"自作孽，不可活" meaning in Chinese

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        "1": "《^太甲》曰：『天 作孽，猶 可 違；@自 @作孽，@不可 @活。』",
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        "1": "欲 敗 度，縱 敗 禮，以 速 戾 于 厥 躬。天 作孽，猶 可 違；@自 @作孽，@不可 逭。",
        "2": "By my desires I was setting at nought all rules of conduct, and violating by my self-indulgence all rules of propriety, and the result must have been speedy ruin to my person. Calamities sent by Heaven may be avoided, but from calamities brought on by one's self there is no escape.",
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁶ zog³ yib⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ ho² wud⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁶ zog³ yid⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː²² t͡sɔːk̚³ jiːp̚² pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ wuːt̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː²² t͡sɔːk̚³ jiːt̚² pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ wuːt̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ni̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː²² t͡sɔːk̚³ jiːp̚² pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ wuːt̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː²² t͡sɔːk̚³ jiːt̚² pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ wuːt̚²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "自作孽，不可活"
}