Proverbes 28
1 L'impie prend la fuite, quoique personne ne le poursuive; le juste est ferme comme un 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 Les péchés des impies excitent des querelles; l'homme habile saura les éteindre.
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 hardi dans son impiété trompe les pauvres; il est comme une pluie violente et désastreuse;
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 de même ceux qui délaissent la loi louent l'impiété; mais ceux qui aiment la loi s'entourent d'un rempart.
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 méchants ne conçoivent pas la justice; mais ceux qui cherchent le Seigneur ont l'intelligence de toute chose.
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 un pauvre qui marche selon la vérité qu'un riche trompeur.
It is better to be honest [even] though you are poor than to be dishonest [even] though you are rich.
7 Le fils intelligent garde la loi; celui qui mène une vie déréglée déshonore 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 Augmenter sa richesse par l'usure et les biens illicites, c'est thésauriser pour l'homme miséricordieux envers les pauvres.
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 Quiconque détourne son oreille pour ne point entendre la loi, sa prière sera en abomination au Seigneur.
If people do not obey [MTY] [God’s] laws, [God] (detests their prayers/considers that their prayers stink).
10 Celui qui égare les justes dans une voie mauvaise marche lui-même à la perdition. Les déréglés passeront auprès des biens, mais n'y entreront pas.
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 Le riche est sage à ses propres yeux; le pauvre doué d'intelligence le condamnera.
[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 Grâce au secours de Dieu, la gloire des justes est abondante; les hommes se perdent dans les lieux qu'habitent les impies.
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 son impiété ne prospérera pas; celui que se la reproche hautement sera aimé.
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 Heureux l'homme qui, par piété, respecte toutes choses; les cœurs durs tomberont dans l'infortune.
[God] is pleased with those who always revere him, but those who are stubborn [IDM] will experience disasters.
15 Celui qui, pauvre lui-même, gouverne en tyran une nation pauvre est un lion affamé, un loup altéré.
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 Roi sans revenus, grand trompeur; celui qui hait l'iniquité vivra longtemps.
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 La caution d'un homme accusé de meurtre ressemble à un fugitif, et n'offre point de garantie. Corrige ton fils, et il t'aimera; il fera gloire à ton âme, et il ne se soumettra pas à une nation perverse.
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 Celui qui marche selon la justice sera secouru; celui qui s'engage en des voies tortueuses y sera enlacé.
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, se rassasiera de pain; qui suit la paresse, se rassasiera de misère.
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 digne de foi sera comblé de bénédictions; le méchant ne restera pas impuni.
[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 Celui qui ne respecte point la face des justes n'est point bon; un tel homme vendra à autrui même une bouchée de pain.
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'envieux se hâte de s'enrichir; il ignore que l'homme miséricordieux l'emportera sur lui.
Selfish people [IDM] are very eager to become rich quickly; they do not realize that they will [soon] become poor.
23 Qui blâme les voies d'un homme trouvera grâce ensuite auprès de lui, plus que celui qui le 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 repousse avec mépris son père et sa mère, et s'imagine ne point pécher, celui-là est le complice des impies.
Anyone who steals things from his father or his mother and says “That is not sinful” is as bad as a bandit.
25 L'homme sans foi juge au hasard; mais celui qui se confie au Seigneur juge avec grand soin.
Greedy people cause trouble/strife; those who trust in Yahweh will prosper [IDM].
26 Celui qui se confie en l'audace de son cœur, un tel homme est insensé; mais celui qui marche dans la sagesse sera sauvé.
Those who believe that what they think [is always right] are foolish; those who act wisely will (escape danger/be safe).
27 Celui qui donne aux pauvres ne manquera jamais; celui qui en détourne son regard tombera dans une extrême indigence.
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 Les justes gémissent dans les demeures des impies; mais ils se multiplieront quand ceux-ci seront tombés.
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.
