Proverbes 15
1 La colère perd même les sages: une réponse soumise détourne la fureur; un mot odieux l'excite.
When people are angry with you, reply to them gently, and it will calm them; but if you reply harshly to them, it causes them to become more angry.
2 La langue des sages sait ce qui est bon, et la bouche des insensés est messagère du mal.
When wise [people] speak [MTY], it causes those who hear what they say to want to know more; foolish people continually say [MTY] what is foolish.
3 En tout lieu, les yeux du Seigneur observent et les méchants et les bons.
Yahweh sees [MTY] [what is happening] everywhere; he observes what bad [people do] as well as what good [people do].
4 Une langue sensée est l'arbre de vie; celui qui la conservera telle sera plein d'esprit.
Those who speak [MTY] kindly to people are [like] [MET] trees [whose fruit gives] life; speaking what is false causes people to (despair/feel very discouraged).
5 L'insensé se raille des instructions d'un père; celui qui garde ses commandements est mieux avisé.
Foolish children despise their parents when their parents correct/discipline them; wise children accept it.
6 Dans une grande justice, il y a une grande force; les impies seront, jusqu'à la racine, effacés de la terre. Dans les maisons des justes, il y a beaucoup de force; les fruits des impies périront.
There are many valuable things in the houses of righteous [people]; the wealth of wicked [people] causes them to have troubles/difficulties.
7 Les lèvres des sages sont liées par la discrétion; le cœur des insensés n'offre pas de sécurité.
What wise [people] teach [MTY] causes others to know much more, [but] foolish people cannot teach others what is useful.
8 Les victimes des impies sont en abomination au Seigneur; les vœux des cœurs droits Lui sont agréables.
Yahweh detests the sacrifices that are offered by wicked [people]; what delights/pleases him very much are the prayers of righteous/good [people].
9 Les voies des impies sont en abomination au Seigneur; Il aime ceux qui suivent la justice.
Yahweh hates/detests the behavior of wicked [people], but he loves those who always do what is righteous/just/fair.
10 L'instruction d'un cœur innocent apparaît même aux yeux des passants; ceux qui haïssent les réprimandes finissent honteusement.
Those who do what is wrong will be severely punished; those who do not want to be corrected will die.
11 L'enfer et la perdition sont visibles pour le Seigneur; comment n'en serait-il pas de même du cœur des hommes? (Sheol h7585)
Yahweh knows [what is happening in] the place where dead people [DOU] are, so he certainly knows [RHQ] what people are thinking. (Sheol h7585)
12 L'ignorant n'aime point ceux qui le reprennent; il ne fréquente point les sages.
Some people do not want to be corrected; they never go to wise [people to seek good advice from them].
13 Le visage fleurit des joies du cœur; il s'assombrit dans la tristesse.
When people are happy, they have smiles on their faces; but when they are sad, [by looking at their faces we can see that] they are sad.
14 Un cœur droit cherche la doctrine; la bouche des ignorants connaîtra le mal.
Those who have good sense want to learn more; foolish people [MTY] are very satisfied with being foolish/ignorant.
15 Les yeux des méchants ne voient jamais que le mal; ceux des bons sont toujours pleins de sérénité.
Those who are oppressed constantly have difficulties, but those who (OR, if they) are happy, [it is as though] [MET] they are having a big feast every day.
16 Mieux vaut une modeste part, avec la crainte du Seigneur, que de grands trésors sans cette crainte.
Being poor and revering Yahweh is better than being rich and having a lot of troubles.
17 Mieux vaut un repas hospitalier, un plat de légumes offert avec bonne grâce et amitié, qu'un bœuf entier servi avec de la haine.
Eating meals with [people whom you] love and having only vegetables to eat is better than eating with [people who] hate [each other and] having lots of good meat [to eat].
18 Un homme colère prépare des querelles; un homme patient adoucit même celles qui allaient naître. L'homme patient éteindra les divisions; l'impie les allumera.
Those who quickly become angry cause arguments/quarreling, but those who do not quickly become angry cause people to act peacefully.
19 Les voies des paresseux sont semées d'épines; celles des hommes forts sont aplanies.
Lazy people constantly [have difficulties] [MET]; [it is as though they are] walking through thorns; but those who are honest and hard-working [will have few difficulties; it is as though they are walking] on a level highway [MET].
20 Le fils sage réjouira son père; le fils insensé se moque de sa mère.
Children who are wise cause their parents to be happy; it is foolish children who despise their parents.
21 Les voies de l'insensé manquent de sagesse; l'homme prudent va droit son chemin.
Foolish people are happy to [continually] act foolishly; those who have good sense do what is right.
22 Ceux qui n'honorent pas l'assemblée des anciens sont en désaccord; le conseil demeure dans le cœur des sages.
If there is no one to give us good advice, we will not accomplish what we are planning to do; but when we have many [good] advisors, we will succeed.
23 Le méchant n'obéit pas à la raison; il ne dira rien qui soit à propos et utile au bien public.
People rejoice when they are able to reply well to what others have asked them; [truly], it is very delightful to be able to say the right thing at the right time.
Wise people walk on a road that leads up to a long life; they do not walk on a road that leads down to the place where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
25 Le Seigneur abat les maisons des superbes; il affermit l'héritage de la veuve.
Yahweh tears down the houses of proud [people], but he protects the property of widows.
26 Les desseins iniques sont en abomination au Seigneur; les discours des hommes purs sont vénérés.
Yahweh detests what wicked [people] are thinking [about doing]; [but] when people say what is kind, he considers those words to be pure.
27 Il se perd lui-même celui qui se laisse gagner par des présents; celui qui les repousse avec indignation est sauvé; les péchés sont effacés par la foi et l'aumône; tout homme se préserve du mal par la crainte du Seigneur.
Those who try hard to get money by acting dishonestly cause trouble for their family; those who refuse to accept bribes will live [for a long time].
28 La foi est le sujet des méditations des cœurs justes; de la bouche des impies sortent des paroles coupables. Les voies des hommes justes sont agréables au Seigneur; en les suivant, les ennemis mêmes deviennent amis.
Righteous/Good [people] think carefully before they answer [what others ask them]; wicked [people] very quickly say what is evil.
29 Dieu S'éloigne des méchants; Il exaucera les vœux des justes. Mieux vaut petite récolte avec la justice, que grande abondance avec l'iniquité.
Yahweh does not listen [MTY] to what wicked [people request him to do]; he listens to righteous [people] when they pray.
30 Que le cœur de l'homme ait des pensées de justice, afin que Dieu le fasse cheminer dans la droite voie. L'œil réjouit le cœur par la vue des belles choses, et la bonne renommée engraisse les os.
If people have a smile on their faces, it makes them/others happy, and [when people hear] good news, it refreshes their spirits [MTY].
If people pay attention when [people] correct/warn them, they will become wise.
32 Celui qui repousse les corrections est ennemi de soi-même; celui qui se rend aux réprimandes aime son âme.
If people refuse to listen [when others try] to correct them, they are despising/hurting themselves; those who (pay attention/heed) when [others] warn them (become wiser/acquire good sense).
33 La crainte du Seigneur est enseignement et sagesse; les plus grands honneurs lui seront rendus.
If you revere Yahweh, you will learn how to become wise, but [only] after you become humble will [people] honor you.
