1 Thessalonians 4
1 Finally, then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you, by our Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to walk and please God, you would abound more and more.
Pakupwililisha mobanse, mwalaiya kupitila mubwikalo bwetu mbuli ncomwela kwikala kwambeti mukondweleshe Lesa. Nomba ubu ebwikalo mbomwayandikanga kuba nabo, neco tulamusengenga muli lya Mwami Yesu kwambeti mweleshe kwinsa cangofu kupita ncemwalikwinsa.
2 For you know what commandments we gave you by our Lord Jesus.
Pakwinga mwaishi cena malailile ngotwalamupa kupitila mungofu sha Mwami Yesu.
3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that you keep yourselves from lewdness;
Lesa layandangeti mube baswepa, ne kutensa bufule.
4 That each one of you know how to keep his vessel in sanctification and in honor,
Uliyense pakati penu enshibe kulela cena mubili wakendi, pakulemeka nekubamba cena, ne kutausafwanya.
5 not in passionate desire, as the Gentiles do, who know not God;
Kamutakomkelanga lunkumbwa lwasesemya mbuli ncebakute kwinsa bantu bakunsa batamwinshi Lesa.
6 That no one take advantage of or injure his brother in this matter; because the Lord takes vengeance for all such things, as we also told you before, and fully testified:
Neco, mumakani awa, kapataba muntu shikwinshila munendi caipa, nambi kumulyela masuku pamutwi. Twalamwambilisha kendi kwambeti Lesa nakabape cisubulo bantu bonse beshikwinsa bintu byamushoboyu.
7 for God has not called us for uncleanness, but for holiness.
Pakwinga Lesa nkalatukuwa kwambeti twinsenga bintu byaipa byabupombo, nsombi kuba baswepa.
8 Therefore, he that despises, despises not man, but God, who has given us his Holy Spirit.
Neco na muntu lakana ciyisho ici, ekwambeti nkalakananga muntu sobwe, nsombi lakana Lesa uyo ukute kumupa Mushimu Uswepa.
9 But with respect to brotherly love, you have no need that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another;
Lino nkandelela kumulembela sha lusuno pakati penu, pakwinga Lesa walamwiyisha kendi mbuli ncomwelela kuyandana umo ne umo.
10 and indeed you do this to all the brethren that are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that you abound in love more and more,
Kayi mukute kuyanda banenu bonse bamu cishi ca Makedoniya. Nsombi tulamusengenga mobanse, kwambeti mwinse copeleco kupita kaindi.
11 and that you earnestly endeavor to live quietly, and that you attend to your own business, and work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
Kamweleshani kwikala mubuyumi bwa lumuno, uliyense ashe mano ku ncito yakendi, kayi nekulicanina bintu bilayandikingga mubuyumi. Kamwinsani mbuli ncetwalamwambila.
12 in order that you may walk with propriety toward those who are without, and may have need of nothing.
Munshila ilico, bantu batamwinshi Lesa nibakamupe bulemu, kayi nteti mukacunke manungo pali muntu uliyense mu bintu mbyemwabulilwa.
13 But concerning those who have fallen asleep, I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that you may not grieve, as others who have no hope.
Mobanse, tulayandanga kwambeti mwinshibe cancinencine sha makani abantu abo balafwa, kwambeti kulila kwenu kakutabeti bantu babula ncebalapembelelenga.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also should we believe that God will, through Jesus, bring with him those who sleep.
Pakwinga afwe twashoma kwambeti Yesu walafwa kayi walapunduka. Neco twashoma kwambeti bantu bonse abo balafwa kabali bashoma Yesu, Lesa nakabapundushe pamo ne Yesu.
15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we, the living, who remain till the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who are asleep
Lino tulamwiyishinga ciyisho ca Mwami mwine. Kwambeti afwe otucili bayumi kushikila Yesu akese, nteti tukabatangunine balafwa sobwe.
16 for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall arise first;
Pakwinga nipakabe kompolola kwangofu, liswi lya mungelo mukulene ne liswi lya tolompita ya Lesa. Popelapo Mwami nakaseluke kufuma kwilu. Abo balafwila muli Yesu eshibakatangune kupunduka.
17 then we, the living who remain, shall, together with them, be caught up in clouds into the air to meet the Lord, and so shall we be ever with the Lord.
Lino nenjafwe eshitukabenga bayumi pacindico, etitukashalepo, nitukamantwe pamo nendibo, ne kuya kukumana ne Mwami mwilu.
18 So, then, comfort one another with these words.
Neco kamuyumishanani umo ne umo sha maswi awa.
