1 Thessalonians 5
1 My fellow believers, [I want to tell you more] about the time or period [when the Lord Jesus will come back. Really], you do not need me to you about that,
Tun kasopi deitah teho, hicheng kisei jouse hi iti hungsoh a chule itihle hung hiding ham tithua nangho koma kahinjih mongu angaipoi.
2 because you yourselves know accurately [what will happen! You know] that the Lord [Jesus will return] [MTY] [unexpectedly] (OR, [when some people are unprepared]). [People will not expect him, just like no one knows when] a thief [comes unexpectedly] at night [SIM].
Ajehchu naginchat lou pettah uva Pakai hungkilekit nikho chu, jana gucha tobang ahung ding ahi.
3 [At a future time] many people will say, “[All is] peaceful and [we are] safe!” Then suddenly the Lord Jesus will come to punish people severely! Just like a pregnant woman who [experiences] birth pains [cannot stop those pains], those people will definitely not [have any way to] escape [their punishment].
Mihon “Ijakaiya chamnale bitna aume” tia asei laitah uleh numei naosonat thohgim tobanga, jana gucha hung banga achunguva manthahna chu hunglhung ding ahi. Chule hoidohna umtheilou ding ahitai.
4 [Just like people] in the dark [are unaware of what is happening around them, most people will not be aware of what is about to happen to them] [MET, PRS]. Just like a thief [comes unexpectedly for people who are unaware, that time of punishment will come when people are not expecting it] [SIM]. But you, my fellow believers, are people who are very much aware [LIT] of what is going to happen. As a result, you will be expecting [LIT] those things [MTY] to happen [PRS]. All of us [believers] are people [IDM] [who do what is right, as people usually do in] the daytime [MET] [when their actions can be seen]. We are not [people who do evil things, as some people do when it is] dark [MET].
Hinlah sopi deitahte, nangho hiche thudol a hi ima helouva uma nahi pouve, chule Pakai nikho chu gucha tobanga ahung ding chu nanghon nadatmo diu ahipoi.
Ijeh inem itileh nangho nabonchauvin vahle sunlai chate nahiuvin, eiho muthim le janlai chate ihipouve.
6 So we believers must be aware of what is happening. We must be watching carefully, [as people who are awake watch for a thief] [MET]. We must be self-controlled, as people who are (sober/not drunk) are able to control what they do [MET]. People who sleep [MET] [are unaware of what is happening, and unbelievers are like that].
Hiti ahijeh chun kihong phauvin, midangho bangin ihmu hih un. Kigingin um unlang chule lung limgeh in umun.
7 It is at night when people become drunk [and they do very wrong actions/things, and are unaware of what is happening because they] are asleep.
Jan phat le miho ihmu jiuva chule judon hon ju adonkham jiu phat ahi.
8 But we believers are people who [should do what is right] [MET], so we must be self-controlled, [as people] in the daytime [are usually not drunk and are able to control what they do] [MET]. [As Roman soldiers protect themselves by] putting on breastplates and helmets [MET], we [believers] must [protect ourselves by continuing to] trust and love [the Lord Jesus] and by continuing to confidently expect that he will save [us from God’s punishing us at the time when he will punish other people].
Hinlah eiho lung limgeh in vah'a umu hitin, tahsan le ngailut lum panu hite, chule huhhingna lukhuh chu lungngam tah in kikhuh u hite.
9 When God chose us, he did not plan for us to [be people whom he will severely] punish [MTY]. On the contrary, [he decided] that he would save us because of [our trusting in what] our Lord Jesus Christ [has done for us].
Ajeh iham itileh Pathen in eiho chunga alunghanna abuhlhah khum ding hijolouva, I-Pakaiyu Yeshua Christa jal'a huhhingna chang dinga eilhendoh joh u ahi.
10 Jesus died [to atone/pay] for our [sins] in order that we might be able to live together with him, whether we are alive [MET] or whether we are dead [EUP] [when he returns to earth].
Hiti chun Christa ahung kile tengleh eiho ithiu hihen ahilouleh hing jong leuhen, Ama eiho dinga athi jal a chu a-itih a dia Amato i-umkhom jing dingu ahitai.
11 Because [you know that this is true], continue to encourage/comfort each other, as indeed you now are doing.
Hitichun nabol ngaisau tobang chun, khat le khat kitil khou touvinlang chule kisadohton khat le khat umun.
