1 Atesalonika 4
1 Potsiriza, abale, tinakulangizani kale momwe mukuyenera kukhalira kuti mukondweretse Mulungu, monga momwe mukukhaliramo. Tsopano tikukupemphani ndi kukulimbikitsani mwa Ambuye Yesu kuti muchite zimenezi koposa kale.
Finally, brothers, we encourage and exhort you in the Lord Jesus. As you received instructions from us about how you must walk and please God, also in this way walk, so that you do so even more.
2 Inu mukudziwa malangizo amene tinakupatsani mwa ulamuliro wa Ambuye Yesu.
For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
3 Ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu kuti muyeretsedwe: kuti mupewe dama;
For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that you avoid sexual immorality,
4 aliyense wa inu aphunzire kulamulira thupi lake mʼnjira yoyera ndi yaulemu,
that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in holiness and honor,
5 osati yotsata chilakolako chonyansa monga amachitira akunja, amene sadziwa Mulungu.
not in the passion of lust (as the Gentiles who do not know God).
6 Pa zimenezi munthu asachimwire mʼbale wake kapena kumuonerera. Ambuye adzalanga anthu onse amene amachita machimo amenewa, monga tinakuwuzani kale ndi kukuchenjezani.
Let no man transgress and wrong his brother in this matter. For the Lord is an avenger in all these things, just as we forewarned you and testified.
7 Pakuti Mulungu sanatiyitane kuti tizichita zonyansa, koma kuti tikhale oyera mtima.
For God did not call us to uncleanness, but to holiness.
8 Choncho, aliyense amene akukana malangizo awa sakukana munthu koma Mulungu, Mulungu weniweniyo amene amakupatsani Mzimu Woyera.
Therefore, he who rejects this rejects not people, but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
9 Tsono kunena za kukondana wina ndi mnzake, nʼkosafunikira kuti tikulembereni, popeza ndi Mulungu amene anakuphunzitsani za kukondana wina ndi mnzake.
Regarding brotherly love, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.
10 Ndipo kunena zoona, mumakonda abale onse a mʼbanja la Mulungu a ku Makedoniya. Komabe, abale tikukulimbikitsani kuti muzichita zimenezi koposa kale.
Indeed, you do this for all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, to do this even more.
11 Yesetsani kuti mukhale moyo wofatsa. Aliyense asamale ntchito yakeyake ndi kugwira ntchito ndi manja ake.
We also exhort you to aspire to live quietly, take care of your own responsibilities, and work with your hands, just as we commanded you,
12 Mukatero akunja adzalemekeza makhalidwe anu a tsiku ndi tsiku, ndi kuti inuyo mukhale osadalira wina aliyense.
so that you may walk properly before outsiders and not be in any need.
13 Abale, ife sitikufuna mukhale osadziwa za amene akugona, kapena kumva chisoni ngati anthu ena opanda chiyembekezo.
We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who sleep, so that you do not grieve like the rest who do not have hope.
14 Ife timakhulupirira kuti Yesu anamwalira naukanso. Moteronso timakhulupirira kuti amene anamwalira ali mwa Yesu, Mulungu adzawaukitsa nʼkubwera nawo pamodzi ndi Yesuyo.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.
15 Molingana ndi mawu a Ambuye mwini, tikukuwuzani kuti, ife amene tikanali ndi moyo, otsala mpaka kubwera kwa Ambuye, sitidzawasiya kumbuyo amene anagona kale.
For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left at the coming of the Lord, will surely not go before those who have fallen asleep.
16 Pakuti Ambuye mwini adzatsika kuchokera kumwamba, ndi mfuwu waulamuliro, ndi liwu la mngelo wamkulu, ndi kulira kwa lipenga la Mulungu, ndipo akufa amene ali mwa Yesu adzauka poyamba.
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven. He will come with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
17 Kenaka, ife amene tili ndi moyo, otsalafe, tidzakwatulidwa pamodzi ndi iwo mʼmitambo kukakumana ndi Ambuye mlengalenga. Tsono ife tidzakhala ndi Ambuye mpaka muyaya.
Then we who are alive, who are left, will together with them be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. In this way we will always be with the Lord.
18 Nʼchifukwa chake tsono muzilimbikitsana ndi mawu amenewa.
Therefore, comfort one another with these words.
