Proverbes 28
1 Le méchant se sauve quand personne ne le poursuit, mais les justes sont pleins d’assurance comme un jeune lion.
Wicked [people] run away [even] when no one is pursuing them, but righteous/good [people are not afraid]; they are as brave as lions.
2 À cause de l’iniquité d’un pays, ses princes sont nombreux; mais, par un homme intelligent qui a de la connaissance, la stabilité se prolonge.
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.
3 L’homme pauvre qui opprime les misérables est une pluie violente qui [ne laisse] point de pain.
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].
4 Ceux qui abandonnent la loi louent les méchants, mais ceux qui gardent la loi leur font la guerre.
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.
5 Les hommes adonnés au mal ne comprennent pas le juste jugement, mais ceux qui cherchent l’Éternel comprennent tout.
Evil people do not understand what it means to act justly, but those who try to obey/worship Yahweh understand that very well.
6 Mieux vaut le pauvre qui marche dans son intégrité, que l’homme pervers dans ses doubles voies, bien qu’il soit riche.
It is better to be honest [even] though you are poor than to be dishonest [even] though you are rich.
7 Qui garde la loi est un fils intelligent; mais le compagnon des débauchés fait honte à son père.
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.
8 Celui qui augmente son bien par l’intérêt et l’usure, l’amasse pour celui qui est bon pour les misérables.
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.
9 Qui détourne son oreille pour ne pas écouter la loi, sa prière même est une abomination.
If people do not obey [MTY] [God’s] laws, [God] (detests their prayers/considers that their prayers stink).
10 Celui qui égare les hommes droits sur un mauvais chemin tombera lui-même dans la fosse qu’il aura creusée; mais les hommes intègres hériteront le bien.
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).
11 L’homme riche est sage à ses yeux, mais le pauvre qui est intelligent le sonde.
[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.
12 Quand les justes se réjouissent il y a beaucoup de gloire; mais quand les méchants se lèvent, les hommes se cachent.
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].
13 Celui qui cache ses transgressions ne prospérera point, mais celui qui les confesse et les abandonne obtiendra miséricorde.
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.
14 Bienheureux l’homme qui craint continuellement; mais celui qui endurcit son cœur tombera dans le malheur.
[God] is pleased with those who always revere him, but those who are stubborn [IDM] will experience disasters.
15 Un lion rugissant et un ours à la poursuite de sa proie, c’est le dominateur méchant d’un peuple pauvre.
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].
16 Le prince privé d’intelligence opprime beaucoup, [mais] celui qui hait le gain déshonnête prolongera [ses] jours.
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.
17 L’homme chargé du sang d’une âme fuira jusqu’à la fosse, … qu’on ne le retienne pas!
Those who are guilty of murdering [MTY] another person will (be fugitives/keep running away) until they die; do not help them to escape.
18 Qui marche dans l’intégrité sera sauvé, mais qui suit tortueusement deux voies tombera une fois pour toutes.
Those who [continually] do what is right will be safe/protected, but those who are dishonest will [suddenly] be ruined.
19 Qui laboure sa terre sera rassasié de pain, mais qui court après les fainéants sera rassasié de pauvreté.
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.
20 L’homme fidèle abonde en bénédictions, mais celui qui a hâte de s’enrichir ne demeurera pas innocent.
[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.
21 Faire acception des personnes n’est pas bien; même pour un morceau de pain un homme commettra une transgression.
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].
22 L’homme qui a l’œil mauvais se hâte pour avoir des richesses, et il ne sait pas que la disette viendra sur lui.
Selfish people [IDM] are very eager to become rich quickly; they do not realize that they will [soon] become poor.
23 Celui qui reprend un homme trouvera la faveur dans la suite, plutôt que celui qui flatte de la langue.
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).
24 Qui dépouille son père et sa mère, et dit: Ce n’est point une transgression, celui-là est compagnon du destructeur.
Anyone who steals things from his father or his mother and says “That is not sinful” is as bad as a bandit.
25 Celui qui a l’âme altière excite la querelle; mais qui se confie en l’Éternel sera engraissé.
Greedy people cause trouble/strife; those who trust in Yahweh will prosper [IDM].
26 Qui se confie en son propre cœur est un sot; mais qui marche dans la sagesse, celui-là sera délivré.
Those who believe that what they think [is always right] are foolish; those who act wisely will (escape danger/be safe).
27 Qui donne au pauvre ne manquera de rien, mais qui détourne les yeux sera comblé de malédictions.
Those who give things to poor [people] will not become poor, but many [people] will curse those who refuse to help [IDM] poor people.
28 Quand les méchants se lèvent, les hommes se cachent; mais quand ils périssent, les justes se multiplient.
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.
