1 Thessalonians 4
1 Finally, brothers, we encourage and exhort you in the Lord Jesus. As you received instructions from us about how you must walk and please God, also in this way walk, so that you do so even more.
Therfor, britheren, fro hennus forward we preien you, and bisechen in the Lord Jhesu, that as ye han resseyued of vs, hou it bihoueth you to go and to plese God, so walke ye, that ye abounde the more.
2 For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
For ye witen what comaundementis Y haue youun to you bi the Lord Jhesu.
3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that you avoid sexual immorality,
For this is the wille of God, youre holynesse, that ye absteyne you fro fornycacioun.
4 that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in holiness and honor,
That ech of you kunne welde his vessel in holynesse, and onour;
5 not in the passion of lust (as the Gentiles who do not know God).
not in passioun of lust, as hethene men that knowen not God.
6 Let no man transgress and wrong his brother in this matter. For the Lord is an avenger in all these things, just as we forewarned you and testified.
And that no man ouergo, nethir disseyue his brothir in chaffaring. For the Lord is venger of alle these thingis, as we biforseiden to you, and han witnessid.
7 For God did not call us to uncleanness, but to holiness.
For God clepide not vs in to vnclennesse, but in to holynesse.
8 Therefore, he who rejects this rejects not people, but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
Therfor he that dispisith these thingis, dispisith not man, but God, that also yaf his holi spirit in vs.
9 Regarding brotherly love, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.
But of the charite of britherhed we hadden no nede to write to you; ye silf han lerud of God, that ye loue togidere;
10 Indeed, you do this for all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, to do this even more.
for ye don that in to alle britheren in al Macedonye. And, britheren, we preyen you, that ye abounde more; and taken kepe, that ye be quyet;
11 We also exhort you to aspire to live quietly, take care of your own responsibilities, and work with your hands, just as we commanded you,
and that ye do youre nede, and `ye worche with youre hoondis, as we han comaundid to you;
12 so that you may walk properly before outsiders and not be in any need.
and that ye wandre onestli to hem that ben with outforth, and that of no mannus ye desir ony thing.
13 We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who sleep, so that you do not grieve like the rest who do not have hope.
For, britheren, we wolen not, that ye vnknowe of men that dien, that ye be not soreuful, as othere that han not hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.
For if we bileuen, that Jhesu was deed, and roos ayen, so God schal lede with hym hem that ben deed bi Jhesu.
15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left at the coming of the Lord, will surely not go before those who have fallen asleep.
And we seien this thing to you in the word of the Lord, that we that lyuen, that ben left in the comyng of the Lord, schulen not come bifor hem that ben deed.
16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven. He will come with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
For the Lord hym silf schal come doun fro heuene, in the comaundement, and in the vois of an archaungel, and in the trumpe of God; and the deed men that ben in Crist, schulen rise ayen first.
17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will together with them be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. In this way we will always be with the Lord.
Afterward we that lyuen, that ben left, schulen be rauyschid togidere with hem in cloudis, metinge Crist `in to the eir; and so euere more we schulen be with the Lord.
18 Therefore, comfort one another with these words.
Therfor be ye coumfortid togidere in these wordis.
