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.
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 Nou konnen tou sa m' te moutre nou, avèk otorite Seyè Jezi te ban mwen an.
for ye know what commands we gave you through 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 this is the will of God, your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;
4 Se pou chak gason konn chwazi madanm li yon jan ki respektab, ki dakò ak volonte Bondye.
that every one of you should know how to procure for himself his own vessel in purity and honor,
5 Pa kite move lanvi pouse nou tankou moun lòt nasyon yo ki pa konnen Bondye.
not in the passion of lust, even as the gentiles who know not 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.
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 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 did not call us to live in uncleanness, but in purity.
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.
He therefore that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who also gave to 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.
But concerning brotherly love there is no need of writing to you; for ye yourselves are taught of 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.
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 Chache viv ak kè poze. Okipe zafè pa nou. Travay ak men nou pou nou pa rete sou kont moun.
and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
12 Konsa, moun ki pa kwè nan Kris la va respekte nou, epi nou menm, nou p'ap rete sou kont pesonn.
that ye may walk becomingly toward those without, and may have need of nothing.
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.
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 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 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 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.
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 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 summons, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first;
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.
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 Se pou nou yonn ankouraje lòt ak pawòl sa yo.
So then comfort one another with these words.
