Proverbs 28

1 Wicked [people] run away [even] when no one is pursuing them, but righteous/good [people are not afraid]; they are as brave as lions.

L’impie fuit, personne ne le poursuivant; mais le juste comme un lion plein de confiance, sera sans crainte.

2 When [the people of] a nation sin, they will have one ruler after another; but when their leaders are wise and have good sense, their government will last for a long time.

À cause des péchés d’un pays, ses princes sont en grand nombre; mais à cause de la sagesse d’un homme et de sa connaissance des choses qui se disent, la vie du chef sera plus longue.

3 A poor person who oppresses [other] poor [people] is [like] [MET] a very heavy/hard rain that [destroys the crops], with the result that there is no food [for people to eat].

Un homme pauvre qui opprime les pauvres est semblable à une pluie violente qui prépare la famine.

4 Those who reject/disobey [God’s] laws always speak well of wicked [people]; but those who obey [God’s] laws [always] oppose what wicked people do.

Ceux qui abandonnent la loi louent l’impie; ceux qui la gardent s’enflamment contre lui.

5 Evil people do not understand what it means to act justly, but those who try to obey/worship Yahweh understand that very well.

Les hommes méchants ne pensent pas à ce qui est juste; mais ceux qui recherchent le Seigneur remarquent tout.

6 It is better to be honest [even] though you are poor than to be dishonest [even] though you are rich.

Vaut mieux un pauvre qui marche dans sa simplicité qu’un riche qui va dans des chemins tortus,

7 Young people who obey the laws are wise [IDM]; parents whose children associate with those who (carouse/go to wild parties) are humiliated/disgraced because of what their children do.

Celui qui garde la loi est un fils sage; mais celui qui nourrit des hommes de bonne chère couvre son père de confusion.

8 When people become very rich by charging very high interest [DOU], their money will [eventually] go to someone who does kind things for the poor.

Celui qui accumule des richesses par des usures et des intérêts les amasse pour un homme libéral envers les pauvres.

9 If people do not obey [MTY] [God’s] laws, [God] (detests their prayers/considers that their prayers stink).

Celui qui détourne ses oreilles pour ne pas écouter la loi, sa prière sera exécrable.

10 Those who cause honest/good [people] to do what is evil will fall into their own pits/traps, but good things will happen to those who (are innocent/have not done what is wrong).

Celui qui trompe les justes dans une voie mauvaise succombera à sa propre destruction; et les simples posséderont ses biens.

11 [Many] rich people think that they are wise, but poor people who have good sense will find out whether rich people really are wise or not.

Le riche se croit sage; mais le pauvre prudent le pénétrera.

12 When righteous/good [people] (succeed/win [elections]), everyone (celebrates/is happy); but when wicked [people win], everyone hides [because they are afraid of what the wicked people will do].

Dans l’exultation des justes est une grande gloire; mais, les impies régnant, c’est la ruine des hommes.

13 Those who refuse to confess/admit their sins will not prosper, but [God] acts mercifully/kindly toward those who confess their sins and turn away from their sinful behavior.

Celui qui cache ses crimes ne sera pas dirigé; mais celui qui les confesse et les abandonne obtiendra miséricorde.

14 [God] is pleased with those who always revere him, but those who are stubborn [IDM] will experience disasters.

Bienheureux l’homme qui est toujours craintif; mais celui qui est d’un cœur dur tombera dans le mal.

15 Wicked people who [mistreat] poor people whom they rule are [as dangerous to them as] [SIM] a lion roaring [at them] or a bear springing up [to attack them].

Un lion rugissant, un ours affamé, tel est un prince impie sur un peuple pauvre.

16 Rulers who do not have good sense cruelly oppress [the people they rule], but rulers who do not want to become rich by cheating/deceiving [people] will live (OR, rule) for a long time.

Un chef manquant de prudence opprimera un grand nombre de personnes par violence; mais celui qui hait l’avarice prolongera ses jours.

17 Those who are guilty of murdering [MTY] another person will (be fugitives/keep running away) until they die; do not help them to escape.

L’homme qui fait violence au sang d’une âme, s’il s’enfuit dans une fosse, personne ne le retient.

18 Those who [continually] do what is right will be safe/protected, but those who are dishonest will [suddenly] be ruined.

Celui qui marche simplement sera sauvé; celui qui s’avance dans des voies perverses tombera tout d’un coup.

19 Farmers who work [hard] in their fields will [produce good crops and always] have plenty of food [to eat], but those who spend all their time (on useless projects/doing things that do not benefit anyone) will become very poor.

Celui qui travaille sa terre sera rassasié de pain: mais celui qui aspire à l’oisiveté se trouvera dans une détresse complète.

20 [God] will greatly bless those who (are trustworthy/always do what they say that they will do), but he will certainly punish [LIT] those who try to become rich quickly.

Un homme fidèle sera beaucoup loué; mais celui qui se hâte de s’enrichir ne sera pas innocent.

21 It is not good [for judges] to decide matters unfairly/unjustly, but [some] people will do what is wrong [even] if they receive [only] a very small bribe [HYP] [for doing it].

Celui qui dans le jugement a égard à la personne ne fait pas bien: celui-là, même pour une bouchée de pain, abandonne la vérité.

22 Selfish people [IDM] are very eager to become rich quickly; they do not realize that they will [soon] become poor.

Un homme qui se hâte de s’enrichir, et qui porte envie aux autres, ignore que la détresse lui surviendra.

23 Those who rebuke someone will be appreciated/thanked more than those who [say nice things to others merely] to (flatter them/cause them to feel good).

Celui qui reprend un homme trouvera grâce ensuite auprès de lui, plus que celui qui le trompe par une langue flatteuse.

24 Anyone who steals things from his father or his mother and says “That is not sinful” is as bad as a bandit.

Celui qui soustrait quelque chose à son père et à sa mère, et qui dit que ce n’est pas un péché, est participant au crime d’un homicide.

25 Greedy people cause trouble/strife; those who trust in Yahweh will prosper [IDM].

Celui qui se vante et s’enfle d’orgueil excite des querelles; mais celui qui espère dans le Seigneur sera guéri.

26 Those who believe that what they think [is always right] are foolish; those who act wisely will (escape danger/be safe).

Celui qui se confie en son cœur est un insensé; mais celui qui marche sagement, celui-là sera sauvé.

27 Those who give things to poor [people] will not become poor, but many [people] will curse those who refuse to help [IDM] poor people.

Celui qui donne au pauvre ne manquera pas; celui qui méprise un suppliant souffrira la pénurie.

28 When wicked [people] become rulers, people hide [because they are afraid of what those wicked people will do]; but when wicked people are no longer rulers, good/righteous [people will] become the rulers.

Lorsque surgiront les impies, les hommes se cacheront, et, lorsqu’ils périront, les justes se multiplieront.