12 My fellow believers, we [three] ask that you recognize/honor [as leaders] those people who work hard for you. [Specifically], respect those who lead you as fellow believers who (have a close relationship with/are united to) the Lord [Jesus]. They warn you [to stop doing what is wrong] (OR, they teach you [to do what is right]).
Sopi deitah teho, Pakai natohnaa nalamkai hou chu jabolun. Amahon nalah uva atong gim'un, chule lhagao lama nakaihoijuva panga ahiuve.
13 That is, we [ask that you] consider those leaders to be very important and that you love them, because they work [hard to help you]. We also urge you to live peacefully with each other.
Amaho chu jana lentah peuvin lang chule anatoh jal un lunggilin ngailuvin. Chule kichamdelin khatle khat cheng khomun.
14 My fellow believers, we urge that you warn [believers] who will not work [in order to] ([obtain/earn the money to buy]) [things that they need to live. Tell them that they are behaving wrongly]. We urge you that you encourage [believers] who are fearful (OR, discouraged), and that you help all people who are weak [in any way]. We also urge you to be patient with everyone.
Sopite ho, kahin ngehnau chu mithase ho chu gihsal un. Akichaseho tilkhouvun. Atha lhasam ho phaten khohsah in vesuiyun. Amitakip chunga thoh hat'un.
15 Make sure that none [of you] does evil things to anyone [who has done] evil to you. On the contrary, you must always try to do good [things] for each other (OR, to fellow believers) and to everyone else.
Koiman ase chu asea alethuh louna dingin vephauvin, chusangin khat in khat chunga chule mijouse chunga thilpha boljing ding gouvin.
16 Be joyful (at all times/always),
Phatseh in Kipah thanomun.
17 pray continually,
Taona man ngahih helun.
18 and thank [God] (in all [circumstances/] [of what happens]). God wants you [to behave] like that [because of what] Christ Jesus [has done for you] (OR, because you have a close relationship with Christ Jesus).
Itobang phat'in naphah jongle thangvahna neijingun, ijeh ham itileh Yeshua Christa a hia nangho dinga Pathen lunglam ahi.
19 Do not [refuse the urging from God’s] Spirit [when he is working] [MTY] [among you. That would be like] throwing water on [a fire] [MET]!
Lhagao theng chu sumit hih un.
20 [Specifically], do not despise messages that the Holy Spirit reveals to someone, [and reject them automatically].
Gaothuseiho nahsahmoa dai chatvai bol hih un.
21 On the contrary, evaluate all [such messages]. Accept the [messages that are truly from God, and obey them].
Hinlah akisei jouse patep cheh un. Apha chu kolchah un.
22 Do not obey any kind of evil [message].
Gitlouna chichom choma konin kihei mangun.
23 [We pray to] God that he will change you to become more and more like his people should be. He is the one who causes [his people] to have [inner] peace. [That is, we pray] that he will help you so that in all that you think, in all that you desire, and in all that you do, you will be without fault. We ask him that he will keep doing that [until] our Lord Jesus Christ comes back [to earth].
Tun cham-lungmon konna Pathen chun imalam jousea nathensah uhen, chule nalhagaovu le nahinnau chule natahsau chu I-Pakaiyu Yeshua Christa ahung masangsen nolna beiyin koihen.
24 [Because God] has invited you [to be his people, you can] certainly trust him to keep on helping you to do that.
Nakou Pau chu tahsan umtah ahijeh'in, Pathen in hichu ahin molso ding ahi.
25 My fellow believers, pray for me and for Silas and for Timothy.
Sopi deitahteho, keiho dingin hung taovun.
26 [When you gather together as believers], greet each other affectionately, as fellow believers [should].
Sopite ho jouse chu Christian kingailutna in chibai bolun.
27 Make certain that you read this letter to all the believers who may be absent when you read it at first, [knowing that] the Lord [Jesus wants you to do it].
Keiman Pakai mina thu kapeh nahiuve, hiche lekhathot hi sopite jouse henga kisimdoh hen.
28 [I pray that] our Lord Jesus Christ [will continue to act] kindly toward you all.
I-Pakaiyu Yeshua Christa lungsetna in na umpiu hen.
