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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.
Further, friends, we beg and urge you in the name of our Lord Jesus to carry out more fully than ever – as indeed you are already doing – all that you have heard from us as to what your daily life must be, if it is to please God.
2 Mienya nu siwo míeɖo na mi be miawɔ la to Aƒetɔ Yesu ƒe ŋusẽ me.
For you have not forgotten the directions that we gave you on the authority of our Lord Jesus.
3 Elabena enye Mawu ƒe lɔlɔ̃nu be mianɔ kɔkɔe; ate ɖa xaa tso ahasiwɔwɔ gbɔ,
For this is God’s purpose – that you should be pure; abstaining from all immorality;
4 eye mia dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe nasrɔ̃ ale si wòaɖu eƒe ŋutilã dzi, eye wòanɔ anyi kple srɔ̃a le kɔkɔenyenye kple bubu me,
each of you learning to gain control over your own body, in a way that is holy and honourable,
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 for the mere gratification of your passions, like the Gentiles who know nothing of 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.
none of you overreaching or taking advantage of their fellow follower of the Lord in such matters. The Lord takes vengeance on all who do such things, as we have already warned you and solemnly declared.
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 does not call us to an impure life, but demands holiness.
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.
Therefore the person who disregards this warning disregards, not people, but God who gives 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.
As to love for each other there is no need to write to you; for you have yourselves been taught by 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.
and indeed you do act in this spirit towards all his people throughout Macedonia. Yet, friends, we beg you to do even 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.
Make it your ambition to live quietly, and to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we directed 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.
so that your conduct may win respect from those outside the church, and that you may not want for anything.
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.
We don’t want you to be ignorant, friends, about those who have passed to their rest. We don’t want you to grieve like other people 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, as we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring, with Jesus, those who through him have passed to their rest.
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.
This we tell you on the authority of the Lord – that those of us who are still living at the coming of the Lord will not anticipate those who have passed to their rest.
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, with a loud summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the trumpet-call of God, the Lord himself will come down from heaven.
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 those who died in union with Christ will rise first; and afterwards we who are still living will be caught up in the clouds, with them, to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be for ever with the Lord.
18 eya ta mitsɔ nya siawo fa akɔe na mia nɔewo.
Therefore, comfort one another with what I have told you.
