1 Thessalonians 4
1 Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.
he bhrātaraḥ, yuṣmābhiḥ kīdṛg ācaritavyaṁ īśvarāya rocitavyañca tadadhyasmatto yā śikṣā labdhā tadanusārāt punaratiśayaṁ yatnaḥ kriyatāmiti vayaṁ prabhuyīśunā yuṣmān vinīyādiśāmaḥ|
2 For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
yato vayaṁ prabhuyīśunā kīdṛśīrājñā yuṣmāsu samarpitavantastad yūyaṁ jānītha|
3 For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
īśvarasyāyam abhilāṣo yad yuṣmākaṁ pavitratā bhavet, yūyaṁ vyabhicārād dūre tiṣṭhata|
4 each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,
yuṣmākam ekaiko janaḥ svakīyaṁ prāṇādhāraṁ pavitraṁ mānyañca rakṣatu,
5 not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
ye ca bhinnajātīyā lokā īśvaraṁ na jānanti ta iva tat kāmābhilāṣasyādhīnaṁ na karotu|
6 and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.
etasmin viṣaye ko'pyatyācārī bhūtvā svabhrātaraṁ na vañcayatu yato'smābhiḥ pūrvvaṁ yathoktaṁ pramāṇīkṛtañca tathaiva prabhuretādṛśānāṁ karmmaṇāṁ samucitaṁ phalaṁ dāsyati|
7 For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
yasmād īśvaro'smān aśucitāyai nāhūtavān kintu pavitratvāyaivāhūtavān|
8 Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
ato heto ryaḥ kaścid vākyametanna gṛhlāti sa manuṣyam avajānātīti nahi yena svakīyātmā yuṣmadantare samarpitastam īśvaram evāvajānāti|
9 Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
bhrātṛṣu premakaraṇamadhi yuṣmān prati mama likhanaṁ niṣprayojanaṁ yato yūyaṁ parasparaṁ premakaraṇāyeśvaraśikṣitā lokā ādhve|
10 And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more
kṛtsne mākidaniyādeśe ca yāvanto bhrātaraḥ santi tān sarvvān prati yuṣmābhistat prema prakāśyate tathāpi he bhrātaraḥ, vayaṁ yuṣmān vinayāmahe yūyaṁ puna rbahutaraṁ prema prakāśayata|
11 and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
aparaṁ ye bahiḥsthitāsteṣāṁ dṛṣṭigocare yuṣmākam ācaraṇaṁ yat manoramyaṁ bhavet kasyāpi vastunaścābhāvo yuṣmākaṁ yanna bhavet,
12 Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.
etadarthaṁ yūyam asmatto yādṛśam ādeśaṁ prāptavantastādṛśaṁ nirvirodhācāraṁ karttuṁ svasvakarmmaṇi manāṁmi nidhātuṁ nijakaraiśca kāryyaṁ sādhayituṁ yatadhvaṁ|
13 Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
he bhrātaraḥ nirāśā anye lokā iva yūyaṁ yanna śocedhvaṁ tadarthaṁ mahānidrāgatān lokānadhi yuṣmākam ajñānatā mayā nābhilaṣyate|
14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
yīśu rmṛtavān punaruthitavāṁśceti yadi vayaṁ viśvāsamastarhi yīśum āśritān mahānidrāprāptān lokānapīśvaro'vaśyaṁ tena sārddham āneṣyati|
15 By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.
yato'haṁ prabho rvākyena yuṣmān idaṁ jñāpayāmi; asmākaṁ madhye ye janāḥ prabhorāgamanaṁ yāvat jīvanto'vaśekṣyante te mahānidritānām agragāminona na bhaviṣyanti;
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
yataḥ prabhuḥ siṁhanādena pradhānasvargadūtasyoccaiḥ śabdeneśvarīyatūrīvādyena ca svayaṁ svargād avarokṣyati tena khrīṣṭāśritā mṛtalokāḥ prathamam utthāsyānti|
17 After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
aparam asmākaṁ madhye ye jīvanto'vaśekṣyante ta ākāśe prabhoḥ sākṣātkaraṇārthaṁ taiḥ sārddhaṁ meghavāhanena hariṣyante; itthañca vayaṁ sarvvadā prabhunā sārddhaṁ sthāsyāmaḥ|
18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
ato yūyam etābhiḥ kathābhiḥ parasparaṁ sāntvayata|
