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.
Hatimaye, ndugu, twawatia moyo na kuwasihi kwa Yesu Kristo. Kama mlivyopokea maelekezo toka kwetu namna iwapasavyo kuenenda na kumpendeza Mungu, kwa njia hiyo pia muenende na kutenda zaidi.
2 For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
Kwa kuwa mwajua ni maelekezo gani tuliyowapa kupitia Bwana Yesu.
3 For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,
Kwa kuwa haya ndiyo mapenzi ya Mungu: utakaso wenu - kwamba muepuke zinaa,
4 that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,
Kwamba kila mmoja wenu anajua namna ya kumiliki mke wake mwenyewe katika utakatifu na heshima.
5 not in the passion of lust, even as the nations who do not know God;
Usiwe na mke kwa ajili ya tamaa za mwili (kama Mataifa wasiomjua Mungu).
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.
Asiwepo mtu yeyote atakaye vuka mipaka na kumkosea nduguye kwa ajili ya jambo hili. Kwa kuwa Bwana ndiye mwenye kulipa kisasi kwa mambo yote haya, kama tulivyo tangulia kuwaonya na kushuhudia.
7 For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
Kwa kuwa Bwana hakutuita kwa uchafu, bali kwa utakatifu.
8 Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.
Kwa hiyo anayelikataa hili hawakatai watu, bali anamkataa Mungu, anayewapa Roho Mtakatifu wake.
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,
Kuhusu upendo wa ndugu, hakuna haja ya mtu yeyote kukuandikia, kwa kuwa mmefundishwa na Mungu kupendana ninyi kwa ninyi.
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;
Hakika, mlifanya haya yote kwa ndugu walioko Makedonia yote, lakini twawasihi, ndugu, mfanye hata na zaidi.
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;
Twawasihi mtamani kuishi maisha ya utulivu, kujali shughuli zenu, na kufanya kazi kwa mikono yenu, kama tulivyowaamuru.
12 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
Fanya haya ili uweze kuenenda vizuri na kwa heshima kwa hao walio nje ya imani, ili usipungukiwe na hitaji lolote.
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.
Hatutaki ninyi muelewe isivyo sahihi, enyi ndugu, juu ya hao waliolala, ili msije mkahuzunika kama wengine wasio na uhakika kuhusu wakati ujao.
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.
Iwapo tunaamini kuwa Yesu alikufa na akafufuka tena, vivyo hivyo Mungu atawaleta pamoja na Yesu hao waliolala mauti katika yeye.
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.
Kwa ajili ya hayo twawaambia ninyi kwa neno la Bwana, kwamba sisi tulio hai, tutakaokuwepo wakati wa kuja kwake Bwana, hakika hatutawatangulia wale waliolala mauti.
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,
Kwa kuwa Bwana mwenyewe atashuka toka mawinguni. Atakuja na sauti kuu, pamoja na sauti ya malaika mkuu, pamoja na parapanda ya Mungu, nao waliokufa katika Kristo watafufuka kwanza.
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.
Kisha sisi tulio hai, tuliobaki, tutaungana katika mawingu pamoja nao kumlaki Bwana hewani. Kwa njia hii tutakuwa na Bwana siku zote.
18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
Kwa hiyo, mfarijiane ninyi kwa ninyi kwa maneno haya.
