1 Thessalonians 4
1 Furthermore then, brethren, we beseech you, and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received from us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye are walking, ye would abound still more;
Alò, finalman, frè m yo, nou mande e ankouraje nou nan Senyè a Jésus, ke menm jan nou te resevwa lenstriksyon nan men nou an, ak jan nou ta dwe mache pou fè Bondye plezi a (menm jan ke vrèman n ap mache a), pou nou kapab fè plis pwogrè toujou.
2 for ye know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
Paske nou konnen ki kòmandman nou te bannou yo pa otorite Senyè a Jésus.
3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;
Paske sa se volonte Bondye; pou nou vin sen nèt. Konsa, pa fè imoralite seksyèl,
4 that every one of you should know how to procure for himself his own vessel in purity and honor,
ke chak nan nou kapab konnen jan pou posede pwòp veso li nan sanktifikasyon ak lonè,
5 not in the passion of lust, even as the gentiles who know not God;
pa nan pasyon lanvi lachè, tankou payen ki pa konnen Bondye yo;
6 that no one should go beyond and overreach his brother in the matter; because the Lord is the avenger in respect to all these things, as we also told you before and solemnly testified.
epi pou pèsòn pa transgrese e vòlè frè l nan bagay sila, paske Senyè a se vanjè a nan tout bagay sila yo, jis jan nou te osi di nou deja a, e te avèti nou byen serye a.
7 For God did not call us to live in uncleanness, but in purity.
Paske Bondye pa t rele nou pou fè salte, men nan sanktifikasyon.
8 He therefore that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who also gave to you his Holy Spirit.
Donk, sila ki rejte sa a, p ap rejte lòm, men Bondye ki bannou Lespri Sen Li an.
9 But concerning brotherly love there is no need of writing to you; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;
Alò, jan pou lanmou pou frè nou yo, nou pa bezwen pèsòn ekri nou, paske nou menm, nou te enstwi pa Bondye pou nou renmen youn lòt.
10 for indeed ye do it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, to abound in love still more;
Paske, vrèman nou pratike sa anvè tout frè ki an Macédoine yo. Men nou egzòte nou, frè yo, pou nou fè plis pwogrè toujou,
11 and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
epi pou nou fè l dezi nou pou mennen yon vi kalm, pou nou okipe nou de pwòp zafè pa nou, e travay avèk men nou, jis jan nou te rekòmande nou an.
12 that ye may walk becomingly toward those without, and may have need of nothing.
Konsa nou kapab konpòte nou byen anvè moun deyò legliz yo, e pou nou pa manke anyen.
13 But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are sleeping, that ye may not sorrow, as others do, who have no hope.
Men nou pa vle nou manke konnen, frè m yo, de sila ki mouri yo, pou nou pa atriste menm jan ak lòt ki pa gen okenn espwa yo.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, then also will God, through Jesus, bring again with him those who have fallen asleep.
Paske si nou kwè ke Jésus te mouri e te leve ankò, menm jan an, Bondye va pote avèk Li menm sila ki gen tan mouri nan Jésus yo.
15 For this we say to you in the word of the Lord, that we who are living, we who are left till the coming of the Lord, shall not anticipate those who have fallen asleep.
Paske nou di nou sa selon pawòl Senyè a, pou nou menm ki vivan yo, e ki rete jiska vini Senyè a, nou p ap rive avan sila ki gen tan mouri yo.
16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a loud summons, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first;
Paske Senyè a Li menm va desann soti nan syèl la avèk yon gwo kri, avèk vwa akanj lan e avèk twonpèt Bondye a. Konsa, mò an Kris yo va leve premyèman.
17 then we who are living, we who are left, shall be caught up together with them in clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we be ever with the Lord.
Epi nou menm ki vivan, e ki rete yo, va jwenn nou ansanm avèk yo nan nyaj yo pou rankontre Senyè a anlè. Se konsa, nou va avèk Senyè a jis pou tout tan.
18 So then comfort one another with these words.
Pou sa a, rekonfòte youn lòt avèk pawòl sa yo.
