Proverbs 26
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Proverbes 26
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| Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish. | Comme la neige en été, et la pluie pendant la moisson, Ainsi la gloire ne convient pas à un insensé. |
| As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause. | Comme l`oiseau s`échappe, comme l`hirondelle s`envole, Ainsi la malédiction sans cause n`a point d`effet. |
| A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish. | Le fouet est pour le cheval, le mors pour l`âne, Et la verge pour le dos des insensés. |
| Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him. | Ne réponds pas à l`insensé selon sa folie, De peur que tu ne lui ressembles toi-même. |
| Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself. | Réponds à l`insensé selon sa folie, Afin qu`il ne se regarde pas comme sage. |
| He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage. | Il se coupe les pieds, il boit l`injustice, Celui qui donne des messages à un insensé. |
| The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish. | Comme les jambes du boiteux sont faibles, Ainsi est une sentence dans la bouche des insensés. |
| Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord. | C`est attacher une pierre à la fronde, Que d`accorder des honneurs à un insensé. |
| Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man. | Comme une épine qui se dresse dans la main d`un homme ivre, Ainsi est une sentence dans la bouche des insensés. |
| Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink. | Comme un archer qui blesse tout le monde, Ainsi est celui qui prend à gage les insensés et les premiers venus. |
| Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again. | Comme un chien qui retourne à ce qu`il a vomi, Ainsi est un insensé qui revient à sa folie. |
| Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him. | Si tu vois un homme qui se croit sage, Il y a plus à espérer d`un insensé que de lui. |
| The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. | Le paresseux dit: Il y a un lion sur le chemin, Il y a un lion dans les rues! |
| A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed. | La porte tourne sur ses gonds, Et le paresseux sur son lit. |
| The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him. | Le paresseux plonge sa main dans le plat, Et il trouve pénible de la ramener à sa bouche. |
| The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense. | Le paresseux se croit plus sage Que sept hommes qui répondent avec bon sens. |
| He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by. | Comme celui qui saisit un chien par les oreilles, Ainsi est un passant qui s`irrite pour une querelle où il n`a que faire. |
| As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death, | Comme un furieux qui lance des flammes, Des flèches et la mort, |
| So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport? | Ainsi est un homme qui trompe son prochain, Et qui dit: N`était-ce pas pour plaisanter? |
| Without wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no secret talk, argument is ended. | Faute de bois, le feu s`éteint; Et quand il n`y a point de rapporteur, la querelle s`apaise. |
| Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started. | Le charbon produit un brasier, et le bois du feu; Ainsi un homme querelleur échauffe une dispute. |
| The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach. | Les paroles du rapporteur sont comme des friandises, Elles descendent jusqu`au fond des entrailles. |
| Smooth lips and an evil heart are like a vessel of earth plated with silver waste. | Comme des scories d`argent appliquées sur un vase de terre, Ainsi sont des lèvres brûlantes et un coeur mauvais. |
| With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him; | Par ses lèvres celui qui hait se déguise, Et il met au dedans de lui la tromperie. |
| When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils: | Lorsqu`il prend une voix douce, ne le crois pas, Car il y a sept abominations dans son coeur. |
| Though his hate is covered with deceit, his sin will be seen openly before the meeting of the people. | S`il cache sa haine sous la dissimulation, Sa méchanceté se révélera dans l`assemblée. |
| He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again. | Celui qui creuse une fosse y tombe, Et la pierre revient sur celui qui la roule. |
| A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling. | La langue fausse hait ceux qu`elle écrase, Et la bouche flatteuse prépare la ruine. |
