Proverbes 11
1 Les balances fausses sont en abomination au Seigneur; le poids juste Lui est agréable.
Yahweh detests [people who use] scales that do not weigh correctly; he is delighted with [those who use] correct weights on the scales.
2 Où est l'orgueil, il y aura confusion; la bouche des humbles s'exercent à la sagesse.
[People who are] proud will [eventually] be disgraced; it is wise to be humble.
3 Le juste en mourant laisse des regrets; la mort des impies cause l'indifférence ou la joie.
[People who are] good are guided by [doing what is] honest; those who are not honest will be ruined because of the wrong things that they do.
[Your] money will not help [you] on the day that [God] judges [and punishes people]; but if you live righteously, you will live a long time.
5 L'équité trace des voies irréprochables; l'impiété trébuche contre l'injustice.
When people are honest and good, that will (direct their paths/show them what is right for them to do); but wicked [people will] experience disasters because of the evil things that they do.
6 L'équité des hommes droits les sauve; les pervers sont pris dans leur propre perdition.
[God] rescues/protects righteous [people] because they (are honest/do what is right), but those who (are treacherous/cannot be trusted) will be trapped because of their being greedy.
7 L'espérance des justes ne meurt pas avec eux; l'orgueil des impies ne leur survit point.
When wicked [people] die, they cannot confidently expect to receive anything [that is good]; they expect that [their money] will help/save them, but it will not.
8 Le juste échappe aux chasseurs d'hommes; à sa place, l'impie leur est livré.
[Yahweh] rescues righteous [people] from their troubles/difficulties; instead, it is the wicked who will have troubles.
9 La bouche de l'impie tend un piège aux citoyens; l'intelligence du juste les guide dans la bonne voie.
Godless people can ruin others by what they say [MTY], but righteous [people will] be saved by [their (own] good sense/being wise).
10 Grâce aux justes, une cité prospère;
When things go well for righteous [people], [the people in] [MTY] their city are happy, and they shout joyfully when wicked [people] die.
11 au contraire, elle est renversée par la bouche des impies.
When righteous [people request God to] bless a city, that city will become great, but cities are ruined by what wicked [people] say [MTY].
12 L'insensé se joue des citoyens; un homme prudent ramène le calme.
It is foolish to despise others; those who (have good sense/are wise) do not say anything [to criticize others].
13 L'homme à la langue double divulgue les conseils de l'assemblée; l'homme fidèle garde le secret sur les affaires.
Those who (spread gossip/tell bad things about others) will tell your secrets [to others], but if there is someone whom you can trust, you can trust him to not tell your secrets [to others].
14 Ceux qui n'ont point de gouvernail tombent comme des feuilles. Le salut réside dans une grande puissance.
A nation will be destroyed/ruined if it does not have [leaders] who guide it [wisely]; but if there are many [good] advisors, the nation remains secure.
15 Le méchant fait le mal, même quand il se rapproche du juste; il n'aime pas son renom de fermeté.
If you promise a stranger that you will pay his debt [if he cannot pay it himself], you will regret it. You will be safe if you refuse to guarantee that you will pay someone else’s debts.
16 La femme gracieuse fait la gloire de son mari; la femme qui hait la justice est un trône de déshonneur. Les paresseux manquent de richesses; les forts travaillent à en amasser.
[People] honor/respect women who are kind/gracious; ruthless/violent people may get a lot of money, [but that is all that they will get].
17 L'homme charitable fait du bien à son âme; l'homme sans pitié perd son corps.
Those who are kind benefit themselves [because others will be kind to them], but those who are cruel will hurt themselves [because others will be cruel to them].
18 L'impie fait des œuvres iniques; la race des justes recueille la récompense de la vérité.
If wicked people earn a lot of money, that will deceive them [because they will not keep it for very long], but those who do what is right will surely be rewarded [by God forever].
19 Un fils juste est né pour la vie; ce que poursuit l'impie mène à la mort.
Those who always do what is right will live [a long/happy life], but those who insist on doing what is wrong will not live [very long].
20 Les voies tortueuses sont en abomination au Seigneur; mais Il agrée tous ceux qui sont irréprochables dans leurs voies.
Yahweh hates those who are always thinking about doing evil things, but he is delighted with those who always do what is right.
21 Celui qui, dans une pensée injuste, met sa main dans la main d'autrui ne sera point impuni; au contraire, qui sème la justice en récoltera le digne salaire.
It is certain that [Yahweh] will punish evil people and that righteous people will escape [from being punished].
22 Tel est un pendant d'oreille au museau d'une truie; telle est la beauté chez la femme sans sagesse.
[It is] ([unsuitable/not proper/disgusting]) for a beautiful woman not to know what is right to do, like [SIM] [it is unsuitable/disgusting] for a pig to have a gold ring in its snout/nose.
23 Le désir du juste est bon sans réserve; l'espérance des impies périra.
When the things that righteous people want happen, it brings good [to them and to others], but when the wicked get what they want, it causes everyone else to become angry.
24 Il en est qui, en distribuant leurs biens, les augmentent; il en est qui, même en s'amusant, s'appauvrissent.
Some people give [their money] generously [to poor people], but they become richer [in spite of that], and some people hold tightly to their money, but they still become poor [in spite of that].
25 Toute âme simple est bénie; l'homme irascible n'est pas honoré.
Those who give generously [to others] will prosper; if you help others, [they/someone] will help you, too.
26 Que celui qui amasse du blé le tienne en réserve pour les peuples; la bénédiction est sur la tête de celui qui en fait part à autrui.
People curse/despise someone who hoards his grain [and does not sell it], waiting to get a higher/bigger price for it, but they praise someone who sells it [when people need it, even when the price is not high].
27 Celui qui médite le bien cherche une grâce salutaire; celui qui songe au mal le recueillera pour lui-même.
If you sincerely want to [do what is] right, [people] will respect you, but if you are wanting to cause trouble, trouble is what you will get.
28 Celui qui se fie en sa richesse tombera; celui qui s'attache aux choses justes fleurira.
Those who trust in their money will [disappear like the] withered [leaves that fall from the trees], but righteous [people] will keep going strong, like green leaves [in the summer].
29 Celui qui ne s'occupe pas de sa propre maison n'aura que le vent pour héritage; l'insensé sera le serviteur du sage.
Those who bring troubles to their families will inherit nothing [MET] [from them], and those who do foolish things [like that] will [some day] become the servants of wise [people].
30 Du fruit de la justice naît l'arbre de vie; les âmes des pervers seront emportées avant le temps.
Those who live righteously will live [for a long time], but [those who act] violently will destroy [their own] lives (OR, those who are wise will have many people come and live with them).
31 Si le juste est difficilement sauvé, que penser de l'impie et du pécheur?
[Sometimes] righteous [people] are rewarded [here] on the earth, but it is much more certain that very wicked people [DOU] [will be rewarded by being punished].
