Proverbes 28
1 Le méchant prend la fuite sans qu’on le poursuive, Le juste a de l’assurance comme un jeune 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 Quand un pays est en révolte, les chefs sont nombreux; Mais avec un homme qui a de l’intelligence et de la science, Le règne se prolonge.
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 Un homme pauvre qui opprime les misérables Est une pluie violente qui fait manquer le pain.
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 Ceux qui abandonnent la loi louent le méchant, Mais ceux qui observent la loi s’irritent contre lui.
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 hommes livrés au mal ne comprennent pas ce qui est juste, Mais ceux qui cherchent l’Éternel comprennent tout.
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 le pauvre qui marche dans son intégrité, Que celui qui a des voies tortueuses et qui est riche.
It is better to be honest [even] though you are poor than to be dishonest [even] though you are rich.
7 Celui qui observe la loi est un fils intelligent, Mais celui qui fréquente les débauchés fait honte à 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 Celui qui augmente ses biens par l’intérêt et l’usure Les amasse pour celui qui a pitié des 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 Si quelqu’un détourne l’oreille pour ne pas écouter la loi, Sa prière même est une abomination.
If people do not obey [MTY] [God’s] laws, [God] (detests their prayers/considers that their prayers stink).
10 Celui qui égare les hommes droits dans la mauvaise voie Tombe dans la fosse qu’il a creusée; Mais les hommes intègres héritent le bonheur.
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 L’homme riche se croit sage; Mais le pauvre qui est intelligent le sonde.
[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 Quand les justes triomphent, c’est une grande gloire; Quand les méchants s’élèvent, chacun se cache.
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 ses transgressions ne prospère point, Mais celui qui les avoue et les délaisse obtient miséricorde.
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 est continuellement dans la crainte! Mais celui qui endurcit son cœur tombe dans le malheur.
[God] is pleased with those who always revere him, but those who are stubborn [IDM] will experience disasters.
15 Comme un lion rugissant et un ours affamé, Ainsi est le méchant qui domine sur un peuple pauvre.
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 Un prince sans intelligence multiplie les actes d’oppression, Mais celui qui est ennemi de la cupidité prolonge ses jours.
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 Un homme chargé du sang d’un autre Fuit jusqu’à la fosse: qu’on ne l’arrête pas!
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 dans l’intégrité trouve le salut, Mais celui qui suit deux voies tortueuses tombe dans l’une d’elles.
Those who [continually] do what is right will be safe/protected, but those who are dishonest will [suddenly] be ruined.
19 Celui qui cultive son champ est rassasié de pain, Mais celui qui poursuit des choses vaines est rassasié de pauvreté.
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 Un homme fidèle est comblé de bénédictions, Mais celui qui a hâte de s’enrichir ne reste 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 Il n’est pas bon d’avoir égard aux personnes, Et pour un morceau de pain un homme se livre au péché.
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 Un homme envieux a hâte de s’enrichir, Et il ne sait pas que la disette viendra sur lui.
Selfish people [IDM] are very eager to become rich quickly; they do not realize that they will [soon] become poor.
23 Celui qui reprend les autres trouve ensuite plus de faveur Que celui dont la langue est flatteuse.
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 Celui qui vole son père et sa mère, Et qui dit: Ce n’est pas un péché! Est le compagnon du destructeur.
Anyone who steals things from his father or his mother and says “That is not sinful” is as bad as a bandit.
25 L’orgueilleux excite les querelles, Mais celui qui se confie en l’Éternel est rassasié.
Greedy people cause trouble/strife; those who trust in Yahweh will prosper [IDM].
26 Celui qui a confiance dans son propre cœur est un 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 au pauvre n’éprouve pas la disette, Mais celui qui ferme les yeux est chargé de malédictions.
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 Quand les méchants s’élèvent, chacun se cache; Et quand ils périssent, les justes se multiplient.
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.
