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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.
Furthermore then, brethren, we beseech you, and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received from us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye are walking, ye would abound still more;
2 Mienya nu siwo míeɖo na mi be miawɔ la to Aƒetɔ Yesu ƒe ŋusẽ me.
for ye know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
3 Elabena enye Mawu ƒe lɔlɔ̃nu be mianɔ kɔkɔe; ate ɖa xaa tso ahasiwɔwɔ gbɔ,
For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that ye should abstain 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 every one of you should know how to procure for himself his own vessel in purity and honor,
5 ke menye kple fieŋuifieŋui ƒe dzodzro vɔ̃wo, abe ale si trɔ̃subɔla siwo menya Mawu kple eƒe mɔwo o la wɔnɛ ene o.
not in the passion of lust, even as the gentiles who 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 one should go beyond and overreach his brother in the matter; because the Lord is the avenger in respect to all these things, as we also told you before and solemnly 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 did not call us to live in uncleanness, but in purity.
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.
He therefore that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who also gave to 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 concerning brotherly love there is no need of writing to you; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love 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.
for indeed ye do it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, to abound in love still 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 to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, 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 ye may walk becomingly toward those without, and may have need of nothing.
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.
But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are sleeping, that ye may not sorrow, as others do, who have 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 believe that Jesus died and rose again, then also will God, through Jesus, bring again with him those who have fallen asleep.
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 we say to you in the word of the Lord, that we who are living, we who are left till the coming of the Lord, shall not anticipate those who have fallen asleep.
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 himself will descend from heaven with a loud summons, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ will 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 we who are living, we who are left, shall be caught up together with them in clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we be ever with the Lord.
18 eya ta mitsɔ nya siawo fa akɔe na mia nɔewo.
So then comfort one another with these words.
