Proverbes 27
1 Ne te glorifie pas du lendemain, car tu ne sais pas ce qu’enfantera le jour suivant.
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 te loue, et non ta bouche; un étranger, et non tes lèvres.
Do not praise yourself [MTY, PRS]; allow others to praise you. If someone else praises you, that is okay.
3 La pierre est lourde et le sable est pesant: plus que l’un et l’autre pèse la colère de l’insensé.
[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 fureur est cruelle et la colère impétueuse; mais qui pourra tenir devant 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 qu’une amitié cachée.
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 inspirées par la fidélité, mais les baisers d’un ennemi sont trompeurs.
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 Celui qui est rassasié foule aux pieds le rayon de miel, mais à celui qui a faim tout ce qui est amer paraît doux.
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 l’oiseau qui erre loin de son nid, ainsi l’homme qui erre loin de son lieu.
Anyone who wanders [far] from his home/family is like [SIM] a bird that is far from its nest.
9 L’huile et les parfums réjouissent le cœur; telle la douceur d’un ami dont le conseil vient du cœur.
[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, et n’entre pas dans la maison de ton frère au jour de ta détresse; mieux vaut un voisin proche 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 Mon fils, deviens sage et réjouis mon cœur, afin que je puisse répondre à celui qui m’outrage.
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 mal et se cache; les simples passent et en portent la peine.
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 Prends son vêtement, car il a répondu pour autrui; demande des gages à cause des étrangers.
[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 Bénir son prochain à haute voix et de grand matin est réputé comme une malédiction.
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 gouttière continue dans un jour de pluie et une femme querelleuse se ressemblent.
[Having] a wife that is [constantly] nagging is as [bad as listening] to rain continually dripping on a rainy day.
16 Celui qui la retient, retient le vent, et sa main saisit de l’huile.
[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 un autre homme.
[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 garde son figuier en mangera les fruits, et celui qui garde 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 dans l’eau le visage répond au visage, ainsi le cœur de l’homme répond à 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 Le schéol et l’abîme ne sont jamais rassasiés, de même les yeux de l’homme ne sont jamais rassasiés. (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; que l’homme éprouve de même la louange qu’il reçoit!
[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 Quand tu pilerais l’insensé dans un mortier, comme on broie le grain, avec le pilon, sa folie ne se séparerait pas de lui. Prévoyance.
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 Connais bien l’état de tes brebis, applique ton attention à ton troupeau;
Take good care of your flocks of sheep and herds of cattle,
24 car la richesse ne dure pas toujours, ni une couronne d’âge en âge.
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 Mais quand l’herbe a paru, que la verdure s’est montrée, que le foin des montagnes est recueilli,
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 tu as des agneaux pour te vêtir, des boucs pour payer 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 tu as en abondance le lait des chèvres, pour ta nourriture et celle de ta maison, et pour l’entretien de tes servantes.
and you will get enough milk from the [other] goats for you and your family and your female servants.
