Proverbes 6
1 Mon fils, si tu t’es rendu garant pour ton ami, et que tu aies engagé à un étranger ta main,
My son, if someone has borrowed money from a friend or a stranger, and if you have promised that you will pay the money back if that person is unable to pay back the money he borrowed,
2 Tu t’es enlacé par les paroles de ta bouche, et tu as été pris par tes propres discours.
you may be trapped by what you have agreed to do, [because if the one who borrowed the money is not able to pay it back, you will have to pay it]. What you have said that you will do will be like a snare to you.
3 Fais donc ce que je dis, mon fils, délivre-toi toi-même, parce que tu es tombé dans la main de ton prochain. Cours de tous côtés, hâte-toi, réveille ton ami;
So, my son, I will tell you what you should do to escape from your difficulty, so that the moneylender does not get control over your [wealth: ] Humbly go to your friend and plead with him [to cancel the agreement]!
4 N’accorde point de sommeil à tes yeux, et que tes paupières ne s’assoupissent point.
Do not wait until tomorrow; [go immediately]! Do not rest until you [go and talk with him].
5 Dégage-toi, comme un petit daim qui échappe de la main, et comme un oiseau qui fuit de la main d’un oiseleur.
Save yourself, like a deer that escapes from a deer hunter [or] like a bird that flees from a bird hunter.
6 Va à la fourmi, ô paresseux, et considère ses voies, et apprends la sagesse;
You lazy individual, learn something from [watching] the ants. Become wise from observing what they do.
7 La fourmi, quoiqu’elle n’ait ni chef, ni maître, ni prince,
They do not have a king or a governor or any [other] person who rules them [and forces them to work],
8 Prépare dans l’été sa nourriture, et rassemble durant la moisson ce qu’elle doit manger.
[but] they work hard [all] during the summer, gathering and storing food to eat during the winter.
9 Jusqu’à quand, paresseux, dormiras-tu? quand sortiras-tu de ton sommeil?
[But], you lazy loafer, how long will you [continue to] sleep [RHQ]? Are you never going to get up from sleeping [and go to work]?
10 Tu dormiras un peu, tu sommeilleras un peu, tu mettras un peu les mains l’une dans l’autre, afin que tu dormes:
You sleep a for a little time; [you say, “I will take] just a short nap.” You lie down and fold/lay your hands [across your chest] and rest;
11 Et viendra à toi, comme un coureur de chemin, la détresse; et la pauvreté comme un homme armé. Mais si tu es actif, viendra ta moisson comme une source abondante, et la détresse fuira loin de toi.
and suddenly you will become poor. It will be as though a bandit suddenly comes and takes all that you have.
12 Un homme apostat, homme inutile, va tenant des discours pervers,
[I will describe for you what] worthless and evil people [are like]. They constantly lie;
13 Fait signe des yeux, frappe du pied, parle avec un doigt,
by winking their eyes and moving their feet and making signs with their fingers, they signal [to their friends what they are intending/planning to do].
14 Avec un cœur dépravé il machine le mal, et en tout temps il sème des querelles;
They plan to do evil things. They constantly cause strife/trouble.
15 En un moment lui viendra sa perte, et soudain il sera brisé, et il n’aura plus de remède.
But disasters will hit them suddenly; they will be crushed/ruined and nothing will be able to heal them.
16 Il y a six choses que hait le Seigneur, et la septième, son âme la déteste:
There are six, [maybe] seven, kinds of people that Yahweh hates. [They are]:
17 Des yeux altiers, une langue menteuse, des mains versant un sang innocent,
People who show by their eyes that they are very proud; people who lie [MTY]; people [SYN] who kill others [SYN] who have done nothing wrong;
18 Un cœur formant des pensées très mauvaises, des pieds prompts à courir au mal,
people who plan to do evil deeds; people [SYN] who run quickly to do wrong things;
19 Un témoin fallacieux proférant des mensonges, et celui qui, entre des frères, sème des discordes.
people who easily tell lies in court; and people who cause strife between family members.
20 Conserve, mon fils, les préceptes de ton père, et ne rejette pas la loi de ta mère.
My son, obey my commands, and do not ignore what your mother has taught you.
21 Lie-les dans ton cœur continuellement, et mets-les autour de ton cou.
Remember the things that we have said. Those things should be [like a beautiful necklace] around your neck.
22 Lorsque tu vas et viens, qu’ils marchent avec toi: lorsque tu dors, qu’ils te gardent, et te réveillant, parle avec eux;
[If you follow our advice, it will be as though] what we have taught you [PRS] will lead you, wherever you go. When you sleep, they will protect you. And when you wake up in the morning, they will teach/instruct you.
23 Parce qu’un commandement est un flambeau, et la loi, une lumière, et que c’est la voie de la vie qu’une remontrance de discipline;
These commands and what we teach you [will be like] a lamp to light your path [MET]. When we rebuke you and correct/punish you, we will be showing you the road to having [a good] life.
24 Afin qu’ils te préservent d’une femme corrompue et de la langue flatteuse d’une étrangère.
Heeding [PRS] these commands and things that we have taught you will enable you to keep away from immoral women and from [listening to] the enticing words of an adulterous woman.
25 Que ton cœur ne se passionne point pour sa beauté; et ne sois point pris par les signes de ses yeux;
[Even] if such a woman is beautiful and has lovely eyes, do not desire to go with her. Do not let her persuade you to go with her (with her eyes/by the way she looks at you).
26 Car le prix d’une prostituée est à peine d’un pain seul; mais une femme ravit l’âme précieuse d’un homme.
[Do not forget that] you can hire a prostitute for only a loaf of bread, but [if you sleep with] another man’s wife, (it may cost you/you may lose) your life.
27 Est-ce qu’un homme peut cacher du feu dans son sein, sans que ses vêtements s’embrasent?
Can you carry hot coals in your pocket and not be burned [RHQ]?
28 Ou marcher sur des charbons ardents, sans que soient brûlées les plantes de ses pieds?
Can you walk on burning coals and not scorch/burn your feet?
29 Ainsi celui qui s’approche de la femme de son prochain ne sera pas pur lorsqu’il l’aura touchée.
[No]! And in the same way, anyone who (sleeps with/has sex with) another man’s wife will [suffer for doing that]. [He will certainly] [LIT] be punished severely.
30 Ce n’est pas une grande faute, lorsque quelqu’un dérobe afin de remplir son âme affamée;
We do not despise a thief if he steals some food because he is very hungry.
31 Pris, il rendra même le septuple, et il livrera tout ce qu’il a dans sa maison.
But [if he steals something and then] is caught [by the police], he will have to pay back (seven times as much as/much more than) he stole. He may need to sell everything that is in his house [to get enough money to pay it back].
32 Mais celui qui est adultère, à cause de son manque de cœur, perdra son âme;
[But] a man who commits adultery with some woman is very foolish, [because] he is destroying his own self/soul [by what he is doing].
33 Il rassemble sur lui la turpitude et l’ignominie, et son opprobre ne sera pas effacé;
[That woman’s husband] will wound him badly, and [other people] will despise him. His shame will never end.
34 Parce que la jalousie et la fureur du mari ne pardonneront pas au jour de la vengeance,
Because that woman’s husband will (be jealous/not want anyone else to sleep with her), he will become furious, and when he gets revenge, he will not act mercifully [toward the man who slept with his wife].
35 Et il n’acquiescera aux prières de personne, et il ne recevra pas pour satisfaction les dons les plus nombreux.
And he will not accept any bribe/money, even if it is a big bribe, to (appease him/cause him to stop being angry).
