Proverbes 28
1 Tout méchant fuit sans qu'on le poursuive; mais les justes seront assurés 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 Il y a plusieurs gouverneurs, à cause des forfaits du pays, mais pour l'amour de l'homme avisé et intelligent, il y aura prolongation du même [Gouvernement.]
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 qui est pauvre, et qui opprime les chétifs, est [comme] une pluie, qui faisant du ravage [cause] la disette du 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 gardent la Loi, leur font la guerre.
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 gens adonnés au mal n'entendent point ce qui est droit; mais ceux qui cherchent l'Eternel entendent 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 Le pauvre qui marche en son intégrité, vaut mieux que le pervers [qui marche] par [deux] chemins, encore qu'il soit riche.
It is better to be honest [even] though you are poor than to be dishonest [even] though you are rich.
7 Celui qui garde la Loi est un enfant prudent, mais celui qui entretient les gourmands, 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 son bien par usure et par surcroît, l'assemble pour celui qui en fera des libéralités aux 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 Celui qui détourne son oreille pour ne point écouter la Loi, sa requête elle-même sera une abomination.
If people do not obey [MTY] [God’s] laws, [God] (detests their prayers/considers that their prayers stink).
10 Celui qui fait égarer par un mauvais chemin ceux qui vont droit, tombera dans la fosse qu'il aura faite; mais ceux qui sont intègres hériteront le bien.
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 pense être sage; mais le chétif qui est intelligent, le sondera.
[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 se réjouissent, la gloire est grande, mais quand les méchants sont élevés, chacun se déguise.
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 prospérera point; mais celui qui les confesse, et les délaisse, obtiendra 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 Bienheureux est l'homme qui se donne frayeur continuellement; mais celui qui endurcit son cœur, tombera dans la calamité.
[God] is pleased with those who always revere him, but those who are stubborn [IDM] will experience disasters.
15 Le dominateur méchant sur un peuple pauvre, est un lion rugissant, et comme un ours quêtant sa proie.
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 Le Conducteur qui manque d'intelligence, fait beaucoup d'extorsions; [mais] celui qui hait le gain déshonnête, prolongera 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 L'homme qui fait tort au sang d'une personne, fuira jusqu'en la fosse, sans qu'aucun le retienne.
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 sera sauvé; mais le pervers qui marche par [deux] chemins, tombera tout à coup.
Those who [continually] do what is right will be safe/protected, but those who are dishonest will [suddenly] be ruined.
19 Celui qui laboure sa terre, sera rassasié de pain; mais celui qui suit les fainéants, sera accablé 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 fidèle abondera en bénédictions, mais celui qui se hâte de s'enrichir ne demeurera point 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 à l'apparence des personnes; car pour un morceau de pain, l'homme commettrait un crime.
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'homme qui a l'œil malin se hâte pour avoir des richesses, et il ne sait pas que la disette lui arrivera.
Selfish people [IDM] are very eager to become rich quickly; they do not realize that they will [soon] become poor.
23 Celui qui reprend quelqu'un, sera à la fin plus chéri que celui qui flatte de sa 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 Celui qui pille son père ou sa mère, et qui dit que ce n'est point un péché, est compagnon de l'homme dissipateur.
Anyone who steals things from his father or his mother and says “That is not sinful” is as bad as a bandit.
25 Celui qui a le cœur enflé excite la querelle; mais celui qui s'assure sur l'Eternel, sera engraissé.
Greedy people cause trouble/strife; those who trust in Yahweh will prosper [IDM].
26 Celui qui se confie en son propre cœur, est un fou; mais celui qui marche sagement, sera délivré.
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'aura point de disette; mais celui qui en détourne ses yeux, abondera en 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, l'homme se cache; mais 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.
