Proverbes 27
1 Ne vous vantez pas du lendemain; car vous ne savez pas ce qu'un jour peut apporter.
Do not boast about [what you will do] tomorrow, because you do not know what will happen [PRS] on any day.
2 Qu'un autre homme te loue, et pas votre propre bouche; un étranger, et non vos propres lèvres.
Do not praise yourself [MTY, PRS]; allow others to praise you. If someone else praises you, that is okay.
3 Une pierre est lourde, et le sable est un fardeau; mais la provocation d'un idiot est plus lourde que les deux.
[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.]
4 La colère est cruelle, et la colère est écrasante; mais qui est capable de résister à la jalousie?
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.
5 Mieux vaut une réprimande ouverte que l'amour caché.
It is better to correct someone openly than to show that you l don’t love that person [by not correcting him].
6 Les blessures d'un ami sont fidèles, bien que les baisers d'un ennemi soient profonds.
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.
7 Une âme rassasiée a horreur du rayon de miel; mais pour une âme affamée, toute chose amère est douce.
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.
8 Comme un oiseau qui s'éloigne de son nid, ainsi est un homme qui erre loin de sa maison.
Anyone who wanders [far] from his home/family is like [SIM] a bird that is far from its nest.
9 Le parfum et l'encens apportent de la joie au cœur; tout comme les conseils sérieux de l'ami d'un homme.
[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].
10 N'abandonne pas ton ami et l'ami de ton père. N'allez pas chez votre frère le jour de votre catastrophe. Un voisin proche vaut mieux qu'un frère éloigné.
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.
11 Sois sage, mon fils, et apporte la joie dans mon cœur, alors je pourrai répondre à mon tourmenteur.
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].
12 L'homme prudent voit le danger et se réfugie; mais les simples passent, et en souffrent.
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.
13 Prenez son vêtement quand il met en gage un étranger. Tenez-le pour une femme rebelle!
[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].
14 Celui qui bénit son prochain avec une voix forte, tôt le matin, il sera pris comme une malédiction par lui.
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].
15 Une goutte continue un jour de pluie et une épouse contestataire se ressemblent:
[Having] a wife that is [constantly] nagging is as [bad as listening] to rain continually dripping on a rainy day.
16 La retenir, c'est comme retenir le vent, ou comme de saisir de l'huile dans sa main droite.
[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.
17 Le fer aiguise le fer; ainsi un homme aiguise le visage de son ami.
[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].
18 Celui qui soigne le figuier mangera son fruit. Celui qui s'occupe de son maître sera honoré.
Those who take care of fig trees will have figs to eat; [similarly], servants who protect their master will be honored [by him].
19 Comme l'eau reflète un visage, donc le cœur d'un homme reflète l'homme.
[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.
20 Sheol et Abaddon ne sont jamais satisfaits; et les yeux d'un homme ne sont jamais satisfaits. (Sheol h7585)
[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)
21 Le creuset est pour l'argent, et le fourneau pour l'or; mais l'homme est raffiné par ses louanges.
[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.
22 Bien que tu broies un fou dans un mortier avec un pilon, avec le grain, mais sa folie ne lui sera pas enlevée.
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).
23 Connaissez bien l'état de vos troupeaux, et faites attention à vos troupeaux,
Take good care of your flocks of sheep and herds of cattle,
24 car les richesses ne sont pas éternelles, et la couronne ne perdure pas à travers les générations.
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.
25 On enlève le foin, et la nouvelle pousse apparaît, les herbes des collines sont rassemblées.
After you cut the hay [DOU] and [store it to feed the animals in the winter while] a new crop of hay is growing,
26 Les agneaux servent à te vêtir, et les chèvres sont le prix d'un champ.
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,
27 Il yaura du lait de chèvre en abondance pour votre nourriture, pour la nourriture de votre famille, et pour la nourriture de vos servantes.
and you will get enough milk from the [other] goats for you and your family and your female servants.
