1 Tesalonica 4
1 Sa katapusan, mga igsoon, gidasig ug giawhag kamo namo diha sa Ginoong Jesus, nga sama sa inyong pagdawat sa mga katudloan gikan kanamo mahitungod sa pagkinabuhi ninyo ug pagpahalipay sa Dios, sama sa inyo nang gibuhat—mas buhaton pa unta ninyo kini.
Now, my fellow believers, [I want to write] about some other matters. Because we all have a close relationship with the Lord Jesus, we(exc) strongly urge you [DOU] to live in a way that pleases God. We taught you to do that, and you know that we lived that way as a result of what the Lord Jesus [told us]. We know that you are conducting your lives that way, but [we strongly urge] that you do that even more.
2 Kay nakahibalo kamo sa katudloan nga among gihatag kaninyo pinaagi sa Ginoong Jesus.
3 Mao kini ang kabubut-on sa Dios, nga magpakabalaan kamo—diin nga likayan ninyo ang lawasnong imoralidad,
God wants you to live pure lives that will show that you completely belong to him. He wants you to avoid doing any sexually immoral acts (OR, avoid being sexually immoral in any way).
4 aron matag usa kaninyo makahibalo kung unsaon pagpakighiusa sa iyang kaugalingong asawa sa pagkabalaan ug pagtahod,
[That is, he wants] each one of you to know how to control your own sexual desires [EUP]. He wants you to live pure lives that all people will see as good.
5 dili sa lawasnon nga mga pagbati (sama sa mga Gentil nga wala kaila sa Dios),
You must not lustfully desire [to do] immoral acts as unbelievers [MTY] [do] who do not obey God.
6 ug aron walay tawo nga makalapas ug makabuhat ug sayop sa iyang igsoon mahitungod niini nga butang, tungod kay ang Ginoo ang mobalos sa tanan aning mga butanga, sama sa among gipahimangno ug gisaksi kaninyo.
[God wants each one of you to control your sexual desires, in order that] no one of you sin against your fellow believer and take advantage of him or her by doing things like that. Remember that we strongly warned you previously [DOU] that the Lord [Jesus] will punish all [people who do] sexually immoral acts.
7 Kay wala kita gitawag sa Dios sa kahugaw, apan ngadto sa pagkabalaan.
When God chose us [believers], he did not want us to [be people who] behave in a sexually immoral way. On the contrary, [he wants us] to be [people who] behave in a morally pure way.
8 Busa, ang mosalikway niini wala nagsalikway sa tawo, kondili sa Dios, nga naghatag sa iyang Balaang Espiritu kaninyo.
So I warn you that those who disregard [this teaching] of mine [are] not just disregarding me. On the contrary, [they are disregarding] God, [because God commanded it. Remember that] God sent his Spirit, who is holy, [to live] in you!
9 Bahin sa paghigugma nga inigsoonay dili na kinahanglan nga aduna pay mosulat kaninyo, kay kamo mismo gitudluan sa Dios nga maghigugmaay sa usa'g usa.
[I want to urge you] again [that you should] love [your] fellow believers [MET]. You do not really need that [anyone] write to you about that, because God has already taught you [how] to love each other,
10 Gani, gibuhat na ninyo kini sa tanang mga kaigsoonan sa tibuok Masedonia, apan gi-awhag kamo namo, mga igsoon, nga mas buhaton pa ninyo kini.
and because you already are [showing that you love] your fellow believers [HYP] [who live] in other places [in your province] of Macedonia. Nevertheless, my fellow believers, we urge you to [love each other] even more.
11 Giawhag sad kamo namo nga maningkamot kamo nga maghinilum, dili manghilabot sa uban, ug magkinabuhi sa inyong kaugalingonh mga kamot, sama sa among gisugo ninyo.
[We urge you] also to eagerly strive/try to mind your own affairs and to not meddle/interfere with the affairs of others. We urge you also to work at your own occupations/jobs [to earn what you need to live]. Remember that we taught you previously to live like that.
12 Buhata kini aron magmaayo ang inyong pamatasan nga adunay respito sa mga wala pa sa pagtuo, ug aron wala kamoy kinahanglanon.
If you do these things, unbelievers will acknowledge/see that you behave decently/properly, and you will not have to depend on others [to] ([supply/give to you]) [what you need].
13 Dili namo buot nga masayop kamo sa pagsabot, mga igsoon, mahitungod sa mga nangatulog, aron dili kamo maguol pag-ayo sama sa uban nga walay kasigurohan sa kaugmaon.
My fellow believers, we also want you to understand well [LIT] [what will happen] to our fellow believers [who now] are dead [EUP]. [You must not be/do like] the unbelievers. They [grieve deeply for people who die because] they do not confidently expect [people to live again after they die].
14 Kay kung mituo kita nga si Jesus namatay ug nabanhaw, mao sad nga ang Dios ikuyog niya kang Jesus kadtong diha kaniya nga mga nakatulog.
We [believers] know that it is true that Jesus died and that he came back [to life] again. So [we also know well that] when Jesus returns, God [will cause] those [believers] who died [EUP] [to live again] and to come with [Jesus].
15 Kay kini gisulti namo pinaagi sa pulong sa Ginoo, nga kitang mga buhi, mga nahabilin inig balik sa Ginoo, sigurado nga dili kita mag-una sa mga nakatulog.
[I write this] because the Lord [Jesus] revealed [to me] what I am now telling you. [Some of you may think that] when the Lord [Jesus] comes back, he will consider that we [believers] who are still living will be superior to those [believers] who have died [EUP], because [we will meet Jesus first. That is certainly not true]!
16 Tungod kay ang Ginoo mismo monaog gikan sa langit, nga adunay magsinggit, nga adunay tingog sa arkanghel, ug adunay trumpeta sa Dios, ug ang mga patay diha kang Cristo mouna sa pagkabanhaw.
It is the Lord [Jesus] himself who will descend from heaven. [When he comes down, he] will command all of [us believers to rise from their graves]. The chief angel will shout [loudly], and [another angel] will blow a trumpet for God. Then (OR, As a result), the first thing that will happen is that the people who [trusted] in Christ before they died will live again.
17 Unya kitang mga buhi, nga mga nahabilin, modungan kanila nga isaka sa mga panganod aron tagbuon ang Ginoo sa langit, ug unya kita kanunay nang uban sa Ginoo.
After that, [God] will powerfully take up into the clouds all of us [believers] who are still living [on this earth]. [He will take us] and those [other believers who have died], in order that [we all] might together meet/welcome the Lord [Jesus] in the sky. As a result of that, we [all] will be with him forever.
18 Busa, hupaya ninyo ang usa'g usa niini nga mga pulong.
Because [all this is true], encourage/comfort each other by reminding each other of this teaching.
