1 Thessalonians 4

1 Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk, —that ye abound more and more.

Ka benae aw, akpäihnaka ka ning jah mtheh hlü ta: Pamhnam jekyaisakia xüngsei ning kami veia nami ngthei pängki, acukba nami xüngsei pängki ni. Acuna kthaka nami xüngsei dämdäm vaia Bawipa Jesuha ngming üng kami ning jah nghui naki.

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

Mcuhmthehnake naküt cun Bawi Jesuha Ana üng ning jah pet ti cun nami ksingki.

3 For this is the will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;

Am dawkyakia hnunglanak hawihceh lü nami ngcingcaih vai Pamhnam naw ngja hlüki.

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

Kpami naküt naw ihawkba a nghnumi üng ngcingcaih lü leisawng phyakia a awmihpüi vai ja,

5 not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles which know not God;

Pamhnam am ksingki khyang kseea mäiha käh hüipawm kawlaih vai cun ksing ua.

6 that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

U naw pi a Khritjanpüi limma mhleimhlak lü käh eiaw se. Ahlana ka ning jah mtheh päng, acukba mkhyenak pawhki cun Bawipa naw mkhuimkha law khai ti lü asayüa ning jah mtheh veng.

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

Pamhnam naw mi mtuihmleh khaia a jah khü am ni, ngcingcaih khaia a jah khü ni.

8 Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.

Acunakyase, ahina mtheinak mahkia khyang cun naw khyang mahki am ni. A Ngmüimkhya Ngcim ning jah pekia Pamhnam mahki ni.

9 But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;

Nami püi mhläkphyanaka mawng ning jah yuk law vai am hlü. Ihawkba mat ja mat mhläkphyanak vai cun Pamhnam naw ning jah mthei pängki ni.

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

Acun däk am ni, Maketawnih khawa veki benaea veia pi acukba nami biki. Acunakyase, ka benae aw, nami bi law dämdäm vaia ning jah nghui na veng.

11 and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

Ahlana ka ning jah mtheh pänga kba, dimyekia xünsei vaia mtunei lü, nami khut ngaih na lü, nami kut am khüikhawm ua.

12 that ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and may have need of nothing.

Acukba nami ve üng, am jumeikie naw ning jah leisawng acun he. Nami hlükaw a ve üng pi khyang kce he am jah ümpa na uki.

13 But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, which have no hope.

Ka benae aw, thi pängki he a mawng ngthungtak nami ksing vai ngja hlü veng. Acunüng va, äpeinak am takia kba am nami thüisei pukse khai.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

Jesuh cun thi lü tho beki tia kami jumki. Acuna kba ni Jesuh jumei lü thiki naküt cun Pamhnam naw Jesuh am atänga jah mtho be khaia pi mi jumki.

15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep.

Atuh kami ning jah mtheimthang hin Bawipaa mtheimthangnak ni. Bawipa law bea mhnüp vei xüng lü mi veki mimi hin thi pängki he a maa am mi pha.

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:

Ngthupetnak üng ngpyang law khai, khankhawngsä ngvaia kthai ve law khai, Pamhnama pung kthai ng’yüng law lü khankhaw üngka naw Bawipa amät kyum law be khai. Acunüng, Khritaw jumei lü thikie cun tho be ma khaie.

17 then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Acun käna, acuna kcün üng mi xüngki mimi pi, amimi am atänga khawngmei am jah mkhäm law be se, khana mi Bawipa am mi ngkhyum khaie. Acunüng, Bawipa am atänga angsäia mi ve law khai.

18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Acunakyase, ahina ngthu am mat naw mat mhlawhmcah ua.