Pwovèb 1
1 Men pwovèb Salomon, pitit David la, ki te wa peyi Izrayèl.
Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
2 Pwovèb sa yo la pou fè moun konnen sa ki rele gen sajès ak bon levasyon, pou yo konprann lè moun lespri ap pale ak yo.
For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence,
3 Pwovèb sa yo la tou pou moutre moun jan pou yo viv avèk konprann, pou yo gen bon kondit, pou yo pa fè lenjistis, pou yo mache dwat nan lavi.
For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,
4 Y'ap louvri lespri moun ki manke konprann, y'ap bay jenn gason yo konesans ak konprann.
For giving to simple ones — prudence, To a youth — knowledge and discretion.
5 Se pou moun ki gen konesans koute sa ki nan pwovèb yo, pou yo ka mete sou sa yo konnen deja. Se pou moun ki gen lespri koute sa ki nan pwovèb yo, pou yo ka konnen ki jan pou yo mennen bak yo pi byen,
(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)
6 konsa, y'a ka konprann sans tout pwovèb ak tout parabòl, sans tout pawòl k'ap soti nan bouch moun ki gen bon konprann yo ak koze tout moun pa ka konprann.
For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.
7 Lè ou gen krentif pou Bondye, se lè sa a ou konmanse gen konesans. Moun fou pa konn valè sa yo rele gen konesans, yo refize aprann.
Fear of Jehovah [is] a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!
8 Pitit mwen, koute papa ou non lè l'ap ba ou bon levasyon! Pa janm bliye sa manman ou te moutre ou!
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,
9 Menm jan bèl foula mare nan tèt ak kolye pase nan kou bay pi bèl aparans, konsa tou konsèy papa ou ak manman ou ap fè anpil pou ou.
For a graceful wreath [are] they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.
10 Pitit mwen, lè moun k'ap fè sa ki mal vle detounen ou, pa kite yo pran tèt ou.
My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.
11 Si yo di ou: Vini ak nou non! Ann anbiske kò nou pou n' touye moun. Ann pare pèlen pou nou pran inonsan yo, san yo pa gen anyen ak nou.
If they say, 'Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,
12 Ann vale yo tou vivan, tankou simityè ki pa janm refize mò. Ann vale yo tout ankè tankou kadav y'ap antere. (Sheol h7585)
We swallow them as Sheol — alive, And whole — as those going down [to] the pit, (Sheol h7585)
13 N'a jwenn tout kalite gwo richès, n'a plen kay nou ak tout bagay n'a pran.
Every precious substance we find, We fill our houses [with] spoil,
14 W'a jwenn pa ou nan tou sa n'a pran. Va gen yon sèl kès pou nou tout.
Thy lot thou dost cast among us, One purse is — to all of us.'
15 Pitit mwen, pa mache avèk moun konsa! Pa mete pye ou kote moun sa yo pase!
My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,
16 Yo toujou dèyè pou fè sa ki mal. Pou ti krik ti krak, yo mete san deyò.
For their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed blood.
17 Kisa ou konprann ou fè lè ou kite zwezo wè ou ap tann pèlen pou li?
Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.
18 Se konsa moun sa yo pran nan pèlen yo menm yo pare a. Yo tonbe nan pyèj yo mete a, yo mouri.
And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.
19 Nan chache genyen sa ki pa pou ou, se ou ki lakòz malè rive ou. Se sa menm ki pou rive tout moun ki pa wè pase vòlò.
So [are] the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.
20 Koute byen. Sajès ap rele nan lari, l'ap pale byen fò sou plas piblik.
Wisdom in an out-place crieth aloud, In broad places she giveth forth her voice,
21 L'ap rele nan tout kalfou, nan pòtay lavil yo, toupatou kote tout moun ka tande.
At the head of the multitudes she calleth, In the openings of the gates, In the city her sayings she saith:
22 L'ap di: Bann egare! Kilè n'a sispann renmen fè tenten? Kilè n'a sispann pran plezi nou nan pase tout bagay nan betiz? Kilè moun fou yo va soti pou yo aprann?
'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?
23 Se pou n' koute m' lè m'ap rale zòrèy nou. M'ap di nou tou sa ki nan tèt mwen, m'ap fè nou konnen tou sa m' konnen.
Turn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you.
24 Ki jan nou ye konsa? Mwen rele nou, nou fè tankou nou pa tande m'. Mwen lonje men ban nou, nou fè tankou nou pa wè m'.
Because I have called, and ye refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,
25 Anhan! Se konsa sa ye? Nou voye tout konsèy mwen te ban nou yo jete byen lwen nou. Nou refize kite m' korije nou.
And ye slight all my counsel, And my reproof ye have not desired.
26 Konsa, lè n'a nan ka, m'a ri nou. Lè malè va fè nou tranble, m'a pase nou nan rizib.
I also in your calamity do laugh, I deride when your fear cometh,
27 Lè malè va tonbe sou nou tankou yon van siklòn, lè tray va pase sou nou tankou yon toubouyon, lè lapenn ak kè sere va pran nou,
When your fear cometh as destruction, And your calamity as a hurricane doth come, When on you come adversity and distress.
28 le sa a, n'a rele m', mwen menm yo rele sajès, men mwen p'ap reponn nou. N'a mache chache m' toupatou, men nou p'ap jwenn mwen.
Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not.
29 Nou pa t' vle wè konesans, nou te toujou refize gen krentif pou Bondye.
Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.
30 Nou pa t' janm vle koute konsèy m' t'ap ban nou, nou te toujou derefize koute m' lè m' t'ap korije nou.
They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,
31 Se pou nou rekòlte sa nou te simen an. Se pou nou sibi konsekans vye konsèy nou t'ap swiv yo.
And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.
32 Moun ki san esperyans yo mouri paske yo refize aprann. Bann moun fou yo menm, yo pa pran anyen pou anyen, se sa k'ap pèdi yo tou.
For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.
33 Men, moun ki koute sa m' di yo jwenn lasirans, y'a viv ak kè poze, yo p'ap bezwen pè anyen.
And whoso is hearkening to me dwelleth confidently, And [is] quiet from fear of evil!'
