1 Tesalonik 4
1 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.
Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.
2 Nou konnen tou sa m' te moutre nou, avèk otorite Seyè Jezi te ban mwen an.
For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
3 Men sa Bondye vle pou nou: Se pou nou viv apa pou Bondye, pou nou pa lage kò nou nan imoralite.
For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
4 Se pou chak gason konn chwazi madanm li yon jan ki respektab, ki dakò ak volonte Bondye.
each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,
5 Pa kite move lanvi pouse nou tankou moun lòt nasyon yo ki pa konnen Bondye.
not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
6 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.
and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.
7 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.
For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
8 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.
Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
9 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.
Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
10 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.
And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more
11 Chache viv ak kè poze. Okipe zafè pa nou. Travay ak men nou pou nou pa rete sou kont moun.
and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
12 Konsa, moun ki pa kwè nan Kris la va respekte nou, epi nou menm, nou p'ap rete sou kont pesonn.
Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.
13 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.
Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
14 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.
For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
15 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.
By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.
16 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.
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
17 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.
After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
18 Se pou nou yonn ankouraje lòt ak pawòl sa yo.
Therefore encourage one another with these words.
