Tesalonike I 4
1 EIA hou neia, e na hoahanau, ke nonoi aku nei makou me ka hooikaika aku ia oukou ma o Iesu Kristo la, e like me ka pono a oukou i lohe mai ai ia makou e hele ai oukou, a e hooluolu ai i ke Akua, pela hoi oukou e hoomahuahua mau aku ai.
Now, my fellow believers, [I want to write] about some other matters. Because we all have a close relationship with the Lord Jesus, we(exc) strongly urge you [DOU] to live in a way that pleases God. We taught you to do that, and you know that we lived that way as a result of what the Lord Jesus [told us]. We know that you are conducting your lives that way, but [we strongly urge] that you do that even more.
2 Ua ike hoi oukou i na kauoha a makou i haawi aku ai ia oukou ma ka Haku, ma o Iesu la.
3 Eia hoi ka makemake o ke Akua, o ko oukou maemae ana, i haalele loa oukou i ka moe kolohe;
God wants you to live pure lives that will show that you completely belong to him. He wants you to avoid doing any sexually immoral acts (OR, avoid being sexually immoral in any way).
4 I ike hoi oukou a pau i ka malama i kana ipu ae, a i kana ipu ae, me ka maemae a me ka maikai.
[That is, he wants] each one of you to know how to control your own sexual desires [EUP]. He wants you to live pure lives that all people will see as good.
5 Aole ma ke kuko ino wale, e like me na lahuikanaka, ka poe ike ole i ke Akua,
You must not lustfully desire [to do] immoral acts as unbelievers [MTY] [do] who do not obey God.
6 Aole make hoopoho kekahi, aole ka hoomake hewa i ka kona hoahanau i kekahi mea; no ka mea, o ka Haku ka mea nana ia poe e hoopai mai, oia ka makou i hai mua aku ai me ka hoike e aku ia oukou.
[God wants each one of you to control your sexual desires, in order that] no one of you sin against your fellow believer and take advantage of him or her by doing things like that. Remember that we strongly warned you previously [DOU] that the Lord [Jesus] will punish all [people who do] sexually immoral acts.
7 Aole ke Akua i hea mai ia kakou no ka haumia, aka, no ka hemolele no.
When God chose us [believers], he did not want us to [be people who] behave in a sexually immoral way. On the contrary, [he wants us] to be [people who] behave in a morally pure way.
8 O ka mea hoi i hoowahawaha mai, aole ia i hoowahawaha i ke kanaka, i ke Akua no nana i haawi mai i kona Uhane Hemolele ia makou.
So I warn you that those who disregard [this teaching] of mine [are] not just disregarding me. On the contrary, [they are disregarding] God, [because God commanded it. Remember that] God sent his Spirit, who is holy, [to live] in you!
9 A o ke aloha hoahanau hoi, aole o oukou hemahema e pono ai au ke palapala aku ia oukou; no ka mea, ua aoia mai oukou e ke Akua e aloha i kekahi i kekahi
[I want to urge you] again [that you should] love [your] fellow believers [MET]. You do not really need that [anyone] write to you about that, because God has already taught you [how] to love each other,
10 Oia hoi, o ka oukou ia e hana'i i na hoahanau a pau ma Makedonia a puni; a, ke nonoi aku nei makou ia oukou, e na hoahanau, e hoomahuahua nui ae oukou.
and because you already are [showing that you love] your fellow believers [HYP] [who live] in other places [in your province] of Macedonia. Nevertheless, my fellow believers, we urge you to [love each other] even more.
11 A e imi oukou e noho malie me ka hana aku i ka oukou hana iho, a, me ko oukou mau lima iho e hana'i, e like me ka makou kauoha ana'ku ia oukou;
[We urge you] also to eagerly strive/try to mind your own affairs and to not meddle/interfere with the affairs of others. We urge you also to work at your own occupations/jobs [to earn what you need to live]. Remember that we taught you previously to live like that.
12 I pono ka oukou hele ana imua o ka poe o waho, a i nele ole hoi oukou i kekahi mea.
If you do these things, unbelievers will acknowledge/see that you behave decently/properly, and you will not have to depend on others [to] ([supply/give to you]) [what you need].
13 Aole hoi au i makemake, e na hoahanau, e naaupo oukou no ka poe i hiamoe, i ole ai oukou e kumakena, e like me ka poe manaolana ole.
My fellow believers, we also want you to understand well [LIT] [what will happen] to our fellow believers [who now] are dead [EUP]. [You must not be/do like] the unbelievers. They [grieve deeply for people who die because] they do not confidently expect [people to live again after they die].
14 No ka mea, ina i manaoio kakou, na make aku la o Iesu, a ua ala hou mai, pela no hoi ke Akua e lawe pu mai ai me ia i ka poe e hiamoe aua iloko o Iesu.
We [believers] know that it is true that Jesus died and that he came back [to life] again. So [we also know well that] when Jesus returns, God [will cause] those [believers] who died [EUP] [to live again] and to come with [Jesus].
15 Eia ka makou e olelo aku nei ia oukou ma ka olelo a ka Haku, o kakou ka poe e ola ana i ka hiki ana mai o ka Haku, aole kakou e hiki e aku mamua o ka poe e hiamoe ana.
[I write this] because the Lord [Jesus] revealed [to me] what I am now telling you. [Some of you may think that] when the Lord [Jesus] comes back, he will consider that we [believers] who are still living will be superior to those [believers] who have died [EUP], because [we will meet Jesus first. That is certainly not true]!
16 No ka mea, e iho io mai no ka Haku mai ka lani mai, me ka hooho, a me ka leo o ka luna auela, a me ka pu a ke Akua; a o ka poe make iloko o Kristo ke ala e mai.
It is the Lord [Jesus] himself who will descend from heaven. [When he comes down, he] will command all of [us believers to rise from their graves]. The chief angel will shout [loudly], and [another angel] will blow a trumpet for God. Then (OR, As a result), the first thing that will happen is that the people who [trusted] in Christ before they died will live again.
17 Alaila e kaili pu ia'ku kakou ka poe i koe e ola okoa ana, me lakou, iloko o na ao kaalelewa e halawai pu me ka Haku, i ka lewa; oia hoi, e mau loa ana ko kakou noho ana me ka Haku.
After that, [God] will powerfully take up into the clouds all of us [believers] who are still living [on this earth]. [He will take us] and those [other believers who have died], in order that [we all] might together meet/welcome the Lord [Jesus] in the sky. As a result of that, we [all] will be with him forever.
18 Nolaila hoi e hooluolu oukou i kekahi i kekahi ma keia mau huaolelo.
Because [all this is true], encourage/comfort each other by reminding each other of this teaching.
