1 Thessalonians 4
1 FURTHERMORE then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
Mmang ke oketse ka se, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang: Lo setse lo itse go itumedisa Modimo mo botshelong jwa lona jwa malatsi otlhe, gonne lo itse melao e re e lo neetseng e tswa kwa go Morena Jesu ka sebele. Jaanong re a lo kopa, ee, re batla se mo go lona ka leina la Morena Jesu, gore lo tshele lo le gautshwane le one mogopolo oo.
2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
Gonne Modimo o batla gore lo nne boitshepo le bophepa, le go ikgapha mo sebeng sa boaka gore mongwe le mongwe wa lona a tle a nyale ka boitshepo le ka tlotlo,
4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
e seng mo dikeletsong tsa nama jaaka baheitane ba dira, mo bosenakitsong jwa bone ka Modimo le ditsela tsa one.
6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
Mme gape le mo ke go rata ga Modimo: gore o seka wa tsietsa mo selong se, ka go tsaya mosadi wa monna yo mongwe, gonne Morena o tlaa go otlhaela go dira jalo ka kwatlhao e e botlhoko, jaaka re lo boleletse pele ka tlhwaafalo.
7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
Gonne Modimo ga o a re biletsa go nna le megopolo e e maswe le go tlala dikeletso tsa nama, mme o re bileditse go nna boitshepo le bophepa.
8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
Fa mongwe a gana go tshela ka fa ditaolong tse, ga se gore o gana ditaolo tsa batho mme o gana tsa Modimo o o lo nayang Mowa O O Boitshepo.
9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
Mme kaga lorato lwa sekaulengwe lo lo itshe-kileng lo lo tshwanetseng go nna mo bathong ba Modimo, ga ke tlhoke go bua thata, ke a tlhomamisa! Gonne Modimo ka bo One o lo ruta go ratana.
10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
Ke a tlhomamisa, fa lorato lwa lona lo setse lo nonofile go tswela kwa bakaulengweng botlhe ba Bakeresete mo chabeng yotlhe ya ga lona. Le fa go ntse jalo, ditsala tse di rategang, re lo kopa go ba rata segolo bogolo.
11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
Se e tshwanetseng go nna keletso ya lona ke se: go tshela botshelo jo bo ritibetseng, lo beile mogopolo mo go se se amang matshelo a lona lo dira tiro e e leng ya lona ka sebele, jaaka re lo boleletse pele.
12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
Ka go dira jalo batho ba e seng Bakeresete ba tlaa lo ikanya ba bo ba lo tlotla, mme ga lo kitla lo tlhokana le go baya mo go ope gore a lo fe madi a a lekanyeng go duela melato ya lona.
13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
Mme jaanong, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, ke batla gore lo itse se se diragalang mo Mokereseteng fa aa swa gore e tle e re fa loso lo tla, lo seka lwa utlwa botlhoko thata, jaaka ba ba se nang tsholofelo.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
Gonne e re ka re dumela gore Jesu o ne a swa a bo a tsoga mo losong gape, re ka dumela gape gore fa Jesu a bowa gape, Modimo o tlaa mmusa le Bakeresete botlhe ba ba suleng.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
Ke ka lo bolelela se, se tswa kwa Moreneng ka sebele: Gore rona ba re santseng re tshela, fa Morena a boa ga re kitla re tlhatloga go ya go mo kgatlhantsha pele ga ba ba mo mabitleng a bone.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Gonne Morena ka sebele o tlaa fologa kwa legodimong ka loshalaba lo logolo le go gowa ga moengele mo go amang mowa le go galaotega ga torompeta ya Modimo. Mme Bakeresete ba ba suleng ba tlaa nna ba ntlha go tlhatloga ba ya go kgatlhantsha Morena.
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Mme rona ba re santseng re tshela re tlogetswe mo lefatsheng re tlaa tsholelediwa mmogo nabo mo marung go kgatlhantsha Morena mo loaping le go nna nae ka bosenabokhutlo.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
Ke gone gomotsanang lo kgothatsane ka mafoko a.
