Proverbs 27
1 Do not boast about [what you will do] tomorrow, because you do not know what will happen [PRS] on any day.
Ne te glorifie pas du jour de demain, car tu ne sais pas ce qu’un jour enfantera.
2 Do not praise yourself [MTY, PRS]; allow others to praise you. If someone else praises you, that is okay.
Qu’un autre te loue, et non ta bouche, – un étranger, et non tes lèvres.
3 [It causes pain to our bodies to carry heavy] stones or [a pail full of] sand, but doing something stupid/foolish [can cause] great [pain to other people’s spirits.]
La pierre est pesante et le sable est lourd; mais l’humeur d’un fou est plus pesante que tous les deux.
4 It is cruel to be angry [with others], and our being angry sometimes destroys [others], but being jealous of someone is [RHQ] often more cruel than that.
La fureur est cruelle et la colère déborde, mais qui subsistera devant la jalousie?
5 It is better to correct someone openly than to show that you l don’t love that person [by not correcting him].
Mieux vaut une réprimande ouverte qu’un amour caché.
6 If a friend criticizes you, [he is a good friend and] you can trust him; but if one of your enemies kisses you, he is [probably wanting to] deceive you.
Les blessures faites par un ami sont fidèles, mais les baisers de celui qui hait sont fréquents.
7 When someone’s stomach is full, he does not want to eat honey; but when someone is [very] hungry, he thinks that [even] bitter things taste sweet.
L’âme rassasiée foule aux pieds les rayons de miel, mais pour l’âme qui a faim tout ce qui est amer est doux.
8 Anyone who wanders [far] from his home/family is like [SIM] a bird that is far from its nest.
Comme un oiseau erre çà et là loin de son nid, ainsi est l’homme qui erre loin de son lieu.
9 [Putting olive] oil and perfume on a person’s skin causes him to feel good, but having a friend [who gives] good advice [is even better].
L’huile et le parfum réjouissent le cœur, et la douceur d’un ami est [le fruit] d’un conseil qui vient du cœur.
10 Do not neglect your friends or your parents’ friends; and at a time when you are experiencing a disaster, do not go to a relative [who lives far away to request his help]; someone who lives near you can help you more than relatives who live far away.
N’abandonne point ton ami, ni l’ami de ton père, et n’entre pas dans la maison de ton frère au jour de ta calamité. Mieux vaut un voisin proche qu’un frère éloigné.
11 My child/son, cause me to be happy by becoming wise, in order that I will [know how to] reply to those who would criticize me [about your behavior].
Mon fils, sois sage et réjouis mon cœur, afin que j’aie de quoi répondre à celui qui m’outrage.
12 Those who have good sense will realize that there is something dangerous ahead, and they will hide; those who do not have good sense [just] keep going, and later they will suffer because of [doing] that.
L’homme avisé voit le mal [et] se cache; les simples passent outre [et] en portent la peine.
13 [You deserve to] have your property taken from you if you [foolishly] promise to a stranger (OR, a strange woman) that you will pay what she owes if she is unable to pay it [DOU].
Prends son vêtement, car il a cautionné autrui; et prends de lui un gage, à cause de l’étrangère.
14 If you rise early in the morning and call out a greeting to your neighbor [while he is still sleeping], he will consider it to be a curse, [not a blessing].
À celui qui bénit son ami à haute voix, se levant le matin de bonne heure, on le lui comptera comme une malédiction.
15 [Having] a wife that is [constantly] nagging is as [bad as listening] to rain continually dripping on a rainy day.
Une gouttière continuelle en un jour de pluie, et une femme querelleuse, cela se ressemble.
16 [Trying] to restrain/stop her [from doing that] is as [difficult] [SIM] [as trying] to stop the wind or [trying] to hold oil in your hand.
Qui l’arrête, arrête le vent, et sa droite trouve de l’huile.
17 [We can use one] iron tool to sharpen [another] iron [tool]; similarly [SIM], [when one person shares] what he is thinking, it can help other people [to think more clearly].
Le fer s’aiguise par le fer, et un homme ranime le visage de son ami.
18 Those who take care of fig trees will have figs to eat; [similarly], servants who protect their master will be honored [by him].
Celui qui soigne le figuier mange de son fruit, et celui qui veille sur son maître sera honoré.
19 [When a person looks] in the water, he sees his own face; similarly [SIM], [when we look at] a person’s behavior, we know what he is thinking.
Comme dans l’eau le visage répond au visage, ainsi le cœur de l’homme répond à l’homme.
20 [It is as though] the place where the dead people are is always wanting more people to [die and] come there; and humans [SYN] are always wanting to acquire more things, [too]. (Sheol h7585)
Le shéol et l’abîme sont insatiables, et les yeux de l’homme sont insatiables. (Sheol h7585)
21 [Workers put] silver and gold in a very hot furnace [to burn out what is impure], and [SIM] people learn [what we are really like when they see how we react when people] praise us.
Le creuset est pour l’argent, et le fourneau pour l’or, ainsi l’homme, pour la bouche qui le loue.
22 Even if you beat/crush a fool severely [like] [MET] you pulverize grain with a pestle, you [probably] will not be able to cause him to stop (being foolish/doing foolish things).
Quand tu broierais le fou dans un mortier, au milieu du grain, avec un pilon, sa folie ne se retirerait pas de lui.
23 Take good care of your flocks of sheep and herds of cattle,
Connais bien la face de ton menu bétail, veille sur tes troupeaux;
24 because the money [that you acquired from selling animals previously] will not (last/stay with you) forever; similarly [SIM], governments [MTY] certainly do not [RHQ] last forever.
car l’abondance n’est pas pour toujours, et une couronne [dure-t-elle] de génération en génération?
25 After you cut the hay [DOU] and [store it to feed the animals in the winter while] a new crop of hay is growing,
Le foin disparaît, et l’herbe tendre se montre, et l’on ramasse les herbes des montagnes.
26 you will be able to [shear the sheep and] make clothes from the wool, and you will get money from selling [some of] the goats to buy [more] land,
Les agneaux sont pour ton vêtement, et les boucs pour le prix d’un champ,
27 and you will get enough milk from the [other] goats for you and your family and your female servants.
et l’abondance du lait de tes chèvres pour ta nourriture, pour la nourriture de ta maison, et pour la vie de tes servantes.
