1 Thessalonians 4
1 Now, my fellow believers, [I want to write] about some other matters. Because we all have a close relationship with the Lord Jesus, we(exc) strongly urge you [DOU] to live in a way that pleases God. We taught you to do that, and you know that we lived that way as a result of what the Lord Jesus [told us]. We know that you are conducting your lives that way, but [we strongly urge] that you do that even 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.
Mcuhmthehnake naküt cun Bawi Jesuha Ana üng ning jah pet ti cun nami ksingki.
3 God wants you to live pure lives that will show that you completely belong to him. He wants you to avoid doing any sexually immoral acts (OR, avoid being sexually immoral in any way).
Am dawkyakia hnunglanak hawihceh lü nami ngcingcaih vai Pamhnam naw ngja hlüki.
4 [That is, he wants] each one of you to know how to control your own sexual desires [EUP]. He wants you to live pure lives that all people will see as good.
Kpami naküt naw ihawkba a nghnumi üng ngcingcaih lü leisawng phyakia a awmihpüi vai ja,
5 You must not lustfully desire [to do] immoral acts as unbelievers [MTY] [do] who do not obey God.
Pamhnam am ksingki khyang kseea mäiha käh hüipawm kawlaih vai cun ksing ua.
6 [God wants each one of you to control your sexual desires, in order that] no one of you sin against your fellow believer and take advantage of him or her by doing things like that. Remember that we strongly warned you previously [DOU] that the Lord [Jesus] will punish all [people who do] sexually immoral acts.
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 When God chose us [believers], he did not want us to [be people who] behave in a sexually immoral way. On the contrary, [he wants us] to be [people who] behave in a morally pure way.
Pamhnam naw mi mtuihmleh khaia a jah khü am ni, ngcingcaih khaia a jah khü ni.
8 So I warn you that those who disregard [this teaching] of mine [are] not just disregarding me. On the contrary, [they are disregarding] God, [because God commanded it. Remember that] God sent his Spirit, who is holy, [to live] in you!
Acunakyase, ahina mtheinak mahkia khyang cun naw khyang mahki am ni. A Ngmüimkhya Ngcim ning jah pekia Pamhnam mahki ni.
9 [I want to urge you] again [that you should] love [your] fellow believers [MET]. You do not really need that [anyone] write to you about that, because God has already taught you [how] to love each other,
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 because you already are [showing that you love] your fellow believers [HYP] [who live] in other places [in your province] of Macedonia. Nevertheless, my fellow believers, we urge you to [love each other] even 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 [We urge you] also to eagerly strive/try to mind your own affairs and to not meddle/interfere with the affairs of others. We urge you also to work at your own occupations/jobs [to earn what you need to live]. Remember that we taught you previously to live like that.
Ahlana ka ning jah mtheh pänga kba, dimyekia xünsei vaia mtunei lü, nami khut ngaih na lü, nami kut am khüikhawm ua.
12 If you do these things, unbelievers will acknowledge/see that you behave decently/properly, and you will not have to depend on others [to] ([supply/give to you]) [what you 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 My fellow believers, we also want you to understand well [LIT] [what will happen] to our fellow believers [who now] are dead [EUP]. [You must not be/do like] the unbelievers. They [grieve deeply for people who die because] they do not confidently expect [people to live again after they die].
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 We [believers] know that it is true that Jesus died and that he came back [to life] again. So [we also know well that] when Jesus returns, God [will cause] those [believers] who died [EUP] [to live again] and to come with [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 [I write this] because the Lord [Jesus] revealed [to me] what I am now telling you. [Some of you may think that] when the Lord [Jesus] comes back, he will consider that we [believers] who are still living will be superior to those [believers] who have died [EUP], because [we will meet Jesus first. That is certainly not true]!
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 It is the Lord [Jesus] himself who will descend from heaven. [When he comes down, he] will command all of [us believers to rise from their graves]. The chief angel will shout [loudly], and [another angel] will blow a trumpet for God. Then (OR, As a result), the first thing that will happen is that the people who [trusted] in Christ before they died will live again.
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, [God] will powerfully take up into the clouds all of us [believers] who are still living [on this earth]. [He will take us] and those [other believers who have died], in order that [we all] might together meet/welcome the Lord [Jesus] in the sky. As a result of that, we [all] will be with him forever.
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 Because [all this is true], encourage/comfort each other by reminding each other of this teaching.
Acunakyase, ahina ngthu am mat naw mat mhlawhmcah ua.
