1 Thessalonians 4

1 For the rest, brethren, we request and exhort you, in our Lord Jesus, [that], even as ye received from us, how ye must needs walk and please God, —even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still 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 charges 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 a thing willed of God, your sanctification, —that ye should abstain from unchastity,

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

4 That ye should know, each one of you, how, of his own vessel, to possess himself in sanctification and honour:

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

5 Not with a passion of coveting, —just as even the nations who know not God, —

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

6 Not over-reaching and defrauding, in the matter, his brother; because, an avenger, is the Lord, concerning all these things, —even as we before told you, and solemnly called you to witness.

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 did not call us, with a permission of impurity, but, in sanctification.

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

8 Therefore, indeed, he that disregardeth—it is, not a man, he disregardeth, 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 brotherly love—no need, have ye, that we be writing unto you; for, ye yourselves, are, God-taught, to the loving of 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 And, in fact, ye are doing it unto all the brethren [who are] in the whole of Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound still 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 to be ambitious to be quiet, and to be attending to your own affairs, and to be working with your hands, —even as, unto you, we gave charge—

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 should walk reputably toward those without, and, of no one, have, need.

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 do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them who are falling asleep, —lest ye be sorrowing, even as the rest also, who are without 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, so, also will, God, bring forth with him, them who have fallen asleep through Jesus;

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, unto you, do we say, by a word of the Lord, —that, we, the living who are left unto the Presence of the Lord, shall in nowise get before them who have 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 Because, the Lord himself, with a word of command, with a chief-messenger’s voice, and with a trumpet of God, shall descend from heaven, —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 After that, we, the living who are left, together with them, shall be caught away, in clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: —and, thus, evermore, with the Lord, shall we be!

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 So then, be consoling one another with these words.

Acunakyase, ahina ngthu am mat naw mat mhlawhmcah ua.