong Yong Peng wrote:
>
> 13. "Yathaa ida.m tathaa eta.m - yathaa eta.m tathaa ida.m."
> like / this / as / that / like / that / as / this
> "Like this as that - like that as this."