Proverbes 30
1 Paroles d’Agour, fils de Yakéh. Déclaration solennelle. Ce personnage disait: "J’Ai peiné, ô Dieu, j’ai peiné, ô Dieu, et je m’y suis épuisé.
These are sayings/messages that God gave to Agur, the son of Jakeh. [Agur wrote them] for Ithiel and Ucal.
2 Car je suis le plus borné des mortels, l’intelligence humaine me fait défaut.
It seems that I am very stupid; I do not deserve to be considered to be a human; I do not have the good sense that humans should have.
3 Je n’ai pas étudié la sagesse, de façon à concevoir une notion exacte du Très-Saint.
I have not learned [how to become] wise and I do not know [much] about God.
4 Qui est monté au Ciel et en est redescendu? Qui a recueilli le vent dans le creux de sa main? Qui a enserré les eaux dans le pan de son manteau? Qui a établi toutes les limites de la terre? Quel est son nom, quel est le nom de son fils? Dis-le si tu le sais."
[But let me say this]: No one [RHQ] has ascended to heaven [to find out what God is like] and returned [to tell us]. No one [RHQ] has gathered/held the wind in his hand. No one [RHQ] has wrapped the water [in the ocean] in [a piece of] cloth, and no one [RHQ] has established the boundaries of the earth. [If you know who has done those things, tell me] [RHQ] his name, and the names of his children [SAR]! [But you do not know who has done those things, so you cannot speak with authority about what God is like].
5 Toute parole émanée de Dieu est parfaite: il est un bouclier pour ceux qui s’abritent en lui.
Everything that God has said is true; he is [like] a shield [MET] for all those who request him to protect them.
6 Ne te permets aucune addition à ses dires, il te réprouverait et tu serais convaincu de mensonge.
Do not add to (OR, change) what God has said; if you do that, he will rebuke you and show that you are lying.
7 Je te demande deux choses; ne me les refuse pas avant que je meure!
[God], I ask you to do two things for me; [please] do them before I die:
8 Eloigne de moi la fausseté et la parole mensongère, ne me donne ni pauvreté ni richesse; accorde-moi la part de nourriture qui m’est indispensable;
Help me never to lie or deceive [people] and do not cause me to become poor or to become rich. [Just] give me the food that I need;
9 car, vivant dans l’abondance, je pourrais te renier en disant: "Qui est l’Eternel?" ou bien, poussé par la misère, je pourrais voler et offenser le nom de mon Dieu.
because if I become rich, I might say that I do not [RHQ] know you and that I do not need you; and if I become poor, I might dishonor you by stealing things.
10 Ne dénigre pas l’esclave auprès de son maître: il te maudirait, et ta faute serait punie.
Do not (slander/say bad things about) a worker to his boss; if you do that, the worker will curse you, and cause you to have trouble.
11 Ah! la génération où l’on maudit son père, où l’on n’a pas de bénédiction pour sa mère!
[I will list four kinds of evil things that people do]: Some people curse their fathers and do not [ask God to] bless their mothers.
12 La génération qui se prétend pure et qui ne s’est pas lavée Je ses souillures!
Some people think that they are perfect, but [really] they have never been cleansed from their guilt for committing disgusting sins.
13 La génération aux yeux démesurément hautains et au regard altier!
Some people are very proud; they think that they are very good and they despise others.
14 La génération dont les dents sont comme des glaives et les mâchoires comme des couteaux, servant à dévorer les pauvres de la terre et les indigents parmi les hommes!
Some people [act very cruelly toward others]; [it is as though] [MET] they have teeth that are [like] sharp knives; they severely oppress poor [people] and try to cause them to disappear from the land.
