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.
Mmang ke oketse ka se, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang: Lo setse lo itse go itumedisa Modimo mo botshelong jwa lona jwa malatsi otlhe, gonne lo itse melao e re e lo neetseng e tswa kwa go Morena Jesu ka sebele. Jaanong re a lo kopa, ee, re batla se mo go lona ka leina la Morena Jesu, gore lo tshele lo le gautshwane le one mogopolo oo.
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).
Gonne Modimo o batla gore lo nne boitshepo le bophepa, le go ikgapha mo sebeng sa boaka gore mongwe le mongwe wa lona a tle a nyale ka boitshepo le ka tlotlo,
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.
5 You must not lustfully desire [to do] immoral acts as unbelievers [MTY] [do] who do not obey God.
e seng mo dikeletsong tsa nama jaaka baheitane ba dira, mo bosenakitsong jwa bone ka Modimo le ditsela tsa one.
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.
Mme gape le mo ke go rata ga Modimo: gore o seka wa tsietsa mo selong se, ka go tsaya mosadi wa monna yo mongwe, gonne Morena o tlaa go otlhaela go dira jalo ka kwatlhao e e botlhoko, jaaka re lo boleletse pele ka tlhwaafalo.
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.
Gonne Modimo ga o a re biletsa go nna le megopolo e e maswe le go tlala dikeletso tsa nama, mme o re bileditse go nna boitshepo le bophepa.
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!
Fa mongwe a gana go tshela ka fa ditaolong tse, ga se gore o gana ditaolo tsa batho mme o gana tsa Modimo o o lo nayang Mowa O O Boitshepo.
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,
Mme kaga lorato lwa sekaulengwe lo lo itshe-kileng lo lo tshwanetseng go nna mo bathong ba Modimo, ga ke tlhoke go bua thata, ke a tlhomamisa! Gonne Modimo ka bo One o lo ruta go ratana.
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.
Ke a tlhomamisa, fa lorato lwa lona lo setse lo nonofile go tswela kwa bakaulengweng botlhe ba Bakeresete mo chabeng yotlhe ya ga lona. Le fa go ntse jalo, ditsala tse di rategang, re lo kopa go ba rata segolo bogolo.
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.
Se e tshwanetseng go nna keletso ya lona ke se: go tshela botshelo jo bo ritibetseng, lo beile mogopolo mo go se se amang matshelo a lona lo dira tiro e e leng ya lona ka sebele, jaaka re lo boleletse pele.
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].
Ka go dira jalo batho ba e seng Bakeresete ba tlaa lo ikanya ba bo ba lo tlotla, mme ga lo kitla lo tlhokana le go baya mo go ope gore a lo fe madi a a lekanyeng go duela melato ya lona.
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].
Mme jaanong, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, ke batla gore lo itse se se diragalang mo Mokereseteng fa aa swa gore e tle e re fa loso lo tla, lo seka lwa utlwa botlhoko thata, jaaka ba ba se nang tsholofelo.
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].
Gonne e re ka re dumela gore Jesu o ne a swa a bo a tsoga mo losong gape, re ka dumela gape gore fa Jesu a bowa gape, Modimo o tlaa mmusa le Bakeresete botlhe ba ba suleng.
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]!
Ke ka lo bolelela se, se tswa kwa Moreneng ka sebele: Gore rona ba re santseng re tshela, fa Morena a boa ga re kitla re tlhatloga go ya go mo kgatlhantsha pele ga ba ba mo mabitleng a bone.
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.
Gonne Morena ka sebele o tlaa fologa kwa legodimong ka loshalaba lo logolo le go gowa ga moengele mo go amang mowa le go galaotega ga torompeta ya Modimo. Mme Bakeresete ba ba suleng ba tlaa nna ba ntlha go tlhatloga ba ya go kgatlhantsha Morena.
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.
Mme rona ba re santseng re tshela re tlogetswe mo lefatsheng re tlaa tsholelediwa mmogo nabo mo marung go kgatlhantsha Morena mo loaping le go nna nae ka bosenabokhutlo.
18 Because [all this is true], encourage/comfort each other by reminding each other of this teaching.
Ke gone gomotsanang lo kgothatsane ka mafoko a.
