1 Thessalonians 4

1 Finally then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to live and to please God, even as you are living, that you excel more and more.

١ وَبَعْدُ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، فَمِثْلَمَا تَلَقَّيْتُمْ مِنَّا كَيْفَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَسْلُكُوا سُلُوكاً يُرْضِي اللهَ، وَكَمَا أَنْتُم فَاعِلُونَ، نَرْجُو مِنْكُمْ وَنُحَرِّضُكُمْ فِي الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ أَنْ تُضَاعِفُوا تَقَدُّمَكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ أَكْثَرَ فَأَكْثَرَ.

2 For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

٢ فَإِنَّكُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ الْوَصَايَا الَّتِي لَقَّنَّاكُمْ إِيَّاهَا مِنْ قِبَلِ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ.

3 For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,

٣ فَإِنَّ مَشِيئَةَ اللهِ هِيَ هذِهِ: قَدَاسَتُكُمْ. وَذَلِكَ بِأَنْ تَمْتَنِعُوا عَنِ الزِّنَى،

4 that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

٤ وَأَنْ يَعْرِفَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ كَيْفَ يَحْفَظُ جَسَدَهُ فِي الطَّهَارَةِ وَالْكَرَامَةِ

5 not in the passion of lust, even as the nations who do not know God;

٥ غَيْرَ مُنْسَاقٍ لِلشَّهْوَةِ الْجَامِحَةِ كَالْوَثَنِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ اللهَ،

6 that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

٦ وَأَلَّا يَتَعَدَّى حُقُوقَ أَخِيهِ وَيُسِيءَ إِلَيْهِ فِي هَذَا الأَمْرِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ الْمُنْتَقِمُ لِجَمِيعِ هَذِهِ الإِسَاءَاتِ، كَمَا أَنْذَرْنَاكُمْ قَبْلاً وَشَهِدْنَا لَكُمْ بِحَقٍّ.

7 For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

٧ فَإِنَّ اللهَ دَعَانَا لَا إِلَى النَّجَاسَةِ بَلْ (إِلَى الْعَيْشِ) فِي الْقَدَاسَةِ.

8 Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.

٨ إِذَنْ، مَنِ اسْتَخَفَّ بِأَخِيهِ فِي هَذَا الأَمْرِ، يَسْتَخِفُّ لَا بِإِنْسَانٍ بَلْ بِاللهِ، بِذَاكَ الَّذِي وَهَبَكُمْ فِعْلاً رُوحَهُ الْقُدُّوسَ.

9 But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

٩ أَمَّا الْمَحَبَّةُ الأَخَوِيَّةُ، فَلَسْتُمْ فِي حَاجَةٍ لأَنْ أَكْتُبَ إِلَيْكُمْ عَنْهَا، لأَنَّكُمْ بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ قَدْ تَعَلَّمْتُمْ مِنَ اللهِ أَنْ تُحِبُّوا بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً،

10 for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;

١٠ وَلأَنَّكُمْ أَيْضاً هكَذَا تُعَامِلُونَ جَمِيعَ الإِخْوَةِ فِي مُقَاطَعَةِ مَقِدُونِيَّةَ كُلِّهَا. وَإِنَّمَا نُحَرِّضُكُمْ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، أَنْ تُضَاعِفُوا ذَلِكَ أَكْثَرَ فَأَكْثَرَ،

11 and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

١١ وَأَنْ تَسْعَوْا بِجِدٍّ إِلَى الْعَيْشِ بِهُدُوءٍ، مُهْتَمِّينَ بِمُمَارَسَةِ شُؤُونِكُمُ الْخَاصَّةِ، وَمُحَصِّلِينَ مَعِيشَتَكُمْ بِعَمَلِ أَيْدِيكُمْ، كَمَا أَوْصَيْنَاكُمْ.

12 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

١٢ عِنْدَئِذٍ تَكُونُ سِيرَتُكُمْ حَسَنَةَ السُّمْعَةِ تُجَاهَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ خَارِجِ الْكَنِيسَةِ، وَلا تَكُونُونَ فِي حَاجَةٍ إِلَى شَيْءٍ.

13 But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you do not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

١٣ عَلَى أَنَّنَا نُرِيدُ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، أَلَّا يَخْفَى عَلَيْكُمْ أَمْرُ الرَّاقِدِينَ، حَتَّى لَا يُصِيبَكُمُ الْحُزْنُ كَغَيْرِكُمْ مِنَ النَّاسِ الَّذِينَ لَا رَجَاءَ لَهُمْ.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

١٤ فَمَادُمْنَا نُؤْمِنُ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ مَاتَ ثُمَّ قَامَ، فَمَعَهُ كَذَلِكَ سَيُحْضِرُ اللهُ أَيْضاً الرَّاقِدِينَ بِيَسُوعَ.

15 For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.

١٥ فَهَذَا نَقُولُهُ لَكُمْ بِكَلِمَةٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ الرَّبِّ: إِنَّنَا نَحْنُ الْبَاقِينَ أَحْيَاءَ إِلَى حِينِ عَوْدَةِ الرَّبِّ، لَنْ نَسْبِقَ الرَّاقِدِينَ.

16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God's trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,

١٦ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ نَفْسَهُ سَيَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ حَالَمَا يُدَوِّي أَمْرٌ بِالتَّجَمُّعِ، وَيُنَادِي رَئِيسُ مَلائِكَةٍ، وَيُبَوَّقُ فِي بُوقٍ إِلهِيٍّ، عِنْدَئِذٍ يَقُومُ الأَمْوَاتُ فِي الْمَسِيحِ أَوَّلاً.

17 then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.

١٧ ثُمَّ إِنَّنَا، نَحْنُ الْبَاقِينَ أَحْيَاءَ، نُخْتَطَفُ جَمِيعاً فِي السُّحُبِ لِلاِجْتِمَاعِ بِالرَّبِّ فِي الْهَوَاءِ. وَهكَذَا نَبْقَى مَعَ الرَّبِّ عَلَى الدَّوَامِ.

18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.

١٨ لِذلِكَ عَزُّوا بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً بِهَذَا الْكَلام!