15 Alouka a deux filles: "Hab, Hab!" II est trois choses qui sont insatiables, quatre qui ne disent pas: "Assez!"
Leeches [are always wanting more blood to suck]; [similarly, greedy people are always] saying “Give [me some]!” or “Give [me more]!” [MET] There are four things that are never (satisfied/content with what they have); they always want more [LIT]:
16 c’est le. Cheol, le sein qui n’a point conçu, la terre qui n’est jamais rassasiée d’eau et le feu qui ne dit pas: "Assez!" (Sheol h7585)
The place where the dead people are; women who do not have any children; ground that needs water/rain; and a fire that always needs more wood. (Sheol h7585)
17 L’Œil qui se rit d’un père et n’a que dédain pour les rides d’une mère, puisse-t-il être arraché par les corbeaux de la vallée, dévoré par les aigles!
Those who [SYN] make fun of their fathers or refuse to obey their mothers (OR, despise their aged mothers) should [die and] have their eyes pecked out by crows, and the [rest of their corpses should be] fed to the vultures.
18 Il est trois choses qui me sont inaccessibles et quatre que je ne connais point:
There are four things that are wonderful to me, [but] I do not understand any of them:
19 la trace de l’aigle dans les cieux, la trace du serpent sur le rocher, la trace du navire au sein des mers et la trace de l’homme chez la jeune femme.
How eagles fly in the sky, how snakes [are able to] move/crawl across a big rock, how ships sail on the seas, and how a man falls in love with a woman.
20 Tel est le secret de la conduite d’une femme adultère: elle satisfait ses appétits, s’essuie la bouche et dit: "Je n’ai rien fait de mal!"
This is what a woman who (is not faithful to/does not have sex only with) her husband does: She commits adultery [EUP], and [then] bathes and says, “I have not done anything that is wrong!”
21 Il est trois spectacles qui font frémir la terre et quatre qu’elle ne peut tolérer:
There are four things that no [one in] the world can tolerate:
22 le spectacle de l’esclave qui devient roi, le spectacle du scélérat qui vit dans l’abondance:
[What] a slave [does who] becomes a king, a foolish person eating [too much] food,
23 le spectacle d’une femme digne d’aversion qui trouve un épouseur, et le spectacle de la servante qui supplante sa maîtresse.
[what] a woman who is hated [does when she] gets married, and [what] a female servant [does when she] becomes the boss instead of her mistress.
24 Il existe sur terre quatre êtres tout petits, et qui sont sages par excellence:
[There are] four animals on the earth that are small, but they are very wise:
25 les fourmis, peuple sans force, font en été leurs provisions;
Ants are not strong, but they store up food during the summer [in order to have it during the winter].
26 les gerboises, peuple sans puissance, établissent leur demeure dans les rochers;
Rock badgers [also] are not strong, but they make their homes among the rocks [where they will be safe].
27 les sauterelles n’ont pas de roi et elles se mettent toutes en campagne par bandes;
Locusts do not have a king, but they march like [the soldiers in] an army.
28 l’araignée, tu peux l’attraper avec la main, et elle se tient dans le palais des rois!
Lizards/Geckos [are very small and] you can hold them in your hand, but they are [cleverly able to get] inside kings’ palaces.
29 Il y a trois êtres qui s’avancent d’un pas imposant et quatre qui ont une noble démarche:
[There are] four animals that strut around and look very impressive while they walk [DOU]:
30 le lion, le plus fort des animaux, qui ne recule devant rien;
Lions, which are stronger than all other animals and are not afraid of any of them;
31 le lévrier aux reins cambrés, ou le bouc, et le roi à la tête de son armée.
male goats, strutting roosters, and kings who (parade/walk proudly back and forth) in front of the people whom they rule.
32 Que tu aies agi follement en cherchant à t’élever ou après de sages réflexions, mets-toi la main sur la bouche:
If you have acted foolishly, exalting yourself, or if you been planning [to do something] evil, stop it immediately [IDM]!
33 Car la compression du lait produit le beurre, la compression du nez fait jaillir le sang, et la pression de la colère fait éclater les disputes!
If you churn milk, it produces butter/curds, and if you hit [someone hard on his] nose, [his nose] bleeds; similarly, if you do something to cause [people to become] angry, strife [usually] results.
