1 Athesalonike 4
1 Naguo ũhoro wa kũrigĩrĩria, ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ-rĩ, nĩ atĩ nĩtwamũrutire ũhoro wa mũtũũrĩre, ũrĩa ũkenagia Ngai, na noguo mũtũũraga mwĩkaga. Rĩu tũkũmũũria na tũkamũringĩrĩria thĩinĩ wa Mwathani Jesũ atĩ mũkĩragĩrĩrie gwĩkaga o ũguo.
For the rest, brethren, we request and exhort you, in our Lord Jesus, [that], even as ye received from us, how ye must needs walk and please God, —even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more.
2 Nĩgũkorwo nĩmũũĩ maũndũ marĩa twamũtaarire namo, tũrĩ na ũhoti wa Mwathani Jesũ.
For ye know what charges we gave you, through the Lord Jesus.
3 Tondũ rĩĩrĩ, ũndũ ũrĩa Ngai endete nĩ atĩ mũtuĩke andũ aamũre: atĩ mwĩtheemage ũmaraya;
For, this, is a thing willed of God, your sanctification, —that ye should abstain from unchastity,
4 na atĩ o ũmwe wanyu amenye gwatha mwĩrĩ wake mwene ũikarage ũrĩ mũtheru na akĩũtĩĩaga,
That ye should know, each one of you, how, of his own vessel, to possess himself in sanctification and honour:
5 atarĩ na merirĩria ma mwĩrĩ ta andũ a ndũrĩrĩ arĩa matooĩ Ngai;
Not with a passion of coveting, —just as even the nations who know not God, —
6 na atĩ ha ũhoro wa maũndũ macio, gũtigakorwo mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ ũngĩhĩtĩria mũrũ na mwarĩ wa ithe, kana amwĩke ũũru. Mwathani nĩakaherithia andũ nĩ ũndũ wa mehia mothe ta macio, o ta ũrĩa tũrĩkĩtie kũmwĩra na tũkamũkaania.
Not over-reaching and defrauding, in the matter, his brother; because, an avenger, is the Lord, concerning all these things, —even as we before told you, and solemnly called you to witness.
7 Tondũ Ngai ndatwĩtĩire maũndũ ma waganu, no aatwĩtire nĩguo tũtũũre mũtũũrĩre wa ũtheru.
For God did not call us, with a permission of impurity, but, in sanctification.
8 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio-rĩ, mũndũ ũrĩa ũkũregana na ũrutani ũyũ ti mũndũ araregana nake no nĩ Ngai, ũrĩa ũmũheaga inyuĩ Roho wake Mũtheru.
Therefore, indeed, he that disregardeth—it is, not a man, he disregardeth, but God, —Who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.
9 Na rĩu-rĩ, harĩ ũhoro wa kwendana na ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ-rĩ, tũtibataire kũmwandĩkĩra nĩ ũndũ inyuĩ ene nĩmũrutĩtwo kwendanaga nĩ Ngai.
But, concerning brotherly love—no need, have ye, that we be writing unto you; for, ye yourselves, are, God-taught, to the loving of one another; —
10 Na ti-itherũ, nĩmwendete ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ othe arĩa marĩ Makedonia guothe. No nĩtũkũmũringĩrĩria inyuĩ ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ, atĩ mũkĩragĩrĩrie gwĩka ũguo makĩria.
And, in fact, ye are doing it unto all the brethren [who are] in the whole of Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound still more,
11 Atĩrĩrĩ, mwĩrirĩriei gũtũũra mũtũũrĩre wa ũhooreri, na mũhangʼagĩre o maũndũ marĩa mamũkoniĩ, na mũrutage wĩra na moko manyu, o ta ũrĩa twamwĩrire,
And to be ambitious to be quiet, and to be attending to your own affairs, and to be working with your hands, —even as, unto you, we gave charge—
12 nĩgeetha mũtũũrĩre wanyu wa o mũthenya, ũtũme mũheagwo gĩtĩĩo nĩ andũ arĩa matarĩ a thiritũ yanyu, na nĩgeetha mũtigatuĩke mũrigo kũrĩ mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ.
That ye should walk reputably toward those without, and, of no one, have, need.
13 No rĩrĩ, ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ, tũtikwenda mũikarage mũtooĩ ũhoro wa andũ arĩa makomete, kana mũigue kĩeha ta andũ arĩa angĩ matarĩ na kĩĩrĩgĩrĩro.
But we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them who are falling asleep, —lest ye be sorrowing, even as the rest also, who are without hope;
14 Nĩtwĩtĩkĩtie atĩ Jesũ nĩakuire na akĩriũka, na nĩ ũndũ ũcio nĩtwĩtĩkĩtie atĩ Ngai nĩakarehanĩria Jesũ hamwe na andũ arĩa makomete marĩ thĩinĩ wake.
For, if we believe that, Jesus, died, and rose again, so, also will, God, bring forth with him, them who have fallen asleep through Jesus;
15 Kũringana na kiugo kĩa Mwathani we mwene, tũkũmwĩra atĩ ithuĩ arĩa tũrĩ muoyo, arĩa tũtigĩtwo nginya rĩrĩa agacooka tũtigatongoria arĩa marĩkĩtie gũkoma.
For, this, unto you, do we say, by a word of the Lord, —that, we, the living who are left unto the Presence of the Lord, shall in nowise get before them who have fallen asleep;
16 Thuutha wa ũguo, ithuĩ arĩa tũgaakorwo tũrĩ muoyo na tũtigaire-rĩ, nĩtũkoyanĩrio hamwe nao tũtwarwo matu-inĩ nĩguo tũgacemanie na Mwathani rĩera-inĩ. Na nĩ ũndũ ũcio tũgaatũũrania na Mwathani nginya tene.
Because, the Lord himself, with a word of command, with a chief-messenger’s voice, and with a trumpet of God, shall descend from heaven, —and, the dead in Christ, shall rise, first,
After that, we, the living who are left, together with them, shall be caught away, in clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: —and, thus, evermore, with the Lord, shall we be!
18 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, ũmanagĩrĩriai mũndũ na ũrĩa ũngĩ na ciugo icio.
So then, be consoling one another with these words.
