1 Thessalonians 4
1 Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.
Frè m' yo, mwen te moutre nou ki jan pou n' mennen bak nou si nou vle fè Bondye plezi. Wi, mwen konnen se konsa n'ap viv vre. Men, koulye a m'ap mande nou, nan non Seyè Jezi a, tanpri chache viv pi byen toujou.
2 For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
Nou konnen tou sa m' te moutre nou, avèk otorite Seyè Jezi te ban mwen an.
3 For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,
Men sa Bondye vle pou nou: Se pou nou viv apa pou Bondye, pou nou pa lage kò nou nan imoralite.
4 that each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honour,
Se pou chak gason konn chwazi madanm li yon jan ki respektab, ki dakò ak volonte Bondye.
5 not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God,
Pa kite move lanvi pouse nou tankou moun lòt nasyon yo ki pa konnen Bondye.
6 that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
Nan bagay sa a, ankenn gason pa dwe fè frè l' lapenn, ni fè l' lenjistis. Mwen deja di nou sa, mwen te ban nou kont avètisman sou sa: Seyè a gen pou peni moun ki fè bagay konsa.
7 For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
Bondye pa rele nou pou nou viv nan vye kondisyon lèd. Men, li rele nou pou nou viv yon jan ki dakò ak volonte li.
8 Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.
Se poutèt sa, moun ki pa asepte pawòl sa a, se pa pawòl lèzòm li pa koute, se pawòl Bondye ki ban nou Sentespri l' la menm li pa koute.
9 But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,
Kanta renmen nou dwe genyen pou frè n' yo, mwen pa bezwen ekri nou sou sa. Paske, se Bondye menm ki te moutre nou ki jan nou dwe yonn renmen lòt.
10 for indeed you do it towards all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;
Mwen konnen se konsa menm n'ap aji avèk tout frè yo nan tout peyi Masedwan lan. Men, m'ap mande nou, frè m' yo, pou nou chache viv pi byen toujou.
11 and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you,
Chache viv ak kè poze. Okipe zafè pa nou. Travay ak men nou pou nou pa rete sou kont moun.
12 that you may walk properly towards those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
Konsa, moun ki pa kwè nan Kris la va respekte nou, epi nou menm, nou p'ap rete sou kont pesonn.
13 But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
Frè m' yo, sou keksyon moun ki mouri deja yo, mwen ta renmen nou konn verite a, pou nou pa gen lapenn tankou lòt moun yo ki pa gen espwa nan Seyè a.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
Menm jan nou kwè Jezi te mouri epi li te leve soti vivan ankò a, konsa tou, se pou n' kwè tout moun ki te gen konfyans nan li lè yo te mouri, Bondye va fè yo tounen ansanm ak Jezi.
15 For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.
Dapre sa Seyè a te moutre m' lan, men sa m'ap di nou: Nou menm k'ap vivan toujou lè Seyè a va vini an, nou p'ap pran devan moun ki mouri deja yo.
16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,
Lè sa a, n'a tande yon gwo lòd pase, n'a tande vwa chèf zanj lan ansanm ak kout klewon Bondye a: epi Seyè a menm va desann sot nan syèl la. Moun ki te mete konfyans yo nan Kris la lè yo te mouri, se yo ki va leve soti vivan an premye.
17 then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.
Apre sa, nou menm ki va vivan toujou lè sa a, y'ap vin pran nou, nou menm ansanm ak moun ki soti vivan nan lanmò yo, y'ap mete nou sou nwaj yo pou n' al kontre Seyè a anwo a. Konsa, nou tout n'ap toujou ansanm ak Seyè a.
18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
Se pou nou yonn ankouraje lòt ak pawòl sa yo.
