Proverbes 5
1 Mon fils, sois attentif à la sagesse que je prêche, incline l’oreille aux conseils de ma raison,
My son, listen carefully to some [more] wise things that I will tell you. Listen well to what I am going to teach you.
2 afin d’observer une sage circonspection et de soumettre tes lèvres aux lois de la prudence.
If you do that, you will be able to choose wisely [what to do], and you will know [the right things] to say [MTY].
3 C’Est que les lèvres de l’étrangère distillent du miel, et son palais est plus onctueux que l’huile.
What an immoral woman says [to you may be] as sweet as honey, and sound smoother than olive oil [feels on your skin],
4 Mais à la fin ce miel devient amer comme l’absinthe, et ce palais, acéré comme un glaive à double tranchant.
but the result [of being with her] will be bitter like gall and [injure you as badly], like being cut with a sharp two-edged sword.
If you go where she goes [MTY], you will go down to where the dead people are. Her steps will lead you straight to the grave. (Sheol h7585)
6 Elle n’a garde de fouler le chemin de la vie; ses sentiers sont mouvants, tu ne t’en douterais pas.
She is not concerned about the roads that lead to a [long] life. She walks [down] a crooked path, and she does not realize [that she is on the wrong road].
7 Et maintenant, mes fils, écoutez-moi: ne vous écartez point des paroles de ma bouche.
So now, my sons, listen to me. (Never turn aside from/always remember) [LIT] what I am about to tell you.
8 Eloigne tes pas de cette étrangère; ne t’approche pas de l’entrée de sa maison.
Run away from immoral women! Do not go near the doors of their houses!
9 Sans cela tu livrerais à d’autres ton honneur, et les années de ta vie à un cruel ennemi.
If you enter the home of one of them, you will lose your (self-respect/good reputation) and [that woman’s husband] will not act mercifully toward you; he will [kill you and] take everything that you have acquired during your life!
10 Des étrangers se gorgeraient du fruit de tes efforts, ton labeur enrichirait la maison d’un inconnu.
Foreigners will take your money, and [all] the good things that you have worked for will (end up in their hands/become their possessions).
11 Tu te lamenterais sur ta destinée, en voyant se consumer ta chair et ta vigueur corporelle.
And when you are about to die, you will groan [with severe pain] because diseases [that you have gotten from being immoral] will be destroying your body.
12 Tu dirais alors: "Ah! pourquoi ai-je pris en haine la morale, et mon cœur a-t-il repoussé toute remontrance?
Then you will say, “I hated it [when people tried to] correct me. I despised [people when they] reproved/rebuked me.
13 Que n’ai-je écouté la voix de mes guides et prêté l’oreille à mes maîtres?
I did not heed what my teachers said! I paid no attention to those who [tried to] teach me [something about my behavior].
14 Peu s’en est fallu que je ne devinsse la proie de tous les maux, au milieu de l’assemblée, au sein de la société!"
[Now] I am almost ruined, and I will be disgraced in public gatherings.”
15 Bois donc l’eau de ta citerne et l’onde qui coule de ta fontaine.
Like a man is refreshed by drinking water from his own well [MET], enjoy [having sex] [EUP] only with your own wife.
16 Tes sources doivent-elles se répandre au dehors, tes cours d’eau arroser les places publiques?
Like you would not waste good water by pouring it into the street, [you should not have sex with other women]. [MET, EUP]
17 Réserve-les à toi seul; que les étrangers ne les partagent pas avec toi!
Enjoy [having sex] only with your wife; do not [have sex with] other women.
18 Qu’ainsi soit bénie ta source, et puisses-tu trouver la joie dans la femme de ta jeunesse!
Let your wife be a source of great pleasure to you. (Be happy/[Enjoy sex]) with the woman whom you married when you were both young.
19 Biche d’amour, gazelle pleine de grâce, que ses charmes t’enivrent en tout temps, et que son amour t’enthousiasme sans cesse!
She is as pretty and graceful [as] a young female deer. Allow her breasts to always satisfy you. Allow her lovemaking to excite you.
20 Pourquoi, mon fils, t’éprendre d’une étrangère et prodiguer tes caresses à une autre compagne?
My son, do not be [RHQ] captivated/charmed by an immoral woman! Do not fondle the breasts of another man’s wife!
21 Car l’Eternel a les yeux fixés sur les voies de l’homme, il observe la trace de tous ses pas.
[I say that] because Yahweh sees clearly everything that we do; he knows [where we are going on] the roads that we walk on.
22 L’Impie est pris dans ses péchés comme dans un lacet, il s’embarrasse dans les entraves de son crime.
Evil men’s sinful desires hold them fast; their sins are [like] ropes that bind them.
23 II meurt faute de loi morale, égaré par l’excès de sa folie.
Evil men [will] die because they are unable to say “No” to their desires; they [will] (go astray/be lost) because of the foolish things that they do.
