Proverbes 12
1 Qui aime l’instruction aime la connaissance, et qui hait la répréhension est stupide.
Those who want to know [what is right to do] want to be (disciplined/corrected) when they do what is wrong; it is foolish to not want to be (corrected/told that what you did is wrong).
2 L’homme de bien obtient la faveur de par l’Éternel, mais l’homme qui fait des machinations, il le condamne.
Yahweh is pleased with good people, but he condemns those who plan to harm [others].
3 L’homme n’est point affermi par la méchanceté, mais la racine des justes n’est pas ébranlée.
People do not become secure/safe by doing what is wicked; righteous [people] will be very safe and secure [LIT] like [MET] a tree that has deep roots.
4 Une femme vertueuse est la couronne de son mari, mais celle qui fait honte est comme de la pourriture dans ses os.
A good wife is one who causes her husband to be greatly honored, but a wife who does things that cause her husband to be ashamed [will destroy him] like [SIM] cancer [destroys] his bones.
5 Les pensées des justes sont jugement, les desseins des méchants sont fraude.
What righteous [people] want to do is [to treat people] fairly; what wicked [people] want to do is to deceive people.
6 Les paroles des méchants sont des embûches pour [verser] le sang, mais la bouche des hommes droits les délivrera.
What wicked [people] say is like a trap [MET] that kills [MTY] people [who pass by], but what righteous [people] say [MTY] rescues those whom [wicked people threaten to harm].
7 Renversez les méchants, et ils ne sont plus; mais la maison des justes demeure.
Wicked [people] will die [before they become old and we will see] them no more, but righteous people will live [for many years] and have many descendants.
8 Un homme est loué d’après sa prudence, mais le cœur perverti est en butte au mépris.
[People will] praise those who have good sense, but [people will] despise those (who are always thinking about doing evil things/whose thinking is twisted).
9 Mieux vaut celui qui est d’humble condition, et qui a un serviteur, que celui qui fait l’important et qui manque de pain.
It is better to be a humble/ordinary person who has only one servant than to think that you are very important while you have nothing to eat.
10 Le juste regarde à la vie de sa bête, mais les entrailles des méchants sont cruelles.
Righteous people take care of their domestic animals, but wicked people act cruelly [toward their animals].
11 Celui qui laboure sa terre sera rassasié de pain, mais celui qui court après les fainéants est dépourvu de sens.
Farmers who work hard in their fields will [produce good crops] that will give them plenty to eat, but those who waste their time working on worthless projects are foolish.
12 Le méchant désire la proie des mauvaises gens, mais la racine des justes est productive.
Wicked [people] desire to take away what [other] evil people have, but [Yahweh] enables righteous/godly [people] to be steadfast and productive [MET].
13 Il y a un mauvais piège dans la transgression des lèvres, mais le juste sort de la détresse.
Evil people are trapped by the evil things that they say [MTY], but righteous [people] escape from trouble.
14 Du fruit de sa bouche un homme est rassasié de biens, et on rendra à l’homme l’œuvre de ses mains.
People are rewarded for [the good things] that they say [to others], and people are [also] rewarded for the good work that they do [MTY].
15 La voie du fou est droite à ses yeux, mais celui qui écoute le conseil est sage.
Foolish people [always] think that what they are doing is right; wise people heed [other people when they give them good] advice.
16 L’irritation du fou se connaît le jour même, mais l’homme avisé couvre sa honte.
Foolish people quickly become angry when someone does something that they don’t like; but those who have good sense ignore it when others insult them.
17 Celui qui dit la vérité annonce la justice, mais le faux témoin, la fraude.
[In the courtroom], honest people say what is true, but untruthful/dishonest people tell [nothing but] lies.
18 Il y a tel homme qui dit légèrement ce qui perce comme une épée, mais la langue des sages est santé.
What some people say [hurts people badly], as much as [SIM] a sword can; but what wise [people] say (heals [others’ souls]/comforts others).
19 La lèvre véridique est ferme pour toujours, mais la langue fausse n’est que pour un instant.
When people tell [MTY] lies, others soon realize that what they said is not true [IDM]; but when people say what is true, others will remember that forever.
20 La fraude est dans le cœur de ceux qui machinent le mal, mais il y a de la joie pour ceux qui conseillent la paix.
Those who plan to do what is evil are always wanting to deceive [others], but things will go well for those who plan [to do] good things.
21 Aucun malheur n’arrive au juste, mais les méchants seront comblés de maux.
Bad things [usually] [HYP] do not happen to righteous [people], but wicked [people] always have troubles.
22 Les lèvres menteuses sont en abomination à l’Éternel, mais ceux qui pratiquent la fidélité lui sont agréables.
Yahweh detests those [MTY] who tell lies, but he is delighted with those who faithfully do what they promise that they will do.
23 L’homme avisé couvre la connaissance, mais le cœur des sots proclame la folie.
Those with good sense do not reveal [all] that they know; foolish people show [clearly] by what they say that they (are ignorant/have not learned much).
24 La main des diligents dominera, mais la [main] paresseuse sera tributaire.
Those [SYN] who work hard become rulers [of others]; those who are lazy become slaves [of others.]
25 L’inquiétude dans le cœur d’un homme l’abat, mais une bonne parole le réjouit.
When people are anxious/worried, they become depressed/dejected, but when others speak kindly to them, it causes them to be cheerful again.
26 Le juste montre le chemin à son compagnon, mais la voie des méchants les fourvoie.
Godly/Righteous people try to [give good advice to] their friends (OR, try to make friends with others), but the manner in which wicked [people] live misleads their friends.
27 Le paresseux ne rôtit pas sa chasse; mais les biens précieux de l’homme sont au diligent.
Lazy people do not even [cook the meat of] the animals that they catch/kill, but those who work hard will acquire (OR, are like) a valuable treasure.
28 La vie est dans le sentier de la justice, et il n’y a pas de mort dans le chemin qu’elle trace.
Those who (live righteously/continually do what is right) are [walking] on the road to a long life; (it is not a road to death/they will not die when they are still young).
