Proverbs 13
1 Children who are wise (pay attention/heed it) when their parents discipline/correct them; but foolish children do not pay attention when someone rebukes them [for their bad behavior].
L’Enfant sage suit la morale de son père; mais le libertin n’écoute aucun reproche.
2 Good people are rewarded [IDM] for the good things [MET] that they say, but those who desire to deceive others are [very] eager to act violently.
L’Homme doit à l’usage de la parole le bien dont il jouit; les gens violents ne rêvent que violence.
3 Those who are [very] careful about what they say [MTY] will live a long life; those who talk (without thinking/too much) will ruin themselves.
Mettre un frein à sa bouche, c’est sauvegarder sa personne; ouvrir largement ses lèvres, c’est préparer sa ruine.
4 People who are lazy want things very much, but they will not get anything [HYP]. People who work hard will get all that they want.
Le paresseux a l’âme remplie de désirs et n’arrive à rien; l’âme des gens actifs nage dans l’abondance.
5 Righteous/Honest people hate/detest lies, but what wicked people do (is very disgraceful/stinks) [DOU].
Le juste hait tout ce qui est mensonge; le méchant prodigue avanies et affronts.
6 The behavior [PRS] of those who always do what is right will protect them, but sinful [behavior will] ruin wicked people.
La vertu protège celui qui marche intègre la méchanceté perd les malfaiteurs.
7 Some people who have nothing pretend to be rich, but other people who are very rich pretend to be poor.
Tel fait le riche et n’a rien, tel fait le pauvre et possède une grande fortune.
8 Rich people are able to pay people who want to kill them, [with the result that they will be protected, not killed], but poor people [do not have to worry about that because] no one threatens to kill them.
La richesse peut servir à l’homme à racheter sa vie, mais le pauvre est inaccessible à la menace.
9 Righteous [people] are like a lamp [MET] that shines brightly, but wicked [people] are like [MET] a lamp that will [soon] be extinguished.
La lumière des justes répand une joyeuse clarté; la lampe des méchants est fumeuse.
10 [People] who are arrogant/proud [always] cause strife; those who are wise ask [other people] for good advice.
Rien de tel que l’arrogance pour engendrer des querelles; la sagesse est avec ceux qui se laissent conseiller.
11 Those who acquire a lot of money quickly [by doing what is wrong, probably] will lose it [quickly], but if people earn money slowly, the amount of money they have will increase.
La richesse venue comme par un souffle va en diminuant; qui amasse poignée par poignée la voit s’augmenter.
12 When people do not receive the things that they are expecting to receive, (it causes them to despair/they become very sad); but if you receive what you are desiring to get, that [will be like a tree] [MET] [whose fruit gives you] life (OR, that will cause you to be joyful).
Une espérance qui traîne en longueur est un crève-cœur; un désir satisfait est un arbre de vie.
13 Those who despise [the good] advice [that others give them] are bringing ruin on themselves; those who pay attention to that advice will (be secure/succeed).
Qui dédaigne un ordre en éprouve du dommage; qui respecte un commandement en est récompensé.
14 What wise [people] teach is [like] a fountain whose [water] gives life [MET]; what they teach you will help you to escape when something dangerous is threatening to kill you [MET].
L’Enseignement du sage est une source de vie: il éloigne des pièges de la mort.
15 [People] respect those who have good sense, but those who cannot be trusted are on the road to being ruined/destroyed (OR, will have a lot of difficulties/troubles).
Un esprit bienveillant procure la sympathie; mais la voie des perfides est invariablement stérile.
16 Those who have good sense always think carefully/wisely before they do something; foolish people show [by what they say and do] that they are foolish.
Tout homme avisé agit avec réflexion; le sot donne libre cours à sa folie.
17 Messengers who are not reliable cause trouble, but those who faithfully [deliver their messages] cause people to act peacefully.
Un mandataire pervers tombe dans le malheur, le messager consciencieux est un bienfait.
18 Those who refuse to pay attention when others discipline/correct them will become poor and disgraced; [people] respect those who accept it when they are rebuked [for their bad behavior].
Qui abandonne la morale ne rencontre que misère et honte; qui tient compte des remontrances est honoré.
19 It is delightful to receive what we desire; foolish people hate/refuse to turn away from doing evil.
Un désir qui se réalise est une joie pour l’âme; s’abstenir du mal fait horreur aux sots.
20 Those who habitually associate with wise people become wise; those who (are close friends of/associate with) foolish people will (regret it/be ruined).
Frayer avec les sages, c’est devenir sage; fréquenter les sots, c’est devenir mauvais.
21 Sinners have trouble [PRS] wherever they go, but things will go well for righteous [people].
Le mal poursuit les pécheurs; le bien est la récompense des justes.
22 When good people [die], their grandchildren inherit their money; but when sinners [die], the money that they had will end up in the hands of righteous [people].
L’Homme de bien transmet son héritage aux enfants de ses enfants, mais la richesse du pécheur est réservée au juste.
23 [Sometimes] poor [people’s] fields produce plenty of food, but unjust people take away all that food.
Le champ bien cultivé du pauvre donne des vivres abondants; il en est qui se perdent par l’absence de toute règle.
24 Those who do not punish their children [for bad behavior] do not [really] love them; those who love their children start to discipline them when the children are still young.
Ménager les coups de verge, c’est haïr son enfant; mais avoir soin de le corriger, c’est l’aimer.
25 Righteous [people] have enough food to eat and be satisfied, but the stomachs of wicked [people] [SYN] are [always] empty.
Le juste mange pour apaiser sa faim; mais le ventre des méchants n’en a jamais assez.
