Pwovèb 27
1 Pa fè grandizè pou sa ou pral fè denmen. Ou wè jòdi, ou pa konn denmen.
not to boast: boast in/on/with day tomorrow for not to know what? to beget day
2 Kite lòt moun pale byen pou ou. Pa fè sa ou menm. Kite etranje fè lwanj pou ou. Pa janm fè lwanj tèt pa ou.
to boast: praise you be a stranger and not lip your foreign and not lips your
3 Wòch lou, sab lou. Men, yo pa ka pi lou pase yon moun san konprann lè l' fache.
heaviness stone and weight [the] sand and vexation fool(ish) heavy from two their
4 Lè yon moun ankòlè, li kraze brize. Men, ki moun ki ka kenbe tèt ak yon moun k'ap fè jalouzi?
cruel rage and flood face: anger and who? to stand: stand to/for face: before jealousy
5 Pito ou rale zòrèy yon moun kareman pase pou ou kite l' konprann sa li fè a pa anyen.
pleasant argument to reveal: uncover from love to hide
6 Lè yon zanmi ap rale zòrèy ou, se byen ou li vle wè. Men, lè yon lènmi ap pase men l' nan kou ou, se twonpe l'ap twonpe ou.
be faithful wound to love: friend and be abundant kiss to hate
7 Lè vant moun plen, yo refize ata siwo myèl. Lè moun grangou vre, menm bagay anmè gou nan bouch.
soul: person sated to trample honey and soul: person hungry all bitter sweet
8 Yon moun ki lwen lakay li, se tankou yon zwezo ki byen lwen nich li.
like/as bird to wander from nest her so man to wander from place his
9 Losyon ak lwil santi bon bay kè kontan. Konsèy yon bon zanmi remoute kouraj.
oil and incense to rejoice heart and sweetness neighbor his from counsel soul: myself
10 Pa janm bliye zanmi ou, ni zanmi papa ou. Lè zafè ou pa bon, pa al lakay frè ou. Yon bon vwazen pi bon pase yon frè ki lwen.
neighbor your (and neighbor *Q(K)*) father your not to leave: forsake and house: home brother: male-sibling your not to come (in): come in/on/with day calamity your pleasant neighboring near from brother: male-sibling distant
11 Pitit mwen, aprann gen bon konprann. Fè kè m' kontan. Konsa, m'a ka reponn moun k'ap kritike m' yo.
be wise son: child my and to rejoice heart my and to return: reply to taunt me word
12 Moun ki gen konprann, lè li wè malè ap vin sou li, li wete kò l'. Moun sòt pote lestonmak li bay, epi se li ki peye sa.
prudent to see: see distress: harm to hide simple to pass to fine
13 Si yon moun sòt jouk pou li asepte bay pawòl li pou dèt yon etranje, se pou yo sezi ata rad ki sou li jouk lòt la peye.
to take: take garment his for to pledge be a stranger and about/through/for foreign to pledge him
14 Si ou di yon zanmi ou bonjou twò fò granmaten, se tankou si ou te ba li madichon.
to bless neighbor his in/on/with voice great: large in/on/with morning to rise curse to devise: count to/for him
15 Yon fanm ki toujou ap chache kont, se tankou yon goutyè k'ap degoute lè lapli ap tonbe tout lajounen.
dripping to pursue in/on/with day rain and woman: wife (contention *Q(K)*) be like
16 Si ou rive fè l' pe bouch li, w'a kenbe van ak men ou, w'a kenbe lwil ak dwèt ou tou!
to treasure her to treasure spirit: breath and oil right his to encounter: toward
17 Menm jan fè file fè, konsa tou pou moun, yonn aprann nan men lòt.
iron in/on/with iron to sharpen and man: anyone to sharpen face neighbor his
18 Moun ki pran swen yon pye rezen, se li ki va jwenn rezen pou li manje. Moun ki fè travay mèt li byen, y'a gen respè pou li.
to watch fig to eat fruit her and to keep: guard lord his to honor: honour
19 Lè ou gade nan glas, se pwòp figi ou ou wè ladan l'. Konsa tou, lè ou gade nan kè yon moun, ou wè ki moun li ye.
like/as water [the] face to/for face so heart [the] man to/for man
20 Menm jan toujou gen plas pou mò kote mò yo ye a, konsa tou, toujou gen plas pou lanvi nan kè moun. (Sheol h7585)
hell: Sheol (and destruction his *Q(K)*) not to satisfy and eye [the] man not to satisfy (Sheol h7585)
21 Yo pase lò ak ajan nan dife pou wè si yo bon. Konsa tou, dapre jan yo nonmen non yon moun, yo ka di ki moun li ye.
crucible to/for silver: money and furnace to/for gold and man to/for lip praise his
22 Ou te mèt woule yon moun sòt anba baton tankou yo bat pwa, se pa sa k'ap fè l' kite sòt.
if to pound [obj] [the] fool(ish) in/on/with hollow in/on/with midst [the] grain in/on/with pestle not to turn aside: depart from upon him folly his
23 Chache konnen jan tout bèt ou yo ye. Pran swen yo.
to know to know face flock your to set: put heart your to/for flock
24 Richès pa la pou tout tan. Ou ka pa rive pase tout byen ou bay pitit pitit ou.
for not to/for forever: enduring wealth and if: surely yes consecration: crown to/for generation (and generation *Q(K)*)
25 Lè ou koupe zèb, li pouse ankò. Konsa, toujou gen zèb sou mòn yo.
to reveal: remove grass and to see: see grass and to gather vegetation mountain: mount
26 Mouton ou yo ap ba ou lenn pou fè rad met sou ou. Bouk kabrit yo ap rapòte ou lajan pou achte tè pou fè jaden.
lamb to/for clothing your and price land: country goat
27 W'a jwenn kont lèt kabrit pou ou bwè ak fanmi ou ansanm ak moun k'ap sèvi lakay ou.
and sufficiency milk goat to/for food your to/for food house: household your and life to/for maiden your
