Tesalonikatɔwo 1 4

1 Mlɔeba la, nɔviwo, míefia ale si wòle be mianɔ agbe be miadze Mawu ŋu la mi, eye le nyateƒe me la, miele agbe nɔm nenema. Ke azɔ la, míele mia biam hele ŋusẽ dom mi le Aƒetɔ Yesu me be miagawɔe wu gɔ̃ hã.

And furthermore we beseeche you, brethren, and exhort you in the Lord Iesus, that ye increase more and more, as ye haue receiued of vs, how ye ought to walke, and to please God.

2 Mienya nu siwo míeɖo na mi be miawɔ la to Aƒetɔ Yesu ƒe ŋusẽ me.

For ye knowe what commandements we gaue you by the Lord Iesus.

3 Elabena enye Mawu ƒe lɔlɔ̃nu be mianɔ kɔkɔe; ate ɖa xaa tso ahasiwɔwɔ gbɔ,

For this is the will of God euen your sanctification, and that ye should abstaine from fornication,

4 eye mia dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe nasrɔ̃ ale si wòaɖu eƒe ŋutilã dzi, eye wòanɔ anyi kple srɔ̃a le kɔkɔenyenye kple bubu me,

That euery one of you should know, how to possesse his vessell in holines and honour,

5 ke menye kple fieŋuifieŋui ƒe dzodzro vɔ̃wo, abe ale si trɔ̃subɔla siwo menya Mawu kple eƒe mɔwo o la wɔnɛ ene o.

And not in the lust of concupiscence, euen as the Gentiles which know not God:

6 Esia hã nye Mawu ƒe lɔlɔ̃nu be ame aɖeke magaba nɔvia, axɔ srɔ̃a le esi gbeɖegbeɖe o, elabena Aƒetɔ la ahe to na mi nublanuimakpɔmakpɔtɔe ɖe nu vɔ̃ sia ta, abe ale si míegblɔe na mi kple ɖokuibɔbɔ va yi la ene.

That no man oppresse or defraude his brother in any matter: for the Lord is auenger of all such thinges, as we also haue tolde you before time, and testified.

7 Elabena Mawu meyɔ mí be míava nye ame ƒoɖi siwo yɔ fũu kple dzodzro vɔ̃wo o, ke boŋ be míanye ame dzadzɛwo kple ame kɔkɔewo.

For God hath not called vs vnto vncleannesse, but vnto holinesse.

8 Nenye be ame aɖe gbe be yemanɔ agbe ɖe ɖoɖo siawo nu o la, menye amegbetɔwo ƒe sewo dzi dam wòle o, ke boŋ Mawu si na eƒe Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la mi la ƒe sewo dzi dam wòle.

Hee therefore that despiseth these thinges, despiseth not man, but God who hath euen giuen you his holy Spirit.

9 Meka ɖe edzi be megahiã be magblɔ nya tso dadavilɔlɔ̃ si dze be wòanɔ Mawu ƒe amewo dome la ŋuti o; mienyae xoxo! Elabena Mawu ŋutɔ le nu fiam mi be mialɔ̃ mia nɔewo.

But as touching brotherly loue, ye neede not that I write vnto you: for ye are taught of God to loue one another.

10 Le nyateƒe me la, miaƒe lɔlɔ̃ na nɔvi kristotɔ siwo le Makedonia la kpɔ ŋusẽ ŋutɔ. Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃awo, togbɔ be ele alea hã la, míele kuku ɖem na mi be miagalɔ̃ mia nɔewo ɖe edzi wu.

Yea, and that thing verily yee doe vnto all the brethren, which are throughout all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more,

11 Esia nanye miaƒe didi ɖaa be mianɔ agbe le tufafa me; miakpɔ mia ŋutɔwo ƒe dɔwo gbɔ abe ale si míegblɔ na mi va yi la ene.

And that ye studie to be quiet, and to meddle with your owne busines, and to worke with your owne handes, as we commanded you,

12 Ne mienɔ agbe alea la, ame siwo menye kristotɔwo o la abu mi. Kpe ɖe esia ŋuti la, miganɔ amewo ƒe asinu kpɔm be woana ga mi be miatsɔ akpɔ mia ɖokuiwo dzii o.

That yee may behaue your selues honestly towarde them that are without, and that nothing be lacking vnto you.

13 Nɔviwo, nyemedi be mianɔ numanyamanya me le ame siwo ku la ŋu alo miaxa nu abe ame bubu siwo si mɔkpɔkpɔ mele o la ene o.

I would not, brethren, haue you ignorant concerning them which are a sleepe, that ye sorow not euen as other which haue no hope.

14 Míexɔe se bena Yesu ku, eye wògatsi tsitre, eya ta míexɔe se bena Mawu afɔ ame siwo dɔ alɔ̃ le Yesu me la kple Yesu.

For if we beleeue that Iesus is dead, and is risen, euen so them which sleepe in Iesus, will God bring with him.

15 Le Aƒetɔ la ŋutɔ ƒe nya nu la, míele egblɔm na mi be mí ame siwo gale agbe, ame siwo asusɔ va se ɖe Aƒetɔ la ƒe vavagbe la mado ŋgɔ na ame siwo ku la o.

For this say we vnto you by the worde of the Lord, that we which liue, and are remayning in the comming of the Lord, shall not preuent them which sleepe.

16 Elabena Aƒetɔ la ŋutɔ aɖi tso dziƒo ava kple gbeɖeɖe gã aɖe kple mawudɔla gãtɔ ƒe gbe kple Mawu ƒe kpẽɖiɖi, eye ame siwo ku le Kristo me la afɔ gbã.

For the Lord himselfe shall descende from heauen with a shoute, and with the voyce of the Archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

17 Le esia megbe la, woakɔ mí ame siwo gale agbe le ɣe ma ɣi la ayi dzi kpli wo le lilikpowo dzi be míayi aɖado go Aƒetɔ la le yame. Ale míanɔ Aƒetɔ la gbɔ tegbetegbe,

Then shall we which liue and remaine, be caught vp with them also in the clouds, to meete the Lord in the ayre: and so shall we euer be with the Lord.

18 eya ta mitsɔ nya siawo fa akɔe na mia nɔewo.

Wherefore, comfort your selues one another with these wordes.