Pwovèb 6
1 Pitit mwen, si ou pwomèt pou ou reskonsab dèt yon zanmi ou fè, si ou bay pawòl ou pou lajan yon lòt moun prete,
son: child my if to pledge to/for neighbor your to blow to/for be a stranger palm your
2 si yo pran pawòl ki soti nan bouch ou pou mele ou, si pwomès ou te fè yo tounen yon pèlen pou ou,
to snare in/on/with word lip your to capture in/on/with word lip your
3 ay, pitit mwen! men sa pou ou fè pou ou wete tèt ou nan traka sa a. Kouri al jwenn zanmi ou lan, kenbe l' kout.
to make: do this then son: child my and to rescue for to come (in): come in/on/with palm neighbor your to go: went to stamp and to be assertive neighbor your
4 Pa dòmi sou sa. Pa kite sa trennen.
not to give: give sleep to/for eye your and slumber to/for eyelid your
5 Degaje ou chape kò ou anba men l', tankou kabrit k'ap chape kò l' anba men kaptè, tankou zwazo k'ap bat pou l' sove nan men chasè.
to rescue like/as gazelle from hand and like/as bird from hand fowler
6 Ou menm parese, al pran leson nan men foumi yo. Ale wè jan y'ap viv pou ou manyè konprann lavi.
to go: went to(wards) ant sluggish to see: examine way: conduct her and be wise
7 Yo pa bezwen moun pou di yo sa pou yo fè. Yo pa bezwen moun pou veye yo, ni pou ba yo lòd.
which nothing to/for her chief official and to rule
8 Men, yo pase mwa chalè ap fè pwovizyon. Nan tan rekòt, yo ranmase manje mete la.
to establish: prepare in/on/with summer food: bread her to gather in/on/with harvest food her
9 Parese, kilè w'a sispann pase tout jounen ou kouche sou do? Kilè w'a souke kò ou leve sot nan dòmi?
till how sluggish to lie down: lay down how to arise: rise from sleep your
10 W'ap di: Kite m' fè yon ti dòmi. Kite m' fè yon ti kabicha non. M'ap lonje kò m' pou m' pran yon ti repo.
little sleep little slumber little folding hand to/for to lie down: sleep
11 Antan w'ap dòmi an, san ou pa konnen, se pòv w'ap vin pi pòv. Grangou ap tonbe sou ou tankou yon vòlè nan gran chemen.
and to come (in): come like/as to go: follow poverty your and need your like/as man shield
12 Mechan yo fin deprave. Y'ap mache bay manti toupatou.
man Belial: worthless man evil: wickedness to go: walk crookedness lip: word
13 Y'ap twenzi je yo sou moun, y'ap peze gwo zòtèy yo atè. Y'ap fè siy ak dwèt yo.
to wink (in/on/with eye his *Q(K)*) to rub (in/on/with foot his *Q(K)*) to show in/on/with finger his
14 Se move lide ase ki nan kè yo, yo toujou sou plan. Kote yo pase y'ap pouse dife.
perversity in/on/with heart his to plow/plot bad: evil in/on/with all time (contention *Q(K)*) to send: depart
15 Se poutèt sa, y'ap rete konsa y'ap fini, y'ap glise tonbe san yo p'ap ka leve ankò.
upon so suddenly to come (in): come calamity his suddenness to break and nothing healing
16 Gen sis bagay Seyè a pa vle wè. Sa m'ap di la a: Gen menm sèt bagay li pa ka sipòte:
six they(fem.) to hate LORD and seven (abomination *Q(K)*) soul: myself his
17 Se moun k'ap gonfle lestonmak yo sou moun, se moun k'ap bay manti, se moun k'ap touye moun inonsan,
eye to exalt tongue deception and hand to pour: kill blood innocent
18 se moun k'ap fè move lide nan tèt yo pou fè mechanste, se moun ki toujou pare pou fè sa ki mal,
heart to plow/plot plot evil: wickedness foot to hasten to/for to run: run to/for distress: evil
19 se fo temwen k'ap bay manti sou moun, se moun k'ap mete frè ak zanmi dozado.
to breathe lie witness deception and to send: depart strife between brother: male-sibling
20 Pitit mwen, toujou fè sa papa ou di ou fè. Pa janm bliye sa manman ou te moutre ou.
to watch son: child my commandment father your and not to leave instruction mother your
21 Kenbe pawòl yo nan kè ou, pa janm bliye yo. Mete yo nan kou ou tankou yon kolye.
to conspire them upon heart your continually to bind them upon neck your
22 Pawòl sa yo va moutre ou bon chemen nan tou sa w'ap fè. Y'ap pwoteje ou lè w'ap dòmi lannwit. Y'a ba ou konsèy lè je ou klè.
in/on/with to go: walk you to lead [obj] you in/on/with to lie down: lay down you to keep: guard upon you and to awake he/she/it to muse you
23 Pawòl sa yo ap tankou yon lanp pou ou. Sa yo moutre ou ap tankou yon limyè nan lavi ou. Lè y'ap korije ou, lè y'ap rale zòrèy ou, se moutre y'ap moutre ou chemen lavi.
for lamp commandment and instruction light and way: conduct life argument discipline
24 Y'ap fè ou rete lwen fanm k'ap twonpe mari yo, pou ou pa pran nan pawòl dous madan marye ki nan dezòd.
to/for to keep: guard you from woman bad: evil from smoothness tongue foreign
25 Yo te mèt bèl kou yo bèl, pa kite yo pran tèt ou. Pa kite yo pran tèt ou lè y'ap fè je dou ba ou.
not to desire beauty her in/on/with heart your and not to take: take you in/on/with eyelid her
26 Yon jennès ka koute yon kraze kòb. Men, yon fanm adiltè dèyè pou l' pran tou sa ou genyen.
for about/through/for woman to fornicate till talent food: bread and woman man: husband soul: life precious to hunt
27 Ou pa ka sere dife anndan rad sou ou pou rad la pa boule.
to snatch up man fire in/on/with bosom: lap his and garment his not to burn
28 Ou pa ka mache sou chabon dife pou pye ou pa boule.
if to go: walk man upon [the] coal and foot his not to burn
29 Konsa tou, se yon gwo danje pou ou kouri dèyè fanm yon lòt gason. Depi ou manyen yon fanm konsa, ou gen pou ou peye pou sa.
so [the] to come (in): come to(wards) woman: wife neighbor his not to clear all [the] to touch in/on/with her
30 Menm lè yon vòlò vòlò paske li grangou, se pa sa ki di li pa vòlò pou sa.
not to despise to/for thief for to steal to/for to fill soul: appetite his for be hungry
31 Si yo bare l', y'ap fè l' peye sèt fwa lavalè sa l' pran an. Y'a fè l' bay tou sa li gen lakay li.
and to find to complete sevenfold [obj] all substance house: home his to give: give
32 Men, yon nonm ki fè adiltè, se moun fou li ye, se detwi l'ap detwi tèt li.
to commit adultery woman lacking heart to ruin soul: myself his he/she/it to make: do her
33 L'ap pran baton. Y'ap pase l' anba kont betiz, l'ap toujou wont pou sa l' fè a.
plague and dishonor to find and reproach his not to wipe
34 Lè yon mari ap fè jalouzi pou madanm li, nanpwen move tankou l'. Jou li mete men sou nèg la, pa gen anyen li p'ap fè l'.
for jealousy rage great man and not to spare in/on/with day vengeance
35 Li p'ap asepte lajan. Nanpwen kado ki pou fè l' bliye sa.
not to lift: kindness face: kindness all ransom and not be willing for to multiply bribe
